GT6 'MY HOME' HUB: Awards time.

[nowayback]

Depends the rabbit, Mallet in Mac f1 97 is fast
Did Rs then im 2nd lap .was faster, IM front wearing thin and end though

 

[Vic Reign93]

Says SOHC inline 6 cyclinder..no good?

Any thing with 8 cylinders or more isn't allowed so you're good. 👍

 

[nowayback]

Ok Expert event BMW 507 '57, everything goes. Best time.

 

[nowayback]

Faster, slower medium, the rabbit Prelude, the best he can do 4:40, when I go slower he goes slower .

And the Celica '97

 

[Baron Blitz Red]

Well I bought a brand new CR-X '90 for this event, and wow my rabbits are slow!!!

The majority of the races the fastest ones are getting into the 4:45's... race after race these were the fastest times. Some were even worse and closer to the 50's. I was like What The 🤬!!!

I tried different setups, different PP values, SRF off, SRF on, different TC values. I tried racing clean and fast, clean and slow, racing dirty and hitting the top 3 rabbits thinking they might run faster mad. Nope. Entering and exiting events to change lineups... Nope. I've raced possibly every combo there was and still no joy.

I started getting desperate... "Ok, what do rabbits like?"

So I raced around with salads on board... nope. I washed my car in carrot juice... Nope. Washed and waxed my car with female rabbits thinking that smell might make the guy rabbits run after me quicker... Nope. Hell I even washed my car in bacon grease thinking: "Everything likes bacon!!!"

For the love of whatever god you believe in... DON'T DO THIS!!! Cause you know what really likes bacon? Dogs, REALLY big dogs with big teeth. And here in Canada, wolves. They like bacon too. And they travel in packs! Hell, one wolf was pushing around a cart with different marinades looking for you know who... ME! They were faster than most of the rabbits I was trying to get to go faster, but NOOOO! Slow A:censored:M:censored:F:censored:!!!

So after about 160ish km's I found one guy who finally broke the 4:40 mark...

So after 181.8 km's of testing for this event, and smelling like bacon, I give up. I need a shower, and some food. I think I'll go for a BLT...

Cheers

 

[nowayback]

Ferrari dino V6 , only 2 spinouts . Needs lot of work to test limits with different wet conditions .

 

[Baron Blitz Red]

Ok, here's an example for the Sky's the Limit Challenge...

First up, my time with SRF OFF

Secondly, my time with SRF ON

So taking both times into account we have a spread of 40.179 seconds. Seems slow to me, but hey, I'm never satisfied. That's racing for ya...

Cheers

 

[MTM79]

Ferrari dino V6 , only 2 spinouts . Needs lot of work to test limits with different wet conditions .
View attachment 385705

This is what I'm working on also. Looks like it is the fastest one now that the RX500 was disqualified.. Just can't get a solid race, during heavy rain I spin like 10 times, because I can't manage the rear end, no matter what I adjust. It spins out even without throttle. So frustrating. Also I keep getting the McLaren F1 GTR as my rabbit. Always have a 20 second lead on him after his first pit stop but manage to mess it up during the rain and usually start third lap 20 seconds or so behind him..

But I'm thinking, if I could pull it off, I could be somewhere near 28:30 at best. Gotta keep trying, maybe I'll surprise myself.

 

[nowayback]

This is what I'm working on also. Looks like it is the fastest one now that the RX500 was disqualified.. Just can't get a solid race, during heavy rain I spin like 10 times, because I can't manage the rear end, no matter what I adjust. It spins out even without throttle. So frustrating. Also I keep getting the McLaren F1 GTR as my rabbit. Always have a 20 second lead on him after his first pit stop but manage to mess it up during the rain and usually start third lap 20 seconds or so behind him..

But I'm thinking, if I could pull it off, I could be somewhere near 28:30 at best. Gotta keep trying, maybe I'll surprise myself.

Used RS no stops. Do you use auto or manual? Me manual, throttle control, hardly ever full throttle on 2nd lap. 3rd lap tried to test grip (Schwalbenschwanz )just before left before last hairpin before straight and spun out .

 

[MTM79]

Used RS no stops. Do you use auto or manual? Me manual, throttle control, hardly ever full throttle on 2nd lap.

