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Exactly.

While I'm in a 'feedback' mood: not sure I'm real hip on the track announcement idea. Just because - while everyone may 'be on' during the week, driver A might be on for 20 hours and driver B for 3. It still tilts the balance and detracts a bit from the concept and 'simulated realism' of everybody showing up to the track on the same day. However knowing and practicing with the car on various tracks 'should' be enough to insure clean racing.
On a personal note I feel if we know the track and car, now I feel obligated to practice that particular combo for Monday to have a competitive chance and it makes the whole process almost a 'job' instead of just showing up to have fun.
Just my .02 coconuts.
I'm with you, I remember an event called the road race of champions. Every driver got handed the exact same car, and no they didn't get to monkey with it. With the exception of being dropped from 10 ft up, I can't recall taking anybody out at the start, or the first corner. I have been in the position to witness 2 or 3 cars passing me in the first corner, (as I'm right on the tail of the guy in front of me) and proceeding to stuff their cars into the bunch. Which usually benefits me as I pick my way thru the carnage, and advance 6 or 7 positions.
I call it the public room strategy. I don't bother to put in great qualifying lap. It takes me a couple laps to find my rhythm anyway. That way my car stays race able, and I don't care if I win. As long as I battle with an equally skilled driver, I'm having a blast.
 
Damn these devs for not giving us a working tuning prohibited setting! Or a working game period.

Is it so much to ask?
 
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Just a heads up in lieu of racing on the Ruapuna tracks. There was an issue previously on those tracks whereby there was a loss of traction as the season was set to winter and there was frustrating skidding. I did some practise laps this evening and still experienced some unusual skidding on turns of which there are quite a few.

Although the weather stated "Clear" when I double-checked the Season stated Winter. So I thought maybe that accounted for it. I then changed it to Summer but still experienced some skidding in turns though cautious. It was a bit frustrating. Don't know if this condition factors in online racing but if experiencing in practise I don't see why it wouldn't factor in others.

In any case just double-check to make sure the season is not set to Winter or similar season, even if the weather would be stating "Clear".
 
Just a heads up in lieu of racing on the Ruapuna tracks. There was an issue previously on those tracks whereby there was a loss of traction as the season was set to winter and there was frustrating skidding. I did some practise laps this evening and still experienced some unusual skidding on turns of which there are quite a few.

Although the weather stated "Clear" when I double-checked the Season stated Winter. So I thought maybe that accounted for it. I then changed it to Summer but still experienced some skidding in turns though cautious. It was a bit frustrating. Don't know if this condition factors in online racing but if experiencing in practise I don't see why it wouldn't factor in others.

In any case just double-check to make sure the season is not set to Winter or similar season, even if the weather would be stating "Clear".
Yes, I noticed that today when I was running some laps to figure out fuel and laps for tomorrow. It automatically set to winter. No matter, you still need to be careful coming out of a few corners that you don't let the car get away from you. Should be some interesting racing!
 
Just did some laps at Ruapuna park gp in the clio. If you go to time trial you can load ghost and the tune i used. rank 15.

Slippery little bugger this car.

Thanks Sgetti. I think you saw where I was asking for a tune in the setups discussion section Saturday (coming to think of it, could be Gr_Lakes) but there was none to be gotten and none available in TT at the time either. Thanks for doing one in TT. Haven't done any TTs yet nor tried uploading any saved tunes from there but I saw an explanation on how to do it so I'll give it a shot this evening when I return from work. Cheers bro.

BTW, which of the Ruapuna tracks you did the time trial on? Would make it easier to find your TT.
 
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Just did some laps at Ruapuna park gp in the clio.

BTW, which of the Ruapuna tracks you did the time trial on? Would make it easier to find your TT.

Best take those dark glasses off David :lol:

Checked out the ghost feature and how to get your tune SGETI, that's cool. Tried your tune, which knocked 4 secs off my time but I'm still 3 off of your time, yes I was that slow :banghead:
It was fun to chase your car around for a few laps, wish I had more time to play around with that. Anyways, thanks for posting the info.

I really want to go back to racing in cockpit view in enclosed cars, I miss the realism aspect of it. I tried out the speed sensitivity settings, it is cool when you slow down you move forward and can see the apex better and then when accelerating it moves you back for a wider view. It does limit the side view quite a bit though when going slower. I think I'm going to wait until I have figured out a way to get both the spotter and my car volume to work together before going back to cockpit view.
 
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Tonight's schedule.
Everyone to start with max 15 liters. 30 total should be enough for each race.
Race times and weather is up to Mike.

Race 1 - Ruapuna GP - 18 laps

Race 2 - Ruapuna Club - 26 laps

Race 3 - Ruapuna Outer Loop - 30 laps
 
Tonight's schedule.
Everyone to start with max 15 liters. 30 total should be enough for each race.
Race times and weather is up to Mike.

Race 1 - Ruapuna GP - 18 laps

Race 2 - Ruapuna Club - 26 laps

Race 3 - Ruapuna Outer Loop - 30 laps


Thank F for this ive been looking for whats actually going on tonight but its just people comparing games, like it or dont like it, theres another forum for gt sport and how much better it is, and how much worse it is.


