That´s a very good point imho. You can´t get more "multiplayer feeling" in a racegame as on an oval track. And not only AGAINST the others. You also need - like fischfix sayed - to play WITH them to have a chance to win. So.. it´s like counterstrike? =)
Be sure, draft with the GTRs is MUCH faster. (XRR 36:6x to 35:8x and below)
Good luck with rev. The track is a b**ch.
For those who don´t know the power of the draft, watch the replay.
"Don't think I'm Richard Petty, or Bobby Unser
or even Al Unser, it's all Indy 500 when I run around
You know it, I come with the fluid like Jackie Stewart"
Hm... the last part sound strange to me. Maybe you see some guys who are a little blit egoistic. Sure no FM guy. To make it clear. We sometimes like to get the "lowest pb reachable". That´s why we use bumpdrafting sometimes. That means NOt stay in the slipüstream with 60% throttle. Bumpdrafting means to PUSH the car in front the whole lap. And for us it´s no gentlemen agreement to push someone 7 laps and overtake in lap 8. If you push, you stay behind the whole time and you don´t try to win.
We often drive the fastest car on the fastest track. BF1 on KY1. After ..erm.. 20000 laps "normal" racing is not the fun sometimes. So we try to get faster and faster. But without cheating. Watch the short replays, maybe you can understand the kind of fun we like. =)
@SamH. I agree. We run this server for a long time and we have tried a lot of things to keep the track "clear". SHIFT+S after crash and going wide in blue flag is in our opinion the most easy rules to understand. Sure it has NOTHING to do with the reality on circuits. But IMHO the oval rules IRL are a little bit different to circuit rules. I´m not interested in Formula Sports IRL, I only know about the rules that I read here.
Sure, but if you reach a backmarker AFTER the start/finish straight? What to do? Wait till you passed the tire chicane to pass him on the second straight? You will loose up to 10 sec.!
You are wrong again. It´s not about staying behind a car. I´s about drafting and changing positions several times a lap to use the slipstream to lower your pb and to raise your speed. Driving alone is much more easy as drafting with 1, 2 or 3 buddies. Try it, you will agree.
BlueSkunk: No problem. Just connect to the FM Junkies Server. There is written: Obey blue flag, get out of the line and let faster cars pass, don´t block. That´s good enough as a reason for me.
Quote:
"- If you are being lapped by a faster car: The car behind you is consistently faster than you and has managed to travel one more lap than you have. He is about to overtake you and the blue flag is displayed to warn you of his presence.
In this case you are hindering his progress and must allow him to pass you as soon as it is safe to do so (you can't be expected to yield while negotiating a chicane or high speed corner) Hold your line don't fight the other car, do not make any sudden movements left or right, ease off slightly and let him pass. He is a lap ahead of you and you are not fighting him for position. You must not hold him up."
You have to let pass faster cars on the oval, so you can´t hold your line, that is blocking, so you have to leave the best line. Same on tracks like Westhill. The track is so fast that it is nearly impossible to drive fast away from the perfect line. So best will be to leave the line if you are blue flaged.