TURTLE RACING LEAGUE - ENDURO Racing Series - PRACTICE TONIGHT!

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Sorry I missed the race lastnight. I guess all the overtime at work is getting to me. At 9:30 I thought I'd watch some of the darlington race I was recording unti our 10:00 race time, next thing I knew i had fallen asleep and it was 2:30am.
Congrats to the winners I'm sure it was some great racing.
 
Socket68
Sorry I missed the race lastnight. I guess all the overtime at work is getting to me. At 9:30 I thought I'd watch some of the darlington race I was recording unti our 10:00 race time, next thing I knew i had fallen asleep and it was 2:30am.
Congrats to the winners I'm sure it was some great racing.
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My night went something like that aswell. Too much work. I was asleep by 9 :(
 
I had a good first race, zero penalties and was catching Mic towards the end. Race 2 was an entirely different story(I'm going to say I was tired from TYRO ;) ) many penalties, Back-to-back 5 second penalties followed by another 5, followed by a 10 then another 5. After that I pitted, and stayed pitted. 🤬 Sarthe penalties!
 
I'll be at practice tomorrow if I can get the car broken in. Never have been on cape ring, and from what phisher tells me, it's gonna be an adventure.

I'll be using Choate's old colors until he comes back.
 
ItsAllAboutWins
I'll be at practice tomorrow if I can get the car broken in. Never have been on cape ring, and from what phisher tells me, it's gonna be an adventure.

I'll be using Choate's old colors until he comes back.
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Yeah,you told me the same thing about tokyo reverse.You'll be fast whatever track your on.
Cape Ring is a lot of fun.
 
Socket68
Yeah,you told me the same thing about tokyo reverse.You'll be fast whatever track your on.
Cape Ring is a lot of fun.
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Haha thanks Randy. That's not always the case. There's a lot of tracks I've not raced on here yet. When I got gt5 I did the licenses then went straight to the seasonal events to buy the cars I wanted to drive.
 
I have a question.Is it a good idea to practice on harder tires then what your going to race with . For example,this week we're using racing hards.Is it a good idea to practice with sports soft? Would like everyone's opinion on this.
 
I wouldn't. You want to learn how hard you can push the car on the race tire. If you want to see how it handles as the grip reduces, just run a longer practice session IMO. The goal is to find your braking markers for each corner. Then just brake a little earlier as the tires go down.

but i suppose you could try it if you wanted to see what the low grip feels like without waiting on 10 laps.

For me, i just figure out how hard i can push on the early laps under good grip, then i figure out how to adjust my braking or gear shift point as the tires go away. So i run a full session in practice up to the pit stop point keeping those two thoughts in mind.

This is a 17 lap race, so i imagine we'll be able to do 9 laps on the RH's. You can also see how much your lap times increase as you get close to the pit delta. If you're losing more than a couple seconds, it might benefit you to pit an extra time depending on how long the pit stop takes at the track you're at. You just have to figure it out. Run a 9 lap practice race and save the replay so you can see your lap times and then figure out how long it takes to pit (total lap time lost on the in and out laps).
 
Socket68
I have a question.Is it a good idea to practice on harder tires then what your going to race with . For example,this week we're using racing hards.Is it a good idea to practice with sports soft? Would like everyone's opinion on this.
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No, it's not a good idea. Use the regulations that are made for each event and stick with those. You want to become an expert with the specs you need to run. Running a harder tire just makes everything off a smidge. Don't make it any harder on yourself.
 
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Choate approved?
 
Ok,thanks micantony and Choate. Ill take your suggestions.Thanks for the help.
I need to start asking more questions.
 
Hey guys I will be in Turtle Town tonight for practice at 8:00pm est. I will start practice races at 8:30pm est. I hope to see some of you there.
 
ItsAllAboutWins
Sent.

Phisher get in turtle town.
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Out of town. Will be home later

Sorry

I just left the ps3 on cuz I broke in one of my cars for this weekend racing
 
Race 38: Cape Ring
Car: Gran Turismo 350Z RS
Laps: 17
Tires: Racing Hards
Date: May 18, 2013
Prize: Level 15 Ticket

👍👍:)
 
Last night was a good practice for me.First I want to say,after watching g the replay this morning going thru turn 1 and I don't remember if it was mic or otaku beside me, but I either touched you or pushed you wide left. I apologize for that it was not intentional.I still can't use side view very well.Always want to turn the way I'm looking.Any suggestions on how to use side view better with a controller other than rt.stick would be appreciated.


Also I want to say to all of us trying to get faster, save the replays and watch them.

After watching 6 laps of last nights replay I saw Hugh mistakes I was making.
To much braking and to much throttle at the wrong times.

After watching 6 laps on my second practice lap I ran a 2:47. Three seconds faster then what I was running.After 8 laps I had ran 3 2:26 second laps.thats a great leap for me.

So save your replays watch their lines and especially watch the fast guys throttle and brake inputs.

Thanks everybody for a great time
 
Shoot, I should be able to make it on Saturday and I hope that Doesn't change, but I do have a race on Saturday going from pretty much 7am-6pm, cutting quite a bit into my already limited practice time. See you guys there
 

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