CAG Gran Turismo 5 [CAG Race Night - Now Sundays at 6PM PST!]

[quote name='SynGamer']I highly suggest getting a mic if at all possible.[/QUOTE]

I agree, it is definitely needed for GT5.

I ponied up for some Samsung one, that I ended up getting for 2 dollars after MIR. It works and I had no problem syncing it to the PS3.

Tiger Direct has one for 15 bucks, but you may or may not have issues with it according to this list.

Check out other online retailers, you can probably find another deal elsewhere, be sure to check the compatibility list first to make sure it'll work with the PS3.
 
[quote name='jello44']I agree, it is definitely needed for GT5.

I ponied up for some Samsung one, that I ended up getting for 2 dollars after MIR. It works and I had no problem syncing it to the PS3.

Tiger Direct has one for 15 bucks, but you may or may not have issues with it according to this list.

Check out other online retailers, you can probably find another deal elsewhere, be sure to check the compatibility list first to make sure it'll work with the PS3.[/QUOTE]

Target clearance for a Bluetooth mic if they have any.
 
[quote name='Mad39er']Hey smthng, did you ever get all the cars?[/QUOTE]

Not quite yet. I've got all but a couple of premiums that are going to run me 15-20 million a piece and there are 8 standards that are too expensive to trade. The one tradeable I'm still missing is the Lancer Evolution IV Rally Car '97. The UCD hasn't been good to me recently. :( Of course, it doesn't help that I'm spending a lot of time with Portal 2. ;)
 
Just a quick note in case anyone hasn't been checking the PS blog today... go get your firmware update. Took me about 20 minutes to download, so start now. The Sony blog says the PSN should start rolling out "now", but their status map doesn't show anything live yet. Edit:pSN is now alive in the US.
 
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[quote name='smthng']Just a quick note in case anyone hasn't been checking the PS blog today... go get your firmware update. Took me about 20 minutes to download, so start now. The Sony blog says the PSN should start rolling out "now", but their status map doesn't show anything live yet. Edit:pSN is now alive in the US.[/QUOTE]
PSN+ FTMFW. It pushed the update so I didn't have to DL it, yay avoiding long DL times.
 
I know jello has Sunday issues but anybody else for tonight? I'll throw up a set of MR, Kei and FF races in the 450PP range. If not I'll just keep playing Socom 4, getting plenty of practice with my insurgent skills.
 
Post up what cars we are going to race with. I'll be ready to race tonight.

BTW we gonna have an f1 race? A good amount of us should have one by now.
 
I haven't touched GT5 all that much, I'll host an F1 race it but I don't have one as of now. 9pm EST start time.
 
I just got done playing in a random room...

EDIT: I put a room just just to start collecting people. Send an invite when you get online Mad.
 
Keep trying. It's online. I've heard reports of just spamming the sign in and it will work. Also, if you can, just join my room to see if we can get that far.
 
[quote name='Mad39er']PSN down for maintenance after I reset my router, meh wtf. Now I can't even play Socom 4 online :([/QUOTE]


I'm having the same problem.
 
Had a great time racing with Smthng and eventually Mad tonight. Would have liked to of seen more CAGs and fewer (ie: none) public racers but we found a great PP for High Speed Ring that provided some really close racing. We definitely need to hook up sometime this week.
 
Likewise! I went back into the tuning shop and may have found the sweet spot for the 635 PP races... the GT shall return! :)
 
Anyone interested in some potential racing ~9pm CDT tonight? Mad, J-Cart - put up the Socrack for an hour. :)

Been wanting to pop this back in since the PSN came back online and have not yet.
 
