The Rolex Sports Car Series- Season 2! Finished! Thanks Everyone!

[cnd01]

That is true. I'll play with some stuff tomorrow (with the suspension, let's not get weird here)

So Suzuka and Monza tomorrow. Times, same as (now yesterday's) race?

Giggidy I wasn't going to say anything. I will PM you the basic suspension adjustments guide.

 

[polarbear345]

Giggidy I wasn't going to say anything. I will PM you the basic suspension adjustments guide.

Thanks!

 

[freshseth83]

.5 to 1.5 isn't much at all. What's the confusion?

 

[polarbear345]

.5 to 1.5 isn't much at all. What's the confusion?

I dont think there is any.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

.5 to 1.5 isn't much at all. What's the confusion?

Okay. I just don't think that DP cars roll that much. Even last season, we had disagreements about the Audi's tuning setup.

 

[freshseth83]

And who won that battle?

 

[polarbear345]

And who won that battle?

I got it!

Actually I think this is more appropriate:

Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Need some ice for that burn?! Lol!

 

[freshseth83]

I'm not running an optimum setup yet. I think camber is just a small part.

 

[polarbear345]

I'm not running an optimum setup yet. I think camber is just a small part.

Fair enough.

 

[cnd01]

I'm not running an optimum setup yet. I think camber is just a small part.

Neither am I. I think we all will continue to get faster throughout the season. By the end of the year, I predict strategy and cautions will be the deciding factors.

 

[ghskilla]

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=167421

I use this as a base for my tunes. I follow his tuning principles, then tweak it to my driving style. And I say no more changes to the GT class. The Viper is quick and has great tire wear. The Audi might not be the best on the straight but it's the quickest in the corners and has the best tire wear. The Ferrari is possibly the fastest overall but has some tire wear issue. The Camaro is nimble in the corners and its' 490hp helps it massively in the straights, plus it has decent tire wear. The Mazda is the quickest in the straights but suffers from cornering and large tire wear issue.

Best to drive consistently: Audi
Best to drive quickly: Ferrari
Best to have in a drag race for the finish line: Mazda
Best to drive overall: Viper
Best to overtake with: Camaro

Now for the last bit, it's because it has responsive turn-ins, and has the most power which helps it excel in the straights. For the Mazda, it's when the driver of the car is next to another car in the last corner and they exit side-by-side. The Mazda would surely reach the finish first due to light weight and speed. The Ferrari is absolutely quick, but it's pace drops off in a couple of laps, good if you can keep the tires well and still be fast. The Audi is amazingly smooth, and you could do laps within 5 tenths of another over a course of 3-5 laps (pits are usually in the 7-10th lap) and it doesn't suffer that much from drop-off in pace with low tire wear. The Viper is quick, and has excellent tire wear, it's a strategic racer's dream.

 

[ghskilla]

Sorry for the double post but I need everyone to be notified of this.

This is what NOT to do during caution and outlaps. It's also a video showing what I had to deal with during the caution laps and why I acted like I did a few pages back. Not to mention how I came from 1st in class to 5th in class.



Lovely. And sorry for both camera quality and shaky video. I could only use my hands as I was filming with an iPhone 3GS and no stand to place it on without falling which meant my hand was cramping at some parts. And for my 3rd apology (yet again) sorry for the double post.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

So, about Mitch... BAN.

 

[FlyinHawaiian77]

Wow, I go to bed and come back in the morning to check up on the thread and 🤬 has hit the fan. I dunno what Mitch's problem was. We were actually in a good battle for a little bit. He was clean throughout. Second race he decided to show his true colors I guess.

Did I read it right that the Viper got a little weight tweak? Much appreciated. I hope it wasnt because of how I drove at Rome though. City circuits are my weak points.

Cant expalin how excited I am for this weekend. Two hour race is going to be epic!

Mel, I have to tip my hat off to you and that RX-8. I wasnt getting the bad tire wear like you have but I was two seconds off the pace. Although I think when I was testing it was at 450. I was going into it thinking it was going to be an easy car to drive. I had to use stage 3 turbo to meet specs. Which I hated. The turbo would make the tires spin at the top of the powerband. Bso that didnt help with the wear. I generally like to use as little mods as possible to favor having a flatter tq/hp curve.

I cant be at the races tonight. Work schedule is crazy! Should be able to make it Friday unless the wife wants to go and do something. Then its out of my hands. Have to go where the ball and chain takes me.

 

[james6653]

(facepalm)

That's your router brand, your provider is like Verizon, Comcast, or a local one like mine, (Armstrong).

CMS thats local.

 

[FlyinHawaiian77]

James, did one of your drivers leave? Leaves room for Cow then.

 

[james6653]

James, did one of your drivers leave? Leaves room for Cow then.

You are correct Hawaiian. He will still be running in CTSCC.

Did speedfreak show up last night? Also everyone is liking these races we are doing during the week right? What about during the weeks before the actual race day we do practices?

 

[FlyinHawaiian77]

The paractice races are good to have because it puts us in race situations. I prefer to have them later on in the week. For me this would be the most ideal situation:

Day 1: Work on the tune.
Day 2: Race situation
Day 3: Final tweaks
Day 4: Race day

This is just based off of my own person schedule.

