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So, i was thinking of making an r3 ALMS/LMS style race. I can come up with a schedule and cars people can use. 2 people per team.

Before i do any of the planning and get all hyped about it, is anyone interested. We can multi-class. Or single class. options?

These would be the cars. Can use any. 2 per car. NO LB Cars, any tunes. It will be like a 10 week thing. Race 1 track per week. We can get super official and put in qualifying times, fastest laps, and winners for points. All cars can be built up to 800 R3. No restrictions. Even amount of tracks will favor each car, 5 short for handling tracks, and 5 long tracks for fast cars. LMK plz.


1986 Audi #2 Audi Sport Quattro S1R3730AWD

2009 Audi R8 LMSR3744RWD

2005 BMW #2 BMW M3 GTRR3735RWD

2001 BMW #6 Prototype Technology Group M3 GTRR3735RWD

2010 BMW #79 Jeff Koons BMW M3 GT2 Art CarR3756RWD

2009 BMW #92 Rahal Letterman Racing M3 GT2R3756RWD

2011 Chevrolet #04 Chevrolet Racing Monte Carlo SS Stock CarR3730RWD

2011 Chevrolet #4 Corvette Racing ZR1R3754RWD

2008 Dodge #11 Primetime Racing Group Viper Competition CoupeR3730RWD

2008 Dodge #2 Mopar Dodge Viper Competition CoupeR3730RWD

2006 Ferrari #62 Risi Competizione F430GTR3763RWD

2011 Ferrari #62 Risi Competizione F458 ItaliaR3763RWD

2010 Ferrari #83 Risi Competizione F430GTR3763RWD

2010 Ferrari #89 Hankook Team Farnbacher F430GTR3763RWD

2008 Ferrari #90 Farnbacher Racing F430GTR3763RWD

2011 Ferrari 458 ChallengeR3730RWD

2011 Ford #05 Ford Racing Fusion Stock CarR3729RWD

2011 Ford #17 Dick Johnson Racing Team FG FalconR3709RWD

2011 Ford #19 Mother Energy Racing Team FG FalconR3709RWD

2011 Ford #4 IRWIN Racing FG FalconR3709RWD

2009 Ford #40 Robertson Racing Ford GT Mk7R3761RWD

2011 Ford #5 Ford Performance Racing FG FalconR3709RWD

2011 Ford #9 SP Tools Racing FG FalconR3709RWD

2011 Holden #1 Toll Holden Racing Team Commodore VER3709RWD

2011 Holden #11 Pepsi Max Crew Commodore VER3709RWD

2011 Holden #33 Fujitsu Racing GRM Commodore VER3709RWD

2011 Holden #8 Team BOC Commodore VER3709RWD

2011 Holden #88 TeamVodafone Commodore VER3709RWD

2010 Jaguar #33 RSR XKR GTR3752RWD

2011 Lamborghini #08 West Yokohama Gallardo LP560-4R3759

2011 McLaren 59 GT MP4-12C GT3R3744RWD

2011 Mercedes Benz #35 Black Falcon SLS AMG GT3R3724RWD

2006 Mitsubishi HKS Time Attack Evolution CT230RR3711AWD

2003 Nissan #3 HASEMISPORT ENDLESS ZR3736RWD

2005 Nissan #46 Dream Cube's ADVAN ZR3736RWD

2011 Panoz #050 Panoz Racing AbruzziR3759RWD

2005 Panoz #51 Panoz Esperante GTLMR3752RWD

2011 Porsche #045 Flying Lizard 911 GT3-RSRR3760RWD

2011 Porsche #17 Team Falken 911 GT3-RSRR3760RWD

2008 Porsche #2 Gruppe Orange Racing 911 GT3 CupR3725RWD

2011 Porsche #23 Alex Job Racing 911 GT3 CupR3733RWD

2005 Porsche #31 Peterson-White Lightning 911 GT3-RSRR3744RWD

2011 Porsche #54 Black Swan Racing 911 GT3R3733RWD

2005 Porsche #66 AXA Racing 911 GT3 CupR3702RWD

2007 Porsche #80 Flying Lizard 911 GT3-RSRR3756RWD

2003 Subaru #77 CUSCO SUBARU ADVAN IM PREZ AR3737RWD

2013 Viper #91 SRT Motorsport GTS-RR3751

2013 Viper #93 SRT Motorsport GTS-RR3751

UPDATES BELOW: 3/29/13
Anything in CYAN Font is locked in and will be race series rules.


