Monday Night Racing (Recruiting)

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Join us for some 3 hours of challenging but fair fun! 935 of you wanted to find out this past week alone what lessons you could learn through our races. What are you waiting for?

Monday Night Racing

April 6 @ 7:30 P.M. Eastern

Car: Mazda Atenza XD L Package 2015, 172 HP, 3527 lbs, Tires = Custom Hard, (target PP = 328.29)

Add the FC Suspension, Differential, Vectoring Differential, Manual Transmission, Brake Controller. The Steering Adapter may be useful.

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Tracks & Conditions, (Laps)
Maggiore East End Reverse / Counter-clockwise, Tires = 50X Fuel = 12X**, (15)
Eiger FC / Clockwise, Tires = 50X Fuel = 13X, (11)
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Tires = 50X Fuel = 9X*, (8)

All of these were tested on-line, to make sure that the odd consumption rates worked as planned.

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Since our last race night, exactly 1,750 readers wanted to find out more about our challenging races! We have drivers of all levels with which you can race. Thanks for watching, but please, join in on our fun!

Monday Night Racing

April 13 @ 7:30 P.M. Eastern

Car: Toyota Crown Athlete G Safety Car, 309 HP, 3,638 lbs, Tires = Comfort Soft, (target PP = 483.65)

Add the FC Suspension, Differential, Manual Transmission. The Brake Controller is useful.

Toyota-Athlete-Safety-Car-Palace-of-Fontainebleau.jpg


Tracks & Conditions, (Laps)
Dragon Trail Gardens, Counter-clockwise, Tires = 12X* Fuel = 6X*, (8)
Maggiore FC Reverse / Counter-clockwise, Tires = 12X* Fuel = 6X*, (6)
St Croix Layout A Reverse / Counter-clockwise, Tires = 12X Fuel = 6X**, (4)

Don't hit what you can see. [SCCA rulebook]
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Another amazing night of racing!

Friends racing with friends who haven't raced together for quite some time.

You can join us next week, and the week after that. GT7 still has lots of interesting cars left to explore, but only if you race with us on Mondays. 😉
 
Monday Night Racing

April 20 @ 7:30 P.M. Eastern

Car: GT by Citroen Road Car, 500 HP, 3197 lbs, Tires = Sport Medium, (target PP - 626.34)

Add the FC Manual Transmission.

These races pushed the mathematics pretty hard. I did my best, but the races will be a bit longer than usual. The car just chugs gas!

You might recognise a theme or two regarding the tracks. Yes, they are all shortened versions of their parental designs. They are all influenced by Hermann Tilke, which means that each track is chock full of pinch-points! Please practice against the one-make AI, to understand your driving line.

GT-by-Citroen-Streymoy-(Faroe-Islands).jpg


Tracks & Conditions, (Laps)
Barcelona National, Tires = 12X 5X**, (12)
Nurburgring Sprint, Tires = 11X Fuel = 4X**, (11)
Fui Short Course, Tires = 8X, Fuel = 3X*, (11)

You won't want to miss this challenging night of racing.

Don't hit what you can see. [SCCA rulebook]
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Barcelona is a brutal track in this car!

Curbs are one thing, but the nature of most of Barcelona's corners will invite bad driving behaviour, so I made a datalogger video to visually show the kind of problems that a bad driving line can create.

Don't hit what you can see, but we also have to anticipate bad behavior when in open Sport lobbies. The type of driving shown here is very unlikely to happen in MNR races.

Please join us in our quest for clean but challenging races.

 
MasterGT
Monday Night Racing

April 20 @ 7:30 P.M. Eastern

Car: GT by Citroen Road Car, 500 HP, 3197 lbs, Tires = Sport Medium, (target PP - 626.34)

Add the FC Manual Transmission.

These races pushed the mathematics pretty hard. I did my best, but the races will be a bit longer than usual. The car just chugs gas!

You might recognise a theme or two regarding the tracks. Yes, they are all shortened versions of their parental designs. They are all influenced by Hermann Tilke, which means that each track is chock full of pinch-points! Please practice against the one-make AI, to understand your driving line.

GT-by-Citroen-Streymoy-(Faroe-Islands).jpg


Tracks & Conditions, (Laps)
Barcelona National, Tires = 12X 5X**, (12)
Nurburgring Sprint, Tires = 11X Fuel = 4X**, (11)
Fui Short Course, Tires = 8X, Fuel = 3X*, (11)

You won't want to miss this challenging night of racing.

