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Title: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: BakedTuna on March 27, 2012, 08:40:17 AM: Wanted to start a fresh thread to make info easy to find. Keep eyes here as cautions are going to be implemented and explained within this thread.

(http://i.imgur.com/TU0AD.png)

Car Formula GT @660 HP on race tires
Where Indy Speedway
When May 20 with actual time TBD
Distance 500 miles(oh yeah thats right)

Entries Undy driver followed by their chosen Indy teamate
DudeTuna Takuma Sato
Metal ?
LastLeafFan James Hinchecliff
Fried Sebastien Bourdais
Ballistic ?
Chrome ?
Ronin Dario Franchitti
Charlie Simona DiSelvestro
dlrws6 JR Hildebrand
TunaPiano Marco Andretti
Baked G Rahal
Nosoks Takuma Sato
GTAllstar
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: Rek on March 27, 2012, 10:01:33 AM: Ballistic /Helio Castroneves
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: LastLeafFan on March 27, 2012, 12:43:59 PM: Are we going to limit the number of colours allowed?

If so I would like Green/Yellow but I have 3 others if need be. I just want to get one car ready and not have to change.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: Rek on March 27, 2012, 01:50:45 PM: Quote from: LastLeafFan on March 27, 2012, 12:43:59 PM
Are we going to limit the number of colours allowed?

If so I would like Green/Yellow but I have 3 others if need be. I just want to get one car ready and not have to change.
Go team green and yellow. It's the only color I have :laugh
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: LastLeafFan on March 27, 2012, 02:01:29 PM: I was actually trying for another colour but when one would come up and looked good I'd grab it. Still don't have the one I was after to begin with.

I'm good with the Green/Yellow.

I can't remember which ticket gives this car? Might be level 23ish. I can send one if needed.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: BakedTuna on March 27, 2012, 03:24:09 PM: Colors and numbers can be repeated as well as the real life driver choices.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: dlrws6 on March 27, 2012, 08:00:52 PM: Quote from: LastLeafFan on March 27, 2012, 02:01:29 PM
I was actually trying for another colour but when one would come up and looked good I'd grab it. Still don't have the one I was after to begin with.

I'm good with the Green/Yellow.

I can't remember which ticket gives this car? Might be level 23ish. I can send one if needed.

Its the level 24 ticket. If any one needs a ticket to get a fresh car for the race just send a friend request to my ticket ID: Spittor. Although give me some warning. I only log in to it every few days.

And if any one is keeping track I'll be back in blue for the race.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: Rek on May 11, 2012, 08:19:01 AM: Still reserving time for this. Any reg updates yet?
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: BakedTuna on May 11, 2012, 11:50:16 AM: My life is very up in the air right now personally and professionally and right now I feel like life is treating me like a baby treats a diaper. My days of organizing anything more than casual drop in events are likely done. This may be a really terrible day getting me to lash out but by tonight I will know if I am up for going through with the event.

My sincerest apologies to anyone that has been planning on attending. This is not where I ever expected to be at in my life:-(
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: CharlieTuna on May 11, 2012, 12:01:47 PM: Not sure when exactly this was planned for but maybe someone can help host it... I don't think it will conflict with the Late Show so I can probably assist if needed.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: GoesTuna11 on May 11, 2012, 12:33:14 PM: Quote from: BakedTuna on May 11, 2012, 11:50:16 AM
My life is very up in the air right now personally and professionally and right now I feel like life is treating me like a baby treats a diaper. My days of organizing anything more than casual drop in events are likely done. This may be a really terrible day getting me to lash out but by tonight I will know if I am up for going through with the event.

My sincerest apologies to anyone that has been planning on attending. This is not where I ever expected to be at in my life:-(

Sorry, to hear about your troubles. Sounds like my life 3 years ago. Just be determined to persevere and don't give up. It might not look like it but things will eventually improve though they may not turn out the way you originally wanted.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: dlrws6 on May 11, 2012, 09:04:00 PM: Quote from: GoesTuna11 on May 11, 2012, 12:33:14 PM
Quote from: BakedTuna on May 11, 2012, 11:50:16 AM
My life is very up in the air right now personally and professionally and right now I feel like life is treating me like a baby treats a diaper. My days of organizing anything more than casual drop in events are likely done. This may be a really terrible day getting me to lash out but by tonight I will know if I am up for going through with the event.

