Hello all,

To celebrate the success the Spec Miata Championship had this year, and it's huge growth exceptions for next year, we will be doing a 6 night:
"GT5 Spec Miata Championship"


*Please note the rules/regulations/restrictions in this GT5 race series are in no way representative of the rules/regulations/restrictions in the real ARMS Spec Miata Championship.

Preferred car is the:
Mazda Roadster Touring Car '11**
**=Downloadable Content

Permitted cars are:
Mazda Eunos Roadster (NA Special Package) '89*
Mazda Eunos Roadster J-Limited (NA) '91*
Mazda Eunos Roadster J-Limited II (NA) '93
Mazda Eunos Roadster S-Special I (NA) '95
Mazda Eunos Roadster SR-Limited (NA) '97
Mazda Eunos Roadster V-Special II (NA) '93
Mazda Eunos Roadster VR-Limited (NA) '95
Mazda MX-5 (NA) '89
Mazda MX-5 1.8 RS (NB, J) '98
Mazda MX-5 1600 NR-A (NB, J) '04
Mazda MX-5 1800 RS (NB, J) '00
Mazda MX-5 1800 RS (NB, J) '04
Mazda MX-5 J-Limited (NA, J) '91
Mazda MX-5 J-Limited II (NA, J) '93
Mazda MX-5 Miata (NA) '89
Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8 RS (NB, J) '98
Mazda MX-5 Miata 1600 NR-A (NB, J) '04
Mazda MX-5 Miata 1800 RS (NB, J) '00
Mazda MX-5 Miata 1800 RS (NB, J) '04
Mazda MX-5 Miata J-Limited (NA, J) '91
Mazda MX-5 Miata J-Limited II (NA, J) '93
Mazda MX-5 Miata S-Special I (NA, J) '95
Mazda MX-5 Miata SR-Limited (NA, J) '97
Mazda MX-5 Miata V-Special II (NA, J) '93
Mazda MX-5 Miata VR-Limited (NA, J) '95
Mazda MX-5 S-Special I (NA, J) '95
Mazda MX-5 SR-Limited (NA, J) '97
Mazda MX-5 V-Special II (NA, J) '93
Mazda MX-5 VR-Limited (NA, J) '95
Mazda Roadster 1.8 RS (NB) '98
Mazda Roadster 1600 NR-A (NB) '04
Mazda Roadster 1800 RS (NB) '00
Mazda Roadster 1800 RS (NB) '04
Mazda Roadster RS (NC) '07*

*=Available in the New Car Dealership


Tuning Restrictions:
480pp
Racing Hard Tires

Race Restrictions will be:

-No ASM
-No Skid Recovery Force
-No Active Steering
-Tire Restrictions (see above)
-Weight Restrictions (None)
-HP Restrictions (None)

ABS will be permitted
False Starts will be enabled
Driving Live will be permitted
Off Track Grip will be set to Real
Penalties will be set to None
Damage will be set to Low
Slipstream will be set to Low

The first race of the night will be a random grid. The following races will all be reverse grid based on the previous race results.

Point structure for the GT5 Spec Miata Championship:

1st 25
2nd 20
3rd 16
4th 13
5th 11
6th 10
7th 9
8th 8
9th 7
10th 6
11th 5
12th 4
13th 3
14th 2
15th 1
16th 1


Bluetooth Headsets Strongly Recommended!
I can't stress that enough! Any Bluetooth headset will work, just make sure to pair it with your PS3. Futureshop has a good selection as well.


Schedule and Tracks
Each race will be 35-40km in distance.
(I will have the next (upcoming) custom track shared so people can practice before the race night)


Thursday Nov 10th - 8pm
Autumn Ring / Reverse
Tsukuba
Mt. Eunos (Custom Track)

Sunday Nov 13th - 8pm
Cape Ring
Nürburgring GP/D
Mt. Shima (Custom Track)

Thursday Nov 17th - 8pm
Postponed due to PSN Outage

Sunday Nov 20th - 8pm
Trial Mountain Circuit / Reverse
Road Course – Indy
Rural Route 220 (Custom Track)

Thursday Nov 24th - 8pm
Tokyo R246
Côte d’Azur
Rural Route 396 (Custom Track)

Sunday Nov 27th - 8pm
Grand Valley East Section / Reverse
Suzuka Circuit East Course
Mt. Aki (Custom Track)

Thursday Dec 1st - 8pm
Eiger Nordwand Track Short Track
Rome / Reverse
Laguna Seca Raceway



Please provide your car # and livery (body/rims) below.
EG #99 White/Silver



Any questions please let me know.

