Type R Cup, Series 3. Complete

[weescotman]

I never raced daytona last year so have no idea what it was like, any other wet race I've taken part in the weather % has worked fine, last night it didn't. No one's debating who should decide if the weather stays or not, I also had 2 cars stationery on the start finish goodwolf and waffle, so was having to dodge between them instead of drafting down the straight. Another reason i didn't enjoy it, I wasn't the only one either, the other just haven't posted yet. And also to clear this up, I never pointed the blame at anyone, blackmailed or threaten to boycott. I'm also not some noob that quits because things ain't going my way.

 

[Goodwolf]

Daytona 24 hours was way more difficult in the wet because we were racing in GT500 class, the speeds were higher and you had to short shift all the way to 6th gear for 2 hours probably. You couldn't see the track because of the bad lighting and the dark tarmac wasn't helping. Weather % was the same as last night. At the beginning of my stint at Daytona it stayed at 0% for 25 minutes when it was clear there was water on the track so everyone pitted and got inters.

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I don't know why and I didn't pay attention at Daytona as well, why indicator doesn't move when the rain isn't that intensive. Maybe some parts of the track are dry so it doesn't come into play until all of it is drenched to be of any use to us?

 

[GTP_ADE]

The race was frustrating for me last night. Due to personal commitments I didnt get as much practice in as I would have liked. However I was happy with times in the 2.02s during the sessions I did find the time to attend.

So last nights race started and the car felt good. Although there was rain there was also grip. The plan was to pit after 8 laps but I think I came in after 7 after very suddenly loosing all grip. Zero track saturation so I stayed on the RH tyre which was the default coming into the pits. When I came out I spun almost immediatly. I almost took out Damon and Socal trying to get the car moving.

After poodling around and quite a few more spins I called it a day.

Now you all know that normally im no quitter. Finishing in the top end of the field does not matter to me. If it did I would have given up long ago. I just want to be able to enjoy a good evenings racing with some good door to door battles, and unfortunately last night wasnt going to reward me with that.

You also know that ive never been a fan of wet races, so the prospect of carrying on with a broken weather system had no appeal to me at all. If the track saturation indicator had worked it would have been a different story, as I would have known to switch to inters at my first stop.

It may be worth looking at reducing race quality for future weather races, and definately turning off visual damage, as both of these contribute to overloading the game, especially with a full lobby.

I fully understand that most of you had an enjoyable race and can manage to work round the challenge of not having it, but I really rely on the saturation indicator.

Im not going to say that I wont take part in weather/wet races, because I will, but if the weather system is broken, as it was last night I will pull out of the race. Not because I know I wont do very well, but because I dont enjoy it.

 

[CTR Driver]

Unfortunately the results will be delayed. In the interests of being fair I will be analysing all the drivers from the last race. As some issues have been raised. Potentially 11 hours of replay.

Before I look deeper I will give each driver a grace of around 5 infractions (I'm only human and may miss some)

Running outside track boundaries where time can be gained eg Mercedes arena = 5 seconds

Cutting a corner = 5 seconds

Straighting the chicane = 30 seconds.

The conditions were far from what I expected to happen and nothing quite like it happened in any test I ran. I understand the frustration of a tool not doing the job you expect, that has worked reliably on so many other occasions

On the note of room quality. I will run 4* rooms from now on as this may be / is unfairly penalising some drivers.

Regarding the weather usage. I will be careful considering this real world analogy I have aimed for. I wanted to provide a challenge and something a little different. But I never wanted this to be at the expense of people's enjoyment or fun

Please consider the results so far as provisional. The weather next Race to potentially be dynamic. And thank you for your patience whilst I perform this administration task.

NB. This was supposed to be posted yesterday evening. However work, some errands and falling asleep on the sofa. Weren't conditions that meant this happened.

Once again apologies for the delay and thank you for your patience.

 

[weescotman]

Good luck with that gc, I don't have the replay to even help you cut a few hours from that. With the next race being dynamic I won't take part. I'll happily Marshall tho, but at brands it's only a few corners that have to be watched.

