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Race Specific Rule:
- You are not allowed to drive below the white line. The only excuse to go below the white is in the event of an accident/mistake and entering or exiting pits. Going below the white line during qualifying is strictly prohibited.
Touching The Line is OK. Going any further below it is not.
NOTICE: ASM is illegal in all sessions. TCS is optional.
NOTICE: There is no penalty for contact during Formula GT races, but try and stay clean.
NOTICE: Contact with the wall or getting more than 2 tires off course during a qualifying lap makes that lap illegal.
Qualifying Session
*Arcade Mode - Time Trial - Twin Ring Motegi SuperSpeedway
*Japan - Polyphony Digital - Formula GT - +1HP 900HP 550KG
*Send Split Times and Total Lap Time to Earth
*Time Due November 18th before midnight your local time
*NOTICE: Failure to include split times will result in the driver receiving no credit for pole position
The Race
*Arcade Mode - Single Race - Twin Ring Motegi SuperSpeedway
*Japan - Polyphonty Digital - Formula GT - +1HP 900HP 550KG
* AI Difficulty is up to you
*Send in the following:
*Total Time:
*Fast Lap:
*Time Due November 25th before midnight your local time
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The Start Of A New Season
Written by: ED
Motegi, Japan 11/12/2007
Who is going to have their flag raised atop the podium here at the Pacific Grand Prix? Who is going to finish the Gran Turismo Grand Prix as World Driving Champion? These questions are already beginning to be asked. But who really knows? There are favorites, of course. Defending Driving Champion RACECAR returns this year, with a new team, Silver Arrows. Ironicly it's the same team his biggest rival for the Championship, Blake, drove for last season.
Both RACECAR and Blake have unproven teammates. Eagle hasn't turned a lap in a Grand Prix yet, and Earth failed to impress throughout most of last season.
You have to wonder who is going to emerge as the darkhorse. Blake, RACECAR, Earth, and danny12 are the 4 drivers returning, so we have an idea of what they can do, but what about the 10 new rookies? It's nearly impossible to pick one of the 10, and the picture may not be any clearer after the opening round here at Twin Ring Motegi, because as everyone knows, Twin Ring Motegi is the only oval circuit on the calendar.
In what is easily the biggest shocker so far this season, Formula GT management decided to have Twin Ring Motegi SuperSpeedway host the Pacific Grand Prix. An oval race? Surely that's not what Grand Prix racing is about. But gold and silver speak louder then tradition, and with the first oval race ever in Formula GT expected to peak interest in the series across the world, how can you say the decision was wrong? Most likely the race will end up being the first and last of it's kind, and every team and driver participating should feel a little warm inside that they were part of history.
Oval Racing is not easy, as some will find out the hard way. There have been several big accidents in testing, with alot the incidents involving top drivers in the surprising difficulty turns 3 and 4. The drivers will find that there is a very fine balance in these cars, and nothing tests the balance more then taking turns 3 and 4 at 190mph plus. At 50 laps this could end up being the longest race time wise on the calendar. Physical conditioning could play a facor in the outcome of the race.
However, most Formula GT drivers loathe oval racing, some even say the Pacific Grand Prix is a 'throw away' round that doesn't really matter, as the results won't matter much because if you do well on one oval that doesn't mean you will do well on the six other roadcourses on the schedule.
While they do make some valid points, there are certain realities they should take into account. The Formula GT schedule is comprised of just 7 rounds. If you 'throw away' one round you've just thrown away 15% of your season. Formula 1 drivers simply cannot afford to wait until the European season begins anymore. The same applies to Formula GT. Maybe last season you could 'throw away' a round but not this season. The talent is stacked this season with almost every driver having a teammate. Gone are the days of running over 2 or 3 backmarkers. In today's Formula GT if you have a bad weekend you finish out of the points, not fourth.
If the Pacific Grand Prix is so important, what are keys to winning there? Well the key to winning at the Super Speedway is the same key to winning on every oval. Strategy. Oval racing requires more strategy then any other form of racing. This is because the speeds are so equal and the lap times are so short and the tire wear is usually very high. All of that is true of Twin Ring Motegi. A savvy driver must search for every possible advantage (within the rules of course) when the differences of lap times usually average less then a tenth of a second. Nothing must be overlooked, every strategy must be tested. Strategy. You can't say it enough when talking about oval racing. The driver who has his flag raised atop the podium will most likely be the smartest, not the fastest.
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Host Of Next Season's Pacific Grand Prix Narrowed Down
Written by: ED
Motegi, Japan 11/12/2007
Unsurprisingly Suzuka and the Twin Ring Motegi Road Course received bids for next season's Pacific Grand Prix. There were surprises, however. Twin Ring Motegi Super Speedway did not receive a bid for next year's Pacific Grand Prix. It seems to be one and done concerning oval racing in Formula GT. Some are already speculating if the race at SuperSpeedway was nothing more then a Trojan horse to snare oval racing fans from the United States.
Also surprising was Tokyo R246. The track hasn't hosted it's first Grand Prix yet but it has already received a bid to host next year's Pacific Grand Prix. While testing at the track has been positive one must wonder how much Formula GT is allowing the financial benefits of a major automobile race through Tokyo to sway their decisions.
You may ask, "What about Fuji Speedway 80s and 90s?" Formula GT deemed the two tracks not up to Formula GT'S standards.
"The two courses are fabulous, fast tracks, but the tracks' surface were too old, and the level of grip just wasn't there. The Formula GT cars are just too fast for old surfaces. Testing proved this as several cars had high speed spin outs due to sudden loss of grip.
"However we are pleased to announce with a new track surface and layout Fuji Speedway 2005 has earned a bid for next year's Pacific Grand Prix. We have tested there and the feedback from the drivers was overwhelmingly positive," said a Formula GT spokesman.
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Some Rules Make You Wonder If $ Is Involved
Written by: ED
Motegi, Japan 11/12/2007
Running a racing series is by no means easy work. It's comparable to a second job. You have work that has to be done before deadlines. And if you don't deliver you leave alot of people dissappointed. Noone knows this better then Formula GT. But what about the drivers? Do the drivers owe the host of their racing series anything?
It's not uncommon to see racing series have rules that punish drivers for being inconsistant or missing qualifying. But what if the host misses a deadline and doesn't post the results at the promised time? Should he be punished? You could make a case.
In the end I'm writing this out of dissappointment with some racing series. Some hosts lack empathy. We love racing and competition, but there is life outisde racing. To the best of my knowledge the hosts don't pay the drivers to drive in their series, so why do they get so upset when they don't show up every week for 20 weeks straight? Sadly, hosts usually fail their drivers as much as the drivers fail the host.
I'm hoping this disturbing trend will stop. It's quite obvious that the drivers, or even the best of hosts, may have to leave for a long time. This should be expected and accepted. Until money is involved can we lay off the strict rules and just race?
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