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Wednesdays are best for me
I've really been getting into the tuneless stuff. I would actually like it better if it were just one model car. The C7 is a great example of a car you can not tune, yet yields great excitement in a race.
Also, please note ... this is not an attempt to copy that other racing association. This one will be run Tuna style ... no stress, no worries, laid back, have fun ... with pie and bacon.
I'm glad to hear all this positive talk of tuneless things... and class racing. Turns out, TuTu will be doing some classy tuneless stuff in the near future... historical classes from different series and their respective road cars... and by historical, of course I mean the 1990s and early 2000s :D More to come!
In any case, here's a SHAMELESS PLUG TO COME RACE EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT
... when you get cars that are pretty even, you get some great racing. And it's that close racing that I enjoy most.
Camaro LM Race Car cup sounds good and I know someone else here wanted to run those. Nothing wrong with 65. :)
Ahh that's right it was the Scream GT Challenge with the ACR Viper I think?
As a result of the testing I did discover the '04 Z06 and '02 Viper GTS are quite similar with certain fixed upgrades (even at different PPs) so I might be able to find a selection of similar cars that work well together for a mostly stock sports car class we can use for something :).
This might be something like MX was thinking with the original post / concept but it just occured to me today. Perhaps we could do something like what iRacing does with it's 4+ week "seasons" with certain simple spec classes, sort of like a points series where by we keep results leaderboards for each class but more of a drop in thing where the points can be averaged at the end of each week. That way it a class could have a specific day each week to run but also if a handful of people want to run a few quick races any night they can.
As an example for those that may not be familiar with the iRacing setup this is something like what I'm thinking of:
Spec Miata (fixed)
Car: Mazda Roadster TC
PP: 480
Tuning: prohibited (stock + oil change)
Tires: Racing: Hard
Official race night: Monday
Week 1 - Grand Valley East - 18 laps
Week 2 - Rome - 14 laps
Week 3 - Grand Valley East - 18 laps
Week 4 - Rome - 14 laps
STGT Touring Cup
Car: Nissan SILVIA (S15) RM '02 / Acura NSX RM '91 / Honda INTEGRA TYPE R (DC5) RM '04
PP: 515PP
Tuning: Power upgrades, transmission adjustment only (default aero / suspension settings)
Tires: Racing Hard
Official race night: Wednesday
Week 1 - Twin Ring Motegi East - 15 laps
Week 2 - Fuji Speedway GT - 12 laps
Week 3 - Tokyo R246 - 10 laps
Week 4 - Twin Ring Motegi East - 15 laps
Week 5 - Fuji Speedway GT - 12 laps
Week 6 - Tokyo R246 - 10 laps
Basically the concept would be (at least) one quick race per week that's maybe around 20-30 minutes long, on the official nights multiple races could be run if folks wanted or not if there are other Tuna events on the same night, other races could be run any time during the week and if results are recorded / posted then points can be averaged out so it doesn't matter too much if a person does just 2 races on the official night or 8 races in the same class over the course of the week.
At the end of a season's period the classes / cars / tracks could be switched for something different or simply repeated with a fresh start for the leaderboards either way. Specs for actual classes could be kept fairly simple with fixed / prohibited tuning or maybe with generic required tunes for adjustable parts if we're using non-race cars.
The first example is exactly what I'm talking about ... one car, no tuning, everyone has the same car and has the same performance. It's all driver. The second one looks like fun and I would certainly enjoy it ... however, it would not be what I'm talking about because certain cars would fare better on certain tracks. Some folks would do the testing to find that out, others would get lucky, and the field would spread out during the race and would not give us the same kind of doorknob to doorknob racing that we had last night. Still fun. Just not ... insanely tight and fun. :D
EDIT: Ok, wait, now I get what you meant. The second one would fall under the modified category right? Touring Modified? If so, then yes, exactly. Some races would be Stock-UnModified and some would be Open-Modified. Yes. Precisely.
MX
I would rather not repeat tracks, but everything else looks cool. I really like the 3 car group you listed Feldynn.
Although, repeating might be good, with at least three tracks
I like some of PD's own race cars. NSX RM, Z06 RM, Camaro '10 RM, TVR RM, 111R RM, Roadster TC, RX7 TC.
Having a single car series with any of those should be cool. Closer to stock the better.
I like some of PD's own race cars. NSX RM, Z06 RM, Camaro '10 RM, TVR RM, 111R RM, Roadster TC, RX7 TC.
Having a single car series with any of those should be cool. Closer to stock the better.
Yeah, the more I think about it, the more the KISS principle applies. I tend to over complicate everything. But I've learned, start simple, evolve. Maybe the best way to begin is a Stock series and a Modified series, just two categories. Then add more as you need them?
MX
TunaPhreak, eXxBoxfan and myself all just recently finished a roughly year long Viper spec series.
So, speaking at least on my behalf, I would greatly prefer something else. ;)
I like some of PD's own race cars. NSX RM, Z06 RM, Camaro '10 RM, TVR RM, 111R RM, Roadster TC, RX7 TC.
Having a single car series with any of those should be cool. Closer to stock the better.
Yeah, the more I think about it, the more the KISS principle applies. I tend to over complicate everything. But I've learned, start simple, evolve. Maybe the best way to begin is a Stock series and a Modified series, just two categories. Then add more as you need them?
MX
Ahh the KISS principle, to Rock n Roll all nite and party every day? ;D
But seriously what about a fixed / stock series using the Camaro LM Race Car? I've not yet tried the car on these tracks yet to confirm it runs well enough stock but off the top of my head (well from something I was pondering for the Vipers) how about a 4 week season at DRC and Laguna Seca?
who are the snail people? ???
They do have a lot of rules. I'm glad we don't need a lot of rules to not run into each other. :)
Clean fun racing is Good Times.