I dont want to harp on it Anon, but on that 3rd restart nose to tail flat out into turn 1, and the same thing happens, do we just keep racing then?
Yes you do, everyone has had 3 chances, after that it's bad luck and keep on trucking.
I spent 4.5 hours today practicing at Interlagos, and i can tell you, turn 1 is going to be a
!!! i use the ideal line and suggested brake arrows on the track to help me 100m marker is too late, 200m a bit early. a lot of the chicanes are a one car wide slot, 2 side by side and there with be accidents. my predictions will be another physical race like Montreal.
good driver has blinked at the start of the race and ruined the night for 2 or 3 other innocent bystanders -Thats racing anon, we play a game called Sim Racing, it tries to emulate every thing about a real life race, but if we crash turn 1 we can start again, cant do that in real life?
Correct, but with sim racing we can take the cars and the tracks and the physics (ish) of real racing, and manipulate some of the less desirable aspects of the sport. We don't want drivers to have to pull out because of a mechanical failure each race, or the pit crew to stuff up and put the wrong tyres on, or for me to spend hours watching replays to ensure everyone didn't cross the pit exit line or cut corners or make contact with an overtake. Turn 1 prangs happen in all forms of motorsport and it mostly sucks, we can reduce how much it sucks by giving the field 3 chances. The main thing that would suck would be us mod's, in this case me, having to deal with all the protests coming from innocent parties who have practised for hours only to have their race destroyed by a dive at T1 by the guy with cold tyres and a hot head. It will spiral out of control and we will need someone else to run this because I don't have the time.
Im going to post the following note i wrote today to a fellow member expressing my view, as we are all adults here, i am clearly stating a matter of opinion on what i have seen in only 8 race meetings with you guys. Please see this as constructive criticism, im not out for any ones blood, name calling or finger pointing, you guys a great bunch of guys, i would like to think i make this my home for some years to come.
i wrote: the problem with the restarts i found was if the front runners crashed it was an immediate restart called, but if the accident happens down the order they sort of dont want to restart as they the front runners got away cleanly and theres every chance on the next restart they might get stuffed up. as it stands now who ever is fastest in prac and qual generally wins with every body else falling into line according to their lap times, but wouldnt it make for interesting racing like in any real race, if the fast guys crash out then they just need to work harder to catch up, and given there speed most likely will, we could see different race results, not the same few up the front all the time. the 1st race where i went from last 16th to 8th and held it for 2 laps was fantasic for me, i had to work so hard to try and keep it until spita out braked himself into the chicane and took me out, letting 3 cars pass, who at that stage i was keeping ahead off, and just might have for a few laps more, but will never know. thats how as a driver i will get better battling and racing not starting and circulating till the last lap is done,
I hear what you're saying but whoever comes out the best after a T1 crash doesn't want the restart. I will do up a set of rules on restarts and we'll lock it in. As for the battling, man, we try and keep things close as much as we can. Again Thursday nights, lots of short races and if we can get good numbers and if the server options open up a bit more to allow reverse grids and the like then we can look at mixing things up a bit.Click to expand...