Reefer Madness! Saturday Classic Racing 10pm GMTOpen

[reefer]

lol.. come on the Suts, let's be having you!

 

[reefer]

Running at Trial Mountain reverse in the RUF at 550pp was good fun.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/fitt-ruf-challenge.340795/

Suts, don't know how you managed to get such a good time (in the BTR at 500pp on ss) after a wee dram. Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong.

Apologies to all for the late change of time (midnight brought forward to 10pm UK). I had plans to go out, but after all, they changed

 

[Sutsagrd]

You should go for it Joe.

I was still getting a lot of oversteer on acceleration but my controller is very on or off. I'm going to try some of the other tunes.

Always fun virtual driving while over the limit!!

Look forward to next Saturday.

 

[IfAndOr]

Sorry Joe, I had full intentions of joining in at some point but in the end I couldn't make it.

How's the connection go, was it stable? I had my PS3 on quite a lot yesterday and only had one PSN DC- while it was sitting unattended at the PS3 XMB.

 

[reefer]

Not a problem Paul. Family and real life first, hobby second

Connection has been fine recently, relatively speaking

 

[buybon355]

Missed the madness on Saturday, had a 21st to go to. Any plans for this weekend?

 

[reefer]

Not sure about this weekend Colin. Let me talk to Her Majesty and get back to you tomorrow:tup:

 

[IfAndOr]

Let me talk to Her Majesty

She says she's ready. Bring it on.

 

[reefer]

"Pass me and I'll have you!" Would you?

Good one Paul, haha

 

[buybon355]

I'll be online Saturday. We can play the rest by ear

 

[reefer]

@Sutsagrd, @IfAndOr, @tooma, @buybon355, @bloodyboyblue, @Venari, @JockeP22, @bcd73, @VEXD, @gerber

If you're about tonight, Saturday 10pm (UK), for a play in the Stratos and above cars then let's get it on. Her Majesty says I'm good to go for a couple of hours then need to go out..

 

[buybon355]

Great! See you all tonight. Public room? Might bring some more racers

 

[reefer]

Yeah, in the club but I'll make it a public lobby. Bring on the 6am Sunday morning rise

btw, any car is really okay, but the above cars should be well matched

 

[reefer]

Downloaded Paul's Eifel Tour track and ran with a full room! Great track, so let's go there tomorrow as well

 

[JockeP22]

@Sutsagrd, @IfAndOr, @tooma, @buybon355, @bloodyboyblue, @Venari, @JockeP22, @bcd73, @VEXD, @gerber

If you're about tonight, Saturday 10pm (UK), for a play in the Stratos and above cars then let's get it on. Her Majesty says I'm good to go for a couple of hours then need to go out..

I will try and make it.

 

[buybon355]

Jocke! Get yourself in mate, not seen you for ages

 

[JockeP22]

Jocke! Get yourself in mate, not seen you for ages

Thanks for the extra speed on the straights, Colin.


A few from yesterday...

me & blue

blue's Cable Wagon

 

[reefer]

Great stuff Jocke! What surprised me the most was the speed that both you and blue carried in your rides. All good fun and Paul has done a great job with the Eiffel Tour track:tup:

 

[IfAndOr]

All good fun and Paul has done a great job with the Eiffel Tour track

Thanks Joe, it was my first go at an Eifel track. It was good to try it out in a race, you never know what they are like until then.

For the 450pp's try my Dingley Dell or Dimrill Dale - Indy tracks. Both would suit them I think. Heck try them all I've only made 4.5 (two versions of one). It would be good to get some feedback.

And yes, great fun on Saturday/Sunday. 👍 Good to see Jocke with us again too.

 

[reefer]

I've just set up a new Time Trial in the GT6 Classic Car Club for you to try out. Go to Events, open a room, practice for a bit, then hit the Start Time Trial button. I'm curious to see how fast you can go around the mountain? Can you beat my time?

 

[IfAndOr]

Oh yes the BTR TT , I'll have to get myself a RUF and give it a go. I'm usually quite good at TT's, there's less distractions. For direct comparison mind if I use your tune? I take it it's the one you submitted to fitt?

