AC GT3 @ Imola - Sunday 12th April 2020

Kek700 · Apr 10, 2020

One thing is for certain finishing order is never a direct reflection of Qualifying, if it were we could do away with racing and just have a twenty minutes of qualifying.
Just an observation.

RasmusP · Apr 10, 2020

HF2000 said:
Yes and if this full grid is becoming normal, maybe we can have two parallel events on the calendar, one for the aliens and one for the mortals.

Not sure in which category you fall though...

Linsen · Apr 10, 2020

Hi guys, please sign me in with a 650S... I'm surely slower than midfield!
Thanks.

Enzo Fazzi · Apr 10, 2020

RasmusP said:
Not sure in which category you fall though...

He falls into the age category that really needs to start worrying about his (im)mortality.

HF2000 · Apr 10, 2020

RasmusP said:
Not sure in which category you fall though...

Well I'm using @Medilloni as a reference. Everyone faster is an alien for me. And John himself....

HF2000 · Apr 10, 2020

Enzo Fazzi said:
He falls into the age category that really needs to start worrying about his (im)mortality.

And there goes Christmas dinner 2020.....

pattikins · Apr 10, 2020

HF2000 said:
Well I'm using @Medilloni as a reference. Everyone faster is an alien for me. And John himself....

I'm probably going to use the 650s & I'm 3 seconds slower in that car (evidence can be provided) than his time that he set on the practice server yesterday... so that's me in the second server

I do think it's a matter of asking people for their preference. It would make for a faster race in both servers - less blue flags.

Edit: maybe look @ previous GT3 races Imola as a guide?

Medilloni · Apr 10, 2020

pattikins said:
I'm probably going to use the 650s & I'm 3 seconds slower in that car (evidence can be provided) than his time that he set on the practice server yesterday... so that's me in the second server

I do think it's a matter of asking people for their preference. It would make for a faster race in both servers - less blue flags.

Edit: maybe look @ previous GT3 races Imola as a guide?

Meh, it'll be different come the race Patrick, for the last 6 months you've been stonking in GT3 cars, so I'm sure you'll be well up the road!

and as Ernie rightly says, times are one thing, racing is another... When I was on the server there was someone 3secs quicker btw

EDIT: Sure you're not talking about Nik Babin's time yesterday? His times are proper alien stuff!

Anyway, if I can't stop this appearing in the middle of the screen every few minutes I'll be spectating:

...can't find anything on the TS forum (that's any use), my password isn't working and I'm pulling my f***ing hair out

Chris Down · Apr 10, 2020

Ken Bell said:
@Medilloni and @Chris Down Had a thought..........
Is there a way to put the fastest drivers in server one and slowest in server 2?

just a thought

I'd rather not get into this. There are three options and I think they're all non-ideal:

Drivers decide if they are "faster" or "slower" and put themselves appropriately, but this reinforces the wrong idea and dooms certain people never to race together, which I think is against the spirit of a social club. Also, new drivers may be offended if admin puts them in slower tier by default. We also create a whole new category of disputes where people complain someone else is too fast or too slow.
We do prequalifying. Same issues as option #1, but even more work for everyone, drivers and admins alike.
Race organiser just judges who is faster or slower. I think with this it's easy to fall into the pattern of not seeing improvement with people -- there are people here who have improved a lot, and they may always just be relegated to be seen as "slower" because they don't race in top category.

I worry if we create two tiers of servers, people who spend their time here with the goal of learning and improving will not find this gratifying any more. I am sure that's not everyone, but I generally think splitting it based on anything other than something trivially determined is more trouble than it's worth.

Kek700 · Apr 10, 2020

Patrick is so quick in the Glickenhaus SCG GT3 his exit speed on the last corner is "stuff" of legends, its almost as quick at the end straight as my Lambo running with no wing.

Steve O'Malley · Apr 10, 2020

I think we shouldn't worry about splits, you blokes running it should do whatever is easier for you. We're lucky to be running two races.

640er · Apr 10, 2020

Imho, staying with sign up order is the best solution. You can never find the perfect split so don't waste your time on it.

Medilloni · Apr 10, 2020

Chris Down said:
I'd rather not get into this. There are three options and I think they're all non-ideal............

Agree completely Chris!

pattikins · Apr 10, 2020

It was good of Ken to ask. I guess we now know where folks stand on the subject. Personally I'm for Enzo to join Server one.

pattikins · Apr 10, 2020

Kek700 said:
Patrick is so quick in the Glickenhaus SCG GT3 his exit speed on the last corner is "stuff" of legends, its almost as quick at the end straight as my Lambo running with no wing.

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Thanks for the compliment Ernie. I think I've reached my limit with the SCG - pretty slow in comparison to the aliens

though.

HF2000 · Apr 10, 2020

pattikins said:
It was good of Ken to ask. I guess we now know where folks stand on the subject. Personally I'm for Enzo to join Server one.

Ok. Switch the Fazzi's then!

640er · Apr 10, 2020

pattikins said:
Thanks for the compliment Ernie. I think I've reached my limit with the SCG - pretty slow in comparison to the aliens though.

Do you know how this rsr timing works? I had the app enabled and it recorded my fastest lap but I don't see it on their site. Does it have to be done in offline hotlap mode? And every time I'm on a RD server, I see times from RD people but not the actual leaderboard. So I think it's because the server settings are different than what Rsr expects?

pattikins · Apr 10, 2020

640er said:
Do you know how this rsr timing works? I had the app enabled and it recorded my fastest lap but I don't see it on their site. Does it have to be done in offline hotlap mode? And every time I'm on a RD server, I see times from RD people but not the actual leaderboard. So I think it's because the server settings are different than what Rsr expects?

I'm not sure if you need to have the sites web page open in your browser. I only look @ the lap times. I'd ask @Chris Down.

pattikins · Apr 10, 2020

Medilloni said:
Meh, it'll be different come the race Patrick, for the last 6 months you've been stonking in GT3 cars, so I'm sure you'll be well up the road! and as Ernie rightly says, times are one thing, racing is another... When I was on the server there was someone 3secs quicker btw EDIT: Sure you're not talking about Nik Babin's time yesterday? His times are proper alien stuff!

Anyway, if I can't stop this appearing in the middle of the screen every few minutes I'll be spectating:

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...can't find anything on the TS forum (that's any use), my password isn't working and I'm pulling my f***ing hair out