ORDL GamePOD Road Series Season 1 - Lexus ISF RM Championship

[Spatt]

How do i upload a picture to the thread? do i have to use a third party host like photobucket or what ever its called to do so?

****! Forgot all about the PS4 or "Orbis" as they might call it (**** name)

any news yet?

 

[kris8583]

How do i upload a picture to the thread? do i have to use a third party host like photobucket or what ever its called to do so?

****! Forgot all about the PS4 or "Orbis" as they might call it (**** name)

any news yet?

I use image shack mate, photo bucket have started reducing the quality of images when uploading.

PS4 11PM UK time GT Planet will have a live link i think, see the news section.

 

[SquallUK]

Hi all.

Just thought I'd come say hello after being accepted into the series.

Two questions, we can tune our cars however we like as long as we don't exceed 650pp, obviously with RM mod?
Also, what's the best/easiest way to acquire the Amuse Lime Green paint?

Cheers

P.s. Feel fee to add me on PSN.

Main account: Squall-UK
Secound account: GTP_Squall

(Never mind, I have the paint)

 

[kris8583]

Hi all.

Just thought I'd come say hello after being accepted into the series.

Two questions, we can tune our cars however we like as long as we don't exceed 650pp, obviously with RM mod?
Also, what's the best/easiest way to acquire the Amuse Lime Green paint?

Cheers

P.s. Feel fee to add me on PSN.

Main account: Squall-UK
Secound account: GTP_Squall

(Never mind, I have the paint)

Hi squall,

A warm welcome to the ORDL!

The Lexus were tuned to 738 bhp and 608 pp but after the update 2.11 the pp is now 654 Normally the series would be 650 but as this championship started prior to the update it is ok to exceed the limit.

Yes you can tune how you like, the only regulations are those in the OP. We have all ran in our cars to ensure we have the maximum figures and dont forget an oil change.

I wil be adding you to the OP roster in a minute mate to partner Itzza.

We are starting to fill spaces now and the ORDL has also been added to VBRs Good Racing Guide as a recommended League for clean racing. I still hope we can fill all the entry slots before the second event starts after the Lexus Championship.

Im loving the Lexus, nice to drive and quite special in the fact it has an 8 speed box to keep the fingers busy on the paddles.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Monza on Saturday

 

[SquallUK]

I just watched that YouTube video... looks like it was a good race! Are collisions completely off for the series? Just curious really...

Also, at Monza, particularly the last chicane complex, how much of the rumble strips are we allowed to take?
I read an OLR that said the rumble strips were part of the track, does this apply to ORDL?

So far in practise I've figured that if it doesn't red my lap it's legal?

Apologies for the questions but still new and getting a feel for how things work

 

[nealcropper]

I'd say that this League would go with GTP's rules. It is, of course, up to kris. It's a massive grey area.

 

[kris8583]

I just watched that YouTube video... looks like it was a good race! Are collisions completely off for the series? Just curious really...

Also, at Monza, particularly the last chicane complex, how much of the rumble strips are we allowed to take?
I read an OLR that said the rumble strips were part of the track, does this apply to ORDL?

So far in practise I've figured that if it doesn't red my lap it's legal?

Apologies for the questions but still new and getting a feel for how things work

I'd say that this League would go with GTP's rules. It is, of course, up to kris. It's a massive grey area.

I am with Squall on this, without going into all the details within the OLR I think this is the best way to answer the question to whats legal and make it easy to understand;

With any GT5 time trial or GT Academy event there is always that fine line before your lap time turns red and the rage that follows when your on a good lap and over cook a corner and void the lap.

In general 2 wheels have to be in contact with the road surface. Now if a driver has 4 wheels off the surface to gain an advantage this is obviously unfair and against everything we stand for.

On the other hand if a driver screws up and plants his car in a flowerbed then he/she can curse themselves while everyone else passes them whilst laughing at their mistake. Oh and extra points may be had for the person who laughs loudest

So when your in a practice and your setting a lap, if the timer turns red then its a no go.

Now if you have a concern about how much someone was pushing and want it to be looked into then please file a race incident report as per General Thread.

