GR.3 Saturday

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We are planning on putting together a series to run on Wednesday nights. You need to join us when we get it up and running! A lot of the guys you already know and race with on Wednesday will be joining up as well.

Thanks, but I can‘t make another series on wednesday nights. I have to get up very early for the „Toyota 86 Racing Series“.
 
Well congrats everyone 5 weeks into this series and the lobby is already full just with pre confirmed drivers never in my wildest dreams when @TexasJDC told me he wanted to start a league that within just 5 races we would have to start a second lobby we all truly thank you for your continued support of this series as all the bod is still new to this and trying to work out little issues and hiccups congrats to everyone let's have a great race tonight
 
Ok drivers we need another roll call for tonight’s race.

***PLEASE NOTE, IF YOU ALREADY CONFIRMED/RESPONDED WITH YOUR INTENT, THERE IS NO NEED TO REPLY AGAIN***

We need to determine if we have to set up one or two lobbies tonight. For those that have not responded, please let us know if you plan on racing tonight. We don’t want to turn anyone away that wishes to race, but we need a confirmed driver count as soon as possible.
Thank you.
 
Just a heads up everyone it looks like tonight's race will be split between 2 lobbies if for any reason a driver cant get into the lobby please message me on here or on psn TexasmostHated and we will get it squared away. Thank you to everyone who has confirmed they are racing with the lobbies being split that has helped out alot. Hope to see everyone racing tonight and good luck!
 
Just a heads up everyone it looks like tonight's race will be split between 2 lobbies if for any reason a driver cant get into the lobby please message me on here or on psn TexasmostHated and we will get it squared away. Thank you to everyone who has confirmed they are racing with the lobbies being split that has helped out alot. Hope to see everyone racing tonight and good luck!
Do we know who is going to be in what lobby yet?
 
Lobby A hosted by nog3861:

Lobby A Driver (PSN ID)
1A All-trac185
2A Decambre95
3A grim_has_wifi
4A Herimopp89
5A nog3861
6A PApunk924
7A Ryan23kirk23
8A taivien
9A TTTtothetop
10A WanganGhost

Lobby B hosted by TexasmostHated:

Lobby B Driver (PSN ID)
1B aceboy127
2B Hirnsauger69
3B IRISHPRDE
4B Jw_wk1010
5B M1SS-D3V10US
6B MrRacingline
7B NBG_Drifter_71
8B Neutty
9B tab1chevy
10B TexasmostHated
 
Overall, it was a pretty smooth night, given this was our first time we had to run 2 lobbies. For the most part, we had the right drivers in the right rooms, as we had to spread out 21 entrants! Outside of me getting the dreaded PSN4 error, which led to the creation of a new Lobby A, and some of the issues we experienced in Lobby B with numerous grid and pit glitches (drivers stuck, going in circles!...lol) it was a successful event. I would like to thank all of the drivers that showed up and exhibited extreme patience as we sorted through the issues and details.
Who would have thought that 5 weeks into our first season we had a grid of 21 drivers in 2 lobbies! That is fantastic and I encourage everyone to continue to show up and race. As @TexasJDC mentioned, the replays have been shared and there are at least 4 live streams posted on YouTube.
The final race standings and overall season points are being given one more review before they are submitted and posted. Big congrats to @Decambre95 for his sweep of the event! (1st place, pole and fastest lap)
 
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Overall it was a good night for entrants. Heat of the moment issues with a few of the racers in Lobby B. Looking back it’s just a game BUT I enjoy this league and appreciate what Nick, Jack, heri and Jw are doing here. (If I missed someone I apologize). I also voiced my opinion on something that involved me, it took everything I had to bite my tongue from saying some very hateful things. I am remembering that accidents happen and situations like last night helps us learn from these situations and allow us to know how to handle them the next time. All I ask is if you end up getting damage, especially when you are being passed by the leaders, is that you ask yourself, what could I have done better in that situation. If you are receiving damage during this situation, you can bet your azz that the other party involved also received damage, and as we all know damage ruins races.
 
Overall it was a good night for entrants. Heat of the moment issues with a few of the racers in Lobby B. Looking back it’s just a game BUT I enjoy this league and appreciate what Nick, Jack, heri and Jw are doing here. (If I missed someone I apologize). I also voiced my opinion on something that involved me, it took everything I had to bite my tongue from saying some very hateful things. I am remembering that accidents happen and situations like last night helps us learn from these situations and allow us to know how to handle them the next time. All I ask is if you end up getting damage, especially when you are being passed by the leaders, is that you ask yourself, what could I have done better in that situation. If you are receiving damage during this situation, you can bet your azz that the other party involved also received damage, and as we all know damage ruins races.
@Neutty your words of wisdom, experience and praise mean a lot to us all. I guess one of the pitfalls of our current set up is mixing inexperienced, intermediate and very very experienced, fast drivers in the same room(s). But, as you stated, it is events like this, and the patients of all drivers that allow us all to learn, grow and gain much needed experience to keep this league moving forward. I hope the issues that you had last night do not sway your participation in future races. As you know, the league does have an IR system in place and the stewards look at each and every IR received.
Perhaps divisions are on the horizon for this league, at some point. But in the same token, I for one, do not mind racing against the faster drivers, as I look at the opportunity I have to learn from drivers like you. We sincerely appreciate you being part of the ARL.
 
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Hey guys I just wanted to address a issue that was brought up last night. First off I just want to say thank you to everyone who showed up and I apologize for the problems the servers caused and commend everyone for their patience while we dealt with the delays. I noticed last night there were a few issues with lapped traffic that we wanted to address. when a driver is getting the blue flags please use caution on both ends the driver being shown the blue flag needs to not impede the faster driver that’s why we use the flags. The driver being shown the blue flags gets the warning very early and if everyone uses the radar you can see cars that are around you and not to mention checking the track map if you go off track don’t just jump back on track please use caution and try your best to not wreck or interrupt anyone else’s race. If your in a battle and find yourself being put a lap down the best way to do so without losing time is to not block the faster driver and let them pass when there is a clear track to pass use blinkers if you need to so the faster driver and you communicate on where to pass what side to pass ect. I do this a lot when racing and being put a lap down I haven’t had a issue so far. With the lobbies being split due to more than 16 drivers we are going to have a mix of slower and faster drivers and caution is a must we all have to adapt just like any endurance race. With that being said we need a refresher from time to time on race etiquette. For the most part this is a very clean league and I hope everyone is enjoying the races. This is the first season and we are still trying to iron out all of the wrinkles thank you everyone for being patient with the process. Also I wanted to say thank you to everyone for helping this league grow I never thought this early we would have so many drivers and its you guys who have got us there it does not go unnoticed by any means. Last tonight I will be on hosting just some random vote races I thought about doing a endurance race but think a bunch of short races might be more fun for everyone
 
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