iRacing GTPlanet Mustang FR500S World Challenge - SERIES CANCELLED

[Jordan]

It looks like this was a great race, I hate that I missed it! I had stuff come up at the last minute yesterday and wasn't able to run, but I'm optimistic I will be able to make it for next week.

 

[AutoAki]

Aaarghh... rendering takes so much time, and I dont even know yet is it too big package to upload to Vimeo. (500mb)

...not even thinking about that uploading time and proceeding to there.

 

[Gabkicks]

youtube? gametrailers?

 

[AutoAki]

youtube? gametrailers?

I prefer Vimeo... there is no stupid 10min max limits. Only file-size limit. 500mb for free-users, and 5gb for plus-members per week. (only 2gb at once though)


...uploaded 18% now.


Edit: Uploaded 100%! ...still converting in Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/13598637
(I'm very excited to see it too... I have no clue about how it looks. I must say that I had no time to polish/edit anything... just frapped it and convert to HD. Workshift starts 30min from now.)

 

[CodeRedR51]

Looking forward to that video...

 

[Gabkicks]

aspect ratio is all smushed I thought you were gonna do a highlight of the race. not upload the whole race hehe.

 

[The Outlaw]

Thanks for taking the time to upload that footage AA...something is better than nothing! I know it's far from easy to do a high quality race re-cap when you don't have much free time to find the best parts of a 35 minute race with ~8 cars Your effort is very much appreciated 👍

NOTICE: Since I haven't gotten much opinion (other than from Carl 👍 ) on when to hold Round 2, I've decided that we will TRY and hold Round 2 @ Brands Hatch this Sunday at the same times as Round 1's race...IF this is alright with the majority of those who are competing. So for now I will post the date/time for Round 1 and if anyone has any conflicting issues with the proposed date/time please let it be known so we can work TOGETHER to come up with something! Thank you.

 

[AutoAki]

Thanks for taking the time to upload that footage AA...something is better than nothing! I know it's far from easy to do a high quality race re-cap when you don't have much free time to find the best parts of a 35 minute race with ~8 cars Your effort is very much appreciated 👍

NOTICE: Since I haven't gotten much opinion (other than from Carl 👍 ) on when to hold Round 2, I've decided that we will TRY and hold Round 2 @ Brands Hatch this Sunday at the same times as Round 1's race...IF this is alright with the majority of those who are competing. So for now I will post the date/time for Round 1 and if anyone has any conflicting issues with the proposed date/time please let it be known so we can work TOGETHER to come up with something! Thank you.

Thanks Brock... take it as a documentary type of review. You said well why I could not find all those best views. Most important is, that the full replay is saved, so if someone wants to be iRacing-Tarantino, just say and I will upload it to Rapidshare.com. It would be a much appreciated, cause I have no time and that race was very great! 👍

I havent yet seen it, but I'm just going to...



ps. Timeschedule is very great for me, but I'm not yet sure about my next sunday...

 

[CodeRedR51]

Man this looks like fun. Wish I could join. Don't have a PC and I'm getting ready to move so can't afford to get one. Hopefully GT5 lives up to the hype.

 

[Frizbe]

if you guys start at/around GMT 11PM I can make it other wise it will be too early for me.

 

[The Outlaw]

Well that would be just fine with me, but I have no clue about everyone elses schedule's and what might work for them Maybe I will send out a PM later today (since I can't edit the orginal poll) giving a few choice on a time/date for Round 2. All each competitor will have to do is put a "x" next to the date/time's that work for them 👍

 

[The Outlaw]

Hey guys

Sorry for the late notice but I am hoping to push Round 2's race to sometime this weekend (either July 24th or 25th). I sent a NEW PM to all the entrants to get an idea of what date/time will work best for those trying to compete, so please shoot me back a PM as soon as you can.

Sorry again for this late notice and my unorganized scheduling . I will make sure to get the scheduling more straightened out for future Rounds 👍

Thanks again for your help!

