Pretty sad to miss this one, I should have figured out earlier where everyone is. steam says 3h to update rfactor
Sorry
@Daiman Patel I'll have to sign out as well. Have a good race!
It's a real shame that you guys were unable to join us - you missed out on an epic night of racing! Hopefully we'll see you again next time!
First lap, problem conection noooooo
Awww man, that is really unfortunate!
However, a quick note for future reference, rejoining the server is enabled and allowed for all of our rFactor 2 club events.
Missed my pitbox and couldn't rejoin so RIP after 50 minutes...
Oh dear, I'm sorry to hear that mate!
After 50 minutes of racing I imagine that was quite painful. The pit box markers were admittedly quite dark, probably due to the shadows...
I'm not sure if this is something that can be "fixed" independently of the track mod (i.e. in the game itself) - I'll mention it to Marcel.
Also the standing start with super tight grid spacing was awful because driver in front of me was sleeping at the start. There was nothing to be done but hit the brakes when i realised he wasn't moving.
Just as suggestion perhaps using a manual rolling start for future events of this kind would work well, single file off the limiter when you exit the last corner. (Same as matt is using for Bathurst)
I apologise for the standing start on Friday night - I am not overly confident in and convinced by the in-game formation lap & rolling start feature, so I thought it would be best to keep it simple. Unfortunately this decision backfired... like you
@Pauli Ahonen, I was hampered at the start of the race by a driver who was very slow to getaway, and it was made worse by the fact that I have 'Auto Clutch' disabled so my car really struggled to move. I am very sorry if this in turn affected anyone else...
For the next few Friday & Saturday night events my plan is to test the in-game rolling start, and determine how well they work. As I said on Friday night we have previously experienced issues with this feature, but if we find that it has since been improved / works reliably then we will consider using it for such events in the future. If not then we will do what
@Shawn Jacobs has suggested, which is to perform a manual formation lap and rolling start (without the help of the game).
Great event. Nice to be back after such a long time. My pace was not ok, but still had good fun and some close battles.
Also first time ever in VR. Excellent for racing, for sure in close battles to see cars besides you.
Cannot imagine without VR now
Next please!
Thx for organizing, and i just saw fragments of the broadcast. Very well done on Twitch!
Oh and..... thx everyone for the fair racing. Great to see this.
It was great to have you with us for this race
@Ramon van Rijn!
As I said the other day, it has been a very long time, so we now look forward to having you with us for future events!
During my first stint you were pushing me hard to maintain my gap to you!
Looking forward to the next
but cold beer first!
I vote for more 90m or longer events here at RD
Keep your eyes peeled folks! We are hoping to make these longer club races a more regular occurrence - the current plan is to host an endurance event every 6 - 8 weeks!
We'll let you know more in time.
I like how our start was more clean than the real thing
HAHAHA! With so many cars on our grid, and a standing start, the getaway was fairly and relatively clean on the whole!
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I would just like to thank everyone who took part in Friday night's event - apologies, I wanted to say this sooner, but I had an incredibly busy weekend which comprised of watching the race and football!
And to those who were unable to join us I would just like to say sorry, because you missed a classic! This race was so much fun, even more than I had expected!
In spite of a slow start, I once again found myself embroiled in a battle with
@Gasper Zupan &
@Daniel Monteiro (before he was struck by the high-speed bug) which was brilliant; there were time when we found ourselves going two or three wide into the chicanes, Mulsanne, Indianapolis, and Arnage - it was incredibly exciting, if not a little bit hairy at times!
Unfortunately my second stint was ruined because I forgot to inform my pit-crew to
not repair any damage... as a result I was stationary for an additional 50 seconds, dropped quite significantly down the order, and had next to no chance of catching up because the pace of the guys ahead of me was fairly similar.
However, I did have an
interesting battle with an LMP3 car that found itself down the order!
Thankfully my calculations were pretty much spot-on, as I ended the race with just over 1 litre of fuel... though I must admit that with 2 laps to go I was a little bit concerned about the leading car driving an extra lap, which would have ended in disaster for me!
I very much look forward to the next one of these endurance club events!