 

[james6653]

This is what I was thinking.

Day 1: Practice
Day 2: Qualifying Starting Line Up Goes On To OP
Day 3: Final Practice Before CTSCC
Day 4: Race Day

 

[FlyinHawaiian77]

Just throwing out an idea. What if we turned damaged to heavy? Then we would know for sure if you need a caution. We have to pit anyway so the damage would be fixed. It would also promote clean driving.

 

[james6653]

Yes I agree we should do that

 

[polarbear345]

Just throwing out an idea. What if we turned damaged to heavy? Then we would know for sure if you need a caution. We have to pit anyway so the damage would be fixed. It would also promote clean driving.

We shall try that tonight!

 

[FlyinHawaiian77]

Sweet! Lemme know how it works.

 

[unrealanthony]

He may have, I accidentally said 1050 to him, and he said he had 10 extra, which would be correct because he should have 1060. So it may be my fault :/

Anthony, your car spec is still 500HP, 1060KG

I ran with 500p and 1060kg at Nurb. I found a good setup and could made mi tires live the same laps than you, remember that I allways do 1 lap less you because my tires burn too early but, with my new setup I can run the same laps than you!

 

[james6653]

We shall try that tonight!

What about my idea?

 

[Storm_SP17]

Ferrari and Mazda specs are fine. Consider that I almost won last season AND that Mitch & Hurley weren't in spec. Ferrari is the 🤬's car. I say daibaspeed needs a new teammate in the Ferrari.

In Mitch's first ever Rolex appearances, he was out of spec and irritating.


Also, my Mazda was at 465 hp today. It's still 🤬 in the corners, but barely has more straightline speed. I couldn't even compete if you nerfed the RX-8 again. 475, imo, was good. 465 hp is okay. Less than that, I'll just lose.



Make the Camaro lighter, if possible. I don't think there's any way for cows to win in that car, until it's lighter.

Give the Viper a 10 kg break. Audi, Ferrari and Mazda outquali'd it by 0.4 + seconds.

So, leave the Ferrari, Mazda and Audis alone. It's the closest Rolex racing I've ever seen in GT5. Just improve the American cars.

Rome favoured the big top speed guys, although I could catch up with better tyre wear and through the turns somewhat. Once you get into clean air away from the fighting back its easy to pull a massive lead, and I should've pitted 2 laps sooner than I did at rome, but since it was practice I wanted to see just how far I could push the tyres. 14 laps it seemed. My tune for Rome initially was bad, but a switch to the tune I had for use at Nurburgring got me a 1:08.7 instead of low-mid 1:09's in quali.

I didn't get the best time out of the car at Nur in the lobby, when 1:59.7 was what I did in practice. In Quali I did a 2:00.1 which got me 2nd, and even closed pretty well on the fighting pack with Mediums thinking of a 1-stopper. Though, I had to switch to softs because a quick mental calculation and lack of practice on medium tyres said my original one-stop strategy wouldn't have worked a Nurburgring, competition wise.

Viper's at 1257kg at its lowest spec weight. 1260kg is perfect, believe me. I wouldn't say no to a power bump though...

Camaro's at 1318kg at its lowest spec weight. 1320kg would give the car a nice round number. 500 bhp seems more than enough power, to me, but give it 505-515 bhp for tomorrow and see how that goes.

Those Ferrari's, I'm pretty sure that they were above spec because they were getting rediculous shot out of my draft, which in Mel's Mazda would made sense, but not in a Ferrari with specs similar to the Viper. I have higher torque despite slightly less power so it should be even and it wasn't.

The competition is off the chain in GT this season! I love it! Endless battling kept my heart pounding at all times!

 

[MOTORTRENDmitch]

Sorry for the double post but I need everyone to be notified of this.

This is what NOT to do during caution and outlaps. It's also a video showing what I had to deal with during the caution laps and why I acted like I did a few pages back. Not to mention how I came from 1st in class to 5th in class.



Lovely. And sorry for both camera quality and shaky video. I could only use my hands as I was filming with an iPhone 3GS and no stand to place it on without falling which meant my hand was cramping at some parts. And for my 3rd apology (yet again) sorry for the double post.

You can clearly see, that at the 3:30 Mark, you were spectating your own car when it showed you run into the LMP car, as well as hit the RX-8. You aren't fooling anyone. Also, why didn't you record the last 3 laps when I drove the wheels off the 458 and won.. Cleanly.

 

[Cowboys965]

I just realized.

I PM'd mods, thought Mitch was a dirty driving troll. Apparently, everyone was stupidly reacting and blowing it out of proportion. And he won cleanly by 18 seconds. CLEANLY. I didn't really know what happened, just went off of what I was told by drivers.

So you all accused him of cheating when we won cleanly...

 

[cnd01]

You can clearly see, that at the 3:30 Mark, you were spectating your own car when it showed you run into the LMP car, as well as hit the RX-8. You aren't fooling anyone. Also, why didn't you record the last 3 laps when I drove the wheels off the 458 and won.. Cleanly.

At least he didn't push another car past the DP cars. 3 clean laps doesn't come close to making up for that caution. I am sorry, but go find another series.

 

[james6653]

I'll be back tonight.