GTP WRS-Online : Event 93 : The Real Tsukuba – June 19

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Presents...

The Real Tsukuba

An Online Race based on GTP_WRS (GT5) Week 121

:: Only Open to Qualified GTP_Registered Members ::

:: Members are not obligated to take part ::



June 19th, 2013


European Time Slot

3:00 PM Eastern | 12:00 PM Pacific | 19:00 GMT | Check Local

North American Time Slot

10:00 PM Eastern | 7:00 PM Pacific | 2:00 AM GMT | Check Local

Honda weider HSV-010 (SUPER GT) '11 @ Tsukuba Circuit

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Stewards Notes
Back to the first track we used in GT5 WRS this week. This track is famous for the "Time Attack" format, and the car this week is set up for maximum laptime, with racing soft tires and full tuning at your disposal. This might be the most neutral FR car you will ever drive. As replacement for the Super GT NSX, it carries the torch well. Don't forget to crank up the volume during replays, the engine really sings at redline.

 

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In the event of a field of 13-16 drivers we will disable mics and race with one grid. With 17+ we will split the grid.

Register
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Eligibility

This WRS-Online event hosted by 3D3 Racing is open to GTP_Registered members only. If you are not currently on the registry run the GTP_Registry qualifier and join now!

Registration Instructions

The following must be performed by every driver for every event:

• Click the registration button above, fill-in and submit the online registration form (use your GTP_ tag ID)
• Leave a quick note in this thread to let us know you've registered and any other comments.

The following must be performed only one time per driver (not per event):

• Send a PSN friend request to GTP_3D3Racing, GTP_3D3_A and GTP_3D3_B from your GTP_tag account.
• Submit the 3D3 Racing Online Driver Database Entry Form. Your information will need to be verified before you are added to the db and before your ID will appear in the registered driver table above. You can view the official driver database here.

There is a 32 car/driver limit for this event (per region) and slots are awarded on the grid using a first come first serve basis. Reference the registered drivers table above for availability. This is a stand alone race and points are not tallied for a series. Future WRS-Online races hosted by 3D3 racing may have different driver limits and will require re-registration using the same first come first serve basis and participation in future events is optional.

Registration Changes

If you want to change your time slot, add a time slot or update your color choices just click on the registration link and fill out the form again and submit with new values. Your last entry will override any previous entries.

Cancellations

If for some reason, after you register for the event, you are unable to attend please click the registration button above and complete the form again selecting "cancel" as your status. Please also post a note in this thread as the table above can take some time to update.

Delaying or Restarting Race Start

Once the race countdown timer has started, the race will only be restarted in these cases:

• Multiple drivers report a black screen/hang, instead of the 3-2-1 countdown.
• One or more drivers get disconnected before race-pace has begun ("GO" for grid-starts, end of formation lap for rolling starts).
• Steward realizes there is a condition that would lead to an unfair or poor race experience.

Once the race countdown timer has started, the race will explicitly NOT be restarted for:

• Latecomers, even if you've registered
• Driver realizes he picked the wrong car parts (ie, tires) or driving options (ie, Auto tranny)

 

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Lounge Settings (@ GTP_3D3Racing)

• Race Quality: Standard
• Voice Chat Quality: Low (Disabled if grid is over 12 drivers)

Official Practice Times

• EU: Tuesdays @ 3:00 PM Eastern | 12:00 PM Pacific | 19:00 GMT
• NA: Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM Eastern | 4:00 PM Pacific | 23:00 GMT
• Pre-Race: The lounge is open for pre-race practice appx 1 hour prior to the official start of each event

Course & Car Settings

• Track: Tsukuba Circuit
• Car: Honda weider HSV-010 (SUPER GT) '11
• Power: 517 HP
• Weight: 1100 kg
• Weight Reductions: N/A
• Engine Modifications: Not allowed
• Intake Modifications: All allowed
• Exhaust Modifications: All allowed
• Turbo or Supercharger: Not Allowed
• Drivetrain Modifications: All allowed
• Transmission: Fully Customisable Transmission Allowed
• Suspension: Fully Adjustable Suspension Allowed
• Aero: Allowed
• Example Tunes: TBD

Qualification Procedures

• Type: Live Online Single Stint - No pits
• Length: Single out-lap and 2 timed hot-laps
• Groups: Group qualifying will be used if the grid size is large enough to warrant in order to avoid traffic during qualification.
• Notes: Drivers not in the lounge by the time the first driver has entered the track after reset will not be allowed to qualify. They are welcome to join the race, but will start at the back of the grid. If we are running multiple qualification groups and the driver enters before the last group has entered track an exception will be made.

