Just cashed in 3 of my drivers (needed them for a 9hr B-Spec race tonight)
Between McIntyre, Paul and Shawn I made nearly 100,000cr.... not bad for just sharing them online.

The only thing that really sucks is that you need your PS3 to be be on, and in the "remote stand by" mode, which means you can't use it for anything else.... kinda sucks. I mean once the drivers are shared/uploaded there really isn't any need for the PS3... just run the races on the servers in the cloud.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

I had the opportunity to use a Driving Force wheel at the in laws tonight. What a difference, even with the wheel clamped to a coffee table that swivelled under the force feedback and a terrible leaned over seating position, I still got to experience how much better the game feels when you have throttle and brake modulation. I'm hooked.

I need to go sell some stuff off so I can go buy a wheel now...

That's if you're hosting the race... The other driver's don't even need to have their PS3's turned on.


I don't know how people can play without one.

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

Can we move this discussion to Bovis Fimus or even better gtplanet.net? IMO, this is becoming a video game forum and really nothing to do with real ARMS motorsports.

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GT1 - 88 Camaro 1LE/Nissan 200SX
GT2 - 90 CRX/Nissan 200SX
GT3 - 88 CRX/1975 Civic/1997 Acura Integra
GT4 - 93/2000 Mazda Miata
GT5 - 89 Suzuki Swift GTI
GT6 - 86 CRX
ITE - 88 Camaro 1LE
ITA - 89/90 CRX Si
ITB - 85 Civic 1500S/89 Suzuki Swift GTI
ITC - 85/86 Civic
SM - 93/2000 Mazda Miata
Targa NL - 88 CRX Si
Rally Sprint - 95 Del Sol VTEC
Unlimited - All of the above!

First off, this is not "ARMS Chat" this is "General Discussion"


Right now this is the winter motorsports for those who don't play in the mud/snow.
Also some people participating do not have ARMS Forum accounts so they would be unable to see Bovis Fimus.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

I was thinking maybe (not tonight) but on Thursday or next Sunday we could have a gentlemens agreement to "hide instruments" and race from the cockpit view.

-To change to cockpit (interior view), press SELECT until your view is inside the car.

-To hide instruments, press START -> Quick Options -> Race Info Display -> "Hide Instruments"


No driving line either.


Thoughts?

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Also with the addition to ballast in the game (1.06) we could use the exact same "success ballast" system that the real Super GT uses. (We would only need to switch to their points system).

http://www.nissan-motorsports.com/ENN/R ... ctory.html

Not suggesting we should do this, just saying it's now possible.

EDIT:
Just doing some quick math... here's what the points / success weight would be for tonights race.
Pos Name Pts +Kg
1 vincentq4 160 320
2 MerlinRPM 134 268
3 joelnelson 101 202
4 turbined 72 144
5 Mr_4G63T 70 140
6 S_AND_S 65 130
7 FormulaFunRacing 64 128
8 s3th10u5 61 122
9 trvbck 44 88
10 Mortifuri 26 52
11 Azrielx 19 38
12 nd4speed1 12 24


However I see Varga's post below and agree that most people (myself included) don't have the cars setup properly. Maybe the next series.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

I agree with the experimentation ideas, however there are people still getting familiar with the tracks (environment) and have not optimized their performance to their satisfaction.

For clean racing, the interior view on the Super GT cars do not have much rearward field of vision. I have been using the bumper CAM as I think most have been for this reason.

However I would like to progress to what you are proposing Jason.

In fact I am going to practice right now.....and forget about the bills!!

Haha!

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2008 Toyota Prius (Currently 180,000km)
2002 BMW M3 (Currently 197,000km, was 96,300km Jan of 2009)
2006 Toyota Prius (R.I.P 2011, 182,000 km)
1990 Beretta GTZ (R.I.P 2009, 396,000 km)
2000 Grand Cherokee (Sold 2006, 105,000 km)
1990 Laser RS (R.I.P 1989 Halloween day, 2,500 km)

I use the whole car view. I like seeing the car. Although for night driving I can't use it, I use the hood view. That's why I suck at night, I'm using a different view then I'm use to.

