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News flash:


- Actually 45 members and 5 invitations pending.

- Great success. The grids are complete for all 4 championships.

- We are testing in the monday Corvette endurance series a new "rolling start" starting procedure in order to avoid problems with grid order, lag, and lap 1 incidents. Principle is that the fastest drivers and those that did not participate in the previous race start at the end of the grid.

- For the weekday championships, we decided to rule out tracks were the GT5 penalty system does not sanction chicane cutting. For the moment that concerns Monza and Le Mans 2009, on which chicane cutting can give an advance of 2-3 seconds on a lap.

- Added in post 1: "club created by Prawny", will send him a message to let him know the club is doing well.

- Some less positive points:

* we had to warn some drivers, but things seem to calm down now.
* Tuesday activities don't seem to work. Apparently, there is less interest for Low HP and vintage.

Last call: We need more drivers for Tuesdays Historic Le Mans Mercedes 300 SL race. If we don't need the number of 8 sign-up Sunday at midnight, race is cancelled. It has no sense to race on Le Mans with 4 or 5 cars.
 
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Calendar update for next days

Calendar 05/06/2011 - 09/06/2011

Sunday June 5th: 2nd Preseason race TCTC - Tkoyo R246

@1pm EST - 6pm UK - 7pm CET


Monday 6th: Race 1 - Corvette GT2 - Intercontinental Le Mans Cup:

Fuji Speedway F - 36 laps

Race start: 9pm GMT - 11pm CET - 5pm EST

Tuesday 7th: Historic Le Mans Endurance - Mercedes 300 SL

single event - Le Mans 2005 without chicanes - 12 laps
Race start: Race start: 9pm GMT - 11pm CET - 5pm EST


Wednesday June 8th: Week 3 of the RM-Championships:

Integra race: Suzuka East - 47 laps
Race start: 8pm GMT - 10pm CET - 4pm EST

Elise 111R race: Tokyo R246 - 24 laps
Race start: 9pm GMT - 11pm CET - 5pm EST


Thursday June 9th: race 2 of the GT300-GT500 Championships

Lounge open at 7:30pm GMT - 9:30pm - 3:30pm EST
Race 1: GT300 on Fuji GT - race starts at 8:00pm GMT - 10:00pm CET - 4:00pm EST
Race 2: GT500 on Indy Road - race starts at 9:30pm GMT - 11:30pm CET - 5:30pm EST

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Great work turbo & co. Sad that the vintage low power races havent taken off yet, they are absolutely as much fun as the fast cars. Maybe harder..:P, but equally as fun.
 
News flash:

We will be 8 or 9 this evening in the Le Mans - Mercedes 300SL race.
Don't hesitate to join us.

Our friends of the vintage car club organize this friday and saturday race events with the Triumph Spitfire. Fans of Low HP Vintage car can sign-up here
 
This sounds like so much fun... I wish I was more confident & could manage the time. I hope to catch anything similar in future! :D
Look forward to hearing about it, and I hope someone posts photos! :D
 
Breaking News

- We have over 50 members now (some still have to accept the member invitation, don't forget!)

- New series "Porsche 911 GT3 Cup" starts next Tuesday with a pre-season. Click on the link to sign-up.
 
Calendar update for next days

Calendar 12/06/2011 - 16/06/2011

Sunday June 12th: 3d Preseason race TCTC - Suzuka


Because of Montreal F1 GP: 2 races: noon EST - 5pm UK - 6pm CET and 4pm EST - 9pm UK - 10pm CET


Monday 13th: Race 2 - Corvette GT2 - Intercontinental Le Mans Cup:

Laguna Seca - 41 laps
Race start: 10pm UK - 11pm CET - 5pm EST

Tuesday 14th: Porsche 911 GT3 (=Ruf GTR) Cup

Preseason race: Grand Valley - 1 hour
Race start: Race start: 10pm UK - 11pm CET - 5pm EST


Wednesday June 15th: Week 4 of the RM-Championships:

Integra race: Deep Forest - 32 laps
Race start: 9pm UK - 10pm CET - 4pm EST

Elise 111R race: Suzuka - 20 laps
Race start: 10pm UK - 11pm CET - 5pm EST


Thursday June 9th: race 2 of the GT300-GT500 Championships

Lounge open at 8:30pm UK - 9:30pm CET - 3:30pm EST
Race 1: GT300 on Laguna Seca - race starts at 9:00pm UK - 10:00pm CET - 4:00pm EST
Race 2: GT500 on Le Mans 2005 - race starts at 10:30pm UK - 11:30pm CET - 5:30pm EST

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News flash

*** Calendar update above***

INVITATION: If you like our WSCC-series, you will probably also like the WSCC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup too. You can sign-up here. We can still use some more fine drivers.

