GTP WRS-Online : Event 101 : Harmonious Balance - Aug 14

Stewards Notes

"Quote" EDK: Back to Trial Mountain for the first time in many weeks. We used a race modified car here last time as well. I think you will find this car to match the title quite well. It's very, very balanced, and the grip to power to handling ratio is quite nice. At this power level, it's one of the most forgiving and neutral handling race cars on the game.

Eligibility

This WRS-Online event hosted by 3D3 Racing is open to GTP_Registered members only. If you are not currently on the registry run the GTP_Registry qualifier and join now!

Registration Instructions

The following must be performed by every driver for every event:

• Click the registration button above, fill-in and submit the online registration form (use your GTP_ tag ID)
• Leave a quick note in this thread to let us know you've registered and any other comments.

The following must be performed only one time per driver (not per event):

• Send a PSN friend request to GTP_3D3Racing, GTP_3D3_A and GTP_3D3_B from your GTP_tag account.
• Submit the 3D3 Racing Online Driver Database Entry Form. Your information will need to be verified before you are added to the db and before your ID will appear in the registered driver table above. You can view the official driver database here.

There is a 32 car/driver limit for this event (per region) and slots are awarded on the grid using a first come first serve basis. Reference the registered drivers table above for availability. This is a stand alone race and points are not tallied for a series. Future WRS-Online races hosted by 3D3 racing may have different driver limits and will require re-registration using the same first come first serve basis and participation in future events is optional.

Registration Changes

If you want to change your time slot, add a time slot or update your color choices just click on the registration link and fill out the form again and submit with new values. Your last entry will override any previous entries.

Cancellations

If for some reason, after you register for the event, you are unable to attend please click the registration button above and complete the form again selecting "cancel" as your status. Please also post a note in this thread as the table above can take some time to update.

Delaying or Restarting Race Start

Once the race countdown timer has started, the race will only be restarted in these cases:

• Multiple drivers report a black screen/hang, instead of the 3-2-1 countdown.
• One or more drivers get disconnected before race-pace has begun ("GO" for grid-starts, end of formation lap for rolling starts).
• Steward realizes there is a condition that would lead to an unfair or poor race experience.

Once the race countdown timer has started, the race will explicitly NOT be restarted for:

• Latecomers, even if you've registered
• Driver realizes he picked the wrong car parts (ie, tires) or driving options (ie, Auto tranny)

Lounge Settings (@ GTP_3D3Racing)

• Race Quality: Standard
• Voice Chat Quality: Low (Disabled if grid is over 12 drivers)

Official Practice Times

• EU: Tuesdays @ 3:00 PM Eastern | 12:00 PM Pacific | 19:00 GMT
• NA: Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM Eastern | 4:00 PM Pacific | 23:00 GMT
• Pre-Race: The lounge is open for pre-race practice approximately 1 hour prior to the official start of each event.

Course & Car Settings

• Track: Trial Mountain
• Car: Acura NSX RM '91
• Power: 303 HP (Stock)
• Weight: 1045 kg (Stock)
• Weight Reductions: N/A
• Engine Modifications: Not Allowed
• Intake Modifications: Not Allowed
• Exhaust Modifications: Titanium Racing Exhaust is part of Race Modification.
• Turbo or Supercharger: Upgrade Not Allowed
• Drivetrain Modifications: LSD (not part of Race Modification), Twin-plate Clutch and Semi-Racing Flywheel Allowed (part of Race Modifcation)
• Transmission: Full custom is part of Race Modification and Allowed.
• Suspension: Fully Adjustable Suspension is part of Race Modification and Allowed
• Aero: Max is allowed, and part of Race Modification.
• Example Tunes: Vagabond (not recommended for online, and made even more dangerous here) | escama1 | praiano | Baron (also potentially dangerous) | GTPorsche

Qualification Procedures

• Type: Live Online Single Stint - No pits
• Length: Single out-lap and 2 timed hot-laps.
• Groups: Group qualifying will be used if the grid size is large enough to warrant in order to avoid traffic during qualification.
• Notes: Drivers not in the lounge by the time the first driver has entered the track after reset will not be allowed to qualify. They are welcome to join the race, but will start at the back of the grid. If we are running multiple qualification groups and the driver enters before the last group has entered track an exception will be made.

