All I can say is good luck and I sincerely hope that each and every single one of you finishes the race

Just remember to check your mirrors when attempting to pass. Another thing; make sure you enough space, time and speed when attempting a pass. Other than that read Jeff's excellent topic and I'm sure we'll all do fine

Quote from Raven88 :

Have to ask wild about that one.

Technically I don't mind, as long as Raven doesn't

Quote from Skydiver173 :

Again, well said Deko.

Remember drivers, you never win on the first lap. There will be 268 laps to work out your strategy. At the start (especially 3-cars wide) is a time of safety first! Once the field thins out, then (and ONLY then) should you start thinking about making your moves.

I would feel quite bad if I took out a few cars because I placed my car in a position that caused a major wreck. Most of the time, you can accomplish the same thing just by waiting instead of sticking your nose where it does not belong.

Good Luck to all of you!

Good luck in the race to all the 30 cars participating, I'm looking forward to 268 laps of green flag running. Just keep your whit about you and I'm sure we'll all do fine

I agree what an excellent race! I really enjoyed racing in it Good job to everyone who participated Also well done to Mr. Marsh :P

Why don't you have a look at Storm-Servers.net they offer a 47 slot server for £5 per month

Here's my 500 Skin. Should be final (:

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The Formula One Teams' Association announced on Thursday night that it is setting up a breakaway championship next year, after stating that it could not accept the FIA's terms to race in F1

Full Article:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76292

I'll upload my skin tomorrow as it's on the desktop and I'm on the laptop.

Do I also need to upload a Hi-Resolution version of my private helmet?

Quote from audimasta :

I had a pretty nice race, had some tight battles that actually didn't end up in a crash. Could have gotten a top 3 finish if it wasn't for a stupid puncture. I also want to say sorry for the last sc period wich was my fault, too hard on the throttle on green flag and spun. Noob mistake there

Yeah it was quite nice drafting with either your or bigtime during one part of the race. Thanks for being patient and passing at the right moment

Quote from Blue_Fatal1ty :

I was doing my best and i was patient. I don't remember which car hit me but it is not my fault! Someone blocked my way and I don't remember who... karakar sorry for that crash. (555 P.Karlovac)

If someone blocks you it's more than likely for a reason unless they are a complete noob . Either you didn't have enough speed or time to pass, or both.

Just a general message to everyone which Deko repeats time and time again.

The race is not won in the first corner. Please leave a sufficient gap to the car ahead so encase of any sudden braking you have enough time to react and avoid it. Good luck guys

Quote from Ori :

in lap 4 there was something that needs to be cleared. 93 Shearer and 30 Puntola have an incident. 30 Puntola loses the car and several positions. 93 Shearer loses a position to me (80 Avdimetaj). Then he passes me.

Yeah me and Niko were discussing this after the race, I must say I felt terrible about that afterwards. We weren't really sure what happened, we more or less decided it was a racing incident tbh. He lifted off the throttle and I had it like half throttle and went into the wall.

Yeah about passing you, I was waiting for Niko for a second to see if he could quickly recover and pass me again. Which he couldn't, so I passed you. Once again sorry mate. I wasn't really sure what to do.

Yeah Montoya seems to be the man

Also another thing I've noticed, When press the 'i' button on sky on the Qualifying it says something like commentating by Martin Brundle and Jonathan Legard, but on race day it says Commentating by Martin Brunde. No-one else was mentioned Probably just me failing as usual

Sounds like a good bit of fun, it's too bad that I can't travel down there and watch it. Ah well the TV shall have to do.

Any idea of the dates that it'll be happening?

I'll try my best to be there Although I never have anything planned during weekdays so should be fine.

I'm considering signing up. The only problem is the first race is on the same day as the Kyoto 500 Qualification ...

Could I provisionally sign-up?

Quote from xlilsoldi3rx :

Yea the car revs up and i assume its in gear. Still the same.

Is the brake stuck on or the clutch?

Quote from dan926 :

i have no idea it just does probably coz i try and type to fast

Just take that extra time to perfect your spelling online, then over a period of time you'll be able to type fast-ish and spelling mistake free

Congratulations Bunder!

Last edited by wild, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 17:33.

Quote from dan926 :

hey i can spell brilliantly just my typing sux

How can your typing suck if your spelling doesn't? :S

Quote from TFalke55 :

when started reading your post, I just wanted to ask it why do you destroy my wish

How much are you paying?

