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[HammyMansell]

No worries mate ill get it all sorted! Thanks

Beat you to it mate! Just sent you the FR!

 

[DropBuckets]

Thanks @Danrc2010 and @Bjorn Lucas for hosting the races I put down, good turn out again .

I'm interested in joining if that's alright lads, PSN Name is: The__Ambitious! :-) Thanks!

Another new member 👍, add @HammyMansell we'll test out your driving chops lol. My relentless plugging of CRAP on streams is not going to waste, otherwise I'd just be a rambling moron for nothing .

Roll on GTEs tonight . #whosaidgoingbackwardswasntfun....................

 

[Spooky Wooky]

Has the improved VOIP been tested?

 

[copes24]

Also below is another solution to the restricted race end timer from a bloke on the official site

Fong74 said
We had the same idea yesterday but encountered some possible issues from an organizer point of view (e.g. two cars crossing the finish line very close to each other before the down lap) which makes checking the replay necessary. One can do that, but there is an other way to overcome the 75% timeout issue. Basically you put the additional lap at the beginning of the race....a classic out lap.

Pre-condition:
Your league racers are willing to start races using a self-imposed flying start (we do this anyway as we have qualifying sessions during the week to determine which racer is participating in which lobby and taking which place in the grid; so we have to sort ourselves into the correct starting position somehow anyway; as pCars does not offer any option to do that, we needed to find a solution for that)

Solution:
- Start the online race session with all cars in the grid
- Do an out lap and do it fairly slow (we run 80-120 kmh but will reduce that if needed)
- Define a suitable starting procedure (we use the moment when the pole car accelerates; it can do so shortly before crossing the start/finish line at the end of the out lap)
- Race until all cars get the checkered flag; the final standings page shows all necessary infos as expected

What you get is a slowest time of ca. 3 minutes in Brno for example. 75% of that is ca 135 seconds, which is enough for every one to finish the race before the timer runs out.

You can manipulate the race end timer by altering the out lap speed/time.

That's a better idea!

 

[alegunner68]

Anyone finding the cockpit view in the the gte too bright? I've had to turn the exposure compensation down to .30

 

[HammyMansell]

Anyone finding the cockpit view in the the gte too bright? I've had to turn the exposure compensation down to .30

No mate, it's always seemed ok to me...Although i always play with sunglasses on! (joke)

 

[Eyeseeh50]

If there is space I would like to join in with tonight's fun.

 

[HammyMansell]

If there is space I would like to join in with tonight's fun.

You're in too mate!!!! 👍

 

[DropBuckets]

Streaming now, although missing 1st race, stream title: HAMMY TUESDAY or

 

[alegunner68]

Crashed on me. So gutted.

 

[admoo]

Gutted to miss out tonight looks like a full lobby anyway!
Hope to get on sometime this week.
Isn't craps getting popular !!
No reason not to have a full lobby at every event.

 

[lancashire lad]

Anyone interested?

THE FIRST CRAPBALL RALLY
California highway full.
12.83 miles of mayhem.
Friday 20th November 9pm GMT
No rules
No aids
No damage
No penalties
Vintage touring cars.( so it's not over too quick)
Host Storm--Trooper-
Winning time recorded for future attempts at winning time.
Room open at 20:45
Feedback welcome.
JSB can you put this up officially please.

 

[HammyMansell]

Crashed on me. So gutted.

Unlucky mate, it's a b*t*h sometimes.

Thanks all for joining tonight, had some great battles with the usual suspects............Football i mean you haha!! Great fight with @Paul newell (lightweight1980) at Bugatti among many.........Points and a few replays up tomorrow!! CRAP goes from strength to much more strength!!!!

Thanks everyone!👍👍

 

[HammyMansell]

Anyone interested?
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THE FIRST CRAPBALL RALLY
California highway full.
12.83 miles of mayhem.
Sunday 22nd November 9pm GMT
No rules
No aids
No damage
No penalties
Vintage touring cars.( so it's not over too quick)
Host Storm--Trooper-
Winning time recorded for future attempts at record winning time.
Room open at 20:45
Feedback welcome.
JSB can you put this up officially please.

