Quote from zeugnimod :

Nooo.

I thought CTRA would be kept clean of this "hardcore realism" nonsense.

I would not worry about it zeugy

It was not really a discussion point - just a question as too why if there where other things implemented - such as the no auto gears or in prvious versions, throttle blip etc etc if or why forced cockpits had not been adopted..

Quote from SamH :

hehe.. well the 2nd reason is.. why force cockpit view? I use it, and so do most of the people I know, but not everyone uses it. Not everyone races with a G25 either, and some don't even race with a wheel. There are lots of different things to force before forcing this. When considering implementing the forced cockpit view, you first have to ask.. are you doing it because it's necessary, or just because you can?

PErsonally - I would be in favour of using it as recently I have been on the higher servers and there is lots of 'barging' past - these bargers nearly always have custom view of just front tyres - therefore they know precisely where there car is and like to treat the game as if its NFS or GT

ah - ok - it something that you can work on them implement then

Hi guys,

Just a quick question to the organisers of CTRA.

Has it ever been a consideration to make the higher tier severs (ie Race 2 and above same on SS) to become forced cockpit servers only?

I for one feel this would greatly improve the realism that you guys are striving for and also make for a level playing field.


Cheers,


Dru.

lol

Yes, well done to all Halford's racings drivers..

you will have time to celebrate this feat at your annual company gathering or xmas party... only trouble with a team that big - are you sure to can foot the bill

Soon i think the team ranking will become less interesting, well, i will put it like this, there will be competition from PLZ and HR for the most points as both Armies go to war.... all the other teams will wait on the side lines until your armies both get killed, then we go in and pick up the pieces

Quote from oscarhardwick :

[RASD] renult auto sport demo!, this team is mainly for demo use but will also be running on s2 for those who have it, ill wait 4 a couple of ppl to join up by posting on this thread and then l8r release i will release skins for the team members, let me no if ur interested and then we will talk; only need a 1:38 or less @ blackwood in xf gti, plz take notice of all this skins will soon folo... ty!

BTW is Renault deliberately spelt incorrectly? is that so you don't have to pay copyright on it?

Good luck with your......team, whoops sorry, with your venture

Well the Concept Racing Boy's have had a busy week with different league events and driver announcements and awards

A summary of all the past weeks events and driver news can be found on the Concept Racing Forums News Pages.

Feel free to have a look

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lol Niels,

blown outta the water.....

Quote from Viper93 :

I will try to have a chat with Sam to see how we can get more drivers into the T2 server, the way we have it now isn't working just right yet =)

Make the other servers less popular and less competative... the only way thats gonna happen is by ditchin the FBM and the GTR's

Which you don't wanna do....

Quote from mobiholik :

I dont understund ... how come nobody drive on CTRA race 2 server ? all racers are on CTRA 1 ? why ?

I'm on Race 2 now .... but your not

Quote from niels1 :

Get well soon miss Rose. Get some good car from your parents and hope to see you soon.

You mean CARE Niels, unless Becky's gonna get a Ferrari whilst she is recovering

no

And with respect to the above comments about which cars on each server - i think they are a perfect choice

can you not just run your 2 quick FZR guys for the 4 hour race? ie 2 hours each?

http://www.racehistorie.nl/FF2000/FF2000_m.htm

here is the same race team racing FF2000 in 1980 - getting close

Quote from foob :

I believe there were 4 exactly in the race, but I can't say positively. I wouldn't base anything off of that since I can't say for sure. But somehow I got credited with two more drop outs that I am fairly positive I didn't do. I could be totally wrong, so I think it would be better if I save replays and keep a closer eye on it. I don't want to get everyone alarmed without being 100% you know? Even with my confusion (that's normal for me!) I have to say I have had the greatest time racing on the CTRA servers and have met some really great people. I will keep an eye on it and save the replays if I win again.

The results are on LFS world..

The races you wone did have 4 people in them at some point but only 3 recorded as finished and their were some dsq's as well.

The earlier races you had there were less than 4 drivers in so maybe thats why some of the stats don't add up as they were not recorded due to not enough people

Now it explains why he didn't turn up for Team Practice last night

hehehehe J/K

lol Bean0 - How on Earth did you find this?

Who would actually be brave enough to try it..... afterall, howmany hamsters and things do you think they tested this stuff on, only to see an improvement in their Wii performance ...

Quote from foob :

While racing tonight on the single seater server we were racing on so1. I won two races but it appears that the ctra-x system marked them as non-completions. I have only dropped out of 2 races, but now it says 4 drop outs and still 0 wins. I'm just trying to get everything straight about how stats are. I want to join a team/league soon but I don't want them to look at it and think bad

how many were in the race?

if it's less than 4 - you don't get creditted with the win but you still get the points for finishing

HTH

Dru.

Thankyou for inviting Concept Racing to take part in this league.We will shortly confirm all the remaining below details ASAP.

Team Name: Concept Racing
Car Model: FZR
Team Manager: J.Parker [Dru]
Team Vice-Manager: S.Baker [Bean0]

Drivers:

S.Baker [Bean0]
M.Butz [Der Butz]
T.Corken [Swiss_Tony]
R.Hoiting [Hotmail]
J.Parker [Dru]
A.Pettigrew [adamlfs]
M.Pesonen [Blackout]
R.Salama [Sokke]
D.Watkins [danowat]
S.Whitehead [The Moose]
L.Wylensek [zapphord]

Last edited by Dru, Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:03. Reason : Team Details updated

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

I just hope you guys drive better than you spell.

Quit with the cheap shots Dustin and get back to rendering our Cars

Quote from jwardy :

err , see when i post at about 12 pm u know its not gunna be perfect , Orb consists of 3 drivers atm me , blueflame , tobsen00 and we race in the rswc (road sport winter cup ) and the AR mrt league , we want to expand into bigger leagues , and hence why we want some good experinced drivers , we currently have no skins , just to point out none of us are good at making skins , well tobi is but . i havent asked him for any yet , so yes if with that info you wanna give it a go , just apply here and ill do the rest .

http://orb.weebly.com is our site


regards
jwardy

With this information and the guys you have, good luck to you guys getting the team up and running

Best of luck form Concept Racing

Quote from Lateralus :

This is exactly what I was afraid of. I'm obviously not going to tell you guys how to conduct your business, but I must urge you to take CTRA stats with a rather large grain of salt for exactly the reasons stated above.

This goes especially for finishing ratio. Mine is rather low because there have been many instances where I've purposely dropped out of the race in order to avoid causing a collision, or to get myself out of the way just after a collision. Sure shift+S is unrealistic, but I'll choose that over ruining the races of the top five cars any day.

You guys are a good bunch though so I trust you do this already.

Absolutely And we do. It is a guide and can only be used as a guide, have no fear of that.

For instance, I nearly always trip a flag every race i join late, as leaving the pits and not getting up to speed depending upon the meshing of the track means adding a yello to my tally.

I personally would do this (assuming that i join at the proper time and don't interfere with other racers ) as then at least i have a few laps under my belt prior to the next start with a grid full of cars and a rusty driver at the wheel

Quote from mr_x :

Well I tried coming to ventrilo to say hello... But couldn't hear anything at all, but the test bit worked without a problem.

the ports have changed - to inform all new comers, it actually tells you thisd in the welcome screen

BTW.. happy new year Chris

Quote from jwardy :

if you are s2 and are currently looking for a team , why not apply here for OrB , and ill check out your stats and , well see .

regards
Jwardy

Hi there,

To promote a better response from the community, how about telling all future drivers a little bit more about your team etc.

Therefore then it's less of a blind date, but rather I fancy that bird over there in the blue skirt