Saturday Night Endurance League, Corvette Festival, 9/6/25, Week 1, Corvette Convertibles, Open 7pm, Race 1 7:45pm, Race 2 9pm, Race 3 10:15pm EDTOpen 

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Hey guys reminder of the upcoming Corvette Festival Fall League. Begins Saturday, September 6th, 2025. This is a 6 week series on a somewhat bi-weekly schedule. With three 30 mins timed or lap races each week. Lobby open at 7pm. Race start times 7:45pm, 9pm, 10:15pm. All times Eastern US. Road cars One-Makes will be stock. The races cars will have some tuning. And the last week will be a Corvette tuners dream.

Oh I may choose to add a week if the new Corvette VGT is made available before end of the season.
 
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9/6/25, Week 1, Corvette Convertibles

Race 1, Corvette C1 '58
Race Details
Willow Springs Big Willow, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Early Morning Start, Time Change x2, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Grid Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x2 Fuel x2, Fuel At Start 98%, Pit Stop Needed No, 10 Mins GT Group, Tires Allowed CM, Qualifying, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control No

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.

Race 2, Corvette C3 Stingray Convertible '69
Race Details
Grand Valley South, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Afternoon Start, Time Change x2, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Grid Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x2 Fuel x2, Fuel At Start 99%, Pit Stop Needed No, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed CS, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control No

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.

Race 3, Corvette Stingray Concept Racer '59
Race Details
Watkins Glen Short Course, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Late Morning Start, Time Change x4, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Grid Start, BOP No, Tuning Special Restrictions, Tires x5 Fuel x5, Fuel At Start 98%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed SH, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty No, Traction Control No

Tuning Restrictions
Allowed Parts Upgrades: Fully Customizable LSD, Fully Customizable Manual Transmission (Highly Recommend), Brake Balance Controller
 
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fastone371
You're welcome, thats what I'm here for. Besides, like you mentioned in anearlier post, you are speaking directly to me. 😀😀
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Well your my must frequent visitor the GT Planet forum besides me. Occasionally we get other visitors. I just wish it was less of a surprise. And I do try to help promote the site.
 
Hey guys this Thursday is 9 days until the first Corvette Festival weekend. The Week 1 theme is convertibles. The feature races are the Corvette C1 at Big Willow, Corvette C3 Convertible at Grand Valley South, and Corvette Concept Racer at Watkins Glen Short. The C1 & C3 road cars are to be ran Stock. As of Racer I am allow quality of life upgrades only. Because this is a difficult car to drive. Adding the custom manual trans is highly recommended. Because default the trans is too narrow.

Oh right and I will be adding a week for the new Corvette VGTs. I intend the Corvette Open be the final week. So I'll have to move some things around at end of series. Shouldn't effect the first 3 weeks.
 
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Hey guys this Thursday is 9 days until the first Corvette Festival weekend. The Week 1 theme is convertibles. The feature races are the Corvette C1 at Big Willow, Corvette C3 Convertible at Grand Valley South, and Corvette Concept Racer at Watkins Glen Short. The C1 & C3 road cars are to be ran Stock. As of Racer I am allow quality of life upgrades only. Because this is a difficult car to drive. Adding the custom manual trans is highly recommended. Because default the trans is too narrow.

Oh right and I will be adding a week for the new Corvette VGTs. I intend the Corvette Open be the final week. So I'll have to move some things around at end of series. Shouldn't effect the first 3 weeks.
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What are quality of life upgrades? To me that would include suspension.
 
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What are quality of life upgrades? To me that would include suspension.
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To clarify the Corvette Stingray Concept Racer already has a full suspension. I'm allowing a Full LSD, Brake Balance, and a Custom Manual Trans to be added. No other performance maybe upgrades added. I found I good setting for the trans I can post then. Oh this race is going to require pitting. I'm considering changing it to a 2 stop race.
 
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9/6/25, Week 1, Corvette Convertibles


Race 1, Corvette C1 '58
Race Details
Willow Springs Big Willow, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Early Morning Start, Time Change x2, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Grid Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x2 Fuel x2, Fuel At Start 98%, Pit Stop Needed No, 10 Mins GT Group, Tires Allowed CM, Qualifying, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control No

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.

Race 2, Corvette C3 Stingray Convertible '69
Race Details
Grand Valley South, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Afternoon Start, Time Change x2, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Grid Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x2 Fuel x2, Fuel At Start 99%, Pit Stop Needed No, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed CS, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control No

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.

Race 3, Corvette Stingray Concept Racer
Race Details
Watkins Glen Short Course, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Late Morning Start, Time Change x6, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Grid Start, BOP No, Tuning Special Restrictions, Tires x12 Fuel x8, Fuel At Start 98%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed SH, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty No, Traction Control No

Tuning Restrictions
Allowed Parts Upgrades: Fully Customizable LSD, Fully Customizable Manual Transmission (Highly Recommended)(Recommended Setting 270), Brake Balance Controller

This a repost. Tire and fuel settings have been changed for the Race 3 Corvette Stingray Concept Racer. Also I added a Recommended Setting Trans Setting.
 
