Wrong title but what the heck

Hope the server problems don't make it a mess.

Upon checking by our server guro's it look like it was a MASTER SERVER Shutdown.

Sorry about cP#2 for not showing up - I was doing quali so only found out afterwards - seems one of the drivers simply lost internet for good

Looks like we may have to postpone the event.

Server just crashed, again.

MASTER SERVER CRASH. This is a first for our a LOTF server. Sorry to all the teams who are dealing with this issue.

We will investigate with the provider and ???

SERVER has been changed to [CD] IGTC

Thanks go out to the ConeDodgers.

Are we going to be told what positions the teams are in..?

Race started again, guess you know that now.

3 hrs modified

Running order after 1hr 15min:

Safety car out, loooks like cyber and cP had disconnects.. i know Zafar had... dunno for cyber
Oh it will be hard to get race results at the end

Quote from r4ptor :

Sorry about cP#2 for not showing up - I was doing quali so only found out afterwards - seems one of the drivers simply lost internet for good

Sorry. I had some hardware issues

3:20 or so.

cP and Cyber both had disconnects. cP had a few, which probably hurt their chances for a podium.

I forgot to start up the report with all the server fiasco and a few things at home. 30 mins to go Escort is slowly catching rcpilot.

#25 CD FXR flipped exiting the final chicane and is out.

Great job all. Congrats to the CoRe team on their win in their first race!

Great race all, sadly marred by some connection issues and one huge server dump. :[

I'll be interested to see where Cyber and cP come out with their disconnects.

Great job to CD, who gave CoRe #2 a great run for the money.

One disaster after another, hit my team tonigth. E V E R Y T H I N G went wrong, from the start, and all 4 hours

My pc chrashed, i came back, then Teamspeak threw me off. We kindly borrowed from CP. But how do you start TS again, in the middleof the race. Then came safetycar and i minimized windows, and the screen turned black. I shutted Lfs down restarted TS and joined again.

Sighh. Did try to hunt some time back, but made to many mistakes

gearbox sounded like a popcorn machine, and i was slow, in my last stint. Got a lot of blue flags

The blue flags are why i write this. We slow racers shall follow rules, so the faster racers can pass safely. I recon there are no rules for the faster racers, as they drive like they have been drinking.

Not good enough faster racers. STAY IN THE RACELINE, so we know where you are, and only pass when its safe

I got hit time 2.31.55 by the raceleader, don`t know what lap, because I was way behind on the lap counter, but that doesn`t give the leaders special "bully" rigths

Some of the other "blueflaggers" also left the raceline, putting me in an difficult position. Where is he going, what do I do now !??

Blue flag is not a freeway for you fast ppl. It`s a warning, to me, to give you space to overhoal me - SAFELY !

Quote from alland44 :

One disaster after another, hit my team tonigth. E V E R Y T H I N G went wrong, from the start, and all 4 hours

My pc chrashed, i came back, then Teamspeak threw me off. We kindly borrowed from CP. But how do you start TS again, in the middleof the race. Then came safetycar and i minimized windows, and the screen turned black. I shutted Lfs down restarted TS and joined again.

Sighh. Did try to hunt some time back, but made to many mistakes

gearbox sounded like a popcorn machine, and i was slow, in my last stint. Got a lot of blue flags

The blue flags are why i write this. We slow racers shall follow rules, so the faster racers can pass safely. I recon there are no rules for the faster racers, as they drive like they have been drinking.

Not good enough faster racers. STAY IN THE RACELINE, so we know where you are, and only pass when its safe

I got hit time 2.31.55 by the raceleader, don`t know what lap, because I was way behind on the lap counter, but that doesn`t give the leaders special "bully" rigths

Some of the other "blueflaggers" also left the raceline, putting me in an difficult position. Where is he going, what do I do now !??

Blue flag is not a freeway for you fast ppl. It`s a warning, to me, to give you space to overhoal me - SAFELY !

Thanks for your comments and concerns. It can indeed get really hectic out there, especially when you're already frustrated or pissed off. People do need to remember to give each other room when passing and being passed.

The relevant rules, for a reminder:

Quote :

8) Drivers must overtake in a safe and respectful manner. Drivers should have at least a half-car overlap on another car before committing to an overtaking maneuver. Cars ahead on corner exit are entitled to take the racing line, but only if cleanly ahead of the trailing car.
9) When being overtaken, a driver must give space to the attacking car in order to account for lag. Drivers must not defend by erratically weaving or otherwise excessively deviating from the standard racing line.
9.1) Drivers may make one (1) move off of the racing line and one (1) move back onto the racing line when defending a position.
9.2) When being lapped, a driver is expected to drive a normal racing line and avoid erratic movements that may confuse lapping drivers. If a driver wishes to pull over and slow to let the leader pass, this should be done on a long straight and done in such a manner that the intent is clear to the lapping driver. Under no circumstances should a driver being lapped slow excessively while entering or in the middle of a corner.
10) Drivers attempting to un-lap themselves must follow Rule #8. Leaders who are defending against a lapped car must follow Rules #9 and #9.1.

Please, did anyone get the replay?

Great race, sorry about the weird server issues in the begining. Thanks for all the teams showing up!

I got the last 3 hours. Uploading now.

Thanks!

Thank you ConeDodgers for Hosting! Not sure what happenend to our server, 500 Servers are usually bulletproof.

Last 3hrs of the race (post-server dump):

http://www.mediafire.com/?8ns0zulddzm

Quali replay: http://www.mediafire.com/?f2rujtux39d

We had a very unlucky race - first cP#2 not being able to race because of hardware issues and 4 disconnects @ cP#1 - the last one just seconds after I crossed the line - I actually saw the "lag" message on every car before crossing it.. lol.

First disconnect didn't affect me much - I actually did better after it and I'm 99.9% sure I got back up to 3rd, but then BAM :|

Niki's disconnect cost us allot - there was confusion since he was still on TS but it was lagging. I wasn't sure if he would continue or what, so I just joined.. spend a bit time to see if he was there.. but meh.

I'm sure I've had less than 10 disconnects ever since I started with LFS. 5 of them during this race/evening. 2 during a danish event and rest during pick up races... more meh..

Oh well :P

Quote from r4ptor :

I'm sure I've had less than 10 disconnects ever since I started with LFS. 5 of them during this race/evening. 2 during a danish event and rest during pick up races... more meh..

Must be our governments messing up the internet with their anti terrorist hackers.


Thanks for the upload DWB.

Quote from alland44 :

I got hit time 2.31.55 by the raceleader, don`t know what lap, because I was way behind on the lap counter, but that doesn`t give the leaders special "bully" rigths

Watch it from my perspective, I caught up an almost unbelievable ~5 car lengths on you under braking while already under maximum braking from my normal braking point. (AKA, nothing I could do except hope that I could still brake hard enough to avoid you while turning into the corner without understeering) Leaders have their own issues they deal with getting around traffic, it's not just on your end.

Very funny event indeed! Some real close racing between me and rcpilot i must say. Clean and fair driving. C you at the oval next time guys