Super GT500 Series - Forming Now - Race #1 09/07/2011 - NOT HARDCORE

[Sweaty Palms]

Series Requirements
Super GT PREMIUM Cars Only - Choose from the list below
You may only use ONE manufacturer for the entire season. But, you may use any of the
cars from that manufacturer, as many times as you want.
You may NOT use the same car two races in a row.
-If you feel the need to switch manufacturers at any time, you are welcome to do so. But,
you will have 15 points deducted from your overall points in the standings.
Tires: Open
Any and All Assists are allowed
Horsepower Restriction - 500hp
Weight Restriction - 1100kg
Lobby will open at 8:30pm EST - Races will begin at 9:30pm EST SHARP!
All races will be held on Wednesday evenings


Event Settings
Grid Order - Fastest First
-Enter the room and put down your best lap. This will determine
where you qualify.
Penalties - OFF (Unless I decide it's necessary for a given track)
Race Finish Delay - 180 seconds
Grip Reduction - Real
Mechanical Damage - Light
Tire Wear/Fuel Consumption - On

Available Cars

Nissan
Calsonic IMPUL GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
MOTUL AUTECH GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
XANAVI NISMO GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
XANAVI NISMO Z (SUPER GT) ‘06
YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R (SUPER GT) ‘08
GT-R GT500 STEALTH MODEL (This car is subject to change)


Lexus/Toyota
Lexus DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 (SUPER GT) ‘08
Lexus BANDAI DIREZZA SC430 (SUPER GT) ‘06
Lexus ENEOS SC430 (SUPER GT) ‘08
Lexus PETRONAS TOM’S SC430 (SUPER GT) ‘08
Toyota YellowHat YMS Supra (SUPER GT) ‘05


Honda
ARTA NSX (SUPER GT) ‘06
EPSON NSX (SUPER GT) ‘08
RAYBRIG NSX (SUPER GT) ‘06
TAKATA DOME NSX (SUPER GT) ‘06
NSX GT500 STEALTH MODEL (This car is subject to change)


Course List (Schedule) - Lobby opens at 8:30pm EST, Race begins at 9:30pm EST
September 7, 2011: Superspeedway - Daytona - 75 Laps
September 14, 2011: Suzuka Circuit - 25 Laps
September 21, 2011: Fuji Speedway GT - 35 Laps
September 28, 2011: Tokyo R246 - 30 Laps
October 5, 2011: Grand Valley Speedway - 30 Laps
October 12, 2011: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca - 45 Laps
October 19, 2011: Superspeedway - Indy - 75 Laps
October 26, 2011: Cote D' Azur - 40 Laps
November 2, 2011: Circuit De La Sarthe 2009 (Change Time) - 11 Laps
November 9, 2011: High Speed Ring - 35 Laps
November 16, 2011: Cape Ring - 20 Laps
November 23, 2011: NO RACE - Happy Thanksgiving!!!
November 30, 2011: Special Stage Route 5 (Night) - 40 Laps
December 7, 2011: Circuito De Madrid - 40 Laps
December 14, 2011: Nurburgring Nordschleife (Change Time) - 10 Laps


Points
First Place - 10 points
Second Place - 9 points
Third Place - 8 points
Fourth Place - 7 points
Fifth Place - 6 points
Sixth Place - 5 points
Seventh Place - 4 points
Eight Place and below - 3 points


Pole Position/Fastest Qualifier - 2 bonus points
-Can only be achieved a max of 3 times during the season


**If you get disconnected during the race, you will be awarded
3 points, regardless of what your position was at the time.**


Manufacturer Championship
This series will also incorporate a very basic manufacturer's cup. The winning manufacturer
of each race, will receive 10 points towards the manufacturer leaderboard. At the end of the
season, if your race team (manufacturer) wins the manufacturer's cup, you will receive a
bonus of 15 points towards your overall score.


Post here if you plan to join. This series is a first come, first serve series.

 

[homeslice47]

I like the series and the schedule, but it seems like the car swapping thing is too strict. I would prefer to run any super gt car without having to worry about points being deducted because i ran the same car twice in a row or something.

 

[Niop]

This looks like a great series, it's simple and too the point.
I'd like to join, and I'll go with either Lexus or Honda(which ever ends up being the least popular)
PSN: RFLX_Niop

 

[erikroy57]

Hello eci !
Since i really like the work you've done with the FF series, i would like to take part in this one with the NISSAN
Because its on wednesday, it will be better suit my evening weeks, since i always have something on thursdays and i will have to quit FF.

 

[homeslice47]

Count me in, I will most likely be running nissans.

 

[xR0ADRASHx]

I'm in. I'll be running the Nissan's

 

[erikroy57]

So we're 5 until now, need few more drivers !

 

[boshuter]

I'm really considering it. I just have serious reservations about having to change cars every week, and having to run on the superspeedways.

I guess changing cars each week wouldn't be that big of a deal, I just don't understand the reasoning behind that requirement.

As for the superspeedways, with the ridiculously exagerated draft in GT5, a superspeedway race will turn into a drafting battle and crashfest unless everyone in the race is WAY above average driving level. If we are going to be able to drop our 2 worst races, then I could just skip those 2.

 

[cbcvabch]

O man!

 

[keldabest13]

Can I join please?

 

[xR0ADRASHx]

I'm really considering it. I just have serious reservations about having to change cars every week, and having to run on the superspeedways.