Im going to select a few tracks and see what you all are thinking. I was thinking of making this a 2 month series type ordeal. Qualify one night, say Friday night. And then race on Saturday. And we can all come up with an agreeable time for both days, unless u guys want to do qualifying, and then just race right after like we usually do. I just figured, if we qualify a day prior to the race people can work on times and getting faster? Knowing what others times are?

Anyways looking at about 10 races total, starting next weekend if we can get people. April 6th will be the first race "day" And finishing the series on the 8th of June.


Below is a list of the tracks with mileage and the base time it took me to get around the course on my first lap. I used the times below to figure the amount of laps to reach a 30 minute race.

Track Info

Possible Long Tracks (Top Speed Cars)
Hockenheim (Full Circuit Sunrise) 2.84 MI – 1:47:500 – 20 Laps
Le Mans (Full Circuit) 8.48 MI – 4:08:800 – 7 Laps
Road America (Full Circuit) 4.05 MI – 2:13:100 – 14 Laps
Sebring (Full Circuit) 3.70 MI – 2:10:500 – 14 Laps

Medium Tracks (Speed/Cornering)
Mugello (Full Circuit) 3.26 MI – 1:56:400 – 19 Laps
Catalunya (Grand Prix Circuit) 2.89 MI – 1:54:900 – 19 Laps

Handling Tracks (Cornering Cars)
Road Atlanta (Full Circuit) 2.54 MI – 1:27:00 – 23 Laps
Mazda Laguna Seca (Full Circuit) 2.24 MI – 1:30:400 – 23 Laps
Silverstone (Grand Prix Circuit) 3.19 MI – 1:56:000 – 19 Laps
Suzuka (Full Circuit) 3.61 MI – 2:10:000 – 14 Laps

Race Dates

1. Road America (Full Circuit) 4/6/13
2. Silverstone (Grand Prix Circuit) 4/13/13
3. Catalunya (Grand Prix Circuit) 4/20/13
4. Sebring (Full Circuit) 4/27/13
5. Hockenheim (Full Circuit Sunrise) 5/4/13
6. Mugello (Full Circuit) 5/11/13
7. Suzuka (Full Circuit) 5/18/13
8. Mazda Laguna Seca (Full Circuit) 5/25/13
9. Le Mans (Full Circuit) 6/1/13
10. Road Atlanta (Full Circuit) 6/8/13

Points (Formula 1 Style)
1st: 25
2nd: 18
3rd: 15
4th: 12
5th: 10
6th: 8
7th: 6
8th: 4
9th: 2
10th:1

I would love to do it, I've been having a lot of fun in R3 and like to race the GTs anytime I pop in Forza now.

Unfortunately, it will be much tougher to get the word out now that so many people have stopped checking the forums. I think some of the more serious racers might come back for this type of event, I could try to message people and check interest. Yes?

Hell yes. I'm not gunna setup the first race for another 2-3 weeks so we can have time to get ahold of people, even then. Depending on how many we have. I wouldn't mind giving it a little bit to let people tune. Do we have any other way of getting in touch with people other then the forums?

The forum PM system should go to email, so that's probably the best way. I have most people in my XBL friends list, but I'm probably one message away from annoying the hell out of everybody, so need to pass on that.

Haha. I guess I can pm ppl.

what day, what time

I'm down to race some r3.

I am up for this. I am aiming to get my ford affinity up, so I think I will be going with the GT

I'd be in for this...been a while since I got into a series....I'll jump in the Falken 997.

UPDATE: I did some track shit, and re-edited my initial post. Let me know what you guys think? Ill be on to race tonight all night. Starting around 10pm eastern if anyone wants to join me. All lobbys. Although i cant play soccer i dont have the arena, and if we get to bored we can go play Call of Duty: Black ops 2.

I like the track selection. I will be on tonight to race with you for sure. we will be doing the demolition derby series race around 11:00 eastern time, so we should be able to get quite a bit of practice in.

I'm likely out tonight, family in town and people will be sleeping all over the place.

The Friday/Saturday setup should work nicely for me (I hope). I would vote for more of a 30 minute race, think some people (especially those who aren't as fast) would be scared away by committing to 45 minutes of getting lapped. Plus my attention span is about 15 minutes, but that's my problem, and I'll give the longer race a shot if that's what everyone else wants.

I will race whatever, I love the McLaren and the Vipers, but will drive anything if my teammate has a preference. I also enjoy tuning and tweaking for different tracks, so would be happy to pair up with someone who doesn't want to tune. Speaking of which, how does the team thing work? Will there be separate standings for individuals and combined team points? I imagine that's what you are thinking, just wanted to check.

