Hi All, Round 2's weather settings have been adjusted to reflect a temperature issue found in testing. Please see OP to view new settings.
Round 2: Red Bull Ring Short Track - Preset Weather S01 - Late Morning 0x - 52 Laps - 26/02 [RS ONLY] WELCOME to Season 4 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 : 8:15 pm AEDT 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. Once 10 mins of session time has elapsed, finish the lap you are on and stop the car off the circuit somewhere near the start of the lap. PITS ARE OPEN DURING QUALIFYING RACE START TIME : 8:25 AEDT 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, 5 & 6 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. Please be aware of cars exiting T1 and entering T2, If you find yourself in and amongst traffic, Stay hard right. 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 - Red Bull Ring Short Track The shorter, cuter version of the home of the Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring Short lacks major passing opportunities and therefore puts emphasis on Qualifying. Keep an eye on your rear right tire temperatures, they're likely to struggle due to the FF style of the car and the limited left hand corners to put load on. The tire allocation for this round is RS ONLY
I'm not sure I'll make it for round 2. I may get home in time, but rather than stress about it all day, I'll pull out now.
Enjoyed a good race back last night. Qualified in 3rd by a small margin to 2nd felt i could quicker but my tyres got too old and didnt have the pace in them. Never did a race run so i wasn't sure on strategy so i basically just copied leader @xlxy90 when he went in. I was put on the grass on lap 3 turn 2 in a redressed incident, was still a bit annoying though because i felt it coming and did what i could to avoid it. Worked my way through the field back up to 2nd where i ended up finishing. I knew i wouldn't take the win from @xlxy90 but i felt it could of finished closer had i not been put on the grass and also copped a reset for running wide on the final 2 turns (cost about 10 seconds). Looking forward to the next round, its a fun car.
a race of "what ifs" for me .... What if i did not get punted on turn 1 and lost 20 sec ? What if i did not loose 10 sec on reset on last turn ? What if i held on better on that evil left hander on my dodgy tires ? ...so meh ...but in the end ...i liked fighting back to 4th from last ...just to end up in 5th because of that damn left hander... on last lap....grrr ... bring on the next race...
vr headset lost contact with the camera after qually and i didn't get setup in time to make the race start. pretty disappointing return to rooz gran turismo. i have a week to slay the gremlins and give it another try.
Sorry mate, i had no idea we were supposed to wait, nobody had said anything in game or in the div chat
how are you finding the vr in context of quality of graphics, speed you achieve vs non vr set up and nausea / motion sickness ... 45 min plus in one go is a good stretch under vr ....
I've only played Gt7 with be so can't compare. It is much easier to see the track around sharp corners though. I did about ten hours all up on the weekend no problem.
the biggest, actually the only problem so far is how to drink beer during a race, used to be quite good at that, now I can't even find the damn thing with the headset on
You need to set up a sipper hose straight from your keg with a pump then set up a button your wheel to inject endless amounts of Beer at the press of a button. Problem solved. PS I'm on the wagon Haven't had a drink for months. anyone got a beer..
