PH Forza 5 BTCC championship

[Serin]

Oh damn, this looks awesome! Just the kinda thing Id love to have a go at.

Why do I have to be in New Zealand

[GenePoolReject13]

Where are we racing for the first round? Could the op be updated with the full calendar? Cheers.

[GreatCornholio]

GenePoolReject13 said:

Where are we racing for the first round? Could the op be updated with the full calendar? Cheers.

One more hour and you'll get the lot!

[totlxtc]

GreatCornholio said:

One more hour and you'll get the lot!

Gawd...pull your finger out chap

[GreatCornholio]

PH name	GAMERTAG	Day and time
greatcornholio	EVILHOMER40	Most days
idlewillo	IdleWillo	whenever
ajprice	Adrian Price	Any evening except Thursdays
LiamB	iAmChineseAlan	Any evening after 7
John S4x4	oO John S4x4 Oo	Any evening after 9pm
P I Staker	MadWiIt	Any evening
TheVole	Mattyvole
Totlxtc	totlxtc
Badabing	Baron Greenback
Exton	oo 3x oo	anytime after 9pm
CunnyDK	Sharky Hughes
Vocalexpert	Vocal Expert
GenePoolReject	GenePoolReject
BigJack2008	BigJack2008
NorcoNick	NorcoNick

The full driver list

[GreatCornholio]

Full calendar and race schedule

Series kicks off next tuesday night then will run every Monday for the following 5 weeks.

The lobby will open @9pm UK time and qualifying will start at 9:15pm. Each night will consist of a ghosted qualifying session with a 2 second start gap to allow for clear space. Fastest CLEAN lap takes pole then 2nd etc.
Start of race one will be a formation lap to allow people to get into their starting positions as determined by qualifying.
Start of race 2 will unfortunately. also be a formation lap to allow people to get into starting positions due to the reverse grid option going off lobby points which will also include the qualifying session.

Points are similar to the F1 system. My hope is that the reverse grid 2nd race will allow everyone to grab points.
1st 24, 2nd 18, 3rd 15, 4th 12, 5th 10, 6th 8, 7th 6, 8th 4, 9th 2, 10th. There will also be 1 bonus point awarded for pole and fastest Clean lap in each race.

All pitstops are mandatory and must be taken AFTER lap 1 and BEFORE the last lap. You must declare via mic that you're taking a pitstop and whether its your first, second or last.

Race calendar

Tuesday 15th April Silverstone
3 laps qualifying
Race 1 Silverstone Grand Prix circuit 18 laps 2 pitstops
Race 2 Reverse grid sprint race Silverstone National 19 laps

Monday 21st April Le Mans
2 laps qualifying
Race 1 Le Mans La Sarthe 7 laps 1 pitstop
Race 2 Reverse grid sprint race Bugatti Circuit 11 laps

Monday 28th April Yas Marina
3 laps qualifying
Race 1 Yas Marina Full 16 laps 3 pitstops
Race 2 Reverse grid sprint race Yas Marina South 18 laps

Monday May 5th Catalunya
3 laps qualifying
Race 1 Catalunya Grand Prix 19 laps 2 pitstops
Race 2 Reverse grid sprint race 18 laps

Monday May 12th Spa and Bathurst
3 laps qualifying
Race 1 Spa 15 laps 3 pitstops
Race 2 Reverse grid sprint race Bathurst 9 laps

Monday May 19th Road America
3 laps qualifying
Race 1 Road America 17 laps 2 pitstops
Race 2 Reverse grid sprint race Road America east 17 laps

Well, finally sorted! Get practicing chaps

[LiamB]

Looks great!

Might not be able to make the 21st as I'm riding to Southend for some massive bike thing and I don't know what time I'll be back. Hopefully I'll make it though.

[John_S4x4]

Big thankyou Andy, for getting this up and running. Looks great and should be quite close racing.

Can I ask about the mic, as I don't have one (that works) and use the Kinnect mic, which is a bit 'noisey'. Do I have to have the mic on ?

[GenePoolReject13]

Good track line up, thanks for posting so soon. Not looking forward to Bathurst, I will finish last in that race lol.

[P I Staker]

GenePoolReject13 said:

Good track line up, thanks for posting so soon. Not looking forward to Bathurst, I will finish last in that race lol.

Trust me, you wont.


Started on an easy wee paint for the Civic so it'll kind of look the part and doing some more tuning.

[Badabing]

stumpyalan said:

Badabing said:

Bugger, only hitting 1:14 in my Kia Cee'd...mmmmm, back to the drawing board!

I've put a tune out too share geared for 150mph no driver aids not as fast as some but will help u. gt stumpyalan.

Cheers, playing with the tunes has helped. Got down to 1:13.5 but still of the pace. Going to practice with the clutch shift this weekend.

[GreatCornholio]

Badabing said:

stumpyalan said:

Badabing said:

Bugger, only hitting 1:14 in my Kia Cee'd...mmmmm, back to the drawing board!

I've put a tune out too share geared for 150mph no driver aids not as fast as some but will help u. gt stumpyalan.

Cheers, playing with the tunes has helped. Got down to 1:13.5 but still of the pace. Going to practice with the clutch shift this weekend.

Using clutch and manual will improve your lap times hugely. Not just the faster shifts but the extra control you have.

Racing in this series will also make you faster.

As for tunes, when totlxtc has updated his build on the previous page you could give that a try as it went pretty well in the test session.

[GreatCornholio]

John_S4x4 said:

Can I ask about the mic, as I don't have one (that works) and use the Kinnect mic, which is a bit 'noisey'. Do I have to have the mic on ?

Using the mic is better in my opinion as you can communicate with any others cars drivers in close racing but I'm sure if you speak to the rest of the guys they'll happily call out when you go in the pits. Its worked before so no probs mate!

Dan, sorry for not answering about the joint/team paint thing but yep definitely ok

[Exton]

Cant wait..... still cant decide which car too choose..... theyre so similar lap time wise... I use kinnect john ..... its a right blag as it picks up noises in the background.... ill shout out if I see you pitting

anyone decided what car theyre using yet?

[ajprice]

Exton said:

anyone decided what car theyre using yet?

No, I'm equally crap in anything
Totlxtc's settings have helped though.

[GreatCornholio]

I daren't use Kinect cos I suffer with terminal flatulence!

[GreatCornholio]

My job can be so productive sometimes! Today I've managed to come up with a way to avoid having to do a formation lap in race 2 AND ideas for the next series if this one is successful

[TheVole]

Schedule looks good! One question, no Long Beach? :P


As for the car, I'm sorted. Just need Nick to pull his finger out with the paint now.

[ajprice]

As there's no Kia in BTCC, is any Kia racing or rally car paint ok?

[GenePoolReject13]

ajprice said:

As there's no Kia in BTCC, is any Kia racing or rally car paint ok?

It doesn't have to be an actual btcc replica just something that looks like it belongs on a btcc car, any race style livery will do I should imagine.