Anyone can start earlier....I may be able to be on at 8:30ish CDT, but not much sooner. I have kid duty tonight and he's banned from the PS3 for being an @ss to mom after she beat him in a race on Joe Danger. Nothing like a 4 year old flopping on the floor when mom beats him in a race. At least he didn't throw the controller that time. :)
 
[quote name='jmbreci']Anyone can start earlier....I may be able to be on at 8:30ish CDT, but not much sooner. I have kid duty tonight and he's banned from the PS3 for being an @ss to mom after she beat him in a race on Joe Danger. Nothing like a 4 year old flopping on the floor when mom beats him in a race. At least he didn't throw the controller that time. :)[/QUOTE]
Better beat the demons out of that boy, he's possessed. :twisted:

I dunno if I'll be around or not, mentally speaking anyway. I've got zero ability to concentrate on the things I want to focus on right now. I really haven't been in a driving mood since Sunday with those idiot randoms.
 
[quote name='SynGamer']I take it things got worse after Smthng and I left?[/QUOTE]
I just don't like fucktards that PIT to pass.
 
jmbreci said 9 CST... which is 10 EST. But, I'll jump on if you're up for it. I just blew up my database of movie files, so I can't watch anything till it rebuilds anyway. :S
 
Good racing. I actually pulled off 2 pretty good moves. One was the 3 wide in the chicane. The other was the first rally race at the end. Someone(I forget who )went to my inside around the turn and I slung under him as he slid a little wide. May have been slightly illegal pass but I'll take it:cool:
 
You need a mic! Any BT should work if you come across one for $10-$15 sometime. Otherwise, great races indeed. High Speed Ring @635PP was a blast (again). And those SX4 Suzuki's on Tsubasa were definitely fun. We'll have to use them again elsewhere, I believe Smthng suggested a snow track...Sunday?
 
Good racing! The three wide chicane was an impressive feat for all involved. I'm still amazed that didn't get real ugly.

I did like the SX4s as well, but I think we also need another HKS race sometime soon.

I'm good with Sunday for either or both!

Syn... there's a little something in your gift box. :p
 
Figured I'd whip this list up for future reference when Mad calls another K-car race... All official Kei cars:

  • Daihatsu Copen Active Top '02
  • Daihatsu Copen Detachable Top '02
  • Daihatsu Cuore TR-XX Avanzato R (J) '97
  • Daihatsu Midget II D type '98
  • Daihatsu MIRA TR-XX Avanzato R '97
  • Daihatsu MOVE Custom RS Limited '02
  • Daihatsu MOVE CX '95
  • Daihatsu MOVE SR-XX 2WD '97
  • Daihatsu MOVE SR-XX 4WD '97
  • Daihatsu OFC-1 Concept '07
  • Honda BEAT '91
  • Honda BEAT Version F '92
  • Honda BEAT Version Z '93
  • Honda LIFE STEP VAN '72
  • Honda N360 '67
  • Honda TODAY G '85
  • Honda Z ACT '70
  • Mazda Autozam AZ-1 '92
  • Mazda Carol 360 Deluxe '72
  • Mitsubishi i-MiEV '09
  • Mitsubishi MINICA DANGAN ZZ '89
  • Subaru SUBARU 360 '58
  • Suzuki ALTO LAPIN Turbo '02
  • Suzuki ALTO WORKS RS-Z '97
  • Suzuki Cappuccino (EA21R) '95
  • Suzuki Cappuccino (EA21R) RM '95
  • Suzuki Cappuccion (EA1R) '91
  • Suzuki CERVO SR '07
  • Suzuki Kei WORKS '02
  • Suzuki MR Wagon Sport '04
  • Suzuki WAGON R RR '98
  • Suzuku ALTO WORKS SUZUKI SPORT LIMITED '97
 
For those that missed the last race...

Say hello to "The Swarm":

GT5Swarm.jpg
 
[quote name='smthng']For those that missed the last race...

Say hello to "The Swarm":

GT5Swarm.jpg
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Based on the helmets I think I'm the one on the far right.
 
I believe it was the fourth lap (out of five). Syn's up front, Natty's in the grass, Bear's on the outside and I'm jammed in the middle. The running order changed often in that race.
 
It's in shadow. If I could rewind a few frames, it'd be perfect. :S

Now for a slightly related topic...

