To organize an event with SC's properly, you must have a SC driver that is watching the field for issues, but can swap to the leader at a moments notice when the race steward calls for a SC. You have to recognize where the leader is, and if he is not yet to the front straight, get out there ASAP and pick him up going into T1 or so. If he has already passed, send a message that you are exiting the pits, for the leader to slow, and allow the SC to pass. The SC has to go around past pit lane at least once to allow cars to pit under SC, and the race steward has to announce as you pass the S/F that the field will go back to green the next time around. Then the SC has to pull into the pit lane before the green is given by the steward.
We got several RCM's saying that the SC was deployed, but it was terribly unclear where the SC was, save for that one time. Communication over TS or Vent is a must for this type of race.
We got several RCM's saying that the SC was deployed, but it was terribly unclear where the SC was, save for that one time. Communication over TS or Vent is a must for this type of race.
Only if I can get a 2048*2048 hi-res version of your avatar, my man!
No, really, it kind of depends on my personal schedule because I would want to be fully involved in managing the event. I would say (at least at this point in time) that Sundays are probably the more likely choice.....nothing solid yet though.
Most certainly would be on the weekend...as I am in the same boat with commitments to the League of the Americas.
Besides, I'm in the US and my weekday LFS availability is your sleepy time.
Besides, I'm in the US and my weekday LFS availability is your sleepy time.
By the way, I am interested in seeing this event run again, but in a much more organized manner. I had a lot of fun, and I would love to present a quality race for guys like Chapman, Pickard, beefyman666, fujiwara, shiny_red_cobra, JO53PHS, and guys that actually cared about this event.
Give me a couple days, and if I can get the time and support (marshalls and SC driver), it might be a go.
Give me a couple days, and if I can get the time and support (marshalls and SC driver), it might be a go.
Racism? Completely wrong word there sonny.
I mentioned the "drift event falling apart" because LFSn00b did. I've never seen a drift event and I got the impression, however it may be wrong, that the organizers of this race have more experienced in drifting than racing. I certainly won't get into a debate about drifting and whether drifters are good/bad. Not my area, so I won't even go there.
Why not? Did the "organizers" (
) just completely give up on this thing? Is this the way the typical drift events go?
Perhaps I should re-run this event myself in the coming weeks. I can guarantee you one thing, there won't be any drivers setting "60:00.00 (NEW)" PB's during the qualifying in any event that I put on.
) just completely give up on this thing? Is this the way the typical drift events go?Perhaps I should re-run this event myself in the coming weeks. I can guarantee you one thing, there won't be any drivers setting "60:00.00 (NEW)" PB's during the qualifying in any event that I put on.
Where's the posted qual/race results, and replay, and race stats???? It's almost like this race didn't, or perhaps shouldn't have, happened.
I was actually looking forward to this race because I love the competition that you can get in the UF1. Before I go on any further, I want to thank Karolis[LT] and (V)J.Pickard directly for the good racing we had. That was fun! Thanks guys! Also, thanks to Pickard for getting on MSN to let me know the race was starting......one hour earlier than advertised.
Now, on to a lot less pleasant comments. First of all, this "race" was organized (well, not really) by a guy with 50 finished races. How in the hell do you, AW06, think that you had the experience to put on something like this? Allow me to point out a few things (many that have been already listed) that turned this race into an epic failure:
1) Information - the OP states the following:
Yet, somewhere in the 5 pages and 150 posts, you change the time to an hour earlier, presumably, because your Pace Car driver, who didn't know what the hell he was doing, obviously couldn't be in the server as long as needed. Who are you putting this race on for, anyway?
2) Server & qualifying management: You had 21 or so sign-ups (not sure where that was listed, btw), and you decided to put people on two servers, with different passwords. Then, 3 minutes before the qual session ended, you tell people to move over to server 1. When we get there, you have no idea what to do. I asked if the qualifying session from server 2 would count, and you had no friggin' clue. You were asking everyone else what to do. Eventually, we did another 10 minute qualifying session, which was fine. Shortly after that ended, the server crashed. Tried to get back on...wrong password. Why the hell was the password changed??? And why the hell did we go back on a server that just crashed??? Anyway, once people got back on the server, we went through that whole "what are we going to do, set the grid or random grid or whatever" thing. Did you bother to get a screen shot or replay of the *cough* second *cough* qualifing session? I know it's 2 hour race, but good God, that organization was pathetic.
3) Rules: You say that you used IGTC rules. I've raced in IGTC, and I've even helped DeadWolfBones with some of the IGTC rules, so I'm pretty sure I know what they are. I didn't bother to read the rules, because I know how to race...after 13 years of racing karts, 3 years of managing a kart series, 4+ years of racing in LFS with over 141,000+ miles in 4900+ races, and 1-1/2 years of co-managing the League of the Americas, I think I know how to race. My question to you is....did YOU read the rules???
