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Awwww noooooo.
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- Scanny_Flick
Yeh I was sad to see it go too
I think it was just the combination of gt500 + weather + night + nordschliefe that caused the bad experience.
I think if we ran the possibility of rain at Monza, Suzuka and Spa (maybe even Le Mans) it wouldn't be a problem but that's for the admins to deliberate
I think it was just the combination of gt500 + weather + night + nordschliefe that caused the bad experience.
I think if we ran the possibility of rain at Monza, Suzuka and Spa (maybe even Le Mans) it wouldn't be a problem but that's for the admins to deliberate
It could work well in the GT300s since they dont have much power. Now the 500s it's tough. Oh and check this out: http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/news/d6218.html Fingers crossed for bug fixes!
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- Wardez
- Wardez
It's easy to say wet driving is "epic fun" or whatever on paper, but with this series it's different.
We had a race in PURE JGTS at Spa in the wet (we use whatever weather conditions are present at the track in real time of the start of our races) and it was manageable for the Lexus and GT-R but the NSX and Supras suffered horribly. It was still a nightmare race and not a spec of fun for them.
This is another reason why people should consider against it. There's certain cars in the GT300 side as well that have peaky powerbands or disadvantageous weight balance. It'll be especially tough going up against anyone in an AWD Subaru so it'd be a really limited race in terms of winning potential across the field.
You need to think of these things.
We had a race in PURE JGTS at Spa in the wet (we use whatever weather conditions are present at the track in real time of the start of our races) and it was manageable for the Lexus and GT-R but the NSX and Supras suffered horribly. It was still a nightmare race and not a spec of fun for them.
This is another reason why people should consider against it. There's certain cars in the GT300 side as well that have peaky powerbands or disadvantageous weight balance. It'll be especially tough going up against anyone in an AWD Subaru so it'd be a really limited race in terms of winning potential across the field.
You need to think of these things.
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- WrecklessAbandon
I like it, and yes it was.
Yes, it was pretty well obvious to me the NSX's didn't have a chance. Tony would have won regardless, but I screwed up quite a bit, and for me to drive that poorly overall, and have Dennis, Nige, and Rees so far behind me tells the tale imo, of how unfair these cars are in the rain. Unfortunately a PP system can't fix either, it is not fixable through any type of regulation I don't think.
Plus the highest percentage doesn't enjoy it one bit. I'm guilty of it myself, we ask for it, but when we get it we hate it, and each time we'll tell ourselves "I'll love it next time, cause know we know how to do it."
I know there's more then just myself that do this, yes?
You won't be, I promise you that.
They also don't seem to get along with the Nordschleife, when you have to run 12 clean laps in a row.
Bit OT, but I just bought a new Lexus without Chassis Rigity, and sent it to my main account so I could run it in. I received it only for it to not appear in the garage and I'm now one Denso and £1million credits short 
Some funny business going on here..
Some funny business going on here..
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- Inverness, Scotland
- GTP_PaulMac/paulmac2k9
Its 900,000 is it not 
and 
gutted Biffy. *Hides it in my garage* No Denso Lexus to see here.
and gutted Biffy. *Hides it in my garage* No Denso Lexus to see here.
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- WrecklessAbandon
It's 950,000.Its 900,000 is it not
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- Inverness, Scotland
- GTP_PaulMac/paulmac2k9
Damn it *changes ransom amount* .
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- Scanny_Flick
MONSTAR-1
No i think it's meant to say if you finish outside top 4 you lose 20kg, that would be my guess if ballast is being applied to top 4
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- nottingham
- twistedfirework
Correct Scanny. Misprint. We will correct it. You lose ballast for finishing out of the top 4 👍
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- nottingham
- twistedfirework
NJ72
Check your downforce? Have you done an oil change? Has it done over 200 miles?
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- nottingham
- twistedfirework
NJ72
Stage 3 turbo? What is your power limiter %?
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- nottingham
- twistedfirework
It should be 85.2%
- 2,116
- nottingham
- twistedfirework
For now then to qualify, just set your hp to 335 and full downforce. I will have a look later when I am at my ps3 👍
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- johnkiller2
The qual table is very exciting for the GT300-PAL.
