Well... tonight was both good and bad.
Good points: the wrecking and racing tonight was pretty much the most insane driving I have ever seen, even surpassing rounds from last season. With people risking virtual life and limb to get to the top, it was a hugely enjoyable round.
Personal highlights are the crazy take out in Race 3, the fact that the XRT possesses the driver and turns him into an absolute animal who will kill everything in sight, and the battle for first between Faithless and Wheeling in the 5 lap finale, with each driver letting the other past more than once!
Everyone who took part enjoyed it, and I'll just say thank you to all 9 drivers who turned up tonight (and Elon, who unfortunately had to go just 15 minutes before the round started).
The bad point: I have to say I was deeply disappointed with the turnout from the confirmations.
Out of the 16 who had originally confirmed, one hadn't even sent his skin to me. From the 15 who had, 9 showed up (56.25% attendance from the confirmations; ironically, that percentage is more than last season's first round, although that was 16/30). One driver said he was most likely not going to show, and the other 6 didn't even say they wouldn't turn up.
After last season's attendance levels, and suggestions from drivers during tonight, I have decided to implement two new rules:
1. If you confirm for a meeting and don't show up, you will be given one warning. Get three warnings, and you will be banned from the league.
2. If, by 8pm UK time (7(S)/8(W)pm UTC / 8(S)/9(W)pm CEST), there are fewer than 50% of the confirmed drivers in the server, then the round will be postponed until the following week.
Replays and results will be online tomorrow.
Round 2 is at Fern Bay Green, and is entitled "Island Of Destruction II: Welcome To The Warzone". It'll take place on the 28th of August.