Lotus GTPlanet Elise 111R Championship - Series Champion: Wiifreak

[plate88]

So I got the car set-up to specs last night and I'm only at 236hp It's not broken in yet, but its not going to gain 20hp to be around the 260hp mark is it?

Anyway, I did some laps around Tsukuba last night and was running high 55's consistently with a best lap of 55.3xx. Seems theres a bit more in it. It is easy to drive like mule said, but it'll snap loose on you on late exits if theres too much steering input.

 

[brandofo]

So I got the car set-up to specs last night and I'm only at 236hp It's not broken in yet, but its not going to gain 20hp to be around the 260hp mark is it?

that happened to me also. for some reason, the car did not automatically equip the racing exhaust. go into your tuning menu and make sure that the racing exhaust is installed.

 

[Dapper]

They'll have no torque at high RPMs, and will either be forced to shift really early or suffer from a noticeable loss of power down the straights.

Does that mean we can opt to do engine tuning? I'll take the noticeable loss in power, if there is any, for an extra 100lb/ft of torque...

 

[Wardez]

Does that mean we can opt to do engine tuning? I'll take the noticeable loss in power, if there is any, for an extra 100lb/ft of torque...

I'm almost done breaking in my Proton but I haven't really looked at the power curves. If it's really that bad then I think Dapper makes a good suggestion in possibly doing a stage 1 engine upgrade if it makes a significant enough difference.

 

[BrosifDuder]

The following is what you will need to compete in this series:

NOTE: You must have ALL parts equipped to your car. Nothing more, nothing less. Violators will be DQ'd from any races in which there car is not spec.

Lotus Elise 111R '04 (P)
Oil Change
Full Race Modification - Purchase this before buying any other parts
ECU Tuning
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Adjustable LSD
Racing Hard Tires


Oil Changes, Engine Rebuilds, and Chassis Maintenance are allowed as many times as you like throughout the season.

Just to clarify because I can be pretty thick sometimes, we are not allowed to purchase "Chassis Reinforcement" for our cars?

 

[Nastradamus87]

Huh?

Ignore what I said about softs. I confused two different threads.

 

[Nastradamus87]

Does that mean we can opt to do engine tuning? I'll take the noticeable loss in power, if there is any, for an extra 100lb/ft of torque...

I don't think this is an option, based on the original post.

 

[Wardez]

Just to clarify because I can be pretty think sometimes, we are not allowed to purchase "Chassis Reinforcement" for our cars?

I was thinking the exact same thing earlier when I spec'd the car.

I think we should allow it though, just 'cause it's impossible to detect.

 

[brandofo]

Here is my opinion:

Chassis Reinforcement - this should be allowed because it is not possible to enforce the rule

Engine Upgrade - this should not be allowed because everyone can spec their car to 560pp without the engine stage 1 and it is easy to detect if someone has done so by watching the replay and seeing what the RPM redline is

 

[w-g-e]

#96: w-g-e (GTP_w-g-e): TBD / TBD

 

[syjones1]

So, chassis reinforcement or no chassis reinforcement. Need clarity.

 

[Müle]

The only reason I haven't added Chassis Reinforcement is because a) I haven't added it to my car yet, and b) because I've heard bad things about it ruining the handling.

I honestly don't care if you add it or not. I'll add a little note about it being optional.

No engine stages, please.

 

[BlackIce90]

What did you hear that was so negative about it? And from where? It could depend on the car if it has a negative effect, eg. FF (more understeer). From my experience it eliminates some oversteer which on a RWD car would help coming out of turns.

 

[DBUCKEYES]

Hey guys, new to GTplanet. I would like to join this series if I could. Will the race be on Sat. or Sun? Either day is fine with me.

I will send a FR tonight and then sign up properly if i'm allowed to race. At work now so i'm not sure what colors or # yet. tks

 

[Blaze_409]

double post sorry

 

[Blaze_409]

Is there going to be some kind of X-Factor this season? Spectating the finale at Suzuka it kinda looked like an F1 race from 2009 lol. Not much passing. Just people following each other.....