Can i be Captain Chaos??????

 

[lancashire lad]

Can i be Captain Chaos??????

Yeah no problem
And driving with fake Burt Reynolds moustache is encouraged.

 

[HammyMansell]

Yeah no problem
And driving with fake Burt Reynolds moustache is encouraged.

Daaa daa daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! See you then @lancashire lad, although next Monday the 23rd maybe better as on Sunday us CRAPpers have the GT3 championship from 8pm GMT!!!!!

 

[Football67611]

Crapsgiving Championship: Saturday November 28th, 7 GMT GMT/2pm East US

Mandatory pit stops
Weather: you never know!
May do timed races 15 mins each.

BMW M1 : Olton Park International 8 Laps
BMW 320 TC: Sonoma GP 8 Laps
Formula C: Bugatti 10 Lap
Aston LMP: Imola 8 Laps

Let me know if your intrested and I will sign you up!

1. Football67611
2. @ty2
3. @HammyMansell
4. @Bjorn Lucas
5. @DropBuckets
6. @RHINO2K
7. @Eyeseeh50
8. @weisda3
9. @Danrc2010

 

[lancashire lad]

Daaa daa daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! See you then @lancashire lad, although next Monday the 23rd maybe better as on Sunday us CRAPpers have the GT3 championship from 8pm GMT!!!!!

Ok how about 9pm Friday? I would only be able to do the rally before work then leave.

 

[Spooky Wooky]

How's the VOIP now?

 

[HammyMansell]

Here's the results from yesterday's Aston Martin GTE Trans-Atlantic (although in the end we went to Bugatti!!!) championship:

1st:@Wielinga046 93pts
2nd:Me @HammyMansell 71pts
3rd: @Paul newell (lightweight1980) 51pts
3rd: @gonzie24 51pts
5th: @Origamipancake 49pts
6th: @DIOGOPINTO121 46pts
7th: @DropBuckets (xI_SaDShooTeRx) 42pts
8th: @Football67611 41pts
9th: @Bjorn Lucas (allstyles) 32pts
10th: @Eyeseeh50 (ICH Motorsport) 27pts
11th: @nicky_B_mc 23pts
12th: @alegunner68 20pts
13th: @RHINO2K (gr4demon) 15pts
14th: @Tw166ycoolwright 12pts
15th: @JOSHAMBITIOUS (The ambitious) 10pts
16th: @CaptainDash 8pts
17th: @Kneckelman 2pts

Bad luck to @alegunner68 who disconnected from first race of the day from the lead, incredible start from lightweight1980 at Bugatti to go from 7th to 1st by first corner!! Thanks again to all who took part.......We'll have to do it again soon!

I'll stick up a replay or 2 later, cheers! 👍

 

[HammyMansell]

Crapsgiving Championship: Saturday November 28th, 7 GMT GMT/2pm East US

Mandatory pit stops
Weather: you never know!
May do timed races 15 mins each.

BMW M1 : Olton Park International 8 Laps
BMW 320 TC: Sonoma GP 8 Laps
Formula C: Bugatti 10 Laps
Formula C: Nurb Ring 3 Laps
McLaren Longtail: Imola 8 Laps

Let me know if your intrested and I will sign you up!

1. Football67611
2.
3.
4.

Count me in Football!

 

[ty2]

And me football... sorry wasnt there last night hammy. Had to earn some pennies..

 

[HammyMansell]

And me football... sorry wasnt there last night hammy. Had to earn some pennies..

No problem ace, although you and your commentaries were missed!!! See you later today for a race or 2!

 

[RHINO2K]

thanks for the races guys really enjoyed it sorry i had to go before the start of bugatti really like that track aswell kids always spoil ya fun :-p look forward to the next one

 

[JohnScoonsBeard]

i will join tonight if thats ok guys @HammyMansell

I'm interested in joining if that's alright lads, PSN Name is: The__Ambitious! :-) Thanks!

