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Post by Matt Gelder on Apr 21, 2015 23:26:59 GMT
Welcome to the GV8 2015 Season 2!! Good Luck & Have Fun
April 21th
Server starts at 5pm PST/8pm EST
Race Weather:
Temperature: 75 F
Wind Speed: W @ 8 MPH
Atmosphere: 33 RH, 0% Fog Cover
Skies: Clear
Mandatory a 4 tire pit stop with unrestricted fuel
40 min practice, 20 min qualifying and 60 min race
Standing Start
1 Fast Repair
*NOTE* Will be using the iracing league for the season. Please make sure u are in the GRAsim.us league, if not apply and admins will make sure u are added. To find the races, u have to go to the iRacing league page then league sessions tab
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Post by Dino Topic on Apr 22, 2015 2:29:41 GMT
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Post by tony kloosterman on Apr 22, 2015 2:31:43 GMT
great picks
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Post by Tony Mino on Apr 22, 2015 2:52:28 GMT
This race started out well but with about ten minutes left in the race disaster struck in the form of a loss concentration. I started cruising when I had a sizable buffer between myself and P5 with no hopes of catching P3. So after messing up a few laps in a row and realizing that I was running way slower than I should I decided to step it up. The next lap I swung wide, clipped maybe 1/4 of a tire width of grass and sped off to introduce myself to the wall. Here is my face plant into the wall.  Here is an image from lap 1 with the field still stacked together.  |
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Post by tony kloosterman on Apr 22, 2015 11:24:39 GMT
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Post by ryanshelton on Apr 22, 2015 13:25:04 GMT
I had such a great race..... Never knew I could get a stop and go and 4 slow downs in a single race..... Just plain awful.
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Post by daunt on Apr 22, 2015 14:11:37 GMT
As Ken can attest to from Road Atlanta, the slow down penalties that occur when you've not established your normal lap time are absolutely ridiculous. I had a tiny cut in the second turn (never even happened during practice) of the second lap. Had to slow down at least 10 seconds because it was calculating based off the fact that my lap time was 1:49 or so (almost ten seconds off the pace) because my opening lap was that time. How can iRacing not just use a normal time?? Or base it off my qualify time + 2 seconds or whatever. The current system is just stupid.
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Post by tony kloosterman on Apr 22, 2015 14:57:37 GMT
This is being reviewed with iracing
Stay tuned
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Post by daunt on Apr 22, 2015 15:33:03 GMT
Thanks Tony looking out for us crappy drivers who can't stay on the track.  |
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Post by Pete Hebron on Apr 22, 2015 16:25:07 GMT
My last 2 weeks at work have been crazy busy, hopefully it should calm down this week and I can get back on track next week.
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Post by Tony Mino on Apr 22, 2015 17:11:39 GMT
As Ken can attest to from Road Atlanta, the slow down penalties that occur when you've not established your normal lap time are absolutely ridiculous. I had a tiny cut in the second turn (never even happened during practice) of the second lap. Had to slow down at least 10 seconds because it was calculating based off the fact that my lap time was 1:49 or so (almost ten seconds off the pace) because my opening lap was that time. How can iRacing not just use a normal time?? Or base it off my qualify time + 2 seconds or whatever. The current system is just stupid. /rant I had a six second cut course penalty around mid race. It was rather ridiculous because I might have gained .010 of a second by slightly cutting T1's left curbing. The slow downs are just poorly designed and are not uniformed. If there is a penalty I think they should display it on screen instead of making it a guessing game. |
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Post by daunt on Apr 22, 2015 17:29:40 GMT
As Ken can attest to from Road Atlanta, the slow down penalties that occur when you've not established your normal lap time are absolutely ridiculous. I had a tiny cut in the second turn (never even happened during practice) of the second lap. Had to slow down at least 10 seconds because it was calculating based off the fact that my lap time was 1:49 or so (almost ten seconds off the pace) because my opening lap was that time. How can iRacing not just use a normal time?? Or base it off my qualify time + 2 seconds or whatever. The current system is just stupid. /rant I had a six second cut course penalty around mid race. It was rather ridiculous because I might have gained .010 of a second by slightly cutting T1's left curbing. The slow downs are just poorly designed and are not uniformed. If there is a penalty I think they should display it on screen instead of making it a guessing game. Couldn't agree more. I've heard a lot of people clamoring for SOME sort of display. No way in a real race would a driver be told to slow down or whatever without knowing HOW much. I can't imagine him being told to stop in the pits but not being told how long to stop for / how long of a penalty to serve. Whether it is a graphic that displays how much time you need to give back, or a more detailed display that has a delta-type bar that pops up that shows how much more time you need to give back. The graphic doesn't even need to tick down if it is just a simple time display, but telling me exactly how much i need to lose would be not just useful but much more realistic than a "slowdown until I tell you" type thing... |
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Post by Ken Lindberg on Apr 22, 2015 17:47:36 GMT
We're sliding off topic but I gained nothing at Road Atlanta on Lap 1 yet literally stopped in the snake to let the field by only to get a Black Flag and 18 second stop and go in the Pits.
For a database driven program that records every lap you make to penalize you this far out of your normal lap is utter nonsense. This and the meatball system favoring the hitter over the hit need fixing ricky-tick because there not buggy there flat out broken.
...but I digress.
I was looking forward to a good race last night and was in a heated battle for 5th when I put it in the wall outside of T1.
I really have to address throttle control because I struggle in this car. I'm almost wondering if I need to somehow adjust my throttle control shaping to accommodate the lack of mobility/sensitivity I have in my right foot?
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Post by tony kloosterman on Apr 22, 2015 23:23:23 GMT
cut penalties are different at every course, montreal just seems to be the worst ( maybe a review of length of each cut on each course needs a review) but the best course of action is not to get them, it can be done, ask TROY  you have some great suggestions lets see what happens for the next build |
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Post by daunt on Apr 23, 2015 0:04:10 GMT
You know what Tony, I don't care what Ken says about you... you're alright.
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