4) Chatting: There were people chatting all over the place...it was annoying as hell. And while I have to give it to the TG guys for "getting around the chat rule" (which, btw, AW06, is still a violation of the rules), seeing those guys change names every 30 seconds was annoying.
5) Safety Car: You get someone to drive the Safety Car that has no idea what he is doing, and is pressed for time, so I assume that was more pressing to his attention that the actual race. I had no problem with Safety Car deployment, although I suspect the reasons for a Safety car deploy was because someone rolled his car, which should have just been a spectate situation. The problem I had, along with the Merc guys apparently, was that the Safety Car didn't pick up the leaders at a typical place (i.e. in T1??). But noooo, pick 'em up in T4 after we had already passed the car once. Then, we followed the Safety Car around for a lap. I needed to get some fuel, and the Safety Car hadn't pulled off, so I figured I had a lap to get my fuel and catch back up. Nope...going in to T1, the Safety Car goes off into the sand, and the Merc guys took off, as they assumed they could. No message from the admins about green flag or anything. Whatever, I got back out, and went back to work. Then, about 10 minutes later, another Safety Car was called...I don't even remember if they even picked up the leaders. Stupid really.....the Merc guys got upset, and righfully so. They leave. Trust me, I felt like doing the same, but after spending 100 minutes of my life on this, I wanted to see it to the end. After that point, the admins and the other drivers displayed a complete lack of respect for those still racing by continuing to chat. On top of that, AW06 came onto the track and almost made me crash at the end of the back straight. Unbelieveable.
This was the worst organization I have ever seen in an event. Please, Mr. AW06, do not put on any more events.
Now, on to a lot less pleasant comments. First of all, this "race" was organized (well, not really) by a guy with 50 finished races. How in the hell do you, AW06, think that you had the experience to put on something like this? Allow me to point out a few things (many that have been already listed) that turned this race into an epic failure:
1) Information - the OP states the following:
Yet, somewhere in the 5 pages and 150 posts, you change the time to an hour earlier, presumably, because your Pace Car driver, who didn't know what the hell he was doing, obviously couldn't be in the server as long as needed. Who are you putting this race on for, anyway?
2) Server & qualifying management: You had 21 or so sign-ups (not sure where that was listed, btw), and you decided to put people on two servers, with different passwords. Then, 3 minutes before the qual session ended, you tell people to move over to server 1. When we get there, you have no idea what to do. I asked if the qualifying session from server 2 would count, and you had no friggin' clue. You were asking everyone else what to do. Eventually, we did another 10 minute qualifying session, which was fine. Shortly after that ended, the server crashed. Tried to get back on...wrong password. Why the hell was the password changed??? And why the hell did we go back on a server that just crashed??? Anyway, once people got back on the server, we went through that whole "what are we going to do, set the grid or random grid or whatever" thing. Did you bother to get a screen shot or replay of the *cough* second *cough* qualifing session? I know it's 2 hour race, but good God, that organization was pathetic.
3) Rules: You say that you used IGTC rules. I've raced in IGTC, and I've even helped DeadWolfBones with some of the IGTC rules, so I'm pretty sure I know what they are. I didn't bother to read the rules, because I know how to race...after 13 years of racing karts, 3 years of managing a kart series, 4+ years of racing in LFS with over 141,000+ miles in 4900+ races, and 1-1/2 years of co-managing the League of the Americas, I think I know how to race. My question to you is....did YOU read the rules???
4) Chatting: There were people chatting all over the place...it was annoying as hell. And while I have to give it to the TG guys for "getting around the chat rule" (which, btw, AW06, is still a violation of the rules), seeing those guys change names every 30 seconds was annoying.
5) Safety Car: You get someone to drive the Safety Car that has no idea what he is doing, and is pressed for time, so I assume that was more pressing to his attention that the actual race. I had no problem with Safety Car deployment, although I suspect the reasons for a Safety car deploy was because someone rolled his car, which should have just been a spectate situation. The problem I had, along with the Merc guys apparently, was that the Safety Car didn't pick up the leaders at a typical place (i.e. in T1??). But noooo, pick 'em up in T4 after we had already passed the car once. Then, we followed the Safety Car around for a lap. I needed to get some fuel, and the Safety Car hadn't pulled off, so I figured I had a lap to get my fuel and catch back up. Nope...going in to T1, the Safety Car goes off into the sand, and the Merc guys took off, as they assumed they could. No message from the admins about green flag or anything. Whatever, I got back out, and went back to work. Then, about 10 minutes later, another Safety Car was called...I don't even remember if they even picked up the leaders. Stupid really.....the Merc guys got upset, and righfully so. They leave. Trust me, I felt like doing the same, but after spending 100 minutes of my life on this, I wanted to see it to the end. After that point, the admins and the other drivers displayed a complete lack of respect for those still racing by continuing to chat. On top of that, AW06 came onto the track and almost made me crash at the end of the back straight. Unbelieveable.
