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Pm's in psn or here? I didnt know he had a gtplanet?
The Rolex Sports Car Series /Help Plan Season 2!/
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Pm's in psn or here? I didnt know he had a gtplanet?
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- Essex
- CWM_StormPacer
Nah on here. He probably just made a GTP profile for the sake of it.
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Ya probably
- 3,506
- Essex
- CWM_StormPacer
Ok, so I'm just writing up the introduction to the Rolex series for that season report I was telling you. Did you want a snippet of what I've written thus far to read?
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james6653
Or just post it
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- Essex
- CWM_StormPacer
Tis sent, dear sir.... I'll post it after some feedback from james.
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- CWM_StormPacer
Ok, so I don't normally doublepost, but I'll do it just this once. I've changed the title, but other than that this is what I sent james.
The GTPlanet Forums: The Rolex Sports Car Series on Gran Turismo 5
The Rolex Sports Car Series is a motorsport event that was established in 2000 after taking over from previous events similar in their setup, and was originally under the Grand American Road Racing Championship name when it began. The series itself runs a mixture of racing prototype machines and Grand Touring specified sports cars over a series of different tracks across America, each being an endurance style format across roughly a three hour length, with the exception of Daytona Road Course, which is a 24-hour event. Using elements of this well known series as a base, members of the GTPlanet Forums, polarbear345 and james6653, have decided to create a racing series on Gran Turismo 5 that can be participated by any and all who are interested, regardless of skill level. Since the event is only a namesake of the original Rolex Series, it does have its own differences in structure, ruling and regulation aspects.
The basic layout of the GTPlanet Rolex Series is that there are eight different tracks, each of them having a set number of laps hoping to last within the duration of an hour and twenty minutes. The number of laps varies, depending on the length of the track itself and tested lap times set by the cars involved, though many of the races length are similar in distance. Each track chosen is a well renowned race course from around the world, but will include tracks mainly from North America, in an attempt to keep as close to the original series entirely American layout as possible. A total of 16 drivers can compete in the event, which is evenly split so that eight drivers race in the Daytona Prototype (DP) class, while eight race in the Grand Touring (GT) class.
The cars used in this series try to remain as close to the mark as possible, but on a game such as Gran Turismo 5, the use of the Daytona Prototypes is impossible, therefore Le Mans Prototypes are used instead. The Grand Touring class is comprised of a number of premium model sportscars that are tuned to racing specifications, and given aerodynamic parts to improve cornering and downforce. For the Daytona Prototype class, the Bentley Speed 8, Toyota GT-ONE and two Peugeot 908 (Team Oreca and Team Total) race cars are used. As for the Grand Touring class, the Audi R8 4.2 Quattro, the Ferrari 458 Italia, the Dodge Viper SRT10 and the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 are used for this event.
Rules and regulations play a big part to any racing event, and this is no exception. Rigorous testing has been applied to each and every car involved, with overwhelming feedback from many drivers. There were cars that originally were going to compete in the series, but could not keep up with the ever changing regulations, either through falling short of competitiveness, or failing to meet certain criteria. As it stands, the Daytona Prototype class has been issued with a weight limit of 970kg for all cars included in the class. However, their power limits have reflected testing, and thus the power limit has been set for around 580bhp, give or take, for each prototype, which is surprisingly good. The GT class has seen the most dramatic testing, and thus has the most dramatic settings of the series. Cars here have been set to a weight limit of 1280kg, while the power limits range from 460bhp, to as high as 510bhp.
The GTPlanet Forums: The Rolex Sports Car Series on Gran Turismo 5
The Rolex Sports Car Series is a motorsport event that was established in 2000 after taking over from previous events similar in their setup, and was originally under the Grand American Road Racing Championship name when it began. The series itself runs a mixture of racing prototype machines and Grand Touring specified sports cars over a series of different tracks across America, each being an endurance style format across roughly a three hour length, with the exception of Daytona Road Course, which is a 24-hour event. Using elements of this well known series as a base, members of the GTPlanet Forums, polarbear345 and james6653, have decided to create a racing series on Gran Turismo 5 that can be participated by any and all who are interested, regardless of skill level. Since the event is only a namesake of the original Rolex Series, it does have its own differences in structure, ruling and regulation aspects.
The basic layout of the GTPlanet Rolex Series is that there are eight different tracks, each of them having a set number of laps hoping to last within the duration of an hour and twenty minutes. The number of laps varies, depending on the length of the track itself and tested lap times set by the cars involved, though many of the races length are similar in distance. Each track chosen is a well renowned race course from around the world, but will include tracks mainly from North America, in an attempt to keep as close to the original series entirely American layout as possible. A total of 16 drivers can compete in the event, which is evenly split so that eight drivers race in the Daytona Prototype (DP) class, while eight race in the Grand Touring (GT) class.
The cars used in this series try to remain as close to the mark as possible, but on a game such as Gran Turismo 5, the use of the Daytona Prototypes is impossible, therefore Le Mans Prototypes are used instead. The Grand Touring class is comprised of a number of premium model sportscars that are tuned to racing specifications, and given aerodynamic parts to improve cornering and downforce. For the Daytona Prototype class, the Bentley Speed 8, Toyota GT-ONE and two Peugeot 908 (Team Oreca and Team Total) race cars are used. As for the Grand Touring class, the Audi R8 4.2 Quattro, the Ferrari 458 Italia, the Dodge Viper SRT10 and the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 are used for this event.