Also RS and no pitting. I drive auto and DS3 with buttons, so throttle control is quite hectic from time to time..

Think I'll have another go at car settings tonight.

 

[nowayback]

Also RS and no pitting. I drive auto and DS3 with buttons, so throttle control is quite hectic from time to time..

Think I'll have another go at car settings tonight.

Yes auto would make more difficult, and I believe Vic also ds3..buttons ?! you are really putting yourself at a disadvantage

 

[MTM79]

I know I'm losing time with auto transmission.. But I've played with auto for 10+ years now, starting from GT2, and I'm not so keen on learning new tricks. With the time I have for playing, I rather go race fast instead of learning to play again. Funny thing, IRL I wouldn't touch an automatic transmission because I hate losing control of the gears.

@photonrider , went back and checked how I defined the Zytek event, also gathered results:

We'll use the current expert seasonal at Tokyo and drive the Zytek Nissan that was awarded at round 3 of gt academy. Who ever finishes closest to lead rabbit (smallest gap) wins. If someone manages to win on a Zytek, then the largest winning margin wins. All aids and tuning options available are allowed.

And the results were:

1. @nowayback - finished 7th - 7:45.122 - gap 13.336
2. @Vic Reign93 - finished 7th - 7:46.233 - gap 17.221
3. @MTM79 - finished 8th - 7:50.617 - gap 20.550

fastest race time went for nowayback - 7:45.122, also highest position for nowayback - finishing 4th. Even though these were not requested.

 

[nowayback]

Dino and TZ2 (not v8 I hope) Seems better in the rain although not as fast top speed and acceleration, also getting used to track grip in wet.

 

[Vic Reign93]

Dino and TZ2 (not v8 I hope) Seems better in the rain although not as fast top speed and acceleration, also getting used to track grip in wet. View attachment 386130 View attachment 386131

V6 and inline 4 respectively. :tup:

 

[photonrider]

"

For the love of whatever god you believe in... DON'T DO THIS!!!

Oh Yes . . . we have. Several times already. When Mr Papp or Mr David or Mr Besson shows their faces in here we know exactly who they are, how they behave and what they are capable of.
We've fed them the carrots and given them the stick.

Sorry I had to edit your challenge a wee bit - it was open to abuse because of certain flaws; no way to verify SRF off as well the gap between first and second can be manipulated by toying with the second place opponent
Heck in fact in a 5 lap race you can reset the entire field in the 3rd lap if you have the skills - that's like resetting the handicaps set in the first lap of the race.
The game in this simulator is quite intricate. I also recommend a thorough reading of this thread, and you will become a more knowledgeable Rabbit Hunter.

Did you ever wonder if the field you were working with was the fastest field? Obviously the fastest AI would be in that field.
Clue: MTM79 (a Rabbit hunter with almost a dozen trophies under his belt) must have picked that for a reason.

Once you study the game, there appears a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel - just a glimmer for now, but enough to see so that we can work.

I see six Events in the OP up and running.
Do try the Commander of the Evolution Challenge, guys. It will keep you enthralled for hours, and will test out your technical racing skills to the max. That one is open to all - including fully Licenced Rabbit Hunters.

PS: any hangups, discrepancies - let me know - I will fix it ASAP.
Back later to fix up the trophy wall.

 

[MTM79]

Do try the Commander of the Evolution Challenge, guys. It will keep you enthralled for hours, and will test out your technical racing skills to the max. That one is open to all - including fully Licenced Rabbit Hunters.

Now this is going to be interesting! 👍 Did a quick check of line-ups posted so far here and the event's own thread and looks like there could be at least seven! Lancer Evos in a single race driven by the AI. So the theoretical maximum would be eight evos at once.. Going to be a handful..

About the CR-X.. No magic in my choice of AI. I didn't consider it much, it was just my first race with the Honda and that Vinogradov guy in his Celica appeared. There might be faster AI drivers out there to be discovered.

By the way, has anyone tried the Corvette C1 at the Ring?? Is it inline 6 or V8? Can't get to console to verify.

 

[photonrider]

Now this is going to be interesting! 👍 Did a quick check of line-ups posted so far here and the event's own thread and looks like there could be at least seven! Lancer Evos in a single race driven by the AI. So the theoretical maximum would be eight evos at once.. Going to be a handful..

