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Wiz

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An evening in Western Europe
« on: December 21, 2011, 06:33:39 PM »
Friday, December 23st.

An Evening in Western Europe (Spa & Sarthe 2009 w/ chicane)






Car:  Honda GT500 Stealth NSX***



Time:  Start at 8:00 eastern and run until the Midnight Drive-In
Laps:  5 or more at Spa.  3 or more at Sarthe
Grid:  Reverse based on previous results
Bio breaks:  Automatic 6 minute starts.
HP:  Set lounge to 493 max.
Weight:  1100kg Minimum
Tuning/PP:  Open
Tires:  Testing new tire wear model so we'll use all three types of Racing Tires.  After the races are over, please post in here your experiences with each tire.  Thanks.

***  If you don't have the Stealth NSX, feel free to use any of the Premium '06 GT500 NSX's.  No Epson '08 please.
« Last Edit: December 21, 2011, 06:42:33 PM by TunaWiz »
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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2011, 06:40:32 PM »
Cool, NSX's at fun tracks on racing tires. Looking forward to this.
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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2011, 07:26:55 AM »
Looks like fun!  Sadly I'll be away from my PS3 from today through Monday :'(

I might have separation anxiety!
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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2011, 04:24:11 PM »
The past events that wiz did were fun. So i guarantee this will be really fun.  :D
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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2011, 10:55:33 PM »
this sounds awesome, i'll make an effort to make this!
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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2011, 07:15:17 AM »
As of right now it looks like I won't be able to make it by 8:00.  I should be there around 9:00  If someone is on at 8:00 and could get this going in my lounge I would really appreciate it.  :)

Also,  Metal, send an FR to GTP_Wizard
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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2011, 03:44:53 PM »
Just took this car out for a little spin on these tracks.  Fun as :fuck

Hoping for a good turnout.   :)
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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2011, 03:49:00 PM »
I'll be right there in about 4 hours  :)
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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2011, 04:06:57 PM »
Quote from: DudeTuna on December 23, 2011, 03:49:00 PM
I'll be right there in about 4 hours  :)

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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2011, 08:19:31 AM »
New tire wear = I'm in trouble.

I'm not smooth enough with the throttle, especially with a car like the NSX, so I couldn't get RM's to last past 3 laps.  :o


I may be restricted to low hp, and short races.  :(
 
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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2011, 09:10:16 AM »
Pd has fucked up this time. Tire wear is far too quick now. Seems like it would have been obvious to them if they tested these things first. :-[
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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2011, 11:59:35 AM »
Quote from: BakedTuna on December 24, 2011, 09:10:16 AM
Pd has fucked up this time. Tire wear is far too quick now. Seems like it would have been obvious to them if they tested these things first. :-[

It really is amazing how they don't seem to try things first (the GT Academy time trials early on come to mind).  With the new sound effects, I couldn't hear any of the chatter during a race, only engine noise, so I thought it was just me destroying the tires in the race.  I was unaware of the change in tire modeling so I was a bit surprised when I started losing tire on the 2th lap last night.  When the race ended, I had maybe 10% remaining on the rears and 15% on the fronts. 

Not it looks like every race is going to have to factor in tire wear.  As usual, well done, PD.
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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2011, 01:33:37 PM »
I'm guessing tire wear will be getting more patching. I'm certain we could all adapt to this, but I can't shake the feeling PD will be tweaking this more in the future.

So it probably doesn't matter that the tune and how it's driven have a huge affect on tire wear. Right now it seems any slip between the tire and road surface causes an instant loss of rubber.

Wizard used the RS and pitting to victory vs. RH and no pitting. I was too far back nursing RS without a pit to see how close the finish was.



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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2011, 09:49:53 PM »
Quote from: DudeTuna on December 24, 2011, 01:33:37 PM
I'm guessing tire wear will be getting more patching. I'm certain we could all adapt to this, but I can't shake the feeling PD will be tweaking this more in the future.

So it probably doesn't matter that the tune and how it's driven have a huge affect on tire wear. Right now it seems any slip between the tire and road surface causes an instant loss of rubber.

Wizard used the RS and pitting to victory vs. RH and no pitting. I was too far back nursing RS without a pit to see how close the finish was.





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Re: An evening in Western Europe
« Reply #14 on: December 25, 2011, 09:50:30 AM »
How about nursing R3?


The guy from Malta said R1, 2 and 3 make no sense anymore.
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