Community Campaign: RH Live GT Master League

CB Team Racing requests:
Engine Enhance: 15SP
2 Tuning Points: 40SP

Absolution Autosport requests the following:

+3 Tuning Points (-20 SP each, -60 SP total)

Momoko Murasama

That's alright. Huge kudos for keeping the show going regardless. Take all the time you need, it will be worth it for sure!

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Session Highlights
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OOC: Round 3 will be pushed to a Friday-Saturday schedule as I've been pulling long hours to ensure this series continues to run within the broad timeframe I originally planned. As a result, Round 4 will be Sunday-Monday instead. I'm doing my best to keep this series as "on-schedule" as can be, and am greatly appreciative of your patience.

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+3 Tuning Points (-60 SP)

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+3 Tuning Points (-60 SP)

PWRBand Spirit Drive requests Momoko Murasama

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+3 tuning points, -60 sp

+3 Tuning Points, -60 SP

The Slings and Arrows of Fate

During the Motor City GT Grand Prix

Akiha slammed her fist down on the pit stand as the cars piled into Mecha Tohru Mk.1’s stricken McLaren and reduced it to scrap metal. “Damn it, not again…”

“That’s gonna be expensive.” Aaron winced. “Shall I start packing up? We’ll need all the time we can get to-” He paused mid sentence as he glanced at the timing screen. “Hang on…” He rubbed his eyes vigorously. “Uh, Akiha? You didn’t do that again did you?”

Akiha shot him a puzzled look. “What are you talking ab- oh.” She stared blankly at the tv screen, as Mecha Tohru Mk.1, driving a 720s that certainly didn’t look as though it had just been battered by half the field, pulled a clean overtake on Thomas Hunt’s Aston Martin. “Did we just...?”

“Jump worldlines? I can’t think of any other explanation.” Aaron frowned at her sceptically. “This is suspiciously similar to the Sundown 6 hours incident, and I seem to recall that was your doing. Please tell me you didn’t decide to risk erasing us from existence over something so small as losing a race again, did you?”

Akiha heaved an exasperated sigh. “Of course I didn’t. If I could do that whenever I wanted we’d be home already.” She grinned mischievously. “Or at the very least we’d win a lot more races.”

“Hah, fair point.” The pair laughed before turning an eye to the timing screens. “Speaking of winning races, this is looking pretty good right now…”

Akiha bit her lip in concentration as she studied the timing. “It’ll depend on whether Absolution can avoid getting caught in traffic. If Nilssen can clear Beatrix and Venturi quickly we might be under threat at the end. It all depends on this stop.”

As the Absolution car left it’s pit box Aaron gave Akiha a suspicious glance. “Did you…?”

Akiha raised her hands to protest innocence. “I swear I didn’t do anything!” She threw back her head and laughed. “What sort of absurdly convenient luck is this? Now I know how it feels to be favoured by fate, Adrian Boddington must have been laughing at us this entire time.”

Aaron frowned. “It’s too early to celebrate, remember Sebring? The race isn’t over yet.”

Akiha was having none of it. “Oh, but it is. Our victory here was predetermined, why else would we have jumped worldlines?” She gestured at the screen as Chiara Venturi pulled off the track, yet another competitor eliminated. “If you have a better theory I’d love to hear it, but the evidence speaks for itself.” She leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms. “Now sit back, relax, and get ready to celebrate.”

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Motor City GT Grand Prix, End of Race

Mecha Tohru Mk.1 crossed the line to raucous cheering from the team leaning over the pit wall.
Akiha leaned back in her chair and shook her head. “How utterly absurd. I almost don’t take pleasure from this, it’s too easy.” She smiled bitterly. “But who am I to defy fate?”

Aaron raised an eyebrow. “We just won the race, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen you look so defeated. What’s wrong?”

