Race 1: Had an ok start, was up to around 2nd, behind joe, when we arrived at the chicane. Dunno what happened but dropped a wheel onto the grass trying to give everybody some more room which resulted in myself spinning off and losing ground to joe and crazy. Then when I came around turn 1 the next lap lion-face had spun off and I had no where to go so we collided. We both got back on & raced each other for a while, I went too deep into the chicane again a few laps later but got back on. Hunted down crazy and was able to make the pass and take second.
Race 2: LAG. Everywhere. Cars were all the over the place, darting from left to right and it was impossible to race. Was driving along with lion-face at 3/4 pace for a few laps while a random did everything he could to stop, block and prevent him from passing. Lion-face went wide in a corner and I went to pass him, there was no contact, we weren't even close yet he went flying off the road thanks to the lag. Stopped and let him back in front which then let dodo into our 'battle'. On one lap at degner there was a massive lag concertina where all 3 of us ran into the back of each other, I got a penalty, not sure about the others. This let lion-face i think go off and pull a gap while dodo and I battled. On lap 8 I think it was, I went slightly wide into T1, I could see him in my mirror but thought he knew I had to turn in or else I was going to go off. I turned in, there was contact, it sent me onto the grass and I half spun, then when I got back on, having no traction I spun again at the next corner. He didn't stop and wait but perhaps it was my fault in that scenario? Gave up and putted home to finish 4th or 5th.
Race 3: Ok start. At turn 2 lion-face came to an almost complete stop on my screen so I ran into the back of him sending him flying off. Waited and let him get back on track, then drove around for a while, was frustrated with things so didn't really give this race my all. Ended up battling a bit with joe and finished 3rd.
Race 4: Only myself and ED5TA_155 turned up for this race. Nothing to write about. Came 1st, boring race.
Race 5: Again only ED5TA_155 & I for the final race. Bit of lag again and dumb drivers. Was up to second heading into degner when a guy in a red 599 hit me off ruining my race there and then. Had fallen behind too far already to have any shot at winning. Was taken out again later by another driver but pushed on and tried to catch ED5TA_155. Was very slowly making inroads but then on lap 8 went off at degner and that was that. Drove around at half pace until the end making a few more mistakes along the way. Finished 2nd.
So finishes were:
2
4
3
1
2
I posted in the chat room at the time that race 2 shouldn't be counted. Im sure people would of thought that's sour grapes, especially since I probably came last out of the SAR/MNR in that one but just wanted to say it wasn't.
If SAR/MNR was still in its original form where there were no points on offer and nothing is on the line, then a laggy race doesn't matter. Similarly, if it were a single car lagging, then same outcome. But when you're having a championship, with points & want close, fun, competitive racing, how are you meant to do that with extreme lag? People posted, 'its the same for everybody' but that's the point! How is it fair on any of us, to race in those conditions where its a lottery? For 75% of that race the guys I was 'racing' with, we were all driving between half to 3/4 pace just to avoid collisions. Even then, there were lag crashes and racing was almost impossible.
Again I want to stress its not sour grapes. Tizzla was really missed tonight. He's gone missing since his showdown with one of the mods in another thread and if he doesn't come back or someone with a great connection doesn't replaces him, then a championship format is most likely doomed & it should just revert back to how it was. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the aspect of what we've come up with but without a good host like tizz, some/most of the races, particular the suzuka ones will be lag feasts, where the winner/top positions won't be decided on speed or skill but on whether they can avoid cars in the opening lap to make a gap & avoid the lag, while other drives get taken out.
I don't have a solution, the only thing I can think of is in the future perhaps have a vote, ask the drivers was race x lagging so much that you were unable to compete to your potential and race others around you. If the majority say yes, then everybody gets say 5/10 points for that race regardless of finishing positions or something like that.
Hopefully it'll be different next week & what I'm rambling on about won't be a problem
Cheers 👍
I even thought at the time, what's going on, why are you guys still chatting & not joining the race? 
I was right behind you heading into that corner and then suddenly your car just came to a dead stop and I went right into the back of you 
Sorry for so much writing. Just like to get everything said in one go 
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Don't want to drag the thread and event down so it'll be all positive from here! Oh and look, 500 posts in this thread. Yay! 
