The Parity Club - Interest Check and TestingFinished 

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Ok well I can only hope that doesn't happen again. Also @BrandonW77, were you ever going to get rid of the Ferrari festival from your signature?
 
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How was the grid?? Turn out?
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We had 9, pretty diverse grid too.

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Overall I think today was a success. There were some great battles, just look at the finish times on the second race. From where I'm standing this series is doing exactly what it was intended to do. Sure you get some bad apples, but you can't let them spoil the bunch.
 
I'm going to try to have a room open later this evening for Grand Valley practice/testing, might not be until 7 or 7:30pm EDT though.
 
I have a room up, but things are being really screwy so I'm not sure how long I'll be able to stay connected.
 
Yeah we were having issues with people getting disco'd in zero cup today
 
I just got DC'd from Brandons room, luckily my Evora is already dialed in. Hopefully these DC's won't happen tomorrow.
 
Everything looks stable tonight. The room is open for practice, racing will start around 7:30pm EDT.
 
Tor,

Watching your car getting sideways through the uphill high speed chicane several times was epic! I could not believe your saves! Look forward to getting back out there again.....!
 
So, I've done some testing over the last few days, with mixed results. I looked at some race cars and some of them aren't very modifiable (can't add much power or remove much, if any, weight) so it could be difficult for different ranges of talent to get them on the same target. I'll continue to experiment with them but for the moment they're on the back burner.

I also looked at some vintage rwd cars, these can all be modified as we please but most of them are so very different from each other that it will take some work to get them in line with each other. The 'Murican cars of course have some of the worst gearboxes known to man so most of them are going to need the full dogbox, which isn't a problem but they will need a bit more work than the cars we've been driving recently. I need to experiment with them some more to see what it takes to get them in line, and find a good stock car (with a good stock transmission) to set the targets with. So, for now, these are on the back burner too.

So, that brought me to FF's. Looking at the FF's it seems they mostly fall into four categories; modern street, modern race, vintage street, vintage race. There isn't enough diversification to have a high powered and low powered class which should make things easy. Looking at the modern street there are about 20 premiums in my garage and most of them are already fairly close to each other in stock form (within about 50pp or so for the most part) so it shouldn't take much work to get them on target. For the next batch I think we will dip into these and do a little FF racing (any premium street FF, 1989 or newer). I'll have a small window this evening to do some quick testing and determine tires and tracks/targets. 👍
 
Turns out I most likely won't be be able to make it on Sunday, I hope there's a good turn out and watch the draft.
 
Not sure if i will be making it tonight, real life seems to be taking over the gaming as of late, with work being the main culprit!

Enjoy
 
Will it be possible to jion as a reserve driver Brandon?
 
I believe there is room John. For tonights race the target time and top speed are:

Grand Valley Speedway (full)
Target time: 2:09
Top Speed: 142mph (228.5kmh)

I will be there for the first two races at least 👍
 
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Like hobbsy, I don't think I will be able to join
 
So we need to buy all the cars on the list? I have a few all ready but not all:)
 
John Wells
So we need to buy all the cars on the list? I have a few all ready but not all:)
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Nope, just pick one if you want, but you can bring multiple and switch between races if you want. Not sure if you're familiar with parity racing but we tune our cars to meet a certain lap time and too speed so that the field is very evenly balanced. It's great fun and we'd love to have you. 👍 Let me know if you have any questions about how it all works.
 
Thanks Brandon:tup:

No Im not familiar with parity racing, what time in UK do we start?:)
 
About 6 hours from now.

With parity you're allowed to add parts to your car so that it meets a specified lap time and top speed. So find a car you like and add power parts/remove weight until you can consistently do a 2:09 lap time with a top speed on the front stretch of 142mph. It's best to aim for a tenth or two slower than 2:09, you don't ever want to dip into the 2:08's unless you're in a slipstream. This creates very close and fun racing.
 
Thanks daddy, had a quick read, so will try and get some cars dialed in:)
 
just a quick question @BrandonW77 .
if our lobby has enough room today , is it possible for a friend of mine to join and watch the races ?
I just brought him to simracing and he's highly addicted :D
he only want to watch how proper clean racing has to look like and maybe he's getting another regular in the future 👍
If its ok I tell him to send you a FR on PSN :sly:
 
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