Sorry Egg, you cannot sell anything on here Once the mods see this they will lock the thread, I think it would be wise to delete your post =)

Quote from Antman :

well best racers from teams ,are in a team say ctra, ukct or something similar and it would promote ctras good racing and they would win most leagues.

I agree whole heartedly =) See what happens when X2 comes about

Quote from Antman :

this is what i mean i didnt know how to word it as good as that.

Hmm, well the CTRA is a governing body and isn't a team per say. That is like asking the FIA to set up their own team =)

Everyone is free to use these banners =)
http://www.raceauthority.com/downloads.asp

Quote from T!m0 :

Maybe drop Westhill from SS1? About 90% full throttle with FBM, thats quite boring.

I really like the SO Sprint tracks on SS1, you have to work hard and take care not to do the single mistake which could bring you the contact with the wall and ruin your race.

I agree, because of that, and the general consistency between the classes at those tracks ALL SO tracks have been added =)

Quote from SamH :

Chris did some rather clever spreadsheeting, and using that we've built a new tracklist (now in force) for Race 2. It's much more oriented to standard/unbalanced TBOs than before, but still good fun for LRF.

Track selection is random rather than ordered, and tracks are selected on the spot at track change. Chris's new TBO/LRF (Race 2) track list is as follows:

BL1_Standard
SO1_Standard
SO2_Standard
SO3_Standard
SO4_Standard
SO5_Standard
SO6_Standard
FE1_Standard
FE2_Standard
FE3_Standard
SO1R_Standard
SO2R_Standard
SO3R_Standard
SO4R_Standard
SO5R_Standard
FE1R_Standard
FE2R_Standard
FE3R_Standard
KY2_Standard
AS1_Standard
AS2_Standard
AS3_Standard
AS6_Standard
AS7_Standard
KY2R_Standard
AS1R_Standard
AS2R_Standard
AS3R_Standard
AS6R_Standard
AS7R_Standard
AS1_Standard
AS1R_Standard
AS2_Standard
AS2R_Standard
FE1_Standard
FE1R_Standard
SO1_standard
SO1R_standard
SO2_standard
SO2R_standard
SO3_standard
SO3R_standard

Wee, glad the speadsheet could help =) Let me know what you all think, would be interested to hear some reviews of the new tracks. I know I would enjoy them =)

Quote from Rdcranno :

I have just entered a driver into the UK league, paid in full. Hes not showing up on the rankings, and when i view his profile it does not say that he has paid for a season

Have another look.

We have to manually accept drivers into the league, welcome! =)

I am wanting to enter into the stock cup http://www.peregrinus.co.uk/smf/index.php?page=21 and need 1 or two drivers for the RB4 to create a team up for the next round in a couple weeks.

I am not looking for much, just a couple drivers willing to spend their Sat. afternoon/evenings racing. I do not plan on practicing a ton, but I am willing to give advice anytime.

Should be great fun and I hope to see you on the track :mischievo:gnasher::arge:

Quote from dungbeetle :

Hi Chris.

So is it worth just having a plain ol' track list somewhere on the site so we know which ones to practice and get sets for?

There is a track list floating around in the CTRA section here somewhere =)

To answer your question exactly, not at this time, but will look into it.

Quote from dungbeetle :

I was just wondering, are there any track change lists on the raceauthority.com website?

If such lists were to get their information directly from the servers, they'd never be out of date and maybe we could even see when each track is due to run next.

Sorry if it's already there somewhere and I missed it.

Well the next track on the server is generated randomly during server end so a track list really wouldn't help other than to get a feel for the tracks being used on the server.

Quote from joshdifabio :

So, it seems that the plan is to start in a little over a week from now. Do you intend to actively advertise the league this time around? I remember that last time there were only a small handful interested, and I personally PM'ed about 50 British members of this board, so I'm still quite sceptical about numbers this time around.

I don't really want to sign up myself until I see a few other names on the list, but obviously if everyone is doing that then there won't ever be any. However, I don't really want to risk paying to race against 3 or 4 other people every other week, and I'm sure there are others who share that mindset.

Edit: Also, according to esport-racing.com, the first race is on April 1st. The opening post of this thread states April 4th as the date of the first race.

This is no more or less than any other ETM league. What more can be done?

Season 1 flunked because of various things, and it wasn't because it wasn't promoted. It wasn't until last week the site was able to support signups and accept paypal as an example. Something that wasn't brought up as a problem until people tried to sign up for season 1.

Sorry for the date mixup, I am dyslexic and the USA reads month, then day for some stupid reason...

Last edited by Christopher Raemisch, Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:18.

Quote from Mardaneus :

Mentioning rule changes in a clear way would be great You either have to browse the forums or read the Rules page of the CTRA website daily to not get a ban at this moment.

Maybe it's an idea to put a message when entering the server that a rule change has been added or something?