 

[J Daniels]

You don't have to check my replay GC, It's flawless! .

 

[socalspeedfreak]

you don't have to check mine either. If I was on the RH in the rain I was all over the place but can assure you I gained not advantage!! if my pit screw had of been better I feel I could have been mid pack.

on the subject of the game being broken it was odd that the rain % was zero when it was obvious you needed some kind of rain tire. I personally found it extremely frustrating getting on the RH accidentally but really rewarding on the IM. I have read the comments and understand all the points of view however I would not mind racing in the race again at all. this coming from a part timer in the series but to me it was the same for everyone. if you got on the RH that was not fun.!!thanks for having me back. I had a great time being with old and new friends i hope i can say.

 

[CTR Driver]

It has taken me best part of the day but I've logged as many "offs" as I could reasonably catalogue. I stopped viewing some drivers after they fell significantly behind the leaders.

I will collate and post the results tomorrow. In the meantime you can see for yourself here

There is a legend at the bottom of the sheet and I've used driver numbers in an effort to keep the document compact.

:EDIT: collating complete. Results bellow.

 

[weescotman]

Glad my numbers not 36, lol

 

[Cobani]

That's a lot of effort there Gary. A lot. A real lot. So when can we all appeal the decisions?

 

[CTR Driver]

That's a lot of effort there Gary. A lot. A real lot. So when can we all appeal the decisions?

No I rule with an iron fist Mwahahaha

I have completed the required admin and the results are unchanged

most infractions were picked up by crossing the red lines in these pictures and more specifically in the yellow area.

I can now declare the winner of Nürburgring GP/F SokaGT-Racing

SokaGT-Racing.......20
Goodwolf_.............18
theewar................14
Bloodyboyblue........11
Cobani....................9
Megg230.................7
GC255....................6
GTP_Cpt_D.............5
socalspeedfreak.......3
xTehLotus_Rk..........2
jammy_rex..............1
Roflwaffle16............1
ade3210.................1
weescotman............1

leaving the points table looking like this

 

[weescotman]

So who's aboot for some laps and races tonight? Nearly race day, got to get the set up sorted.

 

[Cobani]

I'll be on late in the evening. The car is awesome on this track.

 

[weescotman]

Will there be official practice? Who's about later? Need to get numbers on track and see how it goes. Not as much run off as the nurb, so track knowledge is key.

 

[CTR Driver]

There will be a practice tonight. Room settings will be very clear and dry. And most importantly fixed. Expect a room open around 20:00 BST.

 

[Cobani]

The pace is heating up nicely. And with you having to use all the track to extract that pace and with one wheel off the track setting you up for the spin of death, track time is crucial.

Let's get some more laps in gentlemen!

 

[CTR Driver]

The pace is heating up nicely. And with you having to use all the track to extract that pace and with one wheel off the track setting you up for the spin of death, track time is crucial.

Let's get some more laps in gentlemen!

Expect tonight's room to open around 20:00 BST if I'm not tied up enjoying the current good weather.

:EDIT: It's now thunder and lightning

 

[theewar]

Expect tonight's room to open around 20:00 BST if I'm not tied up enjoying the current good weather.

:EDIT: It's now thunder and lightning

I didn't realise you where into that type of fun Gc. I'm curious though,what does the sun add to it? A dark room works for most,I've been told.

 

[CTR Driver]

Race day is upon us again. Tonight will be at Brands Hatch GP with more points for the championship. Can SoKaGT-Racing turn his streak into a hat-trick? Will those who braved the weather reap the rewards of a few extra points last round? One clip of the grass could spell disaster very easily.

The lobby will be opened around 20:00 BST. A PSN message will be sent to those online.

See you on track 👍

 

[bloodyboyblue]

Race day is upon us again. Tonight will be at Brands Hatch GP with more points for the championship. Can SoKaGT-Racing turn his streak into a hat-trick? Will those who braved the weather reap the rewards of a few extra points last round? One clip of the grass could spell disaster very easily.

The lobby will be opened around 20:00 BST. A PSN message will be sent to those online.

