Thursday Fun Night (Re-named)

[oldguy58]

Be there shortly. Just got home.
Forgot about update

 

[dranddad]

Man, I'm beat this morning.​

It was really nice to see Guido make time to join us for a night (busy man) not least Steve (Fido) and DGiant (Andy) that was a real pleasure to have his company once again you've not lost it, Andy.

I'll update with pics later.

 

[Argon]

That boost race was bonkers but hilarious, great night Phillip. Thanks for taking the time to host these sessions for us they really are great fun and such a great bunch of participants too

 

[dranddad]

First, we had the pleasure of watching Mike and Scott in their semi-final ROC race

Great race and congrats to Mike being first to make the ROC final round

Then we did a bit of this, sorry I missed saving one or two of the single make races.

Mixed Gr4 race

One make GT-R

Up close and personal

Alfa 4C with full boost

Then we did a bit of this

No I'll wave the Flag when he gets back from the Gents.

Upcoming event one

Upcoming event two

That was a full night 4.30hrs great fun it was too.

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[dranddad]

I succumbed yesterday and brought this with 10million credits

Since they now have these for something like £8 in store, it's not likely to come up on the carousel any time soon. It is one of the cars in the game I don't mind using for many laps.

After way too many laps (yes guilty geek) in this, you start to wonder why all the other cars drive so 🤬🤬

Always loved this one from the first time in GT

 

[Argon]

@dranddad still going to wait for lady luck to gift one to me. I never really liked the car in previous versions it just seemed so underwhelming ( slow AF! ), I hope that's been fixed now and it's more representative

 

[dranddad]

Underwhelming compared to what Mike, it was 1965 a straight 4 dohc two valves per cylinder fed by twin Weber carbs producing 168bhp. It did 5 international events of which it dominated all 5 in it's class, not a bad track record.

There were only two hand fulls ever made, if this is anything like representative (if PD did their homework) it's a joy on SM

 

[Argon]

Underwhelming compared to what Mike, it was 1965 a straight 4 dohc two valves per cylinder fed by twin Weber carbs producing 168bhp. It did 5 international events of which it dominated all 5 in it's class, not a bad track record.

There were only two hand fulls ever made, if this is anything like representative (if PD did their homework) it's a joy on SM

Weighing in at a snick over 600kg the thing should fly but that's not how it felt in 6 it was sluggish, dog slow to accelerate and couldn't keep up with anything else in its class within the game that's what I mean when I say it underwhelmed, it just was not representative of the actual car

 

[DGiant2000]

Great to race with such a fine group of clean racers, sorry for my rustiness and for bailing out early! Now I have found you, I will endeavour to join more when I can

 

[Bass Addict]

I succumbed yesterday and brought this with 10million credits

I succumbed today and let go of 10 million credits...sweet drive around Goodwood and a lovely drive with in car mode! I am sure VR will be fantastic as well. 👍

I would love to have a race in this car if enough TFN members have it in their garage...

 

[dranddad]

Gr4 Mazda Atenza @ Brands Hatch GP

6th June room open 19:00​

Presented by Scott

Atenza Gr4, absolute maximum weight reduction. Stock power No suspension adjustments Sport soft tires.

Format: First 45 min's or so have 3-5 lap sprints. Give guys a chance to get in the lobby.

Then a 12 lap race, mandatory pit Tire wear: 5x Fuel: 10x Time of day: dusk or early evening.

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[dranddad]

I've posted something I've been working on here, thanks also to Mikey, Larry and Chris for their testing help.

Didn't want to post anything here yet, may get confusing with other events.

 

[Bass Addict]

@dranddad looks like a fun event Phillip! 👍👍

 

[geeTeye]

Nice idea Phillip

 

[dranddad]

I've been testing all the groups from N1 to Gr1, plus there will be one or two, one make races in there too

Still got to make time for a favorite combo of mine the Abath 1500 @ Tokyo short street circuit

 

[oldguy58]

"Mr Peabody turn up they way back machine"

👍

 

[Bass Addict]

@GTP_Nail Hope to see you today Ned...thanks for hosting yesterday, I had a blast at Goodwood! Room usually opens around 2pm EDT

Gr4 Mazda Atenza @ Brands Hatch GP

6th June room open 19:00​

Presented by Scott

Atenza Gr4, absolute maximum weight reduction. Stock power No suspension adjustments Sport soft tires.

Format: First 45 min's or so have 3-5 lap sprints. Give guys a chance to get in the lobby.

Then a 12 lap race, mandatory pit Tire wear: 5x Fuel: 10x Time of day: dusk or early evening.

​

 

[dranddad]

"Mr Peabody turn up they way back machine"

👍

Now I get it, Wabac Machine that Sherman takes to impress his friend Penny.

Mr. Peabody has to mount a rescue and prevent the past, present and future from being permanently altered.



This weeks OP Link.

 

[GTP_Nail]

@GTP_Nail Hope to see you today Ned...thanks for hosting yesterday, I had a blast at Goodwood! Room usually opens around 2pm EDT

I'll be late but I would not miss it for the world.....and I'll post on VLN and my punchlist

 

[geeTeye]

I'll be late as into the room tonight.

 

[dranddad]

The master of ceremonies tonight is Scott (Oldguy) pulling the strings, I'm just the puppet pushing the buttons. Just call me

Room ID 0475-4188-2859-9263-7508​

 

[MikeyLCR]

Sorry guys, schoolboy error, promised my sister she could use my sky go on the ps4 for the england game and she just booted me

 

[Bass Addict]

@GTP_Nail @dranddad thanks for hosting rooms at Goodwood this week as well as everyone who raced with me...

 

[dranddad]

Congrats Larry 👍

 

[Bass Addict]

Congrats Larry 👍

Thanks Phillip! Your track guide did the trick!!

FYI, cutting the chicane on the right hand side yields a 1 second penalty in Sport Mode...

 

[dranddad]

Chris and I found out in Lobby, it can be as much as 4.5seconds dependent on speed lol

 

[geeTeye]

@GTP_Nail @dranddad thanks for hosting rooms at Goodwood this week as well as everyone who raced with me...

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Good job Larry!

 

[Argon]

@Bass Addict way to go Larry

 

[Bass Addict]

Thanks Guys! It was the strangest race ever but I didn't make any mistakes for a change!

 

[dranddad]

Dragon Trail Gardens II ------ Lexus LC500 (Power ratio 139 - Weight ratio 81)

Gran Turismo Maserati S '08 (Power ratio 148 - Weight ratio 88)

Racing Hard tires, Full custom box Max speed auto set to 186 mph / 299.3 kph. Both cars.

13th June room open at 19:00 ​

So that we get to use both cars we'll have a mix of sprints and a one-make feature race with pit stop. Tire/fuel settings (13x & 5x)
Change car and do the same, followed by a Mixed race, maybe a change of direction too.

If you join the room part way through a race here are the times.

Sprint races 5laps = 8 minutes
Feature race 11laps = 19 minutes + pit time.

So not long to wait if a race is on.

As always the only changes are those above power/weight and full custom box set to a max of 186 mph or 299.3112 Kph

Been in the pipeline a long time this one and it's well tested by our members, both cars drive well, both can also give the odd surprise here and there

If guys still to race ROC rounds can make it we'll fit it in, as always, a look at an Idea I have for the new Goodwood track too.

Hope you enjoy the match of these two cars, be careful they will bite.

You can also find this and past GTFN events here, nice to look back at past events.