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- rabbit_9-8
@memto I can't join, your friends list is full 
WEC rising star R9 SPA Final
- Thread starter memto89
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- rabbit_9-8
Memto your friend list is full
Edit: it was mine that was full
Edit: it was mine that was full
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- memto89
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- rabbit_9-8
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- memto89
Just a heads up to everyone there will be a test session this evening in my lobby... It's not hosted by myself but rather guys from the wec so the test will be around Laguna.... It's a good chance to see what the boys on the wec can do and also gives everyone a good chance to learn other people's driving styles etc etc
Details:
Lobby: memto89
Time: 8-9 pm bst
Details:
Lobby: memto89
Time: 8-9 pm bst
- 2,509
- Coventry
- memto89
About 10h from now mate
- 2,509
- Coventry
- memto89
I won't be there... I shall be busy in the real world lol.... It's run by plotnik
- 331
- East of England
- richyboy2mil
In the GTE class I did a 1:21.3.
I think Richie did a 1:20.998 or something like that.
All a bit moot as I can race in this round which is a shame as I like Trail Mountain
My best was a 1.21.998 in GTE, I was on a lap about half a sec faster but I messed up the last chicane, should be a some close racing on Saturday
- 836
- London
- Gadget333
My best was a 1.21.998 in GTE, I was on a lap about half a sec faster but I messed up the last chicane, should be a some close racing on Saturday
Ahh ok I was better off than I thought
Not to worry Rich, I'll be sipping cocktails by the pool in Cyprus on Saturday so I'll leave you to make hay while the sun shines (on me literally
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- Victoria
- Mr_Paincake
might be a miss for sunday, not to be a sore sport but if im 1-2 seconds off on time a lap then im wondering if its worth even going. ashes might be a better bet
- 836
- London
- Gadget333
If all Australians adopted that attitude surely they wouldn't bother showing up for the third test......
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- East of England
- richyboy2mil
Ahh ok I was better off than I thought
Not to worry Rich, I'll be sipping cocktails by the pool in Cyprus on Saturday so I'll leave you to make hay while the sun shines (on me literally
lol, yeah your Amuse was flying, so fast on the straights.
Have a nice hol, see you at the next round
That 1.21.xxx was a perfect lap, most other laps were 1.23.xxx, so you should be ok mate.
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- Adelaide
- WIDFO
Still trying to get a better Tune for the Amuse. Fast but twitchy and bouncing off walls at the slightest chance, or slow and steady with stable handling? I haven't found the sweet spot in the middle yet.
It is a full damage race and one mistake with a twitchy car will make all the time made up with the fast laps disappear when crawling to the pits for an unplanned pit stop.
Let the testing continue....
It is a full damage race and one mistake with a twitchy car will make all the time made up with the fast laps disappear when crawling to the pits for an unplanned pit stop.
Let the testing continue....
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- memto89
DRIVERS BRIEFING
Specs for LMP
Specs for GTE
ROOM SETTINGS
ABS 1, (Maximum)
TCS 0, (Maximum)
Driving line allowed,
Heavy Damage!
Visible Damage, off
Collisions, off
Slipstream, Weak
Depletion, Normal
Grip, Real
These are the mandatory regulations
Specs for LMP
Specs for GTE
ROOM SETTINGS
ABS 1, (Maximum)
TCS 0, (Maximum)
Driving line allowed,
Heavy Damage!
Visible Damage, off
Collisions, off
Slipstream, Weak
Depletion, Normal
Grip, Real
These are the mandatory regulations
Headsets can be used during testing and before qualifying, the room organiser will state when headsets must be turned off
Spec checks will be enforced just before qualifying, anyone caught changing their cars after spec check will be disqualified instantly from the event
Qualifying will be a 15 minute session followed by the race countdown timer for all circuits, except for longer special events, in which will have a 20 minute qualifying followed by a 5 minute break for you to sort your food, fluid and bathroom commitments for an endurance event.