I guess changing cars each week wouldn't be that big of a deal, I just don't understand the reasoning behind that requirement.

As for the superspeedways, with the ridiculously exagerated draft in GT5, a superspeedway race will turn into a drafting battle and crashfest unless everyone in the race is WAY above average driving level. If we are going to be able to drop our 2 worst races, then I could just skip those 2.

I agree with Boshuter. In my experience the oval tracks turn into a crash fest unless you have experienced racers who know how to use the draft. Instead of the oval track you might want to switch to the road courses. You'll have better racing

 

[trainman101]

I would prefer to have the freedom of running the super gt of choice without losing points.

How about dropping the points for our 2 or 3 worst races? The schedule is long and not everyone will make every race. This would certainly tighten up the point race at the end and make things more interesting.👍

 

[Sweaty Palms]

To those of you wanting to join.....welcome! The race will be hosted in my lounge, so be sure to send me a friend request on PSN. (Eciracing).

The lounge will open at 8:30EST, and racing will begin at 9:30EST. I would suggest an early arrival. There are MANY people that plan to join from the PS forums.

Hope to see you guys there. Should be fun!

 

[xR0ADRASHx]

Anyone have any idea of a good lap time at Daytona in these cars?

 

[ruf_ctr2]

I would love to join. I will be running toyota or honda, i will decide tonight. I like the idea of dropping a few races, things come up for everyone once in a while.

 

[DA__dogg]

I'm using the Lexus/Toyota cars and the best time I've gotten with no draft is 47 seconds with the YellowHat. Yes the race at Daytona will be crazy and yes there will be crashes but I can assure you that most of the people from the Sony forums have raced together for a long time in various cars in different series. Hopefully the race will be a clean one but anything can happen.

As for dropping the results for the two worst races, far as I know eci hasn't mentioned anything like that so it probably ain't gonna happen. Just do some laps with different cars from the various manufacturers and show up to race. Gonna be a good series.

 

[ruf_ctr2]

This should be exciting as it is my first race series. I hope you all won't blow me out of the water each race.

 

[cgr-10]

Would love to join but I'm GMT and don't fancy staying up till 3am Good luck with the series though.

 

[DA__dogg]

This should be exciting as it is my first race series. I hope you all won't blow me out of the water each race.

You picked a good series to have as your first one. Eci is a great host and everyone I know that is in the series are clean drivers. Plus the cars are all equal pretty much so it comes down to driver skill and tuning. I hope to win one race in the series and it's going to be a blast throughout the whole thing.

Sounds like there might be a practice session tonight round 8:30 pm est. If anyone is interested in racing this thing stop on by and run some laps. Meet the people and work on drafting. See you there.

 

[Sweaty Palms]

Hey Ruf, if you haven't done so already, be sure to add me on PSN (eciracing). The room will be hosted in my lounge, so you'll have to be on my friends list to get in.

Gonna be a fun one! See you all there.

 

[homeslice47]

be sure to add me on PSN (eciracing). The room will be hosted in my lounge, so you'll have to be on my friends list to get in.

Gonna be a fun one! See you all there.

Add me! I sent you a friend request.

 

[DILUSI]

hey is it to late to get in on this. friends on psn if i can join or fill a spot to this same name here. i would be on the nissan side of this.. 👍

 

[DA__dogg]

Shoot eciracing a friend request. Lounge opens at 8:30 pm est.

 

[ruf_ctr2]

Good fun first race, congratulations homeslice47

 

[erikroy57]

7th, on last lap, and run out of fuel to finish last ... what ??? out of fuel ???

 

[DILUSI]

good win homeslice47 👍 also a good pack of racers im glad i made it in..

 

[DA__dogg]

Good race last night guys. Congrats to homeslice47 on the win. Since the race was at Daytona there were many wrecks and I was involved in two of them if I remember right. First I was drafting ice fairly early in the race and just after the final turn I tried to bump draft him and ended up getting next to him on his left. We made contact and I ended up spinning out right in front of pit road. I was in the grass near the start/finish line and the game thought I pitted. I chose tires and fuel and the car went back to the pits. What's weird is after the car left the pits, I had no control with the wheel. The YellowHat was on cruise control at around 170 mph for a whole lap and mercifully I was able to pit the following lap and away I went lol. At that time I knew that the other drivers were getting close to their first pit stop so I tried to work with whoever was closest to me to to keep draft speed around the whole track. I ended up working with Juan for a majority of the race, up until we got side by side and I got in front of him a little too much and I ended up hitting the wall. That put me back a couple of spots.



Then late in the race Gojet and a pacing car made contact. I saw him in the middle of the track and I tried to avoid him but could not and I slammed into him at 190 mph. So we spun around for awhile and hit each other again before we could get control of our cars. At that point in the race I figured I was done so I just cracked open another beer. Ended up finishing fourth and I'm happy with that considering there was 13 or 14 racers in the lounge and the fact that I went from 2nd or 3rd to last place after the pit road mishap lol.

 

[homeslice47]

I got lucky and avoided the wrecks, fun race guys.

 

[ruf_ctr2]

I will be practicing for this next weeks race, so be on edge guys haha.

 

[Niop]

Sorry I didn't make it guys, it sounds like it was an eventful race. I was online and ready to race, but just spaced it and forgot about it. I've got a weekly alarm set now, won't happen again.

Congrats to Homeslice47 on the win.