SNAIL Michelin Pilot Challenge 2024, "PS5 Users Only", GS/GT4 Monthly Series on Friday Nights 9pm EST, **Recruiting New Drivers**Open 

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Event #6 Drivers Meeting


Grid Business
We are a day before the race night for everyone who will be attending tommorrow night's event at Barcelona GP. We have a full grid of 16 drivers confirmed to race, with one driver currently on Reserve. If there are any other drivers that will be available to race and would like to get on the Reserve list for this event, please post before 9pm est tomorrow evening.

ALL drivers should submit their spec sheets to my PSN: NOVA-0479 (or the main group chat) between the time that the room opens at 9pm est and the start of qualifying at 9:15pm est, along with an updated side picture of your car reflecting your placement in the overall standings if chosing to participate.
I'd ask all drivers to make sure they are running a wired connection in any way possible and to clear their network cache before entering the race room to avoid any issues. It seems the online lobbies run based on the slowest running system and/or internet speed in the room....basically throttles everyone down which appears to cause the instability we have experienced in the past. Let's try to head off any of these issues and optimize everything on our own ends that we can to help. For those with faster internet service speeds (over 200mbps+), it seems there are less issues with stability. For those on slower internet speeds or forced to run wirelessly, their network appears to be affected more when other in the household are online and pulling from the service speed. See this link to optimize your network priority for the gaming, and try to reduce internet usage (if possible) elsewhere in the house when racing.

Get them final practice laps in, and be ready for tonight.


Reminder to all drivers:
All confirmed drivers are holding 1 of 16 grid spots, and we have 23 drivers on the PS5 roster, 17 for tomorrow night. Please notify me as soon as reasonably possible if you are unable to make the event. The latest acceptable notice without any recourse is 9:10pm est. Any drivers who are confirmed to attend, and fails to appear, will be placed on automatic Reserve for their next confirmed event.

Drivers Briefing
A few reminders for Barcelona GP:
1.) Be mindful in the opening laps. Be patient, and avoid contact/incident at all cost. Incidents that result in an issued caution, in the opening 2 laps, will come under automatic review for any possible infractions and penalized as necessary. Please be patient, brake earlier, and respect your opponent driver's space/line...they are not brakes or guard rails.
2.) Chicanes and S Sections of the track: There is no written rule for these sections, but I'd ask all drivers to exercise caution and good judgement through these sections. Know when you have lost the position when approaching these section, and be considerate enough to back out to avoid the risk of incidents. This series will continue to induce some very close quarters racing, and one slow up, or mistake could result in yourself, both, or many drivers losing position....don't be that guy. If both drivers are dead on, side by side, proceed with caution, and hold your lines. Just be warned that attempting to gp side by side in these sections cleanly will slow both of you down and almost guarantee a loss of position(s) from other attacking drivers. BE CAREFUL and AVOID CONTACT ;)
3.) See this Event Details Link and review for driver specs, race details, and allowable track boundaries for Barcelona GP.


Final Reminders:
-Please be sure that everyone is on a wired connection to their PS5 (in any way possible)
-Clear cache before entering the race room
Lets try to do the best we can to reduce the jitters within the lobby.
Any drivers that are noted or noticed to create continuous issues will be asked to retire for the event.



Here is the confirmation list:
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1.) NOVA-0479 / @llNovall (#4)
2.) JDMKing13 / @JDMKING13 (#9)
3.) kgffty / @Kgffy (#84)
4.) DRD_Niagara / @Buffalo_DRD (#78)
5.) Sand_68 / @socalnatv (#68)
6.) DUB-L-DEE / @DublDee (#33)
7.) Cdn_Sweet_Tee / @CdnSweetTee (#22)
8.) DucatiRobb / @Bologna_Duc (#88)
9.) Fudman420 / @Fudman420 (#42)
10.) Rauljimenez76 / @Noob01_lmdead (#12)
11.) cesarr64 / @cesarr64 (#64)
12.) GTP_WorstDriver / @Worst_Driver (#13)
13.) Wetroadracer / @Wetroadracer (#187)
14.) Phlano_099 / @Phlano099 (#99)
15.) MrDonovan / @MrDonovan (#46)
16.) radliffpower / @radliffracing (#85)
17.) mac1032763 / @Mac1032763 (#420)
18.) R1600Turbo / @CodeRedR51 (#62)
19.) GTP_RACECAR / @RACECAR (#32)
20.) Thumpleton (THMP) / @THMP (#003)
21.) Ridger23 / @bublyman (#7)
22.) Dragonwhisky / @Dragonwhisky (#5)
23.) CyberSalad_502 / @CyberSalad (#89)
24.) jakeblack3 / @JakeMk8 (#3)
 
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Race1 ruined lap1
Race2 ruined lap1
Both by guys on rm
Not trying too signal out rm cars, and I understand mistakes happen I’m not perfect but I’ve raced very respectful this season and aware of all drivers tire compound and bop pp for each driver, not much else too say this is not cool.
 
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Race1 ruined lap1
Race2 ruined lap1
Both by guys on rm
Not trying too signal out rm cars, and I understand mistakes happen I’m not perfect but I’ve raced very respectful this season and aware of all drivers tire compound and bop pp for each driver, not much else too say this is not cool.
Please review, and file the ir's before Monday 4/7, 8pm est. We will habe a look and review.
 
Was fun racing with you guys again. Not sure what it was, but something just clicked tonight and suddenly I drove two of my best races to date. Even set lap times I couldn't possibly hope to get in qualifying (Sure could used that talent earlier :lol:)
 
Man, I was fired up after last night! Thanks for the races everybody and especially @Bologna_Duc for the constant, yet clean, pressure. I goofed up when I slowed down upon hearing Nova say caution and Duc got by, but conceded the position back (thank you) just after when Nova said to carry on racing until a second caution was called out. After reviewing the replay this morning I see that @JDMKING13 lost his position in 3rd due to this and I want to apologize to him and anyone else that may have been affected. In the future I'll be sure to wait for @llNovall to call for the front of the pack to slow down before I lift any throttle. Being on VR, I can't see text messages on track and could only assume there had been a written request along with Nova's.

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Lap 15: I thought I was gonna be in Duc's back pocket soon here. I managed to keep it together despite my front left tire causing me concern as well. It was a close race til the end.
 
I’m nominating Nova for an unofficial award from a new sponsor for his drive in race 2. The Instant Pot pressure cooker challenge. He was under pressure from 5 different drivers through essentially the entire race.

Lap 2, Turn 4 there’s a 2 second gap between Nova in 3rd and 7th
End of race there’s a 2 second gap between Nova in 3rd and 7th
Here’s a picture from just over half distance on lap 9.

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Well done! :cheers:
 
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