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"SVTyler" (svtyler) 07/25/2015 at 16:00 • Filed to: Fourza

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Give me a few minutes to set up my Internet and we’ll be ready to go.

We’re at Sears Point Sonoma Infineon this weekend, target lap time’s 1:43.5 on the long course (series post originally said we’d do the NASCAR circuit but I as Fourzafuhrer decided that might make the race too boring since there’s really not all that many passing opportunities running that configuration).

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for anyone new or wanting to know more; it’s early in the season so there’s still plenty of time to join. Message me here on Oppo or XBL (I’m mackleroy45) and I’ll get you in the car club if you aren’t already a member.

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nich > SVTyler 07/12/2015 at 19:57

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Isn’t this race on the 25th?

SVTyler > nich 07/12/2015 at 22:13

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Yep, just made it way in advance and why this isn’t posted to Oppo proper just yet. Last year I got lazy making the pre-race posts and I’m trying to avoid doing something similar this year.

IDDaVo - Now has a Toy Yoda > SVTyler 07/13/2015 at 20:25

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I realize the race is a ways away, but I can’t seem to get a faster time than 1:44.2. Yes, even with BOP adjustments. I’m not sure why. I’ve tried several different cars/setups.

SVTyler > IDDaVo - Now has a Toy Yoda 07/13/2015 at 23:01

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Even with aspiration conversions and stuff? I can walk the time back a bit if you’d like, shouldn’t be a problem this far ahead.

IDDaVo - Now has a Toy Yoda > SVTyler 07/13/2015 at 23:45

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Yeah, It seems as though adding horsepower isn’t giving me faster times unless I were to add a ridiculous amount, but it gets to be too much and the car feels on edge and inconsistent. I don’t fully understand it I may just need to find a sweet spot in power, but me and Infineon don’t get along.

IDDaVo - Now has a Toy Yoda > SVTyler 07/14/2015 at 00:31

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Now I am hitting that time with the Camaro SS.

SVTyler > IDDaVo - Now has a Toy Yoda 07/14/2015 at 02:25

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What PI are you at? Like I said I can drop the time a bit if the car’s too much of a handful.

IDDaVo - Now has a Toy Yoda > SVTyler 07/14/2015 at 10:29

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615 the only engine upgrade I have on is a exhaust, but I also have a race transmission.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > SVTyler 07/16/2015 at 20:30

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Missed the first race due to being in the back of van somewhere in Maryland, but I’ll be there for this one.

Just a reminder of what to expect...

Viggen > SVTyler 07/20/2015 at 20:41

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My first car!

SVTyler > Viggen 07/20/2015 at 22:25

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Seems like N-bodies were everyone’s first car lol.

Viggen > SVTyler 07/20/2015 at 22:33

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Had no complains about mine. Even if it was a base SE model in gold with a brown interior. Tough little car.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > SVTyler 07/21/2015 at 00:41

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I JUST FUCKING REALIZED THAT THIS IS A PONTIAC GRAND AM I’VE BEEN CHECKING THIS POST FOR A WEEK TO CHECK THE LAP TIME AND MATCH IT AND THE WHOLE TIME I WAS WONDERING WHAT’S UP WITH THE IMAGE BUT IT’S A FUCKING GRAND AM AND SERIES IS CALLED GRAND AM GODDAMMIT FUCKING CAR PUNS IN PICTURE FORM

SVTyler > Viggen 07/21/2015 at 03:20

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I bought my little brother a ‘97 Cutlass for his first car and despite his best efforts to ruin it through neglecting and crashing it it’s treated him well so far too. It’s just an honest, simple car and that’s all you really need early in life.

SVTyler > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 07/21/2015 at 03:44

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u r supr smart

SVTyler > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 07/21/2015 at 03:47

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Also I found this appropriate pic on reddit’s NFL subreddit and I can’t stop laughing at it:

Mattbob > SVTyler 07/21/2015 at 07:19

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Looks like I will have to make some adjustments. I was running 1:50 last night.

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > SVTyler 07/21/2015 at 16:27

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#Fourzafuhrer

SVTyler > RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" 07/22/2015 at 02:22

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Heil mein Reich.

SVTyler > Mattbob 07/22/2015 at 08:11

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Sounds like it, what car were you using? Some of the choices really don’t like Infineon without a bunch of suspension tuning.

Mattbob > SVTyler 07/22/2015 at 08:19

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I was using the 370z. It is shared in the club garage (I dont know if it is synced though) It seemed to like it just fine, I just tend to be a slower driver than you guys. Maybe I will try putting the suggested lines on and see if my lines are bad.

SVTyler > Mattbob 07/22/2015 at 08:40

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It is synch’d, it’s just the second-slowest car at A600 (also one of the worst-handling). I dunno, lines would definitely help and maybe traction control since Infineon has such weird elevation changes in the first half of the lap. Up to you obviously.

Mattbob > SVTyler 07/22/2015 at 08:43

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I’ll try some different cars. I have a few of them spec’ed to your req’s for the series. I’ve been meaning to try out the ZR-1. I’m not really attached to the 370.

SVTyler > Mattbob 07/22/2015 at 09:00

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I’d recommend the ZL1, it handles incredibly well for a 3700lb car (plus it looks badass). That being said something like the 1M or RX-8 would be better suited to Infineon but the ZL1 is a pretty solid all-rounder if you want to use it for the whole series, not just this one round.