See you on track 👍

So it's dry this week? Guess I'll be back to last.

 

[CTR Driver]

So it's dry this week? Guess I'll be back to last.

Yes. 10%(as good as dry. But cloud cover. This is England afterall) and fixed for the entire race.

 

[GTP_ADE]

I will not make the race this week. Real life has been dealing some unforeseen extras these last couple of weeks. Have fun guys and I hope to be back for the next event.

 

[bloodyboyblue]

ALMOST made it on two stops, would've been close to passing the unlucky-as-usual Scotman at the end if I didn't have to pit coming to the white flag. I was happy with that since I wasn't trying to save anything really, and only spun once. Of course I only ran one lap under 1:28 the entire race, and was by far the slowest on track again. I may or may not have been using a tune made for the NSX LM Road Car frankensteined onto the Race Car for these races, maybe over the next few weeks I'll get one of my racing buddies who understands tuning to come up with a real tune for this car for the end of this series.

 

[CTR Driver]

I'll get one of my racing buddies who understands tuning to come up with a real tune for this car for the end of this series.

This is a challenge I find myself also. Up until yesterday I was spinning and, for the want of a better term, rage quitting the practice races. It just clicked during the race. No spins, a couple of offs, but were easily managed. A flash back to Monza made me wary of continuing my planned 2 stop strategy. I adjusted on the fly to add an extra stop and didn't lose too much for it. Chasing down Cobani in the dying laps made me question if I had enough fuel to do so. It looked like he was trying to fuel manage. So if I caught up I was confident I'd get by. It was just a case of making it to the line afterwards. Then to my surprise an added Weescotman into the bargain. Who must have ran out of fuel at druids or Graham Hill, because he's usually far enough in front of me for that to be the case. Next stop, the podium. Though I doubt I'd get quite that lucky

Back to my original point I look forward to seeing what you come back with @bloodyboyblue
3 weeks and we go to Japan and Suzuka circuit.

 

[weescotman]

I just don't have any luck when it comes to hondas, lol started out alright, caught the grass and fell back. Worked my way back onto the podium, but didn't put enough in the tank. Hey ho always next time.

 

[megg230]

Really enjoyed that race, brands is a fantastic track. Good qualy, got into 2nd and had s big gap over 3rd after the 1st pit stop. The nerves got the better of me, spun it a couple of times and was lucky to get 3rd. Hope i didnt hold you up too much, warren. Apologies to bo for reversing strait out in front of you. Complete panic.

Will, i was shouting at your pit crew to put more petrol in.

Good win(s) soka.

 

[Cobani]

The car and track was an awesome combo. Great race which saw me running as high as 2nd during the middle stint. Was well pleased with that.

Great racing with Cpt-D, Warren, Megg and others made for a very enjoyable race. Was well pleased with that.

Cracked under pressure from Warren. And spun while not focusing enough later in the race to finish 5th. Was less pleased with that.

But it doesn't matter, because I had an awesome night of racing with a great bunch of drivers! Well pleased with that.

 

[CTR Driver]

It's been a couple of days and I'm overdue my admin from this Sundays Brands Hatch race.

Your winner for the third time

SoKaGT-Racing.20
theewar............ 18
Megg230......... 14
GC255.............. 11
Cobani............... 9
GTP_Cpt_D........ 8
Goodwolf_......... 7
Weescotman..... 6
Bloodyboyblue.. 5
Jammy_rex........ 3​

I will update the points table graphics when I get chance to sit at my pc (Real life is being demanding currently).

 

[KTZ]

Hello everyone ! Your cup seems interesting, is it possible to join even though it already started or do i have to wait until the next cup ?

 

[CTR Driver]

Hello everyone ! Your cup seems interesting, is it possible to join even though it already started or do i have to wait until the next cup ?

There's usually a slot in the grid if you are interested. And currently only 14 active drivers on the books.

Some of the drivers practice nightly or almost that frequently. I'm not as able to do this so much these days. If you are able, join the R/500 Arena club mentioned near the top of the OP. I'm sure you'll be able to hook up with some of the other guys.