The series managers will be saving all race replay files so any incidents can be looked into as well as for photos and videos for our threads and you tube channel.

As far as collisions are concerned I had set disable collisions to off but in our first race there were times cars were ghosting to prevent a collision. I need to look into this, I am new myself to online racing and thought that this setting would allow contact. Any input from more experienced racers would be appreciated.

 

[nealcropper]

I am with Squall on this, without going into all the details within the OLR I think this is the best way to answer the question to whats legal and make it easy to understand;

With any GT5 time trial or GT Academy event there is always that fine line before your lap time turns red and the rage that follows when your on a good lap and over cook a corner and void the lap.

In general 2 wheels have to be in contact with the road surface. Now if a driver has 4 wheels off the surface to gain an advantage this is obviously unfair and against everything we stand for.

On the other hand if a driver screws up and plants his car in a flowerbed then he/she can curse themselves while everyone else passes them whilst laughing at their mistake. Oh and extra points may be had for the person who laughs loudest

So when your in a practice and your setting a lap, if the timer turns red then its a no go.

Now if you have a concern about how much someone was pushing and want it to be looked into then please file a race incident report as per General Thread.

The series managers will be saving all race replay files so any incidents can be looked into as well as for photos and videos for our threads and you tube channel.

As far as collisions are concerned I had set disable collisions to off but in our first race there were times cars were ghosting to prevent a collision. I need to look into this, I am new myself to online racing and thought that this setting would allow contact. Any input from more experienced racers would be appreciated.

Well, contact rules.

Rubbing is ok. Punting is not.

This is one of my biggest bug bears. Be warned, if I see it, you will be kicked from the race, AND will lose points.

I think that the ghost should be off, but as soon as someone abuses it, turn it back on.

 

[kris8583]

Well, contact rules.

Rubbing is ok. Punting is not.

This is one of my biggest bug bears. Be warned, if I see it, you will be kicked from the race, AND will lose points.

I think that the ghost should be off, but as soon as someone abuses it, turn it back on.

Yes forgot to mention the contact rules, neal is spot on. Think of touring cars but a little more gentle. Rear ending a driver and firing them off track may incur disqualification, depending on the circumstances involved.

Other reported incidents will carry a penalty if deemed necessary, up to a 9 point reduction and in some case disqualification from the race.

Remember if you finish in 2nd place, awarded 15 points and are then found guilty of race incidents you could find yourself with maximum penalty imposed and score just 6 points (15-9). If an incident is deemed so severe you may be disqualified and score 0 points.

I think also I must make it clear that drivers cannot get a minus score. If you finish a race with 5 points and have the maximum penalty of 9 points incurred then you will finish on 0 points for that round.

I will update the General Thread to eliminate this grey area.

@neal, how do i set the cars to not ghost, must be missing something somewhere.


Heavy petting is of course always welcome


Edit: Rules section now updated to reflect points deduction.

 

[SquallUK]

Good stuff. Thanks for the replies.

I can see the argument for and against collisions. My favourite moments while racing are when you just pip that inside line on the last corner and it's a competitive scramble to the line!
My worst moments are when someone forgets to brake going into the first corner and invites you into his early sand bath!

Lol.. cant have it all I guess!

 

[kris8583]

Good stuff. Thanks for the replies.

I can see the argument for and against collisions. My favourite moments while racing are when you just pip that inside line on the last corner and it's a competitive scramble to the line!
My worst moments are when someone forgets to brake going into the first corner and invites you into his early sand bath!

Lol.. cant have it all I guess!

At least with the incident points penalty system I would like to think that all drivers will bare this in mind and take caution into the first corner.

The first corner is always the most critical of a race, as seen in our first race. If collisions were set to fully on it could have been a right mess.

I would prefer to have collisions set to on and people to take more care than rush in and casper the ghost through other drivers.

Any one know how to change the setting as I will be updating it for the second race? This is not an change to the regulations, more of a correction as it was my understanding that collisions would be fully on.