What would be the point of hiding instruments?

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2013 BMW 128I - 2 DS

Varga, Trevor G. and I are in my Lounge right now practicing.

Fastest lap times:
Cote d'Azur - 1:36.719 (Me)
Eiger NordWand - 1:03.747 (Varga)
Eiger NordWand Reverse - 1:04.719 (Varga)
Rome Reverse - 1:07.623 (Me)

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Here are my best times practicing...

Cote: 1:39.460
Rome (rev): 1:08789
Eiger (rev): 1:06.032
Monza: 1:49.095

Yup, I suck.

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

I don't think I would have much luck without the driving line, I'm just not that familiar with a lot of the tracks yet.

practicing tonite was the first time not using the driving line. I Kinda liked it better. your braking points if you are not sure of where to brake are still indicatad by the flashing downshift light.

allthough i still suck and i believe i was a minute nine seconds behind varga and jason at cout d azur

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2012 ARMS Regional Autoslalom 1st Place Overall
2012 1st SM ARMS
2012 ASCC Autoslalom 1st Place Overall
2012 1st SM ASCC
2009 ARMS AutoSlalom Top Novice
2009 1st ESP

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

damn, I'm going to be a little late. Need to do the update

I don't find the racing as good with these cars. I like driving it
more than the m3, but after a few events you are really starting to see some big differences between the cars and the races are super spaced out.

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I think the spacing is due to the length of the races we're now doing.
All cars have strengths and weaknesses but I think car setup makes a big difference.

I think we should revisit these cars and do the series with the same Super GT points and success ballast at a later time.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Here are some pics from last night:

Lined up....


and ready to race!


McIntyre leads the way after the first corner


Who says you can't pass at the hairpin?

(Actually I passed two people there at once, cleanly on the first lap)

Lined up at Rome


Harrod waits for McIntyre and John(?) to slip up


... and then makes the pass


The first time we all didn't line up straight on the grid


Ming finds out those wire fences are stronger than they appear


Carnage after the tunnel


McIntyre spins Part 1


Part 2


Did someone say HillClimb?




Monza was wet


Steve knows there are cars ahead of him.... somewhere


Everyone is running wide



Paul runs away for a win like he's on dry pavement, with a 40 second gap to second place.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

After the first three rounds the points look like this.

Jay B has made some huge progress and is up to 4th place, jumping both Harrod and McIntyre (and Joel who missed last night). Maybe that custom setup for each track is starting to pay off.

The battle of the "Scotts" has McIntyre in the lead by 2 points at this stage.

There's an 11 point spread between 4th and 8th place, so it's still anyone's game.