It's a super event - I'm not going to spoil it too much by saying too much - but yes, there is a chance that this is going to bring out all the Evos in this race. Bringing them all to the finishing line is something else. Once a player gets to know their 'teammates' well, their strengths and weakness can be used to manipulate the order they finish in.
As well, controlling the opponent marques - Nissan, Subaru, and the occasional Audi - takes considerable skill and thought.
I'm wondering what The Gullwing Commander will come up with. Probably 8 Evos.
Then, again . . . maybe no one will get above 5 Evos and we'll all be put to shame by the rabbits.

About the CR-X.. No magic in my choice of AI. I didn't consider it much, it was just my first race with the Honda and that Vinogradov guy in his Celica appeared. There might be faster AI drivers out there to be discovered.

Coincidentally, the night before you posted the challenge I was investigating the rabbits in London and checking out who is the fastest.
No one faster than Vinogradov ever appeared. So you were chasing the right bunny.

___________________________

Edit:

Two new entries were made in Post #4 - the post reserved for Rabbit Lore.

VicReign Rights.
Players who have earned three or more trophies have these rights.
Only those with the rights seem to know exactly what they are. To others it's a complete mystery. In fact it seems like they've lost some rights, while yet being told that they have some sort of special rights.
The also have the right to be barred from certain events. that seems wrong but apparently it's right, because it is one of the Rights.
VicReign was to blame for this rightful wrong. Or wrongful Right. Whatever it was - it was him that started it, so they named the wrong after him - which made it right.

nowayback Clause.
This is the only Clause in existence that starts with a simple premise - when there's no way back, then there's only one way out, and that one way out is the nowayback Clause.
See how that works?
It means you can pass the buck, but a buck is a gift, and many people will be only too willing to take the buck if it sounds like there's no way back and that's the only way out. Or to put it another way you can gift your Design the Event Bonus to any eligible Player of your choice - as long as they have no way out.
It was named for nowayback because he did it first when he was supposed to do it and didn't, since he had no way out and gave it back.

 

[nowayback]

Bit dizzy after your explanation of my clause

@MTM79 seems the C1 is inline-6, from internet, probably would have difficulty with a no stopper due to weight of car though

 

[Baron Blitz Red]

Sorry I had to edit your challenge a wee bit

No problem @photonrider , you know best... I'm fairly new to the hunting game (sadly, I regret not getting involved much earlier... thanks for having me onboard). In my defence, I thought it would be another fun way to gather some Empirical data on the SRF/non-SRF discussion that you started...

Just as an interesting side note... I've noticed with my timesheets with both cars on Apricot (Gallardo and Brera) that my Non-SRF times were 8ish seconds behind the SRF times. Is it coincidence or consistency? Things that make you go hmmm...

Cheers

 

[photonrider]

Bit dizzy after your explanation of my clause

Me, too.
It's a good Clause, though, and gives people a chance to take a break from formulating Events, as well as the chance to let someone else get creative.
This Series will evolve as we go along and that is good - without change there will be no progress.

No problem @photonrider , you know best... I'm fairly new to the hunting game (sadly, I regret not getting involved much earlier... thanks for having me onboard).

Regulars are our foundation. While many have contributed and left, or contribute on and off depending on their circumstances, the players in here who join at least one Event every round are the ones who have made this project come to life and work. However - not everyone who participates in these Events provides us Timesheets to work with - and whether the times are high, low, or average, it's those Timesheets that make the event work.

The beginning of this project was quite popular, and I'm sorry you missed it, too; we had many high-powered Players contribute to get it going, and you would have made great contributions for sure.

As for welcoming you aboard - you are most welcome. I cannot stop anyone participating in the events, or prevent or change any event from being held, other than by the rules we have set down, and we follow them so that we all have a level playing field. The rules have changed slightly since we began, the Whoosier Rule, VicReign Rights rule, and the nowayback Clause all came about as amendments to the original rules we began with because of circumstances that developed from holding the events themselves, which taught us about the different 'safeties' (game-flaws) that our Rabbit Hunter series had - and so we had to make those amendments to prevent such 'game-safeties' problems from stalling the game we were playing in here.

In my defence, I thought it would be another fun way to gather some empirical data on the SRF/non-SRF discussion that you started...