Rules and regulations play a big part to any racing event, and this is no exception. Rigorous testing has been applied to each and every car involved, with overwhelming feedback from many drivers. There were cars that originally were going to compete in the series, but could not keep up with the ever changing regulations, either through falling short of competitiveness, or failing to meet certain criteria. As it stands, the Daytona Prototype class has been issued with a weight limit of 970kg for all cars included in the class. However, their power limits have reflected testing, and thus the power limit has been set for around 580bhp, give or take, for each prototype, which is surprisingly good. The GT class has seen the most dramatic testing, and thus has the most dramatic settings of the series. Cars here have been set to a weight limit of 1280kg, while the power limits range from 460bhp, to as high as 510bhp.
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- polarbear345
Very very cool!
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- nitrorocks
Is the race tonight still?
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james6653
I'll make it about 6:15
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- nitrorocks
polarbear345
6:15 EST Time?
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nitrorocks
Ya sorry
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- nitrorocks
Ok. I'll be able to Mage it. Go Risi!
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nitrorocks
Ya ya ya!!
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- nitrorocks
So the room opens at 6:15?
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nitrorocks
Yep it'll be public, so everyone can just join me
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- nitrorocks
Okay. Abs race star about 6:45ish?
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- polarbear345
nitrorocks
? The race will start at 705 est
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- nitrorocks
Okay. I'm getting on nowZ
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- polarbear345
Alright guys room open!
Today's race will be held at Mazda raceway Laguna Seca. There are only a few special rules for this track:
Gt cars will not have to pull over in "the corkscrew"
It's the first race! Don't do anything too stupid first turn or anything.
We will be using the honor system for this race to see how it works, if you are way too quick well know your cheating and your car/class will be checked at the next race/end of this one!
Remember try to be in the room by 6:20 est!
Today's race will be held at Mazda raceway Laguna Seca. There are only a few special rules for this track:
Gt cars will not have to pull over in "the corkscrew"
It's the first race! Don't do anything too stupid first turn or anything.
We will be using the honor system for this race to see how it works, if you are way too quick well know your cheating and your car/class will be checked at the next race/end of this one!
Remember try to be in the room by 6:20 est!
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- nitrorocks
Is there qualifying?
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- polarbear345
nitrorocks
Ya dp then gt for 10 minutes each
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- nitrorocks
DP Guys where are you?
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- MontalvoMC
I'm sorry but got home late have you guys started yet?
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- 3,506
- Essex
- CWM_StormPacer
That was an amazing race, who'd have thought that after 45 mins we'd be separated from first to third by less than 15 seconds?
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- nitrorocks
Thanks for not showing up guys! 👍 really appreciate it. (sarcasm)
But it was a good race.
But it was a good race.
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My "race analysis":
DP guys!? Where were you?! Only two? One got in, one had connections. Understandable considering he's in argentina! So we're going to need a better show up! Just because it's a pre season race doesn't mean it's optional!
But here's the positive part! First Anthony, sorry for the lack of dp drivers, and thanks for being a good sport and trying gt. too bad my 5 second spec of the zr1 race mod was a little off lol! But you hung in there with us, but you were just a little too quick. But me, nitro and storm had a really fun 30 lapper! Nitro was the class of the field (hey teammate, care to share that setup? Lol) he was able to pull away when me and storm had at least a 11 lap battle that totally shot our tires, we pitted and I think nitro was able to just get enough laps out of them to be able to do a 2 stop strategy. There was a quiet part of the race and on lap 23 I said I'm going to put now, take care of my tires an see if I can't pull off 2nd because storm I knew had to pit again. It ALMOST worked! I got a few second lead on storm with two laps left! On the last lap in turn 3 (I think) I left just enough room for storm to squeeze under me - that was it! GREAT racing from us all for the first laps and in general from everyone!
DP guys!? Where were you?! Only two? One got in, one had connections. Understandable considering he's in argentina! So we're going to need a better show up! Just because it's a pre season race doesn't mean it's optional!
But here's the positive part! First Anthony, sorry for the lack of dp drivers, and thanks for being a good sport and trying gt. too bad my 5 second spec of the zr1 race mod was a little off lol! But you hung in there with us, but you were just a little too quick. But me, nitro and storm had a really fun 30 lapper! Nitro was the class of the field (hey teammate, care to share that setup? Lol) he was able to pull away when me and storm had at least a 11 lap battle that totally shot our tires, we pitted and I think nitro was able to just get enough laps out of them to be able to do a 2 stop strategy. There was a quiet part of the race and on lap 23 I said I'm going to put now, take care of my tires an see if I can't pull off 2nd because storm I knew had to pit again. It ALMOST worked! I got a few second lead on storm with two laps left! On the last lap in turn 3 (I think) I left just enough room for storm to squeeze under me - that was it! GREAT racing from us all for the first laps and in general from everyone!
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