Also, the field will not be cleansed after qualifying, so if you are in an LMP car and have a horrible run you cannot expect to be bumped up to the back of the LMP field, you will start where your qualifying time dictates.
Race distance for most events will be approximately 2 hours
Circuit: Trial Mountain,
Laps: 96 (1 Warm up lap)
Damage: Heavy
Warm up lap, Please Maintain a suitable gap behind the car in front of you, somewhere around where you can easily grid up yet have enough space to stop if needed, Tailgating will be penalized as will being tardy,
Remember that 40 minutes must be spent on the harder tire,
There is now a restart policy, There must be a minimum of 40% of the race distance to complete, a steward will post on the thread if there is a mass DC that requires a restart, there is 15 minutes allowed for you to clear your cache and reset your router and re join, from this point you will only be require to use the soft tire,
The race will be held in memto89 lobby, so any new comers and anyone else wishing to participate will require to send an FR to memto89 PSN account,
GT Cars, remember you are not required to move over for the LMP car, they must find their way around you, as in real life,
most of all have fun, any questions post here,
There will be an official test session on wednesday night at 9pm BST in my lounge where everyone is welcome to join!
ROOM SETTINGS
ABS 1, (Maximum)
TCS 0, (Maximum)
Driving line allowed,
Heavy Damage!
Visible Damage, off
Collisions, off
Slipstream, Weak
Depletion, Normal
Grip, Real
These are the mandatory regulations
ABS 1, (Maximum)
TCS 0, (Maximum)
Driving line allowed,
Heavy Damage!
Visible Damage, off
Collisions, off
Slipstream, Weak
Depletion, Normal
Grip, Real
These are the mandatory regulations
Headsets can be used during testing and before qualifying, the room organiser will state when headsets must be turned off, Text box will also not be used during qualifying and the race.
Spec checks happen at 9:30 BST, Once we enter spec check the room becomes parc ferme and you will not be able to change your car anymore before the race, this will be enforced just before qualifying, anyone caught changing their cars after spec check will be disqualified instantly from the event. If you are late to Spec check then you will be forced to start from the back of the grid with no qualification and will be spec checked after qualifying.
Qualifying will be a 15 minute session followed by the race countdown timer for all circuits, except for longer special events, in which will have a 20 minute qualifying followed by a 5 minute break for you to sort your food, fluid and bathroom commitments for an endurance event.
Also, the field will not be cleansed after qualifying, so if you are in an LMP car and have a horrible run you cannot expect to be bumped up to the back of the LMP field, you will start where your qualifying time dictates.
Race distance for most events will be approximately 2 hours (Laps calculated for LMP completion time). Some special events will last 3 hours, exact lap count will be disclosed in the build up to each race.
If you wish to park your car, then pull into the pits and sit on pause, do not park it on track as it is distracting to other drivers.
The thread
The thread is to talk about racing and for myself the other stewards to post information. Any issues or arguments are not acceptable behaviour, if you have an issue PM me and i will deal with it. Things get dealt with behind the scenes and there is no need to being anything into the public eye, that just causes more trouble.
The lobby
In the case that there is over 16 drivers wishing to partake in a race event then the room will be split into 2 rooms with the most even number of class drivers as possible. the race will be run line normal but at the end the times from both races will be put together to see who has won and points and penalties will be awarded to each lobby as if they are one.
Soft tyres are unlimited through out the race.
Medium tyres Must be used for a minimum of 40mins of a race. The warmup lap is not counted in the 40 mins so if you start on med tyres you have to take into account how long the warm up lap is.
If weather is used on a track then intermediates and rain tyres will be used, and after the rain has dried up then softs may be used till the end.