Short version:

Syn and I have been working on 635PP cars recently. Bear and Mad got to join us for a couple laps, but they never really got to tune them appropriately. That got me thinking a bit... I'd like to see one of our races regularly be a 635 PP race. Any car, any tires... basically, whatever you want to do with it is all good as long as you can keep it at 635 PP or lower. You can stop reading now if you have a short attention span. ;)

Long version:

Syn and I have mostly been running on High Speed Ring with a variety of cars. I have generally been on the Ford GT variants, while Syn is floating between Nascar and the Calsonic GT-R. In public races, decent drivers (I'm ignoring the fools) have also shown up in 'Vettes, rally cars and muscle cars. In short, there's a huge variety in the types of cars that can be tuned to 635. Almost all of them are competitive. Most races have been won or lost with differences of less than a second on four or five laps (that's a good race, IMO).

Having a "standard" race like this would allow peeps to set up one car that they know will be competitive in at least one race every week. No more having to scavenge the UCD, pony up for a premium or make do with a recommended. Those with major bank might have three or four, but that's not really an advantage (I doubt I could ever build a car that will guarantee a win again Syn in a tuned Calsonic).

If we wanted to we could also dictate the track, so it's one less thing the host has to decide on each week. I could go through the entire list an throw out the ridiculous tracks. Toss them all in a spreadsheet, randomize it and that's our track order. Each week, we go to the next track. It'll give everyone a week of tuning and practicing if they want, plus it'll guarantee we run a wide variety of tracks. The track variety will pretty much dictate that you'll have to tune your car a little differently each week to stay in the running... your car will NOT run the same on High Speed Ring as it will on Laguna Seca, I promise you dat! :p

In short, it's just an idea to give us some consistency, ease the burden on the host and the racers and give us some good racing.

Thoughts?
 
[quote name='smthng']It's in shadow. If I could rewind a few frames, it'd be perfect. :S

Now for a slightly related topic...

Short version:

Syn and I have been working on 635PP cars recently. Bear and Mad got to join us for a couple laps, but they never really got to tune them appropriately. That got me thinking a bit... I'd like to see one of our races regularly be a 635 PP race. Any car, any tires... basically, whatever you want to do with it is all good as long as you can keep it at 635 PP or lower. You can stop reading now if you have a short attention span. ;)

Long version:

Syn and I have mostly been running on High Speed Ring with a variety of cars. I have generally been on the Ford GT variants, while Syn is floating between Nascar and the Calsonic GT-R. In public races, decent drivers (I'm ignoring the fools) have also shown up in 'Vettes, rally cars and muscle cars. In short, there's a huge variety in the types of cars that can be tuned to 635. Almost all of them are competitive. Most races have been won or lost with differences of less than a second on four or five laps (that's a good race, IMO).

Having a "standard" race like this would allow peeps to set up one car that they know will be competitive in at least one race every week. No more having to scavenge the UCD, pony up for a premium or make do with a recommended. Those with major bank might have three or four, but that's not really an advantage (I doubt I could ever build a car that will guarantee a win again Syn in a tuned Calsonic).

If we wanted to we could also dictate the track, so it's one less thing the host has to decide on each week. I could go through the entire list an throw out the ridiculous tracks. Toss them all in a spreadsheet, randomize it and that's our track order. Each week, we go to the next track. It'll give everyone a week of tuning and practicing if they want, plus it'll guarantee we run a wide variety of tracks. The track variety will pretty much dictate that you'll have to tune your car a little differently each week to stay in the running... your car will NOT run the same on High Speed Ring as it will on Laguna Seca, I promise you dat! :p


In short, it's just an idea to give us some consistency, ease the burden on the host and the racers and give us some good racing.

Thoughts?[/QUOTE]
I think you all learned that lesson on Suzuka:cool:

I think part of the reason I did so well on Suzuka(besides the car) is I got bronze on it with the X2010. After running around Suzuka on that thing everything else is like slow motion.

I probably will start looking at other cars. I think the best I got the GT Citroen racecar was 627pp. There aren't many options available to add to that car. I didn't touch the transmission so I don't know what I can get out of it.
 
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