 

[Gabkicks]

I would prefer sunday over saturday

 

[AutoAki]

I was visiting at home today and re-rendered our race to find right aspect-ratio. I think I did find it, but this time I failed to get it out in HD-form... I think. I'm tool. http://vimeo.com/13598637

 

[Masi_23]

Nive vid... will miss round 2 as i injured my wrist in the gym

 

[The Outlaw]

NOTICE:

i've just sent PM's to all entrants regarding info for tommorow's race (July 25th) @ Brands Hatch (GP circuit)

Schedule:

180 minute practice from 4-7 PM GMT
20 minute qualifying from 7-7:20PM GMT
20 lap race begins @ ~ 7:20 PM GMT

For the next round and all future rounds I will make sure to have a definite race date/time seet 4-5 days in advance.

 

[AutoAki]

Buhuu... cant make it. My wife is a treehugger so I'm forced to be in cottage so much as possible in summers.

 

[The Outlaw]

I just created the session for today's race.

I'm going to watch the Formula 1 race on FOX right now. Should be back for the final hour of practice.

See you guys

 

[Gabkicks]

Bleh, i don't really feel like racing since I don't want to do another race where I got 0 practice in. But I should be there.

 

[Gabkicks]

how long until race starts? i dont see anyone on the track? also, you should try to get at least 7 for sure confirmations before launching the server so you dont end up paying and not having a race. I could try to pull people from LFS forums since a lot of guys over there have iRacing if you want more people entering?

 

[Masi_23]

*tumble weeds*

So what happened? News?

 

[Gabkicks]

i had a power outage due to rain :/ and there were only 2 other guys in the server before I left. :/

 

[cpp214]

Here are the race results from this afternoon:

Brock started on pole. Jordan was 3rd, and passed me into turn 1.
About 2 or 3 laps later, Jordan had trouble out of turn 4 and I was able
to get by him. I tried to chase Brock down, as he had about a 3 second lead.
The gap stayed at about 3 seconds for most of the race. About lap 8 or 9? Not sure, I managed to cut the gap to Brock down to about 1.8 seconds, but I cut a corner and had to slow down, and I made another mistake or two after that.
I don't think I could have caught Brock anyway though 👍 He carried it home for the win from there. I forgot to save the replay So maybe some other guys can fill you in on how their races went.

Thanks to Brock for hosting again, and to all those who turned out.
Brands is a great track, and as usual, the iRacing version is by far the best I've tried yet. It's a really good track for the Mustang too in my opinion.
It really showcases the stellar physics engine that iRacing has developed You can really feel the weight transfer in the Mustang, and it just feels so connected to the road. Really a load of fun

 

[Gabkicks]

its too bad mother nature was against me today . hope the race went well.

 

[The Outlaw]

Thanks to those who took part in today's race! What an enjoyable experience that was driving the Mustang around a circuit as monumental as Brands Hatch! I couldn't have asked for a better result myself, so I'm quite happy to have turned things around after having a rather disastrous race last weekend

Carl was looking quite quick in the first half of the race until he got that rather unfortunate off track penalty Had it not been for that I think we could have had a pretty good fight up until the end of the race. I'm sure in the next few rounds he will make sure to take the fight to me to regain some lost points though

I could try to pull people from LFS forums since a lot of guys over there have iRacing if you want more people entering?

I would definitely be open to having more people join Maybe you can send them over this way when you get a chance 👍

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Here are the results from today as well as the Championship standings after Round 2.

Qualifying Results:

Race Results:

Championship Points Standings:

 

[cmpinberkeley]

Hey guys! Glad to see there is a little momentum built up here. I think that anybody who is a registered GTP driver here would absolutely love iRacing. Someone else said it earlier, but there is nothing like the immersion and feel of cars and racing like in iRacing.

