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Yes, I'll be there.
ORCA • TUNE-FREE RACING: BMW GT SPEC CHALLENGE - Sagarismic Double Champion!Finished
- Thread starter BrandonW77
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I didn't run very long but I was also doing low 5s last night. 2'04s were definitely possible, just never hooked it up for a whole lap.
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- BrandonW77
Looks like we should expect 8, maybe 9 tonight. It's not 14, but it should make for some decent racing. See you all this evening. 👍
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- JoeTruckV8
Going to aim for that race start time again, I hope I can make it home this time around'
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- Johnnypenso
I don't think I'll make it. Count me out. If I'm home in time I might pop in for a looksee.
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- BrandonW77
I'll wait until 5 or 10 after before starting up. Hope you can make it! Bon appetite!
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- BrandonW77
The room is open for prerace practice. We'll start qualifying around 10 after the hour, give people plenty of time to get in.
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- SLC_VR6_V-Dub
Be on at 807ish. I understand if I miss the race but I hope to see yas on track
810. Really trying guys. We got 20 inches of snow the last few days. Trying to get home efficiently without crashing!
Believe it or not. I just came up on a accident a mile away from home. Still gonna make my best effort!!!!!
810. Really trying guys. We got 20 inches of snow the last few days. Trying to get home efficiently without crashing!
Believe it or not. I just came up on a accident a mile away from home. Still gonna make my best effort!!!!!
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- T-n-T-2000
Sorry I missed it. Haven't been feeling well the last few days. Fell asleep waiting for the race to start at 5pm.
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- BrandonW77
We'll be abandoning the automated qualifying from here on out and just doing a 10 minute open track qualifier. Just too many problems.
I presume Saga got pole? For some reason it didn't show me the qualifier results.
I presume Saga got pole? For some reason it didn't show me the qualifier results.
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- BrandonW77
Eh, I wasn't able to get my car where it needed to be to successfully navigate Maggots and Beckets and was rewarded with a visit to the wall. By the time I got back on track you guys were half a lap gone.
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Affirmative. My qualifying lap times were 2'04.786 and 2'05.0.
It's a high downforce car on a high speed circuit, and GT6's wacky physics probably make it even worse than it should be.
I intended to use the dirty air to my advantage while I took care of my tires, however I failed on that account as I constantly kept understeering at T1 and copse. I got bailed out when you made a mistake late in the first stint.
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- BrandonW77
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I'm not talking about the mess I caused at the start (sorry about that), it's about later in the race.
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- turnupdaheat
Well I qualified 4th and ended up finishing 4th so there was a bit of symmetry for me last night. Of course, that only happened because I was lucky to pick up a place in the last couple of laps because of hobbsy's fuel starvation problems!
Other than that and the bit of excitement at the start, I had a bit of a lonely race and it was a pity there weren't more competitors out on track. Really looking forward to the next round though, La Sarthe is made for this type of racing.
Other than that and the bit of excitement at the start, I had a bit of a lonely race and it was a pity there weren't more competitors out on track. Really looking forward to the next round though, La Sarthe is made for this type of racing.
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- BrandonW77
Indeed.
From here on out we will revert to open qualifying as we did in GT5. I'll reset the track to clear the times and then we will qualify under "practice" conditions. I've done some testing of this in GT6 and it seems to work just as it did in GT5, probably a little better since once you've entered the track you are "registered" for the race until you unregister (click the little box with the red X).
Two reasons for this. One being that if someone is a few minutes late and the qualifier has started they can't make it into the race. With free run qualifying people can jump in up until the very last minute of qualifying and I can be a bit more flexible about the starting time. Secondly, the black screens before the qualifier loaded were ridiculously long, to the point I was about to reset the PS3 as I thought it had locked up. This happened both times we started the qualifier on Tuesday and two people did not survive the black screen and were booted from the room leaving them unable to participate because the qualifier had started.
The qualifier is a very nice addition and something I didn't expect at all. But as with so many other things in these games, one small oversight (not being able to join mid-session) renders the feature completely useless.
Hope to see some of you Saturday.
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- MC-Chase
Open qually ftw.
Had a good race personally with some fun battles here and there, massively under-practiced. Hoping to put a better performance in at La Sarthe where I'm more familiar.
