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[tarnheld]

Next up:

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Friday 15 May 2015

2:30pm US EDT / 11:30am US PDT / 7:30pm BST / 8:30pm CEST / 18:30 UTC
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Shuffle Mixer Track Day
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All cars lists needed, previous week's podium decides the list
used in each race. Track vote will take place at event start.
Then all 5 races will be at the voted track! First race
will be a one-make with a car from the car lists.
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As we have now a total of 12 lists, participating without any car list means buying and changing oil of 171 cars.
So to make it more accessible i would say we make 3 lists mandatory, so everybody should have those:

• Performance Coupés
• 90's Sports
• Vintage

We can have more variety in the races by shifting the lists, so someone can choose Vintage +5, then the winner of the previous race gets car 5 from Vintage, second gets car 6 and so on.

BTW: the links above are links to filter views in the Car Lists and Parity Sheet, it contains all car lists and the current parity rating. The first tab contains all cars and can be filtered by clicking the filter icon on the far right.

 

[snowgt]

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As we have now a total of 12 lists, participating without any car list means buying and changing oil of 171 cars.
So to make it more accessible i would say we make 3 lists mandatory, so everybody should have those:

• Performance Coupés
• 90's Sports
• Vintage

We can have more variety in the races by shifting the lists, so someone can choose Vintage +5, then the winner of the previous race gets car 5 from Vintage, second gets car 6 and so on.

BTW: the links above are links to filter views in the Car Lists and Parity Sheet, it contains all car lists and the current parity rating. The first tab contains all cars and can be filtered by clicking the filter icon on the far right.

I think this is an important issue you're mentioning. It might definitely be deterring new people from joining races when they realise they'd need that many cars (and we have so many ideas for adding even more). I'd therefore suggest to keep the number of used lists in an event (or maybe in a week?) limited, so that new people can gradually stock up on needed cars as they are used.

I could imagine something like 3 used lists maximum per event. The shuffle rules should permit enough variety anyway.

 

[Cu3e]

I have the 3 mandatory lists checked 👍

What are next lists in priority?

I had all covered few months ago but I see there have been some changes since then...

 

[tarnheld]

What are next lists in priority?

OMG, don't start ordering the lists, car ordering is difficult enough...
Here are some of my favorites:
Limbo Stick is the low power end, Historic and Retro are all about older cars, Legends is -- well, legenday.

When i had my first event here, i think i prepared 2 lists and it was quite a drudge with the oil changes, so 3 should be absolute maximum for an event.

 

[tarnheld]

Room is closed! Racing 90's cars on 80's Brands Hatch GP!

 

[amarynceos]

Last week's results: (it's been a week already?! )


Shuffle Mixer Track Day 08 May -- Daytona Road

1. LongbowX / LongbowX = 20pts (3/2)
2. *tacom08 / tacom08 = 17 pts (2/2)
3. amarynceos / GTP_amarynceus = 12pts (0/4)
   
4. Litchi / GTP_Litchi = 6pts (0/2)
5. Patrick8308 / Patrick8308 = 5 pts (0/0)

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Race 5

 

[amarynceos]

@watermelon punch I hope you can make it to some racing again soon! We miss our benevolent overlord. Vertigo stinks, my mother developed some mysterious inner ear issues a year ago and it wasn't any fun. She couldn't even watch racing, which is something we get together and do quite frequently. Even things like reading could trigger it, and watching subtitled shows or movies was right out. Boo to inner ear issues!

--

It was great to see @hobbsy and @Cu3e on track for Wednesdays' parity races. Too bad the timing didn't work out for you @Tijee . Parity races happen the last week of a three week series, just to be clear. Though, I keep thinking it would be nice to have a series that was only parity races, as I really like the format.

Regarding our profusion of lists, yeah, I worry about it being a bit overwhelming. Heck, even some of us 'veterans' stumble over getting in the right car. *cough* I always keep it to 3 lists per event (one make with car from list A, race with list A, 2 races with list B, 2 races with list C,) but limiting it to a few lists for each series might be a good idea.

For instance, only using 3 lists for an entire series, and perhaps using just two per event. That would also mean the parity races would feature all the list used in a series, which would be a nice touch I think...

