ALMS Season V

[stupidstormy36]

Think everyone issue is starting on time. Think it might speed it up.

It may speed it up. It will also give a much more clear track to work with.

T_G_2, you're right. I don't remember the order that great, but I remember doing a 1:27.1 and I think you may have started the race. Or maybe I did it afterwards. I know that I showed 4th because I did a 1:27.8 once before I backed out and did a faster lap after thinking I set the # of laps correctly. So I think I did the 27.1 afterwards. Then I tried to set the lap amount but pressed the 'BACK' instead of 'OK' and it didn't stick with 46laps. I went to go back out an redo it, but I pressed race start by accident. Then everyone got mad and were like "what?" That I do remember.

I actually "loled" when you started the race by accident. If you're in a private lounge, can anyone start the race? Still, 1:26 is pretty impressive at these specs. I also hurried out of the live timing monitor to make sure that I didn't miss the race. So I may have missed the 1:27.1. Incidentally, it may have also been my fault for not catching that time. I do apologize for that then. I try really hard to make sure I have the correct times for everyone, but things happen.

I'd like to see us go back to LMP and GT qualifying seperately. We just need to nail down the time and let everyone know when their class is supposed to be on the track.

It would have helped at the last race. There has been ppenty of times where I am on a hot lap and an LMP who is also on a hot lap needs to get around me. So I try and accomodate and end up throwing that lap away.

I think this way will just give everyone more room. Meaning less accidents and less chatter from everyone saying sorry to each other.

Exactly. It may be better to do it that way. We've got two votes now. I can make sure the correct class is on track. It will also be easier to keep track of times as well.

Does 15 minutes per class sound good?

 

[Tower Turn 13]

In other news SOME OF US HAVEN'T SEEN BALTIMORE YET! :/

Sigh. Oh well I'll still watch it and I'm glad Faulken won. They need some wins!

But yeah I'm not in charge, but if gatrs okays it I'm cool with a pace car/independent steward. Nothing against Seth, he's put in a lot of effort as far as hosting pretty much every week.

I used to just have an automatic start time with series I did, but then again it might screw up starting order.

We could just wait until the starting order is announced once the race starts? Then still use the automatic timer. That way no one gets any extra time? I don't know just throwing things out.

 

[stupidstormy36]

In other news SOME OF US HAVEN'T SEEN BALTIMORE YET! :/

Sigh. Oh well I'll still watch it and I'm glad 🤬 won. They need some wins!

But yeah I'm not in charge, but if gatrs okays it I'm cool with a pace car/independent steward. Nothing against Seth, he's put in a lot of effort as far as hosting pretty much every week.

I used to just have an automatic start time with series I did, but then again it might screw up starting order.

We could just wait until the starting order is announced once the race starts? Then still use the automatic timer. That way no one gets any extra time? I don't know just throwing things out.

Oh sorry dude. I didn't know. I'll delete that part out of my previous message. It should still be fun to watch, though. I think that starting the race manually would be better, in case something happened. But your second suggestion might work.

 

[gogatrs]

stupidstormy is now an official steward. Just so everyone knows.

 

[gogatrs]

Alms and the Rolex series merging?? Have y'all seen this yet? Press conference on Wednesday in Daytona. Look like nascar will control the Alms/Rolex series starting in 2014. Merging existing classes into one race! Crazy!!

Thanks Kevin for the set up just cant keep it straight out of the corners. Don't know what happened to fh he was a half a lap ahead with 10 to go then I passed him with 4 to go. Think he's sandbagging!! J/K

Please excuse me while I go hang myself.
DPs and LMPs in the same race? Rolex GT cars and ESM? This is a joke.

 

[stupidstormy36]

I was also curious as to how that would play out with the merger thing. Gotta wait for the press conference.

If NASCAR does control ALMS/Rolex, will they combine NASCAR into it as well? Just joking. That'll never work. Daytona 500 ran at the same time as the Daytona 24 hours race would be wierd. Now I'm just spewing random nonsense.

 

[james6653]

Please excuse me while I go hang myself.
DPs and LMPs in the same race? Rolex GT cars and ESM? This is a joke.

No don't do it man its not that bad. I was thinking maybe we could work something out with the Rolex series here on GTP.

 

[Cowboys965]

Bang Myself.
*Hang

Blast from the past, Gatrs?

Also,
NASCAR?
Grand-Am?
Merging with ALMS?

