Week 106 - Beetle Powered!

[ROB 256R]

Welcome to the WRS, Rob.

Please edit your time out of your post. We're not allowed to discuss full lap times, but only the splits.

You can see your splits in the Replay Theater.

If you have PM'ed Kent your qualifier, then just jump in the Arcade Ruf 3400S and give it a go. Just submit your time to Kent, before deadline, and he'll fit you in.

Sorry, I've edited it out. Thanks for the welcome anyway.

 

[Consigliere]

Was messing around with this race a bit and also reading some old posts.. Would you believe that I found out just NOW that you can actually use the right analog stick as gas/break? ..and I've played the game for what? ..a year? I'm such an idiot! Now to get used to it I think I'll have to run an endurance race using it.. (Sorry for the random, off-topic post!)

Cheers!

 

[Mr P]

jeez looks like a catch 22 situation from here on in, so I will also bow out and apologise for trying to help, fussy bunch of bastas

next time I'll just keep myself out of this sort of scenario ... Laters

Kent can clear up this mess I never intended to create ... sorry mate

 

[hellnback]

You're doing fine Mr P, showed good initiative! Don't mind the others, Kent was appreciative and THAT'S ALL THAT COUNTS. (Everybody take note)

Who cares about the car choice, THIS is however what the WRS is all about. Getting in something you wouldn't drive by choice. I had a quick go (like I do most weeks) to see if it'd smoke my tyres, while it didn't, it gave me an amusing 30mins. I'll give the RUF a squirt too.

My attention this week was on job interviews, and it's paid off , now my attention this weekend is welding a racing cockpit for my DFP in anticipation of GT4 which hits the stores Mar 10th.

 

[NielsG]

Don't feel bad about it, Ron. If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have any WRS-race at all to pass the wait. 👍

I just wanna race, have fun and end my GT3 era in a positive manner. There will always be some whiners around. Ain't gonna let them spoil my fun.

BTW It's really a pleasure riding the RUF:

25.008
56.702
1'12.097

 

[Sphinx]

forgive me for not towing the line by being oh so terribly nice and lick arse at every opportunity, but after spending some time in setting up a certain car only to find the effort is wasted, I think it not too naughty of little ole me to state my displeasure.
You have your view and I have mine, what makes my view any less than yours?

Wouldn't life be boring if we were all the same...

 

[ROB 256R]

Ran a dozen or so laps in the RUF:

T1 25.039
T2 56.738
T3 1'12.061

 

[TheWizard]

The Car: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The Track: The Yellow Brick Road

The Race: Free Run: Best Single Lap

[Begin STUPIDITY MODE]
Ehm... I don't see 'The Yellow Brick Road' in the track selection Menu - could somebody tell me where I can unlock this track?

And the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, while it sounds like a pretty kick-@ss super-duper mofo vehicle, isn't available at any dealer, either... Where do I win it?
[/End STUPIDITY MODE]

Arcade Ruf it is 👍 lots easier to dive straight into as pointed out, sorry about the first bad choice and good luck with the race 👍

First post edited

[Begin SERIOUS MODE]
Arcade Ruf sounds pretty good to me 👍 But could somebody please let me know what track we are supposed to be running on? I can't remember what was there before it was turned into 'The Yellow Brick Road'.
Also, is the Ruf the final decision? Or are we going to change again?

If so, may I suggest for Mr P to change the title of the thread, and to update the first post accordingly, as to avoid further confusion?

Thank you 👍
[/End SERIOUS MODE]

The Wizard.

 

[Tedehur]

To make things clear, this week's combo is :
Arcade RUF 3400 S at Apricot Hill Reverse

@ Ron, Kent, Sphinx... :
I'm sorry mates. Everytime Kent is away there seems to be a mess with the WRS, and everytime it seems that I'm involved in it.

However, there is no point in changing again, that's why I wanted to make things clear at the top of my post.
Ron (Mr P) said he wasn't racing this week, he's busy with his PAL GT4 ( :jealous: ) and I don't think we'll see him around often this week.

Would you believe that I found out just NOW that you can actually use the right analog stick as gas/break? ..and I've played the game for what? ..a year?

You're a pretty smart guy, it took me more than a year and a half to realize the L1 and R1 buttons where 10x faster to set gears, and it took me more than 2 years to discover that the right stick could be used as gas/brake.

Back to the race now : best after 15 laps is
T1 = 24.865 (seen 24.701)
T2 = 56.218
T3 = 1'11.253
but there's a slight 3-wheels off track due to a missed apex in the blind right-hander after T2.
I'm back to my pad immediately to try and make it clean.

I guess the fast guys can run 1'08.x on this combo.

 

[RacyBacy]

Is this the last GT3 weekly race as next week could be the first GT4 weekly race since the PAL launch is on the 9th?

If that's the case then we have ended it on a disorganized but funny note.

Week 106 - Bettle Powered Ruf!

 

[Tedehur]

Is this the last GT3 weekly race as next week could be the first GT4 weekly race since the PAL launch is on the 9th?
If that's the case then we have ended it on a disorganized but funny note.

