GT5 mid-week league

nocal · 10-01-2011 8:32pm #1

Ok,

some interest has been expressed in the Gran Turismo championship thread about some more online racing and possibly a mid-week meet. I really enjoyed preparing for yesterdays race and racing online. So I am willing to host a mid-week league of races.

The races will be designed to be between 20 and 30 minutes long.

Generally the races will have a BHP restriction only and winners will be asked to share details of their tune/modifications on this thread so that others can try the tune after the event and see if they can learn anything from it.
The exception to the above is that some races will have a limited selection of cars of similar type.

The races will take place on a Wednesday evening at 9:30 p.m. with the lobby opening at 9:00. The first race will be on Wednesday January 19th.

The plan is to host 10 races with your top 7 scores counting towards the overall championship. This means that if you do miss a week or three you could still end up winning the league.

If you are interested in joining this league then please post your PSN below and I will add you as a friend. The first 14 interested people are guaranteed a place.

Paparazzo · 10-01-2011 9:13pm

Sure I'll give it a go. PSN: meath77

Doc_Savage · 10-01-2011 9:41pm

Sign me up!
Psn I think is "ekztrakto"

nocal · 10-01-2011 10:01pm

ok - Paparazzo already have you added from last week for the championship. Doc_savage have sent a friend request which says "boards mid week".

I also should add that before I entered the Sunday night championship, I really wanted to race on-line where all things would be equal. The experience of picking a car and tuning it has helped me to learn a lot and I enjoyed that almost as much as the race itself. Part of the idea behind the mid-week league is to learn a little more about the cars and tuning and to become more familiar with some tracks.

Bigcheeze · 10-01-2011 11:00pm

I'm in: paz100

If I could make one request it would be that we don't have to spend a fortune to get a competitive car every week. I won't get much chance to play and build up cash apart from this and the Sunday race.

tonydude · 10-01-2011 11:37pm

add me : phoniexknight

nocal · 10-01-2011 11:47pm

Ok invites sent.

tonydude · 12-01-2011 3:30pm

Cant make it tonight lad, but ill be there next week

Doc_Savage · 12-01-2011 3:32pm

nocal wrote: »

Ok,

The races will take place on a Wednesday evening at 9:30 p.m. with the lobby opening at 9:00. The first race will be on Wednesday January 19th.

tonydude wrote: »

Cant make it tonight lad, but ill be there next week

fyi

MuddyDog · 12-01-2011 5:42pm

I'm in

Urinbits1

Cole MacGrath · 12-01-2011 5:53pm

Ill try to make it
BTierney

MuddyDog · 12-01-2011 7:13pm

ooops

nocal · 12-01-2011 8:03pm

Plan is to start next week. (Pure selfishness on my part as I am trying to grind out my final few wins on Seasonal Bonus Race 2 series using the original limitations!!!).

Can you guys let me know if you want to stick to limited BHP for racing or the same car for races?

Snowie · 12-01-2011 8:04pm

what kinda cars do you guys plan to race?

but im interest my

psn is UltrFlat

Magown3 · 12-01-2011 8:15pm

Count me in:

PSN: Magown3

I'm going to put a reminder on my phone so I don't forget this

nocal · 12-01-2011 9:43pm

The plan for this league is to have a different limit BHP each week and then let people tune and modify their cars as much as they like.

But all suggestions welcome - the real idea of this is just to get a few us together for some good online racing and maybe develop a small online community.

I'll send PSN invites later on.

Paparazzo · 12-01-2011 10:31pm

nocal wrote: »

Plan is to start next week. (Pure selfishness on my part as I am trying to grind out my final few wins on Seasonal Bonus Race 2 series using the original limitations!!!).

Can you guys let me know if you want to stick to limited BHP for racing or the same car for races?

We did a few races yesterday and on sunday. I think everyone using the same car was better. Doesn't sound as interesting, but I think it made for better races. Plus, if you use a car from the online garage people don't have to buy one for one or 2 online races.

Bigcheeze · 13-01-2011 10:49am

Paparazzo wrote: »

We did a few races yesterday and on sunday. I think everyone using the same car was better. Doesn't sound as interesting, but I think it made for better races. Plus, if you use a car from the online garage people don't have to buy one for one or 2 online races.

