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A few of us have been getting a race together almost every Saturday night.
In the lounge looks for SoCal SK2. We usually start with karts, then change to Miata's, then?

we start about 6:00pm

I'm Stevec35

See you there,

Steve Coe

One of these days I'll get a PS3 and join you guys... <sigh>

Leonard Cachola wrote:One of these days I'll get a PS3 and join you guys... <sigh>

I assume it's not available for the PC, that's all I have, too.

Rick Brown wrote:

Leonard Cachola wrote:One of these days I'll get a PS3 and join you guys... <sigh>

I assume it's not available for the PC, that's all I have, too.

PS3 with GT5 I think is the only way to get on.

If you haven't gotten on line in a while make sure to long on early and download all the newest required updates

Steve Coe wrote:A few of us have been getting a race together almost every Saturday night.
In the lounge looks for SoCal SK2. We usually start with karts, then change to Miata's, then?

we start about 6:00pm

I'm Stevec35

See you there,

Steve Coe

Is this a public lounge? Or do we need to friend each other or something.
GT5 online newb here....

Morgan Trotter set it up. I think it's a public lounge.
send a friend request to me ( Stevec35 )and you'll be able to see where I am by going to my profile

its a public lounge. I set it up so anyone can join. but if you friend us its easier to find.

Im "Mtrotter61"

Oh Morgan Trotter & Steve Coe are playing?

Cheater Car Central, Live! :gpower:

Morgan's the cheater, I'm the good one ;)

at least im not an "indoor asian".

Fix your crib notes, cheater: it's not indoor Asian, it's Indoor Filipino!

Jason you are my new hero, Larry you really have stepped up your game, Martin you're the new alien, Morgan... uh... well... better luck next time.


what's an indoor Asian/Filipino?

Steve

I logged in late, and then couldn't find you guys. I did send friend requests to Steve and Morgan though, so next time!

Great to hear Max. Morgan or I will let know about next time.

We were on from about 6:30pm to 11:00pm

Steve Coe wrote:Great to hear Max. Morgan or I will let know about next time.

We were on from about 6:30pm to 11:00pm

I also sent friend requests (sprite42). I couldn't find the room from 6:45 to about 8:00....

Didn't you guys want an old guy to finish last---thanks for being so nice to the elderly...

Don

Is there a way to see friends in the game? I felt pretty lost trying to figure out how to play online. BTW Steve, I played GT3 and 4 so I'm not a total noob. I was LMAO at you guys to myself... will have to get a headset.

Jason Munchhof wrote:Is there a way to see friends in the game? I felt pretty lost trying to figure out how to play online. BTW Steve, I played GT3 and 4 so I'm not a total noob. I was LMAO at you guys to myself... will have to get a headset.

I know, You did very well at the last C2 GT tourney

Don Salyers wrote:

Steve Coe wrote:Great to hear Max. Morgan or I will let know about next time.

We were on from about 6:30pm to 11:00pm

I also sent friend requests (sprite42). I couldn't find the room from 6:45 to about 8:00....

Didn't you guys want an old guy to finish last---thanks for being so nice to the elderly...

Don

Tech support will be on the way this weekend. I'll even test a couple races for you ;).

I guess I should finally start playing that game.

The one time I went to play online for GT5, it was hard to even find where my friends were; it's not the most intuitive interface when compared to PC online games.

I hope I get this right. Once you added a "Friend Request" it's easier. Don't ask me to tell you how to do that.
Go to your GT home page. Then click on "Community" on the left. This page will come up. If they're online a small green dot will appear in the upper left of their avatar. Click on their avatar, if they're racing an icon will appear next to their "Lounge" icon. Then you click on that. That will tell where they're racing and who's racing with them. This is where my memory is fuzzy, I think there is a button to click on that say "join room" Click on that and you're done.

Hope that helps

Steve

Once you guys get settled in and have a more consistent number of players, you should try organizing a series.

I just finished a GT5 S2000 Challenge with about 15 other players, we raced on different tracks every week with equally modded S2000's. Power was capped at 305 hp and other factors like weight and tires were regulated as well. It's really fun once you find a nice balance and setup. And of course, a 16 car field going 4 wide into turn 1 was quite an exhilarating experience with penalty and mechanical damage set to high, even if it was a video game.

I'm now involved with another GT5 online series that limits the cars to 500 Performance Points (a new feature added). This allows you to add/remove ballast, restrict power, and aero to achieve the PP goal, thus making the playing field a lot more even with proper tire and chassis restrictions in place. And we also announced teams for constructor purposes. Should be very interesting... So far the Lotus guys are dominating the field in practice with their GT Auto Race Modded 111R's weighing in at 800-900ish kg with 240+hp. They appear to have non-existant braking zones

So that's something to think about for the future, since it's always fun to play with friends.

Mike Shin wrote:Once you guys get settled in and have a more consistent number of players, you should try organizing a series.

I think we have our online committee chairman, haha.

OK, Morgan will be out of town this weekend so its safe to go back on the track. ;)
Saturday night lets start at say 7:00pm?

Steve

Tengentially related: San Francisco / Fresno autocrosser Bryan Heitkotter was in the top 32 qualifiers in the "Gran Turismo Academy" competition, who recently were flown to Orlando, Florida for an elimination round. The top 16 are going to Silverstone, England, for a 7 day training and competition in real cars. Bryan was in the top 16, and I think he even earned the most points...

That guy is a sim racing and autocrossing monster.

John Stimson wrote:Tengentially related: San Francisco / Fresno autocrosser Bryan Heitkotter was in the top 32 qualifiers in the "Gran Turismo Academy" competition, who recently were flown to Orlando, Florida for an elimination round. The top 16 are going to Silverstone, England, for a 7 day training and competition in real cars. Bryan was in the top 16, and I think he even earned the most points...

And by "in the top 32", you mean #1?

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32 finalists. 4 rounds. 2 days. And now the top 16 drivers have been determined. It was a great display of sportsmanship and driving skill. Silverstone here we come. Here is your Top 16!


1. Bryan Heitkotter (GTZf_CudaMan)
2. Christopher Roberts (Dr_3Wide_Skills)
3. Jason Miller (R1600Turbo)
4. Andre Gomes (FixByWire)
5. John Wilding (SpecMiata-JSW)
6. Christopher Morton (Z06Fun)
7. Kris Norris (Appalachian_Kris)
8. Gregory Russell (Gar529)
9. Connor Clifford (ConMan_Skills)
10. Phillip Arscott (Doctor_ILL)
11. Nick Fontana (BlindSideFive0)
12. Rich Pratt (ZeroLM)
13. Glenn McGee Howle (Glenn_McGee)
14. Steve Driscoll (Choate51)
15. Sean Johnston (GTP_TheCheef)
16. Jose Cedeno (SebaF1)