PURE | GT4 Cup: Season 3 | Season End

[cicua]

The M3 sounds awful at stock with a fully customisable transmission! It doesn't sound that bad without a transmission, and it sounds beautiful at 4000 rpm. But if you like the stock sound, then you may use the cat converter instead.

The tranny has a bad noise but I find it most noticeable at low revs, at high revs I only hear the engine purring so incredibly sweet

And high revs is where this baby should run

Thanks!!

 

[RIP_Welsh_Don]

There's 1, possibly 2 full-time spots left if Nige doesn't mind going to a reserve private team. Anyone wishing to sign up can therefore go in the Maserati, 370Z or Camaro.

My intentions are to be a full time driver, but if you'd like me to take a different car, that's fine. I'm pretty sure they are all spec'd up equally

Let me know what you'd like me to drive and I'll get it ready!

 

[Adam41]

Was just going by this:

Hey Adam,

Definitely interested, just don't know if I can fully commit to the season right now. Maybe a privateer (reserve) car might be best for me? I'll see what I can do and I'll sign up in some way soon, probably with the Maserati if full time as it looks to be empty right now

But in that case, cool! You're staying in the Maserati. :tup:



1 more full time spot left. Anyone out there interested?

 

[RIP_Welsh_Don]

Yeah, that was before I decided to sign up fully. I signed up once I'd mulled things over in my mind and it all made sense

 

[Paginas1]

Corvette in the yellow you get from the dealership with black rims? We could be called OTL Racing (the same name I made up for FMSC, I'm usesless with names aswell )?

There's 1, possibly 2 full-time spots left if Nige doesn't mind going to a reserve private team. Anyone wishing to sign up can therefore go in the Maserati, 370Z or Camaro.

ok cool sounds like a plane, I'll buy the car later today

 

[Adam41]

Yeah, that was before I decided to sign up fully. I signed up once I'd mulled things over in my mind and it all made sense

ok cool sounds like a plane, I'll buy the car later today

👍👍


1 spot left, with TA now the only person to decide on his car. The 370Z or Camaro can be used. 👍

Race Information for the pre-season race this Saturday at Nurb GP/D will be up today.

 

[The Outlaw]

Sorry for laggin on you Adam. I was going to settle on the M3 after doing a brief test 2 nights ago, but then I came back to the thread and saw that the 2 M3 seats had been taken.

Anyway, I guess I will settle with the Camaro then

PSN: GTP_timeattack
Car: Chevrolet Camaro GT4
Team: Undecided (will let you know in the next day or 2)
Time: Earlier the better

Do we still want to do a weekly qualifier or would you prefer having a 15 minute session before the race?

I'd much prefer a 15 minute session before the race. To me it is more realistic having all the cars on track at one time, while trying to attain the fastest lap time before the session is over. The weekly qualifier always feels quite dull and uninspiring to me Hopefully some others will share their view on this as well.

 

[Müle]

Basically, the question is "do you want F1 style qualifying, or Nascar style qualifying."

 

[Wardez]

Well, not really Steve. The major consideration in choosing between on-the-day race qualifying vs. pre-race week long qualifying is your division format.

If you want qualifying directly before the race then you'll have to come up with a way of separating the two divisions of drivers each week. See how annoying that sounds?

This is why weekly qualifying is always best in my opinion, unless you do what Adam originally planned on doing, which is cutting it off at a smaller number of drivers, then if you have a solid group you wouldn't have to worry about divisions and can just do a simple qualifying session right before the race.

and btw, given that it's not the same as qualifying at the same time with every one on track, weekly qualifying is certainly a lot of pressure knowing that you only have one shot and two laps. A lot of adrenalin has been pumped this way .

 

[Niop]

I like the idea of the 15 minute qualifying before the race, but I also like having 2 divisions. If someone has a good idea of how to do both, I would like that the best.

 

[CSLACR]

I prefer 15 minute qualifying, but it would require communication through 2 rooms, quite simply.
Fill 2 rooms up and run 15 minute qualifying, then have everyone adjust room as needed.

Of course, it could help to put the usual suspects into the D1 room, etc. After the first race, you could determine which room people qualify in based on points standings too. Those that still qualify for a different room would then switch, of course.
Totally open, live, 15 minute qualifying right before the race.

