SNAIL One Hour Endurance Racing

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2 or 4 Hour Endurance Racing?

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If there's a slot open and it doesn't affect the rooms connection quality, I'd like to spectate. If it's going to drag down the others I could either share screen with someone or just join the voice chat. Shut down for the day in Kenly, NC. I'd be using remote play, not sure if that messes with my ultimate connection on your end or not.
 
We won't have an endurance rance next weekend, but not because of the 24 hours of Le Mans that I said after the race. My wife just surprised me with a NASCAR Racing Experience for Saturday! I get to drive a race car around Texas Motor Speedway for 8 minutes!

 
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Guess tex csn cancel that 8 minute nascar run for a endurance race this weekend?

8 min? **** thats enough to just make u want more - whats an hour cost 😂
 
Well I'd request that next year tex!!!

So Jealous man - Can't Imagine the thrill of being and driving a REAL race car!!!

I have had my Z51 C7 up to 190s on I75 after a new Camaro SS procharged pull up to me and yelled "Lets Go" nobody else on the road ahead of us - The whine of that procharger was a beautful.sound of raw hp as he pulled away...... Looked down at speedo and it said 199....... No idea how accurate speedo is at that speed so 190s somewhere I would assume.

That speed was only for a matter of seconds - never done it again - but wow what a thrill to stomp on it and go!!!!!

Like anyone needs to say have fun...... Duhh what else would you do lmao

Enjoy the experience and cant wait to hear it during a endurance race 😂 I'll stick.around long enough to hear it

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In this week's one hour endurance race, we will take the Mercedes AMG Red Pig (300 SEL) on racing slicks to Spa. Lobby will open at 3:00pm (CDT), and the race will start at 3:330pm.

Just a little bit of history, the Red Pig's most famous and significant race was at the 1971, 24 Hours of Spa. The 422hp beast came in second overall, first in its class. Pretty amazing for such a large car.

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Wow, that’s gonna be a great race. But i’m gonna miss it… my vacation begins and i’m gonna be out of town from Saturday morning till the middle of the following week.

Have fun riding this mighty pig!
 
The NASCAR Experience at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday was awesome! I highly recommend that you give it a try if you're ever given the opportunity. My amazing wife gave it to me as an early birthday present. It's normally $800 for eight minutes, but it's on sale right now for $483.99. It's not cheap, but how often can you say you got to drive a NASCAR race car?

Here's a run-down of what to expect. The Experience gives you the option of driving a car by yourself or riding along with a professional driver. As a driver, you're electronically limited to 5,000 RPM. The ride along is not limited and therefore are about 20MPH faster on the track. Ride along customers don't wear a racing suit.

My reservation was for 11:00am, but you are instructed to get there an hour ahead of your assigned time. You sign in, they issue you a racing suit to wear, you watch a 15-minute instructional video, and then you go outside and wait your turn. It was in the mid-90's on Saturday, and I made the mistake of wearing jeans. The racing suits are hotter than 2 rats fornicating in a wool sock, so shorts are greatly advised. Also, wear sneakers that are easy to slip on and off.

I was scheduled to start at 11:00, but I didn't get into the car until 2:30. There was a large turn out, so it took them a while to get through everyone. Getting into the car was a fun exercise. I'll be 52 next week, and I weigh 250lbs - thank you covid - so I'm not as spry as I used to be. I don't raise my right leg up higher than my waist on a routine basis, so getting my leg up into the driver's window was an interesting feat. It's a very tight fit once you're in the seat. You basically wear the car. I can see how someone with claustrophobia would be uncomfortable. They strapped me in, I had to wait a few minutes, and I got even hotter - I'm talking 4 rats fornicating in a wool sock hotter at this point! Finally, they fired up the car, and a spotter on the radio told me to pull out. The cars are four speed stick shifts, so getting to shift through the gears was really cool.

Your spotter is talking to you constantly as you drive. There's a push to talk button on the steering wheel so you can communicate back, but there's really no reason to say anything back to them once you're up to speed on the track. You take the banked curves at top speed, and the g-forces press you down and slightly to the right into the seat. As you come off of the curved embankment and onto the straight, the car wants to pull HARD LEFT, and you really have to work to keep the car straight. I knew that it would pull to the left, but I didn't expect it to pull that much. Funny thing is, it didn't pull to the left when at low speed in the pits, only at full speed and on the straights.

Eight minutes goes by fast when you're doing 150 MPH - at least the certificate they gave me said I got up to 150 at some point - and I was able to get six laps in. Getting out of the car was another interesting experience. Being fat and out of shape does not contribute to easily getting out of a race car that doesn't have doors - now I know how Uncle Jesse felt! I have a newfound respect for NASCAR drivers after doing this. They must lose 20-30lbs every race because of the heat.

