REAL RACING SIM - Classic 2000cc JDM @ Route 5 Rev, Sun 10/7 9PM ET

[kirktreks]

Real Racing Sim Sunday – Endurance Race

1974 and Earlier 2000cc
Japanese Street Cars
@
Special Stage Route 5 Reverse
in

(Thanks to asdfg11 for the Countdown Clock!)​

General Info About Races: Our goal is to provide a racing simulation experience for everyone. Real off-road grip, weak slipstream, tire wear on, and yes, heavy damage! ABS is optional.

The potential for damage encourages respect and sportsmanship among everyone, making penalties unnecessary -- GT5's penalty system is easily gamed, often penalizes the victim and does nothing to further the "racing simulation".

The races are usually long enough to require at least one pit for tires and/or gas depending on the car. We also enjoy racing real life cars, and offer a wide range of racing experiences, from VW Buses to F1's, some tuned, some untuned, you name it. Feel free to check out the Facebook page ( http://tinyurl.com/GT5-LPP ) to post race suggestions and say hello!

Date & Time:

Sunday October 7, 9:00 PM EDT
Sunday October 7, 6:00 PM PDT
Monday October 8, 1:00 AM GMT
Time zone converter here​

Host: Private lounge of alefin -- (Alternate/2nd room: lounge of kirktreks or public room)

Race Length: 80 minutes (not including qualifying)

Requirements: Fun, clean and fair drivers

Course:

Special Stage Route 5 Reverse

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Room & Car Regulations:

1974 and Earlier JDM Street Cars
This list should be fairly complete, but please reply
if you find any other cars that fit the specs, and I will confirm and add:

Honda 1300 Coupe 9 S ’70
Honda LIFE STEP VAN ’72
Honda N360 ’67
Honda S500 ’63
Honda S600 ’64
Honda S800 ’66
Honda Z ACT ’70
Isuzu 117COUPÉ ’68
Isuzu Bellett 1600 GT-R ’69
Mazda 110S (L10A) ’67
Mazda 110S (L10B) ’68
Mazda Carol 360 Deluxe ’62
Mazda Cosmo Sport (L10A) ’67
Mazda Cosmo Sport (L10B) ’68
Mitsubishi GALANT GTO MR ’70
Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR ’74
Nissan BLUEBIRD 1600 Deluxe (510) ’69
Nissan Fairlady 2000 (SR311) ’68
Nissan SILVIA (CSP311) ’65
Nissan SKYLINE 1500Deluxe (S50D-1) ’63
Nissan SKYLINE 2000GT-B (S54A) ’67
Nissan SKYLINE 2000GT-R (KPGC110) ’73
Nissan SKYLINE Hard Top 2000GT-R (KPGC10) ’70
Nissan SKYLINE Sport Coupe (BLRA-3) ’62
Subaru SUBARU 360 ’58
Toyota 2000GT ’67
Toyota CELICA 1600GT (TA22) ’70
Toyota SPORTS 800 ’65

2000cc max engine displacement
370 Performance Points
Comfort Medium tires max

Mandatory Pit
All drivers must enter the pit at least once
before the race timer reaches 60 minutes​

• Heavy damage
• No penalties
• Weak slipstream
• Tire wear/Fuel consumption on
• Real grip reduction on wet/edge
• Visual damage on
• ABS available
• All other assists off

Qualifying & Rolling Starts:

• Qualifying begins promptly at 9:00 PM Eastern (refer to the countdown timer above if you're not on the east coast) and will last 15 to 30 minutes.
• When you have a time you like, pull over to a secluded spot or sit in the pits, while we record your time. If you are unable to complete a qualifying lap in the time allotted, or if you leave or exit the track before we record your lap time, you will start at the back of the pack.
• If lap times are not registering properly on my screen, I will tell everyone to keep track of their lap times.
• At the start of the race, drivers will manually line up in formation for a ROLLING START. When the race timer counts down, and the race START message appears, DO NOT MOVE. Stay in the starting grid until the starting line up is called out.
• We will manually line up in qualifying order. Once everyone is in the correct order, the driver in the pole position will set a pace not exceeding 60 MPH / 96 KPH, and begin the race by breaking that pace. Please do not overtake other drivers until the pole/pace car breaks pace and begins accelerating to race speed. Then, THE RACE IS ON.

