Hello all,

March roars in out like a lion with the sound of +800HP V8 engines!
By popular demand we will be having a 3 night NASCAR "Chase for the ARMS Cup" series!



Permitted cars are:

Available:
-Joey Logano #20 TOYOTA CAMRY 2010
-Joey Logano #20 TOYOTA CAMRY 2011
-Denny Hamlin #11 TOYOTA CAMRY 2011
-AJ Allmendinger #43 FORD FUSION 2010
-Tony Stewart #14 CHEVROLET IMPALA 2010
-Jeff Gordon #24 CHEVROLET IMPALA 2011

Taken:
MerlinRPM - 2010 Brian Vickers #83 TOYOTA CAMRY
vincentq4 - 2011 Brian Vickers #83 TOYOTA CAMRY
nd4speed1 - Kyle Busch #18 TOYOTA CAMRY
turbined - Carl Edwards #99 FORD FUSION
stevedp - Jimmie Johnson #48 CHEVROLET IMPALA
svtunderpressure - Juan Montoya #42 CHEVROLET IMPALA
Amonclio - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 CHEVROLET IMPALA
Rascusfinkus - Tony Stewart #14 CHEVROLET IMPALA 2011
sailor923 - AJ Allmendinger #43 FORD FUSION 2011
Albongo87n00b - Denny Hamlin #11 TOYOTA CAMRY 2010
sharrod - Jeff Gordon #24 CHEVROLET IMPALA 2010




SPECIAL NOTES: '10 and '11 models are both permitted, however only 1 person per car #.
First come first serve. List will be updated to reflect choices.

Tuning Restrictions:
-FIXED SETUPS <-DO NOT MODIFY YOUR CAR AFTER PURCHASE

Event Settings:
-Grid Start with False Start Check (Road Courses)
-2x Row Rolling Start (Speedways)
-Grid Order: Fastest First
-Visible Damage: On
-Penalty: None
-Race Finish Delay: 180 Seconds
-Mechanical Damage: HEAVY
-Slipstream Strength: Low
-Tire Wear / Fuel Consumption: On
-Grip Reduction on Wet Track / Track Edge: Real
-No ASM
-No Skid Recovery Force
-No Active Steering

PLEASE NOTE
Damage will be set to HEAVY, meaning if you take damage you will need to PIT to repair it.
Visible Damage will also be set to ON

Point structure for the NASCAR Chase for the ARMS Cup:

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

-We are going to use the NASCAR points system for this series.
-Single bonus points will be awarded for leading a lap and for leading the most laps.
-The winner receives 3 bonus points.

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
3 nights, 2 races per night.
Speedways 50 Laps
Road Courses 25 Laps


Thursday March 22nd - 9pm
Laguna Seca - 25 Laps
High Speed Ring - 25 Laps

Sunday March 25th - 8pm
Indy Road Course - 25 Laps
Indy Super Speedway - 50 Laps

Thursday March 29th - 9pm
Daytona Road Course - 25 Laps
Daytona Super Speedway - 50 Laps


Prizes

1st Place - Gold
Any car in the New or Online Collectors Dealership worth 999,000cr or less

2nd Place - Silver
Any car in the New or Online Collectors Dealership worth 750,000cr or less

3rd Place - Bronze
Any car in the New or Online Collectors Dealership worth 500,000cr or less


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

Please note the following:

-NASCARs are 500,000cr each - Doing a few Seasonal Events should give you enough money to purchase a NASCAR.
In the event that you can not purchase a NASCAR one will be "gifted" to you.

-This is a FIXED SETUP series. Once you purchase your NASCAR DO NOT MODIFY IT!
Any modifications will prevent you from joining our online races.

-We have decided to allow TRACTION CONTROL and ABS even though NASCARs do not have these systems.
If the cars still prove too much to handle we may allow ASM and other driving aids, but we'd prefer not to.

-Damage will be set to HEAVY for this series. Any damage taken will require a pit stop to repair.

-One NASCAR # per person (so we don't have duplicates). In the event we have more than 11 people sign up for this series we will address the issue at that 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

Special Notes on the Points System for this series:

We will be using the NASCAR style points system for this series.

If we have a full grid the winner will receive at least 20pts (16 for Position + 1 for Leading a Lap + 3 Bonus)
However if we only have 5 cars the winner will only receive at least 9pts (5 for Position + 1 for Leading a Lap + 3 Bonus)
I say "at least" because the winner may lead more than the last lap, thus increasing his points.

The number of cars will be calculated based on the number that started 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

I'll be taking #14 Tony Stewart

Sign me up for AJ Allmendinger #43 FORD FUSION

Rob

Done!



If any person "drops" and manages to get back into the room, we will "Red Flag" the race.
(Do they have Red Flags in NASCAR or is it just Full Course Caution / Yellow?)