Also, great decision on the Mustang! Fantastic car! I won't always be able to make the races but just wanted to say I will come when I can. The first race at Road Atlanta was fun. Unfortunately I strangely got disconnected and then I had to run and do something.

Anyway, great idea here and we definitely need to try to get more than 7 cars. If you can attract enough guys to get some 20 or 30 car fields, then it would be a blast!

Can I make a few suggestions?
- I don't know how tight the mods are here, but perhaps there is a way to make a single posting in a more visible section in these forums saying that this is going on.
- Make a post in the general section of the iRacing forums entitled "Attention all GTPlanet Members and Gran Turismo Lovers" and state the intent of the league. I know a few guys are around, including Rudi Raser, Lincoln Miner and others (can't remember off top of my head).
- Make a post in the forums of InsideSimRacing.tv publicising this.
- If you have trouble getting enough guys here, consider entering 1 or 2 GTP teams in the SSCA team series that will be starting up. Looks like fun. http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-news/team-racing-returns-to-ssca/

Lastly, it looks like you guys are plenty fast, but if you want a video of a good clean lap at any of the upcoming tracks, let me know and I will post them here. I have become pretty quick at making videos. Here is an example of one of my videos.

Okay, see you soon!!

 

[The Outlaw]

I just posted information on Round 3 in my OP as well as in the thread title. I will send PM's out tommorow just to make sure everyone is notified 👍

 

[The Outlaw]

Hey guys I have some interesting things to share.

I've noticed that with the new update and transmission modeling those who use the auto-clutch feature will have lost A LOT of pace with the Mustang (being a H-pattern transmission), especially at circuits where a lot of shifting is involved. A few weeks back I had done a 2:29.3xx around Road America and now it seems as if I'm WELL over .5 off that pace due to the upshifting being so much slower. At first I was a bit confused and bewildered as to why I was so far off pace, but then I went back to watch the replay from my 2:29.3 and realized how quickly the clutch used to engage/disengage during upshifting, prior to the updated modeling just a few days ago.

IIRC it is possible to incorporate the clutch function as a push button, so those who use wheels like the Logitech DFGT are still capable of using the clutch despite not having that 3rd pedal. This is something I'll have to look into and adapt into my driving, otherwise I might consider getting a G27 or something along those lines.

Also, I've been doing some testing over the past few days, switching from the Logitech DFGT pedals to the old Fanatec Clubsports I had lying around, hoping that I could find a bit more performance. As far as my wheel of choice, I've stuck with the Logitech DFGT wheel, as I'm surprisingly quite happy with its performance even compared to the Fanatec GT3RS wheel I used to drive with in GT5P.

After a few hours of testing the different pedals and deciding which I had more potential with, I stuck with the good old plastic DFGT pedals The main reason I favor the DFGT pedals is due to the threshold braking performance I am able to achieve and more importantly the consistency I get with the Logtiech pedals (particularly under braking). With the Clubsport pedals and the load-cell braking system in particular, I don't have nearly as much confidence or natural feel under braking. Maybe not everyone is the same but I find that in my experience with sim racing and using the two different braking systems (travel based vs load cell), that it is easier to modulate the in game brake pressure based on travel, rather than by a load cell which is soley based on how much load you apply to the pedal throughout its range. If the Clubsport pedals had more adjustments (which may be true) to possibly increase the travel and decrease the brake pedal stiffness and increase sensitivity, maybe I would have second thoughts on my opinion though. Also, if the ABS brake pedal vibration function on the Clubsport pedals worked in iRacing, I could see that as being something that would likely improve ones confidence under braking.

Anyways, I would be interested to hear the thoughts of those who also have experience with both of these braking systems as well, particularly in iRacing

 

[TheMainVr4]

6pm gmt translates to 2 pm est right?

half a seconds better then 5 seconds cause its stuck in gear after a mis shift lol. Road america and i dont mix well ill be struggling even after my hours of practice tonight

 

[The Outlaw]

6pm gmt translates to 2 pm est right?

Correct 👍