Are any of these rally course tracks / is the driver rating going go to be on..
 
Thank F for this ive been looking for whats actually going on tonight but its just people comparing games, like it or dont like it, theres another forum for gt sport and how much better it is, and how much worse it is.


Are any of these rally course tracks / is the driver rating going go to be on..
Colts, info for the race night has always been in Report #2 if you can't find it elsewhere, and Ruapuna is not a rally track, it was in PCars 1. :banghead:
Time to start medicating a little less :confused: :dopey: :lol:
 
Colts, info for the race night has always been in Report #2 if you can't find it elsewhere, and Ruapuna is not a rally track, it was in PCars 1. :banghead:
Time to start medicating a little less :confused: :dopey: :lol:
As many times as I went in the dirt last night, I'm pretty sure Raupuna IS a rally track! At least with this car....
 
Colts, info for the race night has always been in Report #2 if you can't find it elsewhere, and Ruapuna is not a rally track, it was in PCars 1. :banghead:
Time to start medicating a little less :confused: :dopey: :lol:

Nah a bunch of tracks come with the rallysport nonsense, i was making sure this wasnt one of them...but ill be there right up until the first moment we have to reset the room, and then im done.
 
Thanks for the invite tonight, but I’ve been on a special assignment out of the state (and away from my family and my PS4) the past few weeks. Vegas is usually cool, but not for the reason I’m here. Sad times.

Last I tried PCars 2, there were issues with saving tunes and rolling starts being totally screwed up. Too frustrating and I’m afraid I’d be in everyone’s way. Plus, I invited Jay to the race that one night (Daytona?) where it ended up as a crap fest. Sorry about that: he’s usually a pretty good and fair racer. Not sure who the other Tom-Ocean-Ocean Lincoln’s were who showed up. Anyway, hopefully my assignment will finish up soon and I’ll see all you Adam-Henry’s on the track!
 
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Catching up on the happenings, and posts 352-355 caught my eye. I’m shocked! Lol
 
Nice racing tonight with lots of people I don’t normally race with.


Have to apologize to @McTrucker in the first race, I drove off in the infamous T2 fast left, (again) and spun around... I hastily looked in my mirror and at the map before pulling back on and didn’t catch him in time and we made contact. Totally boneheaded move on my part, so my apologies for that.

@SGETI @SAMHAIN85 those last few laps of race three were some of the best racing I’ve had in a long time. A shame sgeti spun off, carving through traffic on eachothers bumper was sweet! Definitely saved that replay, I’ll share some pics when I can.

Take er easy folks













And shut up colts
 
Thanks for the invite tonight, but I’ve been on a special assignment out of the state (and away from my family and my PS4) the past few weeks. Vegas is usually cool, but not for the reason I’m here. Sad times.

Last I tried PCars 2, there were issues with saving tunes and rolling starts being totally screwed up. Too frustrating and I’m afraid I’d be in everyone’s way. Plus, I invited Jay to the race that one night (Daytona?) where it ended up as a crap fest. Sorry about that: he’s usually a pretty good and fair racer. Not sure who the other Tom-Ocean-Ocean Lincoln’s were who showed up. Anyway, hopefully my assignment will finish up soon and I’ll see all you Adam-Henry’s on the track!
Yeah, we've been missing you and your humor. That's hard work, thank you for your service sir.

If anyone is interested, wog of the golly will be hosting a historic races after rapuna is done. at 9:30 my time...sask. central standard time.
Good times, I really enjoyed that GTO, thanks for the invite!
 
Yeah, we've been missing you and your humor. That's hard work, thank you for your service sir.


Good times, I really enjoyed that GTO, thanks for the invite!
GTO was the first car I tried when I opened up PCars 2. I was so excited to try it and... It had ZERO FFB on my wheel. So I was SOOO excited tonight when it finally worked. I hadn't tried it since the 2.0 patch. That car is the Bee's Balls!!! I think that should be the car for two Mondays from now. A special Magnum P.I. night. We need at least two weeks to grow the mustache out. :lol:
 
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I've got tha 'stache, but ain't shaving tha' beard. We need blondes in bikinis too. And brunettes. Loban and Steve get the Redheads. Whne David gets frustrated he can say 'Higgins!'
It's funny because an hour after we finished racing there was a story about the 'TV people' wanting to reboot the Magnum series. I'm thinking I need to audition - I'll be the 21st century Magnum, driving the women wild with my full beard and vintage RAV4...

Yeah, I was very excited when I heard they were doing the 288, it's a beauty.
 