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Series 22 -- Event 3
Wednesday 13 May 2015

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Results:

1. Litchi / GTP_Litchi = 19 pts (2/1)
2. snowgt / GTP_SnowCrash = 15 pts (1/2)
3. amarynceos / GTP_amarynceus = 10 pts (0/2)
4. Cu3e / bergele = 10 pts (0/1)
5. hobbsy / Nemesis-Reaper = 9 pts (0/1)
6. tarnheld / tarnheld = 9 pts (0/0)
7. johnwells69 / johnwells69 = 4 pts (0/0)

Race #1: 90s Sports @ Nurburgring GP/D

Race #2: Performance Coupés @ Laguna Seca

Race #3: Vintage @ Tsukuba

(GTP_amarynceus black flagged for using the wrong car from the wrong list )

Final Series Standings:

1. 
   amarynceos / GTP_amarynceus = 48 pts (2/10)
2. 
   tarnheld / tarnheld = 44 pts (1/9)
3. 
   snowgt / GTP_SnowCrash = 27 pts (6/3)
   
4. Patrick8308 / Patrick8308 = 24 pts (2/2)
5. Litchi / GTP_Litchi = 19 pts (2/1)
6. goetz / johndoekillsyou = 17 pts (1/1)
7. johnwells69 / johnwells69 = 19 pts (0/0)
8. Cu3e / bergele = 10 pts (0/1)
9. hobbsy / Nemesis-Reaper = 9 pts (0/1)
10. LongbowX / LongbowX = 7 pts (1/0)
11. RDAardvark / RDAardvark = 6 pts (0/1)

Prize Picks!

@tarnheld :

One (1) car list & track combo for a Parity Race (long track or heavy damage variety).
One (1) car list & track combo for a standard shuffle mixer race.

@snowgt :

Two (2) car list & track combos for shuffle mixer races.

@Patrick8308 :

One (1) car list & track combo for a shuffle mixer race. (will be used once he gets back from holiday)

and I believe @LongbowX still has prize picks back from Series 19:

One (1) car list & track combo for a Parity Race (long track or heavy damage variety).
One (1) car list & track combo for a standard shuffle mixer race.

 

[tarnheld]

Results - Track Day 15. May - Brands Hatch GP 80's

1. Litchi / GTP_Litchi - 24 pts (1/3)
2. amarynceos / GTP_amarynceus - 21 pts (1/2)
3. *tacom08 / tacom08 - 20 pts (2/0)
4. LongbowX / LongbowX - 20 pts (1/2)
5. tarnheld / tarnheld - 15 pts (0/1)
6. Cu3e / bergele - 14 pts (0/2)
7. John Wells / johnwells69 - 6 pts (0/0)

(wins/podiums)

Race #1 - Mazda éfini RX-7 Type R (FD) '91

Race #2 - 90's Sports

Race #3 - Vintage

Race #4 - Performance Coupés

Race #5 - Vintage

Great races at Brands Hatch, too bad the cat prevented the bonus race for me. I hope everyone was ok with me not switching to the modern layout, i like the 80's subtle differences.

So from now on we'll do the track day list picks before the races, so everyone can start buying in.
So pick your lists for the next track day @Litchi, @amarynceos and tacom08!

 

[Tijee]

Hello gentlemen, I'll be available on Wednesday if there's an event. I have to buy the cars from these lists, right?

• Performance Coupés
• 90's Sports
• Vintage

 

[amarynceos]

Good fun as always at the Track Day.

I'll pick... Vintage for the next Track Day.

Hello gentlemen, I'll be available on Wednesday if there's an event. I have to buy the cars from these lists, right?

Yeah, I'll stick with those three lists for the next Series of events. 👍

General announcement: For the Wednesdays Series, I'm going to utilize just three lists per series from now on. Whether or not I use two or three lists per event, I'm undecided as of now -- obviously the Round Three Parity event will use all three lists.

Those of you with prize picks aren't restricted to the three lists to be used for this coming Series, but if you choose other lists I'll use your picks in the following Series. So I suppose you could view it as a way to influence the list choices down the road.

 

[Tijee]

So from now on we'll do the track day list picks before the races, so everyone can start buying in.
So pick your lists for the next track day @Litchi, @amarynceos and tacom08!

So the two other lists may be other than Perf coupés / 90's sports? I should wait for @Litchi and tacom08 to pick their list before I buy the cars then?

 

[tarnheld]

So the two other lists may be other than Perf coupés / 90's sports? I should wait for @Litchi and tacom08 to pick their list before buying the cars then?

Second list (tacom08's pick) will be Historic! We'll take the Corvette Coupe (C2) '63 for the one-make race.

 

[Tijee]

Depending on the last list, I may need to make some money very soon!

 

[Tijee]

Errr... Sorry guys, call me stupid but the more I'm reading the last few posts, the less I understand.