There's nothing to defend - you were just not familiar enough with all the different wrinkles we have in here - rabbits have a lot of wrinkles! As for the SRF/non-SRF discussion, it was not the core point of the excercise; I'm sure a 'SRF/Non-SRF' discussion could have a thread by itself and be quite busy. In fact, there probably are SRF/Non-SRF type threads out there with chest-beaters galore.

Rabbit Hunters take everything with a pinch of salt, though, (rabbit does taste batter when slightly seasoned ) and we are constantly testing something as a sidebar to whatever we are experimenting with. We test, test, test - and therefore volunteer test-pilots like yourself are incredibly valuable to us.
The Gallardo test was a quick test to pick everybody's brains on their subjective thoughts about the matter - and we will have many other SRF/Non-SRF tests (as well as other tests) on cars/rabbits/tracks as we go along.

There is a common perception that 'taking it all off' makes one a 'better' driver - we don't hold that 'fact' too biblicaly in here. We have realised that the settings affect people differently in their effects, and haven't come to really satisfying 'empirical' conclusions yet.

Part of the fun, though, is figuring all this out. That's what makes video-gamers video-gamers. The urge to 'figure it out' and 'beat it.'
Golding, getting the best time, or all the stars, is not beating the game to us. Learning how it works and taking control of what it can do for us is when we beat it - and then can use it to its maximum purpose - a simulator that simulates cars and driving, as well as features competitive drive-bots for entertainment, and so therefore is very flexible in what it can do.
The technical driving/racing exercise that the Commander of the Evolution Event will provide will prove this.
Both brains and brawn are needed in that exercise, and switching SRF on isn't going to provide that automatically.
And whether SRF on or SRF off actually helps every driver always - that is somewhat moot in that challenge, as it was in many other challenges we had. So we just stick to the text-book rules when we play publicly accessible Challenges.
PD sets the rules in such events, and we follow; when they disable functions we cannot change that, either.

What is happening behind closed doors between the Licenced Rabbit Hunters, though . . . well, I think once they earn their stripes they start taking it all of and doing all nefarious things with only each other in their 'private' games that we can only look at.

Wait! I earned my third stripe! I can find out what they are up to now!

But then again . . . earning that third stripe has confirmed for them that they can trust me - so I must uphold that trust.
See how that works, too?
When you get into the 'Lodge' yourself, you can try out the most outlandish events - I'm sure all the other Full Hunters will be glad to oblige you. I would. 👍
Oh! yeah . . . that Racing-in-reverse-with-all-off-on-CH TT will have you waking up at night screaming later.

Now, tell me again - exactly how many Lancers did you bring home safely? More than 3? Really? And you won the race, too?

I'm looking forward to having you around regularly - or at least visibly. 👍

Harry.

 

[Baron Blitz Red]

Empirical... damn, I don't know how I missed that one. I usually pride myself on my spelling and proper usage of my own language, let alone being a former proofreader (amongst other things in my life). So much for my edgumicasiun.

Thanks for catching that...

Cheers

 

[nowayback]

Ferrari Dino gets its revenge on the TZ2 !

 

[MTM79]

I'll open up with 4 Evos.nearly got 5..

 

[Baron Blitz Red]

Here's an attempt with the Beemer...

Cheers

 

[photonrider]

I'll open up with 4 Evos. Nearly got 5.

Hm.

Maybe I should raise the bar.

 

[Baron Blitz Red]

Ok, here's a go with the 2CV...

Cheers

 

[nowayback]

Was thinking why was my time so slow...saw
Baron Blitz Red time .I was at 435pp . Cant even get my own race right !! Upped the PP . Liked it better lower but anyway .

 

[MTM79]

Hm.

Maybe I should raise the bar.

Here you go photon.

I give up on that last guy and settle for seven. He is just too slow to keep up.

 

[Vic Reign93]

@nowayback @photonrider

I think I just moved the goalposts a little bit.

I double checked my settings and SRF wasn't on and that time was set with a spin before the final turn on the last lap.

 

[nowayback]

@nowayback @photonrider

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I think I just moved the goalposts a little bit.

I double checked my settings and SRF wasn't on and that time was set with a spin before the final turn on the last lap.

That's more like it ! do you remember what your 2nd lap time was roughly ?