My sincerest apologies to anyone that has been planning on attending. This is not where I ever expected to be at in my life:-(

Sorry, to hear about your troubles. Sounds like my life 3 years ago. Just be determined to persevere and don't give up. It might not look like it but things will eventually improve though they may not turn out the way you originally wanted.

:stoopid:

On the issue of hosting, Baked, if you want I can help or if need be perhaps take over hosting duties. The only catch is I don't have the bandwith to host the race in my room. If a tuna room is available or if some one has the bandwith to donate their room, I should have no trouble tracking the finishing order of both the real and virtual races.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: BakedTuna on May 11, 2012, 09:24:56 PM: Thanks to everyone for your offers of help. But to be honest my head has been filled with many thoughts and none of them involve GT5 so if someone wants to pick up the reigns and run with it thats fine by me.

Not sure how much I will be around the track anytime soon. Will try to keep an eye on the board and get out some. But with so much in my life being so sketchy I really don't know whats going to happen as I go forward.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: LastLeafFan on May 14, 2012, 10:26:49 AM: I hope things will look up really soon Baked.

I will gladly help with the race although I don't know what I can do but I'm there if need be.

It would be nice to get about 10 for this one. Any idea how many are still interested.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: CharlieTuna on May 14, 2012, 11:02:18 AM: Quote from: LastLeafFan on May 14, 2012, 10:26:49 AM
It would be nice to get about 10 for this one. Any idea how many are still interested.

Charlie is still interested. I ran the thing at Monaco a few weeks ago and am longing for the chance to open it up at Indy.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: Brindle on May 14, 2012, 12:49:31 PM: Fried is still interested and am available all day to host if necessary. :)
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: dlrws6 on May 14, 2012, 08:44:47 PM: dlrws6 is still interested... although I'm not too sure about the whole typing in the 3rd thing. (http://i.imgur.com/LmjyBgx.gif)

Any one know of a good start time?
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: Brindle on May 15, 2012, 05:08:58 AM: We could try to aim for the actual RL start time. Of course I don't know what that is... 1:30ish? :-\
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: Brindle on May 15, 2012, 05:22:11 AM: Wow, I was off. Looks like it starts at 12pm edt.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: dlrws6 on May 15, 2012, 06:53:58 AM: That would work for me. That would end the race just about the right time to catch the last few hours of bump day qualifying at Indy.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: BakedTuna on May 15, 2012, 12:27:49 PM: OK here it is my life is still up in the air. But with everything we have learned recently I want/need to stay involved.

Cautions to put simply if more than one car is involved when a yellow is called everyone races back to the start line and then does three yellow laps at 100MPH? If just one car calls caution we race back to the line and run just ONE yellow flag lap at 100MPH?

Also other than that most details short of what time are in orignal post

Also time wise personally wouls think a start at 1 or 2 eastern would work

Also also also who said bump day? There may only be 33 car available unless the Tunas care to put together a little sponsorship package for a relatively unknown driver from SW Ohio :-)
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: Brindle on May 15, 2012, 12:38:16 PM: Forgot about the cautions. We could do a short test race before the midnight show with 1 car and 2 or more car caution.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: dlrws6 on May 16, 2012, 11:42:10 AM: I did a little bit of half brained solo testing last night and I think 100mph will work well. I found 1 lap cautions were producing a lap time of anywhere from 1 min 20 to 1 min 30 depending on how quack I would slow down after racing back to the start/finish. I think that would leave adequate time for the spinner to catch up. I don't think it would allow time for pitting with perhaps thee exception (and this may be a stretch) for a tire only stop. And although I did not test a full 3 lap caution, based on my 1 lap test data, I believe there would be enough time to do a full pit stop.

Also, I have not seen the latest news but yeah bump day may be a washout. With maybe enough cars/engines to fill the 33 car grid. :(
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: BakedTuna on May 17, 2012, 03:07:02 PM: One P.M. Eastern work people?
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: CharlieTuna on May 17, 2012, 04:16:43 PM: Anything works for me...
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: DudeTuna on May 17, 2012, 04:48:17 PM: I'm afraid I won't be able to make it to the evnet, but if I can the time is fine.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: dlrws6 on May 17, 2012, 05:50:26 PM: It works for me
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: LastLeafFan on May 19, 2012, 11:00:08 AM: I just got word that my wife's family is coming over tomorrow and I will not be able to make it to the event.

I am really bummed as I was looking forward to this and had actually done quite a bit of testing for it.