For Wednesday, are we talking about

• Vintage + Perf Coupé + 90's Sports

or

• Vintage + Historic + @Litchi's choice

 

[amarynceos]

• Vintage + Perf Coupé + 90's Sports

These will be the lists for Wednesday

• Vintage + Historic + @Litchi's choice

These will be the lists for Friday's Track Day.

👍

 

[Tijee]

OK, I have some Historic cars to sell then...

 

[Cu3e]

OK, I have some Historic cars to sell then...

Don't sell. You might need them already next week

 

[Tijee]

I'm not sure I can attend next week... But again I don't get it: didn't @amarynceos say he would only use the same 3 lists for this Wednesday's Series?

 

[tarnheld]

I'm not sure I can attend next week... But again I don't get it: didn't @amarynceos say he would only use the same 3 lists for this Wednesday's Series?

So this Wednesday, May 20 (and the next two events of the Wednesday series) the following lists will be used:

Vintage, Performance Coupés and 90's Sports​

On the Track Day this Friday, May 22 we use

Vintage, Historic and (if @Litchi doesn't pick his list until then) 90's Sports. ​

So it's four lists to buy until Friday, and three lists until Wednesday, if you haven't got them already. BTW, you are not forced to do every race, you can join late or leave early or just watch a race when you haven't got a list.

@amarynceos, my combo picks are:

Shuffle: 90's Sports @ Trial Mountain
Parity: Performance Coupés @ Spa, preferably at dawn

 

[Tijee]

Thanks for the explanation, sorry I was a little lost with all these lists and series 👍

 

[amarynceos]

Tomorrow's Itinerary:

Series 23 -- Event 1
Wednesday 19 May 2015
2:30pm US EDT / 11:30am US PDT / 7:30pm BST / 8:30pm CEST / 18:30 UTC

Race #1: 12 laps @ Indianapolis Speedway // Corvette C7 (1 pit stop, Light Damage)
Race #2: 4 laps @ Grand Valley Speedway Reverse // Performance Coupés
Race #3: 5 laps @ Trial Mountain // 90s Sports
Race #4: 5 laps @ Twin Ring Motegi East // 90s Sports
Race #5: 7 laps @ Silverstone Stowe // Vintage
Race #6: 3 laps @ Matterhorn Rotenboden // Vintage

 

[snowgt]

@snowgt :

Two (2) car list & track combos for shuffle mixer races.

Luxury at Nürburgring Type V.
Classics at Bathurst.

 

[amarynceos]

Room is up. All done, thanks for racing, folks.

 

[Tijee]

Thanks for tonight's event 👍

And so sorry about Race #4, I did not practice much on this track and I messed up with the lines, braked early (way too early), turned late, etc... I did not intend to cause trouble, if I did I sincerely apologize!

 

[snowgt]

Thanks for tonight's event 👍

And so sorry about Race #4, I did not practice much on this track and I messed up with the lines, braked early (way too early), turned late, etc...

That's fine, Tijee. Everybody makes mistakes. If you happen to bump into someone because of it though and even gain a position, you can't just continue. You're supposed to at least give the position back and then you can continue.

 

[Tijee]

That's fine, Tijee. Everybody makes mistakes. If you happen to bump into someone because of it though and even gain a position, you can't just continue. You're supposed to at least give the position back and then you can continue.

I totally agree with that, that's what I did when I bumped @tarnheld in the last race. I really don't remember when I did such a thing in race 4 however, but again I apologize for that. I'll watch the replay to be sure I won't ever make the same mistake.

 

[John Wells]

Don't worry to much, we all do it some time

 

[tarnheld]

Next up:

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Friday 22 May 2015

2:30pm US EDT / 11:30am US PDT / 7:30pm BST / 8:30pm CEST / 18:30 UTC
______________________________________________________________________

Shuffle Mixer Track Day
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We'll use the car lists Vintage, Historic and 90's Sports.
Previous week's podium decides the list used in each race.
Track vote will take place at event start. Then all 5 races
will be at the voted track! First race will be a one-make
with the Chevrolet Corvette Coupe (C2) '63.
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See you on track!​

 

[hobbsy]

I might be able to make some racing tonight guys. Just need to brush up on my "Shuffle Mixer Track Day" knowledge... would it matter if i missed the first race though?

As my time to make Race 1 will be tight!

Cheers,

 

[tarnheld]

I might be able to make some racing tonight guys. Just need to brush up on my "Shuffle Mixer Track Day" knowledge... would it matter if i missed the first race though?

As my time to make Race 1 will be tight!

Cheers,

No problem, just join when it suits you! If you come late, you get assigned car #3 from the current list and the first grid position.