Why doesn't the class have a set online distance restriction e.g. 10 000 km? that way there is a line in the sand, cause after one season i'm not going to be comfortable enough to race in the big time yet

Quote from dekojester :

On the long straight, JTaylor performed a blocking action on McColl99, who was far enough alongside JTaylor to have a right to space.

he will be given a [b]STRICT WARNING[b]

Im sorry man, that is a bit soft... i get absolutely wiped out and have to pit 4 repairs, finish last and dropped way out of my championship spot by a guy who has only raced in 2 rounds???? now thats fine usually but the move was outrageous?! He just kept coming across and its not like i had my nose in there, SIDE BY SIDE... I was side by side and he put me on the grass, not just squeezed me for room he took me totally off the track in 5th gear under the bridge?! I did everything i could to save the car but c'mon, fair is fair?

Last edited by mccoll99, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 02:53. Reason : had time to cool off a bit... rethought some of my words... sorry guys

so far a 2:23 offline is my best but consistantly about 2:24-2:25 over a race distance. Looking forward to FP!

Quote from dekojester :

Exiting Turn 7, [OPC]ROB! ran wide and into the dirt, but had recovered on entry to Turn 8.

McColl had attempted to slow down to not cause contact, but still did.

McColl, in this steward's opinion, should have let off to avoid the contact altohether and make the pass just down the road, as he would have still had the momentum on ROB.

Seeing as McColl finished 1 spot ahead of Rob in the results, the order will be changed. Rob will be placed ahead of McColl.

d

I'd like to draw your attention to rules 5.9, 5.10 and 5.11 of the LFSBC rules...

5.9 - "If you make a significant driving error and another driver or

driver’s attempts to capitalize on it then you have reduced
rights to counter their attack. If one or the other has to give way, it
should be the driver who made the initial error."

5.10 - "The onus is entirely on the driver recovering from any incident
that leaves them in any way an obstacle or a hazard to other
drivers, to take all necessary care, hazard minimization, and
responsibility not to interfere with any cars still on the track
and not part of the incident."

"It may mean moving as fast as
you safely can to the non-racing-line side of the track."

5.11 - "The onus is entirely on the driver returning to the track after an off to take all necessary care and responsibility not to
interfere with any cars still on the track."

"The onus is entirely on the driver returning to the track after an
off to take all necessary care and responsibility not to
interfere with any cars still on the track."

I'm happy to cop the penalty, i'd just like some clarification? i.e. was he back to speed? did i take the wrong side to overtake?

Thanks d,

McColl.

Quote from dougie-lampkin :

I was in an incident I'd like investigated:

Lap 11 - On the back straight, after T7 (I think), I was spun by McColl99, who was behind me. He didn't even slow down to allow me to catch up and re-take my place (as is laid out in the CRC), and didn't apologise...I understand that he was faster than me, but I still had the inside line in the previous corner, so the spin was completley unjustified...

I only dropped one place, but it was still highly unfair...

Yeah, sorry about that, i didn't apologise because of the no in race chat thing. From my point of view you were on the grass through the right kink and then shot out in front of me leaving me with nowhere to go? this also happened on lap 9 but i had time to brake for that one...

As for lap one with jack, dean was a little slower so i went to the outside of him, got squeezed for room and started my braking on the outside kerb sending the car left and into your path, so again apologies but i didn't say anything mid race because of the chat ban.

Big sweeping european style open tracks and the new cars... im sure looking forward to the races

+1

I'd like to put my hand up for that one, i moved over to the left of the road thinking i was clear of TG44. Luckily it was me who spun out and not him...

has anyone got the replay file from the race? i forgot to save it before i left... if someone could post it that would be awesome.

cheers!

Quote from Dalek0220 :

Sorry for d/posting, but I would like to know if you got permission to do that? I made the layout for racing purposes.

Sorry, i didn't change the layout at all, i think the layout is great, i just put the "pit lane exit" into show what i was talking about... hope i haven't upset you? I didn't know about the permissions thing?

Sounds like the improvements will make it better for racing!

Quote from dekojester :

I would also like thoughts on the raceablity of this layout...I almost think that this round would be better as time trials, then the winners determined by lap times. Or smaller grids. 16 cars is a bit uneasy sounding to me after seeing today.

Time trials would work well around this layout, single car on the track at a time with everyone getting two runs at the track at the event? This is much like how they run the autocross at actual FSAE/Formula Student events.

Say run the cars in entry order, you get an outlap, two "flying" laps and then pull left at the last turn back to the pit area at which time the second car could be waiting at the edge of the barrier there to start their outlap as soon as the other car exits? (See attached picture...)

This could help with the filming of the event with only the single car on track at one time, also with peoples frame rates, the barriers slow them enough without 15 other cars on such a tight track might cause carnage?

Just an idea? Thought i might share? BTW i am having so much fun with this series thing, a big thanks to all who are organising!

why can't the safety car travel at about the pit lane limit? or maybe over at like 100km/h?

F1 only thrash the safety car cause the f1 tires can't handle it and go out of their working range, the FBM isn't a f1 car and we start on cold tires anyway so a minimum speed on the safety car isn't an issue?

if it cruised at a constant 100km/h that gives more time to clear accidents with minimal loss of laps?

"racing" the safety car only adds to the bunching and collisions behind it...

Other than that the sessions were awesome, the race control calls were great and the quality of racing and speed was superb. I look forard to the next one!

Nathan McColl

Hey guys, just checking if this skin is alright for the 1st round... keep in mind this is the 1st time i've both skinned and used photoshop...

Im going to do some setup and practice tomorrow (1st Jan) so i'll let you know how that goes!

Quote from J@tko :

You live on west coast of Aus? If so - then It's quite a busy time for IPs. you'll get better pings earlier in the morning anyway.

I don't but my ISP is based in West Aus so maybe thats it? im more than willing to run the practice and then pull out if im messing things up, this is just for fun for me and i don't want to mess up everyone else's fun?

Quote from J@tko :

That's pretty bad. Did you have IE running in the background?

353ms without IE... not good hey?

Quote from J@tko :

Go onto multiplayer at the main menu - then the top selection box. Let it find all hosts then click 'host name' at the top to order alphabetically. go to 'c' and look at the number next to one of the CTRA servers.

CTRA Single Seater 1 - 400ms... i have no idea if thats good or bad?

Quote from J@tko :

Good - just a quick check - what sort of ping do you get with servers in England (e.g CTRA)? Or do you not live down under?

How do i check this? I'll try it out and let you know?

Entry Number: 10
LFS Username: mccoll99
Car: XFG

Quote from J@tko :

Thanks for your entry guys.



As long as you don't mind getting up early on a Monday morning and have a good internet connection then fine!

Yeah, not a problem mate. Thanks for the add!

mccoll99 - mccoll99 - ALL

I bought S2 on the 27th of december and haven't competed in a tournament yet... Hope to be involved!

Hey,

I bought S2 yesterday and would love to be involved in the beginers cup!