Event Settings

• Game Mode: Normal Race
• Laps: 67 (+1 Formation Lap)
• Start Type: Staggered Formation Lap with Rolling Start (see below)
• Grid Order: Fastest First based on Qualification
• Boost: No
• Penalty: Off
• Automatic Race Start Cycle: Disabled
• Race Finish Delay: TBD sec (~175% Average lap)
• Visible Damage: Off
• Mechanical Damage: Light
• Disable Collisions: Off
• Slipstream strength: Weak
• Tire Wear / Fuel Consumption: Fast
• Grip Reduction on Wet Track/Track Edge: Real

Regulation Settings

• Car Restrictions: Unrestricted (see above for specific car specs)
• Performance Points: 604 PP (with max downforce)
• Drivetrain: FR
• Tire Restrictions: Racing Softs (R3's)
• Vehicle Tuning: Unrestricted
• Skid Recovery Force | Active Steering | ASM: Disabled
• TCS | Driving Line | ABS: Optional

Formation Lap

• A steward will exit track, view the live timing monitor and announce the order after qualification while all drivers remain on track.
• All drivers should exit track after the order is announced and enter the pits. When all drivers are in the pits a steward will start the race.
• After the system places you on the grid drivers should proceed into stagger formation in order.
• Pole sitter will choose his/her preferred side of the track.
• There should be no overlap between cars in the staggered formation.
• Speed limit on formation lap is TBD mph / TBD km/h and pole sitter should maintain this speed (or less) to keep pack together, in particular in the final sector.
• Weaving or other tire warming procedures are NOT allowed during the formation lap.
• Pole sitter will exit the last corner and take care to give enough time to allow all cars behind to safely exit the final corner.
• Start marker for Tsukuba Circuit is the start/finish line.
• The pole sitter should start the race by accelerating to race pace at the identified start marker (track specific and may or may not be the start/finish line).
• All other drivers should accelerate after the driver in front of you does so.
• No passing is allowed before the start marker.
• Be cautious and courteous in the first turn. Dive bombing will be penalized and will not be tolerated.

Pit Entry and Exit Guidelines

• Pits are open and stops are optional, but may be required to complete the race based on fuel consumption and/or tire wear.
• Drivers are responsible for determining their fuel consumption, tire wear and ultimate pit strategy. Discussion of this strategy in the thread is encouraged but not required.
• Be aware that when "Tire Wear/Fuel Consumption" is set to "Fast" or "Very Fast" that the system's fuel add recommendations will be wrong. In this case you need to do your own testing and calculations prior to the race to ensure you add the proper amount of fuel to make it to the end of the race.
• On exit from the pits stay to the pit exit side (usually right side) of the white line if there is oncoming traffic.
• On both pit entry and exit, traffic not entering/exiting the pits must stay to track side (usually left side) of the white lines and are not allowed on the pit entry/exit except to avoid collisions. Drivers cannot follow another driver entering the pits into this area to draft and cannot drive into the area to avoid being drafted if they are not pitting.
• Remember, traffic on course has the right of way after the white line ends. Drivers that cross the line in either direction are responsible for any incidents that occur.

Track Boundary Guidelines

Drivers are expected to do their best to stay within track boundaries per the OLR. Mistakes happens over the course of a long race and the random off or two will be overlooked in most instances, but if a pattern of boundary abuse is observed penalties will be handed out which include 15 seconds for a "minor" pattern of abuse, 30 seconds for a "substantial" pattern of abuse, and a DQ for "complete disregard" of track boundaries. In cases where penalties may not impact the driver (e.g. DC), the penalty may be carried over to the next event and may be applied as a 5 (minor) or 10 (major) grid spot penalty.

It's up to the admins' discretion exactly what qualifies as "minor", "substantial" or "complete disregard". Going outside the rumble by a centimeter isn't as serious as a car length wide excursions into the run off area. Factors such as dirty air and traffic also come into play. If you find yourself going wide then the next lap you're expected to slow down a bit more to make sure you stay within boundaries. If you make the same mistake multiple times and you want to avoid a penalty you can always self-penalize during the race by lifting for a very brief period upon returning to the track. Continuing to hammer the throttle after repeated boundary overruns may very well end with a post race penalty.​

General Guidelines:

• Contact with walls should be avoided. Wall riding/bouncing to gain time will be penalized and/or can result in disqualification.
• Rumble/ripple strips are part of the track
• Runoff areas are not part of the track including green painted concrete.

