Season 4 car discussion

Thanks Hat...had been meaning to set this up ......

Some of the guys have covered this dj, and just to clarify....... taking from the season 2 testing we did

- after EXTENSIVE tire testing, we found that with the tuning prohibited, there were still occasions where drivers couldn't get fresh rubber when needed, and we couldn't replicate the issue to find a fix. This was after Giant created a new account to replicate a new car coming into the lobby. Even with the fuel "issue" being present (low fuel) in his car, he was able to get new tires when pitting, which was the complete opposite to what happened to BlueXR8 and Rotor the night before. Put simply, we couldnt replicate the issue, and try to find a fix....meaning there was a "chance" that drivers would be disadvantaged during the season. In this regard we felt that tuning, and the freedom to change tires openly could help to negate this possible issue.

- Rain tires. We found in testing last night that some of the guys were going through the rain tires last night in 1 lap, while others were wearing as normal. The lobby was non tune and we had the 4 weather slots set to different settings. This will need more investigation before round 4 to see what may have caused the issue, HOWEVER, with the weather set to "rain" with no slots selected (rain was the only option) there didnt seem to be any issues with tire selection or wear.

- The fuel issue. As has been highlighted by a few on here, there is a way around not having the default 90L of fuel for both qualifying and the race. We initially believed that this issue saw the tires not being changed when needed, but this was disproved last night. We agreed that having 1 driver on 45 ltrs for the race while everyone else is on 90l is an unfair advantage. For this reason, its only fair that we level this playing field as much as we can, and everyone will be advised of how much fuel you will need for the race, so you can put it in your strategy.

Unless someone can show me/us how we can get around these issues for a non-tune series, then we will have to allow tuning. Its common knowledge i am not a fan of it, as its been proven that the guys with a fast tune generally get the lollies, however i dont see a way around it at this stage UNLESS WE TURN OFF WEAR AND FUEL

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As for S4 cars......all i will say is that please remember along with all the tuning and track requests, we need to TRY to get a car that all drivers, of all standards, can handle........whatever that is i dont know

My preference is a race car......however i think we need to start a road car/race car poll to get the ball rolling and dismiss one or the other.
V8SC.......field seemed to spread very quick in the few races i have done in it.
Aston GT4 seemed pretty good last time we tested it

Cows suggestion...great from all reports

DJ suggestion.....looks fast !

Slambo...P1 mclaren and Evo


V8 Power...escort MK 1

Gumpert apollo....spidey11

Ginetta GT4...Vardz



Please keep all discussions calm and on topic please

yeah, will get a poll set up today sometime

the whole "allow DLC" thing is a tough one....generally we havent allowed it as there have been a lot of members who (for 1 reason or another) havent had access to the DLC content. Not sure what else to say, other than if evryone is willing and able to use DLC, then i cant see why not. If there are a few that cant, then we will stay with the freely available ones.