The GTP Rolex Sports Car Series- Brickyard Grand Prix! Finished!

[ITCC_Andrew]

Oh yeah! That kart series was a good laugh, and cheers man.

Good times, mate. Good times.

 

[polarbear345]

Thanks cnd, polar and tbw. I think last night may have put me off DP as i really hate indy. Especially the double hairpin. Plus I Didn't feel overly comfortable with the car. Maybe my opinion will change for other tracks so i'll stay put down for the ferrari for now, but if there arent that many people in DP for the proper season I'll change to make up the numbers.

Oh and something miraculous happened last night, I could see storm for the entire race!

In real life the double hairpin is now just a chicane. It's much better (I watched the majority of the real race there) so hopefully it'll be fixed for the next game.

The real season should hopefully be a decent balance, with a solid DP field

Polar
Ant
Cnd
Seth
Brandon


So actually, we may need you in GT! That's a first!

 

[R0ssingt0n]

In real life the double hairpin is now just a chicane. It's much better (I watched the majority of the real race there) so hopefully it'll be fixed for the next game.

The real season should hopefully be a decent balance, with a solid DP field

Polar
Ant
Cnd
Seth
Brandon


So actually, we may need you in GT! That's a first!

Well I'm happy to go in either class! And for a brief moment during the race I thought I could have got 2nd... then I ran out of talent and cnd drove away from me :c I did get into the 1:25's for a lap though!

 

[Kurei]

Popped in the room to watch a few times (mcluvin93hatch), once at the start and then again around 50~ laps in, looked pretty interesting, got a few questions (figured this would be the best place to ask)

How would one go about joining ?, I have no car prepared or anything, but I'm guessing everyone runs cars that are 'broken-in' ?, and I'm also seeing 4 names per car (or is it 2 person's w/ 2 names?), are cars shared or just simply the tune's ?

If your looking for GT runners, I'd be interested in trying-out if need be 👍
(I'll need a car though )

 

[cnd01]

Well I'm happy to go in either class! And for a brief moment during the race I thought I could have got 2nd... then I ran out of talent and cnd drove away from me :c I did get into the 1:25's for a lap though!

You were keeping up for a little bit. I had my car tuned for the long run. Ant was better than me the first 6 or 7 then I would reel him in the next 6 or 7. If we could've had less cautions, I might have been able to win it. I was hoping we would go green the whole way.

 

[R0ssingt0n]

You were keeping up for a little bit. I had my car tuned for the long run. Ant was better than me the first 6 or 7 then I would reel him in the next 6 or 7. If we could've had less cautions, I might have been able to win it. I was hoping we would go green the whole way.

You and Ant seemed to be pretty equal, so did polar and Seth... Then there was just me trundling around on my own. At least I was in third not last and after the 2nd caution I just wanted to get on with the race and go to the end. the third caution annoyed me a little bit.

 

[cnd01]

You and Ant seemed to be pretty equal, so did polar and Seth... Then there was just me trundling around on my own. At least I was in third not last and after the 2nd caution I just wanted to get on with the race and go to the end. the third caution annoyed me a little bit.

Each caution was a gut punch to me. I was contemplating a 2 stop race, but went with 3. I could go 18 laps no problem on tires for a 3 stopper. The cautions made the race a lot shorter anyway.

 

[R0ssingt0n]

Each caution was a gut punch to me. I was contemplating a 2 stop race, but went with 3. I could go 18 laps no problem on tires for a 3 stopper. The cautions made the race a lot shorter anyway.

Each caution helped me, i never really plan when i'm going to pit so stopping early is'nt really a problem. I like to get into a rythm though and go a while without stopping, and the cautions didnt really help that aspect.

 

[cnd01]

Each caution helped me, i never really plan when i'm going to pit so stopping early is'nt really a problem. I like to get into a rythm though and go a while without stopping, and the cautions didnt really help that aspect.

Yep. I had my strategy planned, but it was all thrown out the window when the second caution flew.

 

[polarbear345]

Alright boys, Season 4 is up!

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=273394

 

[anirishnirvana]

How would one go about joining ?, I have no car prepared or anything, but I'm guessing everyone runs cars that are 'broken-in' ?, and I'm also seeing 4 names per car (or is it 2 person's w/ 2 names?), are cars shared or just simply the tune's ?

We'll be starting preseasons in a fortnight. The thread for season 4 will be on Polar's signature soon, or in the previous post added whilst I was writing this and there's much discussion to go on regarding balance & incidents.

As it's still preseason a lot of cars will be fresh, my Audi was (we used the 5.2 last year). It's also why we forgave the 3 Audi scenario and Seth's lack of pre-race preparation restart.

Now DP is a one car class (Nissan R390 Road Car) that will have 8 cars when full.

GT on the other hand will have a 2 people per car limit. As it's still preseason, some people may swap cars. For example, I fancy giving the Camaro a spin at some point. It will also help counteract the OP arguments that may come to fruition.

Now CND and whomever agreed with the add 20 bhp to GT; you're playing with 4 balanced cars. 20bhp extra means more to the Audi / Ferrari than it will to the Aston. Instead of fiddling about with 4 cars to push DP towards GT, why not bring DP back to GT?

 

[polarbear345]

We'll be starting preseasons in a fortnight. The thread for season 4 will be on Polar's signature soon, or in the previous post added whilst I was writing this and there's much discussion to go on regarding balance & incidents.

As it's still preseason a lot of cars will be fresh, my Audi was (we used the 5.2 last year). It's also why we forgave the 3 Audi scenario and Seth's lack of pre-race preparation restart.

Now DP is a one car class (Nissan R390 Road Car) that will have 8 cars when full.

GT on the other hand will have a 2 people per car limit. As it's still preseason, some people may swap cars. For example, I fancy giving the Camaro a spin at some point. It will also help counteract the OP arguments that may come to fruition.

Now CND and whomever agreed with the add 20 bhp to GT; you're playing with 4 balanced cars. 20bhp extra means more to the Audi / Ferrari than it will to the Aston. Instead of fiddling about with 4 cars to push DP towards GT, why not bring DP back to GT?

Thanks for doing this damu, I missed this post!

Damu is correct, Season 4 link will be in my signature right after I post this.

DP is losing 10 HP, and we will see where that puts us. Sign ups are up to date on that thread, so you will have a nice selection!

 

[freshseth83]

601hp sounds good for DP. I think 591hp would slow them enough that they wouldn't be such rockets compared to GT's. But -10hp is ok. I don't think it'll hurt lap times that much. Maybe a second give or take.