Welcome guys. Adding all the active users you see here and getting on our psn message group will add to the enjoyment. Let us know if you want adding to that (if you haven't already been. Cheers JSB

Anyone finding the cockpit view in the the gte too bright? I've had to turn the exposure compensation down to .30

Do you use the static cockpit or helmet cam (I use helmet). I did drive the same car yesterday and didn't notice a problem but I'll check it again. Version 6.0 included some changes to internal view exposures. There is an issue where some helmet overlays have gone missing in this patch so it may be related to that.

Gutted to miss out tonight looks like a full lobby anyway!
Hope to get on sometime this week.
Isn't craps getting popular !!
No reason not to have a full lobby at every event.

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Or 2 if need be. If we have enough (even after a mini series has started) then we should all feel free to start another version of the same event and post in the message group and on here looking for others locked out. In the end we could always run 2 rooms of 8 or 9 maybe with new/improved AI making up the numbers.

Anyone interested?
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THE FIRST CRAPBALL RALLY
California highway full.
12.83 miles of mayhem.
Friday 20th November 9pm GMT
No rules
No aids
No damage
No penalties
Vintage touring cars.( so it's not over too quick)
Host Storm--Trooper-
Winning time recorded for future attempts at winning time.
Room open at 20:45
Feedback welcome.
JSB can you put this up officially please.

Done. Wish I could join as this will be fun. When you "Vintage touring cars" for the cars did you mean "Historic Touring 2"

Unlucky mate, it's a b*t*h sometimes.

Thanks all for joining tonight, had some great battles with the usual suspects............Football i mean you haha!! Great fight with @Paul newell (lightweight1980) at Bugatti among many.........Points and a few replays up tomorrow!! CRAP goes from strength to much more strength!!!!
Thanks everyone!👍👍

@Paul newell welcome as I raced you earlier yesterday so glad to see you join in last night. Welcome to the group mate. You'll find the racing here is a little better than in that public room. At least on here we all try to drive cleanly and respect everyone. Cheers.

How's the VOIP now?

I have only been in 2 public rooms online since the update. 1 only had one person speaking (who I could hear) and the other just had one who had a filthy cough so it's not a good test.

@HammyMansell did you notice improvements in the clarity of the in game chat compared to pre v6.0?

Edit.... It seems louder now which is good, not sure about any improvement to clarity.

 

[Bjorn Lucas]

Crapsgiving Championship: Saturday November 28th, 7 GMT GMT/2pm East US

Mandatory pit stops
Weather: you never know!
May do timed races 15 mins each.

BMW M1 : Olton Park International 8 Laps
BMW 320 TC: Sonoma GP 8 Laps
Formula C: Bugatti 10 Laps
Formula C: Nurb Ring 3 Laps
McLaren Longtail: Imola 8 Laps

Let me know if your intrested and I will sign you up!

1. Football67611
2.
3.
4.

 

[HammyMansell]

@HammyMansell did you notice improvements in the clarity of the in game chat compared to pre v6.0?

Yes John, it seems better than before, and with the improvements that came with PSN update 3.10 2 weeks ago, even better. 👍

 

[alegunner68]

Do you use the static cockpit or helmet cam (I use helmet). I did drive the same car yesterday and didn't notice a problem but I'll check it again. Version 6.0 included some changes to internal view exposures. There is an issue where some helmet overlays have gone missing in this patch so it may be related to that.

I use helmet cam but it's the same with cockpit cam. Most cars are fine but the gte and a couple of others ( can't recall which ) are completely washed out.
Strange how some are noticing this and some aren't.

 

[HammyMansell]

I use helmet cam but it's the same with cockpit cam. Most cars are fine but the gte and a couple of others ( can't recall which ) are completely washed out.
Strange how some are noticing this and some aren't.

It's not down to tv brightness/contrast settings combined with the game?

 

[alegunner68]

It's not down to tv brightness/contrast settings combined with the game?

Highly doubt it, all other views are fine, it's just cockpit/helmet view in the gte and a couple of others. A few people are reporting it on the official forum so it's not just me.