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• White-Bread GT-A-Likes @ SPA: July 31, 2014

[Feldynn]

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White-Bread GT-A-Like Series:  11 minutes of SPA

Welcome everyone to the exciting inaugural race of the White-Bread GT-A-Like Series!  "But what is this GT-A-Like thing all about?" I hear you ask, well basically it's a fun attempt at loosely recreating a real life race series using modified production cars.  In this particular case we're giving a nod to the Blancpain GT Series that recently ran a 24hr race at SPA, and for those that are wondering the literal translation of "blanc pain" is "white bread" (from French to English, according to Google and what little I remember from school ).

The spec is surprisingly close to what I could find for the actual Blancpain cars too according to their website, though for the sake of balance we're running a little heavier and with slightly more power:  550hp, 1350kg and 555PP on Racing Hard tires!


Allowed Cars:
Aston Martin V12 Vantage '10
BMW M3 Coupé '07 (standing in for the Z4)
Chevrolet Camaro SS '10
Ferrari 458 Italia '09
Jaguar XKR-S '11
Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 '08
McLaren MP4-12C '10
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG '10
Nissan GT-R Black edition '12


Sadly the BMW Z4 M Coupe doesn't reach the spec so the M3 is standing in for it, also the Audi R8 doesn't qualify as for some unknown reason you can't add a rear wing to it.

Required Parts / tuning:
Rear Wing
Driver Number (new feature!)
Racing Exhaust
Center Diff set to 10:90 for Lambo / Nissan (to replicated the RWD race cars somewhat)

Everything else is up to you, use whatever parts and settings you wish.  I did test both the Lambo and Nissan with the 10:90 split and they were quite drivable (if I can drive them anyone can ), it's worth noting that the Gallardo does become more like an MR car handling wise so it's worth bearing that in mind when tuning though I'd be happy to share the settings I used in both (mostly just a little suspension / LSD tweaking).

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Track:  SPA Francorchamps
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When: Thursday, July 31rd
Official Running Time: 8-11:00pm EDT
Lounge Comment:  Touch of Class
Lounge Owner:  Feldynn
Lounge Setting:  Private / friends only
Lounge PP Limit:  555PP
Lounge HP Limit:  550hp
Lounge KG Limit:  1350kg
Driving Aids Allowed:  ABS, Traction Control, Driving Line
Car Setup: open with wrinkles
Tires:  Racing Hard
Tire / Fuel usage:  Fast
Grid:  Reverse grid based on previous results
False Start:  On
Start Times:  Auto clock set to 5 mins
Lap Count: 5ish (more or less if needed)


Wrinkles:  Center Diff set 10:90 on 4WD cars!  Other than that just race clean, race hard, have fun!


Anyone interested in attending please send me (Feldynn) a Friend Request on the PSN as early as possible, if it says I'm full just drop me a quick PM and I should be able to make room.

[PeyePete]

Awesome choice of cars Feldynn.
Thanks for hosting and thanks to a great night of racing with a group of fast and clean drivers.

If you ever run out of idea's for ToC, a repeat would be welcomed.

[Feldynn]

Thanks Pete and everyone that was there last night!  Even though in testing all the cars seemed pretty evenly matched I was really pleased to see how close together we were running , I had an absolute blast and lots of great close racing all night long!  Thanks everyone!

I think this one definitely will be worth a repeat, looking at the official Blancpain GT Series calendar they appear to have 1 or 2 races per month and some of the tracks we actually have in GT6 too, so there's a chance this might even become a semi-regular ToC event that pops up every 4-6 weeks.  Pondering shall commence .

[DaletonaDave]

Thanks for the fun everyone. What little I had. Sorry for my rather abrupt exit last nite. Some RL happened here @ the house & it needed my immediate attention. Nothing major, but I had to go.

I look forward to the next one I can make with you all. I'll try to stay longer than one race next time.