Holy 🤬, Gatrs' worst nightmare.

Imagine it now Gatrs, the NASCAR Le Mans Series, and now they're going to start going to ovals too, and rednecks, rednecks everywhere.

 

[gogatrs]

Blast from the past, Gatrs?

Also,
NASCAR?
Grand-Am?
Merging with ALMS?

Holy 🤬, Gatrs' worst nightmare.

Imagine it now Gatrs, the NASCAR Le Mans Series, and now they're going to start going to ovals too, and rednecks, rednecks everywhere.

Stop. You're going to give me nightmares.

 

[Cowboys965]

Stop. You're going to give me nightmares.

Too late.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

DPs and LMPs in the same race? Rolex GT cars and ESM? This is a joke.

Yeah. We don't want your ESM shenanigans. But, you're right, that is a joke, and a funny one... Go bang your elf, then.

 

[stupidstormy36]

I need my donkey.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

I need my donkey.

Hey, you're Columbian?

 

[Cowboys965]

Hey, you're Columbian?

Well I didn't order this pizza!

 

[stupidstormy36]

Hey, you're Columbian?

Nah, Wookie.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Nah, Wookie.

...had to look that up.



P.S., there are two Es...

 

[gogatrs]

Is me banging myself some autocorrect fail I had a few seasons ago. Can't remember it...

 

[stupidstormy36]

...had to look that up.



P.S., there are two Es...

Oh, close enough. I'm just glad I'm not an Ewok. Or Gungan.

Is me banging myself some autocorrect fail I had a few seasons ago. Can't remember it...

Did I miss something, too?

 

[Kevin01SH]

How about going back to separate qualifying for lmp and gt. 10-15 minutes each. Like we used to! Open room at 8 then at 8:30 lmp and at 8:45 gt. You miss qualifying you start in the back! No compilations about time and whatever y'all are arguing about.

That wouldnt work because it makes too much sense

Ive actually heard from 2 different people about how seth likes to start races after he sets his best qualifying time, but im not gonna call him out since i never ran lmp so i never paid much attention. I know seth is fast with lmp though and in that regard he had my respect, but he doesnt shoot any of it back which kind of wore on me over time. Ive seen him make a lot of questionable moves around GT cars and then claim the GT guys werent holding their lines. I got pitted by him once in season 3 at suzuka because i was trying to enter the pits and i guess he was trying to draft me out of the corner but ended up smashing me sideways going in and i lost a lot of time. Last season he straight shoved mrmel into a wall at madrid while trying to make an ill advised overtake and blamed it on lag, even though i showed video evidence to the contrary. He has an ego, big enough for the moderators to get involved.

I fully invite seth to come to iracing and test your skills on a real sim though.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Kevin. Good to know that there are still some good guys around, who like the ALMS. Reading the comments here: First source for the new merger really put me off of watching ALMS for a while. Of course, having fans who are nice might change that.

 

[FlyinHawaiian77]

Maybe they have been following both of the series here. Some of the guys from ALMS have migrated to Rolex and vice versa.

I was thinking about going to the race in Baltimore. Its only an hour and a half away from me. But they are seriously driving through the ghetto. Baltimore is like the arm pit of the United States. Those are my excuses.for not having enough money to go.

 

[cnd01]

That wouldnt work because it makes too much sense

Ive actually heard from 2 different people about how seth likes to start races after he sets his best qualifying time, but im not gonna call him out since i never ran lmp so i never paid much attention. I know seth is fast with lmp though and in that regard he had my respect, but he doesnt shoot any of it back which kind of wore on me over time. Ive seen him make a lot of questionable moves around GT cars and then claim the GT guys werent holding their lines. I got pitted by him once in season 3 at suzuka because i was trying to enter the pits and i guess he was trying to draft me out of the corner but ended up smashing me sideways going in and i lost a lot of time. Last season he straight shoved mrmel into a wall at madrid while trying to make an ill advised overtake and blamed it on lag, even though i showed video evidence to the contrary. He has an ego, big enough for the moderators to get involved.

I fully invite seth to come to iracing and test your skills on a real sim though.

I've heard the same thing about Seth holding qualifying up. I really don't know if it holds water or not. I have also heard from 4 different people about Seth making questionable moves on GT cars and blaming them. He hasn't done anything personally to affect me in this series. Let's not start another argument here.

