Event #9 Drivers Meeting
Grid Business
Good morning to everyone who will be attending tomorrow night's event #9 season finale of our inaugural Gr3 series for SNAIL Friday Night Racing. We now take the series to the second of two European venues, Spa. We currently have 12 drivers confirmed to race tomorrow night, with no reserves. If you would like to race, a spot is still available to claim.
Our Champion has already been established as he sits far enough away in points that even a perfect race night will not catch him. Congratualtions to Sand__68 / @socalnatv (#68) on another strong and great performing season!! 
There is still a battle for 2nd-4th that with drivers sitting within 10 points. Still some placement postions to fight for.
ALL drivers on the main race room grid should submit their spec sheets to my PSN: NOVA-0479 between the time that the room opens at 9pm est and the start of qualifying at 9:15pm est. (Drivers that were in the Pre-Qualifying session should submit these spec sheets again to the group psn or my psn before qualifying begins at 9:15pm est)
I'd ask all drivers to make sure they are running a wired connection in any way possible and to clear their network cache before entering the race room to avoid any issues. It seems the online lobbies run based on the slowest running system and/or internet speed in the room....basically throttles everyone down which appears to cause the instability we have experienced in the past. Let's try to head off any of these issues and optimize everything on our own ends that we can to help. For those with faster internet service speeds (over 200mbps+), it seems there are less issues with stability. For those on slower internet speeds or forced to run wirelessly, their network appears to be affected more when other in the household are online and pulling from the service speed. See this link to optimize your network priority for the gaming, and try to reduce internet usage (if possible) elsewhere in the house when racing.
Gran Turismo 7, it seems, follows in the fine traditions of GT Sport, GT6, GT5, and even GT5P in being a bit sensitive to network environments. A connection that's fine one day (or hour) might be ropey the next, and while there's a lot of things that might be out of your control, the best way to...
www.gtplanet.net
Get them final practice laps in, and be ready for tonight.
Reminder to all drivers:
The first 16 confirmed drivers are holding 1 of 16 guaranteed grid spots. Any additonal confrimed drivers are Reserve Drivers to bump in with priority based on order of confirmation. Please notify me as soon as reasonably possible if you are unable to make the event.
The latest acceptable notice without any recourse is 9:10pm est.
Drivers Briefing
A few reminders for Barcelona:
1.) Be mindful in the opening laps. Be patient, and avoid contact/incident at all cost. Incidents that result in an issued caution, in the opening 2 laps, will come under automatic review for any possible infractions and penalized as necessary. Please be patient, brake earlier, and respect your opponent driver's space/line...they are not brakes or guard rails.
2.) Tight Sections and Chicanes: There is no written rule for these sections, but I'd ask all drivers to exercise caution and good judgement through these sections. Know when you have lost the position when approaching these sections, and be considerate enough to back out to avoid the risk of incidents. This series will continue to induce some very close quarters racing, and one slow up, or mistake could result in yourself, both, or many drivers losing position....don't be that guy. If both drivers are dead on, side by side, proceed with caution, and hold your lines. Just be warned that attempting to go side by side in these sections cleanly will slow both of you down and almost guarantee a loss of position(s) from other attacking drivers. BE CAREFUL and AVOID CONTACT.
3.) See this
Event Details Link and review for driver specs, race details, and allowable track boundaries for Spa.
Final Reminders:
-Please be sure that everyone is on a wired connection to their PS5
(in any way possible)
-Clear cache before entering the race room
Lets try to do the best we can to reduce the jitters within the lobby.
Any drivers that are noted or noticed to create continuous issues will be asked to retire for the event.
Please Note: I am tentative for tonight. I am working on securing a backup host, someone to collect screenshots of the qualifying and race results, and someone to save and share the replays. If you would like to volunteer, please post.
Here is the confirmation list and Driver Regulations for Event #9:
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.) NOVA-0479 /
@llNovall (#4)
2.) DRD_Niagara /
@DRD_Niagara (#78)
3.) Ridger23 /
@bublyman (#7)
4.) Sand__68 /
@socalnatv (#68)
5.) Yugofan /
@Yugofan (#46)
6.) Kgffty /
@Kgffy (#84)
7.) cesarr64 /
@cesarr64 (#64)
8.) DucatiRobb /
@Bologna_Duc (#88)
9.) jakeblack3 /
@JakeMk8 (#3)
10.) CdnSweetTee/ @Cdn_Sweet_Tee (#13)
11.) DUB-L-DEE /
@DublDee (#33)
12.) JdmKing13 /
@JDMKING13 (#9)
13.) Phlano_099 /
@Phlano099 (#11)
14.) ZoomZoomMF /
@ZoomZoomMf (#55)
15.) Ou8beaver2 /
@Crunchy Taco (#77)
16.) GTP_Worstdriver /
@Worst_Driver (#69)
17.) halfway_inn1 /
@Smithy 1989 (#22)
18.) mac1032763 /
@Mac1032763 (#420)
19.) radliffpower /
@radliffracing (#85)
20.) Michel-QC_21 /
@MichelQC21 (#210)
21.) Void_Chevalier /
@VoidChevalier (#99)
22.) Incredobby /
@Incredobby (#777)
23.) exotic-hen12 /
@Apomorphine (#333)