Event Settings

• Game Mode: Normal Race
• Laps: 35 (+ 1 Formation Lap)
• Start Type: Staggered Formation Lap with Rolling Start (see below)
• Grid Order: Fastest First
• Boost: Off
• Penalty: None
• Automatic Race Start Cycle: Disabled
• Race Finish Delay: 180sec
• Visible Damage: Off
• Mechanical Damage: Light
• Disable Collisions: Off
• Slipstream strength: Weak
• Tire Wear/Fuel Consumption: Fast
• Grip Reduction on Wet Track/Track Edge: Real

Regulation Settings

• Car Restrictions: Unrestricted (see above for specific car specs)
• Performance Points: 508 PP
• Drivetrain: MR
• Tire Restrictions: Racing Hard (R1)
• Vehicle Tuning: Unrestricted
• Skid Recovery Force | Active Steering | ASM: Disabled
• TCS | Driving Line | ABS: Optional

Formation Lap

• A steward will exit track, view the live timing monitor and announce the order after qualification while all drivers remain on track.
• All drivers should exit track after the order is announced and enter the pits. When all drivers are in the pits a steward will start the race.
• After the system places you on the grid drivers should proceed into stagger formation in order.
• Pole sitter will choose his/her preferred side of the track.
• There should be no overlap between cars in the staggered formation.
• Speed limit on formation lap is 62 mph / 100 km/h and pole sitter should maintain this speed (or less) to keep pack together, in particular in the final sector.
• Weaving or other tire warming procedures are NOT allowed during the formation lap.
• Pole sitter will exit the last corner and take care to give enough time to allow all cars behind to safely exit the final corner.
• Start marker for Trial Mountain is the start/finish line.
• The pole sitter should start the race by accelerating to race pace at the identified start marker (track specific and may or may not be the start/finish line).
• All other drivers should accelerate after the driver in front of you does so.
• No passing is allowed before the start marker.
• Be cautious and courteous in the first turn. Dive bombing will be penalized and will not be tolerated.

Pit Entry and Exit Guidelines

• Pits are open and stops are optional, but may be required to complete the race based on fuel consumption and/or tire wear.
• Drivers are responsible for determining their fuel consumption, tire wear and ultimate pit strategy. Discussion of this strategy in the thread is encouraged but not required.
• Be aware that when "Tire Wear/Fuel Consumption" is set to "Fast" or "Very Fast" that the system's fuel add recommendations will be wrong. In this case you need to do your own testing and calculations prior to the race to ensure you add the proper amount of fuel to make it to the end of the race.
• On exit from the pits stay to the pit exit side (usually right side) of the white line if there is oncoming traffic.
• On both pit entry and exit, traffic not entering/exiting the pits must stay to track side (usually left side) of the white lines and are not allowed on the pit entry/exit except to avoid collisions. Drivers cannot follow another driver entering the pits into this area to draft and cannot drive into the area to avoid being drafted if they are not pitting.
• Remember, traffic on course has the right of way after the white line ends. Drivers that cross the line in either direction are responsible for any incidents that occur.

Track Boundary Guidelines



Standard Clean OLR Rules Apply:

• Unless otherwise specified, all rules from the original WRS event apply.
• You are expected to drive clean at all times as if you are racing in the WRS. All participants are required to follow the GTPlanet Online Racing Rules & Guidelines.
• 3D3 Race Stewards (who are taking part in race, but will review the replay) reserve the right to kick out or invalidate the result of any driver from the Race Room for driving offensively. If you ignore any warnings from the stewards and are kicked out of the race room, you will not be allowed to participate in future 3D3 events.
• No hybrids - if you're caught using a hybrid or attempting to enter a hybrid onto the track during an official event you will be banned from all future 3D3 Racing events.
• No cheating of any kind
• Nothing that goes against the spirit of the rules
• Passing and Blocking: Aggressive blocking is not permitted, but the driver in front has the right to choose his/her line and braking point and drivers behind should respect that line. Be especially careful when you are on older tires than the competition as the speed difference may be significant. These events are "for fun" so just play nice and take a conservative rather than an aggressive approach when possible.

Good Luck, OLR Team

A pic from GTP_MacGyver -- link to the rest of his set


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Ummm, Lefty (Red), you're up-close and personal





The start from the front



Physics Lesson



How many tires do we need guys?



This can't end well - GTP_Niop white, GTP_gooners_17 green, me dark in background



Thanks Guys!



Narrow avoidance of Daniel (GTP_AspecBob)



2nd stint had some close moments with GTP_Niop











Oops! A mistake!