+1

While preparing for the race might be interesting, ultimately if you're driving around on your own for 9.5 laps which I was on Sunday, then it's not really a race.

nocal · 13-01-2011 9:06pm

Ok additional invites sent - currently have 9 players. One of my friends might also join in.

Currently 2 people have expressed a preference for the same car. Can others let me know their preference.
I will post details of the first race on Saturday.

MuddyDog · 13-01-2011 9:51pm

same car for sure. closer and more exciting.

Magown3 · 14-01-2011 8:46am

nocal wrote: »

Ok additional invites sent - currently have 9 players. One of my friends might also join in.

Currently 2 people have expressed a preference for the same car. Can others let me know their preference.
I will post details of the first race on Saturday.

Not sure if I have an Invite but I haven't been online in the last couple of days. So dont' count me out if I haven't accepted yet

nocal · 15-01-2011 10:06pm

Ok - the first race on Wednesday will be 10 laps of the Fuji Speedway GT using the "GT by Citroen Road Car". Sports Hard will be the best tyres allowed.

The points will be allocated as follows:

1st 10 pts
2nd 8 pts
3rd 7 pts
4th 5 pts
5th 4 pts
6th 3 pts
7th place down 2 pts
DSQ 0 pts

Penalties will be on strong and good clean racing is the aim.

MuddyDog · 19-01-2011 11:15am

This still going ahead tonight?

Doc_Savage · 19-01-2011 11:34am

This should be a mad dash for the first corner. On low tyres the braking points will be a lot longer but the accelerating points are gonna be harder to judge with the Citroën. May I just point out that I hate the first and last corner in fuji. Always take them too fast and end up running wide on the exit of both. If there is any argy bargy the race will be broken up badly!

MuddyDog · 19-01-2011 12:19pm

On sports hard tyres over 10 laps it'll be really slow lap times cause I just did 10 laps there now on sports hard and the deterioration is unreal on them! Hard to stay on the road after 5 laps!

Magown3 · 19-01-2011 12:56pm

MuddyDog wrote: »

On sports hard tyres over 10 laps it'll be really slow lap times cause I just did 10 laps there now on sports hard and the deterioration is unreal on them! Hard to stay on the road after 5 laps!

Do you mean there could be pit stops??

nocal · 19-01-2011 1:48pm

Still going ahead tonight!! We'll see how it goes and see how to improve it for next week and still keep it "interesting"

Magown3 · 19-01-2011 2:30pm

nocal wrote: »

Still going ahead tonight!! We'll see how it goes and see how to improve it for next week and still keep it "interesting"

I think a distance long enough that would mean a stop is needed for soft tyres and none for hard tyres would be really interesting. Kind of hare and tortoise stuff ye know

MuddyDog · 19-01-2011 3:19pm

Yeah magown. I was thinking about pitting for this race actually as it may be beneficial to overall time.

nocal · 19-01-2011 7:21pm

Best thing is to post up ideas for races - then we can try them out after "the race" tonight and then use the good ones for inspiration for next weeks racing.

After reading the comments earlier and then reading the later ones I think that possibly we are on the right track (no pun intended). Tonights race has the potential to be interesting - anyway let me know what you think...especially afterwards.

It does appear that more tactics come into play the longer the race is and especially when restrictions are put in.

(also the points and league system means that it should remain quite tight up until the last race).

Sure let me know what you think

MuddyDog · 19-01-2011 7:33pm

Was just doing some practice. I'm most likely going to pit.

Doc_Savage · 19-01-2011 8:00pm

Afterwards can we please do the autumn ring mini on fiat 500s? Should be fun at least!

nocal · 19-01-2011 8:23pm

ok lounge is now open - nice and early.

Paparazzo · 19-01-2011 10:57pm

How did it go? Was going to play, but the wife just made dinner during practice. I had about half a lap and struggled to get around 1 corner, so thought an entire race would be a bad idea.

nocal · 19-01-2011 11:15pm

Race was not great and only 4 people finished. 6 or 7 of us had a good laugh afterwards.
But strangely the car seemed to handle better in the race than in practise. Think I put TC at 2 and that helped a lot.

