GT Sport Season 11 Division 4 - Sponsored by PAGNIAN

Round 3: Kyoto Driving Park - Yamagiwa - 29 Laps - 09:30 Cloudy - 3/5 (Renault Sport Heritage Livery Round)


WELCOME to Season 11!!
As always please take 2 mins 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 : Most room captains will 'try' to have rooms open by about 7:50 AEST. Please be on time, or let the room captain or div thread 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.
QUALIFYING : 8:20 AEST for 5 mins. With the x0 fuel in qualifying, we will be using qualifying mode so if drivers are late, qualifying can start later eg 8:25. If drivers have informed that they will be later and room captains agree to wait for them, qualifying can be completed in practice mode, then results saved and fuel rate changed back to x2 then grid set by host. If a driver joins while qualifying mode is active, room captains will need to grab a quick photo of qualifying results, cancel the race and then set grid by host.
In practice mode, once 5 mins has been reached, finish the lap you are on and park up off track.
RACE START TIME : 8:25-30 AEST (once qualifying has finished)

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 always look at 1 or 2 starts if required due to DSC, but as it gets later everyone needs to be aware of getting things going. Please be as reasonable as you can with this....
SIGHT ISSUES: Ensure that you can see everyone on track. 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.

ROLLING START : If a driver has a connection issue, their car has the possibility of not following the rolling start procedure and instead turning in a tight circle/into the wall and holding up drivers behind. In the instance this occurs, a restart MUST happen. If this isn't resolved after a restart, the affected driver can try once more starting rear of the grid. That way if the issue remains, they will hold no one up and can exit track.

TURN 1 LAP 1 : With rolling start, we have more room going into T1, but you should still be cautious not to dive into someone. If your unassisted tap causes someone to spin, you need to redress.

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.
Please be careful cutting T8-9. There is a white line followed by blue coloured tarmac then another white line and the ripple strip. The track limits are the ripple strips, and if no ripple strip, then it is the second white line on track edge.

CONTACT : Is to be avoided at all times..... If you rear end someone and gain an advantage, YOU ARE EXPECTED to give the spot back. Side by side 'rubbing' is racing, within reason, but all drivers are expected to give racing room.
If you bump someone and they end up off track or teleport back to the corner entry, you must wait for them to rejoin and get back up to speed.
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.

TYRES : Racing Mediums

PIT ENTRY : Drivers MUST make an attempt to use the pit entry / exit lines.
PIT EXIT : Please use the pit exit lane and be aware of cars approaching on the straight.
NOTE: Pitting is NOT COMPULSORY

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 stewards will be will be @Hatfield @JonoStan96 @Viperzed & @emmo46. If you have reason to protest, please SAVE YOUR REPLAY, and then let us 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. We will ask for video evidence from both drivers or room captain 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!

PARTY CHAT : With the new party chat feature able to hold up to 16 participants, each division will have an open party chat for those that wish to use it. We recommend this especially to new drivers as they may ask questions about how the night is run or to clarify anything they are not confident on.

PARKING UP : If you are unable to continue to race, please enter the pits and leave your game paused without selecting tyres (or no 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.

HERITAGE ROUND: This round is the Renault Sport Heritage Livery Round, so show off your personal or teams classic Renault liveries!

FINAL NOTE: Could all drivers please confirm their attendance for this Sunday by 'liking' this post in your division. If you are unable to attend, please post in reply as much in your division. This way we can figure out our reserves or if the room can start early in advance.
(ALSO IF YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT ATTEND, PLEASE POST SAYING SO, SO THAT RESERVES CAN BE ORGANISED IN ADVANCE)

With Demo 1 Garage out due to injury, introduring the SUPER B TEAM

@THE_UNDER_STUDY needs to change to a reserve spot so @Chatwin gets a full time spot

Round 3 Results
Qual

Race Results

13 - Easy - 47.20.807
14 - Atom - +15 Laps
Race Timing

Easy - 1.33.430
Atom - 1.33.727

Well Done @Matthyus

That was me mate. My heart was thumping long and hard.

All I can say is Wow.
I truly did not expect my race to unfold the way it did, but I'm super stoked that it did.
My team mates will agree that I was struggling with pace and tyre wear, along with a decent strategy.
However after my first 2 practise sessions, I had managed low 33's, feeling pretty good, although tyres were woeful, I decided to do an @incey and throw a spanner in the works in terms of Strategy and pit lots to ensure I stayed on the black stuff, instead of managing wear. I was going to do a 4 stopper, but glad I did that extra practise on Sunday (without accidents) to see that the tyres were still OK on lap 7 or 8, so decided on a 3 stopper. Also managed to sneak into the 32's during this session.
Still I felt I didn't have a chance of a podium, not with this crowd...

Qual - NOTE - Our qually had tyre wear but we didn't want to re-run qually, so kept it as is.
Blew myself away with a 32.5, a PB only 0.050 from first (without slip)
I couldn't believe that I qualled front row, normally I'm crap at qually. Maybe I have a chance if I just keep it clean and do a @pat65 and steal @incey slipstream for the first few laps

Race
Got off the line
Managed to keep up with Incey and even poke my nose up the inside and outside a few times over the first few laps, when Incey went wide at the long left and I had a crackin' line and zoomed past for first.
I looked back half a lap later and Incey had dropped further back and @VARDZ was on the prowl. I knew given his and the normal front runners pace that I would need to just keep it on the black stuff, but also fast. So I focused the hardest I've likely focused on this game and didn't look at anything other than the track.
I knew my strat, so pitted on 7 for new boots and a tiny splash of juice, thanks Incey
However I didn't put enough in for the strategy I had in mind (8 laps instead of 7), didn't think much of it and just swapped the 8 and 7 lap stints.
To my amazement the gap to 2nd just kept on growing.
On my last pit, I came out just behind Vardz, who I had been watching his pits stops knew he had to make 1 more. A lap later, he pulls over for his final pit stop just as I was catching him.

After that, I just continued to keep my nose tidy and attempted to get FL, but Incey had that sown up.
Stoked to have finally gotten another win, especially with this very fast division.

Kudos to @Chatwin and @Watto64 on their Podium finishes.
See you all next week for the enduro!!

Yes what you said
Seriously, my grasp of the English language...