450pp Street Car Tuners Club -- Nightly 9:45-12:00 EDT

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I may end up being able to host. However, I will be drunk. Eff this job.
 
chuyler1
Apart from the license tests, I haven't driven any of the off-road tracks. I really can't say what is going to be good, but I think the Ram will likely end up being a bully on the track if others pick lighter cars.
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I think you're right.
Just my 2 cents of what I noticed when I was doing the pickup truck seasonal event races that it's SO MUCH EASIER & faster to get off the grass/out of the sand in the ram truck, than pretty much any other car I've ever used. (And I get plenty of experience with off road activities to be able to compare LOL).
And what I've noticed with rally tracks is that it's far more difficult to drive the track when you're not exactly on the driving line. My guess is that the ram would not experience that as acutely as you do in a car, considering, and likely make it much easier for the ram to nose in, pass, etc.

OTH a ram one-make race on a rally track would sure be interesting. :o)
 
To all,
If drunk or drinking at the time, please send random in game (preferrably in race) messages to Grenade. He's always letting us know how he appreciates this. Just ask how his spreadsheets are going...then criticize is driving ability for causing wrecks on corners he wasnt on. :cheers:
 
what time does the first race start? ill be willing to race but it won't be till 10
 
Room opens around 930 first race is about 10.
If no one can host i will.
 
watermelonpunch
Yes, I actually did miss that part, honestly. I'm confused, I thought you said you were in an M3 for some reason, but I'm not feeling up to going back & re-reading to see where things got confused.
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I drove the M3 a few times, a Golf R32 a couple times, and I tried an Elise for one race. Those were the only euro cars I had in the 450 range.

I don't get the sense that everyone knows, and this is NOT aimed at anyone HERE, or anyone in particular... that a car that's base is 450pp, that's tuned up to say 500pp, then power limited back down to 450pp, is going to, hands down, outperform a 400pp car tuned up to 450pp, and sometimes even someone driving fast from sloppy corner to sloppy corner, wiping out at every tricky turn, can still easily beat someone driving really clean in a lower performance car, despite the pp limit on the race.
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I think this really depends on the car. Sure you can detune the crap out of LMP cars and they'll kill everything even at their lowest level because all the downforce they have being race cars, but if you're sticking pretty much to street cars it works pretty well. And you have to remember that if someone detunes a car to 50% they are drastically squishing their HP curve, and that will cause the car to have acceleration problems and feel very sluggish depending on how severe the curve is affected.

I don't think all FF cars are terrible. I think the Lupo is an FF? and I find it very nice. (And yes, I just wish I'd done the lupo race in aspec the first time with a REGULAR lupo - I used a gti cup car and it was too easy - I do like taking road cars on the nurburg track a lot - I think there should've been more nurburg in aspec - seems like it's all just daytona & indy).
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As a whole, I despise FF. Though there are some FF cars that handle alright and I tolerate them. But you'll usually always find me in an FR car or at the very least something RWD in general. I enjoy 4WD occasionally, but mostly only for rally events. Really the only time I'll drive FF is because I have to. But yes you're right about the Lupo... it's FF and it's actually not too bad. :)

The golf though, like the yellow one in the picture, is what I tried. And it wouldn't turn for anything. It won't turn when you're accellerating or braking, and it won't turn when you're not doing those things either! My lupo isn't that disagreeable.
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I'm starting to get the impression that you drove (bought?) a normal Golf IV. As I mentioned before, the one in that picture was the R32, which is a special edition that is 4WD. It's much easier to drive than the normal Golf. And you surely would have as many issues controlling it as you may with with the Mk IV. So if you do have a regular (premium) Golf IV then I would reccomend you RM it. It's a much more fun and balanced car once it's RM'd and with a little bit of suspension tweaking you can practically rid it of that horrible understeer completely. 👍
 
from what ive found, but this is with racing soft tires, it is better to have a car just slightly over in pp, then back it off to get a flat spot of peak hp at the last 2k rpms.

not sure if it is true with sport tires, since they tend to spin more easily.

also, ive found naturally 500pp cars detuned do not fair well normally. they will have high torque, which is also factored in, and will lose a lot of hp in detuning. they will be fast off the line, but slower in the high rpms, which is where most of the race is.

this is why race modded cars have done worse in the races than the non race modded counterparts.
 
Ill got a room up.

450 pp street

1472-6399-8365-2934-2757

Its a public room.
 
Just send me friend request

Leadbedr
 
Is the room up? I can't join..

Guess it isn't happening... Room number doesn't exist and cannot access thru your lounge.
 
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I don't know why. Everyone else is here
 
I'll quit the game and try again
 
can u wait 5 min to start?
 
It says 'leadbedr is the host of this private room, and has not yet set initial settings, so entry to this room is not possible'

No idea what is going on.... Oh well.
 
I'm a retard.

1472-6399-8365-2931-2757 is the code for anyone else
 
fatrab, please see the instructions in the first post. There is a difference between someone's private lobby and someone currently playing in a public lobby. You need to click the correct icon on their community page. Read my first post for instructions.
 
Wasn't my best last night. Though, all in all, I raced well but a few mistakes in each race sent me to the back.

Got spun on the first corner of Nurburgring GP/D. We were already two wide and I was taking it easy to avoid contact. Then I get a nudge from someone who just wanted to blast to the front. Same thing happened at Autumn Ring lap two.

Eifel I missed a braking zone in the wet and punted Nic off the track. Penalties were off so I penalized myself and let the rest of the field pass. LOL. Closed the gap from 12s to 4.5 before going off on my own. Oh well.

Had the S2K set up pretty good for Grand Valley and could have had kept pace up front if I made it there. I have never ran that track backwards. I have to say I really like it. That first turn is really challenging and very rewarding when you hit both apexes.
 
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I did some random 500-550pp races and had a blast using my F40 in online mode. What a viscous "female-dog" that car is! We should try boosting the PP to 500-525 and do a super-car night, similar to Muscle car
 
Bones Brigade
Had the S2K set up pretty good for Grand Valley and could have had kept pace up front if I made it there. I have never ran that track backwards. I have to say I really like it. That first turn is really challenging and very rewarding when you hit both apexes.
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I never ran that track until I saw it was used for GT Academy. It's now one of my favorite configurations. Turn 1 and 2 are a real challenge but when you nail it you make up tons of time.

polizei
I did some random 500-550pp races and had a blast using my F40 in online mode. What a viscous "female-dog" that car is! We should try boosting the PP to 500-525 and do a super-car night, similar to Muscle car
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I'd be up for this. Maybe next week we'll try it out.
 
I'll send an FR later on and hopefully get in the lobby if it isn't full.
 
who is hosting tonight? im still tuning cars for tomorrow 80's race. tonight will be my first race with you guys.
 
I can host agaig if grenadeshark can't.

Try and send your friend request before 930.
 
I wont be able to be online before 11:00 EST
 
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