*COMPLETED* SNAIL-Porsche GT3 SuperCup Challenge: Congrats to our Season 3 Champ, fruitloop31!!Finished
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Our time with GTSport has finally and officially come to an end for our series, with GT7 now open for racing.
Our final event displayed some great racing in Race 1 with @fruitloop31 taking a runaway win. Mid pack battles were plenty and worth a watch of the replay broadcast. However, Race 2 was a 40 minute highlight reel. Nearly the entire race was witness to some sort of battle somewhere the entire time. I had an opening few laps battle with @Bologna_Duc for 3rd place, then went after @Noob01_lmdead /rauljimenez76 for 2nd place. This battle lasted a few laps until i finally sealed the deal on the entrance to T1. He did try to counter, but ended up having to settle for maintaining applied pressure in hopes of me making a mistake. With him in my mirror, I mounted my attack on @Rob Brown for 1st place. After many laps of gaining and losing time with 1.2 seconds being the average seperation, a mistake finally afforded the opportunity to close and get on his bumper. I kept consistent pressure on Rob hoping he would make another mistake, but he held his line and hit his marks making it difficult for any overtake attempts to be worth the risk with Raul still close behind. Finally, on lap 18, Rob had a wiggle at the entrance to the back straight that allowed me a run on approach to the hairpin. In an attempt for Rob to outrbake and hold position, he ended up deep in the corner, allowing me to slide in underneath for the lead position. He tried to counter for the next half of a lap, but found himself under heavy pressure now from Raul for 2nd place. During these scuffles, fruitloop31 continued to close on the top 3, finally reaching raul's rear bumper in the closing sectors of the final lap. I finally grabbed a race win, with Raul and fruitloop finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively, and Rob finishing 4th due to an unfortunate bobble at the track edge on the exit of the final chicane that stole the 2 positions.
Another notable battle to mention was the 6 way battle for positions between @Xradkins , @Harry Rowley , @MikeGrove , @fruitloop31 , @Yugofan , and @Phlano099 the brewed up toward the end of lap 10. At points, there were 2 side by side battles raging while the 2 battles were nose to tail...insane display of driving and racecraft. Please have a look at that exchange...awesome watch.
In the end, when the dust settled, @fruitloop31 finished the night with a dominant overall win for our final Event on GTSport.
Have a look through the replay broadcasts....plenty worth watching. 😉
And please, feel free to share any of your battles and perspectives if you'd like.
Congratulations to our Event #7 Winner
@fruitloop31
and our top 3 overall:
1ST: @fruitloop31
2ND: @Harry Rowley
3RD: @JDMKING13
A huge shout out to @Harry Rowley for such a strong 2nd place finish and showing for his first race in the Platinum Driver Class. Great work.👍
Ballast adjustments have been posted. A 3% weight ballast was added for our winner, 2% weight ballast add for 2nd place (fruitloop is already maxed out), and 1% add for 3rd place.
Amendment to Ballasting Rule:
By request from the only Platinum driver to have maxed out the ballast system, the following will be edited into the rules:
Once a Platinum driver maxes out at 4 points/weight levels of ballast, any further podium finishes (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) will earn 1 addtional point/weight level per podium finish with no cap.
This will allow even the fastest drivers to reach their ceiling of challenge within the series, butbstil remain competitive. 1 point/weight level of Ballast will still be removed from any Platinum drivers with ballast applied for any finish outside the top 8.
No incidents were reported for this event.
TBD based on new GT7 parametersEvent #7 Replay Broadcasts
Race 1
Race 2
For Actual Replays, use in game search tag:
snailgt3cup
Roster Changes:
None
As always, Great Racing to all Drivers who attended Event #7 and looking forward to our next chapter and Continuation of our season on the GT7 title.
Next Points Event:
Event #8 at
Spa Francorchamps
Condition: TBD
on Friday, April 8th, 9pm est.
Drivers are welcomed and encouraged to confirm attendance/availability anytime.
Race event details and confirmation reminder posts to come as we get closer.
More GT7 Series News on testing and adapting for our needs will be forthcoming. In the meantime, unlock as much as possible, and try to access the '16 Porsche 911 GT3RS and be sure to have extra funds for upgrades. Alot of work to be done in a short amount of time. Stay tuned.
First GT7 Testing night:
Porsche
Track(s): TBD
Friday, March 11th at 9pm est.
Hope to see many on track then if not sooner.
@fruitloop31
That was an amazing drive Fruit! Disappointed I went deep at the hairpin, may have had a better run with you for a few more laps….
Excellent drive…
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Thanks! Great race from you also. 2nd place in your first race with RH!
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Consider holding off with buying weight reduction for the ‘16 911 GT3 RS after you buy the car. I’m sure Nova will recommend what is needed. I may have screwed up already! Bought stage 3 wt reduction (stage 4 still available) and car is already 2600 lb. Only saving grace may be if I can add ballast to make it were we have been ~2700!
Below with optional wing, front, side, rear diffuser! (At least these like most other parts can be easily removed)
Nova will have to reshare liveries.
Below with optional wing, front, side, rear diffuser! (At least these like most other parts can be easily removed)
Nova will have to reshare liveries.
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Hoping the next update sorts this stuff out. Otherwise, we're at a standstill for a little bit until we come up an answer or game plan. It will be some investigating and trial and error as well....may need to make some adjustments....or finish the seasons on Gtsport, then come up with a new ruleset. Stay tunedTo quote SAM... "There is no 'members list'. Want to see what hp/weight everyone is at? Good luck, no option."
I promise I won't be on RSS tires...really, and my HP will be 491...
