Update on intentions for GT7 as it becomes more complete.
After our efforts to see what we can work with on GT7, it's obvious we need to remian patient and allow PD the time to get sorted... so, as mentioned, we will finish our current seasons with GTSport.
However, I do want to start preparations for our next chapters of Friday night racing once PD does get GT7 sorted out. The Porsche series will simply need a detailed regulations list, but otherwise should make for an easier transition than the Michelin series. With GT7's tuning structure, the Gr4 class cars won't seem to fit the specs that I want us to race at with the ability to adjust as we need them to.
So, I have a new idea for our next move for the Michelin series and want to get everyone to start thinking about what car they want to use and start testing to fit the initial starting regulations.
Here are my thoughts for our own GT4/Gr4 inspired series for our next season on GT7. As with this season's Michelin series, it will require testing, tuning, and time trialing, but I think we can achieve our target and with 3 months available to the finish out our current seasons, plenty of time to do it.
Here it is:
- GT4 inspired race series using only rear wheel drive cars (this includes fr, mr, and rr), with a targeted starting power to weight ratio of 6.5 lbs/hp (roughly 3kg/hp).
ANY car in GT7 with 2 doors and rear wheel drive is allowed. Old/new, musclecar/supercar...whatever you want to use, but chose wisely.. See edit at bottom.
- the car must start out as a road car and be made into a race car. NO GR4/GR3/Gr3 road cars etc.
- cars chosen can have as much and as many upgrades as desired as long as they can be tuned to meet the 6.5 p/w ratio target, and can be adjusted up and down. (Make sure to upgrade your car to a point that you have to bring the power down some, and add some weight. This will allow us to adjust as needed during time trialing to establish a base BoP spec.
-wide body kits will be allowed.
-no soft top convertibles allowed. If it is a convertible with an available hardtop installed its good.
-once a driver has their car set and established the way they plan to race it they will be asked to submit a screen shot of their power and weight ratio being used. A control time trial will then be opened for you to run. The times collected will be measured against my times (no one will know, until after all times are collected) as the benchmark for starting parity. Those who are slower will be bumped up, and those faster will be scaled down. These adjusted numbers will become your starting BoP for that car for the season. From there a ballast/hp Leveling system will take over as it did for our current series.
-PP will have no impact for our series since our base regulations will be based on the car, how it was specd, and the driver's time trial results. The idea is for us all to be very close from the start with a variety of different cars.
- no more than 2 of the same car will be allowed.
-once season is started, a driver will be allowed 1 car change with additional rules/penalties applied in regards to the change.
-all cars will run on race Medium tires, must install a roll cage if available to the chosen car (not required if not available for chosen car), front spoiler, rear spoiler, and lower rear spoiler kit and all racing drivetrain components added (if car has front spoiler kit from factory, that will work)
- a final list of required parts will be made over the next few weeks
-as usual, there will a standardized livery regulation for the series.
The planned name for the series:
Snail Michelin Pilot GT Challenge
Start thinking about what cars you would like to use, adjust them to achieve 6.5 lbs/hp p/w ratio, and start testing to find a car.
More details to be announced as I have time to play with this more. Hopefully, GT7 will at the very least afford us the options of seeing hp/weight/and tire regulations and have a stable online environment before we try to kick this off later in the year. Looking forward to finishing our current season, and looking even more forward to our next runs on GT7.
Edit: A long list of available cars will be selected and approved for this new series. Drivers can test and select any car from this provided, and again, no more than 2 of the same car on the roster.