*** Updated all threads with new standings
*** Added a link to our youtube-channel on all first posts (@badger-X-, gippone, GTRedline: can you do that to your threads too?)
*** members, please respect the following rule: if you cannot participate in a race for which you signed-up, please post a message on the forum-thread.
***Statistics: 53 members + 3 pending invitations; 33 active members finished at least one race.

*** Summer break:
*Regular championships will continue until about July 20th.
*Around that time, we will organize some spectacular end of season events (more news to come in next weeks).
*During summer, we will offer you from time to time some single events and some test-races to prepare the new seasons, that will start end August - begin September.
*New competitions will be prepared using polls in our club space, just like the one actually on-going concerning RM-cars.
 
Just got a PM of our member VBR who suggested me to put a link to our main page in my signature.

Thanks VBR! We can always use good ideas 👍👍👍
 
News flash:

Porsche series:

If I get a total of 8 confirmations or new sign-ups before next sunday evening late, season will start next Tuesday.

So please confirm here your sign-up.

Race will start half an hour earlier: 9:30pm UK - 10:30 CET - 4:30 EST
 
Calendar update for next days

Calendar 19/06/2011 - 23/06/2011

In order to be there at the right moment, check your timezone



Sunday June 19th: race 1 TCTC - Nurburgring GP/F
1 pm EST - 6pm UK - 7pm EST

Sunday June 19th: Race School - First Lesson


11 pm CET - 10pm UK - 5pm EST



Monday June 20th: Race 3 - Corvette GT2 - Intercontinental Le Mans Cup:

Suzuka - 29 laps
Race start: 10pm UK - 11pm CET - 5pm EST

Tuesday June 21st: Porsche 911 GT3 (=Ruf GTR) Cup

Season starts if 8 drivers confirm sign-up before sunday evening late
Race start: Race start: 10pm UK - 11pm CET - 5pm EST
Race 1: Special Stage 5

Wednesday June 22nd Week 5 of the RM-Championships:

Integra race: Laguna Seca - 27 laps
Race start: 9pm UK - 10pm CET - 4pm EST

Elise 111R race: Côte d'Azur - 25 laps
Race start: 10pm UK - 11pm CET - 5pm EST


Thursday June 23d: race 4 of the GT300-GT500 Championships

Lounge open at 8:30pm UK - 9:30pm CET - 3:30pm EST
Race 1: GT300 on Daytona Road - race starts at 9:00pm UK - 10:00pm CET - 4:00pm EST
Race 2: GT500 on Côte d'Azur - race starts at 10:30pm UK - 11:30pm CET - 5:30pm EST

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Weekly news bulletin

members:

- we have now 57 members and 4 members that still have to accept their member invitation.
- @cowboys965, DxProfessional, mattymc96, Twogirls1joe: don't forget to accept your invitation. Some important club information, race incidents and the organization of new events will only be discussed in our private club space.

Race school:

- 14 sign-ups for first event next sunday 10pm UK
- don't forget the poll about days and hours in the club space

Time problems:

- Given the recurrent problems concerning errors, I have posted a world clock link to all first post to which I can access. Easy to use: just check the difference of your time zone compared to London UK.

To come

- I will post this weekend the new series page for the new RM-series, taking into account the result of the internal club space poll. If you did not yet answer: hurry, I will work on it later today.
- A big questionnaire concerning activities after summer break will follow. Not yet sure about the best way to communicate the document. I will discuss that with the computer specialists among us.

Porsche Cup

- For the moment, there are not enough sign-up confirmations. If the situation is still the same sunday evening, we cancel it and will perhaps try again after summer, if the big questionnaire to come shows there is interest for it.

Le Mans club meeting

- I got some positive reactions to the idea to have a club meeting there next year. Some of our members already have been there. For the others it would be a great occasion to go there. We will be working on that for next year.

This weeks race issues

- The wednesday races had less drivers than normal. This was due to connection problems in some regions and to the fact we have many students among us, who had other important things to do (exams).

- Some newer drivers give up easily and quit the race when they find themselves at the back of the race. Not a good idea. If you are not fast enough for the moment in a certain car or on a certain track, the best thing to do is to continue all races until the end. Personal experience: three months ago I was with most cars on most tracks about 3-4 seconds slower than all the others. Now there are only 2 or 3 drivers left agains who I don't have any chance if they are there. Last two weeks, I won three races. In all three, I came back from a bad position in the beginning of the race, in two cases after an incident that made me loose about 15 seconds.
After an early incident or a bad start, continue your way. In most cases, you have a clean track, which is an advantage. Try to preserve your tyres, that will make a big difference at the end of the race. In all races I won until now, I made the difference against faster drivers in the last laps, thanks to the fact that my tyres were in better shape. So, never give it up.