Last question, how does qualifying on a separate night work? I know you can set the grid by lobby points if qual. and the race happen back-to-back, not sure how it works if they happen in separate lobbies though. Sorry for all the questions, just want to get a feel for the details so I can host a lobby if needed sometime.

I like the track selection as well. I should be able to jump on tonight, I will try to be there.

joekorn wrote:

I will race whatever, I love the McLaren and the Vipers, but will drive anything if my teammate has a preference. I also enjoy tuning and tweaking for different tracks, so would be happy to pair up with someone who doesn't want to tune. Speaking of which, how does the team thing work? Will there be separate standings for individuals and combined team points? I imagine that's what you are thinking, just wanted to check.

-I think were just going to do individual points, it doesnt look like were going to have enough people to put together the type of event i wanted to, i was looking to do something like the Formula 1 Racing circuit. Drivers and Constructors points. But clearly we have like 6 people total atm. So im just going to do individual points.

Last question, how does qualifying on a separate night work? I know you can set the grid by lobby points if qual. and the race happen back-to-back, not sure how it works if they happen in separate lobbies though. Sorry for all the questions, just want to get a feel for the details so I can host a lobby if needed sometime.


-I just did the qualifying on friday night, and then took a picture of the results, and then the next night, prior to the race we just started a race set to 1 lap, and then crossed the finish line in order of qualifying. And it worked fine. Also, i dont know if people want to run the qualifier as a time limit, or as having a few laps to set your good time. We did 45 laps setup, and then just let a few people run the track at a time and everyone else would pull off into the grass and let people get some hot laps in. Its fun.

So its been announced, i think im going to change all the lap amounts set to 30 min races.

Someone help me come up with a points system.

And Tracks are announced and locked.

And Joe, if u want to race with me in the #92 BMW rahal u can. I have a good setup for it that handles great. Its actually a lot better then its rated. It handles as good as a mosler, and has acceleration like the Hennessy.

Updated. <3

I'm in, if the races are not too late for me.

Like always I will be driving the SRT Viper.

maybe the F1 points system would work.

1st: 25
2nd: 18
3rd: 15
4th: 12
5th: 10
6th: 8
7th: 6
8th: 4
9th: 2
10th:1

Audi R8 for me

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And Joe, if u want to race with me in the #92 BMW rahal u can. I have a good setup for it that handles great. Its actually a lot better then its rated. It handles as good as a mosler, and has acceleration like the Hennessy.[/quote]

Yeah, that's cool, I'd be happy to team up with you.  I know Marm kinda likes that Beamer but I've not had as much luck with it.  Send me your tune when you have a chance, I have never taken the time to come up with a good one for that car and would love to try it out.

Beef's suggestion sounds good, and I also kinda liked the system Lou used for his series in January (50/47/45/43/42/41/...) as it can accommodate as many or as few people as needed.

I'm sure Marm will want in on this once he's done vacationing and such.  It would be nice to get Lou as well, but good luck prying him away from his new addiction .  Mark might also want in, but he's been limited on game time recently.  Regardless, think we have a good shot at getting a workable turnout.

And may I suggest we call this the Viagra GT3 Challenge or something similar?  I can work on a team livery, and if Beef has the time maybe he would kindly draw up a series decal for everyone (since he's a pretty damn good painter)?

joekorn wrote: and if Beef has the time maybe he would kindly draw up a series decal for everyone (since he's a pretty damn good painter)?

I could start working on that sometime this week

oh, and I think I want to switch over to team porsche - after I tested it at laguna against vlagra's BMW, I feel pretty confident in my ability to win with it. thanks to frank for the amazing tune

beefsupreme42 wrote:oh, and I think I want to switch over to team porsche - after I tested it at laguna against vlagra's BMW, I feel pretty confident in my ability to win with it. thanks to frank for the amazing tune

:p

And Joe, ill send u the tune asap. Its a bit loose in the rear, so you can feel free to adjust it. But i like the rear end loose because i can get out of corners faster. Honestly i think we should switch to team Corvette. I love that car more then any other car in the world.

Why isnt the HTML code working for my first post. It looks retarded and all messed up.

I'm interested but it'll be another 2 weeks before I have time for forza. Working a lot of 12s here. Gotta love being under staffed.

Lowflyinmx3 wrote:I'm interested but it'll be another 2 weeks before I have time for forza. Working a lot of 12s here. Gotta love being under staffed.

that sucks.

Just so I can get an idea for series logos and number plates, are we going to call this the Viagra GT3 Challenge or the R3 Grand Prix sponsored by Viagra?