REAL RACING SIM | Mazda Roadster TC @ Motegi East, SUN 3/31, 9PM EDT

[alefin]

Real Racing Sim - Sunday Endurance Race


Mazda Roadster TC
@
Twin Ring Motegi East
in

Thanks to asdfg11 for the countdown timer!
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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 March 31, 9:00 PM EDT
Sunday March 31, 6:00 PM PDT
Monday April 1, 1:00 AM GMT
Click here for time zone converter​

Race Officials: alefin, kirtrkeks or anyone designated by them

Host: Private lounge of alefin, kirktreks or wherever designated by race officials

Race Length: 70 minutes (not including qualifying)

Requirements: Fun, clean and fair drivers

Qualifying Times & Race Results: Click here or scroll down

Course:

Twin Ring Motegi East Course (DLC)
Length: 2.13 mi, Longest Straight: 0.47 mi, Elevation Difference: 99.7 ft, Corners: 11

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Room & Car Regulations:

Mazda Roadster Touring Car (DLC)

Tuning Prohibited room
Engine restricted to 480 performance points
Sports Hard tires maximum
(Engine rebuilds, rim changes, chassis maintenance etc are allowed as long as you can get on the track)
You must pit at least once before the race timer reaches 55 minutes​

• Standard race quality
• Standard microphone quality
• Collisions on
• Heavy damage
• No penalties
• Weak slipstream
• Tire wear/Fuel consumption on "Normal"
• 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.
• Qualifying will have collisions off and be on light damage.
• When you have a time you like, pull over to a secluded spot or drive into 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 (Level 19 car ticket, 5 car paints)
• Second place (5 car 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 infractions 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)

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!

 

[alefin]

42 Lap Motegi East Results

The car starts at 479 performance points, but drive like 5 miles and it goes up to 480. A fully broken in Roadster TC is about 4 ft-lb of torque higher than the stock one.
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[kirktreks]

Sounds like fun.

 

[racefan88]

Ill be away this weekend and returning sunday night, if I make it back in time I will be there.

 

[Mr.Skyline09]

Might be able to make this one. I gotta dust the old Miata TC off

 

[kirktreks]

There are a bunch of Mini Cooper's on sale in the Online Dealer.

I suggested to alefin that we race any pre-2008 Mini @ 400 PP at Cape Ring Inside. So, who knows? Better safe than sorry. Pick you up a couple Minis while supplies last. They's cheap.

Of course there are also Premium '05 and '07 models to choose from, if you miss the Standard Coops in the Online Dealer (and if alefin even uses my suggestion).

 

[Mr.Skyline09]

Word cannot express how confused I am

 

[kirktreks]

This sucks. I am making the cable guy come out tomorrow and clean up the line. The last cable guy said that in the main box outside, he moved our line from a splitter to a direct connect -- he moved someone without broadband to the splitter instead. I am guessing someone moved us back to a splitter about a month ago.

In addition to increasingly frequent GT5 DC's, I am having BIG problems staying connected to my work VPN (remote network) -- sometimes it so bad that I have to keep logging back in every few minutes.

I really wanted to finish this race. I had held on past the halfway point, entered the pit, hit my PS3 button to switch my headset, and BLAM, I am gone. At least I was out of everyone's way.

 

[alefin]

Damn man, hope everything gets worked out soon. I think this is the second Sunday race in a row that you weren't able to stay connected.

 

[kirktreks]

Not quite in a row. My last DC on a Sunday race was two weeks earlier in the CR-Z race. I completed the C7/S2000 race.