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Gran Turismo 5 Super GT League, presented by Mush & the NeoGAF Racing League.
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This should be a lot of fun.
Between this and the NRL events, Super GT is going to take priority for me. I love the car selection, and it should provide for some really good action.
The cars are also surprisingly reasonably priced at only 950,000 credits lol. I was expecting some 5,000,000 cars or something. Shouldn't be too hard to save up for. Already have 334,000 right now.
Between this and the NRL events, Super GT is going to take priority for me. I love the car selection, and it should provide for some really good action.
The cars are also surprisingly reasonably priced at only 950,000 credits lol. I was expecting some 5,000,000 cars or something. Shouldn't be too hard to save up for. Already have 334,000 right now.
weekend_warrior
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It's gonna be fucking awesome when people start getting F1's, gonna make for some crazy online racing.
ghostofsparta
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I'm only level 9 with ~200,000. Thankfully my winter break is right around the quarter
Yeah. What makes this series (IRL) great is that the cars, while coming from different manufacturers, are pretty much identical, so it all comes down to driver skill.UFRA said:This should be a lot of fun.
Between this and the NRL events, Super GT is going to take priority for me. I love the car selection, and it should provide for some really good action.
The cars are also surprisingly reasonably priced at only 950,000 credits lol. I was expecting some 5,000,000 cars or something. Shouldn't be too hard to save up for. Already have 334,000 right now.
Regarding NRL events, I might need to adjust the calender of events so that people who are intending on attending both get the chance to compete in both. We don't want one taking over the other.
weekend_warrior
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Man I wish I could use a Race Mod Corvette for this. How much horsepower does the Z06 make race modded? Around 500?
ghostofsparta
Member
weekend_warrior said:
I'm pretty sure Mush wants this to be only the 16 super gt cars.
Salacious Crumb
Junior Member
I'll drive the Yellowhat GT-R if it's still available.
Juicy Bob said:
With the first race an entire month away, $950,000 shouldn't be to tough to get.
Also we need a team name.
Two possible ideas,
Team Juicy Beef
or, inspired by your avatar
Team Justice
I've only lurked in that thread as I prefer to keep my public image clean, and though I hate to pick sides, I'd go Team Justice if forced to choose.
Any thoughts on how we'll use mechanical damage in the races? My suggestion is we go the full monty and set it to heavy.
I'll starting adding you guys to my friends list when I get home. I think this will be really fun. I bought my car yesterday and did the Super GT races in A-Spec and I'm really enjoying the car. The mirror has been replaced by a rear camera with a nice display in the cockpit. The car handles really good without any tuning whatsoever and the sound is glorious.
I'll starting adding you guys to my friends list when I get home. I think this will be really fun. I bought my car yesterday and did the Super GT races in A-Spec and I'm really enjoying the car. The mirror has been replaced by a rear camera with a nice display in the cockpit. The car handles really good without any tuning whatsoever and the sound is glorious.
I haven't tried out Mechanical damage yet (I've downloaded the patch but not the firmware update :lol ), but I think it would be a much better alternative than adding speed limit penalty's for shunting and stuff.Angst said:Any thoughts on how we'll use mechanical damage in the races? My suggestion is we go the full monty and set it to heavy.
I'll starting adding you guys to my friends list when I get home. I think this will be really fun. I bought my car yesterday and did the Super GT races in A-Spec and I'm really enjoying the car. The mirror has been replaced by a rear camera with a nice display in the cockpit. The car handles really good without any tuning whatsoever and the sound is glorious.
seattle6418
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All right, i refrained myself from posting in this thread because i love SuperGT so much. I´m afraid to run this and not have time to do the regular competitions at GTP and Here. But since 2k runners are in, i think it was the incentive necessary for me to bite the bullet.
So, this summer i will (probably) be taking my talents to SuperGT (last time paraphrasing stupid LeBron James).
I´ve raced two and a half seasons of JGTC on GTP and i know for a fact those races are awesome.
Think about technology. Back in the GT4 days we would race against the AI, record our time and send the replays.
Now we can do actual races! :mindblown:
So, this summer i will (probably) be taking my talents to SuperGT (last time paraphrasing stupid LeBron James).
I´ve raced two and a half seasons of JGTC on GTP and i know for a fact those races are awesome.
Think about technology. Back in the GT4 days we would race against the AI, record our time and send the replays.
Now we can do actual races! :mindblown:
Herpes Reasons
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yeah, it'll be seattle and either me, reilo, nightz, and btothekw that will team up with seattle for 2k Runners. if they can't race on that weekend, one of us four will take their place.
i hope thats cool, mush.
i hope thats cool, mush.
weekend_warrior
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Mush said:
I tried the heavy damage online and it's pretty severe for the mildest bump fender benders, I think the mild setting would work best.
EL Beefo said:
We haven't even started racing yet and already I have an archrival.
Mush, what about oil changing?
I know you want the cars to be unmodified, but at some point we will need to change the oil since these are lengthy races. Once we do that, it will undoubtedly give the extra HP.