Quote from 5haz :

My problem is that little seems to be done to prevent idiotic driving, warnings are all very well, but it's clear people like Arox don't listen to warnings. Those who are incapable of controlling their car even under the safety car should be shown the door, I don't think its too unreasonable just to want to be fairly safe from having your race ruined, especially under the safety car.

People are allowed to have second chances you know?

No it's not unreasonable to have a safe race under caution and in green flag conditions.

It's the practice sessions who really cares? Of course they are going to be accidents. Practice sessions are there for a purpose and that purpose is to simulate conditions in different situations and for the NDR to see if there is any hazardous drivers.

Quote from 5haz :

Its all very well you admin lot saying "car xx will be investigated after the race" but the most more or less anyone has ever got is a warning, shoving your head in the sand and pretending that everything is fine is not what good admins who organise and manage half decent events do.

What do you want them to do, Give them an instant Drive-Through? What happens after the race if it turns out it wasn't their fault. What do you do then?

Why not just investigate it after the race? What's going to be lost by it. At least them they can be more thoroughly informed of their mistakes and can learn by them hopefully.

Quote from 5haz :

When it happens 4 times in a row, and several times in one race, thats not just bad luck, thats just ridiculous.

Well if it happens 4 times in a row and several times in a race, I'd have a good look at myself to be honest. I doubt that every time you have a crash it's everyone else's fault.

In session 4 if I remember correctly; the incident between us was deemed to be a racing incident. Although I'll be the first to admit it it was both our faults to an extent.

Just a bit of friendly advice for you. Make sure you have enough speed to pass someone and the right timing. If you pass with not enough speed you'll be stuck on the inside for a while. If you make a very late pass with speed you'll screw up the timing of the draft and thus lose time.

Quote from 5haz :

That would be because unlike others I speak up against what is shit, instead of allowing it to continue. You need to sort your little event out mate, 'cos at the moment its all a bit laughable, a few accidents here and there are inevitable. But so far in the 500 practises there has been on average about 5 green flag laps out of 50 odd racing laps, and accidents frequently happen under the safety car, this really isn't acceptable for a major event.

Good on you, I agree people should speak up for yourself

As I've said before the aim of the practice sessions is for people to practice racing in all kinds of situations and for the NDR team to evaluate any potential hazardous racers.

What do you expect them to be Oval gods over night? They are entering a race to participate, some of them have never ran the oval before remember!

Are they not allowed to have a chance at running with the rest of the field, do they have to stay behind you to avoid any potential accidents? Let them have a chance for Christ sakes. What's the worst that can happen there's a caution and you have to retire? They can learn from their mistakes ... If they want to.

Quote from 5haz :

I have seen far better racing on demo servers.

Your point being? I don't doubt it for a second, there's some bloody fast demo drivers.

Quote from 5haz :

Fear not, I'm not going to be entering but to save others a lot of wasted time and bother, I bug you because I think you really should sort it out.

It's your choice at the end of the day to participate or not.

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Guys... we have one month to get ready for this and I recommend that everyone save the replays and learn from them. Watch them over and over so you learn from your mistakes. Not only that, but you can learn alot about other drivers habits (bad and good) just by watching them.

I have to agree with you there Jeffy, consistency and patients is the key for spectacular racing

Replays are fantastic to review. You can see if or where your making the mistakes and try to correct them for the next race. You can only learn from your mistakes! Another thing there good for is to see what others are doing relative to you. If others are managing their tyres better, why not see if your doing something different?

Remember you can always visit (FM) Oval Junkies 2 to pick up some techniques for the race.

Good luck guys

Quote from chavm481 :

new graphics drivers, new drivers for everything and still doesn't work... I NEED LFS!!!!!!

What exactly isn't working, is it still only booting up in safe mode?

Quote from NSX_FReeDoM :

Ferrari wont leave F1 becaues they have a contract with Bernie. And without Ferrari, i don't think the rest of FOTA will leave. Max just called their bluff.

Ferrari are a strange bunch all talk but no play. They've done it before in the 80s if I remember, they built an indycar and threatened to go over there and leave F1.

I'm not sure if they will leave or not. They'll most likely get their own way . Yeah if they did want to leave don't you think they have enough money to buy out of their contract with the FIA?

Quote from The Very End :

As long as Sam or Bob don't look here we'll be safe :shhh:

*whistles* nothing going on here (:

Just have a google search around the lines of 'Windows Xp home iso' I'm sure you'll find something. I'm sorry if I'm not allowed to post that.