If anyone is interested I'll be in my lounge for the next 30-40 minutes practicing. Feel free to send a friend request if you want to join me.

Edit:

I'm out, but Lucas may still be there.

I'll join ya for a bit. 👍

Signed up. Sadly it's already a definite no on NA racing this week, up very early for work again on Thursday.

Signed up for EU race. Looking forward to see you guys on track.
Should be in for tuesday practice session (EU).

A multitude of tunes has been added to the OP. Pick your poison. I used Baron's tune in my last 2 sessions for the time I submitted, but a quick 15 laps in the lounge showed me that the rear toe is probably too extreme. Chris also admitted that his tune's rear toe might not be good for the online race. So I will be trying to find something different for suspension, but I really liked Baron's gears. 👍

Allibubba99

• Example Tunes: Vagabond (not recommended for online, and made even more dangerous here) | escama1 | praiano | Baron (also potentially dangerous) | GTPorsche

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Also note we changed Tire/Fuel (pending more testing) to Fast, and hope to finalize that within the next 8 hours.

My tune should be pretty stable online, and if it isn't, setting it to max aero in the rear will stabilize it.

I'll be out all day Wednesday so I won't be able to race. I might just stop by for practice to get a feel for it.

Gravitron

A multitude of tunes has been added to the OP. Pick your poison. I used Baron's tune in my last 2 sessions for the time I submitted, but a quick 15 laps in the lounge showed me that the rear toe is probably too extreme. Chris also admitted that his tune's rear toe might not be good for the online race. So I will be trying to find something different for suspension, but I really liked Baron's gears. 👍



Also note we changed Tire/Fuel (pending more testing) to Fast, and hope to finalize that within the next 8 hours.

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I might be up for running some practice tonight, but we'll see. I have to make an airport run followed by a grocery store run, so we'll see how I'm feeling when I finish those. I'll post here if I'm heading to the lounge.

All signed up 👍

I'm in the main lounge running some practice.

I'm joining

Nice quick practice session last night with Mohit and DZ. 👍

Fast tire/fuel is looking good, and unless I've made a stupid mistake in my math, we're going to stick with that. ~3L per lap, so you'll be forced to add *some*, but will you do 1 stop or 2?

I'll know my certainty for the race better later today, but might not make NA practice till late (~9:30pm PT or later).

EDIT: Forgot to say, I'm still on Baron's tune, except I changed the rear toe from -0.60 to -0.20.

Main lounge is open early for EU practice session.
Come join me for some track time 👍

My setup works well online, although you might want to use different gears. I don't think I got the most out of the transmission with the way I set them. It's very stable at all points of the track, but personally I was losing a ton of time in T2, which happens to be where all the low speed acceleration is at.

Edit: On second thought, my gearing is fine. Just ran a 1'27.253.

Damn, had dinner and more stuff now so will miss all of practice. Just gunna go with my tune and see how it rolls tomorrow.

Left the lounge, quiet night. Saw Shawn, Daniel (DZ) and Mohit join for a little bit.
Lacking tons of pace here, hope to catch up tomorrow.

I am going to be in the main lounge for the NA practice for about 45 mins. Feel free to join.

It doesn't look like I will be able to participate this week or next. I am on reserve for tomorrow's NA time slot. My daughter is getting married and the family starts arriving tomorrow. Good luck everyone!

Al

Allibubba99

It doesn't look like I will be able to participate this week or next. I am on reserve for tomorrow's NA time slot. My daughter is getting married and the family starts arriving tomorrow. Good luck everyone!

Al

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Congrats Al!

Allibubba99

It doesn't look like I will be able to participate this week or next. I am on reserve for tomorrow's NA time slot. My daughter is getting married and the family starts arriving tomorrow. Good luck everyone!

Al

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Congratulations!

Congrats Al

I am right now at the Mountain for some practice. If somebody would like to join - come fast - its pretty much boring alone
Tommi

Thanks Guys!!!!

Congrats Al. I'm going to have to cancel for the EU slot, and it's a maybe on the NA one.

Edit: Tommi, arent you in GTP_3D3Racing's lounge?

So, practice finished. See you in 3 hours

I'll have to cancel the EU race as I won't be home. I should be there for NA 👍

Oooh, no that brings us down to 5 confirmed. 1 more to make it official! Any takers? Lounge is setup now btw, we're in 3D3 main lounge.

Ah, we have an MJ! As long as Celinis is about we are good for an official race!