I'm out for round 4 now with a back injury. Will see how I'm going with round 5 & 6. Round 7 I'll be away also.
Actually, broke out the old controller this morning and it's not too bad, might give that a try on Sunday.
FYI: will not be racing tonight. Sitting on the deck watching whales go by on Niue. Oh, and a few gins too.
Round 4: 12/08 - Trial Mountain - 24 Laps - Custom Weather - Afternoon - 4x WELCOME to Season 6 for Gran Turismo 7!! As always please take a couple minutes to read the following so you have an understanding of what is expected on race night. If you have any questions, or want clarification on any of the rules or regulations please ask! ROOM OPEN: Room captains may have practice rooms open beforehand but should have the official room up by 7:30pm AEST. Please be on time, or let the room captain or div thread know if you may be late. If all agree, the room may wait for you, Within reason. Please remember we have drivers from NZ, and later starts mean a much later night for them. SIGHT ISSUES: Before qualifying, exit to lobby and spend 30 seconds in spectate mode, scroll through the list of drivers on track and make sure that you can see their car. If you can't see somebody (and they are confirmed as being on track), exit the lobby, re-join, and check again. Type the number of cars you can see in the lobby chat and cross check with other drivers to ensure clarity. QUALIFYING : 8pm AEST for 10 mins. Feel free to run practice laps prior to qualifying, The host will trigger a 'Room Reset' closer to the commencement of Qualifying. PITS ARE OPEN DURING QUALIFYING RACE START TIME : 8:15pm AEST LAG ISSUES / ROOM RESTARTS: This is up to the room host/captains. If there is a Disconnection (or cars stuck on grid) at race start, it is sporting to try to get them back in, which may mean a new room to be set up. I would suggest only having 1 restart if required due to DSC, due to having to set up the room from scratch and also having to set timed laps in order to set the grid. Please be as reasonable as you can with this.... TURN 1 LAP 1: The old saying goes, you can’t win the race on lap 1, but you can definitely lose it. Please be mindful of other drivers on lap 1 coming into turn 1, and for that matter, the entire race. It can be very demoralizing to hot lap on your own for 45 minutes as I'm sure many of you are aware. TRACK LIMITS: As we are running with 'track limit penalties" OFF, we will run with our usual Raceonoz track limit regulations. This means you MUST have at least 2 wheels on the ripple strip OR white line that defines the track limit. If you do make a mistake and have to run outside the limits, be aware that you are not allowed to gain any advantage, position or time wise. Track Limits protests may be launched by any active driver in the race. Track Limits will be monitored at turns 1, 2, 14 and 15, as well as generally around the entire circuit, with a keen focus tonight on overtakes completed OUTSIDE TRACK LIMITS. Track Limits will still be defined as two wheels on the kerb, or white line, whichever is furthest out. CONTACT: Is to be avoided at all times..... If you make contact with someone and gain an advantage, YOU ARE EXPECTED to give the spot back. Occasionally, Gran Turismo track limits may teleport a disadvantaged driver backwards on circuit to ‘reset’ them, if this occurs at the hand of another driver, IT IS EXPECTED that the driver at fault will wait and redress the position. Side by side 'rubbing' is racing is allowed and promoted within reason, but all drivers are expected to give racing room. For clarity surrounding racing room, please feel free to PM @Viperzed Show each other RESPECT! It is difficult enough to drive the car at the limit on your own, without someone squeezing you within a millimeter of the grass. So be patient and show respect to your fellow drivers. If you are redressing contact, please do so out of the way of other cars, off the racing line, or if there isn't much room, off track. PIT ENTRY/EXIT LINES: Pit Line Penalties are ON so you will be penalised in game if you cut any part of the entry or exit lines. Be mindful entering the pits that you will need to dart off to the left prior to the final chicane. On pit exit, cars exiting the lane are reminded to keep left until T1 unless safe to merge right. Take care not to impede cars. BLUE FLAGS: Please observe blue flags, and move out of the way of faster cars if you are being lapped. Failure to observe blue flags WILL result in a penalty STEWARDS GROUP AND RACE PROTESTS: This season, the Head Steward will be @Viperzed. If you have reason to protest, please SAVE YOUR REPLAY, and then let him know via a PM. DO NOT BLOW UP IN THE FORUM OR IN THE ROOM CHAT. There have been multiple incidents where the replays from drivers have been different, so its true that sometimes things are not as black and white as they may seem. You have until MIDNIGHT, Monday night to register your protest via PM. Stewards may ask for video evidence from both drivers or room captains to make any decision. SAVE YOUR REPLAY: If the room host can ask all drivers to save their replay would be good before exiting the room.....once they exit out and the option goes, it cant be retrieved! PARKING UP: If you are unable to continue to race, please enter the pits and leave your game paused without selecting tyres so that your car stays parked in the pits. Parking up off track activates yellow flags in the sector, and even though penalties are off, we have reports of penalties occurring for passes happening near the parked car. Quitting off track results in a sometimes race ending lag spike and may be punished in extreme scenarios. ATTENDANCE: Could all drivers please inform Room Captains or make a post on the division thread if they do not intend on racing on Sunday night, Room Captains/ Lobby Hosts are advised not to wait for anyone who has not communicated their intentions. If you do not post in your room thread or psn chat that you cannot attend, a spot may not be held for you for the following weeks race. TRACK SPECIFIC - Trial Mountain Trial Mountain has been re imagined for GT7, Trial Mountain is now wider and longer than we remember it, meaning it is better for racing! There are multiple sections of track where two cars cannot go side by side without some serious effort from both. Be careful when racing through the pack that you don't run someone (or yourself) out of room!