It is a long weekend up here and the weather is beautiful, the pool is at 85 and the hot tub is at 104. I will be thinking of you all and will have a toast to everyone while I'm floating on the pool.

Enjoy everyone and I will try to enter the lobby to see how it's going periodically.

Sorry about the late notice but this is kind of an impromptu gathering.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: BakedTuna on May 20, 2012, 02:14:57 PM: Nosoks
Fried
dlrws6
Charlie
Baked
GTAllstar

This was the finishing order for the Undy.
And Nosoks has chosen his co driver to be Takuma Sato.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: nosoks on May 20, 2012, 06:13:56 PM: great evnet Baked thanks for putting up with us
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: RoninTuna on May 20, 2012, 06:32:26 PM: Sorry, I was not able to make the race. With everything I have been through in the last week my schedule is all sorts of messed up. I question if I even had the strength to make the distance, it was prolly for the best.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: BakedTuna on May 20, 2012, 07:22:33 PM: Hope things are getting better for Ronin. Poor attendence kept you from missing much. Early on Allstar had to drop out with engine trouble. Then I had an unresolved issue with my car that the pit crew could not fix and therefore I was not allowed a pitstop after lap 123. Charlie had gearbox trouble somwhere around 140. Nosoks, Fried and dlrws6 went on to have a great battle. The yellows made for interesting addee realism.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: dlrws6 on May 20, 2012, 07:44:14 PM: Yes, thanks baked for putting on the evnet and great job nosoks and every one else. Regardless of the low attendance it was a lot of fun. I would have stuck around a little after the race but I was discoed as soon as the race ended and the game would not allow me back into the room. ???

Was any one able to get the replay of the race?
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: Brindle on May 21, 2012, 05:11:42 AM: Everyone who was left in the race got disco'd and nobody could get the replay when we went back in. No one even got paid!!!! :'( I needed the money too.

Great race, long as hell, but more fun than you could imagine. Those single and multi-car cautions really mixed things up. If you were in the right spot, you could pit and catch the field under a single car caution. It was close, as one time I never had to slow wile trying to catch up and ended up blowing by them in T1.

Thanks much Baked! Even with the troubles we had, I'm still game for the July and August race. :)
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: ChromeTuna on May 21, 2012, 05:33:19 AM: I need to read more, didn't realize this was going on yesterday.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: Rek on May 21, 2012, 10:34:56 AM: Quote from: ChromeTuna on May 21, 2012, 05:33:19 AM
I need to read more, didn't realize this was going on yesterday.
:stoopid: I dont check in here a whole lot. Is a simple text out of the question? I was looking forward to this :'(
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: Rek on May 21, 2012, 10:37:07 AM: Quote from: BallisticTuna on March 27, 2012, 10:01:33 AM
Ballistic /Helio Castroneves
Even had a driver ready :'(
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: Rek on May 21, 2012, 10:40:07 AM: Quote from: BakedTuna on May 15, 2012, 12:27:49 PM
OK here it is my life is still up in the air. But with everything we have learned recently I want/need to stay involved.

Cautions to put simply if more than one car is involved when a yellow is called everyone races back to the start line and then does three yellow laps at 100MPH? If just one car calls caution we race back to the line and run just ONE yellow flag lap at 100MPH?

Also other than that most details short of what time are in orignal post

Also time wise personally wouls think a start at 1 or 2 eastern would work

Also also also who said bump day? There may only be 33 car available unless the Tunas care to put together a little sponsorship package for a relatively unknown driver from SW Ohio :-)

Dammit! I really need to stay on top of things better. My loss. Sorry I missed it guys. My car was ready and I was ready to cause the first yellow :laugh
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: CharlieTuna on May 21, 2012, 12:22:12 PM: It was a very, very goos time and I can't wait for next year's!!!

(I kinda think Gary was there FUCKING with us... It was a very EMUsing evnet...)

Allstar had engine issues and began loosing power (duh, the 3-in-1 oil they use in GT Auto), hit the wall, and decided to bail. This kinda had an adverse affect on me as I had slowed down to help pull him back to the pits. I found myself down 3 laps. So I pitted and took a real break...

Baked was talking about how bad he had to use the bathroom and needed to pit to do so. So the game refused to let him pit after about lap 100. I was not going to take the chance... Lack of tires and fuel finally cause Baked to park his Tunaco FGT between turns 1 and 2.