Full Course Caution Until Clean Start:

• This policy applies until we complete one continuous clean lap or two continuous minutes of clean racing on longer courses, without multi-car incidents. Cautions will only be available at the beginning of the race. We will repeat it as many times as necessary to get an incident free start.
• If there are any multi-car incidents, where any driver is knocked well off the track by another driver, we will call a FULL COURSE CAUTION. The policy does not apply to individual drivers losing control, even if an offending driver has minor contact with other drivers who continue racing.
• Once a caution is issued, please do not overtake any drivers, even if you are heading to the pits.
• All drivers (not in the pits) will form-up for another Manual Rolling Start behind the current race leader, who will maintain pace speed until everyone is in formation again, and restart according the approach used at the beginning of the race.

Prizes:

• First place (Lvl 15 car ticket)
• Second place ( Lvl 5 car ticket)
• Car paints for at least the top half of the participants including Chrome paints

Other Notes: The GTPlanet Online Racing Rules & Guidelines applies with some changes/additions.

1. Bump drafting is allowed where it makes sense.
2. Keep racing on the track, regardless of incident, unless cars behind you are approaching. Time, depending on severity of incident, will be added to your final race time once complaints are filed and replays checked. If you decide to allow the other driver(s) to pass because of a collision, be absolutely sure that you will not be in the way of other drivers. When in doubt, keep racing.
3. Drivers that are to be lapped are under no obligations to move out of the way, as long as they are not intentionally blocking. Most tracks have many sections to overtake. If you're faster, you'll find a way to pass.
4. There will be no race restarts for people that disconnect, unless something extreme happens like half the room disconnects at the same time. Common sense will dictate what's appropriate. People that disconnect will still earn points (where applicable) depending on when they disconnected.
5. Anyone found violating the car regulations will be harshly penalized, i.e. dropped into last place in the race results. "I didn't know" is not a valid reason.
6. Track boundaries are generally the same as those enforced by the GT5 penalty system and as defined by section 16: Offline Racing in the GTPlanet Online Racing Rules linked above. See the illustration below. Occasional unintended incursions will be tolerated, particularly if you visibly attempt to correct a bad line by braking, etc. or you have lost control of your vehicle. Patterns of abuse will not be tolerated, and complaints will be investigated as noted in #2 above.

How to Sign-Up: Just post > GTPlanet username (Playstation Network username)

Race Officials: alefin or kirtrkeks, or anyone designated by them

Current GTPlanet Participants:

** This race is open to all Real Racing Sim regulars and past participants on a first come basis. New sign-ups are welcome, but signing-up on this thread does not guarantee entry if the room fills up. Please be on time. **

Thanks for reading, everyone!

NO Official Results:
Race 1
40 Laps (abandoned)*
*Starting during the first 10 to 15 Laps, three successive room hosts (me, al, Futures) were DC'd by the PSN glitch of late. Racing apparently continued for several more laps before the race was abandoned. Futures, alefin and I actually re-entered al's lounge, while the original race continued in a parallel copy of al's lounge.

At the time PSN DCs started dropping hosts, the car order was as follows:

1. elmo_too (massive lead in FF Honda 1300)
2. Sun-E-Boi
(driving in a prohibited vehicle over the allowed displacement size - 240Z, 2400cc)
3. kirktreks (DC 1)
4. BRADKINDER
5. FuturesPassed (DC 2)
6. alefin (DC 3)

Since there was no official result, I gave out a number of door prizes, and we will likely reschedule in the near future with same or similar cars (perhaps FR only next time) at a different track.

After some of the drivers rejoined the new lounge, we ran the following quick race with the same specs (elmo moved into a more competitive FR car)
Race 2
15 Laps

 

[alefin]

I should be there

 

[ugabugaz]

This race should be interesting. Not much a fan of the track but the cars I like.

 

[kirktreks]

Thanks for your tolerance. We like to include all of the tracks in our events.

Believe me, if I did not go out of my way to be inclusive, I would happily schedule all of the races that I organize at Le Mans, Nurb, Spa, Monza, Le Mans, Monaco (yes F'n Monaco), Suzuka, Le Mans, Tsukuba, Fuji, Le Mans, Motegi, Laguna Seca and Daytona... Oh and Le Mans. Did I mention Le Mans?

 

[alefin]

GT5 is acting weird on me sometimes. I might not be able to host, so kirk or public room will have to happen. Stay tuned.

 

[kirktreks]

Can't we just use your lounge even if you are not there?