RD GP Championship 2017 I

[Getu]

@Lorenzo Bonder, it's not your fault, neither from the game. you can practise as much as you want, but in ovals your qualifying runs with 8 liters of fuel and no draft don't matter when it comes to racing. and let alone holding a position side by side.

the S&G when you overtook someone before the finish line after a green flag is supreme bullshit (you had to edit the rFm to fix that). But I managed to deal with it and serve TWO of them and be more careful in the restarts even though I always had better reaction time.

I had two incidents with @Dan Long and @Campbell Wallis too, sorry about that, but there's nothing I could do to avoid those crashes of yours. Speaking of which, there were too many yellow flags but, after watching the stream, there were fewer than expected. Again, you can edit the rFm to lower the safety car threshold and only have yellow flags in "big ones".

4th place for me that tastes like milk from an Indy500, after a 15th and a 12th.

Don't blame yourself, and more importantly, do not blame the game. Having a full course yellow system implemented today is a blessing, some sims don't have one in ****ing 2017 AD.

 

[Dan Long]

I had two incidents with [USER=10817]@Dan Long and @Campbell Wallis too, sorry about that, but there's nothing I could do to avoid those crashes of yours. [/USER]

Not your fault at all, I simply got too greedy into T3, I was more worried that I took you out with me, but thankfully I only took myself out and somehow didn't end up with a wheel off like of it happened in T1!

Overall, a really odd race for me. I had a lot of pace, both in qualifying and race trim and I got a really good start and managed to get away up front, was hoping for a long GF period to cement that but a series of small cautions didn't help.

Managed to keep the lead for the first segment but my pit strategy didn't really work, and the incident I had put me 2 laps back.

Somehow managed to work my way back to the lucky dog position and started the final restart in 8th. Clawed my way back up to 2nd either 5 to go and that is where I stayed.

No need to apologise @Lorenzo Bonder , this is not your fault, and is just the way that the in game system sadly is which is annoying and something which confused us all!

 

[TobiasR]

Round Number(s): 4
Reason: Occupied elsewhere with real life.
Substitute driver: No

 

[TobiasR]

Think we've all learned another lesson from yesterday about rF2's oval rules. I've already got a few pointers from some people on how to sort things out, so we might be able to run the Indy oval more smoothly than Homestead and Lausitzring.

 

[Daryl Russell]

Crazy race but a very eventful one. The rules only confused me once and i picked up a stop n go for passing a car before the line when it was called green. When under caution i did get a bit confused but with guidance from race director i got sorted. I had good pace here but was careful on the restarts hence i got caught napping and car finally broke away right at the end due to tires. Was good to see my team mate John Nelson at the top for a while and Jayme Brooks did well too despite struggling. Can i say stick with the ingame rules they do work just need a better understanding of them. Maybe a post to say what to do under yellows lucky dog etc etc.

 

[Campbell Wallis]

Round Number(s): 5 (Suzuka)
Reason: Family commitment
Substitute driver: No

 

[Slalom823]

∆∆∆ There is a very good write up from the developer on the stock car yellow rules that goes over everything in detail that I found very helpful.

It was a very disappointing race for me personally. I had a very quick race pace, but everything was glitchy. Several cars were flashing and it seemed quite dangerous being cloeecto anyone. I was hit from behind and managed to escape the track, but Lorenzo helped me to get back on track after driving around the outside for most a lap. After crashing another time that was my fault and then having another incident I didn't want to risk anyone else's race and it certainly was past the point of being fun, so I withdrew.

Did anyone else see me flashing? I had this issue on the first oval as well. This makes me assume that the issue is on my end. Race two at road america was fine though. My fps were okay, and ping was fine, but cars would sometimes flash and I had about a quarter or half second delay with the wheel on the screen and I believe it was not just visual but also had input lag. Any thoughts, help, or input would be greatly appreciated. Everything was fine on the server before, but I think with more people on it has an issue. Perhaps it is my distance or my lower end CPU that cause the issue. Or has anyone else had similar issues? I want to finish the season, but I don't want to mess up anyone else's race or practice a lot just to not be able to race.