It would be great to be notified of rule changes... It prevents people from getting banned for unknown new rules. Or isn't that an option? I do like this new rule none the less!

We will have a look at different possibilities with X2 hopefully =)

Sam has said it and I am saying it too, we don't care if people are setting up servers, the more the merrier =)

What Sam and I agreed though was we will adjust the tracks on CTRA to make the TBO racing a bit more user friendly.

There are a couple other tricks up our sleeve to make it more enjoyable, but I have to talk to Sam to see if it's feasible.

Quote from jbirdaspec :

Or in other words. He has the RB4 setup to be as close to the RWD car as possible. Sorta.

More or less =) Sprints it's fine but for long races almost every setup I have seen would need to be 'freed up' to get the car to rotate on corner entry and exit to stop overworking the fronts =)

Quote from N I K I :

but it had quali

So does CTRA, the grid for the next race is dependent on your fastest time of your current session. So if you set your fastest time of the day in your first race, IIRC even midrace joins are accepted, that stays with you until the track changes or you leave the server for longer than a certain period of time.

It's not a specific quali 'session' persay, but there is definitely a qualify type system in place, so if your a 'fast' driver you can be in the front for your very first race.

Quote from Motordirex :

Gee, I feel like a simple "gamer" reading things like that, cuz I cant tell the difference. Either it works or doesnt work. I dont know enough about racing cars to know WHY its working or not.

=) It makes a big difference in your tire temps once you have reached a certain level of skill in the TBO's. I have found with the RB4 that most WR sets, and most sets in general use locked diffs and the tires don't last for more than a few laps. I put a clutch pack on the front with a low preload, you want to be as low as possible, without effecting too much stability. I have found that by doing this you can get the RB4 to hold tire temps as well as an XRT, it also helps to 'free' up the car, remove power from the front tires (I usually run less than 35% bias) and remove as much ARB as possible. Less ARB's overall increase the 'grip' of the tires =) Too little though increases body roll too much which again decreases your grip.

Quote from Elderado :

Thank you very much for my first International Pro race. Hope i didn't block anyone.

Here's the replay for anyone who wants it.

http://www.elderado.ca/FE2_race_5L_9R_13F.mpr

Well I wouldn't call it 'professional' =) nothing you wouldn't find on race2 in CTRA =)

Honestly guys learn to use the brakes. Most everyone made it through T1 which is a good sign but the one person that decides to not use the brakes happened to be behind me, I would just like to say thanks.

I would also like to apologize for my behavior, it was not professional, and not something I normally do.

Last edited by Christopher Raemisch, Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:26.

Vroom vroom =) Only a few hours to go, hopefully a track is selected where all cars are virtually equal, would hate to have a track like Aston Club where the RB4 is a second slower than the FXO and like a 1/2 second slower than XRT =)

I am excited, been ages since I raced in any events and I love the TBO class =)

I need something to take my mind off the difference between a strategic business plan and a tactical business plan, and I think this is exactly what the doctor ordered.

Signups are now open!

Quote from niels1 :

Well getting the accused also fill out a form would make life so much more difficult for the admin. The replay can tell everything a admin must know. They can select every view in each car and they can see if you applied any break or went on full throttle. They look at it in a objective manor. Becus they view several times from different angles. Report system works.

While any text will help us identify the incident we review the incident in clear light and do not take any feelings into account that came across in the persons text.

Quote from the_angry_angel :

It's a treatment for windscreens, which helps disperse water. The idea is that you treat the window and then buff it out so it's clearer, which leaves a very fine layer of a waxy sort of substance, then when it rains you don't need to use your wipers as much (over about 30 mph). It's supposedly awesome on motorways, which tends to be where I do a fair bit of my driving

It works great. I use it on my windscreen, at motorway speeds you virtually don't have to use the wipers.

Maybe using the stuff you use to remove glue?

Quote from Bean0 :

I did have a quick look, but the button isn't there for me

*Polishes Halo*

Hehe =)

I will have to ask Sam again how they happen, I thought they were a little more automated than that =)

Quote from Bean0 :

Unless something has changed that I missed, you can appeal by PMing do0f here on the forums.

I believe now there is a button in MY CTRA (www.raceauthority.com) to appeal. However in the vast majority of appeals the original penalty is upheld.

Quote from tarball :

Well Antman,



P.S. how does this appeal system work anyway?

A person "files" a report within LFS using the $? command and filling in the correct information.

Once the race is completed the driver filing the report logs on to MyCTRA and releases the report for CTRA to look at.

The CTRA admins review the incident described in the description and hand out penalties or words of advice for any problems seen.

A penalized driver has the option for an appeal after this stage and another admin will review the incident.

Quote from yeager :

Just so I could beat you on at least ONE thing Chris, I added litres burnt per mile I make yours a massive, global warming, 0.44 litres per mile!

LOL you got me! :trophy_br