Mixed race for me tonight, first half I was enjoying, started 9th and was running 7th after Kartdude spun and dsc'd and stew had a spin. I was keeping the gap ahead from expanding too much and was keeping Ursine a safe distance behind. It started to go wrong about half way when I started to get a bit more understeer on the worn RS. It got much worse on the RMs though, I found the car very frustrating to drive and Ursine closed up and I had a big lose in turn 3. That dropped me to last and I just lost ground from there wrestling the heap of sh*t for the rest of the race. Very disappointing.
The first race for me in a long time where I felt like I had the overall pace advantage (only by a little bit) My optimal times in qualifying and race were quicker than the Pole and FL, and I was keeping up with @xlxy90 mostly, but my tyre wear let me down. I didn't get the best start, but was less cautious on lap 1 and took the lead at the end of the back straight. I didn't keep it for long though with xl taking the lead back entering the final esses. Once he started to pull away, @Apex_64 was reeling me in and passed me before the pit stops. But while they both pitted on 14, I stretched the fuel for 1 more and ran out entering the pit animation. I exited the pits ahead of apex, and then set after xl. I did catch him through the stint but it was more towards the end and I think he would've been saving fuel and just ensuring he came home with the win.
All went wrong for me when I spun on a purple lap in quali so decided to put for a fresh pair of boots and didn't realise how long the Pit transit was so missed out on starting a final lap by 1 second apart from that it was a pretty uneventful race for me but managed to make a couple of spots through strategy and a nice wee race with Daz as we were trying to work together to catch up to the podium sitters.
Couldn't quite put together a good quali lap and started 5th. Once we got going I found it was one of those races where the confidence never really came and lapped most of the race with MMC close behind or just in front until I had a tank slapper on the mediums entering the main straight. This cost me 2.5 seconds to MMC and thats how it finished basically. Shout out to MMC who showed outstanding skill following so close and never touching. I felt like I was holding you up but it was good to work together and try and catch the podium guys. Finished 5th
Hi all, In light of the Australian Women's Football teams recent success at the World Cup, the admin team have decided that should we progress to the World Cup Final (to be played at 8pm on Sunday 20th August at Stadium Australia), RaceOnOz will postpone R5 back a week, pushing back all events. Go the Tillies!!
Sorry I’ve been absent for most of this season as have had other matters to attend but hope to be back for the next race as I do enjoy the track, my race number is 85 viper and have made a livery as was told to hahahaha
Well......That's a disappointing end to nothing short of a Magical run through the World Cup for Australia. I hope you guys who have followed it have been as proud of the girls as I am, Monumental tournament for both Australia and Women's Sport! In respect to the fact there is a FIFA World Cup final being held in Sydney on Sunday night anyway, I think it might be best to have a week off anyway. Everyone can take this time to recharge the batteries and enjoy the weekend.