Tareim - V8 powered > SVTyler 07/22/2015 at 17:11

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I’m doing something I never, EVER do and thats trading grip for more POWERRR!!!! I’m getting bored of falling behind on the straight and not being able to overtake on the corners for fear of tapping someone and them getting mad :(

nich > SVTyler 07/22/2015 at 19:09

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Also if anyone cares: I’ve had no problem lapping the M3 at A582 around 1.44 and infineon is by far one of my worst circuits.

Mattbob > SVTyler 07/23/2015 at 08:11

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I just found a pretty neat site to check out ideal racing lines on different tracks if anyone needs any help with that. http://www.raceoptimal.com/Sonoma

IDDaVo - Now has a Toy Yoda > SVTyler 07/23/2015 at 18:35

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Turns out I won’t be able to make this race.

That's Engineering? > SVTyler 07/23/2015 at 21:59

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I won't be able to make it this week. I will be moving into my new place this weekend. I will hopefully be able to participate in race 3

Autofixation > SVTyler 07/24/2015 at 21:43

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Where did you post the instructions for people who can’t get into lobbies? I had two people who couldn’t join my Super Hatches tonight.

SVTyler > Autofixation 07/24/2015 at 23:31

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As in didn’t get invites because they weren’t in the club or couldn’t join because of connections? If it’s the latter this link should help them mess around with their router:

http://portforward.com/english/applic…

SVTyler > That's Engineering? 07/25/2015 at 06:34

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See you next weekend then man.

SVTyler > IDDaVo - Now has a Toy Yoda 07/25/2015 at 07:44

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:( See you next weekend then.

EricisDaywalker > IDDaVo - Now has a Toy Yoda 07/25/2015 at 11:39

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Along with RoboReds vintage series mentioned above; theres always the CTSCC for next week: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/oppositelock-f…

EricisDaywalker > SVTyler 07/25/2015 at 11:42

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Here’s a couple photos from the first race:

nich > SVTyler 07/25/2015 at 18:10

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Really fun racing, but from now on I’m just going to assume the target time means nothing?

SVTyler > nich 07/25/2015 at 18:20

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What is supposed to happen is that people build their cars to the target time on hot laps, but because the online lobby makes cars feel so different you get a bunch of variation like that (especially with drafting). For the record my fastest lap was a 1:43.3some in practice, it was just me and RoboRed were in a pack of four for the entire race so we had a bunch of drafting going on. Still, I’ll be taking some points off of us regardless.

So to answer your question, keep building your car to the target time and it should shake out on race day.

nich > SVTyler 07/25/2015 at 18:26

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tbh I don’t think that you should take points off because nearly everyone was below the times, I was just a bit surprised by how fast a lot of guys were running, because my times were right in line with what I was running offline (a few of my dirty laps were a lot closer to the 1:43.5, but like I said, I suck at infineon). I think that in the future something like taking a few points off if someone is more than a half second faster than the target time would make sense though. I don’t want to make it seem like I’m being a dick, because I’m just in it to have fun, and it was a really fun race.

SVTyler > nich 07/25/2015 at 19:18

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Normally there is a half-second or so of leeway so everyone but me and RoboRed’s time would be considered OK, I just don’t want to have a situation where people keep building slightly faster cars to combat people who do the same and it just turns into an arms race. And it’s not being a dick, it’s trying ensure everyone’s having fun by keeping the playing field level, which is about all we can try and do in these races.

nich > SVTyler 07/25/2015 at 19:21

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I’m with ya, just don’t want to make it too serious, because the race was a lot of fun. Also I wouldn’t be surprised if kamp and desu had faster laps, they just got a couple clean ones in so they’re didn’t show on the leaderboard.

SVTyler > nich 07/25/2015 at 20:21

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Yeah the clean lap thing is why we don’t focus too hard on in-race lap times, that and because sometimes you just have a Senna at Monaco moment and have one lap like a second faster than the other ones so it seems like you were doing that all race. Again, not much we can do except trust everyone to be fair and that the fast lap was an outlier.

Also just watched the replay; just fyi all the crashes this race (especially the ones where dudes ran into you at the beginning) aren’t representative of what normally happens in these series, think it was just a tight track combined with a lot of people that made for such chaos. Road America’s next round so we should have plenty of space.

nich > SVTyler 07/25/2015 at 20:26

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No worries, I’m looking forward to the next round. I don’t worry about being bumped into, I’m sure I’ll do my share of it, as well. Anyway, I caused myself my lost positions by running wide and spinning, just glad I didn’t catch anyone else out because it could have been pretty bad.

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > SVTyler 07/25/2015 at 21:42

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So I made a fun discovery today. When you plug in new devices that happen to have microphones, Windows tends to prioritize them over your previous stuff.

TL;DR My new webcam ended up being the mic during the Twitch broadcast so the audio is kinda fucked because it picked up EVERYTHING, while my headset picked up NOTHING. >_<

Also, Xbox decided it wanted to output to only one audio channel again.

EricisDaywalker > SVTyler 07/26/2015 at 08:47

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Ditto, agreed. I think that when the times are within a .5-1.0 second range, you are close enough to the set time.

But, when its a 3 second variance (under and above the time) like we had in the first CTSCC race, thats when you should take a hard look at enforcement of the points reduction penalty. http://oppositelock.kinja.com/sunday-19-july…