Had a good time last night with you guys as usual. The session went pretty good IMO in the main considering the peculiarities with that car and Ruapuna tracks in Pcars2 as it stands. Slippy lil bugger and tracks that.
Sgetti, thanks a bunch for the tune bro. I think it made a significant difference to the car's handling and stability/traction and saved me from pulling out a few hairs had I not have had it. :cheers:
 
GTO was the first car I tried when I opened up PCars 2. I was so excited to try it and... It had ZERO FFB on my wheel. So I was SOOO excited tonight when it finally worked. I hadn't tried it since the 2.0 patch. That car is the Bee's Balls!!! I think that should be the car for two Mondays from now. A special Magnum P.I. night. We need at least two weeks to grow the mustache out. :lol:
Yep, I was excited to drive it too. Too bad I got knocked on my roof....lmao... it wasn't too far off the 69 camaros handling. I don't think we' ll see that in Monday night racing tho, I'm too fast in that car.
 
Yep, I was excited to drive it too. Too bad I got knocked on my roof....lmao... it wasn't too far off the 69 camaros handling. I don't think we' ll see that in Monday night racing tho, I'm too fast in that car.
I think you deserve a special 69 night @yogi bear . :lol: I'm sure the guys will consider it. It is a fun car on the right tracks. But remember, it's best to take your time in the 69... Buh Dump... Tish.

I'm such a dork. :lol:
 
Well last night was certainly a big improvement over the week before. We still have some issues to work out re race craft, and last night got a bit out of hand a few times with the chatter over incidents during the race. Mike and I will be working on this behind the scenes. Other than that, there was some fun racing in that squirrelly little car. Too bad for that tire glitch that affected us in race 3, some more than others!

Congrats to Robbie, @RobbiefromBC, for the overall win and this weeks "Mr. Awesome", (well, except for the exit at Pothole Corner, lol). A very close finish for a lot of the positions last night, but the worst was Lobban beating me by one lousy point, lol.

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Well last night was certainly a big improvement over the week before. We still have some issues to work out re race craft, and last night got a bit out of hand a few times with the chatter over incidents during the race. Mike and I will be working on this behind the scenes. Other than that, there was some fun racing in that squirrelly little car. Too bad for that tire glitch that affected us in race 3, some more than others!

Congrats to Robbie, @RobbiefromBC, for the overall win and this weeks "Mr. Awesome", (well, except for the exit at Pothole Corner, lol). A very close finish for a lot of the positions last night, but the worst was Lobban beating me by one lousy point, lol.

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Who would've thought that little FWD car would create such great racing. That was by far the best night of racing I've had with you guys since joining this league. Good stuff guys
 
Thanks for the invite tonight, but I’ve been on a special assignment out of the state (and away from my family and my PS4) the past few weeks. Vegas is usually cool, but not for the reason I’m here. Sad times.

Last I tried PCars 2, there were issues with saving tunes and rolling starts being totally screwed up. Too frustrating and I’m afraid I’d be in everyone’s way. Plus, I invited Jay to the race that one night (Daytona?) where it ended up as a crap fest. Sorry about that: he’s usually a pretty good and fair racer. Not sure who the other Tom-Ocean-Ocean Lincoln’s were who showed up. Anyway, hopefully my assignment will finish up soon and I’ll see all you Adam-Henry’s on the track!

Gutter, be safe, respect for what you do, big time, blue lives matter.
And don't worry about Jay, He was not the problem, good racer.
 
Who had fun last night? I did, until.....well, never mind. Almost a full room, awesome seeing as there is a new kid on the block. Thanks for your loyalty guys.

Beating Aero by one point.......priceless.
Was a good night for me, I only rear ended GR8 a couple of times and David, I think. Thank Allah, I didn't wreck either of them, whew.

David, keep up the improvement, your starts were excellent and Jezzzzuz Cryyyst Mon, you are hard to pass.

I think we should run more FWD cars, just for Bear.

It was funny to watch Samhains car in the corners with the controller locked wheels, wish I could do that.

I found the talking during the race was a little overwhelming, especially when the game only gives me a small amount of car sound. If I wanted to hear the car, the voice volume was deafening. I am just as guilty as the rest, except for, well, never mind, of talking during the actual race. Let's try and keep the inane chatter to a dull roar while racing.
Speaking of sound, I sure hope they patch that soon.

Concessions, not enough were made last night, there were some, but not enough.
When you race in the Lobanaro Lounge, unless it's a Tomfoolery night, concessions must be observed. When you make contact with another car to gain a position, you must give up that spot to the guy you hit, even if he goes off track and falls to the back of the field, you must concede, as it was your fault. It wasn't just one guy either, there were a couple of others as well.

I think an old school race is in order for next week, seeing as the competition has no vintage cars,( or tracks, or weather). Did I say weather? Oops, my bad.

Man, I keep going back to the scoresheet just to see that one point difference. How sweet that is.
 
Beating Aero by one point.......priceless.

Bragging rights for at least a week.

@aerolite , Correct me if I am wrong but didn't you receive a 1 second penalty and lose a position?

Ouch, :crazy: that has got to hurt. :mad: , :cheers:

I had some great battles in all three races. A few bumps here n there. Most serious was with @Awaffle14 , weather I had you or not, I felt bad about the wreck and made sure I did not benefit from our contact, just wish we had more laps, fun close racing. That pass you made on me in the last turn turn thru traffic was a gem :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:
 
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