 

[SquallUK]

Personally I have no idea what to change the settings to but I'll probably be around most of the day so if you wanna create a room to play with the settings I don't mind joining.

I have a feeling you can set it so during what would of been potentially a multi-car pile-up you make like Casper whilst heavy petting is still enabled. Its been awhile though so I maybe wrong

Yeah scratch that... collisions are either on or off. Set in the ecent settings in the lobby.

 

[Spatt]

Well, contact rules.

Rubbing is ok. Punting is not.

This is one of my biggest bug bears. Be warned, if I see it, you will be kicked from the race, AND will lose points.

I think that the ghost should be off, but as soon as someone abuses it, turn it back on.

As Robert Duvall says "Rubin's racing"

 

[Spatt]

practice tonight anyone? say around 9:30pm

 

[Spatt]

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/404/grandvalleyspeedway.jpg/

This is a test as its been a while since i'v up loaded a picture like this to a thread... hope it works :s

 

[Spatt]

ok its not worked.... how do i get the image to show?

 

[Spatt]

another test (sorry for flooding the thread)

 

[SquallUK]

Since I get the impression ORDL is in a development phase maybe a 3 strike system can be implemented or considered with regards to punts? Once could just be a difference in braking points, twice, give the benefit of doubt, three times and out... gotta learn sometime.

Just a suggestion cos, well, I know how tempting it is to wanna kick someone after they've punted you and destroyed your lap. Also be a shame to have to turn collisions back off because of one bad apple imho

@Spatt Sounds good if I'm awake. I spent all of last night drinking coffee and breaking in a Lexus )

 

[kris8583]

No worries Spatt, when uploading chose do not resize. Then once uploaded chose your image and on the right it says embed image, copy and paste then delete the whole uploaded with image shack garble.

That is a good photo Spatt, we could do with some for the Website if you want to send them over to me or Itzza- and we will upload them.

@Itzza- Ive done a bit of work on the site this morning, hope I didnt change too much and you like what i have done. Concentrated on results section, intro and about us for now.going to get my photo head on later and take some more images.

@squall yeah we all know that collisions are going to happen and people will learn from their mistakes. I dont want to go around handing out penalties all the time so common sense will be used. Again, if a driver feels an incident deserves looking into then submit a race incident report. With the setting how they are and disable collisions off i think the ps3 knows how severe a crash may be and uses the ghost on major crashes to prevent them while still letting drivers knock each other around slightly.

Edit:
@otzza think we need a race incident report form and a registration form, il get onto it later.
@Spatt yes i will be on tonight, practice with the enemy hmmmmmmmmm

Good details coming out about ps4 last night, was a good watch.

 

[Spatt]

another tester sorry again

 

[Spatt]

ok i got the hang of it now.

this is what i want to do.

i will upload the pictures iv taken of the last race, i have also made some notes on the reply which i will add as captions under (or above) the image to give an idea of what was going on during the picture.

where is the best place for me to upload them? shall i just put them in the thread like these ones above?

or do we have a better place for them?

Also can you delete my last few posts that where a test?

 

[Spatt]

Since I get the impression ORDL is in a development phase maybe a 3 strike system can be implemented or considered with regards to punts? Once could just be a difference in braking points, twice, give the benefit of doubt, three times and out... gotta learn sometime.

Just a suggestion cos, well, I know how tempting it is to wanna kick someone after they've punted you and destroyed your lap. Also be a shame to have to turn collisions back off because of one bad apple imho

@Spatt Sounds good if I'm awake. I spent all of last night drinking coffee and breaking in a Lexus )

Sounds good (i asked my G/F to run in my car for me if you can PM me your PSN name ill get you added. failing that mines "Spatt" ..dead easy so get me added instead and, we'll power out some laps tonight (need to use and set up that car Neal gave me yet)

 

[kris8583]

ok i got the hang of it now.

this is what i want to do.

i will upload the pictures iv taken of the last race, i have also made some notes on the reply which i will add as captions under (or above) the image to give an idea of what was going on during the picture.

where is the best place for me to upload them? shall i just put them in the thread like these ones above?

or do we have a better place for them?

