What does a captain do exactly? Are they the one who uploads the timing screenshots? As for hosting, my internet has been fairly unreliable lately, so someone else might be better, but I can see how it goes if no one else puts their hand up.
I could Help Out If Needed @Viperzed as I am a reserve and full house in D2 and D3 not Sure Yet if will get a run. Have to see what happens.
Yessir, So just grabbing the screenshots and making sure the room is going as per schedule etc, so kicking off a sight check just before quali, making sure you guys are starting quali on time, that sort of stuff.
Also making the call on red flags and restarts due to cars tuck on the grid or similar. We usually only do two red flag/restarts. if on the what would be the 4th start there are still issues it go for everyone who's OK, to bad for the others.
Round 1: Dragon Trail Gardens - Custom Weather - Sunrise 8x - 27 Laps - 19/02 [RS and Wet Compounds ONLY] WELCOME to Season 4 for Gran Turismo 7!! As always please take a couple minutes to read the following so you have an understanding of what is expected on race night. If you have any questions, or want clarification on any of the rules or regulations please ask! ROOM OPEN : Room captains may have practice rooms open beforehand but should have the official room up by 7:50pm AEST. Please be on time, or let the room captain or div thread know 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. SIGHT ISSUES: Before qualifying, exit to lobby and spend 30 seconds in spectate mode, scroll through the list of drivers on track and make sure that you can see their car. If you can't see somebody (and they are confirmed as being on track), exit the lobby, re-join, and check again.Type the number of cars you can see in the lobby chat and cross check with other drivers to ensure clarity. QUALIFYING : 8:15 pm AEDT for 10 mins. Feel free to run practice laps prior to qualifying, The host will trigger a 'Room Reset' closer to the commencement of Qualifying. Once 10 mins of session time has elapsed, finish the lap you are on and stop the car off the circuit somewhere near the start of the lap. PITS ARE OPEN DURING QUALIFYING RACE START TIME : 8:25 AEDT LAG ISSUES / ROOM RESTARTS : This is up to the room host/captains. If there is a Disconnection (or cars stuck on grid) at race start, it is sporting to try to get them back in, which may mean a new room to be set up. I would suggest only having 1 restart if required due to DSC, due to having to set up the room from scratch and also having to set timed laps in order to set the grid. Please be as reasonable as you can with this.... TURN 1 LAP 1 : The old saying goes, you can’t win the race on lap 1, but you can definitely lose it. Please be mindful of other drivers on lap 1 coming into turn 1, and for that matter, the entire race. It can be very demoralizing to hot lap on your own for 45 minutes as I'm sure many of you are aware. TRACK LIMITS : As we are running with 'track limit penalties" OFF, we will run with our usual Raceonoz track limit regulations. This means you MUST have at least 2 wheels on the ripple strip OR white line that defines the track limit. If you do make a mistake and have to run outside the limits, be aware that you are not allowed to gain any advantage, position or time wise. Track Limits protests may be launched by any active driver in the race. Track Limits will be monitored at Turns 3, 4 and 8-14. CONTACT : Is to be avoided at all times..... If you make contact with someone and gain an advantage, YOU ARE EXPECTED to give the spot back. Occasionally, Gran Turismo track limits may teleport a disadvantaged driver backwards on circuit to ‘reset’ them, if this occurs at the hand of another driver, IT IS EXPECTED that the driver at fault will wait and redress the position. Side by side 'rubbing' is racing is allowed and promoted within reason, but all drivers are expected to give racing room. For clarity surrounding racing room, please feel free to PM @Viperzed Show each other RESPECT! It is difficult enough to drive the car at the limit on your own, without someone squeezing you within a millimeter of the grass. So be patient and show respect to your fellow drivers. If you are redressing contact, please do so out of the way of other cars, off the racing line, or if there isn't much room, off track. PIT ENTRY/EXIT LINES : Pit Line Penalties are ON so you will be penalised in game if you cut any part of the entry or exit lines. Please be aware of cars entering T1, Stay hard left. BLUE FLAGS : Please observe blue flags, and move out of the way of faster cars if you are being lapped. Failure to observe blue flags WILL result in a penalty STEWARDS GROUP AND RACE PROTESTS : This season, the Head Steward will be @Viperzed. If you have reason to protest, please SAVE YOUR REPLAY, and then let him know via a PM. DO NOT BLOW UP IN THE FORUM OR IN THE ROOM CHAT. There have been multiple incidents where the replays from drivers have been different, so its true that sometimes things are not as black and white as they may seem. You have until MIDNIGHT, Monday night to register your protest via PM. Stewards may ask for video evidence from both drivers or room captains to make any decision. 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! PARKING UP : If you are unable to continue to race, please enter the pits and leave your game paused without selecting tyres so that your car stays parked in the pits. Parking up off track activates yellow flags in the sector, and even though penalties are off, we have reports of penalties occurring for passes happening near the parked car. Quitting off track results in a sometimes race ending lag spike and may be punished in extreme scenarios. ATTENDANCE: Could all drivers please inform Room Captains or make a post on the division thread if they do not intend on racing on Sunday night, Room Captains/ Lobby Hosts are advised not to wait for anyone who has not communicated their intentions. If you do not post in your room thread or psn chat that you cannot attend, a spot may not be held for you for the following weeks race. TRACK SPECIFIC - Dragon Trail Gardens Seaside's ugly step sister, Gardens provides it's own unique challenges in the form of awkward kerbs and tesco level corners. Be mindful of your car positioning through 3 and 4, you ideally want the sosij kerb going directly under the car, but beware track limits! Cars found to leave the track anywhere at turns 8-14 should be aware that they must re enter safely otherwise the Stewards may investigate any disadvantaged cars in the process. The tire allocation for this round is RS, with IM AND W available in the case of a shower.
Fyi guys, as you were the only div without a unanimous vote for the early start, I have shuffled you a mere 5 minutes earlier for an 8:15pm scheduled quali start time, Chat amongst yourselves in the forum, the ps chat and on the night to see if that is what works best for everyone if you wish to go earlier/later. More than happy for each div to have it's own start time as long as they do not impact the others (No joining other rooms during a session etc). Cheers!
Thanks for my first GT race. I pushed a little too hard and threw myself off the track. Also had no idea what I was doing for pits so had 2 trips to get tyres and then it filled me back to 100L. Oh well, looking forward to next round.
Quali (there's 2 pics, they don't match up but one has the times and one has the order we started in...) Race FL
And by over 15 seconds too. Not sure whose call it is but I'm going to safely say he is in the wrong division
Yes, i do agree - after 5 laps, i was pretty much on my own until i caught up to the tail-enders on the last few laps. I will say i had an error free race, and stayed within 1 second of my FL the whole time - consistency is the key! Anyway, Tbh i was surprised i was still in this division after last season, when myself and @SirDids72 won every race. But i assumed you guys looked at previous seasons or something, when making your division selections, so i did not want to dispute it and big note myself. Happy to be moved to Div 2 - i think i will get slaughtered in Div 1.
All the div 2 front runners had little dramas, it was a tight field. I know I got pushed off track 3 times and had a self inflicted off as well.
We're all human, worth mentioning it always if you think you're in the wrong place! Sorry for looking over it. We'll move you to Div 2 for next round and go from there.