QUALIFYING AND RACE INFORMATION
The Races, All races will have 1 full pace lap, unless detailed otherwise in the drivers briefing,
RACE START PROCEDURE
+) Cars will roll at pace speed around the circuit,
+) The leaders will slow pace to bunch the field up prior to the final turn of the warm up lap,
+) once the field is bunched the leaders will proceed through the final turn onto the front straight,
+) When the 2 lead cars are on the painted grid lines it is up to the pole winner to start the race, They can start the race from any point on the painted grid lines to the start line,
+) If they cross the start line and haven't gone then the race is green, their loss,
I'n summary, the pole winner dictates the pace lap, at pace speed, They have to ensure the field is bunched up, (near as makes no difference as some drivers will tail back to ensure their own safety in turn 1, once the leader gets to the painted grid slots its their choice to go, if they get to the start line and haven't gone then the race will also go green,
(Bare in mind that these may change race to race, so suit the track we are racing on, these will be released in the driver's briefing one week out from the event,)
OVERTAKING AND LAPPING
Be patient, overtaking points will come, You will never win the race on lap 1,
Lapping, GTE cars will be expected to maintain their line, It is up to their discretion to get out of an LMP cars way, "removing" them from the circuit will result in a penalty,
This is a championship, Points will only be awarded for top 8 only in each class, Bonus points maybe awarded for, Class Pole Position, class fastest lap, And class most laps led, and leading a lap at the start line,
If you are a lap down in your class and you are not as fast as the lapping car in class then Blue flag rules are instated, You must move over and let the faster car past. If you are faster than the car in front and you are a lap down then you may take your lap back, but if any incident is caused from that, you will be held responsible.
DISCONNECTION RESTARTS
In the event of a mass disconnection, we will restart the race, however for this to happen,
+) 2 or more people must disconnect within 30 seconds for a restart to be called,
+) there must be a minimum 40% of the race remaining to be completed,
+) If there is 30% or less of the race to complete the race will be called to the lap prior of the dc and that is the order in which points will be dealt,
How this will work,
+) We will post on the thread Mass DC, 20 minutes to restart, (If everyone returns it will be earlier)
+) Everyone who dc'd will go clear their cache and reset router and return to the room,
+) The room will be set to a percentage of the remaining laps, Minimum 33%
+) Everyone will use racing soft tires for the restart, it is not required to use the harder option,
+) The room will be set to 'Standing start with false start check',+) once everyone has returned and things are ok we will go out on track and park in the order of which the dc occurred,
+) The race will start and we will go on green, No warm up lap!
POINTS ORDER
1st) 10
2nd) 8
3rd) 6
4th) 5
5th) 4
6th) 3
7th) 2
8th) 1
1st) 10
2nd) 8
3rd) 6
4th) 5
5th) 4
6th) 3
7th) 2
8th) 1
BONUS POINTS
1 Point for pole and 1 for fastest lap of the race (Each category)
Double Points will be awarded for the two endurance races, You must complete 90% to claim any points,
WARNINGS AND PENALTIES
Penalties will be dealt with accordingly, TDZdave, Memto89, Johnnyb and i-was-ere are the stewards.
If an LMP causes a GTE car to spin or crash while lapping them, the LMP driver will be given a 1 min penalty for avoidable contact.
Other avoidable contact offences will be given 1 min added to their final time as well,
For the GTE class, The race will finish at the first full completed lap after the LMP car has started the count down, This is to discourage dive bombing moves that may or may not gain you a place in the last seconds of the count down timer, However you guys can continue racing for your GT5 prizes until the countdown has finished.
White lines in and out of the pits are monitored and will be a 10 second penalty for crossing. All 4 wheels must remain in the white line unless it has been noted by the stewards that 2 wheels may cross.
If you are not sure if you have received a penalty or warning from an event, They will be published at the bottom of the OP, they will be published by Monday evening after the race, If we have yet to come to a decision it will be published as TBD,
Corner cutting, Two wheels must remain on the black stuff at all times, (or curbing) If it is deemed by us that you have been cutting corners you will be served a penalty pending how much it cut or how many times,
Also, Do not arrive in a "Hybrid" or "Hacked" vehicle, you will be removed on the spot! NO EXCEPTIONS!
- 38
- Chicago
- nforspeed91
meh didn't do any testing. Just going to wing it like I did Indy and hope for the best.