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9/6/25, Week 1, Corvette Convertibles


Race 1, Corvette C1 '58
Race Details
Willow Springs Big Willow, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Early Morning Start, Time Change x2, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Grid Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x2 Fuel x2, Fuel At Start 98%, Pit Stop Needed No, 10 Mins GT Group, Tires Allowed CM, Qualifying, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control No

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.

Race 2, Corvette C3 Stingray Convertible '69
Race Details
Grand Valley South, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Afternoon Start, Time Change x2, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Grid Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x2 Fuel x2, Fuel At Start 99%, Pit Stop Needed No, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed CS, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control No

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.

Race 3, Corvette Stingray Concept Racer
Race Details
Watkins Glen Short Course, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Late Morning Start, Time Change x6, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Grid Start, BOP No, Tuning Special Restrictions, Tires x12 Fuel x8, Fuel At Start 98%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed SH, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty No, Traction Control No

Tuning Restrictions
Allowed Parts Upgrades: Fully Customizable LSD, Fully Customizable Manual Transmission (Highly Recommended)(Recommended Setting 270), Brake Balance Controller

This a repost. Tire and fuel settings have been changed for the Race 3 Corvette Stingray Concept Racer. Also I added a Recommended Setting Trans Setting.
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The transmission raises PP then the LSD lowers it a little, I do not recall if it's the same as OEM
 
The new schedule is finished already. Changes start with week 5. The track for Race 3 C8 Race 2 was swapped from Le Mans to Monza. The original Week 6 is now Week 7. To make room for a new week 6 to include the new Corvette CX Concept and CX.R VGT. Yeah that's right only the race car version is a VGT. Anyways in addition a third Race 3 for the C8 was also added. It is the current Corvette generation. And with 21 races it's now the your best of 14 races.

Simplified Schedule

9/6/25, Week 1 Corvette Convertibles
Race 1, C1, Willow Springs Big Willow
Race 2, C3 Convertible, Grand Valley South
Race 3, Stingray Concept Racer, Watkins Glen Short

9/20/25, Week 2 Corvette Plus
Race 1, C3 L46 350, Laguna Seca
Race 2, C2 Sports Coupe, Trial Mountain
Race 3, C5 Z06, Watkins Glen Long

9/27/25, Week 3 Corvette ZR1
Race 1, C4 ZR1, Blue Moon Infield A
Race 2, C6 ZR1, Nurburgring Nordschleife
Race 3, C7 ZR1, Nurburgring Nordschleife

10/18/25, Week 4 Corvette Racing
Race 1, C7 Gr.4 Race Car, Daytona Road Course
Race 2, C7 Gr.3 Road Car, Northern Isle
Race 3, C7 Gr.3 Race Car, Road Atlanta

11/1/25, Week 5 Corvette International
Race 1, C7 Stingray, Fuji Full
Race 2, C8 R1, Spa-Francorchamps Full
Race 3, C8 R2, Monza Full

11/8/25, Week 6 Present & Future
Race 1, C8 R3, Daytona Tri-Oval
Race 2, CX Concept, Blue Moon Oval
Race 3, CX.R VGT, Le Mans Full

11/15/25, Week 7 Corvette Open
Race 1, Corvette Open, Grand Valley Highway
Race 2, Corvette Open, Willow Springs Streets Reverse
Race 3, Corvette Open, SSRX

11/22/25, Postponement Date

P.S. Oh right I decided the CX Concept and CX.R VGT cars will not be allowed for Week 7 Corvette Opens. If you have driven them you probably understand why.
 
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The Corvette Festival will also my flexible points system. Which adjust scores based on field size. Though unlike the Group C league. All races for the Corvette Festival are about the same length. And will all scored the same standard x1 value. Because I'm aware not everyone can make every week or can run all 3 races each week. So only the driver's best 14 of the 21 races count towards their championship score. Once a driver get to the 14 race score cap. They can only gain points by besting a previous score. And will only earn what that previous score was bested by.

Oh only 5 days left until the start of the Corvette Festival Fall League.
 
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Only 4 days left until the first week of Corvette Festival Fall League. I've decided to change the race order for Week 7. So that we end at Grand Valley Highway 1. As a bit of a nostalgic reference the first Gran Turismo title. Also with the many references I made to the Corvette's history. I've made quite a few references classic Gran Turismo reference in this league as well. Like the C2 One-Make being at Trial Mountain is no coincidence.

11/15/25, Week 7 Corvette Open
Race 1, Corvette Open, Willow Springs Streets Reverse
Race 2, Corvette Open, SSRX
Race 3, Corvette Open, Grand Valley Highway 1
 
Cold Warrior
Only 4 days left until the first week of Corvette Festival Fall League. I've decided to change the race order for Week 7. So that we end at Grand Valley Highway 1. As a bit of a nostalgic reference the first Gran Turismo title. Also with the many references I made to the Corvette's history. I've made quite a few references classic Gran Turismo reference in this league as well. Like the C2 One-Make being at Trial Mountain is no coincidence.