On lap 135 I saw a chance to get a lap back when a three-lap caution was called behind me as I headed down the stretch to the starting line. Ironically, at almost that exact time, I got froze on the track just ahead of where Baked was parked. Frozen in 7rd gear at 10K rpm and 202mph) and couldn't un-freeze; even the PS button was a wash. I had to crash my PS3. I took a break during re-login and waited as the PS3 checked the disk for errors - because "I" hadn't shut it down properly... >:(

I came back at lap 168 (and I was glad I had gotten booted because I got to watch first hand the best part of the race). (http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/ss272/james_mikel/STGT%20forum/fv-green-popcorn.gif)

I come back to find nosoks out ahead of Fried by about 2 football fields. Daniel (dlrws6) was back about a half a lap. Over the next few laps I watched Fried as he slowly chipped away at the gap between him and soks (Fried didn't think he had time, But I had done the math and knew he would catch the draft in plenty of time)...

Fried caught up and then he and soks played "No, I'll lead down this straight..." for the next several laps.

I could hear Daniel's quacking getting louder but unless some miracle happened he as going to need a few more laps than were left in the race to catch the leaders.

Then at lap 191 a miracle happened in the form of a one lap caution.

This gave Daniel the time to catch up with the pack again. From lap 193 to the end they seemed to take turns leading, in retrospect I think it was Daniel and Fried taking tuens - with nosoks just watching, waiting and plotting for the right time to show his bare-footed racing prowess.

Lap 200 starts and it is on like Donkey Kong. As they exited the final turn and sprinted down the back straight three wide it was a beautiful site to behold...

It was a photo finish!!!

The race had taken 2hrs 40mins and some seconds to run. Nosoks has won and there was a .092 second gap between 1rd and 3st. Fried was in the middle of the sandwich at .056 down.

It was AWESOME!!!!!! The last sequence of photos would have been spectacular!

And then boom-chacka-lacka; all racers were BOOTED...

Sniper (who also watched the finish) and I were the only two remaining. I looked to see if I could grab the replay (I could see the results) but since I had been disco'd earlier it wasn't an option. As folks returned to the room they checked but no one was about to grab the replay. Bummer...

Kinda like Gary was saying "Ah, that was real good. But now do it again 'cause I want to see the pics..." :D

I personally can't wait until next year... Maybe we can come up with a reason for another long FGT race at Indy before next May... That was really goos fub!!!! Thanks, Baked!
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: RoninTuna on May 28, 2012, 10:26:54 AM: DAMMIT...I should have raced.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: LastLeafFan on May 28, 2012, 10:41:27 AM: I'm all for another shot at this. My wife has promised me that next time I have it booked she can't invite anyone over that day. Unless of course she wants to entertain by herself.

To be honest it was a long weekend up here and entertaining is a big part of that as I'm sure you guys could attest. Imagine trying to run this yesterday knowing you had today off.

Oh well like I said I'm good for a remake.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: RoninTuna on May 28, 2012, 10:45:51 AM: Quote from: LastLeafFan on May 28, 2012, 10:41:27 AM
I'm all for another shot at this. My wife has promised me that next time I have it booked she can't invite anyone over that day. Unless of course she wants to entertain by herself.

To be honest it was a long weekend up here and entertaining is a big part of that as I'm sure you guys could attest. Imagine trying to run this yesterday knowing you had today off.

Oh well like I said I'm good for a remake.

I would not complain as long as it's not early afternoon on a Sunday (I am at work until 2).
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: BakedTuna on May 29, 2012, 07:29:38 PM: Nosoks and Sato 18 pts
Fried and Bourdais 22 pts
dlwrs and Holdebrand 17 pts
Charlie and Simona 36 pts
Baked and Rahal 18 pts.

Congrats to dlwrs your prize will be shipped out as Kaz would say "soon" :-)
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: CharlieTuna on May 17, 2013, 08:01:36 PM: :huh We doin' a 2013?!

Gettin' mighty close. Just sayin'...

:bounce Go Danica!!! (She's the driver I picture most in Undies... :yum )
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: dlrws6 on May 24, 2013, 05:09:26 PM: I wish I had the motivation to play GT5...

Also this just happened...

2013 Firestone Indy Lights Close Finish! Freedom 100 4 Wide Finish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1klmtsWQA#ws)
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: DudeTuna on May 24, 2013, 05:58:56 PM: Incredible finish.

Also, I wish you were motivated to play GT5 too.
Title: Re: 2012 Undy 500
Post by: CharlieTuna on May 25, 2013, 01:45:42 AM: :ditto. We miss you, Daniel.