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- AYRTONSCHUMACHER
List of attendance for Tonight, please remember there is no cut off point, if we get more than 16 people that is fine
1) WIDFO, GTE
2) TDZdave, LMP (work pending)
3) memto89 LMP
4) AYRTONSCHUMACHER
I would like to make a request. In the race if you are stopping for any reason please pull into the pits before pausing the car. In practice a few guys paused on track and that made me realise that in a race with damage that it's dangerous. In a real life race most of the "parking" I see would have caused a safety car. Safety first guys, lol. anyway, I hope this can be brought in for tonight's race.
Also can you confirm that if I'm on pole on the warm up lap. I can start accelerating when I get to the white gird makings?
1) WIDFO, GTE
2) TDZdave, LMP (work pending)
3) memto89 LMP
4) AYRTONSCHUMACHER
I would like to make a request. In the race if you are stopping for any reason please pull into the pits before pausing the car. In practice a few guys paused on track and that made me realise that in a race with damage that it's dangerous. In a real life race most of the "parking" I see would have caused a safety car. Safety first guys, lol. anyway, I hope this can be brought in for tonight's race.
Also can you confirm that if I'm on pole on the warm up lap. I can start accelerating when I get to the white gird makings?
- 7,068
- UK
1) WIDFO, GTE
2) TDZdave, LMP (work pending)
3) memto89 LMP
4) AYRTONSCHUMACHER
5) Nin-Chin, LMP
Hopefully my connection won't let me down today,It was much better yesterday,I managed to spend 3 hours in a lobby without disconnecting,hoping the same happens today when it matters.It was fine in June, I had very few disconnections, around 3 a month,now I get disconnected atleast twice a day.Might be a network traffic, previously I used wireless BT Home Hub 3, but thanks to my network issues, I have to use a cable just to get a decent connection without randomly getting signed out, my DNS is usually the issue I have, which means I randomly get signed out and doesn't sign back in unless I restart my PS3, noticed sometimes I wouldn't connect to the server on GT5 after it was fine 5mins previously.Well I hope it holds up, good luck guys.
2) TDZdave, LMP (work pending)
3) memto89 LMP
4) AYRTONSCHUMACHER
5) Nin-Chin, LMP
Hopefully my connection won't let me down today,It was much better yesterday,I managed to spend 3 hours in a lobby without disconnecting,hoping the same happens today when it matters.It was fine in June, I had very few disconnections, around 3 a month,now I get disconnected atleast twice a day.Might be a network traffic, previously I used wireless BT Home Hub 3, but thanks to my network issues, I have to use a cable just to get a decent connection without randomly getting signed out, my DNS is usually the issue I have, which means I randomly get signed out and doesn't sign back in unless I restart my PS3, noticed sometimes I wouldn't connect to the server on GT5 after it was fine 5mins previously.Well I hope it holds up, good luck guys.
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- richyboy2mil
List of attendance for Tonight, please remember there is no cut off point, if we get more than 16 people that is fine
1) WIDFO, GTE
2) TDZdave, LMP (work pending)
3) memto89 LMP
4) AYRTONSCHUMACHER
5) Nin-Chin, LMP
6) Richyboy, GTE
7) Larrylackapants GTE
8) Mrpaincake GTE
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1) WIDFO, GTE
2) TDZdave, LMP (work pending)
3) memto89 LMP
4) AYRTONSCHUMACHER
5) Nin-Chin, LMP
6) Richyboy, GTE
7) Larrylackapants GTE
8) Mrpaincake GTE
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- 3,019
- Essex
1) WIDFO, GTE
2) TDZdave, LMP (work pending)
3) memto89 LMP
4) AYRTONSCHUMACHER
5) Nin-Chin, LMP
6) Richyboy, GTE
7) Larrylackapants GTE
8) Mrpaincake GTE
9) R0ss GTE
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2) TDZdave, LMP (work pending)
3) memto89 LMP
4) AYRTONSCHUMACHER
5) Nin-Chin, LMP
6) Richyboy, GTE
7) Larrylackapants GTE
8) Mrpaincake GTE
9) R0ss GTE
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