11/15/25, Week 7 Corvette Open
Race 1, Corvette Open, Willow Springs Streets Reverse
Race 2, Corvette Open, SSRX
Race 3, Corvette Open, Grand Valley Highway 1
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Yeah, I don't know about all of that stuff, I just hope these cars race better on Comfort Tires than they practice, practice involves a lot of misery and dull times.
 
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Yeah, I don't know about all of that stuff, I just hope these cars race better on Comfort Tires than they practice, practice involves a lot of misery and dull times.
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What can't handle 243 hp on Comfort Mediums? Welcome to tire grip of yesterday. Tires grip gets better with era.
 
Cold Warrior
What can't handle 243 hp on Comfort Mediums? Welcome to tire grip of yesterday. Tires grip gets better with era.
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What I am saying is I hope that the others enjoy the very low grip and very slow cornering speeds. It doesn't matter if I like it or not, I have the choice to do something else but it kinda sucks for you if nobody likes it. I don't think many play racing games to go slow. There's nothing wrong with slower cars, the problem comes in when they don't race well, early indications from where I stand is that the comforts are not going to race well.
 
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What I am saying is I hope that the others enjoy the very low grip and very slow cornering speeds. It doesn't matter if I like it or not, I have the choice to do something else but it kinda sucks for you if nobody likes it. I don't think many play racing games to go slow. There's nothing wrong with slower cars, the problem comes in when they don't race well, early indications from where I stand is that the comforts are not going to race well.
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I'm aware nobody showing up is always a possibility. Believe it or not there is market for slow car racing and historic car racing. I mean the Group C league did a lot better than I expected. And I wouldn't consider those cars easy to drive. Plus you wanted a One-Makes series. And 18 of the 21 races are that. And then the last week is a mostly unrestricted Corvette tuning challenge.
 
Only 3 days left until the start of Corvette Festival Fall League. Todays post is a lobby schedule remember.

Lobby Schedule

Lobby Open
EDT UTC-4 / EST UTC-5 7:00pm Sat
PDT UTC-7 / PST UTC-8 4:00pm Sat
GMT w/ US Daylight Savings 11:00pm Sat
GMT w/ US Standard Time 12:00am Sun

Qualifying / Race 1
EDT UTC-4 / EST UTC-5 7:45pm Sat
PDT UTC-7 / PST UTC-8 4:45pm Sat
GMT w/ US Daylight Savings 11:45pm Sat
GMT w/ US Standard Time 12:45am Sun

Qualifying / Race 2
EDT UTC-4 / EST UTC-5 9:00pm Sat
PDT UTC-7 / PST UTC-8 6:00pm Sat
GMT w/ US Daylight Savings 1:00am Sun
GMT w/ US Standard Time 2:00am Sun

Qualifying / Race 3
EDT UTC-4 / EST UTC-5 10:15pm Sat
PDT UTC-7 / PST UTC-8 7:15pm Sat
GMT w/ US Daylight Savings 2:15am Sun
GMT w/ US Standard Time 3:15am Sun

Note 1: There will about a 30 minutes practice before both races 2 and 3 each week.

Note 2: Do to time restrains. Races will start immediately after qualifying. Without going back to practice mode.

Note 3: There will be no qualifying the week 3 races at Nurburgring Nordschleife and the week 6 race at Special Stage Route X. Practice will be extended by 10 minutes for these races. After the extra 10 minutes the room will be reset. Then the grid will be set by previous race results.
 
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I'm aware nobody showing up is always a possibility. Believe it or not there is market for slow car racing and historic car racing. I mean the Group C league did a lot better than I expected. And I wouldn't consider those cars easy to drive. Plus you wanted a One-Makes series. And 18 of the 21 races are that. And then the last week is a mostly unrestricted Corvette tuning challenge.
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😅😅😅 So this is my fault and I asked for it. I guess you are one of those evil genies, I say I wish I was rich beyond my wildest dreams and after you grant my wish I find out my name is now Rich.
 
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😅😅😅 So this is my fault and I asked for it. I guess you are one of those evil genies, I say I wish I was rich beyond my wildest dreams and after you grant my wish I find out my name is now Rich.
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Well I wanted to run a Corvette league for a bit but, it felt empty a C5 representative. Though I could have chosen a simpler ways to do this league. Then I remembered someone kept requesting a one-make series. What I'm most worried about is the time frame the races. Am I starting the to early that players won't make the 1st race. Or am I starting to late the players won't want to stay for race 3. Will players be too tired run the 3rd race. What to if a race runs to late into the following races practice.

P.S. I've yet to find that wishes actually work but, if anything changes let me know.
 

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