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Awesome racing last night!
I wanted to share a perfect example of proper sportsmanship, mixed with excellence and excitement. I wanted to thank all those that attended my room last night, I publicly thank you for your ability to achieve excellence by driving like a pro instead of a(n) [insert choice word here]! You know who you were and I commend you!
If someone from last night has the ability to get a replay on youtube from last night, please post here! I'll see if I can get some screen shots or even a capture of a replay on here, but that will take some time since at work at the moment.
For all those that weren't there-
Understand it was a cardinal rule of the Server that set the pace of the room for 4-5hours continuously!
Cardinal Rule:
*Avoid physical contact if possible. "Crap" happens but keep it clean and use the brakes and not your bumper!
And to quote what some said:
Many like myself were utterly amazed at the results. Everyone kindly participated and followed the rule, even if it meant giving up a place or taking second opposed to first. I even witnessed many that gave up placing for a simple nick as a true show of fellow sportsmanship.
Why it worked
The basic idea was this, you let the others pass and it will avoid accidents or mistakes that would in turn set you and the other person back. Some cars are faster in certain sections and as many know Nurburgring, you never know what happens as long as you keep the pace.
Due to the close nature in performance of the cars (not PP aspect, actual car physics, big difference), and less likely hood of things "getting wrong" (as one person put it) - it was exciting to race in a "train of cars" all the way around the ring with hardly anyone becoming stragglers or way behind the pack. Imagine for a moment the closest race between 16 people in GT5; that was the outcome. More on this in a minute:tup:
However; those that didn't "try" to keep it clean or found themselves using their "chrome bumper" instead of their brakes to make their way through the crowd were kindly asked to stop or take their un-sportsman like tactics elsewhere. "Rubbing is racing" is not in Nascar, its in the movies (quote is from Days of Thunder), and definitely not at the Nurburgring no matter your skill level if you consider yourself truelly skilled. Bumps happen, sure, but if you force-ably "pushed" through the crowd you were booted and that's not skill; that's "douche-baggery". The good thing is only 2-3 people got booted for such actions, so that tells you alot, especially in the space of 4-5 hours and a consistently full room of 16, with some coming and going of a few.
End result, a "train" of cars from 1st to 10th consistently, with occasional full 16; with approximately a max of 1/2 a sec difference all the way through the 3 larger flavors of Nurburgring: Nordschleife, Type V (VLN), and 24 hrs. To add, there was no flaring of tempers, and many many enjoyed themselves, which was very welcome! People were apologetic and understanding if something went wrong. Basically this is why certain type of racing have restrictions, to keep the racing close and exciting. If you like higher PP like I do that's fine, but when racing with a large pack of people its best to race slow cars fast.
Now that to me is a perfect example of what Gran Turismo is all about and what I'm sure Kazunori Yamauchi envisioned what multiplayer should be like. 👍
The details:
*PP range has been found (may be debatable by some, but talking about a General Audience of Casual to Enthusiast type racers), to be a good range for close quarters racing with a widespread public audience. If you scorn this fact then you weren't there last night. This allows for a wide variety of cars to be used as well as in my own personal experience and with talking with many since having the game at launch found that in the higher PP range rooms you find more clumsy drivers that make up for their inaccuracies with higher performance point based cars. Not all the time but very typical of immature drivers who don't drive clean. Another fact to consider, it was a Public room and slowing things down a bit allowed a larger audience to enjoy racing then a select few, this why the room was constantly full for hours (16 person room).
Closing notes
In my opinion (IMO) I'd rather have super clean racing and good sportsmanship like conduct all day long. I also find it more amusing to see others show true skill in using the brakes properly and abilities of cars then use other cars as brakes and barriers. I can't be wrong as many others shared the same enjoyment last night. I wish more would drive like this instead of displaying how well they can push others out of the way for little reward. Displays a selfish nature and lack of respect of racers, and racing in general.
Take these quotes into mind when thinking of this:
Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.
-Paul Newman
It's better to go into a corner slow and come out fast than it is to go into a corner fast and come out dead.
- Sir Sterling Moss
It is more fun to drive a slow car fast than to drive a fast car slow.
- Abner Perney
You know, race car driving is like sex. All men think they are good at it.
- Jay Leno
What's next?
Find us tonight again, I'll be hosting starting at approximately 5pm Central (-6 UTC) tonight.
Changes-
450pp to 525 Increments of 25PP per cycle of the three large Nurburgring tracks.
I wanted to share a perfect example of proper sportsmanship, mixed with excellence and excitement. I wanted to thank all those that attended my room last night, I publicly thank you for your ability to achieve excellence by driving like a pro instead of a(n) [insert choice word here]! You know who you were and I commend you!