Anyway, here's a video of my drive. The video costs an extra $79.




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Hi guys, I'm looking for a endurance league in GT7 and wondering if I could join yours this week.

In this week's one hour endurance race, we will take the Mercedes AMG Red Pig (300 SEL) on racing slicks to Spa. Lobby will open at 3:00pm (CDT), and the race will start at 3:330pm.

Just a little bit of history, the Red Pig's most famous and significant race was at the 1971, 24 Hours of Spa. The 422hp beast came in second overall, first in its class. Pretty amazing for such a large car.

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The NASCAR Experience at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday was awesome! I highly recommend that you give it a try if you're ever given the opportunity. My amazing wife gave it to me as an early birthday present. It's normally $800 for eight minutes, but it's on sale right now for $483.99. It's not cheap, but how often can you say you got to drive a NASCAR race car?

Here's a run-down of what to expect. The Experience gives you the option of driving a car by yourself or riding along with a professional driver. As a driver, you're electronically limited to 5,000 RPM. The ride along is not limited and therefore are about 20MPH faster on the track. Ride along customers don't wear a racing suit.

My reservation was for 11:00am, but you are instructed to get there an hour ahead of your assigned time. You sign in, they issue you a racing suit to wear, you watch a 15-minute instructional video, and then you go outside and wait your turn. It was in the mid-90's on Saturday, and I made the mistake of wearing jeans. The racing suits are hotter than 2 rats fornicating in a wool sock, so shorts are greatly advised. Also, wear sneakers that are easy to slip on and off.

I was scheduled to start at 11:00, but I didn't get into the car until 2:30. There was a large turn out, so it took them a while to get through everyone. Getting into the car was a fun exercise. I'll be 52 next week, and I weigh 250lbs - thank you covid - so I'm not as spry as I used to be. I don't raise my right leg up higher than my waist on a routine basis, so getting my leg up into the driver's window was an interesting feat. It's a very tight fit once you're in the seat. You basically wear the car. I can see how someone with claustrophobia would be uncomfortable. They strapped me in, I had to wait a few minutes, and I got even hotter - I'm talking 4 rats fornicating in a wool sock hotter at this point! Finally, they fired up the car, and a spotter on the radio told me to pull out. The cars are four speed stick shifts, so getting to shift through the gears was really cool.

Your spotter is talking to you constantly as you drive. There's a push to talk button on the steering wheel so you can communicate back, but there's really no reason to say anything back to them once you're up to speed on the track. You take the banked curves at top speed, and the g-forces press you down and slightly to the right into the seat. As you come off of the curved embankment and onto the straight, the car wants to pull HARD LEFT, and you really have to work to keep the car straight. I knew that it would pull to the left, but I didn't expect it to pull that much. Funny thing is, it didn't pull to the left when at low speed in the pits, only at full speed and on the straights.

Eight minutes goes by fast when you're doing 150 MPH - at least the certificate they gave me said I got up to 150 at some point - and I was able to get six laps in. Getting out of the car was another interesting experience. Being fat and out of shape does not contribute to easily getting out of a race car that doesn't have doors - now I know how Uncle Jesse felt! I have a newfound respect for NASCAR drivers after doing this. They must lose 20-30lbs every race because of the heat.

Anyway, here's a video of my drive. The video costs an extra $79.




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My wife did the same kinda thing for me back in 2012 and we took our son with us. Single speed gearbox on the KY Speedway oval. Was fun.

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4 rats fornicating in a wool sock might be understating it, just a tad.
 
Hi, I'm based in Japan but timezone is friendly with North American time zones.
What is the schedule like?

We race on Saturday afternoons. The lobby opens at 3:00pm CDT, and the race starts at 3:30pm. My worry is not the timezone difference, it's the possible lag. I don't want to turn anyone away, but at the same time really bad lag can ruin the experience of other drivers.

Are you open to do some testing before the race on Saturday?
 
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We race on Saturday afternoons. The lobby opens at 3:00pm CDT, and the race starts at 3:30pm. My worry is not the timezone difference, it's the possible lag. I don't want to turn anyone away, but at the same time really bad lag can ruin the experience of other drivers.

Are you open to do some testing before the race on Saturday?
True, lag could be an issue.
Happy to test the internet, I should have optic fiber installed soon. I just moved into a new house.

how could we do the test?
 
True, lag could be an issue.
Happy to test the internet, I should have optic fiber installed soon. I just moved into a new house.

how could we do the test?
We'll get a group of us together, run some laps, and see how bad the lag is.
 
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