Also can you delete my last few posts that where a test?

Sounds good (i asked my G/F to run in my car for me if you can PM me your PSN name ill get you added. failing that mines "Spatt" ..dead easy so get me added instead and, we'll power out some laps tonight (need to use and set up that car Neal gave me yet)

Upload them mate and let me speak to Itzza as we have been working on the website and have a photo section and video section. They will fit perfectly in there. After the site goes live we will be moving some photos to the site. I cant delete the posts mate will be an admin job but dont worry too much about it.

I wish my mrs would run in cars for me you lucky git!

The website might include a list of all members with psn id and RM number so anyone can see who is who and add them to their friends list

 

[Spatt]

Upload them mate and let me speak to Itzza as we have been working on the website and have a photo section and video section. They will fit perfectly in there. After the site goes live we will be moving some photos to the site. I cant delete the posts mate will be an admin job but dont worry too much about it.

I wish my mrs would run in cars for me you lucky git!

The website might include a list of all members with psn id and RM number so anyone can see who is who and add them to their friends list

Ace! looking forward to getting stuck into this. been thinking about what you said and ill try put something good together after Monza and let you decide if you like

thanks for the offer and hope i don't disappoint

 

[kris8583]

Ace! looking forward to getting stuck into this. been thinking about what you said and ill try put something good together after Monza and let you decide if you like

thanks for the offer and hope i don't disappoint

No worries mate, il have to give you access to the ORDL you tube account to post any videos and I can copy the link to embed the videos on the website.

Im just currently writing the Multimedia section intro and I think it could be used as a learning tool for newer driver to improve lap times from watching fast lap replays.

 

[Spatt]

i'll catch them white wheels up of yours up next race mate don't you worry about it

yeah sounds good. i'v never used youtube to upload video yet but im looking forward to it. i use aftereffects for video processing so i'm sure ill be able to put some good videos together for the website. the reply function on GT5 is not the best though its hard to rewind to a part you like but, i think ill export everyones reply and cobble something together using some music overlay for watching the race back on the site.

 

[kris8583]

i'll catch them white wheels up of yours up next race mate don't you worry about it

yeah sounds good. i'v never used youtube to upload video yet but im looking forward to it. i use aftereffects for video processing so i'm sure ill be able to put some good videos together for the website. the reply function on GT5 is not the best though its hard to rewind to a part you like but, i think ill export everyones reply and cobble something together using some music overlay for watching the race back on the site.

Sounds good to me mate, just be prepared to be waiting a while while videos upload to you tube. Took 3 hours to upload round 1 replay file.

And as for my white wheels, the only way your gonna see them is when i lap you!

@Itzza I have made good progress on the site today, if there is anything your not happy with please let me know, its your baby and I have sort of taken over a bit today since I have had a day spare.

 

[kris8583]

Spatt love this image:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/grandvalleyspeedway10.jpg/

Job is yours if you want it, would be across all 4 series.

 

[Spatt]

Grand Valley Speedway 17/2/13 race start



Oikk01 Entering the tunnel after the bridge on the first lap. had a bad start to the race.



No 9 car passing the control point at around 180mph. very close to the arco barrier at the end of the pit lane



Going wide on the exit to the last corner. the floating grass takes away from the exit speed.



Evo's No 18 car sees Rat in the gravel



No 9 car finds his team mate approaching fast into T6 as he rallies back to the track



Judging by the No9 cars smoke on the road he doesnt want to give up his position



Theres contact by the two orange cars at this point nothing exciting happens and the No9 car doesnt even get out of shape or spin up the back tyres.



the No9 car hit the barrier at the end of the pit lane and spins into the centre of the track allowing two following cars to pass. in the picture the passing car is travelling at just over 180mph breaking into the kink before T1



back marker being passed. shows really good pace at this point during the race.



No 29 car is really moving here. making out the lateral G meter at 121mph on T4. Full throttle 8000rpm in gear 6. best corner when we get it right

 

[kris8583]

Brilliant Spatt just brilliant

Edit: just been looking at pics again, last pic is not no29, its my number 18!

Your fired!