The Red Flag procedure is as follows:
-When the person rejoins the room the current time index & lap # will be taken.
-No passing is to occur and all cars are to proceed to the front straight but behind the start/finish line.
-In current order, cars will pass the start/finish line to see if any cars are 1 lap behind the leader or more.
-Car order and laps down will be noted for the restart.
-The car that dropped will be placed behind the last place car. (Call this mechanical difficulties).
-The time index or lap count taken will be used to calculate the remaining time/laps of the race.
-Laps maybe added to the remain laps to allow for the lead cars to "relap" the lapped cars.
-The race will be restarted, however the first lap(s) will be used to get the cars into proper order and laps down if needed.
-Once any lapped cars have been "relapped" the first place car will lead as a "pace car" for 1 lap. No cars may change positions until after crossing the start/finish line for the formation lap.


We used almost this exact procedure a few nights ago when someone dropped and it worked very well!

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

Not that it will make a difference to my end results but!!!!....

I'll take Juan Montoya #42 CHEVROLET IMPALA

kyle busch Please

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2001 Bullitt......Not Mine, I Just drive it
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

They have both full course yellow and red, and blue with yellow stripe (faster car / leader approaching, move over), black, (penalty, leave track) Black with red (mechanical issue, leave track) white, (final lap) and of course green and checkered....just so you know!

The flags are one area that I wish was included in GT5. It would make me much more comfortable with full damage and when you get turned and such.

Ha, every series asking for Fords, and then ya run a Chevy, that's funny as hell!!

Kevin just wants that car for 4 reasons:

A) "Hello. My name is Inigo Juan Pablo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!"

B) 42 is "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything"

C) He likes being a bright red giant "Target" (Bullseye)!

D) He's hoping Juan's F1 experience will "channel" into him!



...... honestly that car was my 2nd choice for all the reasons listed above!

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

You do realise that all the cars are purpose built and not "Factory" cars of any kind ???

I chose Juan exactly because he was an F1 driver and I would have taken any car that an Ex-WRC had driven if there was such a beast!!!

Hmmm...and I am unaware if Juan has "6 fingers on his right hand"....

I do know all about Nascar, and that it has gone to sh!t since the "Stock" became name only. But they DO all run the engines from the name on the front.

Juan may be a former F1 driver, but he's also one of the dirtiest on the track, hehe, really takes advantage of having the wheels covered!!

I might join GT5 again for this, #99 Ford Fusion.

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Paul

I'll take the 48. When we do the superspeedways I'm getting a brick to put on the gas pedal and taking a nap though.

Can I get the Aflak duck car? Whichever number.

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2003 Buell Firebolt XB9R 1:19.6 around AMP Shubenacadie.
2009 Yamaha R1 1:21.7 around AMP Shubenacadie.

I'm pretty sure that's Carl Edwards, #99 that Paul took

I'll take #24 Jeff Gordon.

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2013 BMW 128I - 2 DS

I'll take Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 CHEVROLET IMPALA

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2003 Buell Firebolt XB9R 1:19.6 around AMP Shubenacadie.
2009 Yamaha R1 1:21.7 around AMP Shubenacadie.

A few notes from yesterdays test/practice session.

-The 2011 Jimmy Stewart car says 631pp in the new car dealership but it exactly the same stats (weight, hp, trq, pp, etc) as all the other cars once purchased.

-Even with the slipstream (draft) on "weak" it makes a HUGE difference on the superspeedways. Team work and cooperation amongst competitors will be critical, especially if two or more are not in the lead pack. A stray car has no hope of catching the leaders (if they don't crash).

-At Daytona Racing Hard tires will not last 15 laps and when one tire goes and you spin you risk not only damage to your car but damage to other cars, so please pit and change your tires before they let go.

-If you crash, stay where you are until the field passes. Make sure you are not going to rejoin, or back into someone's path. Don't try to move out of the way, just try to stay still until the field has passed. A verbal warning to other drivers that you are about to or have crashed and where would be helpful.

-If you are damaged and/or your tires are gone, please drop below the left yellow line and proceed to the pits. A verbal advisory to other drivers would be of benefit as well.

Final bit of info our NASCAR series starts Thursday March 22nd at 9pm.... rain or shine!
(We've decided to extend the Modern American Car series for a few more nights)

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

*Tony* Stewart, not Jimmy, hehe. But yeah, there is no noticeable difference between me in Tony Stewart's and me in Dale Jr's, so i wouldn't worry about that point. Plus, it won't take long with the length of the races that we are doing to increase that number anyway as the engines break in.

They're all stock cars right, they should be exactly the same...

I'm definitely up for more modern American muscle first though, the cars are pretty fun to drive.

One of my Ai drivers did a bunch of laps at Daytona today to break in my car. In the extreme section there is the Nascar series.

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2013 BMW 128I - 2 DS

Anyone watch the 500 last night? Juan Pablo Montoya lost control coming out of the pits under caution and hit a jet dryer truck causing it to explode causing damage to the track, and destroying the car and the truck. Thankfully no-one was hurt.

Now you let the secret out....

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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 never seem to have the time to do it myself. So I do the AI stuff when I am looking after Aster....................... Is that bad parenting?

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2013 BMW 128I - 2 DS

That's just being efficient!
.... and it's never too early to start exposing them to car culture!

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

She really enjoys Top Gear.

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2013 BMW 128I - 2 DS

Denny Hamlin #11 TOYOTA CAMRY

I'll take my birthday number haha, maybe good luck who knows. If i have any problems with getting this one this evening i'll let you guys know.

What year and what's the exact spelling of your PSN ID?

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