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Post by niblips on Aug 2, 2018 3:10:48 GMT
Tough going tonight with the disconnects and the crashes. I can try hosting next week...maybe that will help...?
Quali was fun. Put in a good lap with a 4:10 but there was a little more I could have found I think.
Race was kinda a mess. Incident early in lap one meant I had to fight my way back up front. Almost got there after 13 laps but binned it just as I was making contact with Tyler. I was running outta time and was pushing too hard in the corners I guess. Fun race regardless.
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Post by Shneeb108 on Aug 2, 2018 5:01:00 GMT
Only just seen this, its supposed to be an 11pm start as far as I was concerned. Sorry mate, I should've been more clear. My fault. I'll be sending out xbox messages to everyone letting them know the time for next week (10pm UK) so we don't have anymore confusion! Tons of work getting the Type 25 ready for Spa Historic, only to be disconnected from my own lobby twice. Just another good reason to move to the PC format. Rather disappointing. 😒 Hey, if you guys all switched over I would too. Though it would probably be by next tax return season for me before I could get a PC. If we all get the same thing we could help eachother out along the way... I feel bad for ya Pete and Gary, what would you like to see happen? It may have been an Xbox Live issue that was out of all of our hands... At this point I don't know what we could do. I don't want anyone to feel left out but I don't want anyone upset as well. It wouldn't be fair to Greg to cancel the results but then it's a huge disappointment for you guys as well as to the entirety of the League. I wasn't too happy about it myself but I'm quite powerless against connectivity. Damn, if I ever become rich i'd buy us all tickets to fly out to some sort of rec center for a weekend where we could just connect with system links and actually RACE for once, and maybe make a team effort video I've been researching PC's for a couple of months now, and it appears that the prices are coming down and will probably be their lowest after the beginning of 2019. So I think that's when I will switch because I just can't take all this XBOX BS anymore. I might even just do Career on a PC game and try to get better so I can compete a bit. It's not much fun always running in the back. I put a lot of time and effort into Spa, and then didn't even get two laps in. That's pretty pathetic and quite a waste of time.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Aug 2, 2018 8:42:51 GMT
Tons of work getting the Type 25 ready for Spa Historic, only to be disconnected from my own lobby twice. Just another good reason to move to the PC format. Rather disappointing. 😒 Yeah that sucks Pete, really disappointing buddy.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Aug 2, 2018 9:09:27 GMT
Only just seen this, its supposed to be an 11pm start as far as I was concerned. Sorry mate, I should've been more clear. My fault. I'll be sending out xbox messages to everyone letting them know the time for next week (10pm UK) so we don't have anymore confusion! Tons of work getting the Type 25 ready for Spa Historic, only to be disconnected from my own lobby twice. Just another good reason to move to the PC format. Rather disappointing. 😒 Hey, if you guys all switched over I would too. Though it would probably be by next tax return season for me before I could get a PC. If we all get the same thing we could help eachother out along the way... I feel bad for ya Pete and Gary, what would you like to see happen? It may have been an Xbox Live issue that was out of all of our hands... At this point I don't know what we could do. I don't want anyone to feel left out but I don't want anyone upset as well. It wouldn't be fair to Greg to cancel the results but then it's a huge disappointment for you guys as well as to the entirety of the League. I wasn't too happy about it myself but I'm quite powerless against connectivity. Damn, if I ever become rich i'd buy us all tickets to fly out to some sort of rec center for a weekend where we could just connect with system links and actually RACE for once, and maybe make a team effort video There's not much you can do about it Tyler, it is what it is and the only option is to look at whether we restart races if there are disconnects in the first few laps. But when some of the laps are so long you can be 12-15 minutes into a race by then so it starts to get a bit long and makes for a late finish over here in the UK. Maybe with the 10 o'clock start it's more doable though. But how many times do we do that? I think you would have to have a limit otherwise you get an endless loop of restarts. I have no immediate plans to switch over to PC due to cost and the extra time commitment that would be required on that format. There's so much on the Xbox right now that it's the best time for racing on console.. never been so much to chose