OWS - Old, Weird and Slow. Still going strong with several events in different time zones every week. All skill levels welcome!Open

[Benny44]

Great racing everyone! That was a good clean morning of racing

 

[PapaGnr]

Great racing everyone! That was a good clean morning of racing

Thank you for hosting. Too bad you missed the chat room tho. Lots of laughs.

 

[Mooseldorf]

Great racing everyone! That was a good clean morning of racing

That was awesome!!! Thank you for great racing and the laughs 😂👍

 

[Mooseldorf]

Great racing everyone! That was a good clean morning of racing

Just watched the replay of my fast lap since i couldn't believe it myself, I think I may have "trimmed" a few corners, may need to go to the race review board for adjudication.
Happy to accept a penalty.
Consider putting race limit penalties in place????
Apart from that, great race👍

 

[Benny44]

Just watched the replay of my fast lap since i couldn't believe it myself, I think I may have "trimmed" a few corners, may need to go to the race review board for adjudication.
Happy to accept a penalty.
Consider putting race limit penalties in place????
Apart from that, great race👍

I'm not worried at all about that. I've done similar, often by mistake. The problem with the penalty system is that it can be really harsh at times and ruin a race for someone. I HAVE thought about it though. If we were a more competitive league/group, I'd say we should. But I think I'll leave it off, it sorta goes against the vibe

 

[permaculture]

Just watched the replay of my fast lap since i couldn't believe it myself, I think I may have "trimmed" a few corners, may need to go to the race review board for adjudication.
Happy to accept a penalty.
Consider putting race limit penalties in place????
Apart from that, great race👍

shoulda gone with “it wasn’t mine, I swear”

 

[PapaGnr]

Just watched the replay of my fast lap since i couldn't believe it myself, I think I may have "trimmed" a few corners, may need to go to the race review board for adjudication.
Happy to accept a penalty.
Consider putting race limit penalties in place????
Apart from that, great race👍

It's only a game (some may dispute that) & we're out to have fun. There's no money or points involved but if there were ............?

 

[Benny44]

Just a quick note, and I want your guys' opinions- what if I switched to Saturday? It may work better for me, but I don't want to lose this group

 

[permaculture]

i'll get more pictures up later, gotta run some errands today

Just a quick note, and I want your guys' opinions- what if I switched to Saturday? It may work better for me, but I don't want to lose this group

you can count me in! whether its a full switch or a demo

 

[PapaGnr]

Just a quick note, and I want your guys' opinions- what if I switched to Saturday? It may work better for me, but I don't want to lose this group

I'm open for anything. Count me in.

Here's some of the goings on in the 1st warm up race.
Note; I took no pics of any spin-outs, but there were a few.

PS; other race pics to follow.

 

[PapaGnr]

Race 2 warm up pics. Close race for 1st & 2nd and for 3rd & 4th. The rest of the field was a little spread out.

 

[PapaGnr]

3rd warm up race. Clean & kinda boring race. Fairly spread out

 

[permaculture]

3rd warm up race. Clean & kinda boring race. Fairly spread out

started drifting towards the HOV / carpool lane and figured it would be best not to cut across everyone on that turn lmao

 

[Vangeels]

I'm also curious, are most of you using controllers or a wheel/pedals setup?

I use a wheel. I like that more than a controller. I once had the experience to race with a VR headset and that is very nice :-)

 

[Vangeels]

Great racing everyone! That was a good clean morning of racing

That was much better than I expected. There were some nice fights. Good race. :-)

 

[Vangeels]

Just a quick note, and I want your guys' opinions- what if I switched to Saturday? It may work better for me, but I don't want to lose this group

For me it is equal

 

[Vangeels]

Thank you for hosting. Too bad you missed the chat room tho. Lots of laughs.

I didn't see a chatroom ... :-(

 

[PapaGnr]

I didn't see a chatroom ... :-(

@Benny44 didn't have 1, but 1 of the Discord players opened 1. You should have been able to join it by checking chat rooms & even if you are not a friend of the owner, you can join if a friend is in that room. Sorry, we didn't think to invite you.

 

[Mooseldorf]

Just a quick note, and I want your guys' opinions- what if I switched to Saturday? It may work better for me, but I don't want to lose this group

I'm easy, I may not be able to join every week whether it's Saturday or Sunday but will try my best because it was just such fun, and you all seem pretty chill too.
Do you all know each other in real life?

 

[Vangeels]

Thank you for hosting. Too bad you missed the chat room tho. Lots of laughs.

I didn't see a chatroom ... :-(

@Benny44 didn't have 1, but 1 of the Discord players opened 1. You should have been able to join it by checking chat rooms & even if you are not a friend of the owner, you can join if a friend is in that room. Sorry, we didn't think to invite you.

Ok thanks for the info. Maybe next time I figure out how it works.