[table][mrow color=black]Rank
[mcol]Name
[mcol]PSN ID
[mcol]Car
[mcol]Points
[mcol]
[mcol]USA
[mcol]EUR 1
[mcol]EUR 2
[mcol]GER JPN
[mcol]JPN Final
[row]1[col]Varga A[col]vincentq4[col]NISSAN MOTUL AUTECH GT-R '08[col]282[col color=gray][col]94[col]96[col]92[col]0[col]0
[row]2[col]Jason S[col]MerlinRPM[col]NISSAN XANAVI NISMO Z '06[col]254[col color=gray][col]77[col]96[col]81[col]0[col]0
[row]3[col]Paul M[col]turbined[col]HONDA EPSON NSX '08[col]174[col color=gray][col]85[col]0[col]89[col]0[col]0
[row]4[col]Jay B[col]FormulaFunRacing[col]LEXUS BANDAI DIREZZA SC430 '06[col]156[col color=gray][col]51[col]50[col]55[col]0[col]0
[row]5[col]Joel N[col]joelnelson[col]TOYOTA YellowHat YMS Supra '05[col]152[col color=gray][col]74[col]78[col]0[col]0[col]0
[row]6[col]Scott M[col]Mr_4G63T[col] HONDA TAKATA DOME NSX '06[col]151[col color=gray][col]48[col]66[col]37[col]0[col]0
[row]7[col]Scott H[col]S_AND_S[col]NISSAN Calsonic IMPUL GT-R '08[col]149[col color=gray][col]63[col]39[col]47[col]0[col]0
[row]8[col]John K[col]s3th10u5[col]NISSAN XANAVI NISMO GT-R '08[col]145[col color=gray][col]43[col]57[col]45[col]0[col]0
[row]9[col]Trevor P[col]trvbck[col]LEXUS DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 '08[col]129[col color=gray][col]38[col]38[col]53[col]0[col]0
[row]10[col]Ming W[col]Azrielx[col]NISSAN WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R '08[col]75[col color=gray][col]35[col]0[col]40[col]0[col]0
[row]11[col]Trevor G[col]nd4speed1[col]HONDA ARTA NSX '06[col]61[col color=gray][col]0[col]20[col]41[col]0[col]0
[row]12[col]Steve P[col]stevedp[col]LEXUS ENEOS SC430 '08[col]56[col color=gray][col]0[col]0[col]56[col]0[col]0
[row]13[col]Shawn H[col]Mortifuri[col]NISSAN YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R '08[col]44[col color=gray][col]0[col]44[col]0[col]0[col]0
[/table]

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Paul was a train at Monza...unbelievable...very challenging to keep concentration and not lose control.

I was lucky and spent much of the race in 2nd place. I finally missed a braking point on the last lap, which allowed Varga to catch me right at the finish line...he got me by just 5/1000s of a second.

Well, since he was nice enough to loan me the car for the series, I had no choice but to let him pass me...

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Jay Barthelotte

Here`s a picture of that pass.... 0.005 ... talk about a photo finish.

(Photographer Varga)

And the air battle of the Scotts!

(Photographer Varga)

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Due to this notice I'm asking everyone to join MerlinRPM's Lounge as early as possible. We should have enough time to complete our races before the maintenance window at 11pm, however if the server drops during a race, that race will be null and void.

OFFICIAL GT5 - Maintenance Notice - Feb 24, 2011

The online service of Gran Turismo 5 will undergo maintenance during the following hours:

Start: 02/24/2011 22:00 EST (11pm AST)
Finish: 02/24/2011 23:00 EST (Midnight AST)

During the maintenance, it will not be possible to connect to any of the online services.

*Please note that the exact times of the maintenance may slightly vary.

http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/gt5news/d5559.html

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Due to connection issues we were only able to run the High Speed Ring race last night.

We will try to fit in the other 3 races on Sunday night, maybe starting a 1/2hr early and/or dropping one of the races.

The big news is the unexpected 1.07 update last night. No more trading of cars of 1,000,000cr. Hopefully this will put an end to the dup'ing community however anyone that had "lent" cars to people can now not get the back. PD IMHO should have given at least a few days warning before doing this.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

I'm a bit slow, but I wouldn't mind giving it a try tonight if there's space.

tomorrow night is the next race.

Whoops.

Just figured out how to play online tonight. Hadn't really tried, I guess.

Any specific car I should buy?

Purchase one of the following and let us know.

HONDA RAYBRIG NSX '06
HONDA TAKATA DOME NSX '06
LEXUS PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 '08

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

PETRONAS TOM'S Lexus SC430

My PSN ID is Viich

I'm aiming to be online around 1900.

Due to the disconnect issues Thursday night we're going to start a 1/2 hr early tonight to try and get some (or all) of the SuperGT tracks done tonight.

7:30pm - MerlinRPM's lounge.

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"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed."-William Gibson
1989 Van Diemen - Formula 2000 Continental

Okay, how do I join Jason's lounge?