Maybe start the race on hard tires but the be able to switch at your first pit stop. In a bid to make up time.(but also at the risk of having worn soft tires while the leaders who pitted later are chasing you on fresh soft tires.


Thats actually a fantastic idea IMO.......Everyone starts the race on hard tires......But at you first pit stop you are able to switch to softs.......
This would add some strategy to the races......If you pit early for softs you can make up time on the leaders who stayed out a few extra laps on hard tires. but then at the end of the race those guys will have the fresher soft tires and will be able to hunt you down.

Atleast add something that doesnt make the podium determined after the first corner.......IMO the leaders have it too good. They just control the pace. Force everyone to push.....

 

[OwensRacing]

Cars aren't in need of soft tires IMO.

As well that theory while sound is not sound with in gt5. Soft tires are just to good. Not in grip but wear.

If they progressively wore out with softer compounds. Then this IMO would incredibly awesome.

However with the current tire wear most all leagues running Hards negate away from this.

 

[Nastradamus87]

Is there going to be some kind of X-Factor this season? Spectating the finale at Suzuka it kinda looked like an F1 race from 2009 lol. Not much passing. Just people following each other.....

Maybe start the race on hard tires but the be able to switch at your first pit stop. In a bid to make up time.(but also at the risk of having worn soft tires while the leaders who pitted later are chasing you on fresh soft tires.


Thats actually a fantastic idea IMO.......Everyone starts the race on hard tires......But at you first pit stop you are able to switch to softs.......
This would add some strategy to the races......If you pit early for softs you can make up time on the leaders who stayed out a few extra laps on hard tires. but then at the end of the race those guys will have the fresher soft tires and will be able to hunt you down.

Atleast add something that doesnt make the podium determined after the first corner.......IMO the leaders have it too good. They just control the pace. Force everyone to push.....

I understand what you're saying. However, introducing racing softs isn't going to remedy the lack of passing or the leader determining the pace. I think this mainly happens because of the overly strong drafting in GT5, not because of tire selection. You will normally see this happening on tracks with large/numerous straights (la Sarthe, Suzuka, etc.). On tight, technical tracks like Tsukuba you won't see much of this happening.

As for the Elise, someone was asking how fast it is at Suzuka. I was able to get my time down to 2:05.8xx after a bit of practice. My gear ratios weren't ideal so I'm sure some time could be taken off that.

Is it just me or is Tsukuba the hardest track in the game? I feel like a suck at it, big time. After a bunch of practicing I managed a 55.0xx. This was an unusually fast lap, though. Normally my lap is around 55.5xx. Am I far off the pace?

 

[Müle]

What did you hear that was so negative about it? And from where? It could depend on the car if it has a negative effect, eg. FF (more understeer). From my experience it eliminates some oversteer which on a RWD car would help coming out of turns.

I forget where, but I heard that it causes understeer on some cars.

I'll test it on my 2nd car and see what it does.

Is there going to be some kind of X-Factor this season? Spectating the finale at Suzuka it kinda looked like an F1 race from 2009 lol. Not much passing. Just people following each other.....

Maybe start the race on hard tires but the be able to switch at your first pit stop. In a bid to make up time.(but also at the risk of having worn soft tires while the leaders who pitted later are chasing you on fresh soft tires.


Thats actually a fantastic idea IMO.......Everyone starts the race on hard tires......But at you first pit stop you are able to switch to softs.......
This would add some strategy to the races......If you pit early for softs you can make up time on the leaders who stayed out a few extra laps on hard tires. but then at the end of the race those guys will have the fresher soft tires and will be able to hunt you down.

Atleast add something that doesnt make the podium determined after the first corner.......IMO the leaders have it too good. They just control the pace. Force everyone to push.....

As long as Softs and Hards wear at the same rate, there's no need for softs at all. Hards are perfect for this car.