 

[Tower Turn 13]

Let's not get into what who has done in the past. Racing=short memory. If anyone has a complaint about a driver, give StupidStormy a specific lap and description of the incident in a PM after the race. Please don't even get into it with the driver on the forum. Address it with us and we can make a call that's fair. All arguing does is create bad blood and get the mods involved. I want zero mod involvement in our thread, because I'd rather we handle our own damn series. If we don't violate the forum rules and draw attention, that's what will happen.

Strange LMP arrangement at Baltimore, I'll say that! A lot of craziness as is to be expected when racecars go fast on old city streets.

As for the merger, what could go wrong, gatrs? Don't you want to listen to Johnny O'Connell announce every race??? Just get rid of the Radio Le Mans guys??? Who needs 'em! (Sacrasm thick.)

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Hey! I like the SPEED commentators. Leigh Diffey, Calvin Fish & Dorsey Schröder... What's wrong with that?

 

[Tower Turn 13]

Seems everyone wants this series back on SPEED, though I've rather liked having the replays available so I can watch them online at my leisure. But I don't think I can watch Le Mans without RLM. I'd rather mute the TV.

Which I almost did during the Baltimore ABC broadcast today. Just can't stand those guys (O'Connell and his co-announcer)...

 

[THAT_GUY_2]

RLM is on espn3 during the live feed. Alot better commentators!!

Like I said lets try separate qualifying this friday. If someone shows up late they go to the back, no waiting on them to set up their car etc.. then qualify their car. With 8 cars showing up every week, everyone knows what time we start. Also lets get the racing to start on time!

 

[gogatrs]

I think open qualifying is the way to go.
That was probably just because it was Monaco. Monza is pretty much the opposite so traffic shouldn't be any issue.

 

[stupidstormy36]

Well, Indy is next. We'll see how that plays out. Like I said, I'll get the race started no later than 9:10 pm (EST).

I think we should put the split qualifying in voting. Or we can try it out this Friday, then if it doesn't work, switch back.

 

[freshseth83]

That wouldnt work because it makes too much sense

Ive actually heard from 2 different people about how seth likes to start races after he sets his best qualifying time, but im not gonna call him out since i never ran lmp so i never paid much attention. I know seth is fast with lmp though and in that regard he had my respect, but he doesnt shoot any of it back which kind of wore on me over time. Ive seen him make a lot of questionable moves around GT cars and then claim the GT guys werent holding their lines. I got pitted by him once in season 3 at suzuka because i was trying to enter the pits and i guess he was trying to draft me out of the corner but ended up smashing me sideways going in and i lost a lot of time. Last season he straight shoved mrmel into a wall at madrid while trying to make an ill advised overtake and blamed it on lag, even though i showed video evidence to the contrary. He has an ego, big enough for the moderators to get involved.

I fully invite seth to come to iracing and test your skills on a real sim though.

I've never said I was faster than anyone. I just prove what I got on the track. You had one incident with me and now I'm someone who puts GT's in walls? Come on now. I've raced here ever since the 2nd season, and I've never had people complain about me like that other than MitchZ06, who doesn't even race here any longer.

I raced GT with you guys before as well, back when I first started out and I didn't have issues with any of you. Look back at how many times I've hosted and how many poles I have and you can see there are plenty of times I didn't get first place in qualifying either. Even this season! Daytona is the only other non-preseason race I've taken part in so far, and I didn't get pole there but started the race just fine. Seems to me it's sour grapes. I try to set the best lap in my first couple of laps out and usually wait for the track to clear before I do that, so I'm not impeded with traffic, that's why I wait and when I do go for the hotlap, it usually is good enough.

Last season I didn't get pole every race either. PipiR6 never said anything to me about that, and he was the only other LMP guy there was through all the races. I don't have money to get a new computer or pay some subscription for iracing. My current computer is too old and it's a laptop with low battery life. I don't even have money enough for a wheel on GT5 let alone all that stuff to do some computer sim. I don't recall that incident, but it may have been lag because back then I didn't have that great of an internet connection. Now I have a wired connection with cable internet so it's much faster and stable.

If I hit people I apologize, but most of the time it's either lag or an honest mistake. I don't try brag or boast, and if I come off that way it's just a misconception. 👍

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Seth, you did tell me, in Rolex... Don't lie. You bragged about being the only person to beat me, in the championship last season.