Top-3 within 0.1sec and the Top-6 within 0.5 sec. And all haven't qualified yet. Falcon should most certainly be in the Top-6. Maybe there are more. Have all the promise for en exciting championship.
But I'm still having a problem with the aggressive ballast system. Next race is mixed so only 6 drivers will qualify for Div-1 and there rest will be in Div-2 with no points to be had.
I think I'm one of several drivers with a chance to win on Friday, but I'm seriously thinking not to try to do it. I'm not good at Laguna, and with 40kg (0.4sec slower) I will be at great risk not to make the qualifying. I think around 3rd would be as high I would want to finish.
The more I think about how the ballast will play out the more I dislike it. I think this season be all about managing you ballast between races and not so much how well you race in the events.
I think a much better ballast system would be to have drivers having a fixed ballast for the whole season. Like the fastest three have 40kg, then next 30kg, and so on. Then at least it will always make sense to race at the top of what you can do all the time. Not as now, when too often you will give up places not to get too high ballast in the next race. Contradictory to the basic fundamentals of a competition.
The main difference from previous seasons is perhaps that the starting field is much closer this time.
Top-3 within 0.1sec and the Top-6 within 0.5 sec. And all haven't qualified yet. Falcon should most certainly be in the Top-6. Maybe there are more. Have all the promise for en exciting championship.
But I'm still having a problem with the aggressive ballast system. Next race is mixed so only 6 drivers will qualify for Div-1 and there rest will be in Div-2 with no points to be had.
I think I'm one of several drivers with a chance to win on Friday, but I'm seriously thinking not to try to do it. I'm not good at Laguna, and with 40kg (0.4sec slower) I will be at great risk not to make the qualifying. I think around 3rd would be as high I would want to finish.
The more I think about how the ballast will play out the more I dislike it. I think this season be all about managing you ballast between races and not so much how well you race in the events.
I think a much better ballast system would be to have drivers having a fixed ballast for the whole season. Like the fastest three have 40kg, then next 30kg, and so on. Then at least it will always make sense to race at the top of what you can do all the time. Not as now, when too often you will give up places not to get too high ballast in the next race. Contradictory to the basic fundamentals of a competition.
The main difference from previous seasons is perhaps that the starting field is much closer this time.
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- WrecklessAbandon
Ballast System
Podium finishers from each class will incur a Success Ballast Penalty (added weight) for the following race.
Success Ballast Penalties can only be removed 20kg at a time if you miss the podium in the next race.
Ballast will accumulate depending on your success, to a maximum of 140kg.
your ballast will stay with you for qualifying.
There is no mandated location or weight distribution for your ballast weight;
you may change the position,just not the weight, at any time and at your discretion.
Each class has separate systems as shown below.
GT500 Class:
1st : 40kg
2nd : 30kg
3rd : 20kg
4th : 10kg
GT300 Class
1st : 40kg
2nd : 30kg
3rd : 20kg
4th : 10kg
Dual race events will be treated as 1 race for ballast purposes. total points scored for the round, including bonus points, will determine ballast for the following round.
20kg ballast will be removed if you miss a race or dont complete a race.
Success Ballast Penalties can only be removed 20kg at a time if you miss the podium in the next race.
Ballast will accumulate depending on your success, to a maximum of 140kg.
your ballast will stay with you for qualifying.
There is no mandated location or weight distribution for your ballast weight;
you may change the position,just not the weight, at any time and at your discretion.
Each class has separate systems as shown below.
GT500 Class:
1st : 40kg
2nd : 30kg
3rd : 20kg
4th : 10kg
GT300 Class
1st : 40kg
2nd : 30kg
3rd : 20kg
4th : 10kg
Dual race events will be treated as 1 race for ballast purposes. total points scored for the round, including bonus points, will determine ballast for the following round.
20kg ballast will be removed if you miss a race or dont complete a race.
Fixed rate would be pretty hard to determine, certainly in any short period of time. With any system if you have 10 or more drivers grouped together closely, there will be importance of qualifying, and people won't make the cut. If we gave everyone a fixed ballast that did work perfectly, we'd still have people not making the cut. Half of them, to be exact.
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- sailworksman
- sailworksman
Good morning everyone. Has it been determined that we are allowed to use RM tires for 1 stint during the regular season? tx.
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- nottingham
- twistedfirework
cicua
Correct. That's exactly right.
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