HLS #3 - D-Class

Presenting the Hot Lap Series #3 - D-Class

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These events will take place over a 2 week time period. Basically, from 1 season event to the next. Being that our first event is 2 (ish) weeks off it's time for the first event. The goal of this event is to post the fastest lap time on a pre-selected track, in a pre-selected class. You MUST HAVE PROOF of your time. Also, it has to be within this time period. That means if you ran the track 3 seconds faster than everyone 2 years ago, you do not win. For proof, your best option is either a pic of the screen (quality can be bad, just needs to be legible) or a saved video of the race.

Details:
Track: Suzuka Circuit - East
Class: D
Start: 6/25/13
End: 7/18/13 D-class tournament start ends this event

To submit your times, just post up on here in something resembling the following format:

Player: AtrumX
Car: VW Beetle
Time: 2:43.189
Date: 5/19/13

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HOW STANDINGS WORK:
We're going to go with lowest total time raced for this event.  At the end of the season we will total up all of your lap times, and the person lowest overall time takes the win.
***If you miss an event, you will take a 1 second penalty - added to the last place time.


E-class Event Results
Interseptor - 52.482 - Lotus Eleven
Husker - 52.727 - Ford Pinto
Atrum - 52.867 - Ford Pinto
Xpert - 53.320 - Lotus Elan
Apex - 53.639 - Porsche 550

The E-class event was VERY close for everyone. Xpert made some massive gains in his times, Apex didn't post up many laps and ended up with a fast time, but not fast enough for a podium. We didn't have as many people post up, but with an extra long gap until the next tournament look for a lot of participants.

Season Standings:
Interseptor - 2:05.296
Husker - 2:05.672
AtrumX - 2:07.217
Apex - 2:07.707
Xpert - 2:08.680
KnightOwl -  2:11.926
Kenny - 2:12.526
OC - 2:13.984


Things are VERY close already. The only big gaps have come from no-shows. Other than that the field remains extremely close.

D-Class Current Standings

Husker - 58.427 - Lotus Elan
Interseptor - 59.4xx - Lotus Eleven
Atrum - 1:00.1xx - Mazda MX-5 Gen 1
Apex - 1:00.4xx - Something?

Crushin dreams?  I put up a time last night but don't remember the exact hundredths.  I'll post up an official time when I get home later but for now...

Lotus Esprit Turbo
1:00:4xx
6/25/13

Get to it boys!

Nice! I have 0 clue what a good time is on this track. I'm guessing anything sub 60 seconds will be pretty killer, which I like.

Yeah, the sub 1 min will be a killer time.  I did a good number of laps last night and 1:00.4 was the best I could manage if that tells you anything.  0:59.XXX is my personal goal, which will not be easy to obtain.

Yep, I went there.

1:00:8xx

Well, I pulled a 0:59.4xx last night in my Lotus Eleven.  Might try a few more cars too but I don't think it's possible to catch that Elan (without using an Elan or Spark).

I posted a 1:00.1xx with my Mazda MX-5 Gen 1

I'm going to have to try a few different tunes and see if I can get it faster. With this current tune I'd be lucky to break in to the 59.8xx range.
I did run a generic spark tune I had made and quite easily broke in to the 59s range. Not using that for the competition though. Too easy-mode

OneBadHuskerFan wrote:Yep, I went there.

I trust this isn't your tourny car Husker?  Are you "that" guy?

Lickwid Apex wrote:

OneBadHuskerFan wrote:Yep, I went there.

I trust this isn't your tourny car Husker?  Are you "that" guy?

LOL, no, I don't plan on using it in the tourney...maybe!  

I haven't had time to try anything else earlier in the week so I just played with the Elan on some tracks where it had great times and threw my old setup on it.  I will be looking at other cars when I get back from vacation.

Be careful not to touch anyone in the elan, a strong gust will send it into the wall.

Or, you know, barrel roll when hitting a one inch high curb, lol

OneBadHuskerFan wrote:Or, you know, barrel roll when hitting a one inch high curb, lol

Yeah, I ran the elan for our first forza 4 season in d-class. I remember doing awesome except for: one track where I rolled the car because I touched what I can only assume was a ladybug. Obviously enough to flip it.
And then regular contact with other drivers. The back wheel would slide out just a bit and someone behind me would accidentally tap me, and that's that. Backwards in the track.
IMO the Elan becomes much better as the # of racers gets lower. 15 people out there and you'll probably get murdered at some point unless you start in the front.

Updated initial post with standings. Lets see some more people posting up times!

Husker - 58.427 - Lotus Elan
Interseptor - 59.4xx - Lotus Eleven
Atrum - 1:00.1xx - Mazda MX-5 Gen 1
Apex - 1:00.4xx - Something?

AtrumX wrote:Updated initial post with standings. Lets see some more people posting up times!

Husker - 58.427 - Lotus Elan
Interseptor - 59.4xx - Lotus Eleven
Atrum - 1:00.1xx - Mazda MX-5 Gen 1
Apex - 1:00.4xx - Something?

 I was going to say what I drove to set that time.  But the element of mystery is kinda fun.

Lol, and I haven't been able to check the leaderboards yet. For now, I should have put a VW Bora in for it.

Toyota Mr-s
01:01:112
07/02/13

Player: Xpert2010
Car: Toyota MR-S '02
Time: 1:01:257
Date: 7/16/13

Was just some car I quickly bought, upgraded and tuned with a few minutes.  I'm thinking I'll try to get more serious about this later today and tomorrow before the tournament starts.  Definitely need to get some practice in as I haven't raced since the last tournament.

Player: Xpert2010
Car: Toyota MR-S '02
Time: 1:00:497
Date: 7/17/13

We giving up on the hotlap series?

No there just isn't a thread for it yet but if you want to put in some laps the c class is nurburgring gp short

Yeah, we made an impromptu choice the other night after the Tourney.  Nurburgring GP Short is what we had settled on.  I am sure Atrum will update soon.

gotchya. I remember we were thinking about what track to race on after the tournament, but I signed off before a decision was made.

I'll throw the new post up, just been busy with work the past couple weeks.

 

Feel free to start posting times, I'll set the dates from the end of the last event.