Too long, I got bored about 1/2 to 2/3rds through and didn't bother finishing it. It's some nice effects bust most of it was simply the same thing over and over (with a different car).
I've actually done some FOX stuff there. In my experience people get spread out enough that it's not that big of an issue. We even had FO8s on the same track and it was still a fairly low casualty race.
This is really petty of you. That incident had nothing to do with you or your team, I apologized to Simon over vent after the race (I hope he heard it, he's got no mic so I cannot truly tell), and you ignored the time where one of my other teammates hit me under a SC. It's pretty obvious you're just insanely bitter over the incident at the end of the last SC period.
And please don't bother protesting R.Young for hitting me, he apologized and I accepted it.
And don't bother re-protesting with the driver who actually raced, it's against the rules for you to protest this. Read rule VIII.2
Notice "you".
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Reason : quoted rule from wrong rulebook (GTAL instead of LLWS)
Furiously-Fast and bmwe30m3 are still obivously "driving very fast on a small chunk of asphalt around cones in different figures". The other two... not so obvious.
Maybe comprehension is your problem. On the restart Murphy was two cars behind Fermevc. Because Fermevc held back the cars behind him had to hold back. Murphy could not pass Fermevc at that point (before the final turn) so that he could stay close to the cars in front. Coming out of the final turn Fermevc was on 80-90% throttlewhile the people who correctly followed common restart procedure (1 car length) were on 20-30% throttle. When the green flag fell Fermevc was already doing 83mph (134km/h) when the leaders were doing 55mph (90km/h), and that's faster than what we should have been doing (pit lane speed, 49mph or 80km/h).
It's pretty clear Fermevc gained an unfair advantage over those ahead of him. (not the two directly ahead, he would have passed them anyway because they had to slow at the last minute, I'm talking about those even further ahead).
No. You had the speed because you held back from the pack. We were all as close as we should have been. It's a tried and tested and unsportsmanlike tactic to do what you did, which was hold back so you can get on the throttle before green flag without passing anyone.
Did you just completely ignore how I pointed out that the "ideal" racing line isn't really that? Did you not watch the WR replay? If you're going to ignore what I say then why should anyone care about what you say?
Yes, because S. Murphy was behind I. Fermevc. Murphy could not pass Fermevc to keep up with the rest of the cars, what else was he supposed to do? It was again Fermevc's fault that Murphy was able to do that.
That's not the ideal line. It's the line the AI takes and it ignores curbs (doesn't use the whole track) and is generally *not* the fastest line. If you want proof, watch the WR replay and see how long he's actually on the "ideal" line.
The incident was caused by 81 not turning for the turn. He had plenty of room on his left, yet he kept going straight. I turned left, as you should, he didn't. I don't know if he just wasn't aware of where he was, where R. Salama was, or if he was trying to force me outside (where J. Teien already was). The best part? He shouldn't even have been up that far in the grid. He was accelerating at full throttle well BEFORE the green flag, got lucky with the two cars ahead of him tripping over themselves, but there's no excuse for him being fast enough to catch the leaders from that far back.
Session: Race
My Name: S. Rose
Cars Involved: 81 I.Fermevc
Lap: 39 (approx TC 44:20)
Description: Failed to turn into the turn (even with plenty of room on his inside) leading to a multi-car collision.
You held back from the queue, were able to get from 8th to tied with 1st in half the length of the pit lane, then didn't turn for the left-hand turn at the normal turning point and you're upset that something happened? Really?
Team Name: Something Awful Racing
Number: 24
Car: FZR
Drivers:
pik_d, S. Rose, USA
tmehlinger, T. Mehlinger, USA
BlackRider, E. Smith, USA
phatdragonx, R. Young, USA
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Reason : Added 3rd driver.; 4th driver
It's what some people (and trackers) refer to a FZR-GT2 as for shorthand.
He's pointing out that your time in a FZR unrestricted is slow for GT1 (which most people will assume when they see FZR), though obviously that is not really what you mean to be telling people since you mention GTAL.