Nice idea Rob. I'll be out of town tomorrow til Monday, otherwise I would have tried to make it. Good luck, and hope you get a decent turn out.Labor Day SNAIL Shuffle
Sept 6, 2020
The basic principle is explained in the post directly above & in spoilers below. Start time is 9 EST; 1/2 hour earlier than normal. We’ll start when room is sufficiently full, latest 9:30
Some details to be handled on the fly. Some rules I can think of that could come up; if same person wins 2 races back to back, car choice goes to second place finisher; if you don’t have the car chosen, you may go to brand central (at some risk of not getting back in). No replays or points tracking promised unless someone volunteers. If I can remember to screenshot then winner will be posted later. Currently will be 10 min race format (endurance) with reverse grids. Cars over $1M discouraged unless unanimously approved.A spreadsheet to decode previous race finish time randomly determines the next car class/track. Total race time or fast lap ends in 3digits; tenths, hundredths, thousandths. Tenths digit determines car class as follows:
1 N100
2 N200
3 N300
4 N400
5 N500
6 Gr4
7 Gr3
8 GrX or N600
9 GrB or N700
0 anything
Hundredths & thousandths digits determines track. Hard to show here but I assigned numbers 00 to 99 to tracks. The more popular tracks got assigned multiple numbers as we have roughly 80 tracks including variations.
Sounds like fun. Great idea with no practice. I’ll be on but may be late.Update: changes underlined
Labor Day SNAIL Shuffle
Sept 6, 2020
- Lobby opens at normal SNAIL Sunday time. Racing starts when room fills to 12 or latest 30 past the hour.
- 1 make races. Spec. BOP off. If you don't have the car, exit, buy and pray you make it back in.
- 10 minute races, tire wear, fuel use, initial fuel may be used, shortcut penalty
- Races are random by taking last 3 digits of total race time and referencing numbers that I previously assigned to a.) all cars and b.) all tracks in our SNAIL cars & tracks spreadsheet. (Originally winner picked car but this would take too long)
- There may or may not be very brief warm up period. Don't be disappointed either way as it's the same for everyone. In any case, entering track is allowed.
- In case we get a car that bounces off rev limiter (N100 car at Sarthe no chicane) the fastest lap time decoded to give new random car (from previous race) will be used.
- Event organizer reserves the right to make necessary adjustments to set-up as deemed necessary to iron-out any wrinkles.