I am very new to online race, and have a very simple question:

in the list of current online races, how can I distinguish the ones still under qualification stage from the ones where the race already started ?

Has it anything to do with the cryptic VSQMP flags ?

thanks for your answer. Frédéric.

hm no, there's no indication of whether a race is in quali or main race.

The VSQMP characters are indications of host settings :

V - Voting enabled (for kicking / banning)
S - racers can Select tracks
Q - Qualify mode is enabled (only means that is it enabled, not that there's a qualifying session going on now)
M - Mid-race join allowed
P - Pitstop required in a race

Quote from fredsiva :

I am very new to online race, and have a very simple question:

in the list of current online races, how can I distinguish the ones still under qualification stage from the ones where the race already started ?

Has it anything to do with the cryptic VSQMP flags ?

thanks for your answer. Frédéric.

But what a fine suggestion! How cool would it be to see what races were in quali. I'd love that option. When servers are in quali you often end with a good race cos people know that track. Far less accidents at turn 1 for a start off.

Hit the question mark to see what status a server is in. If they're qualifying it will tell you there.

Wow it looks like victor just added this to lfs world.

Josh

Wow, fast work, thx Victor...

I know what r and q means, but what the hell is p?

.. did you not read what he just said lol?

Quote from Victor :

The VSQMP characters are indications of host settings :

V - Voting enabled (for kicking / banning)
S - racers can Select tracks
Q - Qualify mode is enabled (only means that is it enabled, not that there's a qualifying session going on now)
M - Mid-race join allowed
P - Pitstop required in a race

Quote from bbman :

Wow, fast work, thx Victor...

I know what r and q means, but what the hell is p?

I guess p must mean practice...

..you guys must be blind, P means pitstop required

Quote from XCNuse :

..you guys must be blind, P means pitstop required

I don't think i have ever seen you make a post that is factually correct. We are not talking about the host setting flags, we are talking about the new flags which Victor has just added which show what session is currently in progress on the server.

r = race
q = quali
p = practice

You shouldn't be allowed so many posts.

Josh

Quote from joshdifabio :

I don't think i have ever seen you make a post that is factually correct

thats uncalled for and you know it; if he explained which P he was talking about i wouldn't have said it both times

P is pitstop required
p is practice session.

The case of the letter, as always, remains important, and I think it was very obvious what had happened. I'm shocked you took so long to work it out Nuse!

Quote from XCNuse :

thats uncalled for and you know it; if he explained which P he was talking about i wouldn't have said it both times

I have restrained myself for so long but i am afraid it is the truth, and it would be dishonest of me not to say anything.

Josh

Dont worry nuse, he dont like the yank's.. right underwear guy??

Quote from tristancliffe :

P is pitstop required
p is practice session.

lol i can't say i've ever seen a lower case p (and still have no idea where this 'p' is [unless its in the ?.. but i remember it like actually saying.. practice, race, qualify etc.])

@josh; if you have anything to take against me, do it privately; if you dont think i have ever said something thats a fact, look at the latest thread i made; pluto is no longer a planet; thats a fact, is that good enough for you?
you obviously haven't seen to many of my posts..
either way make it private

@th84 .. yanks lol hes more of a yank than i am im south man lol i can't stand the north.. to many soccer loving fans (joke against my cousins that live in MD)

I live in the south too, but they always call me a yank!

I was born and raised up north (chicago) and hate soccer. Id rather watch my grass grow.

The lower case p is to the right. The upper case is to the left of it in bold.

Nuse - go to LFSW.

Click on a host on the Racers and Hosts online list thingy (I clicked on a host on my buddy list). Next to the name is the icon p, q or r. They're new (which is why everyone said 'Thanks Victor for the new feature') so you won't have seen them before.

Quote from th84 :

(chicago)

Which area?

119th st.. near greenwood park.

thanks for the info, I will now use LFSW to choose a race in qualification mode