GTP NASCAR SPRINT CUP S3 Champs: RFLX_Niop, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota

[Cowboys965]

I'm like that, say something, then have a different thought another minute.

 

[cgr-10]

Knowing me I'll be feeling different about this tomorrow and will want to carry on racing again in everything, I'm just getting more easily frustrated lately.

Perfectly understandable man. I'm glad you've decided to stay in Indy at the very least, it would be sad to see you go from something us 3 created together.

 

[kenkwilinski]

Joe, you took a gamble on your setup and you knew that ahead of time. And lots of race incidents happen at daytona. Throw it behind you and finish the other 15 races since I choose to not rage quit, I got in 9th place. Imagine if you would have stuck to it, given the amount of time you put into it. You don't think I'm mad? Its a video game and we invest too much time into sometimes. Which leads to this type of rage quiting. Take a deep breath and try, try again. Just because you tested and tested doesn't mean you would necessarily win. Sorry, but trying for motivation. Get em' next time Joe.

 

[Matty]

I'll remain in IndyCar then.

Basically it's just a lot of frustration from how races have turned out over the past few weeks. Putting in a lot of effort only for something out of your control to happen and mess you up.

Sprint Cup season 1: Router issues in the chase
Sprint cup season 2: Router issues preventing me from entering races early in the season where I could have gotten extra chase points for wins, and the bump in the Indy chase race.
Sprint cup season 3: Racing accident on the first lap of the shootout, and the 500 as I described above.

Nationwide: caught up in lap 1 incident in preseason, and another incident in the 300 (somehow still finishing 3rd).

Trucks: Furi's recent lag meant his room was a little laggy, and I won the Daytona race due to lag taking out Furi and Tom when I was pushing them.

IndyCar: Joint least frustrating along with trucks. Recent frustration would be messing up in 3 races. In 2 of them I finished second by barely anything, and in the third I put a wheel below the line twice at Daytona, ruining my chances of a good end to the season.

DTM: Various lag incidents and racing incidents.

WSM: Lag at the start losing me over 70 seconds at a track where a lap takes 100 seconds.

Knowing me I'll be feeling different about this tomorrow and will want to carry on racing again in everything, I'm just getting more easily frustrated lately.

I'm like that, say something, then have a different thought another minute.

Same as, hope you keep on racing as its not as bad losing to you compared to others..

 

[DrifterJoe]

Joe, you took a gamble on your setup and you knew that ahead of time. And lots of race incidents happen at daytona. Throw it behind you and finish the other 15 races since I choose to not rage quit, I got in 9th place. Imagine if you would have stuck to it, given the amount of time you put into it. You don't think I'm mad? Its a video game and we invest too much time into sometimes. Which leads to this type of rage quiting. Take a deep breath and try, try again. Just because you tested and tested doesn't mean you would necessarily win. Sorry, but trying for motivation. Get em' next time Joe.

Wasn't really a gamble, we were only aiming for 40 laps but we had to slow the car down a lot with aero to manage it, despite it being able to go about 35 with only 20 45 as the aero.

I'm aware that accidents always happen at Daytona, as I was always involved in them before Season 2 of Sprint cup (S1 and earlier). It's not just been stuff at Daytona, as I listed in my previous post.

I wasn't aiming to win either really, I'm happy to get a top 5 at Daytona in sprint cup as long as it's not the chase.

I rarely ragequit though, but if I'd stayed I'd have just been pissed off and drive really aggressively, probably take a few people out or something.

Don't think I want to be a team owner next season.

 

[MustangRyan]

In response to our recent lag and incidents, we are trimming our fields down to 12 cars, effective immediately. The Chase will be the top 7 drivers, plus 1 wild card entry.

The Hendrick team will remove one of the #24 cars, becoming a three-car team.
The Gibbs team will remove the #20 GameStop car, becoming a three-car team.
The Ford Racing team is to remove one of the #43 cars, becoming a two-car team.
The Red Bull team will run one blue and one silver car, becoming a two-car team.

As I feel that this might be a suitable fix to Joe's chief complaint, I am refusing to accept Joe's prior resignation. Should he choose to resign again, it will be accepted.

The owners of the four teams listed above will need to post their new rosters no later than next Saturday, on our bye week.

 

[kenkwilinski]

That's cool, I second that. I would rather have a more enjoyable, higher quality of racing with less drivers to be honest. I feel the same as Joe with the incidents in all. But we need to keep our heads up as its only race one and there's ten other drivers to disconnest

Drop 2010 #24 DriveTheGuard - sorry bro, I needed you the most here and you backed down


And good job Dowhat coming in fifth place only 48sec down, still on lead lap. Major props dude 👍

 

[MustangRyan]

I'll see if I can work out a deal with Chqr and Tom so that any Sprint Cup drivers that lose a seat can run for the Nationwide title and still have a chance to compete. I think Gibbs and Hendrick are both already down to three cars, so no drivers would be adversely affected. I suppose that Joe could run for the Nationwide title, running for Tom's team, if he so chose. The hardest call could come in for Mule and team Red Bull, where they have three drivers, and some pretty willing nationwide drivers and reserves.

 

[Matty]

I'll see if I can work out a deal with Chqr and Tom so that any Sprint Cup drivers that lose a seat can run for the Nationwide title and still have a chance to compete. I think Gibbs and Hendrick are both already down to three cars, so no drivers would be adversely affected. I suppose that Joe could run for the Nationwide title, running for Tom's team, if he so chose. The hardest call could come in for Mule and team Red Bull, where they have three drivers, and some pretty willing nationwide drivers and reserves.

