SNAIL Tuning and Team Series - Season 2 Sign-ups Open

[dabneyd]

I didn't know where you were going with that. Now that I've figured it out, I want to put you in the wall.

 

[diabolicwyvern]

I didn't know where you were going with that. Now that I've figured it out, I want to put you in the wall.

I assumed it went without saying its my homage to direct tv commercial and the infamous Lemons to Lemans sandwich incident of 2011. You know the one I'm talking about. well garris and you should.

 

[Oshawa-Joe]

Im hitting 162-163 without a draft, still have plenty of rpm left with the default trans setting (plenty for the draft if Im in it).
I don't know about the rest of you, but after about 4-5 laps that last corner is very hard to keep control and maintain any decent speed through it (114+).
See you all tonight

I think the Rx7 is hitting 157-159 top speed but carries about 123-126 on the last corner without much in the way of drama even after 8 plus laps. Will be interesting to see how it all works out between all the top dogs. I'll just sit back, try to hang, and be really careful not to create high speed chaos. This is gonna be awesome tonight!

 

[dabneyd]

I assumed it went without saying its my homage to direct tv commercial and the infamous Lemons to Lemans sandwich incident of 2011. You know the one I'm talking about. well garris and you should.

Yes, on all counts. Working at an ad agency has soured my tasted for advertising.

 

[Jahgee]

Given my team the best that I can do, hopefully it works

Team that reads this, Lime Green color from either a Dodge Challenger R/T, Lexus LFA or Amuse S2000 with Isotope Green wheels. Also remember last races strategy is in use this race.

 

[zer05ive]

I am hoping Bronco has a tune for us as I haven't run any laps with this car yet.

Yeah, same here..

Bronco, you got a tune for us yet?

 

[diabolicwyvern]

A degree in journalism, followed by a failed internship, confirmed my fears. Talent is hugely unrecognized!

 

[dabneyd]

A degree in journalism, followed by a failed internship, confirmed my fears. Talent is hugely unrecognized!

Talent is worthless. The ability to lie with a straight face and kiss as much ass as possible is the only currency in this industry. It's sad that the attitude finds its way into other, unrelated, departments.

 

[Chiochan]

I accidentally erased my transmision tune. could some team red member PM it to me please. I tried to mess with it for HSR but I'm useless at tuning and did more harm than good.

 

[Oshawa-Joe]

Talent is worthless. The ability to lie with a straight face and kiss as much ass as possible is the only currency in this industry. It's sad that the attitude finds its way into other, unrelated, departments.

Unfortunately that is the only currency in most industries. I decided to take a break and walked away from a 6 figure job because I was sick of it.

 

[esh]

AC is pumping. Jumping in my lounge to test.

 

[Jahgee]

Sent my team a pm, hopefully you guys can respond.

 

[bdubclub]

Power is out here fellas, not sure if it is going to be on before 9, as it is my whole town, and the town next to me(pretty much right in the middle of downtown Milwaukee). Very strange, never seen anything like this before. I'm going to go take the dog out for a walk, will update everyone before 9.

 

[Oshawa-Joe]

My area has received a weather alert:

Summary
This is an alert to the potential development of severe thunderstorms with large hail, damaging winds or heavy rainfall..Monitor weather conditions and listen for updated bulletins.

Details
A frontal zone stretching across Southern Ontario will provide the threat for thunderstorms this evening. Some of these storms could become locally severe with large hail, damaging winds, torrential downpours, and frequent cloud to ground lightning.

It looks about an hour away. I hope I can start and finish the racing tonight.

 

[diabolicwyvern]

da da da daaa da daaaaaa.... Puppy Power!!!!

 

[Jahgee]

My area has received a weather alert:

Summary
This is an alert to the potential development of severe thunderstorms with large hail, damaging winds or heavy rainfall..Monitor weather conditions and listen for updated bulletins.

Details
A frontal zone stretching across Southern Ontario will provide the threat for thunderstorms this evening. Some of these storms could become locally severe with large hail, damaging winds, torrential downpours, and frequent cloud to ground lightning.

It looks about an hour away. I hope I can start and finish the racing tonight.

Stay safe and just go to the race lobby, we are about to head out.

 

[BeRandom]

I'm the only one from my team in the room right now. Come on guys, Team Grey needs you.

 

[Jahgee]

My team got a strategy/last minute practice session in right before they went to join the lobby and I went to play Gotham City Impostors.

 

[Vol Jbolaz]

There has been an accident, and the truck carrying all of the RX-7s to the track caught fire.

Sorry.

 

[Jahgee]

Haha the bombs I planted worked perfectly

Wait who planted bombs, it wasn't me

 

[Vol Jbolaz]

Thanks to everyone that showed up.

The spreadsheet is updated. It may have errors, I haven't double checked. And there may be protests.

This course put a unique strain on the cars. And things will be completely different next week at Laguna Seca. I hope to see you all there.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Thanks to everyone that showed up.

The spreadsheet is updated. It may have errors, I haven't double checked. And there may be protests.

This course put a unique strain on the cars. And things will be completely different next week at Laguna Seca. I hope to see you all there.

I have no protests. I have no complaints, or anything of the sort.



I simply feel like I've made an idiot and a complete 🤬 of myself. I took out at least 6 cars. I don't care about the "unique strain on the cars" and I don't want to hear arguments. That crash was 99% likely my fault, (I don't know if I was helped, and I won't accuse anyone) but the car got sideways SO quick, I had no chance of saving it.