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

#26 Blue / Black

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

Oh man, if I had one of these things I could make all but one night, but alas, I will wait til AMP opens in May.

Nuts, going to miss all of this one. Something about finding me this month involving map references.

Good, lend me your PS3 and GT5, I'll give it a go.

#36 Blue / yellow

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2013 BMW 128I - 2 DS

Here's me...

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

I'm in...somehow...and I ain't moving over for no one anymore !!!

You want to pass me...you can wait till I crash...which should be the first corner!!!

All I need is a little practise !

Just running some test on the Miata's for Thursdays race...

I may be in, I'm installing the pack now. As soon as I'm set up with the car I'll let you guys know. I may not be able to get on right at 8, that's the time I'm putting my kids to bed, but will be on soon after.

Don't worry Jason B, these guys are slackers. We usually don't get started with real racing until at least 830, or until Jason S puts down a pole time.

Steve's right... once I'm on pole I assume everyone else is happy with their setup and we start the race.

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

Just downloaded the new stuff and I could use some help on the track...anyone available ???

Looks like I am car #45 - pearl/blue


All I can get for a fast time at Autumn Ring reverse is 125.203 is that anywhere near close enough to not be a moving chicane ??

All I can get from the Tsukuba track is a 101.868 !

Alright, #13 Blue / Green wheels. I really wish you were able to work with the decal package on the cars in this game!! Looks like I'll see you guys Thursday night! Time to get some time into the new car.

Miata TC # 9 Lime Green/Silver

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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)

Oh, by the way Kevin, that is about right where I'm at, so even if the time isn't up there, at least we'll have some good racin! I'd love to pick up a wheel and pedal set someday, but I'm still rockin the controller!!

Hey Jason...good to hear.

BTW...I have a Logitech Driving Force Pro wheel and pedal set and on the box it says for the ps2 and GT 4 but it works great on the PS3 and GT 5...just tried it out. Makes more "noise" then the G 27 but feels good.
Only issue is there appears to be a "loose" connection in the USB wire that will cause it to go into calibration mode if moved about.

I have no use for the wheel so it's FREE to anyone on this forum who wants it.

BTW...anyone have any use for an Xbox 360 wheel and pedal set ?

Just trying to post a pic of me and my car...


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I've been looking around, while considering buying Forza 4
Is the free wheel compatible with 360?

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Money ---> Heat and Noise

MMSC #12/ASP

I don't think so Mike...but I do have a Microsoft xbox 360 wheel that will work...$25.00 ?

Very nice!

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

Which wheel is it?

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Money ---> Heat and Noise

MMSC #12/ASP

How many wheels are there for the xbox...this one is wired.

Looks like this but the pedals are both black.


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I know there's a wireless one with no shifter... other than that, I have no idea
Anywho, I'll happily take it off your hands
Coming to NB any time soon? I imagine it'll be a few weeks before I'm in NS next

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Money ---> Heat and Noise

MMSC #12/ASP

To those who want to participate but don't have the DLC yet...

The Mazda Roadster RS (NC) 07 with all the "toys" installed is just as quick as the TC model...in my opinion and maybe more "fun" to drive fast!!

..."Lets get ready to RUMBLE"...

I played around last night, and with grip set to "real", I could not do much better. My best was a low 125 on Autumn Ring Reverse and low 101 on Tsukuba.



Last night I was switching between the '11 TC and '07 RS, and on both tracks I got slightly faster lap times in the '07. It's more of a handful, but was faster for me. So now I'm torn between which one to use.

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

Scott its "easier" to put down consistent times in the TC and less of a chance to spin out after 10 laps of hard racing with "those other guys" !!

Jason...how do we get to the Mt Eunos (custom track) for a little track time to do set up ??

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Actually, in order to achieve '07 lap times in the TC, I've had to go with an overly aggressive setup which made it loose a lot of its stability. So it's pretty much a wash.

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1997 Talon TSi AWD
2008 EVO X MR

Kevin, I have it "shared" right now so if you goto my profile and select "shared tracks" I believe you can download it.

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

As I haven't raced with any of you online before, what profile name am I looking for? Mine's Rascusfinkus BTW, lol