Perhaps that was a machiavelous way to make sure people will consider the first GT4 / WRS week a great and memorable event
(who said a great relief ?)

 

[RacyBacy]

I'm sure the first GT4 WRS will be a memorable event but this is even more so:

The Car: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The Track: The Yellow Brick Road

The Race: Free Run: Best Single Lap

The Rules:

1. You must have 2 ruby slippers on the track at all times.
2. The rumble strips are considered part of the track.
3. No wall riding or Kerb Crawling.
4. No short & Curly cutting.
5. No hybrids or Dick van Dykes
6. No non-flying cars of any kind.
7. Save Your Submitted Lap Replay


Send all final times via PM to The Wizard of OZ.

I can understand people's frustrations with the change of car but can't help pissing myself ... no wall riding or kerb crawling? Are there prostitutes in GT3? That must be the GTA influence!!

Thanks for the laughs Ron! 👍

On a more serious note, maybe we can learn from this and have a backup WRS organizer? 💡

 

[Tedehur]

maybe we can learn from this and have a backup WRS organizer?

Of offer Kent a back-up Internet connection

Five more laps eventually gave the clean lap I was looking for :
T1 = 24.539
T2 = 55.932
T3 = 1'10.869
My best T1, T2 and T3 in one single clean lap.
It's a pity the final sector was so bad.

The Porsche "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" Boxster is definitely way better than the Beetle Cup Car.
No regrets anymore for the car swap. 👍

 

[StrokerAce]

decent times for me ^^
T1 26.402
T2 58.619
T3 1' 14.160

just now ran....

T1 25.957
T2 57.739
T3 1' 13.188
Got a great run off the last corner, causing me to hit my goal almost dead on. Time to slide my goal down a bit more.

 

[ranhammerR34]

LOL hehe I'll be Rufing it here at Angola (Apricot) Hill Reverse after Formula One practice from Melbourne

--- Randy

 

[ranhammerR34]

LOL hehe I'll be Rufing it here at Angola (Apricot) Hill Reverse after Formula One practice from Melbourne
Its the same track Apricot Hill II, same car design, but one has the tuning done to it and one is stock and the times show it...

Ruf Stock:

T1: 28.240
T2: 1:01.541
T3: 1:18.765

Ruf Mod (my gold 3400S):

T1: 22.744
T2: 50.667
T3: 1:05:983

See what I mean? --- Randy

 

[StrokerAce]

after 304 laps of racing the ruf i finally got to my limit. I get a bad run of last turn of lap before hand so i get bad straight speed but i cant seem to get a lap better than this one never the less.
T1 25.096
T2 55.658
T3 1`11.178

Who do we submit time to this week?

 

[NielsG]

forgive me for not towing the line by being oh so terribly nice and lick arse at every opportunity, but after spending some time in setting up a certain car only to find the effort is wasted, I think it not too naughty of little ole me to state my displeasure.
You have your view and I have mine, what makes my view any less than yours?

Wouldn't life be boring if we were all the same...

You are right, Sphinx. And I certainly understand your frustration.
Ha, more arse licking you think. Maybe, but I just wanna explain, what motivation there's behind my "arse licking".

I too believe in stating my opinion, but I also believe in doing it in an appropriate way, meaning that I carefully consider: How do I get my message through to the recipient in an appropriate way? What do I want to achieve with this communication? and How do I achieve that?
I personally believe in diplomacy rather than confrontation, when dealing with other intelligent human beings. You can call it arse licking, if you want.


In this particular case:
We got a volunteer race organizer. One of the few, who is trusted enough among all of us to take over without causing any disturbance. He's not going to race, but sets it up only for our benefit. He gets a lot of negative response of his choice of car. Trying to be the nice he listens to us and change the car.

My goal was as usual just to have fun, race, pass the time till GT4 and to end my GT3 in a positive manner. Would I achieve that continuing being negative? And even more important, I really don't think Ron deserved all the negativity, yuck- and thumbs down smilies, for his work.

Now it'll be interesting to see the outcome of this ^^ attempt of communication.

 

[Tedehur]

after 304 laps of racing...
Who do we submit time to this week?

304 laps
Man you don't have a life outside GT3. That means about 8 hours racing.
I hope I can run a total of 50 laps in the week !

BTW, despite his connection problem, Kent is and remains the only guy in charge, so all submissions have to be PMed to him as usual.
But the deadline is still 4 days from now, you have plenty of time to improve.

@ Niels : you have put the main word in bold letters : intelligent. People are (understandably) frustated by this mess, but we know everything will come back to normal when Kent is back and GT4 is released (that is, next week)
Meanwhile, you have more than a full second to save on your T3 if you still wanna be ahead of me. (BTW, 👍 👍 for last week, your efforts paid back)

 

[Mr P]

Looks like you guys are sorting things out now ... nice one 👍

I am tough skinned and can take a wee bit of criticism but I'm also a sarcastic ba$tard! hence my edit to track and car details glad to see you guys are getting it in order in either of the 2 cars proposed, Cya's all in OLR GT4 very soon 👍

 

[Small_Fryz]

Ignore

 

[Small_Fryz]

I think i will pass this week, so much confusion, maybe i might run the 3400s a few laps to at least submit something.