And the reason there wasn't much passing in the Integras is because people actually work together, bump draft, and save tires instead of pushing in the middle of the race.

 

[ozleyjoker]

sign me up mule. i like the enduro aspect of your series and can't wait to test myself against the longer races. it sounds like there is some fast people joined up and i hope that i will be able to qualify fast enough to race.

haven't built my car yet(i have an elise rm but it's got illegal parts on it), but i can tell you wih certainty:

#34
GTP: Ozleyjoker
PSN: Ozleyjoker
Competition yellow/ Championship white

thx mule.

 

[Müle]

Okay, so I've done a little bit of testing at Tsukuba. 4 laps + an outlap each with Chassis Reinforcement, and without it.

With Chassis Reinforcement, I was faster in sector 2, but slightly slower elsewhere.

Without it, I was having a harder time keeping the car composed coming out of the 3 hairpins, but was faster. I also only took 2 laps to get to my best time, while it took all 4 with the Chassis reinforcement.

So honestly, I don't know. I realize that making it optional defeats the purpose of "spec," but I don't know if I want to enforce it either way.

 

[BlackIce90]

Okay, so I've done a little bit of testing at Tsukuba. 4 laps + an outlap each with Chassis Reinforcement, and without it.

With Chassis Reinforcement, I was faster in sector 2, but slightly slower elsewhere.

Without it, I was having a harder time keeping the car composed coming out of the 3 hairpins, but was faster. I also only took 2 laps to get to my best time, while it took all 4 with the Chassis reinforcement.

So honestly, I don't know. I realize that making it optional defeats the purpose of "spec," but I don't know if I want to enforce it either way.

The chassis reinforcement is meant to make your car more stable while cornering, it adds understeer to the car but it also keeps the car more planted in my opinion, in the end it does depend on your own driving style. I personally have a heavy foot so having something like this to help me control the oversteer would help me a lot. Having something like this on a FF may not help as much as you would like because your car would have more understeer then it already does. The reason you were slightly faster without the chassis would be because its faster to go around a turn with oversteer then understeer, only problem is, your tires will die out faster. If you have a light foot and your easy on the gas, go without the chassis, if you got a heavy foot, take the upgrade. Try out both, see which one your faster with. Too bad this isn't a removable mod, in real life it would be so I don't see why you can't remove this mod in the game.

 

[Blaze_409]

I forget where, but I heard that it causes understeer on some cars.

I'll test it on my 2nd car and see what it does.



As long as Softs and Hards wear at the same rate, there's no need for softs at all. Hards are perfect for this car.

And the reason there wasn't much passing in the Integras is because people actually work together, bump draft, and save tires instead of pushing in the middle of the race.

Oh well.....Seems like a product of the game more than anything.......In real life this would hardly be the case.....Work together pffft. lol Seems like they want to pass anywhere and everywhere in F1 and Lemans.

 

[Müle]

Btw Blaze, I need a number on your car so I can add you to the list.

 

[SohnVonStig]

#33: Sohnvonstig (GTP_sohnvonstig): Black/ Black

 

[Blaze_409]

btw blaze, i need a number on your car so i can add you to the list.

#18.

 

[Blaze_409]

#18: Blaze_409 (Blaze_409): "Red"/ Sundance Gold

 

[Jahrome]

Hi,

Finally painted my car.
Here the edit for my colours:

#80 Jahrome (Jahrome): Titanium Metallic/Solar Yellow

 

[syjones1]

So I got the car set-up to specs last night and I'm only at 236hp It's not broken in yet, but its not going to gain 20hp to be around the 260hp mark is it?

Anyway, I did some laps around Tsukuba last night and was running high 55's consistently with a best lap of 55.3xx. Seems theres a bit more in it. It is easy to drive like mule said, but it'll snap loose on you on late exits if theres too much steering input.

Maybe the less horses is more a help than a hinderance round tsukubu. Good times though.

 

[Wardez]

2012