I prefer 10 minute or 5 2-3 lap live qualifying right before the race though, tbh. 15 minutes usually end up in everyone getting at least a decent lap, but live, 2 lap qualifying is a little different.

 

[Wardez]

That's an interesting way to go Dom (CSL). It would attract more drivers to actually show up on race day because they'd feel like they'd have a good shot at getting into D1. A big problem is "D2 syndrome" and while core PURE driver attitude is to race no matter what, there are a lot of people that do their live-weekly qualifying run in the middle of the week and what happens is that, if they get a bad time, they'll keep looking at their position fall further and further back as race day comes closer and more people qualify. This causes some people to really start dreading race day.

I believe that with the method you suggested (although I don't agree with the settings divisions by points-part) peole will effectively be "snagged" into racing even if they qualified badly because their drive, or passion, to race will still be fresh; they won't have time to dwell on qualifying performance and will just race.

But I think this week should stay with the weekly qualifier.

 

[CodeRedR51]

The problem I started to have with before-the-race qualifying was that the game hardly ever put us in the right order. Then you have to resort to finding a way to get the game to work for you, such as having the host exit the track, go into view race mode, write all the times down, organize them, reset the track and then line people up nose to tail and start the race. (which works about 90% of the time) Begins to be more of a hassle than it's worth.

With weekly qualifying all the race stewards can watch all the qualifying runs so the host doesn't have to do it, then come race day everyone knows they wait for their name to be called, line up on track, and start the race.

Or we could do what I'm doing in the FMSC right now is have people line up on the actual grid spots where the game would put them. 5 practice races so far using this method and it has worked 100% every time.

 

[Wardez]

Yeah Jason, the thing with the method CSL is that it would be combining the best of both worlds. It'd be a bit complicated compiling all the best laps, but after the qualying in the two rooms is done is that the two rooms will still have to manually grid up, for a worry free start.

 

[Denilson]

Nightmare in my ears when 4-5 drivers are going to switch rooms.. DC's, incompability issues etc, etc...

I always reason: Sort as much as you can before entering the race lobby. Do not rely on the game at all. Leave the game as little room as possible to screw either this or that up..

I'm not racing here.. But just to throw in a pretty solid argument (imo ).

 

[CodeRedR51]

Nightmare in my ears when 4-5 drivers are going to switch rooms.. DC's, incompability issues etc, etc...).

Totally agree with this.

 

[TheMinion]

I would love to have 15min or 2-3 laps live qualifying before the race, but as RT said, it is already hard to do it with one room. And it would be too damn hard to do with two rooms in my opinion. If we get lucky, the races would just get delayed, but we all know some of us would miss the race because of connection problems.

I agree with Dennis, there's no reason to gamble and give the game more chances to **** with us.

 

[Adam41]

Sorry for laggin on you Adam. I was going to settle on the M3 after doing a brief test 2 nights ago, but then I came back to the thread and saw that the 2 M3 seats had been taken.

Anyway, I guess I will settle with the Camaro then

PSN: GTP_timeattack
Car: Chevrolet Camaro GT4
Team: Undecided (will let you know in the next day or 2)
Time: Earlier the better




I'd much prefer a 15 minute session before the race. To me it is more realistic having all the cars on track at one time, while trying to attain the fastest lap time before the session is over. The weekly qualifier always feels quite dull and uninspiring to me Hopefully some others will share their view on this as well.

Thanks TA. It's no problem.

Whilst I agree that a session right before the race is much more exciting (even if it doesn't get the nerves going as much!), that would only really be an option if we were going with 1 division, which we were doing until a handful more drivers signed up. And Dennis hit the nail on the head, we want to put as little stress on the servers as possible which makes the weekly qualifier even more viable. Which also removes the possibility of swapping drivers from room to room right before the race.

Race Info for Nurb GP/D will definitely be up later today, which might urge a few drivers to qualify a bit earlier.

weekly run up - read race information
16:00 - Qualifying deadline (GMT)
16:30 - Room opens
16:55 - Power, weight and PP checks, track reset
17:00 - line up in order on track, formation lap, race start


And I'm going to be doing some tyre wear testing at Rome tomorrow which means the specs might change a slight bit. If anyone thinks they have anything to add to the specs to make the cars more equal, then please put your suggestions forward. Much appreciated. 👍

 

[Wardez]

Good stuff Aderrrm.

