Jeepers. I had no such dramas, did get an amount of pain relief, but Im out of hospital now and back to the grind, so we will see how I react to it over the next few weeks.
Gotta say, who was the sadistic prick who chose the weather for this round?? lol Not having ever raced on it before and trying to deal with that weather and track surface is just a barrel of fun !
Round 4: Circuit de la Sarthe - Custom Weather R08/Random/R08/Random/R07/Random/R08 - Early Dawn 20x Variable Time - 10 Laps - 28/8 WELCOME to Season 2 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 8:00pm 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. QUALIFYING : 8:20 AEST for 10 mins. Room settings can now be changed via the lobby itself, therefore practice laps are able to be run prior to qualifying which will be run in ‘practice’. Once 10 mins of session time has elapsed, finish the lap you are on and park up off track. PITS ARE OPEN DURING QUALIFYING RACE START TIME : 8:30 AEST 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.... 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. 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 observed at Turns 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 18-21. 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. 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 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 - Circuit De La Sarthe: The home of Endurance racing! Le Mans is famous for its long back straight and flowing corners. Overtaking opportunities a plenty, with wide roads making side by side action easy. Be aware of other cars having moments in puddles on and off racing line, care should be taken given no car will have the same grip as in the dry. Keep in mind too that there are random weather slots where rain is likely to cease. The track may become *less wet* however should never fully dry.
Room will be up at 7.50, gives time to check numbers aren't doubled and to see abysmal track conditions. If you can join chat please do, makes it easier to inform of race proceedings prior to start, you can drop the chat at start if you like. As I currently have a bung wrist I won't be racing but will be an eye in the sky. See you all there
I'm out tonight gents. Have done myself an ankle injury and can't use the brake pedal at the moment! Best of luck to all, see you in the next round.
Well done everyone, that was a tough one. Congrats Ozglenn, you were untouchable. I might be in the minority but I enjoyed that race just to mix things a a bit. Looking forward to the next one!
Thanks Dash, you where right there for quite a while I just tried not to stuff up. I did enjoy that as well most of the time, it was on a knifes edge for a lot of it.... very sketchy. Congrats to the rest of the podium and for everyone that turned up see you all in a few weeks.
Grats to the winners, my gamble to race and stay on IMs the whole race didn't pay off. First lap lost too much time with an early spin and then with a lap and a half left we may as well have needed a boat... having the car suddenly spin going straight was just painful..
Pole-Web Fl-Web=4.13:646 Hoges Dc-Lap6, 24.21:184 Will put race time up tomorrow. Screenshot didn't save, had to watch replay and get everyone going over line Congrats to Oz, Dash and Dids on podium and Gq,Web, Blunty, Mirkz, The fat, Tony for a great showing. That's the finish order. Bad luck on the dc Hoges, saw it on replay as it happened.
fun and tough race... some very close racing in first few laps...the race very diffrent to our normal ones with the randomised weather...i got cought up on wrong compound and had to pit twice so that cost me... and yes... the deluge on the last lap was biblical ...