Track Specific Guidelines

The Light Brown Surface to the outside of the Rumble Strip on the Left Side of the Track before the Start Finish Line is Not Track.
See examples below.


Left Side of Track Near Start Finish Line

CLEAN

DIRTY

Inside of Turn 2

CLEAN

DIRTY

Left Side Exit of Dunlop Curve (Turn 3)

CLEAN

DIRTY

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Standard Clean OLR Rules Apply:

• Unless otherwise specified, all rules from the original WRS event apply.
• You are expected to drive clean at all times as if you are racing in the WRS. All participants are required to follow the GTPlanet Online Racing Rules & Guidelines.
• 3D3 Race Stewards (who are taking part in race, but will review the replay) reserve the right to kick out or invalidate the result of any driver from the Race Room for driving offensively. If you ignore any warnings from the stewards and are kicked out of the race room, you will not be allowed to participate in future 3D3 events.
• No hybrids - if you're caught using a hybrid or attempting to enter a hybrid onto the track during an official event you will be banned from all future 3D3 Racing events.
• No cheating of any kind
• Nothing that goes against the spirit of the rules
• Passing and Blocking: Aggressive blocking is not permitted, but the driver in front has the right to choose his/her line and braking point and drivers behind should respect that line. Be especially careful when you are on older tires than the competition as the speed difference may be significant. These events are "for fun" so just play nice and take a conservative rather than an aggressive approach when possible.

Good Luck, OLR Team

 

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[oink83]

Signed up. Last one here I did was the Suzuki little bugger, and that was pretty fun. Am yet to try the combo out yet though.

 

[Allibubba99]

I am in!!!! Both races!!!!

Al

 

[oink83]

I'll be getting my schedule for work tomorrow, so will be able to give a better indicator for my participation in NA, EU is a definite though!

 

[RobertSamuel]

I've tried this combo. I don't see how this is gonna be very close racing though. With that I mean that these cars have a lot of grip and a lot of speed on this small track. Overtaking will be hard and letal when you make a mistake. Interesting to say the least.
Anyways, I'm looking forward to it because every WRS event has been awesome for me whatever the result. just the whole vibe is awesome.

 

[mika012397]

I've tried this combo. I don't see how this is gonna be very close racing though. With that I mean that these cars have a lot of grip and a lot of speed on this small track. Overtaking will be hard and letal when you make a mistake. Interesting to say the least.
Anyways, I'm looking forward to it because every WRS event has been awesome for me whatever the result. just the whole vibe is awesome.

This will be overtaking on the only two long straights unless someone makes a mistake.

 

[RobertSamuel]

This will be overtaking on the only two long straights unless someone makes a mistake.

True, and this being the cleanest competition on gt5 I expect no trouble or what so ever so race will be good.

 

[oink83]

Just broke in a car, so if someone needs one, I can send one over tomorrow evening when I'm home from work.

 

[mika012397]

Just broke in a car, so if someone needs one, I can send one over tomorrow evening when I'm home from work.

that won't work dlc car can't send them

 

[oink83]

that won't work dlc car can't send them

Oh...totally forgot it was DLC! haha thanks for saying.

 

[oink83]

If anyone wants a tune for this, I'll post mine below. I haven't tried anyone elses (haven't had a look through the TT thread to see what guys are using there) but I came up with this one, and it drives well enough, so if anyone just wants a tune they can stick on, feel free to try this one.

-15 / -8
17.9 / 16.3
7 / 7
7 / 7
7 / 7

1.8 / 1.0
-0.05 / 0.05

5 / 10 / 5

BB 5 / 5

Transmission:
Max speed all the way left,
Final Gear all the way right,
Set:
4.874
3.653
2.932
2.434
2.081
1.814
Set final: 3.150

Allows for a very small amount of draft.

Still doing fuel/tyre wear tests so if I find improvements I'll just edit them into this post. It lets you kick the gas down pretty early and is quite forgiving, but does push a little bit on the fast bends.

 

[RobertSamuel]

If anyone wants a tune for this, I'll post mine below. I haven't tried anyone elses (haven't had a look through the TT thread to see what guys are using there) but I came up with this one, and it drives well enough, so if anyone just wants a tune they can stick on, feel free to try this one.

Cool, I'll try it out now and edit in what I think.

edit: Solid tune Oink 👍,
this really makes it hard for me to choose between my other tune or this one.. Luckily still got 2 days to decide

 

[mika012397]

Does nobody have this car just four people that posted in this threat and only 7/6 people have signed up yet it's like a ghost town.