Hey Aderrrm mate - sent ya' a PM mate.

 

[sparkysun2113]

I am really sorry Aderm and everyone else, but it turns out that I cannot participate, given the day and time, due to changes happened in the last 2 weeks. Since I cannot commit, I have to forfeit.

 

[Adam41]

I am really sorry Aderm and everyone else, but it turns out that I cannot participate, given the day and time, due to changes happened in the last 2 weeks. Since I cannot commit, I have to forfeit.

No problem sparky. You're welcome to drive in any race if you have the time. 👍

@ TA, you can take sparky's place and join the Camaro team with Litchi as your team mate which means the 2 other full-time drivers can still have a choice (albeit a small one) of car. Unless you have already painted your car or thought of a team name then it's really no problem. 👍

 

[phil bell]

Can I start from the rear of the grid this weekend? Exams you see.

 

[The Outlaw]

@ TA, you can take sparky's place and join the Camaro team with Litchi as your team mate which means the 2 other full-time drivers can still have a choice (albeit a small one) of car. Unless you have already painted your car or thought of a team name then it's really no problem. 👍

I'll gladly team up with Litchi 👍 Thanks

 

[Adam41]

Can I start from the rear of the grid this weekend? Exams you see.

Thanks for letting me know. 👍


Anyone else interested? 2 spots left in the custom team.

 

[Dr_Watson]

Nightmare in my ears when 4-5 drivers are going to switch rooms.. DC's, incompability issues etc, etc...

I always reason: Sort as much as you can before entering the race lobby. Do not rely on the game at all. Leave the game as little room as possible to screw either this or that up..

I'm not racing here.. But just to throw in a pretty solid argument (imo ).

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[Adam41]

Been busy today with uni and trying to sort some stupid stuff out with my new phone (which I haven't even got yet!). Race Info will definitely be up early tomorrow. It will just be the usual stuff. 2 wheels on track. Red+white rumble is track. Green concrete/astro at Nurb GP/D is not. The run-off at turn 4 is not track. Keep 2 wheels on the white line at the least.

 

[Müle]

Thanks for letting me know. 👍

Anyone else interested? 2 spots left in the custom team.

I see someone's interested enough.

 

[SG15]

hey guys,

Which car/cars are avaible yet? i could be interested if the organisation let me enter the series

EDIT: ups! races are saturday, I can't race saturday because of work jajaja sorry guys

 

[CSLACR]

That's an interesting way to go Dom (CSL). It would attract more drivers to actually show up on race day because they'd feel like they'd have a good shot at getting into D1. A big problem is "D2 syndrome" and while core PURE driver attitude is to race no matter what, there are a lot of people that do their live-weekly qualifying run in the middle of the week and what happens is that, if they get a bad time, they'll keep looking at their position fall further and further back as race day comes closer and more people qualify. This causes some people to really start dreading race day.

I believe that with the method you suggested (although I don't agree with the settings divisions by points-part) peole will effectively be "snagged" into racing even if they qualified badly because their drive, or passion, to race will still be fresh; they won't have time to dwell on qualifying performance and will just race.

But I think this week should stay with the weekly qualifier.

Nightmare in my ears when 4-5 drivers are going to switch rooms.. DC's, incompability issues etc, etc...

I always reason: Sort as much as you can before entering the race lobby. Do not rely on the game at all. Leave the game as little room as possible to screw either this or that up..

I'm not racing here.. But just to throw in a pretty solid argument (imo ).

Well you can't guarantee that people will be able to connect to the second room, but then you can't guarantee that people will be able to connect to their race room in any situation.

TBH, I don't think the odds change even a little bit. The D1 and D2 rooms would be exactly the same essentially, just a few people would be joining them later.

(although I don't agree with the settings divisions by points-part)

The purpose of sorting based of points standings is to have those most likely to qualify for a particular room, already in that room. To minimize the room changing.


It's certainly not the end of the world if we don't do it, but I think it would work very well. DC's and connection issues will most likely be present at exactly the same rate with any system, because people that DC and have trouble entering rooms, well, they DC and have trouble entering rooms.

 

[Adam41]

Ah unlucky SG. If you ever find the time then you're welcome to join.