Season 12: Division 1 (Apex King's)

Yeah saw that joe, was bummed for you. Hate the DSC.

Shame you don't have spa, is a cracker track to race at. Hopefully see you on track again soon.

Good racing with you Joe, see you next season.

To clarify, the rules for Spa are:

Wet race settings: Room set to 0% weather and changeability, but 100% track coverage.

Initially it was my intention to only allow a 1 lap qual (outlap and hotlap). The aim is to start before track coverage drops below 90%, so if everyone in the room can get out on track as soon as it is reset you can do as many laps as is possible until the track coverage reaches 92%. So you should get a second hotlap in. Captain's please keep an eye on the counter, so the start happens at the right time.

Racing rain and intermediate tyres are allowed as well as sports soft in Division 2 and 3, only racing rain and sports soft tyres are allowed in Division 1. So Div 1 can use racing rain tyres for the whole race, or sports soft for the whole race, or use racing rain for 1 stint and sports soft for another stint. No mixing is permitted (eg front - racing rain, rear - sports soft). Div 2 and 3 differs only in so much as racing intermediate tyres are also allowed. So you guys can use 1, 2 or all 3 tyre types during the race. Again no mixing.

Team captains will check the replay to make sure everyone has complied. If you accidentally put on racing hards (which you will need to purchase so as you can access rain and intermediate tyres) or intermediates if you are in Div 1, then you must pit for a set of allowed tyres at the end of the next lap to avoid a penalty.

Finally, please get out and run some laps. This is a relatively short race, but the wet track and multiple tyre options mean that strategy is key. There will be off's and penalties and pit errors, so no matter how far back you are, just keep on trucking - this race won't be over till the fat lady's tonsils are quivering!!

Any more questions, post away.

Have had my folks staying all week, so apart from a messy run on Friday night in the Amuse, I've not touched GT5. Had planned on doing a quick test before tonight to check settings, but that hasn't happened until now. When I initially tested the wet track settings, they did seem pretty consistent, but after a couple of test sessions today it proved to be less consistent than I remember.

As has been mentioned, it dries quick. So the initial aim was to start the race with around 90% track coverage. This may be very hard to achieve with a full grid, so please as soon as the captain resets the room for qual, get out on track and hook in.

I expect the 3 rooms to have trouble in the wet, but Div 1 should cope the best. Cyber or I will start the race when coverage hits 90% whether (or weather...) you have finished your hotlap or not. Remeber Div 1, NO INTERMEDIATES!! Racing Wet or Sports soft only.
For Div 2, Stumbles will start the race when track coverage has reached 85%. For Div 3, Clevo can leave it run up to 80% before starting the race. Stumbles and Clevo may start the race sooner if everyone in the room has finished a hotlap.
Good luck lads, let's make it a good end to the season!

Well done to the Apex Kings! What a season. We had 3 clear stars this season, but more importantly, we had a minimum of 9 drivers for each and every race. Please come back next season boys, old rivalries to be re-ignited and new rivalries to be found. We might see a bit of a grid shuffle for next season, a few guys from div 2 coming up and a few from here may drop down, but this is a really solid group of drivers and has been my favourite season in the Sunday league.

Cheers lads!

Now for the boring stuff, Warrior stormed home in the last lap to nab the win with Musta 0.038 seconds behind! Musta got pole and Warrior nabbed fastest lap again.

The rest of us put our heads down and tried to stay on track. Can I say I love this track!
From my calculations, there won't be much of a change to the ladder after this round, so the Div 1 Season 12 Champion is Warrior! Well done man, that right foot of yours is worth bottling. Musta and Rotor have kept Warrior honest all season, and deserve plenty of kudos as well. Warm up your Citroen's boys, let's get into Season 13!!

It was a great comeback Rotor, well done. Couldn't switch on either set of tyres when they were cold, threw away stacks of time after the pitstop especially. Don't remember much about the first corner mate, other than there were cars everywhere and I couldn't see due to the spray!!

Any DSC's?