Round 5: 27/08 - Grand Valley Highway 1 - 25 Laps - Custom Weather - Early Morning - 10x WELCOME to Season 6 for Gran Turismo 7!! As always please take a couple minutes to read the following so you have an understanding of what is expected on race night. If you have any questions, or want clarification on any of the rules or regulations please ask! ROOM OPEN: Room captains may have practice rooms open beforehand but should have the official room up by 7:30pm AEST. Please be on time, or let the room captain or div thread know if you may be late. If all agree, the room may wait for you, Within reason. Please remember we have drivers from NZ, and later starts mean a much later night for them. SIGHT ISSUES: Before qualifying, exit to lobby and spend 30 seconds in spectate mode, scroll through the list of drivers on track and make sure that you can see their car. If you can't see somebody (and they are confirmed as being on track), exit the lobby, re-join, and check again. Type the number of cars you can see in the lobby chat and cross check with other drivers to ensure clarity. QUALIFYING : 8pm AEST for 10 mins. Feel free to run practice laps prior to qualifying, The host will trigger a 'Room Reset' closer to the commencement of Qualifying. PITS ARE OPEN DURING QUALIFYING RACE START TIME : 8:15pm AEST LAG ISSUES / ROOM RESTARTS: This is up to the room host/captains. If there is a Disconnection (or cars stuck on grid) at race start, it is sporting to try to get them back in, which may mean a new room to be set up. I would suggest only having 1 restart if required due to DSC, due to having to set up the room from scratch and also having to set timed laps in order to set the grid. Please be as reasonable as you can with this.... TURN 1 LAP 1: The old saying goes, you can’t win the race on lap 1, but you can definitely lose it. Please be mindful of other drivers on lap 1 coming into turn 1, and for that matter, the entire race. It can be very demoralizing to hot lap on your own for 45 minutes as I'm sure many of you are aware. TRACK LIMITS: As we are running with 'track limit penalties" OFF, we will run with our usual Raceonoz track limit regulations. This means you MUST have at least 2 wheels on the ripple strip OR white line that defines the track limit. If you do make a mistake and have to run outside the limits, be aware that you are not allowed to gain any advantage, position or time wise. Track Limits protests may be launched by any active driver in the race. Track Limits will be monitored generally around the entire circuit. Track Limits will still be defined as two wheels on the kerb, or white line, whichever is furthest out. CONTACT: Is to be avoided at all times..... If you make contact with someone and gain an advantage, YOU ARE EXPECTED to give the spot back. Occasionally, Gran Turismo track limits may teleport a disadvantaged driver backwards on circuit to ‘reset’ them, if this occurs at the hand of another driver, IT IS EXPECTED that the driver at fault will wait and redress the position. Side by side 'rubbing' is racing is allowed and promoted within reason, but all drivers are expected to give racing room. For clarity surrounding racing room, please feel free to PM @Viperzed Show each other RESPECT! It is difficult enough to drive the car at the limit on your own, without someone squeezing you within a millimeter of the grass. So be patient and show respect to your fellow drivers. If you are redressing contact, please do so out of the way of other cars, off the racing line, or if there isn't much room, off track. PIT ENTRY/EXIT LINES: Pit Line Penalties are ON so you will be penalised in game if you cut any part of the entry or exit lines. Be mindful entering the pits that you will need to dart off to the right relatively quickly after the final corner. On pit exit, cars exiting the lane are reminded to keep right until T1 unless safe to merge right. Take care not to impede cars. BLUE FLAGS: Please observe blue flags, and move out of the way of faster cars if you are being lapped. Failure to observe blue flags WILL result in a penalty STEWARDS GROUP AND RACE PROTESTS: This season, the Head Steward will be @Viperzed. If you have reason to protest, please SAVE YOUR REPLAY, and then let him know via a PM. DO NOT BLOW UP IN THE FORUM OR IN THE ROOM CHAT. There have been multiple incidents where the replays from drivers have been different, so its true that sometimes things are not as black and white as they may seem. You have until MIDNIGHT, Monday night to register your protest via PM. Stewards may ask for video evidence from both drivers or room captains to make any decision. SAVE YOUR REPLAY: If the room host can ask all drivers to save their replay would be good before exiting the room.....once they exit out and the option goes, it cant be retrieved! PARKING UP: If you are unable to continue to race, please enter the pits and leave your game paused without selecting tyres so that your car stays parked in the pits. Parking up off track activates yellow flags in the sector, and even though penalties are off, we have reports of penalties occurring for passes happening near the parked car. Quitting off track results in a sometimes race ending lag spike and may be punished in extreme scenarios. ATTENDANCE: Could all drivers please inform Room Captains or make a post on the division thread if they do not intend on racing on Sunday night, Room Captains/ Lobby Hosts are advised not to wait for anyone who has not communicated their intentions. If you do not post in your room thread or psn chat that you cannot attend, a spot may not be held for you for the following weeks race. TRACK SPECIFIC - Grand Valley Highway Another awesome return of a GT classic, Rooz returns to an entirely remastered Grand Valley, now featuring the cliffside views of the USA's West Coast. GT faithfuls are torn in half by the remodelling, some just happy to have the circuit return in someway, while most feel GV has been stripped of its heart and soul in GT7.... Sentimental points aside, Grand Valley is a tough track with few clear cut passing opportunities other than T1 and T6. Stepping off the beaten track here will result in catastrophic time loss and likely the end of any good result. Be careful not too get too optimistic on the brakes into T6 and treat the final chicane with the respect it deserves!
