If you are faster then safely pass. Simple as that.
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Gran Turismo 5 | NeoGAF Racing League | One-off races
- Thread starter Angst
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If you are faster then safely pass. Simple as that.
Yep. If you had a fresh set and mine were finished, resulting in me being slower than you, by all means you have the right to pass. Same deal if I was damaged.
weekend_warrior
Banned
What's the final decision on the car/track this week?
430 Scuderia @ Rome Reverse. I will make a post tomorrow, unless someone wants to beat me to it.
weekend_warrior
Banned
Fully stock 430 Scuderia, Rome reverse. Cool.
weekend_warrior
Banned
La mia macchina, opaco blu.
Dude... sign in everday. Get to 200% and do the seasonals. The 650pp at The Ring will net you 1mil...
It's "blu opaco" actually.
Everybody is welcome to join.
BUT: practice and make sure you know the track and the car before the race, clean racing is a must in the weekly races.
Race starts in:
Allowed cars: Ferrari 430 "Scud Missile" Scuderia
No tuning is allowed
Tyre Selection
Sports Mediums
Track: Rome Reverse
Laps:30
Pit Stops:
Yes
Damage
Light
AssistsTCS, ABS
Lounge Settings:
Tyre/Fuel wear: On
Slip stream: Weak
Tyre grip reduction: Real
Players Participating (09 / 16):Slip stream: Weak
Tyre grip reduction: Real
- 01 - paskowitz
- 02 - Niks
- 03 - weekend_warrior
- 04 - chillumchilla
- 05 - mikedub
- 06 - xun
- 07 - 2scoops
- 08 - l2ound
- 09 - KaizorPenguin
- 10 -
- 11 -
- 12 -
- 13 -
- 14 -
- 15 -
- 16 -
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- R2 -
- R3 -
- R4 -
- R5 -
Race procedure:
Lounge opens - 7.00 PM GMT
Lounge reset - 7.55 PM GMT
Qualifications start - 8.00 PM GMT
Race start 8.15 PM GMT
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ: Rules and Regulations
Lounge reset - 7.55 PM GMT
Qualifications start - 8.00 PM GMT
Race start 8.15 PM GMT
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ: Rules and Regulations
Additional rules:
No special rules this race
Lounge:
Races will be held in the GT5NRL lounge, please add this account to your Friends list. Practice sessions will also be held in the same lounge.
weekend_warrior
Banned
Sign me up please.
I sure don't leave people a lot of room when I overtake.
I remember that one. You overtook on my left but I braked really late and overshot the second apex and that's where you took my place. That was a good one. Great race craft there pats.
chillumchilla
Member
Sign me up please pask.
OP says race starts 7:15 pm GMT and 8:15pm GMT?
OP says race starts 7:15 pm GMT and 8:15pm GMT?
Classic example of setting up a pass and committing to it. It is also shows a difference between cars. Coming into the final corner I knew I had to get close because my car had less straight line speed. So I got close enough to have an effective draft to get beside you. You went to the inside, naturally, to defend. So I went outside. I knew my car had more downforce and cornering ability. Turn 1 is a double apex so if you are wide on apex one you can be in on apex 2. This was essentially an undercut. The inside of apex 2 is more banked than the outside and as a result has more grip. The pass was then made.
EarsOfASnake
Member
Count me in for this weekend.
That is good to hear. I will have to practice a little extra. Watching the M3 race again it was a fantastic battle.
Tires are now sports mediums. Sports hards were too hard to control with controller users. I have to warn everyone, this track is VERY hard. Putting down a clean lap is almost impossible. In addition there are 2-3 different track surfaces on this track. The 2nd to last corner starts off as cobblestone but then shifts to asphalt. This is creates a lot of understeer.
I can't even remember driving the reverse version of this track, haha. Starting to master it now, though I'm probably massa-esque compared to you guys. My fastest is 1:18.201, but I know there are at least 5 tenths around easily, if I just string together a clean lap. Mediums will be very helpful in doing that.
EDIT: Down to 1:15:688 with mediums.
weekend_warrior
Banned
Yeah I'm having a lot of trouble with the reverse version too. I know the normal version great because of the licence test with the 512BB, but the reverse is a mess for me.
l2ounD
Member
The little kink before the long straight is going to be nasty with traffic through there. I hope im on pole, infront of everyone!
With the mediums im doing low 14s possible 13s.
The car feeling is good, though its easy to miss judge something and understeer into the wall. But controlling a little tail waggle feels comfortable, not too snappy. Should be fun!
