(ATCC) Australian Touring Car Championship | NW48 & Aaroh007 Are Your Driver's Champions!!!Finished

[FutureF1]

Unfortunate that I have to miss out at Tokyo. Based on Pre Season testing, I looked quick around there. Ah well I guess I'll have to dominate the rest of the season to make up for lost points

 

[NW48]

After some suspiciously fast lap times by the IS-F, a BoP revision session is undergoing in the club lobby right now.

 

[Ph1sh]

After some suspiciously fast lap times by the IS-F, a BoP revision session is undergoing in the club lobby right now.

In terms of eastern time, The races begin around 6:50 am EST tomorrow?

Correct? Pre Q times are in for me!

 

[mustafur]

there did my Pre Q

 

[NW48]

In terms of eastern time, The races begin around 6:50 am EST tomorrow?

Correct? Pre Q times are in for me!

Yep, that should be the time for you! 👍


New Lexus IS-F regs are going up in about 3mins.

 

[Ph1sh]

Yep, that should be the time for you! 👍


New Lexus IS-F regs are going up in about 3mins.

Thank you! 👍

 

[NW48]

there did my Pre Q

Great time in the Mustang! 1.39! 👍

Also, @Aaroh007 & @gkgamer, new specs have been given to the IS-F so you'll need to do a run in them. Your Pre-Q event has been extended another 2hrs as a result of the spec change.

 

[WanganGhost]

Just did q2. Knocked 7/10s of my time

 

[NW48]

@David Talle, @WanganGhost, @lxmmy, @RESHIRAM5, @Pringles947, @FutureF1, @Timlour, @Danny99 , @J_Cameron, @GTPvw_slc, @Pubs16 , @Aaroh007, @gkgamer, @Mikey24 , @Tijee, @Doomstorm16, @Hayden, @DaGiBUS, @Jordiehamz, @Ph1sher, @mustafur, @NinjaEvo

ATCC Driver's Briefing | Round 1 | Tokyo R246

Welcome to the first official championship round of the inaugural season of the Australian Touring Car Championship! We kick the championship off in impressive style by starting off in one of the world's biggest cities, in terms of population, Tokyo!

Estimated Time Schedule
21:50 GMT+10 ~ Room Opens
21:51 - 22:00 GMT+10 ~ Cars NOT Allowed on Track
22:01 GMT+10 ~ Cars Allowed on Track
22:10 GMT+10 ~ All Cars to Pit Lane for Tech Inspection
22:15 GMT+10 ~ Qualifying Starts
22:25 GMT+10 ~ Qualifying Ends
22:27 GMT+10 ~ Race 1 Begins (22 Laps // 1 Mandatory Pitstop)
23:20 GMT+10 ~ Race 1 Concludes
23:30 GMT+10 ~ Race 2 Begins (24 Laps // 1 Mandatory Pitstop)
00:35 GMT+10 ~ Race 2 Concludes // Room Closes

Safety Car
I've unfortunately been notified that our Safety Car will not be able to make it, so we will not be running a Safety Car, yet again, at Tokyo.

Contact
As per usual, rubbing and slight bumping will be allowed, but if it goes too far, too consistently, expect a penalty to be heading your way.

Complaints/Appeals
All complaints/appeals must be submitted to the Stewards via PM within 48 hours of the race lobby being declared closed.

Qualifying
Due to all the issues with the Pre-Q events (Thanks, PD! ), we will have a 2nd Qualifying session in the lobby to determine the final grid.

Corner Cutting
As this is a pretty tight street circuit, corner cutting is non-existent. But a warning about grip on those kerbs needs to go out. Put a wheel on those kerbs, and you'll be struggling for grip! 👍

That's pretty much all I need to say, so I hope to see as much people as possible there for the race and more importantly, lets all have fun! 👍​

 

[WanganGhost]

Will you tell us if we made it past pre-quali?

 

[NW48]

Will you tell us if we made it past pre-quali?

Yes. But only once the Pre-Q events are finished.

 

[WanganGhost]

Yes. But only once the Pre-Q events are finished.

Of course.

 

[Jordiehamz]

Will I have to do the pre qual again with the new BoP in the ISF??

 

[Ph1sh]

Will I have to do the pre qual again with the new BoP in the ISF??

I believe yes, as the changes @NW48 have been made, NW Listed to do the Time Trial again based on new specs on that car

 

[NW48]

Will I have to do the pre qual again with the new BoP in the ISF??

If you Pre-Q'd with the old regs then yes.

 

[gkgamer]

After some suspiciously fast lap times by the IS-F, a BoP revision session is undergoing in the club lobby right now.

I am trying not to feel offended by this rather unwise choice of words...

Btw, I am not sure I will be able to run another pre-q before race time.

 

[Com Fox]

Was something wrong with the ISF??? Too Slow?

I am trying not to feel offended by this rather unwise choice of words...

Btw, I am not sure I will be able to run another pre-q before race time.

To be fair, getting 5 seconds ahead of other ISF drivers and 1 second off Group A drivers is a bit suspicious.

 

[NW48]

I am trying not to feel offended by this rather unwise choice of words...

Btw, I am not sure I will be able to run another pre-q before race time.

Not suspicious in the cheating way, suspicious in its performance.

I think the update threw them out as they were all within a hundredth if each other prior to the update.

And I would have said suspiciously fast times by the drivers but I said the IS-F.

 

[Jordiehamz]

I may not be able to run another pre q besides maybe 30 mins before the race

 

[NW48]

I may not be able to run another pre q besides maybe 30 mins before the race

It's alright. I think Pre-Q, which works well in a simple format, is just a bit to much for how many people and cars we have.

 

[Com Fox]

I personally prefer a first come first serve format. When you post the entrant list, the first 8 signed-up are in.

 

[NW48]

I personally prefer a first come first serve format. When you post the entrant list, the first 8 signed-up are in.

I might go with that if I can't find a better way to 'perfect' the Pre-Q situation.

 

[J_Cameron]

When will we know whos in the race? I dont wanna get up at 3:30am if I don't have to, ya know?

 

[NW48]

When will we know whos in the race? I dont wanna get up at 3:30am if I don't have to, ya know?

You're definitely in by the looks of it. Not many people have bothered to Pre-Q, which makes me think instead of giving people the opportunity to earn a spot in the race, it should just become a who can put their name down first kind of thing.

 

[J_Cameron]

Pfff... You should have to make the effort if you want to race.

 

[NW48]

Pfff... You should have to make the effort if you want to race.

Yep! Most definitely! I want to stick with it, no doubt, but I need to do what's best for the majority.

It may not be flawed, it could just be due to the problems we've had with updates & regs, so I may give it another go round.

 

[Com Fox]

Pre-Q is a good idea no doubt but with issues involving regs and the amount of drivers from different places, its a bit tricky.

Sign-Up method is surely not the best but its the most simplest and personally, it shows who's more dedicated to the race.

 

[NW48]

...it shows who's more dedicated to the race.

Not really. Anybody can just put their name down. It takes dedication to do a Pre-Q session and do it fast. 👍

Pre-Race Analysis will be up in a few hours time.

 

[Com Fox]

I mean, the people who want to be included in the races can participate and sure to enter because they want to race, that's why they signed up. While Pre-Q is the same way but different it doesn't guarantee the driver will be there (we even had few who said they'll Pre-Q but maybe not race).

 

[NW48]

(we even had few who said they'll Pre-Q but maybe not race).

I think you may have got that a bit back to front. 👍

We'll give Pre-Q another spin next week but if it doesn't work again, we'll look for other options.