GT Sport Season 9 Division 2

There may be protests so I will leave the place calculations for now.

Welcome @Lukie Dale
I've put you into div 2 as a reserve but you are likely to get a drive as a few guys have been missing lately

In at the deep end with a wet Red Bull Ring as his introduction.

Round results. Congratulations @NAACS, @TKM23, @Noxrai for the podiums. A well done to moozer for victory in race two.

Round 4: Red Bull Ring Wet - 26 laps - 17:30 Rain - 17/11


WELCOME to Season 9!! Thanks to Selby Acoustics
As always please take 2 mins 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 : Most room captains will 'try' to have rooms open by about 7:50 AEST. 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 : 8:20 AEDT for 10 mins. Once 10 mins has been reached, finish the lap you are on and park up off track. THE PITS ARE CLOSED DURING QUALIFYING
RACE START TIME : 8:30 AEDT (once qualifying has finished)

LAG ISSUES / ROOM RESTARTS : This is up to the room host. 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 always look at 1 or 2 starts if required due to DSC, but as it gets later everyone needs to be aware of getting things going. Please be as reasonable as you can with this....
SIGHT ISSUES: Ensure that you can see everyone on track. After 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. It can also be done pre-qualifying to save time if there is no chance of latecomers.

FALSE START CHECK : Please note that the start type is Grid Start with False Start Check
Please practice this so you know what to expect. Simply, you hold the brakes on until the lights go from all lit, to none lit

TURN 1 LAP 1 : This has the potential to ruin someones night if we don't use our heads! Should be everyone's goal to get through the first phase with ZERO contact. Give room and run in your 'lane' till you have space to run the normal race line. If your unassisted tap causes someone to spin, you need to redress.

WET ROUND : With the track being very wet, please be more cautious than usual with overtaking/defending. Patience is your friend.

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.
Be aware when cutting and exiting T1 & 2. Crossing the white line on the right hand side prior to T5 is allowed. Also be aware of the exit of T7-8 and cutting of T8.

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.
If you bump someone and they end up off track or teleport back to the corner entry, you must wait for them to rejoin and get back up to speed.
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. Contact will possibly end up with bigger hits in the wet, so watch those braking points!

TYRES : Racing Inters/Wets ONLY (Inters recommended)

PIT ENTRY : Drivers MUST make an attempt to use the pit entry / exit lines.
PIT EXIT : Please use the pit exit lane and be aware of cars approaching down the straight.
NOTE: Pitting is NOT COMPULSORY

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 stewards will be will be @Hatfield @JonoStan96 @Viperzed & @emmo46. If you have reason to protest, please SAVE YOUR REPLAY, and then let us 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. We will ask for video evidence from both drivers or room captain 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!

PARTY CHAT : With the new party chat feature able to hold up to 16 participants, each division will have an open party chat for those that wish to use it. We recommend this especially to new drivers as they may ask questions about how the night is run or to clarify anything they are not confident on.

FINAL NOTE: Could all drivers please confirm their attendance for this Sunday by 'liking' this post in your division. If you are unable to attend, please post in reply as much in your division. This way we can figure out our reserves or if the room can start early in advance.

Points are worked out by awarding normal points for race one and 1/2 for race 2. The overall place for the round is based on your combined points. Where there is a tie the driver who finished higher in race 1 will be given the higher overall place. Points are then awarded for the round based on those positions and then bonus point(s) applied.

It's the same for everyone, so it is fair. It has been fair since before GT Sport was released.

fair1
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   treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination.

Enzo gets wet

I don't mind helping out to sort out a series with you (I probably wouldn't be able to race it on Fridays but can still help with set up)

NB @Matthyus : Likie_Dee did a 1:47.253 on his final lap.

After watching three of my grand daughters at Phissy yesterday where two of them won their age division and the other took a second place I was keen to do the Hughes family proud by doing my best last night, wasn't to be.
I don't know what has gone wrong with my performances, I started the season well but that may be due to the fact that this is my go to car for GTSport Gr4 races and I used it in Vardz's series so had close to 7000 km under my belt. I also was doing about 7 race distance practices before the first two races and was really in a groove and performing way above my usual ability. Round three I put down to just not racing well as I had qualified third and just lost out in the battles I was in. This round though I didn't practice much as each time I did I was getting worse. I am just not happy with this car in the wet and last night showed that as I qualified 10th. I did manage to climb to 5th early but I didn't have enough pace to stay there and under pressure I cracked and missed my braking point for a corner which cost me three places. From there I was just able to keep pace with the guy ahead and behind and bring it home in 9th. The only upside is that I finished one place higher than I started, that's gotta be good, right??