 

[Mooseldorf]

Also, a thought on the whole tuning ability thing, and I'm still catching up on today's messages so apologies if you've already resolved this, how about a warm up race with stock standard cars, either same car or different, like the sport mode but without the douches trying to deliberately you of the road ( accidental is ok)
I know this is like Sh1z wacky race but at a different time for us overseas racers.
And racing should be close
(Emphasis on "should")

 

[Vangeels]

Also, a thought on the whole tuning ability thing, and I'm still catching up on today's messages so apologies if you've already resolved this, how about a warm up race with stock standard cars, either same car or different, like the sport mode but without the douches trying to deliberately you of the road ( accidental is ok)
I know this is like Sh1z wacky race but at a different time for us overseas racers.
And racing should be close
(Emphasis on "should")

What will be the goal? The tuning or the close racing?

 

[PapaGnr]

Do you all know each other in real life?

No. We're all spread apart.

 

[permaculture]

Also, a thought on the whole tuning ability thing, and I'm still catching up on today's messages so apologies if you've already resolved this

currently working this out, actually!

Going to try and create something supplemental during the weekdays (during evening time over here, not sure how plausible that would be for you @Mooseldorf but I want that jag tune) to this effect. It won’t be preparing for the specific races on Sunday, but it’ll tackle various questions that keep coming up.

very uncompetitive, do a couple races in similar cars (how much the tunes vary is still in discussion - while it’s easier to coach people if they’re running the same exact everything, it’ll be good if people who have set up a given car can openly discuss their individual setup preferences). potentially alternate every week between sprint races and something requiring pit(s), so people with various strengths can add tips. The idea is that anyone who is faster could be there to explain how and why they’re doing things, and to review the replays for teachable moments.

@PapaGnr i may send you a more detailed message as the idea forms to see what your availability is (and anyone else reading this is welcome to pitch in!)... I’m going to try and start with cars that I’ve tuned to a point where I explain what happened, so if you’ve got any old/weird/slow/hatchback/tiny cars whipped up, we may be able to use them as a point of reference.

 

[Mooseldorf]

What will be the goal? The tuning or the close racing?

To me it would be the close racing and it would still engage those who are still learning about tuning, we can still race without having to think too hard.

 

[PapaGnr]

currently working this out, actually!

Going to try and create something supplemental during the weekdays (during evening time over here, not sure how plausible that would be for you @Mooseldorf but I want that jag tune) to this effect. It won’t be preparing for the specific races on Sunday, but it’ll tackle various questions that keep coming up.

very uncompetitive, do a couple races in similar cars (how much the tunes vary is still in discussion - while it’s easier to coach people if they’re running the same exact everything, it’ll be good if people who have set up a given car can openly discuss their individual setup preferences). potentially alternate every week between sprint races and something requiring pit(s), so people with various strengths can add tips. The idea is that anyone who is faster could be there to explain how and why they’re doing things, and to review the replays for teachable moments.

@PapaGnr i may send you a more detailed message as the idea forms to see what your availability is (and anyone else reading this is welcome to pitch in!)... I’m going to try and start with cars that I’ve tuned to a point where I explain what happened, so if you’ve got any old/weird/slow/hatchback/tiny cars whipped up, we may be able to use them as a point of reference.

Sounds intriguing, whatever you're cooking up. I'm pretty much available any time you'd need me.

Edit; I know that a lot of players rely on @praiano63's tunes as a benchmark for their tunes. I'll check his out if I'm having a problem, but I can usually get a car to handle to my liking, although someone else would consider it rubbish.

Waiting to see what the future holds.

 

[PapaGnr]

Finally got around to watch the replay of last Sunday's main event at Blue Moon. Here's some of my photos.

 

[Mooseldorf]

currently working this out, actually!

Going to try and create something supplemental during the weekdays (during evening time over here, not sure how plausible that would be for you @Mooseldorf but I want that jag tune) to this effect. It won’t be preparing for the specific races on Sunday, but it’ll tackle various questions that keep coming up.

very uncompetitive, do a couple races in similar cars (how much the tunes vary is still in discussion - while it’s easier to coach people if they’re running the same exact everything, it’ll be good if people who have set up a given car can openly discuss their individual setup preferences). potentially alternate every week between sprint races and something requiring pit(s), so people with various strengths can add tips. The idea is that anyone who is faster could be there to explain how and why they’re doing things, and to review the replays for teachable moments.

@PapaGnr i may send you a more detailed message as the idea forms to see what your availability is (and anyone else reading this is welcome to pitch in!)... I’m going to try and start with cars that I’ve tuned to a point where I explain what happened, so if you’ve got any old/weird/slow/hatchback/tiny cars whipped up, we may be able to use them as a point of reference.

This is a great idea!!!😁👍
I think your evenings are my mornings so I'll struggle unless it's a Friday night your time.
I'll join if & when I can.
Im defs no tuning expert, very much like you as far as stick it on and see what happens.
Happy to share the Jag tune, promise you won't laugh.
As far as pit strategy, also great idea, I just won the Grand valley race because everyone else ran mediums and didn't pit so got a 1 minute penalty 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
One of the daily races is with the Alphard brick...worse than the jeep.
Take it easy

 

[Mooseldorf]

Finally got around to watch the replay of last Sunday's main event at Blue Moon. Here's some of my photos.

YEAH BABY!!!!

 

[permaculture]

YEAH BABY!!!!