 

[Weimar Colombo Baptisotti]

• Round Number(s): 3, 4, 5 and 6
• Reason: personal problem
• Substitute driver: No

 

[Joseph Wright]

Driver name: Matt Wright (@MattWright)
Team: RaceDepartment Motorsport
Car Number: 717
Country: United Kingdom
Does he agree with RD Leagues Rule Set and he will follow it accordingly? Yes

He will become premium when he remembers his paypal password (latest on Monday)

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Mid-Season Change:

• Lorenzo Bonder is not longer organizing this league. For any questions, inquiries, race-incident reports etc. Please contact @Ole Marius Myrvold

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Track Description
For the fourth round of the season, we will be ending our European Tour in the RDGPC, with a visit to the classical Silverstone circuit. Not since the Champ Car series visited Brands Hatch a proper American Open-Wheeler car have been racing in the UK. A fairly fast circuit with some nice overtaking spots, and wide runoff areas, should lead to an exciting race and a nice end to the European Tour!

Session Schedule

• Practice: 17:45 GMT (1 hour)
• Qualify 18:45 GMT (10 minutes or 4 laps, counting in and out lap)
• Warm-up: 18:55 GMT (5 minutes, dedicated for resting and last minute info)
• Race: 19:00 GMT (62 Laps)

Server Details
Name: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM GPC R4
Password: Password In Private Conversation
Track: Silverstone 2012 (Studio 397)
Cars: Dallara DW12 IndyCar 2014 (Studio 397)

Live Timing - Click here
Weather - Dry conditions

Stewards Notes

• Please review the latest additions to the regulations before joining.
• Please make sure your line-up is up to date. Communicate any changes in the Sign-Up thread. The current state of your line-up can be found there too.

Pit Entry
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Pit Exit
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[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Further Notes
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• Standings have been updated accordingly.
• Server will be set up once the skinpack is finalized (Estimated Monday Evening GMT)
• Please check the Stewards Notice Area for updates regarding the championship, penalties, rule changes etc.
• Feedback, questions etc. you don't feel like asking in the forum for some reason, PM either @Ole Marius Myrvold or @Joseph Wright

 

[Joseph Wright]

Round 3 Results:

• Qualifying: results here
• Race: results here

 

[Getu]

guys, I've just seen the standings of the Lausitzring round. I was surely on P4, but when you gave red flag I slowed down, giving out all the places (because the race was finished, right?), and that's why in the live timing I showed P8, but I was clearly on P4.

please, check the replay instead of the actual result in the live timing to score the points.

 

[Joseph Wright]

guys, I've just seen the standings of the Lausitzring round. I was surely on P4, but when you gave red flag I slowed down, giving out all the places (because the race was finished, right?), and that's why in the live timing I showed P8, but I was clearly on P4.

please, check the replay instead of the actual result in the live timing to score the points.

I will be sure to go back and check those the moment I get in tonight! I was told by Lorenzo that they were the actual results. I will check that the moment I get in and will redo the standings. Thank you very much for pointing this out! If you are able to upload the replay file here it would help out, as I was not in the server at the conclusion of the event

 

[Campbell Wallis]

I can take a second look but likewise I definitely wasn't 4th at the end, I think I was running 6th when the race was called.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Server is now up!

 

[Getu]

I will be sure to go back and check those the moment I get in tonight! I was told by Lorenzo that they were the actual results. I will check that the moment I get in and will redo the standings. Thank you very much for pointing this out! If you are able to upload the replay file here it would help out, as I was not in the server at the conclusion of the event

sure thing! here's my replay (even though I haven't tested it yet):

https://mega.nz/#!AQMhAYaB!uBYupxl7Sr_PjAXDIxIJ-ieEGgSOFZePBArx2LG2vG8

 

[Joseph Wright]

After some issues with scoring, the Championship Standings have been adjusted accordingly. Myself and @Ole Marius Myrvold apologise for the confusion.

 

[Joseph Wright]

The standings have been updated accordingly with the position every driver stood in as they crossed the line at the end of lap 75.
If there are any issues with your race result, please contact me privately so we can discuss the matter. Thank you