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Raeggae's
Birthday Bash
October 21st 2023 -19h 17h UK time
Birthday Bash
October 21st 2023 -
Ok, so raeggae's birthday is tomorrow (can't tell you the number of years, suffice to say he is older than Max Verstappen, younger than Jackie Stewart, faster than both)
And we'd like to throw a PCars2 event dedicated to him. I asked him to pick the car and the track, promised him no rain, and - no surprises there - he picked the fantastic 365 GTB/4 and the classic Spa track. Picking car, track and weather is a good enough gift already, so he won't expect any other on-track favours (not that he needs any, especially at that track), and we're NOT to indulge him in any way during the event.
Curiously him picking this combo works perfectly as a test for the "classic" championship I'm pondering for the near future, so we'll use a event format that allows for some conclusions (about what works and what doesn't) regarding that future championship.
That said, here the specs:
1 - EVENT SETTINGSAnd we'd like to throw a PCars2 event dedicated to him. I asked him to pick the car and the track, promised him no rain, and - no surprises there - he picked the fantastic 365 GTB/4 and the classic Spa track. Picking car, track and weather is a good enough gift already, so he won't expect any other on-track favours (not that he needs any, especially at that track), and we're NOT to indulge him in any way during the event.
Curiously him picking this combo works perfectly as a test for the "classic" championship I'm pondering for the near future, so we'll use a event format that allows for some conclusions (about what works and what doesn't) regarding that future championship.
That said, here the specs:
A) LOBBY AND RULES/PENALTIES
- Private Lobby - Invite only
- Fill vacant slots with AI - Yes (16 cars on the grid regardless of how many human players)
- Wait for race ready - On
- Rules & Penalties - On
- Track Limit Penalties - On
- Allowable Time Penalty - 30
- Drive Through Penalties - On
- Pit Exit Penalty - On
- Competitive Racing License - On
B) RACE AND REALISM SETTINGS
- Track is "Spa Francorchamps Classic"
- Rolling Start
- Allow Auto Start Engine -Yes
- Force Interior view - No
- Force Driving Line Off - No
- Force Default Setups - Yes
- Force Manual Gears - No
- Force Realistic Driving Aids - No
- Allow Anti Lock Brakes - Yes
- Allow Traction Control - Yes
- Allow Stability Control - No
- Damage Type - Visual Only
- Mechanical Failures - Yes
- Allow Ghosted Vehicles - Yes
- Force Manual Pit stops - Yes
- Pit Stop Errors - No
- Tire Wear - Accelerated
- Fuel Depletion - On
- Force cool down Lap - Yes
C) WEATHER:
- Quali - Wet track, daytime
- Race - Weather will change during the race but the track will be always DRY
D) TIME OF DAY
- Will be accelerated to simulate a 12 hours cycle, the race will start at dawn but will mostly be raced during the day
E) HUMAN DRIVEN CARS
- Race will be raced with the same class of cars of the Ferrari depicted above and THAT is the car all human drivers must pick.
F) AI DRIVEN CARS
- The field will, regardless of how many human entrants, always have 16 cars, the AI will fill all available slots.
- AIs will show up in other types of cars, and they can go from the slowest Nissan to the fastest Jaguar E.
- The AI setting is still undecided, I have to check what works and what doesn't. In any case put your minds at ease, damage is Visual Only so any mishap due to AI cars won't impact your performance. In any case don't treat them as if they arent there, because even a damag-less crash remains a costly experience (in time lost if nothing else)
G) Random words of advice (consider this a pre-race briefing)
- PITS are fully manual. This means you will still be driving your car inside the pit lane, and you must be the one parking it in your pit stall. It is best if you don't have a "pit limiter" button set because then the game will activate the limiter for you (same happens with headlights and windshield wipers, but people usually like to have full control over them)
- STRATEGY - Not sure if you need one, IIRC the tyres of these cars go a long way. About the fuel, again, not sure, it's up to everyone to try and understand whatever is needed.
H) The Event
- LOBBY - will be open and invites will be sent a few minutes before 17 PM(UK and PT time, 18 PM in most of continental Europe).
- PRACTISE AND QUALIFYING - You don't have to take part in either of these! Just make sure you enter the lobby well before the end of quali, or else you won't be able to enter the race.
- Practise will last 15 minutes, dry, sunny or light cloud
- Qualifying will last 30 minutes, also day time. starts wet but there's the chance the track will dry a litle towards the end
- RACE - This one you must enter!
- It will be 1h15 minutes long, time will be accelerated with a x10 ratio (75 minutes will be equivalent to 750, meaning 12h30)
I'm just fronting this in representation of the PT folks, we're all taking part with the exception of hartur (@tal ) who sadly is unable to join us for tjhis celebration of our fellow competitor. This means I already have confirmed the presence of the following:
- raeggae (of course, without him this wouldn't make sense)
- myself
- @Madbigdog
- @GTP_RPREGO
- @PANDACoff33
- jmpa_prego
but we thought maybe some of you guys we all race against regularly would like to join (and any others interested in fair racing, even if they don't know our friend raeggae). Everyone is welcome!
So, please state your interest, I'll add the GTP names I know so you can be alerted this thread has been published. Sorry if I'm missing anyone!
@IfAndOr
@half_sourly
@Napalm_LT
@richroo
@Pantheons
@Zolon32
@Oldbass47
@beachboy6658
@John Wells
@xeronima
@Maxmusmonster
@Don Mejillone
@Saltyjoe90
@AndreasR
@jammy21
PS - Can never say this too often: as stated above, any other gtplanet forum members that might be interested in this, just post about it and you'll fill any available slots (first come, first serve)
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