 

[RobertSamuel]

Yeah I think a lot of dudes are focussed on GT3 event. Now that I finally worked out a strategy, and still got 2 days to practice, nobody signs up.

 

[oink83]

Does nobody have this car just four people that posted in this threat and only 7/6 people have signed up yet it's like a ghost town.

Yeh, probably alot what Robert said, GT3 event this weekend, lots of time put into that, and maybe sometimes just numbers aren't quite as high. Might just be coincidence, people don't have time this week.

Nonetheless, should be a good race for whoever is there.

 

[Strop]

Turnout for the time trial (28 people) was quite reasonable. Not having the car might be an issue, mine cost me $38 :-( and then I still had to break it in.

Yes, I know it's 99c in the PSN store but I use the PAL version. Sony make it incredibly difficult for people like me who are US based but use the PAL version of the game. Firstly the car purchased from the US PSN store can only be installed in the US version of the game. To get one for the PAL version I had to purchase via an Australian PSN account.

Worked great for the free downloads but then I needed $1.49 for the car (cars are clearly a lot more expensive in Australia). Couldn't use my US credit card because they do address validation (AVS) and you can only set country=Australia on your account. PayPal looked like it was going to work but failed to complete the transaction. I even put in an Australian credit card that matched the Australian address and I kept getting 'invalid card' errors.

Solution in the end was to buy a $30 PSN card from a store in Sydney ($US 38 for a card worth $US 28.50) and have them email me the code. The lengths we go to for our racing habit.

PS: Did I mention how happy I am that the PS4 will be Region Free!

 

[oink83]

PS: Did I mention how happy I am that the PS4 will be Region Free!

Jesus man, I feel for you big time. That is crazy. How come you got a PAL version of the game? I would almost go so far as to say GT5 is so cheap now, even to buy one of those "Bundle" versions of the game that come with dlc, you coulda just bought a whole new version of the game for about the same price.

Like you said, region free is gunna be really great step forward. 👍

 

[Strop]

Jesus man, I feel for you big time. That is crazy. How come you got a PAL version of the game?

Part nostalgia (I'm Australian) and part so I can download the UK/AUS/EUR replays as well as the US ones. I bought the PAL version on ebay and it didn't come bundled with anything. I did however put the $30 to good use and bought the 'Complete' add-on which has all the tracks and cars for download (except of course the Weider GT).

 

[mohitraina91]

Unfortunately I got an exam during EU and doing an airport run during NA.

Good news though, from next week I can make both races .

 

[oink83]

Unfortunately I got an exam during EU and doing an airport run during NA.

Good news though, from next week I can make both races .

Ahh that's unfortunate. Good luck for your exam anyhow!

 

[GTP_Patrick1]

I just did a trial run on line with tire wear and fuel set to fast with the racing softs. I ran 22 laps about 1/3 of the race and it is a handful when tires are almost gone. I guess a 3 stopper is possible, but a 4 stopper is probably how I go. I ran all out, so if you went conservative it would be a little easier running that car on tires with 20 or more laps. My fastest lap was about a little over a second slower than my time trial.

 

[Racingworld68]

Yeah I think a lot of dudes are focussed on GT3 event. Now that I finally worked out a strategy, and still got 2 days to practice, nobody signs up.

I know I am, when events like GT3 come up, I tend to put all my eggs in the same basket

Unfortunately I got an exam during EU and doing an airport run during NA.

Good news though, from next week I can make both races .

Good luck with your exam !!

 

[RobertSamuel]

I just did a trial run on line with tire wear and fuel set to fast with the racing softs. I ran 22 laps about 1/3 of the race and it is a handful when tires are almost gone. I guess a 3 stopper is possible, but a 4 stopper is probably how I go. I ran all out, so if you went conservative it would be a little easier running that car on tires with 20 or more laps. My fastest lap was about a little over a second slower than my time trial.

I got my strategy sorted out yesterday, I like how it is completely different from yours. Brings a whole new level of competitiveness to racing online.👍

 

[DOUQA]

Hi. I haven't played for a while but would love to join you guys tonight for practice. I may not make the main event though. I've submitted the relevant forms and will send friend requests when I get home later. Thanks.

 

[oink83]

Hi. I haven't played for a while but would love to join you guys tonight for practice. I may not make the main event though. I've submitted the relevant forms and will send friend requests when I get home later. Thanks.

Cool see you there.

 

[mika012397]

how late is practice starting tonight?