[FGTA] Global Sports Car Championship -- Series finished! VELOCI-2NR & kgffy Series Champions!Finished
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Im back.. took a bit of a holiday there but hey, Ive got a wheel now and Ive got an Iracing subscription.. So I am pretty pumped!! 
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Nice :-) I am looking to build an iracing/ computer racing desktop soon. Can't wait to get on it myself ;-)Im back.. took a bit of a holiday there but hey, Ive got a wheel now and Ive got an Iracing subscription.. So I am pretty pumped!!
Watch out for the Autobacs at the limit, it is a beast of a car to control there. I notices cambered turns are its mortal enemy
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I know we've been quite here this week, but we're still on for tonight's 50 minute races.
Just letting you guys know, for at least Suzuka, I want to try a grid start with the new light system (haven't done it yet). I'm considering this for the main series, as well. With the exception of Daytona, because it starts you on the banking and messes everything up.
Just letting you guys know, for at least Suzuka, I want to try a grid start with the new light system (haven't done it yet). I'm considering this for the main series, as well. With the exception of Daytona, because it starts you on the banking and messes everything up.
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I have nothing against the rolling start, but I'll give my reasons for not doing so.
First, as you mentioned, it's a little sketchy to do, even with mics.
But a little more importantly than that, because the races are timed now, a rolling start will cost a few minutes of racing time. With a lap counter, you can cheat this by just adding a lap. Can't do that with the timed system. La Sarthe will lose 5 minutes, at least, cruising around at 80 miles an hour. But until PD works it out so that we can have rolling starts everywhere, then I think standing may be the best way to go. And it's easier. I'm all for streamlining the process where we can.
The Group A machines should be able to pull away from the second class. In theory... But, there will be a practice race or two with both classes together, so we can see how it works out.
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Right, so I believe we're good with Group B! (Yea!) Time to move on to Group A and make sure everything's alright with that this Thursday. I think we should try to get two 40 minute (a little shorter) races in, on at a high downforce track and one at a low downforce one. Thinking maybe Laguna Seca (?) and 80's Monza (because it's awesome!) Once we do this event (and I think we'll only need one night), we'll have a race or two with the two classes.
Also, I still don't have a definite replacement for Bathurst. As much as I love it, we know that there are some online problems with that track, and I'm not totally sure it's been fixed yet. So I'm looking for a high downforce track to replace it with to balance out the calender. A track along the lines of Laguna Seca, Nurburgring GP layout, Brands Hatch (might be too tight for these speeds), or something like that. The Ring will have a day to night transition, something to think about.
Also, I still don't have a definite replacement for Bathurst. As much as I love it, we know that there are some online problems with that track, and I'm not totally sure it's been fixed yet. So I'm looking for a high downforce track to replace it with to balance out the calender. A track along the lines of Laguna Seca, Nurburgring GP layout, Brands Hatch (might be too tight for these speeds), or something like that. The Ring will have a day to night transition, something to think about.
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I like a city course idea :-).
I would not mind a challenging course from PD, Deep Forest reverse comes to mind, but Grand Valley would be epic
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Sorry for the dbl post, but noticed an interesting thing occur during last nights race on the replay. After Flip said he never changed his tire compound and got penalized, I noticed Ares did not either (also check for this in replay), thus during my pursuit of Flip which he was registered as the number 1 position I was registered as the number 2 position during the last parts of the race. I called out on mic to ask Ares to let me by because I was coming within time to Flip to start attacking his position for the lead. that was a lap or two before I spun out. I would not have asked that had Ares been registered as the number 2 position at that point.
At the end of the race Flip got penalized for not changing tire type putting him back to 3rd place. Ares then took the pole with no penalty for not changing the compound putting him in first. Now this might be a one time incident, but in my review of the race it distinctly shows Ares in 5th position by the last two laps we raced. I am now wondering if the bugs of the endurance racing online are fixed or not with the latest update. Can someone else check the replay to see if it registered this for them also. I would hate to go into the next league using the endurance race with a bug like this.
Check lap 14 for Ares's pit and see if it shows him changing compound on another replay.
Check Lap 13 for Flip's pit and see if it registers a tire compound change.
Check Lap 13 for my tire compound change and see if it registers.
Finally check the end of lap 18 going into 19. About 4.5 to 5.5 seconds into 19 Ares lags a bit then is thrown back into 6th place still on Flip's tail... Ares also hits 233 mph at 5.623 seconds into lap 19 lol.
At the end of the race Flip got penalized for not changing tire type putting him back to 3rd place. Ares then took the pole with no penalty for not changing the compound putting him in first. Now this might be a one time incident, but in my review of the race it distinctly shows Ares in 5th position by the last two laps we raced. I am now wondering if the bugs of the endurance racing online are fixed or not with the latest update. Can someone else check the replay to see if it registered this for them also. I would hate to go into the next league using the endurance race with a bug like this.
Check lap 14 for Ares's pit and see if it shows him changing compound on another replay.
Check Lap 13 for Flip's pit and see if it registers a tire compound change.
Check Lap 13 for my tire compound change and see if it registers.
Finally check the end of lap 18 going into 19. About 4.5 to 5.5 seconds into 19 Ares lags a bit then is thrown back into 6th place still on Flip's tail... Ares also hits 233 mph at 5.623 seconds into lap 19 lol.
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That is what I am figuring, however it would be good to check everyone that saved a replay for this fact. Flip stated at the end of the race that he did not change compound, so I was just checking everyone changing compounds.
This is strange, you are right no one has changed compounds but myself on my version of the replay it looks. This kinda hampers endurance racing with compound change with feeding misinformation during the real time racing. Going into the last final laps my position was showing number 2 to me and it did until the end of the race. It showed Ares at number 5 at the end of the race who was hot on the tail of Flip. Going into pursuit mode I only believed I had to pass Flip for a 1st place position but missed my opportunity to do so thanks to that wonder world of 720 degrees of asphalt and grass. I am wondering if it is doing this also on Lap based online racing versus Endurance based online racing. This sort of misinformation during the heat of a battle could prove to be very deceptive and hinder on the fly strategies.
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City track isn't a bad idea. I think Tokyo is the only street circuit wide enough to do this kind of racing. It'll sort of be like Detroit this weekend!
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Bu
you have some drivers who lap very closely with mediums because they do not fully utilize the softs(like me)... The best bet is to specify starting tires and allow free tires after that... And allowing but not mandating pit stops.....still allows for strategy and removes the policing completely.
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Eventually I'll start a f3 series using the red bull jr detuned...or the Ralt if it were available. We really do need a training series like Formula Ford 1600 for new guys and guys like me who hate friggin tuning.
But right now I need seat time during daylight hours to appease SWMBO...
Who seems to need me to watch TV. 
. I'm looking at F3500 but I think its too much car for me even detuned.