Anyway the result from tonight was

1. Urinbits1
2. n-o-cal
3. paz100
4. ekxtrakto

and a special mention must go to Magown3 - who can not seem to connect his PS3 to the internet at will

Don't know if there is really the interest in continuing this or not - let me know.

MuddyDog · 19-01-2011 11:24pm

Good racing tonight lads. Some sick close ones in the after races too!

Bigcheeze · 19-01-2011 11:44pm

Good craic. The Volvo races on trial mountain were the best.

Doc_Savage · 19-01-2011 11:46pm

Tell you what ... we could lose the championship and just make every wednesday night a time for random races because the fun had after the actual race was first rate. Especially the Volvo and golf races!

nocal · 20-01-2011 12:02am

yup - that sounds good to me - just have a Wednesday night race meeting.

The Volvo race was pure class - the penalties were still on at that point and the boost was off and they provided some of the best racing.

So say at 20:30 - 21:00 next Wednesday we start off with a Volvo race at Trial Mountain - say 7 laps?

So suggestions for races after that (and yes Urinbits1 - we know you want to race at Monza!!!)

Paparazzo · 20-01-2011 12:25am

Doc_Savage wrote: »

Tell you what ... we could lose the championship and just make every wednesday night a time for random races because the fun had after the actual race was first rate. Especially the Volvo and golf races!

I was just thinking that after my last post. The random races are always a good laugh. Fiat 500's at Daytona

tonydude · 20-01-2011 1:15am

Paparazzo wrote: »

Fiat 500's at Daytona

Whats the hype with these Fiat 500's, theyre dog slow.
I missed the main race of the evening eas stuck in an endurance race but got some of the randoms afterwards. Very entertaining races i must say lol

MuddyDog · 20-01-2011 9:26am

nocal wrote: »

yup - that sounds good to me - just have a Wednesday night race meeting.

The Volvo race was pure class - the penalties were still on at that point and the boost was off and they provided some of the best racing.

So say at 20:30 - 21:00 next Wednesday we start off with a Volvo race at Trial Mountain - say 7 laps?

So suggestions for races after that (and yes Urinbits1 - we know you want to race at Monza!!!)

Monza with boost on high and same cars (no matter what they are) ALWAYS make super tight races.

Magown3 · 20-01-2011 9:35am

nocal wrote: »

and a special mention must go to Magown3 - who can not seem to connect his PS3 to the internet at will

Thanks

After I restarted my router and PS3 it seemed to be ok.

Suggestion:
Eiger Nordland (or whatever it's called)
Penalties Low
Boost High
No TCS
No ASM
No Driving Line
Comfort Hard Tyres and a High performance RWD car.

Did this last night with other friends online and it makes for some pretty cool sideways racing. It was like ice racing, :pac:

Bigcheeze · 20-01-2011 9:39am

The penalties can be a bit of a pain but on balance I think they're needed as after a while everyone started taking the piss a bit in Monza.

Also I think tracks like Monza are ok for super cars but trial mountain is better suited to mid horsepower cars like the Golfs.

I enjoyed the challenge of the actual race and I think the low grip improved my driving skills.

I don't get the Fiat 500's. They're just dull.

nocal · 20-01-2011 7:50pm

I think I was probably being the silliest on Monza - and apologies - just had to get it out of my system.
I do not really get the boost thing - especially with no penalties. It kind of gives you the freedom to mess around - you just have to worry about being in a reasonable position coming into the last corner and then you are better off not being in the lead.
I am not convinced that the penalties are penalising the right person all the time and achieving what they really should be.

I have kind of found playing the game that when I get frustrated with it I go on to realise that the creators are trying to let me know what motor racing is all about. Ok it makes things challenging at times but then you feel satisfied when you overcome it. Would love to do races where my driving skills are rewarded or punished i.e. at the end of the race I get what I deserve.

As for the Fiat 500's - I was amazed to find myself not being able to control it - maybe I should have left some traction control on!!!

GT5 mid-week league

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