Monday Night Racing is a series of scheduled races designed to help introduce the broader forum membership to some PlayStation MVPs, moderators, and maybe a few special guests, who like racing in Gran Turismo 5 or any other appropriate racing simulator (for now, we will use GT). Think of it as a social gathering, too, so chat headsets are welcomed, to keep communicating efficient.
Monday Night Racing will be an ideal event for someone who has not yet raced on-line before or for any GT fans who needs good drivers to challenge themselves, too. The bar-to-entry will be kept as low as possible, so please join in expecting to have fun while racing cleanly. We will be experiencing as much different content, including new DLC, features and updates of GT as possible, so these events will also help you to learn about GT, to keep actively racing in it, and to meet new racing friends.
The posted time range is for two hours, but some nights it carries on for a while longer, so you have a fairly broad time frame in which to join in on the fun.
Please read all of this post, and the next one, for instructions.
To keep the racing organisation simple and to ensure that a broad range of cars are always used, the weekly events will be a series of general performance ranges escalating through the month (see table below). This will help to keep the racing open for players of all abilities, just so long as you keep within your own capabilities, you stay in your best behaviour, you race fairly and keep it fun for everyone.
Please be sure to know GT5 well enough, too, so that you don't hold up the racing because, quite frankly, the more you fiddle, the less we race.
Weekly race details will be in the next post.
Dates: Mondays
Time: 8PM - 10PM Eastern Time (longer is more common, and please be on time for the first start)
Races: usually there will be 3-4 races per hour of ~15-20 minutes each
| 1st wk | smaller street cars |
|---|---|
| 2nd wk | smaller race cars |
| 3rd wk | bigger street cars |
| 4th wk | bigger race cars |
| 5th wk | something random or specific, including some DLC |
A room number will be announced in the post below after the lobby is created. This way everyone can easily find the weekly group without using up your friend slots. However, only so many can fit into a lobby, so please either be patient getting in or don't hog the room if it is always full because others may be wanting to race, too. Disconnections can be a problem by losing room numbers, though, but we will just have to deal with them the best we can.
Room Number Instructions:
- in GT5, go to Open Lobbies
- scroll down to the round button beside "Create New" lobby and click it
- click the "Specify Room Number" button and enter the long room number given in the race announcement thread
This allows you to enter the correct room, if there still is room for more players.
You can also follow a friend into the room through that player's "coffee cup".
General Racing Rules:
- use normal on-line clean racing etiquette and keep contact to a minimum
- if you mess up someone's race, give them their spot back ahead of you
- keep two inside wheels on the track at all times
- no shortcuting or other bad behaviour, including foul language
- when re-entering the race course after an accident, be cautious of approaching cars
If you wish, go to the topic's options and float this thread, so that it is easy for you to find it and to keep up-to-date with timely info; or subscribe to it; or subscribe to the thread's RSS feed.
Drop by the GT forum, too, and meet the fans who play this fun racing simulator often.
Monday Night Racing Weekly Details
The current On-line Dealership has a bunch of interesting concept cars and this will be a good opportunity to get some pictures, too.
Buy the Mazda Furai, if you don't have one, or check to make sure the one you have is legal. It handles reasonably well for a 500+ HP car, so we will race with timed starts and without tuning again. A bit of practice on when to get back on the gas will help, though. The tracks will contrast wide open and confined layouts.
Racing will start on time, so be early and be ready.
The lobby usually opens between 7:30-7:45, Eastern.
| Date | Monday, May 20th |
|---|---|
| Time | 8 PM - 10 PM, Eastern (or later, depending on interest) Please get your car ready before you enter the lobby, so that you don't slow down the starts! |
| Car | Mazda Furai (avail in the on-line dealership) |
| Track | Grand Valley - Reverse & Tokyo R246 - Reverse |
| Laps | 8 & 9 |
| Tuning? | Not Allowed |
|---|---|
| Perf. Points |
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| Max. Horse Power | |
| Min. Weight (Kg) | |
| Tires - maximum | Racing Hards |
| Tire Wear & Fuel | Normal |
| Penalties | Weak |
| Drafting | Weak |
The room number will be added to this post after the lobby is created, or join through a friend's Coffee Cup.
Room Number: 1472-6118-????
This is an experiment to find out when people can race. Maybe, if there is enough support, we can race longer, so check when you get home.
If players can or prefer to race later, then the schedule can be changed, or we can alternate start times.
It all depends an the amount of support this event gets.
I just saw this event today. Would have attended, but I upgraded my Racing Station to the Black Diamond Edition Racing Station by SWERV_GRIFFIN Enterprises, and am assembling the new Racing Station as I type this post.
Maybe I can attend this Event next week.
Pics of the upgraded rig to follow in the Driving Rig Thread
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