This was the worst organization I have ever seen in an event. Please, Mr. AW06, do not put on any more events.
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server crash, but the PW for server 1 doesn't work now 
As I recall, there was a discussion about this regarding to the latest test patches that make all the signs skinnable.
+1 in theory, but -11111111 in reality. You would have to have the images uploaded to either LFS World, or the local LFS Server, and I doubt very much that the devs want to absorb the added storage and bandwidth required for this. And I am absolutely certain that server providers wouldn't tolerate it. Besides, to go into a server that had server-side ads, plus perhaps up to 30 some skins to download, you're talking about minutes to get into a server versus seconds, and I highly doubt that players would tolerate that either.
I wonder, though, if LFS could be written to look for a "pic-{league_name}" folder for custom ads based on the folder name as specified in the server cfg file. Then just have the league host a zip file to download and place in that folder. If the sim doesn't see the folder, it reverts back to standard.
+1 in theory, but -11111111 in reality. You would have to have the images uploaded to either LFS World, or the local LFS Server, and I doubt very much that the devs want to absorb the added storage and bandwidth required for this. And I am absolutely certain that server providers wouldn't tolerate it. Besides, to go into a server that had server-side ads, plus perhaps up to 30 some skins to download, you're talking about minutes to get into a server versus seconds, and I highly doubt that players would tolerate that either.
I wonder, though, if LFS could be written to look for a "pic-{league_name}" folder for custom ads based on the folder name as specified in the server cfg file. Then just have the league host a zip file to download and place in that folder. If the sim doesn't see the folder, it reverts back to standard.
BigTime and I signed up as individuals....what is the latest that we can notify you if we intend to combine our entries into one?
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JO53PHS,
I think the declaration you made in your sig is in SERIOUS jeapordy is this "league" moves forward!
I think the declaration you made in your sig is in SERIOUS jeapordy is this "league" moves forward!
bah...two hours is nothing! did a couple stints like that in the May 2007 24hrs race. 
Count me in please.
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Some clarification please.....
If a driver is exiting the pits within the pit exit lines and gets hit by a single car that crosses the line, who's at fault? Fern Bay's pit exit lines significantly narrow the racing line if you are to remain outside those lines when cars are in the pit exit lane, but it's still negotiable. Obviously, if you are in pit exit lane and there are two cars coming down the front straight, it's probably not a good idea to come out of the pits, but you know it will happen.
If a driver is exiting the pits within the pit exit lines and gets hit by a single car that crosses the line, who's at fault? Fern Bay's pit exit lines significantly narrow the racing line if you are to remain outside those lines when cars are in the pit exit lane, but it's still negotiable. Obviously, if you are in pit exit lane and there are two cars coming down the front straight, it's probably not a good idea to come out of the pits, but you know it will happen.
There's nothing wrong with Danica Patrick. She's a driven individual with a deep desire to win. She's a proven talent in motorsports. She's marketable. And now she's a race winner, albeit a fuel mileage race. The real test is to see if this race win gives her the confidence to step up her performance on a race-to-race basis.
I came across several female drivers in my 12 years of karting, and quite a few of them were damn good. The attitudes I see here about Danica Patrick are born from jealousy....she's doing what we can't. I would love to see her do even better and be accepted by everyone as a racer, and not a "female racer". Shame on you guys for those pig-headed viewpoints.
I came across several female drivers in my 12 years of karting, and quite a few of them were damn good. The attitudes I see here about Danica Patrick are born from jealousy....she's doing what we can't. I would love to see her do even better and be accepted by everyone as a racer, and not a "female racer". Shame on you guys for those pig-headed viewpoints.
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My 6 year old daughter likes to drive the RAC around the oval because it looks like her Barbie car. She does pretty well with it too!
My 9 year old son likes to wreck....LOL....I let him drive in one of those UF1 banger races online and he bet me that if he couldn't finish a race without rolling the car, he would wash dinner dishes for a week.
/me relaxes in front of the television while son washes dishes!
My 9 year old son likes to wreck....LOL....I let him drive in one of those UF1 banger races online and he bet me that if he couldn't finish a race without rolling the car, he would wash dinner dishes for a week.
/me relaxes in front of the television while son washes dishes!
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