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

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I saw that...might be fun. However a bunch of the submitted tunes are for offline racing I think. Not sure how they will translate to online...but given they are FF cars it might not be too difficult.

I didn't think of that. I'm such a snob (which is odd since I'm a horrible driver). Why does anyone even race offline?

I'd much rather lose with company than win in solitude.
 
Same here. Aside from special events, almost all of a-spec doesn't even require tuning to win. The FGT is a bit of a handful in stock trim but everything else can be won just by picking the right car with the right tires.
 
Some good racing last night. A 3 way battle at Grand Valley deserves recording for my YouTube channel. I'll have to do that later.

Just a note about Deep Forest Reverse. Someone asked about driving over the concrete in free run. I said "Don't make a pass by driving over the concrete". I clearly remember saying that yet AOK made two passes during the race by cutting people off on the concrete. I'm pretty sure everyone else understood that ruling because in the replay drivers got very pushy with him afterward. I ran all 5 laps without ever putting more than 2 wheels on the concrete. I think the ruling for this track should be to stick to GTP_OLR and at least attempt to stay on the track. I really don't know why the track is designed like that to be honest.

Oh, and here's a video I uploaded from Sunday night's racing. WiiFreak and I had a great battle at Laguna. He made numerous pass attempts but couldn't make them stick because I was forcing him to pass on the outside. Eventually he got a good run on me out of the elbow and up the hill to get the win. Anyway, this can serve as a good example of defensive driving for laps 1-4. If someone is behind you and you know they're going to draft you. Stay inside and give them room to attempt a pass on the outside. Chances are, they won't make it stick unless they clear you for a fast line through the next turn.

Very good info here Chuyler. That seemed to work pretty well.

Also... who was that in the blue RS200 that was right behind you in the beginning? They bit it hard! lol.
 
That was a new guy. He was very quick on some of the previous races (the RS200 is an amazing car for 80's night). I nailed turn 5 perfectly and I think he thought he was going to make up some time exiting the turn. Instead he ran out of grip and went wide.
 
Bummed I crashed out at high speed ring on next to last lap. Would have been fun to have a 3 way battle on the last lap. My camaro is light (approx 1415kg) and not as powerful but runs real well on that track. Just a little outside curb on the last turn had me spun out.
 
LOL yeah, that was a tight battle across the board. At one point i got squeezed down the track by you just as AOK was coming up on my inside. I had no place to go and we were pretty far from the braking point so I ended up hitting AOK. I think I saved that replay as well. Too many great races and not enough time to record them all.

I really lucked out at Deep Forest Reverse. I got a good jump at the start and was able to draft AOK. Then he went wide on the back of the track and I just breezed by. Everyone got stuck behind twichie for 2-3 laps and I pulled almost a 2 second gap. Once AOK and Nic got around him there wasn't quite enough time for them to catch me and make a pass. I watched the replay and it looked like Nic was lagging a bit. The two of them were bumping and rubbing like crazy battling for 2nd. All they had to do was work together and bump draft to catch me. I was a good 1/2 second slower during qualifying so 2 laps of bump drafting would have put them right on my tail.
 
Who's hosting tonight? If there are no volunteers, just meet in my lobby (I'll update the title). I won't be attending until after my lemons race so don't join the lobby i am in if you aren't participating in the series.
 
I'm planning on racing tonight so I can probably host. Have a bunch of the regular guys on PSN already but I will make it a pub room.

If someone who has a mic can host, that would be better though.
 
Sounds good rabbit. Post the room # when it is open. I may join in for a race or two after my lemons race.
 
1472-6399-8408-2431-1759

450PP FF night!
 
What are all y'all's thoughts on having a same-car theme night centered around the 2001 Suzuki GSX-R/4 Concept? Slap a wing on the back and you're good to go and chuck it around any kind of circuit.

Currently in the online dealership, the thing is an absolute blast to drive and I think it would make a great same car night. I am actually considering a race series with this car.

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How many PP is it stock?
 
How many PP is it stock?

I believe 470ish. It's under 700kg with 170ish HP if I remember correctly. It's definitely within the range of PP we are accustomed to. I've been running it a bit today in free practice and it would be very suited to a theme night.
 
Is it a 0 mile car?
 
You can also win it.

B-spec Formula GT: Suzuki GSX-R/4 Concept '01 (S)

It is a pain to complete though. You have to watch your bob for a while.
 
Great racing last night and great hosting Fatrab! Was late to join in and was actually surprised there were only 4 of us to starting the first race. Esh, Ftrb, me and hmmmm forgot his name, sorry!

Wondering were the rest of the group go :confused: i know some were at the Lemons series but then there's always at least 5-6 regulars joining in. Anyway we tried to make it fun, and fun it was. Some new faces were racing fast and clean, but Esh was on a league of his own.... couldnt catch up to him as i was either hampered and punted out by some pubbers notably the one in GVE. Took out like 4 of us in the 1st lap. :ouch:

As the night goes on more racers were joining in and as the battle was getting heated in Tsukuba, PSN decided to pull the plug! WTH? :grumpy: I and 6 others as Ftrb stated was booted out stating connection to server was lost. Some of us rejoined but then everybody decided to call it a night. :cheers:
 
well, I saw the theme was FF so.... I passed.

tonight is Nurb as usual. 450pp/Sport Softs unless everyone's OK doing 500pp/SS for a change. Same bat time, same bat channel. It wont be FF only. :D
 
It's the ring tonight!! I'll send a friend request to osprey. I'll be running my commodore and my cobra. Might trot out a sileighty
 
Nevermind.
 
So many new names last night - I assume most of them were pubbers. Overall, it wasn't too bad aside from a person named nightkit82 who made a mess of GP/D.

I also intentionally set a short warm-up time for all the races (around 5 minutes) so apologies if you felt that was too short. I think esh had some good battles with agentorunge :)
 
I like the short warm-ups. I get a bit annoyed at people entering and exiting the track. At some point you gotta just run what you got because its no fun for other drivers to sit on the track for 10 warm-up laps for a 5 lap sprint.
 
Esh did! i salute that Agent too, i bump him a few times but he never fizzled and he drives clean. Hope he can be a regular. ill post some pics soon...
 
agent was the only one that was clean of all the unfamiliar names. PhoenixUnleashed or whatever was a little faster than most of those guys but he would try to block whenever I would try to pass. I'm trigger happy when it comes that stuff so had I been hosting, I would have kicked them all. Except agent.
 
Sounds like typical pubber behavior to me. You let them draft pass, then when you try to draft pass they start weaving around the track. I can block with the best of them, but if someone is good enough to be on my bumper before the straight (and it isn't the final lap) I'll let them go by. It makes things more exciting...every race doesn't have to be about winning.
 
As the night goes on more racers were joining in and as the battle was getting heated in Tsukuba, PSN decided to pull the plug! WTH? :grumpy: I and 6 others as Ftrb stated was booted out stating connection to server was lost.

Finally managed to get into the group only to have PSN shut me down! :crazy:

Hoping to get in on the action tonight.👍
 
i will be joining tonight, assuming I am not working on my real life car all night again.

got a 458 Ferarri I am really enjoying racing in, see you guys there
 
in case anyone missed it, tonite will be 500pp/SS on Nurb. Unless you all stop your feet in protest. :D
 
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