If someone from last night has the ability to get a replay on youtube from last night, please post here! I'll see if I can get some screen shots or even a capture of a replay on here, but that will take some time since at work at the moment.
For all those that weren't there-
Understand it was a cardinal rule of the Server that set the pace of the room for 4-5hours continuously!
Cardinal Rule:
*Avoid physical contact if possible. "Crap" happens but keep it clean and use the brakes and not your bumper!
And to quote what some said:
Many like myself were utterly amazed at the results. Everyone kindly participated and followed the rule, even if it meant giving up a place or taking second opposed to first. I even witnessed many that gave up placing for a simple nick as a true show of fellow sportsmanship.
Why it worked
The basic idea was this, you let the others pass and it will avoid accidents or mistakes that would in turn set you and the other person back. Some cars are faster in certain sections and as many know Nurburgring, you never know what happens as long as you keep the pace.
Due to the close nature in performance of the cars (not PP aspect, actual car physics, big difference), and less likely hood of things "getting wrong" (as one person put it) - it was exciting to race in a "train of cars" all the way around the ring with hardly anyone becoming stragglers or way behind the pack. Imagine for a moment the closest race between 16 people in GT5; that was the outcome. More on this in a minute:tup:
However; those that didn't "try" to keep it clean or found themselves using their "chrome bumper" instead of their brakes to make their way through the crowd were kindly asked to stop or take their un-sportsman like tactics elsewhere. "Rubbing is racing" is not in Nascar, its in the movies (quote is from Days of Thunder), and definitely not at the Nurburgring no matter your skill level if you consider yourself truelly skilled. Bumps happen, sure, but if you force-ably "pushed" through the crowd you were booted and that's not skill; that's "douche-baggery". The good thing is only 2-3 people got booted for such actions, so that tells you alot, especially in the space of 4-5 hours and a consistently full room of 16, with some coming and going of a few.
End result, a "train" of cars from 1st to 10th consistently, with occasional full 16; with approximately a max of 1/2 a sec difference all the way through the 3 larger flavors of Nurburgring: Nordschleife, Type V (VLN), and 24 hrs. To add, there was no flaring of tempers, and many many enjoyed themselves, which was very welcome! People were apologetic and understanding if something went wrong. Basically this is why certain type of racing have restrictions, to keep the racing close and exciting. If you like higher PP like I do that's fine, but when racing with a large pack of people its best to race slow cars fast.
Now that to me is a perfect example of what Gran Turismo is all about and what I'm sure Kazunori Yamauchi envisioned what multiplayer should be like. 👍
The details:
- 450-530 Performance Points*
- Street Cars only (tuners and all Le Mans "Road" type cars were allowed as long as it was a close race, R390 & GT-One excluded)
- Penalties Strong (if you drove right you wouldn't be affected)
- 3 track cycle tour of the larger tracks @ Nürburgring
- 10PP increase at every cycle (meaning run all 3 tracks: Nordschleife, Type V, and 24hrs at current PP then after 24hrs, increase PP by 10)
*PP range has been found (may be debatable by some, but talking about a General Audience of Casual to Enthusiast type racers), to be a good range for close quarters racing with a widespread public audience. If you scorn this fact then you weren't there last night. This allows for a wide variety of cars to be used as well as in my own personal experience and with talking with many since having the game at launch found that in the higher PP range rooms you find more clumsy drivers that make up for their inaccuracies with higher performance point based cars. Not all the time but very typical of immature drivers who don't drive clean. Another fact to consider, it was a Public room and slowing things down a bit allowed a larger audience to enjoy racing then a select few, this why the room was constantly full for hours (16 person room).
Closing notes
In my opinion (IMO) I'd rather have super clean racing and good sportsmanship like conduct all day long. I also find it more amusing to see others show true skill in using the brakes properly and abilities of cars then use other cars as brakes and barriers. I can't be wrong as many others shared the same enjoyment last night. I wish more would drive like this instead of displaying how well they can push others out of the way for little reward. Displays a selfish nature and lack of respect of racers, and racing in general.
Take these quotes into mind when thinking of this:
Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.
-Paul Newman
It's better to go into a corner slow and come out fast than it is to go into a corner fast and come out dead.
- Sir Sterling Moss
It is more fun to drive a slow car fast than to drive a fast car slow.
- Abner Perney
You know, race car driving is like sex. All men think they are good at it.
- Jay Leno
What's next?
Find us tonight again, I'll be hosting starting at approximately 5pm Central (-6 UTC) tonight.
Changes-
450pp to 525 Increments of 25PP per cycle of the three large Nurburgring tracks.
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