I can make it easy for MULE as I'm only a 60/40 (meaning only present at just over 50% of races) so its up too him really.

 

[DrifterJoe]

In response to our recent lag and incidents, we are trimming our fields down to 12 cars, effective immediately. The Chase will be the top 7 drivers, plus 1 wild card entry.

The Hendrick team will remove one of the #24 cars, becoming a three-car team.
The Gibbs team will remove the #20 GameStop car, becoming a three-car team.
The Ford Racing team is to remove one of the #43 cars, becoming a two-car team.
The Red Bull team will run one blue and one silver car, becoming a two-car team.

As I feel that this might be a suitable fix to Joe's chief complaint, I am refusing to accept Joe's prior resignation. Should he choose to resign again, it will be accepted.

The owners of the four teams listed above will need to post their new rosters no later than next Saturday, on our bye week.

Yeah, it's best to usually give me up to a couple of days after I do something like that, as I usually reconsider before then.

Now I see what Tom meant in his PM about getting ride of him or Furi, I hadn't read this when he sent it.

The 12 car thing was more of a suggestion that I had a small hope of actually happening, as my connection can just about handle 13 cars without any issues.

Your numbers don't add up though Drop, 3+3+2+2= 10 drivers, not 12.

 

[cgr-10]

Yeah, it's best to usually give me up to a couple of days after I do something like that, as I usually reconsider before then.

Now I see what Tom meant in his PM about getting ride of him or Furi, I hadn't read this when he sent it.

The 12 car thing was more of a suggestion that I had a small hope of actually happening, as my connection can just about handle 13 cars without any issues.

Your numbers don't add up though Drop, 3+3+2+2= 10 drivers, not 12.

SGR is unaffected and is still running 2 cars. So 3+3+2+2+2=12. Yeah, I thought you might not have seen this already.

EDIT: Anyway, I'm off to get some sleep before the Grand Prix.

 

[DrifterJoe]

Since I'm still around, I'll remain as team owner for this season, but will not step up to be one again next season if I have the opportunity.

Will the Nationwide series also see a reduction in the number of cars?

 

[MustangRyan]

It's probably in their best interest to trim to 12 cars, especially as we have just been filling fields with owners. But, that's their call to make as hosts, not mine.

 

[Cowboys965]

It's probably in their best interest to trim to 12 cars, especially as we have just been filling fields with owners. But, that's their call to make as hosts, not mine.

I think Nationwide has been fine as it is.

 

[DrifterJoe]

To clear things up, the reason I left the race was:

I rarely ragequit though, but if I'd stayed I'd have just been pissed off and drive really aggressively, probably take a few people out or something.

this continued onto here, with my post about leaving until S4, as I was still in that frame of mind.

Who won anyway?

 

[MustangRyan]

I think Nationwide has been fine as it is.

You didn't think today's NW race had too much lag? It was very choppy for me.

 

[MustangRyan]

ACDC, Mule, RFLX, Knelly, Dowhat, Tom, Drop, Mudd, Crazy


(I think)

 

[Cowboys965]

You didn't think today's NW race had too much lag? It was very choppy for me.

I think Indy always has issues.

 

[Müle]

I still think Acdc passed me illegally but at this point I don't care, he would have gotten back by me when I ran out of fuel anyway. I'll take 2nd.

Was a good race. Everything went perfect for me until I short filled and came out by myself. Both teammates disconnected which hurt me but meh.

 

[MustangRyan]

It's been a great day when you're disappointed with 2nd in the Daytona 500, after winning the NW Daytona 300.

 

[Müle]

The difference this time was that you weren't helping me at the end.

 

[MustangRyan]

Toyota still won the race, as they have in the Bud Shootout, and both NW races so far. 👍

 

[Acorner123]

When me and drop were up front, mule you stayed with us like white on rice on the high line, we were booking it and almost got away from the pack there at one point

 

[SUfan21]

Big congrats to AC on the win. He is the new king of Daytona!!

 

[fastfox400]

Congrats AC. I officially hate my G27..

 

[MustangRyan]

Stall and Fox, did you guys figure out what happened with your steering wheels?

 

[fastfox400]

My wheel got hot, and killed all force feed back. Managed to get a piece of covering the vents so it had no way to get the heat out. Its been remedied now. It caused me to go straight in to the wall screwing up Crazy. It didnt return till after I turned it off and let it sit for about 45 minutes. I'm going to add a couple of fans..

 

[SUfan21]

Yes. My wheel didnt recalibrate correctly before the race, and it was all out of whack during the race as a result. I held onto it for 13 laps or so but it got so bad that i just couldnt hang onto it anymore. It was as if someone cranked the FF to 10 while simultaneously pulling the wheel to the right at the same time. Its a miracle i held on as long as I did.

 

[Müle]

When me and drop were up front, mule you stayed with us like white on rice on the high line, we were booking it and almost got away from the pack there at one point

All because of RedPartyHat's setup. It was an absolute dream. I could run fast when I wanted to, while also getting 40 laps out of the tires. It would glue itself to the bottom when I wanted it to (which is 95% of the time at Daytona usually), and could also run the top with you and Drop pretty easily. Real shame he got disconnected; he deserved a much better finish.

 

[Akmuq]

I really wish he would tell me these things himself.

Sorry I didn't reply to this earlier, didn't see it, but anyway, he's probably been really busy and forgot, should have told you still though.👎