Thanks alot Mr.P for your attempted go, i appreciate it very much. 👍

 

[Tedehur]

I think i will pass this week, so much confusion, maybe i might run the 3400s a few laps to at least submit something.

Thanks alot Mr.P for your attempted go, i appreciate it very much. 👍

Confusion is past. Everything is clear now.
However you still can sit out this one, we'll be one spot closer to podium

It's a real pleasure to drive the 3400 S through the winding sections of AH2. 👍

 

[Small_Fryz]

So its arcade 3400s at Apricott Hill II?

Ok i will give it some time on the weekend , Sounds like lots of fun.

Thanks again Mr P your effort is greatly appreciated 👍

 

[Sphinx]

You are right, Sphinx. And I certainly understand your frustration.
Ha, more arse licking you think. Maybe, but I just wanna explain, what motivation there's behind my "arse licking".

I too believe in stating my opinion, but I also believe in doing it in an appropriate way, meaning that I carefully consider: How do I get my message through to the recipient in an appropriate way? What do I want to achieve with this communication? and How do I achieve that?
I personally believe in diplomacy rather than confrontation, when dealing with other intelligent human beings. You can call it arse licking, if you want.


In this particular case:
We got a volunteer race organizer. One of the few, who is trusted enough among all of us to take over without causing any disturbance. He's not going to race, but sets it up only for our benefit. He gets a lot of negative response of his choice of car. Trying to be the nice he listens to us and change the car.

My goal was as usual just to have fun, race, pass the time till GT4 and to end my GT3 in a positive manner. Would I achieve that continuing being negative? And even more important, I really don't think Ron deserved all the negativity, yuck- and thumbs down smilies, for his work.

Now it'll be interesting to see the outcome of this ^^ attempt of communication.

So you got all that from this:

Count me out. 👎

Edit: Changing now is pants.

Oh my a HE Personal Communications lecture, there really wasn’t any need for you to go to all that trouble because I’ve been there, done it, got the T-Shirt and if memory serves I received a first (79%) in that area of Higher Education at University but I don’t mean to brag, I’m just telling you how it is seeing that you have raised concerns regarding my method of communication and thus felt the need to lecture me by using the normal indirect way of putting a point across to someone without actually having the balls to use the direct method.


You can’t be referring to my post #36 because that was written after the event and was partly in response to your ”intelligent””There will always be some whiners around” (good PC there btw, your tutor would’ve been proud) comment, so I don’t even know why you have quoted it to be honest.

I’m sure Ron doesn’t need you to fight his corner for him; he is more than capable of doing that himself if he feels the need to do so.

For the record, I never once slated Ron over his choice of car. I did however slate the car as we all do from time to time when the need arises, yes/no? I readily accepted the selection and was more than prepared to go all the way with it, unlike some.

Now it'll be interesting to see the outcome of this ^^ attempt of communication.

I take it from this comment you expect a reply from me. Well there you have it, did I pass Sir?

 

[Sphinx]

Getting back on topic

T1 24.236
T2 55.467
T3 1'09.987

 

[Tedehur]

Getting back on topic

T1 24.236
T2 55.467
T3 1'09.987

I was writing a big thing about the need to stop all gossip and argument and get back to racing, then I checked the thread and saw you were already back on the track. So I just deleted 15 minutes of hard typing
I'm glad the thing is over and everybody jumped into their driving seat.
End of the story.

Racingwise : nice lap Jerry, I was pretty happy with my 1'10.8 but again I'm far away. Ok, that's the reason why you're div.1 and I'm div.2.
I don't think I can get below 1'10 by sunday

Edit :
Do you stay in 4th for the long right-hander before T2 ?
I usually shift down in 3rd, stay on the rumble strip at about 155-160 km/h and shift up in 4th on T2 line. I guess I would save .2 or .3 by staying in 4th all the way through but it usually ends up wide in the grass. Any tip ?

I have the same problem with turn 1 : usually in 4th gear at 160-165 km/h or else I'm all 4 wheels in the grass on the outside.

 

[NielsG]

I take it from this comment you expect a reply from me. Well there you have it, did I pass Sir?

Yes, I was expecting a reply. This is just to let you know, I have read it with interest. I'm now moving on.

 

[StrokerAce]

Thanks to my horrible flu i did those 304 laps of racing without having to worry about work.
i m still trying to figure out how to gain more speed in t2+ but have tryed for 100+ laps and got no where

 

[Consigliere]

I've now been running this for perhaps 15 laps and the frustration is already beginning to build! Seems whatever I do, the car decides to lose ALL grip what so ever and gently and inevetebly slide off the track with nothing I can do about it. 👎 Now I know it's my driving and that the car is most certainly great, I just can't seem to get along with it..

Although I have just yesterday swiched from buttons to right analog stick (accel/break) so that probably slows me down quite a bit aswell.. 💡

Anyway, if someone has a fantastic tip to teach me to drive the car, please throw me a bone!

Progress so far:

T1: 0'25.570
T2: 0'57.269
T3: 1'12.312

Cheers!