Division 3 season 10

Just a reminder for anyone who didn't notice. Tonights race will be run on Sports Soft tyres. Not the mediums like previous 2 rounds.

Sprints are fun, too bad it is being held at scuba

Just got home after trading in 5 games with a new slim PS3
Will see how the updates go

Hope all goes well!

Looks like I'm not going to make the races this evening, the updates are still going and it's got a long way to go.
Good luck all.

Could everyone start to jump online 10m earlier than they currently do? We keep having the same issues (across all divisions) which keep holding us up and the race start keeps getting further and further behind. I understand you have lives, etc, but this sin't a 1 off thing

It is supposed to be 8:20 not 8:40. I can't recall a start being when it was supposed to be in the last 4 series'.

EDIT: Just frustrated, siome nights I wanna keep on going, others I like to finish when we should.

Sorry for the venting!

I do agree that we should start on time. The room is usually open from 7:45, so there's more than enough time for issues to be sorted out. We should come to a consensuses though.

Anyway, I'm still at the back of the pack, so I guess I'm not good in this car. It's still fun trying to keep miki and rumble behind though.

Code:

R1 PSN           Time       Fastest
01 sidfire1      22:55.126  1:01.203  (pole)
02 garyw61         +01.164  1:01.556
03 VENDALISM       +01.384  1:01.298
04 mmm_homebrew    +08.720  1:01.683
05 daninline6      +15.302  1:01.514
06 disturboed      +15.590  1:01.662
07 Rumbleshorts    +20.590  1:02.040
08 X-3vi1m00n      +21.689  1:02.267
09 ROOZ_Miki       +21.942  1:01.607
10 Aza2672         DNF      1:01.870  (D/c lap 20)

R2 PSN           Time       Fastest      
01 VENDALISM     22:49.580  1:01.076
02 disturboed      +08.006  1:01.390 
03 daninline6      +08.280  1:01.084
04 sidfire1        +09.533  1:01.079
05 garyw61         +09.879  1:01.143
06 Aza2672         +15.483  1:01.553
07 mmm_homebrew    +17.978  1:01.717
08 ROOZ_Miki       +19.036  1:01.380
09 X-3vi1m00n      +41.542  1:02.126
10 Rumbleshorts    +42.693  1:02.304

Fastest lap
01 1:01.076 VENDALISM     
02 1:01.079 sidfire1      
03 1:01.084 daninline6    
04 1:01.143 garyw61       
05 1:01.380 ROOZ_Miki     
06 1:01.390 disturboed    
07 1:01.553 Aza2672       
08 1:01.683 mmm_homebrew  
09 1:02.040 Rumbleshorts
10 1:02.126 X-3vi1m00n    

Code:

Final result
01 sidfire1      25+12/2 = 31
02 VENDALISM     15+25/2 = 27.5
03 garyw61       18+10/2 = 23
04 daninline6    10+15/2 = 17.5
05 disturboed     8+18/2 = 17
06 mmm_homebrew  12+ 6/2 = 15
07 Rumbleshorts   6+ 1/2 =  6.5
08 Aza2672        1+ 8/2 =  5
09 X-3vi1m00n     4+ 2/2 =  5
10 ROOZ_Miki      2+ 4/2 =  4

Well done once again sid. Some great driving, especially the first race. You were always that 3-4 seconds in front of me, and I couldn't hunt you down. Apologies to Ven, who was presented with my very wide arse for about the last 6 or 7 laps.

Well done in race 2 ven, some very fast pace. Turbo and dan very quick too. I thought I would try conserving the tyres a bit to have a go at the end, but just didnt have enough to pull it off.

Once again, some real good tight racing. Great fun, thanks guys!

I just remember that I'm attending a Fringe event on Sunday, so I won't be able to host.
Can Rumble or gary host this Sunday's Monza session? I was looking forward to a wet race too!

I can host, no worries

Welcome TB! You are in for some fun - a great bunch of blokes in div 3 (as for all divisions here).

Well, I have learnt 2 things doing some practice for this race.

1. A fast time requires good throttle control.
2. I don't have good throttle control.

Should be a fun race anyway. Yes, hopefully we can all keep our heads at turn 1.

You still ok to host Rumbles? I can also if required.

Still good to host

We seriously need to look at an alternative night for the league races. It seems every other night of the week there are no issues with people's connections but come Sunday it all kicks in...

Round 4 Race Report

Well, I got into the room at 7.45 as I wanted to make sure I was all connected and good to go before race time. I was in with 4 others and all connections were good. I then had to go off and put the kids to bed before qualifying started, and when I came back others had joined, and I couldn't see a couple of them.

I think there needs to be a stated policy on the "still loading" connections that you get from time to time. My suggestion is that if you enter a room and get the loading bar stuck under others, then you must be the one to leave the room and rejoin. I believe it to be unfair for the person who joined first to be expected to rejoin, especially if they are already on track and especially if its during a qualifying session. When you join a room, you need to give it about 60 seconds before joining the track to check all connections, as it may come up everybody is fine straight away, but it can change.

So, in this instance I again rejoined the room even though I had been there longer.

Qualifying finally gets under way, and I find my rhythm within a couple of laps and lap 4 i throw down a 1.15.6, my fastest time and with no draft. It put me on provisional pole. And then BAM!, we had a power blip and it resetted the modem and router and I got D/C'd.

It took me a while to get all the equipment back up and running again, and then the bloody PS3 wouldn't sign in to PSN even though the internet was back on (hence my shoutbox posts). Restart, reload try again. I fully expected the race to be underway by the time i got back in (it was like 6 minutes), but others had been having their own issues and the race hadn't started. Did a quick couple laps and got into 4th spot, but my earlier time was still showing as the quickest (who gets pole award in that circumstance?).

Right now onto race start. Got away nicely, drew alongside Gary (started 3rd) and then managed to get around the inside and then outside of chicane when he outbraked himself and tapped into Sid (2nd). I think this actually helped Sid into 1st, and I was able to outdrag Miki for 2nd spot into the left hand sweeper. I was then trying to focus on finding the rhythm and staying with Sid and I was confident I had enough pace to keep with him. 2/3'ds the way through lap 2, the bloody steering wheel came away from the wheel stand. It got me distracted enough I didn't brake early into the final chicane and went for a drive in the beach. Came out dead last essentially but not too far behind and I was trying to redo the grips for the wheel and maintain pace at the same time. Next lap though I ended up spinning on the exit of the same chicane so just stopped and did it up properly. By the time I got going i was nearly 1 minute behind and my race was effectively done.

I was absolutely ropable at this point and my driving was just not up to scratch. A few little more mistakes and a couple more minor spins would cost me any gains I was making on the tail end of the field. I finally re-focused and calmed down, and by this time I knew I couldn't get any further ahead, so I pitted lap 14 or so and put on some fresh boots and tried my best to lay a fast time. I did manage a 2.15.2 with no draft so I was pretty happy with that.

Well done to Sid on his dominating drive, and to Miki and Gaz for bringing up the podium.