Should we all just change our oil right off the bat to get that out of the way? Some people, like myself, are perfectionists and may have a habit of changing the oil on their cars immediately after purchase/winning. Also, After a 30min race I'd want to change my oil for the next race. :/
Considering there's no way to un-do the oil change HP gain, it would be a very costly mistake for someone to make if it were done with innocent intentions. (i.e. I'd hate to change my oil out of habit and then find out that's not allowed and have to buy a new 950,000 car lol)
I know you want the cars to be unmodified, but at some point we will need to change the oil since these are lengthy races. Once we do that, it will undoubtedly give the extra HP.
Should we all just change our oil right off the bat to get that out of the way? Some people, like myself, are perfectionists and may have a habit of changing the oil on their cars immediately after purchase/winning. Also, After a 30min race I'd want to change my oil for the next race. :/
Considering there's no way to un-do the oil change HP gain, it would be a very costly mistake for someone to make if it were done with innocent intentions. (i.e. I'd hate to change my oil out of habit and then find out that's not allowed and have to buy a new 950,000 car lol)
weekend_warrior
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UFRA said:
The extra HP gain from the 0 mile oil change shouldn't make any difference. All the HP numbers will be different depending on oil changes and mileage anyway. As long as you don't add any tuning shop parts you should be fine. Mush can set the HP limit too, so nobody sneaks in with an OP'ed car.
So...
As of 3.44pm Wednesday Kiwi time, we have:
4 cars with two drivers each (aka a full team)
Juicy Beef (Juicy Bob & EL Beefo) - NSX ARTA Super GT, '06
2K Runners (viakado & friends) - GT-R Motul Autech Super GT, '08
GT-R Nismo (BrLvgThrChmstry & Konosuke) GT-R Xanavi Nismo Super GT, '08
Takata Dome (weekend_warrior & Gutterboy44) - NSX Takata Dome Super GT, '06
11 cars with a single driver
TheAzRim - GT-R Calsonic Impul Super GT, '08
GodofWine - Supra Castrol Tom's JGTC, '97
TylerD - SC430 Petronas Tom's Super GT, '08
viakado - GT-R Motul Autech Super GT, '08
ghostofsparta - SC430 Eneos Super GT, '08
UFRA - GT-R WoodOne Advan Clarion Super GT, '08
Salacious Crumb - GT-R YellowHat YMS Tomica Super GT, '08
mil6es - NSX Epson Super GT, '08
rinse82 - SC430 Denso Dunlop Sard Super GT, '08
Angst Fairlady Z Xanavi Nismo Super GT, '06
I guess what I'm trying to say is, while the first race is a month away, we don't have the numbers at this stage for 16 complete teams, with 2 drivers each.
Because this is a community, I'm going to leave it up to you guys to decide what goes on from here.
As of 3.44pm Wednesday Kiwi time, we have:
4 cars with two drivers each (aka a full team)
Juicy Beef (Juicy Bob & EL Beefo) - NSX ARTA Super GT, '06
2K Runners (viakado & friends) - GT-R Motul Autech Super GT, '08
GT-R Nismo (BrLvgThrChmstry & Konosuke) GT-R Xanavi Nismo Super GT, '08
Takata Dome (weekend_warrior & Gutterboy44) - NSX Takata Dome Super GT, '06
11 cars with a single driver
TheAzRim - GT-R Calsonic Impul Super GT, '08
GodofWine - Supra Castrol Tom's JGTC, '97
TylerD - SC430 Petronas Tom's Super GT, '08
viakado - GT-R Motul Autech Super GT, '08
ghostofsparta - SC430 Eneos Super GT, '08
UFRA - GT-R WoodOne Advan Clarion Super GT, '08
Salacious Crumb - GT-R YellowHat YMS Tomica Super GT, '08
mil6es - NSX Epson Super GT, '08
rinse82 - SC430 Denso Dunlop Sard Super GT, '08
Angst Fairlady Z Xanavi Nismo Super GT, '06
I guess what I'm trying to say is, while the first race is a month away, we don't have the numbers at this stage for 16 complete teams, with 2 drivers each.
Because this is a community, I'm going to leave it up to you guys to decide what goes on from here.
Well I just bought my car, so there's no way I'm joining a different team at this point. :lol
Also, in the dealership it said my car had 493HP. Then, when I bought it - in my garage right now at 0 miles it has 479HP. The oil change would bring it right back up to "advertised" HP.
Yay or nay Mush???? Can I change my baby's oil? :lol I agree with weekend_warrior's input on this but I want to make sure.
Also, in the dealership it said my car had 493HP. Then, when I bought it - in my garage right now at 0 miles it has 479HP. The oil change would bring it right back up to "advertised" HP.
Yay or nay Mush???? Can I change my baby's oil? :lol I agree with weekend_warrior's input on this but I want to make sure.
ghostofsparta
Member
I think I'd rather drive alone. I feel like i'll let down my partner.
But I'm also okay with joining someone else.
Whatever you think is best Mush and other racers!
But I'm also okay with joining someone else.
Whatever you think is best Mush and other racers!
Mush, I love you for making a Super GT advertisement in the GT5 OT regularly. If I hadn't noticed it and decided to investigate it (since I do like Super GT) I would have never gotten involved in this.