- The invisible driver problem is back. After two weeks with good connections, wednesday and thursday we had again some issues, among which this problem. So we decided we will do an official visibility check before each race, meaning before qualifying starts in races with qualifying. That means that for races with qualifying, everybody must be on track 15 minutes before starting hour. As Id_racing remembered me in a PM, Everyone must be sure, that they have a NAT2 connection and UPnP is working. In our private club space, this post gives more explanations.

Vintage cars

Our member Watermelonpunch and our friends of the vintage car race club organize new Spitfire events. I was in the first one and can assure you it was very fun and clean. Don't hesitate to join them
 
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Great update turbo! I couldn't agree more with you on finishing a race from the back. I was in an endurance series a few months back, 1.5hrs, often in the rain or at night. The first was on the ring, and after a first corner incident and a 15min damaged lap, I quit. I have never been so disappointed in myself in my GT5 "career" than that moment. The next race was at la mans, at night in the rain. It was hard, pitted 6 or 7 times and was lapped by the leaders. However in the end I was so proud, and pumped that I stuck with it. I have not quit a a race since.

I only started "tire management" at the last TCTC, with mixed results. The first race I pitted on lap 13 of 26 and pulled off a one stop race. In the second race I pushed too hard for the lead and wasted my tires on the first few laps and had to pit by lap 10. At this point I should've considered a two stopper, but instead I tried to go 16 laps of Suzuka on racing sorts. The tires were gone by lap 23 and by lap 25 I had lost 3 or 4 places and ended up unable to finish due to some painful off track excursions.

I think we should consider a "tire management" course. 20-25 laps of top gear(no pit), and see who makes it to the end. Then do a second race and see who learned something.
 
GTRedline
I think we should consider a "tire management" course. 20-25 laps of top gear(no pit), and see who makes it to the end. Then do a second race and see who learned something.
Click to expand...

Great idea. Top gear has a risk for car collisions at the crossing, but there is also London, or custom karting tracks.

On the other hand, for a single event, the car collision risk at the crossing is an extra interesting feature.

We could also consider putting such an event in the race school cursus.

edit: By the way, guys, I just tested watermelonpunch's "Mount Topmore" custom track. A real rollercoaster (especially turn 1)! Go to her account in GT5, download that track and have fun!
 
I agree about not giving up!
I rarely have given up. Only in the most difficult of circumstances have I pulled over to park.
I've been in last and out behind, and gained a position when I never thought I would. You never know if the person in front of you is going to make an error, lose time with tire wear, or simply have a mishap, and you may get your chance!
In one race in the SFRS (saloon) series, there was one driver WAY out behind on Le Mans in the dark. His car had a significantly lesser straight-line speed than mine, and the other car (we 3 at the back). He was so far behind in last that he disappeared from my map for 2 laps. And by the end of the race, he had gained 2 positions!! Because he had good tire wear somehow, and caught up and passed 2 of us who were having problems with tire wear.
So you never know!
But even besides that... Giving up just because you're in last is rather poor sportsmanship, IMHO. In every race, there is a 1st place and a last place. It's just a fact. When it's my place in last... so be it. I've had plenty of fun races where I finished last. It happens even to fast experienced drivers sometimes. And IMHO there is nothing shameful to being new & inexperienced. I think everyone starts out coming in last a great deal, until they improve.

@Turbogeit: I'm glad you like Mount TopMore!

I have posted a map and photos of the Mount TopMore track:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5466472#post5466472
;)
It's quite funny... definitely like a rollercoaster on "Slow-Maker Turn" & "Weeee Straight". hahaha.
I would like to know if people try different cars on it. I haven't tried many myself. Just the M3 Coupe and the Spitfire.
 
watermelonpunch
@Turbogeit: I'm glad you like Mount TopMore!

I have posted a map and photos of the Mount TopMore track:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5466472#post5466472
;)
It's quite funny... definitely like a rollercoaster on "Slow-Maker Turn" & "Weeee Straight". hahaha.
I would like to know if people try different cars on it. I haven't tried many myself. Just the M3 Coupe and the Spitfire.
Click to expand...

I think it is even more exciting with 200-400 hp cars with which you don't have the uphill slowing down effect like with the spitfire and which keep better on the road. I did some laps with a Civic in Group N configuration (246 HP - 1200 kg) and it felt very good.
 
Just updated all active WSCC-threads to which I have access with our new logo.


picture.php


Thanks gippone.
 
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