Without further complications or mistakes and failures on my part, I'd like to leave the series and allow you guys to have your fun. I'm not enjoying this series much, and after today, I plainly and simply feel like I'm wasting everyone's time.



My spin, whether I was tapped or not, was clearly a failure, on my part, to abide by the fourth rule of the GTP OLRs.

D:
You are expected to drive responsibly in a way that’s not likely to ruin the racing enjoyment of your fellow drivers.

I'm sorry to everyone whom I took out in that crash. I didn't want to spin, I assure you, and I didn't want anyone to hit me once I had spun.

L:
No careless driving. Always show respect for your fellow racers. Be careful. Show some patience. Understand the limitations of your car and yourself and drive accordingly. Driving online in a racing sim is NOT exactly the same as real life racing in every respect.

This just further backs up my point. While the crash was an accident, I'm obviously not ready or capable to drive in this series, without ruining someone else's race.



The only GTP rules I followed today were these two:

K:
If a driver wants to retire from a race, the driver concerned must not exit the race. The driver must find a position on the track where the driver will not endanger other drivers, park their car by pressing "start" and wait for the race to end. Keep in mind that your car may start to move when the start button is pressed. Place your car on a position where this movement won't cause any problems for drivers who are still racing.

N:
When racing or entering GTPlanet's social or competitive race meetings, all drivers are expected to meet the Performance Point criteria. This means setting your car to the maximum PP in social events (unless stated otherwise), or setting your car to a specific PP in competitive events (unless stated otherwise).

To explain the main problem of the race:

B:
In case you brake too late for a corner or partially lose control of your car, but can prevent an accident by steering into the dirt, grass or a wall, you are expected to do so.

I tried to avoid spinning in front of someone, but the spin was so unexpected, in that corner, that I had completely lost control of the car, and hit a red RX-8.



If I had hit the RX-8 like that in a real race, the driver would most likely have been seriously injured... or worse...


Then, the RX-8 lost control and spun in front of Mopar, immediately causing an 8+ car crash.



Please accept my resignation from the series, without penalizing any of my teammates (DrKronin and BeRandom) to ensure that they find a third teammate to race with before Laguna Seca. I'm not able to run these cars in full control of my car, and continually ruined the races for other people today, and no longer feel welcome to drive around, while continually smashing and spinning.





As for recommendations, I sincerely recommend that the series do testing on High Speed Ring, with next season's specifications before hand, to see if this problem (at least 10 spins occurred) happens with next season's specs. As for my opinions of Jahgee, I'll respect him as a tuner, and a team owner (sort of) without respecting his choices in tracks.

 

[Vol Jbolaz]

Please, don't pull out.

Yes, the fault was your fault. And yes, you took several of us out, but... it is racing, accidents happen. It wasn't like you were trying to dive bomb someone or pushing too hard to make a pass or hitting other people.

Also, this is a PD original track. When PD built it, they didn't want to have to model too much, so it has no runoffs. The inside of that corner should've been a runoff area. It shouldn't've had a wall. When you got lose, on a real track, you would've had room to dive down on the apron and out of traffic. On this track, you hit a wall and bounce back into traffic.

That is a big reason why I don't like PD original tracks. They aren't very good real courses.

Please, please, please, stay. Your team needs you.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

And there aren't 280,000+ members who could take my spot? I'm sure you guys will find someone. If not, I'll struggle through Laguna Seca, and perhaps Madrid, but, I just feel ridiculous here.

 

[Jahgee]

Good job Lime Time Racing, you just proved my point that I made in the test lobby.

 

[kcheeb]

And there aren't 280,000+ members who could take my spot? I'm sure you guys will find someone. If not, I'll struggle through Laguna Seca, and perhaps Madrid, but, I just feel ridiculous here.

Why? You and I had a great battle at Trial Mountain, don't tell me we didn't.

All that happened was you made a mistake, like Vol said, it's racing.

Last try, your team needs you

 

[esh]

How did these tracks get picked in the first place? I can't say I've spent much any time racing on HSR unless it was dirty shuffle in the rain or something.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

How did these tracks get picked in the first place? I can't say I've spent much any time racing on HSR unless it was dirty shuffle in the rain or something.

Jahgee's home track.

 

[Vol Jbolaz]

Good job Lime Time Racing, you just proved my point that I made in the test lobby.

I have to know what point that was?

How did these tracks get picked in the first place? I can't say I've spent much any time racing on HSR unless it was dirty shuffle in the rain or something.

Yeah, I just went with the four "home" tracks that the four tuners picked. My thought was, if these were tracks that they liked and were good at, then their tunes would have an evening to shine, as it were.

Not sure how we will pick tracks next time. Guess it depends on how many teams we have.

 

[Chiochan]

Sorry for my attitude last night. I try every time I race to have a positive attitude, but last night kept beating me down. I had no practice, which for me means disaster, and personally don't like HSR. It's not a fun track for me to race. It is actually the track I put my fiance on when she wants to play. Now I see why she doesn't really like to play to much.lol
Anyway, I will be prepared for Madrid so BRONCO, please try to prepare the tune a few days before so I can practice.
Mr.Meloncoly you are the tuner for YOUR team, and in a sense, manager, please reconsider what you are proposing. We all have a bad night sometimes, it's how you react to what happens, not what happens that matters. please don't quit.