Realistic IndyCar Racing series, Sign up Thread Coming Soon

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Yep I can see the logic in that, and to be fair if you're the last car out the pits you won't have as far to catch up anyway as you'll be at the back of the pack.
 
Oh is it already on the thread? *facepalms* Yours is most probably better/more accurate.
 
Here's knelly's post from earlier in the thread:

Knelly
Black / Silver __________ Team Penske
Black / Yellow__________ Sarah Fisher Racing
White / Purple__________ KV Racing Technology – SH Racing
White / Blue____________ Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing
White / Green__________ HVM Racing
Green / Yellow__________ KV Racing Technology - Lotus
White_________________ Dragon Racing
Blue__________________ Newman/Haas Racing
Red___________________ Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Orange________________ Bryan Herta Autosport
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Sorry gents, this is an example of how pathetic I am at remembering things. Will edit now.

EDIT: Done. Originally I didn't want to personally organise the sign up thread, but now i'd like to give it a shot. So unless anybody else wanted to do it, i'd be happy to :)
 
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I'm fine with that Tom, just don't have the time myself right now, so feel free.
 
Thanks mate, I'll do it in the next week or so. I have a day off Wednesday so I'll get started then 👍
 
TomMcD
I haven't really given it a thought to be honest. Either 2 or 3 car incidents?
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Yeah, they'd definitely be cautions. Though I wasn't sure what to do for single car incidents. If the car is blocking the track, that could possibly be a caution. If there's more than one single car incident (different parts of the track at the same time), this may also depend on whether one or more cars is blocking the track.

I also read through the OP again, and there's a couple of things that need changing:


Race start at Indy is 3 wide @ 80mph, restarts are 2 wide @ 100mph. The start and restart speed at Daytona is 100mph.

Indy cautions: 4 caution laps in total. On the first lap everyone gathers behind the safety car. At the start of the second caution lap, the wavearound is given to any eligible cars. At the end of the second caution lap the pits are open. Cars catch back up to the safety car near/at the end of the third caution lap. Cars go double file on the back straight on the 4th caution lap, ready to restart. Leader takes the inside line as it is an oval. Race restarts at the beginning of the pit wall.

Daytona cautions: As above, but only 3 caution laps due to the pitane being shorter. Drivers should be able to catch up to the safety car in time to go double file on the back straight of the 3rd caution lap. Race restarts at the start/finish line, just like every other course except for Indy Speedway.

Leader gets a choice of the inside or outside for road course starts/restarts, and everyone else lines up double file accordingly.

Possibly add a note to Daytona Road that you are allowed to cut through the empty pit boxes on the second half of the pitlane.

80mph may be too fast/unsafe for road course pace/caution laps, perhaps 70mph instead.

Bump-drafting isn't allowed on any track.



I wish there was a way to race the AI with online physics, as I want to do some practice races with other cars on track.

I'm also expecting a lot of incidents in the first couple of road course races, if our 3 car races at Laguna Seca are anything to go by.
 
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I will try and add these now, might be abit annoying on my android but i'll give it a go.

As for road cautions, i'd say as a general rule 2 cars or more. But if one car has spun off and damaged/obstructed other cars I suppose a caution could be called?
 
TomMcD
I will try and add these now, might be abit annoying on my android but i'll give it a go.

As for road cautions, i'd say as a general rule 2 cars or more. But if one car has spun off and damaged/obstructed other cars I suppose a caution could be called?
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That should work. 👍


At some point I'd like someone to pretend to be the pace car at Indy, Daytona, and Laguna Seca, (both ovals and the shortest road course) as I'd like to see where I come out of the pits relative to the pace car, having just taken on a (near) full tank of fuel. It doesn't have to be berty, just someone in a car going at pace car speed on each track. After that, I think we'll have finally tested everything for the series. All that'll be left is testing/setup sharing/strategising with whoever your teammate is.
 
Great 👍 if i'm soon to be starting the UK thread, better let LV know so he can prepare the American one too.

EDIT: i'm game if you're around tomorrow night? I'm glad we've sorted everything, hopefully our meticulous planning will be appreciated :P
 
Did anyone see the Kentucky race yesterday? Absolutely AMAZING finish. I won't spoil it but you should watch it if you can.
 
I managed to catch highlights today, was an amazing race! I root for Franchitti, but even I have to agree that Will Power got completely robbed, this will probably cost him the championship.
 
TomMcD
Great 👍 if i'm soon to be starting the UK thread, better let LV know so he can prepare the American one too.

EDIT: i'm game if you're around tomorrow night? I'm glad we've sorted everything, hopefully our meticulous planning will be appreciated :P
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I'll probably be on from about 8pm tomorrow. I also just remembered that you don't even need to put fuel in on road courses due to the low fuel consumption, so it'll only be Indy and Daytona that we test.
 
DrifterJoe
I'll probably be on from about 8pm tomorrow. I also just remembered that you don't even need to put fuel in on road courses due to the low fuel consumption, so it'll only be Indy and Daytona that we test.
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Really? No fuel for the whole 100 miles? Okay i'll be on around then.
 
TomMcD
Really? No fuel for the whole 100 miles? Okay i'll be on around then.
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I'm pretty sure, yeah. I guess I'll do a quick test run on whichever race will be the longest (since they're around the 100 mile mark and not exact.)
 
DrifterJoe
I'm pretty sure, yeah. I guess I'll do a quick test run on whichever race will be the longest (since they're around the 100 mile mark and not exact.)
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Yep, all road races are approx. 100 miles, the ovals are 150, 200 and 300. I'm guessing the tank lasts longer on the road courses as they're not running at full tilt for the entire race? (200mph+)
 
TomMcD
Yep, all road races are approx. 100 miles, the ovals are 150, 200 and 300. I'm guessing the tank lasts longer on the road courses as they're not running at full tilt for the entire race? (200mph+)
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Yep that's right.

Since I had to find out which road course race is the longest, I'd may as well tell you the exact length of each road course race:

Laguna Seca: 100.8 miles
Indy Road: 99.18 miles
Daytona Road: 99.68 miles
Tokyo R246 Reverse: 101.76 miles

So I'll go and run a full race distance at Tokyo and see how much fuel I use. I'll do a pace lap too. >_>
 
Well it will either be that or Daytona due to the high speed sections of the track. Awesome mate, let me know how you get on 👍
 
Hehe. :sly:

You have a point, I bow to your greater judgement
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All those who do not bow will be given a 5000 point deduction in the championship! >________>

Since road course cautions are only 2 laps, the wavearound would have to be given on the first caution lap, probably as soon as the field is all together behind the safety car.

I haven't actually started that fuel test at Tokyo yet, so I guess I'll start now.
 
Yes that's the plan, everybody would pit at the end of the first caution lap. The wavearound cars should catch the back of the field before the pits, as they will only be doing 70mph.

Well i'm off to bed, good luck with it man 👍

EDIT: Shall I add the bit about 'point deduction for not bowing to Joe's greater judgement' to the OP? ;)
 
You can add it if you want, you've already bowed. :sly:

I finished my fuel test at Tokyo and didn't need to pit for fuel. Though I won't say how much fuel I had left/used. I'll keep that between me and my teammate. :sly:

EDIT: Did a fuel test at Daytona road too, and didn't need to pit for fuel. Again, I won't say how much I used/was left, except to my teammate.
 
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