With the mediums im doing low 14s possible 13s.
The car feeling is good, though its easy to miss judge something and understeer into the wall. But controlling a little tail waggle feels comfortable, not too snappy. Should be fun!
gutterboy44
Member
Finally a quiet weekend. Count me in for the 430 at Rome.
weekend_warrior
Banned
1 hour til quali.
weekend_warrior
Banned
Congrats Pask and Round. Wasn't much of a race for me, never got a feel for the track, ended up spending most of the race just drifting around. Next week hopefully we'll use a proper track. Spa, Grand Vally, something like that.
l2ounD
Member
Track was a bit rough to get right for me. I couldnt find the sweet spot in the baking zone. Either braking to early or to late, but still I liked it as frustrating as that was.
Had some fun exchanges with Lazlow and Pasko till he began pulling away. Trophy for Pask, dominating quali and the race.
So Clio next? On Grand Valley sounds fun.
Had some fun exchanges with Lazlow and Pasko till he began pulling away. Trophy for Pask, dominating quali and the race.
So Clio next? On Grand Valley sounds fun.
Had some connection issues after the race (good thing it wasn't during the race) so couldn't stick around in chat to say what I meant to say.
First of all big apologies to gutterboy for ramming into him in lap 2, I screwed up massively in the first two laps due to cold tyres. I stuck around to give you your place back, but unfortunately you lost a few more places as well.
Secondly, about the no stop strategy. I didn't do any practice until right before the start of the race because I was expecting to play the Diablo beta all weekend, but I kinda got bored and decided to join the race. So my pace was severely lacking, but I did about 17 practice laps and the tyres seemed to be OK so I thought it would probably be better if I didn't pit at all. And it turned out it was, I didn't have any tyre trouble until close to the end when the grip was a bit worse. I might have ended up a bit higher if it wasn't for the two big mistakes I made (crashing into gutterboy at the beginning and forgetting to brake for a corner at the end).
First of all big apologies to gutterboy for ramming into him in lap 2, I screwed up massively in the first two laps due to cold tyres. I stuck around to give you your place back, but unfortunately you lost a few more places as well.
Secondly, about the no stop strategy. I didn't do any practice until right before the start of the race because I was expecting to play the Diablo beta all weekend, but I kinda got bored and decided to join the race. So my pace was severely lacking, but I did about 17 practice laps and the tyres seemed to be OK so I thought it would probably be better if I didn't pit at all. And it turned out it was, I didn't have any tyre trouble until close to the end when the grip was a bit worse. I might have ended up a bit higher if it wasn't for the two big mistakes I made (crashing into gutterboy at the beginning and forgetting to brake for a corner at the end).
chillumchilla
Member
Well done Patrovitz et al.
Sneaky Nab, couldn't understand why I could keep up with him when he was so many places ahead!
Shame w_w pitted indefinitely, he was my only competition ;(
Sneaky Nab, couldn't understand why I could keep up with him when he was so many places ahead!
Shame w_w pitted indefinitely, he was my only competition ;(
weekend_warrior
Banned
Nah, trust me I was no competition for you today, I had no feel for the track at all. It was fun for the moment I got into 4th because of the accident ahead, but I didn't want to hold anyone up so I eased up and let them pass, then had a laps with you and Kaizor, but after you passed and were off in the horizon I just drifted for a few laps until my tires were burnt and pitted to finish my lunch.
From what I could tell you were doing pretty good, you've come a long way since the timid first race on Monza.
gutterboy44
Member
I definitely could have benefited from some more practice. I haven't been playing GT5 as much the last few months. Being able to rotate the car properly at Rome is a must and I was getting understeer with the 430. After my pit stop I adjusted the brake balance more, to 4/6 and was able to finally get a little TBO to get turned in better. So easy to shred your tires or get loose on the double left going into the start finish straight section.
Hopefully I can participate more often, forgot how much fun proper racing can be. God damn paskowitz is fast. Glad he wasn't around on early NGRL days or else none of us would have had any glory! I still hold my two and only two wins with the 512B dearly.
Hopefully I can participate more often, forgot how much fun proper racing can be. God damn paskowitz is fast. Glad he wasn't around on early NGRL days or else none of us would have had any glory! I still hold my two and only two wins with the 512B dearly.
EarsOfASnake
Member
Yeah, I think the general consensus was that the track wasn't a favorite for people.
You know, I really hated this track during the first GT academy. In time I grew to tolerate it and enjoy it's unique challenge. The different surfaces are really neat.