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

[Noob01_lmdead]

I announce my oficial change to mclaren… @llNovall

 

[radliffracing]

It's official.I will not be able to make event number 4.Have fun on the mountain.Guys look out for those kangaroos

 

[llNovall]

It's official.I will not be able to make event number 4.Have fun on the mountain.Guys look out for those kangaroos

Thanks for the early heads up.

@RACECAR
You are now guaranteed a grid spot for this Friday's race night. Be sure to have your car specs set properly and be ready to race.

 

[llNovall]

Event #4 Drivers Meeting​

Grid Business
Happy Thursday to everyone who will be attending tomorrow night's event at Mount Panorama. We have a full grid of 16 drivers confirmed to race, with one driver, @MrDonovan , 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.

READ ME FIRST: Gran Turismo 7 Connection Issues

Gran Turismo 7, it seems, follows in the fine traditions of GT Sport, GT6, GT5, and even GT5P in being a bit sensitive to network environments. A connection that's fine one day (or hour) might be ropey the next, and while there's a lot of things that might be out of your control, the best way to...

www.gtplanet.net

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


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 Mount Panorama:
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 Mount Panorama.

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:

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)

 

[cesarr64]

Hi IInovall,

I'm not feeling at 100% and would prefer that you assign my spot to MrDonovan and place me on reserve.

Regards,
Cesar

 

[DublDee]

Hi IInovall,

I'm not feeling at 100% and would prefer that you assign my spot to MrDonovan and place me on reserve.

Regards,
Cesar

Hope you get feeling better!

 

[llNovall]

Hi IInovall,

I'm not feeling at 100% and would prefer that you assign my spot to MrDonovan and place me on reserve.

Regards,
Cesar

Feel better sir, and thanks for the notice.

@MrDonovan
You are now guaranteed a spot on the grid tonight. Please confirm, and see you at race time.

 

[MrDonovan]

Feel better sir, and thanks for the notice.

@MrDonovan
You are now guaranteed a spot on the grid tonight. Please confirm, and see you at race time.

LOL I’d marked this race for next weekend in my calendar, & just happened to log in this morning!

Confirming for the race, guess I’ve got a few hours to run some practice laps 😝👌

 

[DublDee]

It’s race day! A couple new liveries for the White Knuckle Motorsports #22 and #33 AMG’s

 

[Buffalo_DRD]

Seems to be quite an outage with the PSN right now. I’m not able to connect. Hope this gets fixed ASAP.

 

[JDMKING13]

Can’t get on PSN omg!!!

 

[Bologna_Duc]

Yep, same. PSN is down. Downdetector site has significant spike that started a short while ago. Hopefully resolved before race time.

 

[cesarr64]

Hope you get feeling better!

Thanks Dub

 

[cesarr64]

Feel better sir, and thanks for the notice.

@MrDonovan
You are now guaranteed a spot on the grid tonight. Please confirm, and see you at race time.

Thanks Nova

 

[Wetroadracer]

Hopefully it gets fixed I took Vacation days for this weekend haha

 

[DublDee]

Great! Yeah me and tee are in the same boat.

 

[JDMKING13]

I was going to get some practice before the race but I guess not… like why now smh…

 

[MrDonovan]

Well damn. Looks like my “very short practice” might become “zero practice” 😳🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[MrDonovan]

Yeah everything is down

 

[RACECAR]

....Well, suddenly showing up for the race is looking pretty sketchy. Thought it was just one of the games I usually play but looks like this is much wider and far reaching issue. If things continue this way to the time of the race, maybe a reschedule to next week? It'll be an additional 2 races for me next weekend but as these would be on a Friday (And my big endurance race is on Sunday), it's hardly a deal-breaker for me

 

[Kgffy]

I’m getting a PlayStation Network issue so looks like no racing for me this evening):

 

[socalnatv]

@Kgffy

It’s the entire PlayStation network.

Not just you, we’re all waiting for it to get fixed.

 

[llNovall]

Attention ALL drivers:

Due to PSN Network issues this late into the evening, we will be postponing tonight's event. Even if they were to come back online, stability will likely be an issue. I will announce the make up date. Next week is a maybe, but I need to verify I have no plans with the Mrs. If not, the next week should be a go. I will officially announce the new date later tonight or tomorrow. Everyone currently confirmed for tonight's event will maintain their grid priority for the event as it stands right now. Once the date is announced, I would ask everyone that if you know the new date will not work, to please notify me. If you are not confirmed and would like to get in the Reserve order, please post. Otherwise, you will be assumed to still be confirmed for the event if I do not hear from you.

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)

 

[radliffracing]

Put me on reserve just in case I'm available please

 

[Kgffy]

@Kgffy

It’s the entire PlayStation network.

Not just you, we’re all waiting for it to get fixed.

Just started reading thread, should of read first lol

 

[MrDonovan]

Attention ALL drivers:

Due to PSN Network issues this late into the evening, we will be postponing tonight's event. Even if they were to come back online, stability will likely be an issue. I will announce the make up date. Next week is a maybe, but I need to verify I have no plans with the Mrs. If not, the next week should be a go. I will officially announce the new date later tonight or tomorrow. Everyone currently confirmed for tonight's event will maintain their grid priority for the event as it stands right now. Once the date is announced, I would ask everyone that if you know the new date will not work, to please notify me. If you are not confirmed and would like to get in the Reserve order, please post. Otherwise, you will be assumed to still be confirmed for the event if I do not hear from you.

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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)

Such a pity, but entirely out of our hands 🤷🏻‍♂️

Have a good evening everyone - it’s nearly 1pm here, & I’m hoping PSN is back up in time for Manufacturers Cup in a few hours 👌👌

If anyone else is racing in GT2, Im going to try and do a few races in your region on my alternate: MrMapledon

(I also race in EMEA as TCR_MrD_IRE)

Have fun out there 🐬

 

[socalnatv]

Just a heads up…next Friday is Valentine’s Day.

@llNovall