Round 6
Twin Ring Motegi East Short Course; 5 lap Sprint Race
Deadline 11.59pm GMT Sunday 17th January
Round 5 saw some big changes to the field in both GT500 and GT300 and some very close racing. Several drivers share the same points in the overall standings, this would be a great race to put some space between yourself and them!
Please note that the poll above is for Suzuka Circuit!!
As always, only mention the first 2 split times.
Results
Standings
General Information and Regulations
All rules, regulations, car specifications, and races are controlled by SuperGT sanctioning body, GTMSA. Any and all questions should be directed to GTMSA officials (namely me ABud or oldmodelt) and officials will do their best to answer in a timely and accurate manner.
All drivers must run at the specified weights and horsepower settings provided by GTMSA for each round. Horsepower and/or weight settings are adjusted for competitive reasons each round based on finishing positions from previous rounds.
Standard Online Racing Rules Apply.
No Cheating, hybrids, etc. You must run the car specifications I give you
Try keeping at least 2 wheels on course. Long races = small mishaps, but absolutely NO shortcuts
No wall-riding as well. Combined with penalties, this will slow you down considerably, so don't do it.
All decisions by GTMSA officials are final
Sprint Race
Arcade Mode>>>Single Race>>>World Circuits>>>Twin Ring Motegi East Short Course
5 lap Single Race
Weight penalty in effect
RM tyres only
No tyre wear
AI @ your choice from -10% to +10%
AI tires always set to RS
Forced Pit Entry penalty system
ASM is prohibited TCS is optional
Gearing (top speed slider) is own choice
Points: 6pts - 5pts - 4pts - 3pts - 2pts - 1pt
20 second penalty added to race time if you dont submit a time
Top 3 take a 1% weight penalty to the race
Time sending format
PM me with the following data. Please make sure all details are correctly filled in and DONT MISS THE DEADLINE
User Name: Class: Car: Number: HP: Weight: Total Time: Fastest Lap:
To me, I believe the key to getting a good lap time is how one takes the Esses after Turn 3. Make a mistake there, you'll lose plenty of time and it could ultimately cost you a place or two in the results.
To me, I believe the key to getting a good lap time is how one takes the Esses after Turn 3. Make a mistake there, you'll lose plenty of time and it could ultimately cost you a place or two in the results.
The other key corner is the first s curve after 130R. If you brake a fraction too late you will enter the corner too far to the right and lose momentum considerably. I was having problems there at first, but i've sorted it out.
The rest of the course is quite simple. Because of this fact, I used to use this course as a test track to compare road cars on N3 tires. Made quite a large powerboard too. But racing here with a powerful lightweight racecar on sticky tires is a whole different proposition.
Haha, it WAS my test course, from 2005/2006 when GT4 came out.
Im having fun though. Last couple weeks felt like a chore to participate, but ive got some mojo back now. 👍
Edit: Im was running about 28 dead in the first sector on the majority of flying laps, I think. Do not remember T2 as I wasn't benchmarking myself there. I have got a run made, but Ill try to better it tomorrow afternoon.
It isnt really proof, but whatever. It turns out my first run at 6'24.3 was actually good enough to win. I had a few runs in 6'21s, with great laps around 1'14.3, but i knew there was time there for the taking. Didn't really think I could put it together though. After quite a lot of driving on saturday, I started a run with two laps being near as hell perfect, and then two good laps. I was nervous as hell on the last one, I thought I would screw it up but I just kept nailing braking points and hitting the turn ins and my last lap was 1'14.140. I was pretty excited with it. It was like getting gold in a really tough license test (not GT4 though, golds are way too easy in this game).
First win in a sprint race. 