“We should have won Sebring. We were completely and utterly dominant, but a minor part failed and we came home with nothing.” Akiha scowled. “And here? We were good, sure, but not like at Sebring. We didn’t earn this win, Princess Revolution and Absolution Autosport outclassed us today. But just like us at Sebring, they went unrewarded.”

“So what’s your point?”

Ahika shook her head. “ ‘What’s the point?’ is exactly my point. I’ve lived my life by the precept of ‘the best person wins’. I’ve dedicated myself to my craft with the understanding that when I win it’s because I was superior to my opponents and when I lose it’s because I wasn’t good enough.” She laughed mirthlessly. “Recent evidence would suggest otherwise. It seems fate is making fools of us all.”

“I didn’t take you for the type of person who believes in fate.” Aaron laughed.

“I don’t!” she snapped back. “But I didn’t believe in alternate realities either until Tomie shoved us into that wormhole.” She clasped Aaron by the shoulder as she walked past . “You go up on the podium to collect the trophy, I need time to think.”

Aaron watched her walk to the back of the garage and frowned. She’d done a good job of hiding it, but it had been naive of him to assume that he was the only one feeling the stress of their current situation. This wasn’t like Akiha, and an unpredictable Akiha is a dangerous Akiha. He would have to keep an eye on her…

+3 Tuning Points -60 sp

Have you not submitted upgrades or repairs yet from the Malaysia GT Grand Prix post-race Phase?
It's OK! I know it's been a while, so you'll have until the Tuning Setup submission deadline to get it done.

After a long hiatus due to personal reasons, Race Day is almost here! So before we get racing, we'll give you the low down on what we need from you throughout a race phase.

Before Practice
- Submit AT LEAST one Tuning Setup using the formatting below to my private/direct messages. How many total Tuning Points can be spent on each Tuning Setup you send is in your Team Sheet.
Aero Ducts: x / 10
Downforce: x / 10
Engine Map: x / 10
Suspension: x / 10- Confirm with me which Tire Compound you want during Practice 1 and 2

Before Qualifying & Race
- Notify me if you'll run your car's Engine Mode in Normal, Sprint, or Super Sprint mode. Each successive mode gives +6 HP but -1 DP
- Tell me which Tire Compound you want me to use for the Race
- Optional: If you want Tuning Setup changes, you can still change to a new setup

After Race
Remember that you can spend a maximum of 60 SP (Support Points) after every race!
- Have you failed to finish the race? If so and it resulted in car damage, you need to tell me how many DP to fix and if it's a Standard Fix (15 SP per DP) or Quick Fix (5 SP per DP).
- Optional: If you want more Tuning Points or Car Upgrades and have SP to spare for the Phase, post in this thread.

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Formerly the Mikado Research & Development High Speed Test Track, the Hokkaido Speed Ring has been a mainstay of the J-Speed GT Masters since 2006. A simple layout characterized best by its steeply banked corners, top speeds of nearly 200 MPH (or 320 km/h) are easily attainable with good slipstreaming off of another contender. Because of the high average and maximum speeds attainable here and the track's lack of heavy braking zones, racing at this track has more in common with big-name cycling races than with regular GT competitions - massive multi-contender clashes included. Winning at this twisted velodrome will require equal measures of guts, tactics, guile, and luck.

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Battle Data
General
Number of Race laps: 74 laps
Qualifying Duration: 25 minutes
In-Universe Race Time: 6:00 PM, April 25, 2021
Track Type: Racing Circuit - Former Test Facility

Deadlines
Tuning Setup submission: August 6th, 7 PM US Eastern/midnight GMT
Strategy submission: August 7th, midnight GMT/7 PM US Eastern
Twitch Race Broadcast Time: August 8th, 5 PM US Eastern/10 PM GMT

Special Rules
No special rules.

PRO Strategies*


AM Strategies


* Data was gathered using a 20 Speed, 20 Finesse driver - expect the actual times to be a bit slower
¹ At maximum Conservation stat for a Driver, these tires will outlast the fuel mileage

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