ROUND 1 : Spa Francorchamps - 29/7/18 - 21 Laps - Qual Time - @ 1pm - (1 weather slot - Med Cloud) - Race Time - @ 2pm - Light cloud / Heavy cloud / Medium cloud / Clear - Time progression - REAL - Compulsory pit stop - YES - Fuel : Real - TYRE WEAR : Authentic - Weather progression : Sync to race - Time progression : Real time Ok everyone, Welcome to Season 4 ! Please take 2 mins to read through this, the first briefing is probably the most important ! There is also some added info under juzzys hot lap vid for anyone that wants some more specific track and tyre info.... All the standard stuff remains as it always had, track limits and race room etc, but just wanted to highlight that this car is much faster than any we have previously run, so please be MORE AWARE than in the past, of contact into turn 1 of lap 1. We have 3 capacity divs, so hopefully that provides some great racing. NOt to put too fin a point on it, i think we only had 2 protests over the last 3 seasons.....would like to keep it that way if we could Remember you must race and complete 4 of the 7 rounds to be eligible for the massive prize draw at seasons end. ROOM OPEN : Most room captains will 'try' to have rooms open by about 7:50 EDST. Please be on time, or let the room captain or div thread if you may be late. If all agree, the room may wait for you, Within reason. Please remember we have drivers from NZ, and later starts mean a much later night for them. QUALIFYING : 8:10 EDST RACE START TIME : 8:20 EDST TURN 1 LAP 1 : Round 1 is generally the most common where we see contact issues, particularly if we have drivers who haven't done a lot of practice. If you are mid or back of the pack, please make extra effort to slow into turn 1 and not dive-bomb into the mid pack. Giving room on both sides till you get through Eau Rouge will see everyone get through without their night being ruined. Take extra effort to not ruin someones night in the first race of the season TRACK LIMITS : Track limits will remain as they always have, you must have 2 wheels on OR inside the ripple strips at all times. Make a mistake or 2 and thats ok, but making CLEAR advantage from cutting the track will see you penalised. If you do it consistently, you may even be DSQ from the race. Is a few places here where you need to remain inside track limits. - Eau Rouge and Raidillon are the most obvious....Cutting on the left side and straight lining consistently will result in a penalty or DSQ - TURN 12 (pouhon) - running wide on the right hand side.... - Exit of 18 (fast left on back straight) - is easy to run wide there, dont make a habit of it ! CONTACT : Is to be avoided at all times..... If you rear end someone and gain an advantage, YOU ARE EXPECTED to give the spot back. Side by side 'rubbing' is racing, within reason, but all drivers are expected to give racing room. COMPULSORY PIT STOP : It is HIGHLY recommended you save a pit strategy from the options tab in game and select it as your intended strategy for the race so you don't have to do it on the fly while racing .... Remember that if you are NOT taking tyres, adding 1L of fuel actually makes the stop faster ! Tyres will be 50/50 each race and determined by each drivers need to take new ones if needed. you may mix tyres at your stop if you wish....IE hard rears and soft fronts, however i think if you need to take tyres you would be more likely to run full softs. CAR SET UP : There are 2 options for car sets up that people can make. 'LOOSE' or 'STABLE'. It is up to you what setting you use, and it may vary based on the track being used. I would recommend trying both to see what gives the best lap times PIT ENTRY / EXIT : We will be running with Pit penalties ON, so will need to make an attempt to enter and exit using the pit lane lines. We have seen people hit with warnings in game, so be aware of staying in the lane. DONT FORGET TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AT 60KLMS AT THE PIT ENTRY LINE OR YOU WILL GET DSQ FROM THE RACE IF YOU GO IN TOO HOT. - Pit entry at Spa is tricky, make sure you dont get stuck on the wall and block the lane ! Also, there isnt a lot of road to get your speed down to 60 before the control line, do a few prac pits to make sure you get it right. - Exit is pretty straight forward. make sure you look for cars that are exiting T1 before you take your line into Eau Rouge. BLUE FLAGS : Please observe blue flags, and move out of the way of faster cars if you are being lapped. Best to get off the race line, and with a small lift let them go, so you can continue the fight with those in your class. Failure to observe blue flags WILL result in a penalty STEWARDS GROUP AND RACE PROTESTS : This season we will doing any protests just on our own platform. The stewards group will again consist of Myself, Ad2mny, Gary... if you feel the need to protest, you need to make us aware by PM on midnight Monday following the race. You will also need to have Video evidence of your protest, or ask the room host to have a look on their replay. You may appeal any stewards decision, and the final decision will be made by Koastr. If there is an issue in the race DO NOT BLOW UP IN THE ROOM OR ON THE FORUM. SAVE YOUR REPLAY : If the room host can ask all drivers to save their replay would be good before exiting the room.....once they exit out and the option goes, it cant be retrieved !
Hi All, could somebody from each division is Season 4 ensure they send me the results of each session for Sunday's races please. I will post the ladder/standings after any protests have been resolved. Thanks in advance.
I'll open a practice room around 7:30 tonight. Don't forget to setup your pit strategies and save them ready for tonights race. I will then open a fresh room to get things underway for qualy at 8:10pm Please let me know if anybody is running late.
Short and sweet. Qualied 2nd last, race start made a good jump but went on the grass. Thru T1 and down the hill I glanced the wall and it grabbed and flipped me onto my roof. Race over, I didn't have the reset button mapped. Did mention it, but got no response so i was done.
Wasn’t loving the car after the M&G, and tonight hasn’t changed my mind. Was running an ok race, a couple of little mishaps, still running in 5th by the time came to put on lap 11. Slightly tagged the wall on pit entry, it spun me 90 degrees and wedged me between pit the pit walls. Attempted to Austin Powers my way out of it, no luck. Tried to reset, ‘cannot be used at this time’. Fu*king great.
Oh man did not hear you at all. For everybody, if something like this happens, shoot a message into the div psn chat. Sometimes in the heat of the moment a voice over comms may get lost in the noise.
I thought I could just hear something being said but it was really quiet sorry we didn't do something for mate
Sorry about that lovetap at the start Jim put 0 practice in apart from a couple of hours tonight, I started slowing down so en early and the car just kept en rolling and when we made contact I was like are you en serious, sorry if there was a domino effect because of that guys. Anyways ugly race for me, just pushing too hard and ultimately being slower is the conclusion of my race ah well with I think 3 spins and a last second bail of pitting as familar was stuck there I'm happy with 5th I spose. Thanks to all who showed and Congrats to the people on the podium and Bring on Fuji next week!
Awesome quali first time in the 9's on my first flyer, Just before quali finished my wheel on the mount went loose, although I could still get by in the race. Had a good start vanz started to pull away but I managed to hold of stoz. Pitted on lap 7 and my wheel decided to disconnect got it reconnected and lost about 12 seconds.came out in 9th picked a few people off and then decided to have a spin at Les Combes. Few laps after that I got in a battle with bounty and EEE, after a few more mistakes towards the end of the race I had to settle for 6th.
