Monday Night Racing (All Skill Levels Welcomed)

Monday Night Racing continues the tradition of weeknight racing. Each week's events will now be reprised on Wednesday evenings, too, for drivers in European time zones. (Make sure to select All Regions, in Sport.

We have been racing in open lobbies since August 20, 2012, so the Real settings are well tested, to challenge the driver's skills, to encourage fair and safe driving from everyone, and to encourage tuning within reasonable limits (default power and weight). Monday Night Racing encourages beginners to get up to speed with us, and we will do our best to chase any aliens, too.

We follow a monthly schedule which ensures that every type of content in GT Sport gets used:

Week 1: small street cars - N100-N400
Week 2: small race cars up to Gr.4, rally cars
Week 3: big street cars - N500-N1000
Week 4: big race cars, Gr.3 and up
Week 5: special events, something different

If this kind of racing interests you, select All Regions in GT Sport and look for Monday Night Racing - [car] lobbies for GT, or possibly some other racing sims. Mark this thread as Watched, to get notifications from GTPlanet. You should also join our private PSN Community, to get Community access and features, such as our driver base and chat link (once they fix it again). PSN: "Race Room"

Race until you drop. Most Monday Night Racing lobbies stay open for ±2-4 hours.

Spoiler: Apply your best racing skills

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/the-good-racecraft-guide.183891/

 

Monday Night Racing

May 27 @ 7:30 PM Eastern

Car: Amuse S2000 Sport Soft tires, HP=616, Weight=2469

Tracks: Blue Moon Infield A (12 laps)
Red Bull Ring (10 laps)
Tokyo South Inner Loop (7 laps).

Throttle control and its down force will help you.

 

With the addition of a new track in the latest update, you can gain Circuit Experience this Monday while driving three very different cars.

Monday Night Racing

June 3 @ 7:30 PM Eastern

VW 1200 Beetle 50 HP 1720 CS (8 laps);
Jaguar E-type 264 2866 SM (10);
Aston-Martin V8 Vantage 429 3549 SH (12).

Boost the Beetle to 50 HP.

 

Monday Night Racing

June 10 @ 7:30 Eastern

Honda Civic Type R FK2, Sport Hard, 305 HP, 3042 lbs



Tsukuba (14 laps)
Maggiore West (9)
Interlagos (8)

More than 300 HP in a FWD on twisty tracks? Yeah, understeer.

 

Well, that was a fun night! The car attracted a lot of drivers and the racing was close.

 

Monday Night Racing

June 17 @ 7:30 Eastern

Car: Lamborghini LP610-4 SS 601 3135

Tracks / laps:
Dragon Trail Gardens 2 (8)
Monza w/chicane (8)
Fuji w/chicane (8)

This is the cheapest Lamborghini that we have, but it does cost 1 or 2 races at La Sarthe. Please find your braking zones or else you will get surprised!

 

Did someone say CAKE?

Two birthdays are coming up - Canada's on a Monday, and the US' on a Thursday. If you want to also race on that Thurday, please let me know.

 

Monday Night Racing

Date: June 24 @ 7:30 Eastern

Car: Toyota 86 GT '15 CS 198 2712

Tracks: Suzuka East (14)
Streets of Willow 2 (10)
Bathurst night (6)

Conditions: Tires 14x Fuel 7x. Fuel @ Bathurst is just OK only if you don't do damage to your car.

 

What a wonderful handling car! It kept the lobby going for three full hours.

 

It was a great night of racing. Thanks again Master-GT

 

Thank you, oldphart! There are so many good handling cars in Sport, so we aren't anywhere near finished exploring them yet. And we are going to get one of my favourite GT cars of all time, tonight, a Clio Sport, so buckle up.

 

Monday Night Racing

July 1 @ 7:30 Eastern

Canada Day Endurance Racing:

Four new tracks will be used with four different cars, tire wear & fuel. At least 1 pit stop will be required, a 2nd one may be necessary.

Barcelona (13 laps) morning, Honda Civic Type R SH tires, 305 HP, 3042 lbs, 5X tires, 8X fuel.



Autopolis long (13) mid-day, Mazda Atenza Gr.4 SS tires, 393 HP, 3042 lbs, 4X tires, 9X fuel.



Fuji Short (17) mid-day, Dodge Viper GTS SS tires, 640 HP, 3430 lbs, 4X tires, 4X fuel.



Goodwood (23) dusk, Dodge Hellcat SS tires, 707 HP, 4365 lbs, 3X tires, 4X fuel.



We have used 2 of these cars before, so most of you should have tuned cars. Sport doesn't allow fine tuning of consumption, so watch your fuel usage.

 

I'll be opening a room for testing
:45 min each track
8 a.m. EST

Did he say the Hellcat ?

 

The Hellcat is a tame but fun car. Try it on La Sarthe no/chicanes.

 

That was an enjoyable evening. Thanks Master-GT.

 

Monday Night Racing

July 8 @ 7:30 Eastern



Car: Hyundai Genesis 3.8 Track, Sport Hard tires, 343 HP, 3433 lbs

Tokyo Expressway East Inner (6 laps)
Sardegna Road A2 (7)
Brands Hatch GP (9)

This is a fun, heavy car, especially at Brands Hatch! We will spend some quality time learning a new Sardegna reversed track.

 

Another fun evening Master-GT. Thanks for offering such a difficult puzzle.

 

Thanks, oldphart!

If you thought that the Genesis was a puzzle, wait until next week!

 

Monday Night Racing

July 15 @ 7:30 Eastern

Car: Porsche 356 Speedster Comfort Medium tires, 107 HP, 1852 lbs



Tracks and laps:
Red Bull Short (10)
Nurburgring GP (5)
St Croix A (5)

RBR Short will throw the car around, but there aren't many good tunes available yet. Let's help each other control this car.

 

Will open a room @ 4pm PST - 1.5 hrs

 

On what day?

 

Sorry, kinda forgot
Anyhoo,
I will open a room Sat: morning for about three hours. 1 hr per track.
First track RB short
5:am PST sooner if I'm bored

I figure you fast guys @ sub 1:10

 

Whoof, I am not alive at that time.

In my few laps setting this up, I haven't had a lap clean enough to get under 1'10. Maybe... if I am lucky.

 

The alarm goes off @ 4 am for work.
I will be opening a room today at various times throughout the day. Taking breaks from trying to make this thing go faster.

RB 1:12
St. C 2:54
NBGP ?
So, first up will be NBGP, then back to St. C

 

Room open until 10 am PST

 

RB Short: maybe someone can break under 1'10.
St Croix: I was able to get under 2'30 with a different tune.
Nurburgring GP: I forget, but we got better at it.

 

Monday Night Racing

July 22 @ 7:30 Eastern

Car:
Gran Turismo Greddy Fugu Z, Sport Hard tires, 249 HP, 2425 lbs



Tracks and laps:
Sardegna Road C (12)
Autopolis Shortcut (10)
Maggiore West (9)

A fun car (300K credits) on short tracks.

There was a typo in the date. It is correct, now.

My T-GT was almost unusable, the last time that I tried to use it. I had to reinstall the G29 again. I miss it already...

 

A month from now, on the 19th of August, we will be celebrating our 7th anniversary.

There will be (virtual) cake!

 

Monday Night Racing

July 29 @ 7:30 Eastern

AUDI TTS Coupé '14, Sport Hard tires, 305 HP, 3053 Lbs



Tracks and Laps
Tokyo South Outer Loop (8)
Dragon Trail Seaside (8)
Kyoto Yamagiwa+Miyabi (5)

This is a nice handling car, once it is tuned.