Talking about RUF's, @JockeP22 has recently set up a RUF yellowbird TT HERE

 

[reefer]

Of course you can use my tune! It suits my driving style and if you use it you don't need to drop down to 2nd gear anywhere on the mountain. You may need to tweak it for your style of driving though.

You had a crackin' time the LCC Rocket TT, so I'd be interested to see what time you can get in this one. It lasts 12 minutes (8 laps I think) and will be available for 2 weeks only in the club Events page where you can have a practice first before trying it out.

Times from arcade mode:

 

[reefer]

@bloodyboyblue, good to see you gave the BTR '86 Time Trial a go. I really like this combo and hope others in the club will try it too.

I wanted a good tune for my 550pp BTR so thought I'd tune it up, however, it did take a bit of taming! Now it's not the mental wild child it once was. Trial Mountain Reverse is a bit bumpy and demands all your concentration, but when you get it right, you're rewarded in spades! That's a good time you got blue:tup:

 

[IfAndOr]

Can you beat my time?

No not quite. That jump before the final tunnel is my nemesis!
The RUF sure is a handful so cracking times Joe.


I had a quick go in the Pozzi too. Closer with that.

 

[reefer]

It's not that easy at 550pp in the BTR to get into the 1.29s. I'm sure there's a 1:28.9 in there somewhere and maybe @buybon355, @Venari or @gkgamer can do it.

After the RUF TT I thought it was time for something more laid back so the Pozzi got a run out. That should make Mr Venari feel at home now that he's gone all stateside on us.

But now it's back to business with the Ferrari F40 '92 at Tsukuba Again, I know there's a 54-sec lap in there, but I couldn't manage it.

It seems like I'll be struggling to get on at 10pm UK on Saturday nights. Even midnight ain't great hence the recent addition of the Time Trials. If there's enough interest we could make a wee comp/leaderboard out of it?

 

[gkgamer]

It's not that easy at 550pp in the BTR to get into the 1.29s. I'm sure there's a 1:28.9 in there somewhere and maybe @buybon355, @Venari or @gkgamer can do it.

After the RUF TT I thought it was time for something more laid back so the Pozzi got a run out. That should make Mr Venari feel at home now that he's gone all stateside on us.

But now it's back to business with the Ferrari F40 '92 at Tsukuba Again, I know there's a 54-sec lap in there, but I couldn't manage it.

It seems like I'll be struggling to get on at 10pm UK on Saturday nights. Even midnight ain't great hence the recent addition of the Time Trials. If there's enough interest we could make a wee comp/leaderboard out of it?

just gave it a quick go and i was in the low 31's with a very poor tune. I will try to put some time into fine tuning the beast. I'll be very happy if I can get under the 1'30" wall...

 

[IfAndOr]

I suppose I should add in my defence that other than a bit of weight removal and a little gearbox tweaking both cars were running stock.

I was going to try your tune Joe but my tablet's battery had run out and I couldn't be bothered to turn my PC on - so I just went for it!
I might still give it another shot.

 

[buybon355]

Running in the 31's with my usual tune, which does understeer a little, but is safe to drive.

Put an experimental tune on it, felt more lively, more directional, felt like it was doing exactly what I wanted and expected it to be doing. Still in the 31's!!

Might need to try some other peoples tunes now, as I clearly can't make the grade!

 

[reefer]

The F40 '92 @550pp at Tsukuba was just as hard. Real tough to get the power down on that thing to get into the 54s. I'm thinking that a 54.xx may be beyond my skill level.

I love the BTR TT at TM Reverse - very challenging! I want to see what you guys can do when you work on your set up!

 

[reefer]

Good edge of the seat stuff racing the NASCARs lads - nose to tail and 3 abreast going into the corners, couldn't have asked for much more. There was just enough power and grip - great stuff Suts, I know you were tired but you would have loved it

Pity there're no classic NASCARs to be had in the game.

At 5:25: "Trouble on 167 lap, Voyt has no brakes and ducks to the inside to avoid Junior Johnson. Voyt goes into the dirt at over 100mph and flips end over end for several hundred feet."

Thank goodness we've got GT6..