Don't hit what you can see. [SCCA rulebook]
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I'd like to get in on this, is there room? How do I register?
 
Olddubbs83
I'd like to get in on this, is there room? How do I register?
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Thank you!

The lobby will be open in a few minutes.

You can friend me @ MastrGT.
Find the Monday Night Racing lobby, then I can add you to the Party.
 
Olddubbs83
I sent you a PSN friend request, I will look for the lobby next Monday
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Got it.

To anyone else undecided about racing with us, last night was an excellent example of the good that our racing does.

The car was challenging but in a good way. We each had a chance to be in the lead and to mess up and pay dearly for our mistakes. There was a lot of close racing, too. I remarked to one driver that his driving has improved so much since he joined us after finding us here on GTP.

A more than usual number of curious people dropped in, to see what was happening with this odd car, but, of course, they backed out. 😊

Also someone getting back into GT who has been on my friends list for maybe 20 years joined us for the first time in a long time. 👋

I would love to see more of the hundreds of people watching this MNR thread each week decide to come find out for yourselves what you are missing. I promise that you will be a better driver by the end of your first year spent with us.
 
The next car literally broke apart my racing rig! 🤣

Posting the next race details are "rain" delayed.

[Repaired now...]
 
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Monday Night Racing

April 27 @ 7:30 P.M. Eastern

Car: Gran Turismo F3500-B V8, 719 Hp, 1113, lbs, Tires = up to Racing Medium. Target PP = (959.77 @ default downforce)

Add the Racing Transmission.

This will be an unusual MNR because, if I recall correctly, it will be only the 2nd time that we will be allowed to use Traction Control. Most of us will appreciate TC of 1 during the race and 2 for the start. You will also have to manage tires and fuel, so both will help to slow you down, which means that we all should be able to finish all of these races.

This week will be a bit of an experiment and my fingers are crossed.

If you know of anyone up for this kind of a challenge, ask them about joining us.

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Tracks & Conditions, (Laps)
Interlagos. Tires = 6X Fuel = 5X**, (12)
CGV, Tires = 11X Fuel = 5X**, (11)
Spa, Tires = 9X Fuel = 5X**, (8)

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The three F1 tracks were available in the early 1990s and are suitable for an F1 car of that era. This is the 8 cylinder version.
 
How many of the 1,337 recent viewers will race with us this Monday?

You are now leet, today!

Come race with us tonight!
 
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Monday Night Racing

May 4 @ 7:30 P.M. Eastern

Car: Subaru BRZ S 2021, 231 HP, 2800 lbs, Tires = Comfort Soft, (target PP = 481.37)

Add the FC Suspension, Differential, Manual Transmission. The Brake Controller may be useful.

If any of you are curious about how useful our races are, this is the week to come and find out! MNR uses repetition as a learning tool for any driver of any caliber. You are looking at 94 laps here in a wonderful car to drive! We challenge you all to become a better driver. It works, but only if you race with us. Fed up with Sport Mode and open lobbies? Join us instead!

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Tracks & Conditions, (Laps)
Red Bull Short, Tires = 18X Fuel = 8X, (16)
Willow Springs Horse Thief Mile Clockwise, Tires = 1X* Fuel = 10X, (1)
Maggiore West End Clockwise, Tires = 15X Fuel = 8X**, (15)

There are 3 penalty zones just like this one at Red Bull. Keep your inside tires at least on the red/white strip.

Red Bull penalty zones.webp


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With so many laps, getting your driving line just right will be important, so here are two lap guides showing the efficient line. I am not sure if I will have time to do a guide for the most difficult track.

 
Here is my lap guide for the very tricky Horse Thief Mile. A lot of corners for such a short track.

Join us Monday.

 
Monday Night Racing

May 11 @ 7:30 P.M. Eastern

Car: Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally Car ST205, 298, 2646, Tires = Dirt & Snow, Default downforce target PP: Dirt = 543.08, Snow = 517.52 PP.

This MNR is set up to be the simplest possible set-up, to encourage the 826+ GTP members who have watched this thread, so far this week, to come and find out what MNR is like, to meet the drivers, to challenge yourselves. Here's your chance!

Toyota-GT-FOUR-rally-car-Streymoy-(Faroe-Islands).jpg


Tracks & Conditions, (Laps)
Barcelona Rallycross, (19)
Lake Louise Short Track Revers / Counter-clockwise, (14)
Fisherman's Ranch Reverse / Clockwise, (5)

Don't hit what you can see. [SCCA rulebook]
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