WOW is the car fun to drive. I setup an online race (so no miles or damage would be saved to my car :lol) just the way your OP says we will do the races.
The car is quite a beast, and easy to spin out. I did some tweaking to my suspension to try and increase understeer. Made a little difference. I don't want to go too far and then have understeer issues. I think I did enough. I just remembered I forgot to adjust the Limited-Slip Diff, which could help combat oversteer too. I'll look into that tomorrow.
Anyways, this should be so much fun! I also bumped some walls and got a taste of the new damage features (Heavy setting). My first hit was to my right-rear tire. It made it so that when I was driving in a straight line, my wheel was always turned slightly right (and when I say wheel I literally mean my gaming wheel). Then, I repaired it and hit the front left wheel pretty hard. I caused engine damage, which noticably slowed me, but I also caused a major alignment issue which made my wheel vibrate violently and the car pulled to the left. Really cool!
I normally race with all assists off except for TCS at 1-5, and ABS at 1. Driving this car with TCS off is a challenge, and I predict that if people don't practice at this we're going to see a ton of spinouts and crashes. :lol Can't wait for the practice track day.
Edit: also, when you press the headlight button, the headlights go through a really cool sequence of flashing on the GT-R. I sat there and did it like 10 times to see the awesomeness. Love the detail of the car interiors. Even a "DRINK" button on the steering wheel.
WOW is the car fun to drive. I setup an online race (so no miles or damage would be saved to my car :lol) just the way your OP says we will do the races.
The car is quite a beast, and easy to spin out. I did some tweaking to my suspension to try and increase understeer. Made a little difference. I don't want to go too far and then have understeer issues. I think I did enough. I just remembered I forgot to adjust the Limited-Slip Diff, which could help combat oversteer too. I'll look into that tomorrow.
Anyways, this should be so much fun! I also bumped some walls and got a taste of the new damage features (Heavy setting). My first hit was to my right-rear tire. It made it so that when I was driving in a straight line, my wheel was always turned slightly right (and when I say wheel I literally mean my gaming wheel). Then, I repaired it and hit the front left wheel pretty hard. I caused engine damage, which noticably slowed me, but I also caused a major alignment issue which made my wheel vibrate violently and the car pulled to the left. Really cool!
I normally race with all assists off except for TCS at 1-5, and ABS at 1. Driving this car with TCS off is a challenge, and I predict that if people don't practice at this we're going to see a ton of spinouts and crashes. :lol Can't wait for the practice track day.
Edit: also, when you press the headlight button, the headlights go through a really cool sequence of flashing on the GT-R. I sat there and did it like 10 times to see the awesomeness. Love the detail of the car interiors. Even a "DRINK" button on the steering wheel.
I was going for needy, but maybe I came off as annoying? :lolUFRA said:
Joking aside, I knew if I wanted to make this a decent league I needed to remind people as often as possible because otherwise it would have been lost in the shuffle, considering how fast that thread moves...
I'm just glad you managed to experience the awesome of Super GT first hand. I can't wait till the new LFA GT500 and the RE Amemiya RX8 is revealed.
weekend_warrior
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Mush said:
Keep mentioning the League in the OT thread and make it clear that while the cars might technically be "gone", we still need drivers for those cars. Or something. :lol
A bit of both, more the former than the latter. I think I've overestimated the potential of this league (for the first one, anyway). I mean, if you think you'll be up to competing in all 8 races, that's great. But if you're unsure if you'll be able to do that, that's what the co-drivers are for.Angst said:
I'll give it a few more days of shilling, see if more people bite (which seems unlikely), but I think that at this stage, we'll just go with who we have at the moment. Those who have backups can use them, and perhaps even loan them out to other teams for that day so they can get a good days racin' in.
I think you would get a lot more sign-ups on GTPlanet. I think most people here find 30 mins races too long and also have a hard time commiting themselves to a schedule for weeks to come. I would actually have recommended longer races (1 hour), but that would have most likely been even harder to get a full line-up for.Mush said:
yeah I think this will be really good. The longer race times etc probably makes sure that the most destruction derby-prone racers stay away.Mush said:
One suggestion for the series: I think we should make sure that one pitstop per race is needed. Makes for a whole lot more strategy. I think if we set regulations at soft racing tyres and 30 minutes everyone will have to make one pitstop during the race. I'll try it out tonight.
gutterboy44
Member
Weekend_Warriror, I was admiring our handsome machine in the dealership last night. I am currently working toward my 4.5mill buffer so I can buy that PD F1 the second it appears...if ever! and then I will be picking up or mean green machine.
I think we need a team name and banner.
I think we need a team name and banner.
seattle6418
Member
Mush said:
I´ve only played online for a couple of minutes so far (been busy with GT life), but can we take upgraded cars online? Doesn´t change automatically to stock once you enter online?
Angst said:
In the F1 league I help run we just ended our first season with a full race at Monza. Took over an hour and besides on DQ and one wreck no one dropped. We did 9 rounds and ten or eleven of us consistently showed up with the occasional need for backup drivers filling up the grid here and there for half hour races.
I think a GT league like this will work great as long as people maintain interest. Best way for that to happen is if rivalries develop.