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I think problem is solved?! Update is imminent….
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I try to remain optimistic that we'll figure something out, or there will be updates, or something. I believe in magic too. Meanwhile my cars on vacation and sent this selfie to me in GT7.
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See post below for final specing process and car features.
Final "New" spec'd Porche GT3 Cup Car
Final "New" spec'd Porche GT3 Cup Car
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In GT7 the 2nd level of the weight reduction puts the car at 2723 lbs, 1st level is 28xx, can't remember the exact weight...
Any of the engine items will move HP over 491.
Breaks, Tires, LSD and suspension will add to PP only.
And once you buy a weight reduction, you cannot remove it...
Tires are RS, RM RS, Inters and Wet.
Liveries look amazing in GT7...will post a shot later.
Any of the engine items will move HP over 491.
Breaks, Tires, LSD and suspension will add to PP only.
And once you buy a weight reduction, you cannot remove it...
Tires are RS, RM RS, Inters and Wet.
Liveries look amazing in GT7...will post a shot later.
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Menu 30 is required to unlock SPA. Each track then has to be unlocked, the same as within GTS.
I barely get the time to drive, and this process is burning my patience. I have two vacations scheduled before the new SPA date. I just don’t see how I can personally get anywhere near the practice needed by this date to sit down and enjoy the evening with you guys, knowing we’re NOT all going to have the same sense of balance to drive near each other. I don’t think that sense of comfort is going to be the same for everyone at this time.
@nova - Please place me back onto the tentative for this event.
“I didn’t need a kindergarten class on how to drive a car within a sim racing game PD“
Seems like PD just spent the last 15 months trying to glam up GTS, so they’d have a reason to sell another installment. Sell an installment to users of PS5’s. I truly feel underwhelmed by anything other than the clarity of the graphics and car handling.
I barely get the time to drive, and this process is burning my patience. I have two vacations scheduled before the new SPA date. I just don’t see how I can personally get anywhere near the practice needed by this date to sit down and enjoy the evening with you guys, knowing we’re NOT all going to have the same sense of balance to drive near each other. I don’t think that sense of comfort is going to be the same for everyone at this time.
@nova - Please place me back onto the tentative for this event.
“I didn’t need a kindergarten class on how to drive a car within a sim racing game PD“
Seems like PD just spent the last 15 months trying to glam up GTS, so they’d have a reason to sell another installment. Sell an installment to users of PS5’s. I truly feel underwhelmed by anything other than the clarity of the graphics and car handling.
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Hey Harry,
Don't get too discouraged yet. If we have to push dates back to accommodate the adjustments, we will. From what I'm learning, is if another opens the room, you can join Even if you don't have access to the track, so that pressure is on me. In the event I can make it happen 2 weeks prior to our restart date, I may likely change to a track that I do have access to, and move Spa back deeper into the schedule.
On the car side of things, it does appear we will be able to implement our Leveling structure into the title, albeit by actual weight ballast increase/decrease rather than %. The ballast can adjust up to 200lbs from the weight of you car....so we have plenty to work with. There will be some aspects that I think will improve the performance of this car...ie: downforce being adjustable, able to upgrade to racing brakes. I am working on getting the list of required parts and specs together, and hope to have it up by mid week.
My advice, is do not go past Weight reduction 2....that sets the car at our spec base weight of 2723...and do not add any power tuning parts. I will afford a very specific list. I'll keep everyone posted.
@Rob Brown @Bologna_Duc and @Phlano099 ....thanks to all of you for the feed of information in helping this transition process. I think this will all work out OK.
The Michelin series may take a little extra work, but I'm confident we can adapt that series to GT7 as well. Work in progress.
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GT7
Porsche GT3 Supercup
Car build Sheet
Porsche GT3 Supercup
Car build Sheet
Below is the final version of our new and improved Porsche GT3 Supercup Car.
Car: 2016 Porsche 911 GT3RS
Final Base Specs:
2723lbs/ 507hp /PP no limit
After purchasing Car,
purchase in the following order picture below:
INSTALL THE WIDEBODY FIRST
Install BBS RE-CL wheels in standard diameter 20"f/21"r. Be sure to select wide option and wide offset.
Platinum Clsss Drivers
Gold Class Drivers
Only add the parts noted below:
Weight Reduction: Weight Reductions 1 & 2 will drop the weight on the required 2723. If you want the ability to use ballast for placement to settle the car, you can use up to Weight Reduction 3 and dial it back to the 2723lb requirement.
Increased Body Rigidity: optional
Brakes: we will only be using the slotted disc's for the series.
Now, move onto the livery using one of the following links:
Livery Requirements Link
or
Pre-Rendered Livery Links
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I downloaded the game last night and didn’t realize it would require all these single player missions. Is this what gt6 and previous games were like? I never played them.
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Yes sir, this is the notorious Gran Turismo grind.
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I expect that we can bounce ideas off each other through the several weeks that we have while we’re adjusting to GT7. For example, we could explore the idea to allow any tuning option as long as the horsepower and weight limit are met. (HP and WT can be controlled through the room set up. PP can be ‘no limit’). In this way tuning can truly be completely allowed. Example; stage 4 weight reduction but ballasting back to the 2723 requirement.
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I'm open to this as long as the max weight reduction can be brought back to necessary levels. As for an unlimited pp value, there will likely be a pp allowable maximum. As long as that and the hp/wght is in spec, i would care less how numbers are achieved. We'll discussed further. For now, the specs given are a start. The other issue, is atm, there is no members list to verify specs...hoping the upcoming update addresses this.
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Only way to slow you down! 😉