from... F1, pCars, Assetto, TTIOM, Nascar, Moto GP, Madden, Fifa... the list goes on. Connection issues are a pita although I rarely suffer them myself but it does still seem to be only pCars that has them.. our F1 league has rarely suffered that problem for the past couple of years and Assetto has become pretty stable although I am not sure how that fares with a large lobby. Pete's problem is confusing as he seems to have a solid connection but Gary's is more understandable with his self-confessed flakey connection and his car was badly lagging around track last night so his disconnect is not so much of a surprise. TBF there haven't been many connection issues in recent races, have we had any in Indycar? I can't remember any and the series we have run in the 49 and the first race in this car has got much, much better. The races in the 49 were pretty much connection problem free over the latter races. If there were XBL problems last night then that's not going to help of course. I think trying Karl as the host is a good idea for you guys next week. I am not available unfortunately as I am away visiting my daughter and granddaughter in Manchester. Her fiance has an Xbox but no way I can get my wheel all the way up there lol. I might login to Mixer on it though and watch your race. Shame to miss the Scottish countryside but I will be back for Rouen.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Aug 2, 2018 9:35:35 GMT
Last night’s race was very weird for me… I never got a clean lap in quali but my best lap was going to be in the 4:15 range until I came around on a badly lagging Gary which threw my car into a fit and I ended up in the barrier.
The race started ok for me and I was just taking it easy on that first lap keeping the front three in view while Karl quickly closed on me after his early incident. But as soon as I started to try to push the car felt very unstable and going around Les Combes which in my offline practice had been no problem at all suddenly became an exercise in caution… second lap I went round there at the sort of speed I knew was fine but halfway round the backend just went away from me and into the barrier I went. Carried on with a little suspension damage but then around Malmedy the car would just not turn in and I scraped along the outside barrier before being sent across the track at the transition to the exit and clattered into the barriers on the other side causing major suspension damage. Pitted and rejoined with a clean car but straight away I could feel things were not quite right and my wheel had to be slightly cocked to the left to make the car go straight. I took it fairly gently initially and completed the outlap but then tried to push a bit on the next lap (after very gently taking Les Combes..) but spun when going straight and had my car climb up the banking causing slight damage on the suspension. Very soon after, I think after the Malmedy, I was back into the barrier and this time had my right-front wheel torn off… Made my way slowly back to the pits but as I approached the latter part of the lap the engine damage started climbing rapidly even when off throttle and as I entered the pits it hit 100 and blew. You know the rest of the story of my dramatic pit stop though… the car just trundled slowly down the hill as everyone else piled on the laps until eventually it came to a stop and my pit crew got to work… overtime claims will definitely be put in but they did the job and after a 5+ minutes pit stop I was on my way once again with only 29 minutes to make up on the rest of the field. I completed the lap which amounted to just over 25 minutes!! I got in the outlap and one full lap but once more picked up some suspension damage but was on target for a lap around 4:14 despite that only to round the left-hand kink before La Source and find my car spearing towards the inside barrier. I brought the car to a stop as I knew Greg and Tyler were on the way around Blanchimont and once past I continued to the line. What a mess lol.
There was definitely something very odd about this session for me, the rear end was not happy and I was always struggling to keep it on the track once I started to push. Same setup (apart from 6th gear and the final drive) and conditions as the offline practice I did the previous night where I had put in 5 clean laps all within a 5 second range of each other and 4 of them within a second. Can’t explain that but just have to put it down to one of those pCars things lol.
Congrats on the maiden classic car win Greg, great drive and to Tyler for another solid performance and Karl for getting back in touch with the front two despite the problems you were having.
Onwards and upwards…
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Post by hurtmagurt on Aug 2, 2018 16:26:58 GMT
Well that was an unexpected victory. I had a much different gear ratio than you were all discussing during quali and I feel it really helped me on the straights. After lap 1 I was in 3rd but had really good runs on Boothy and Tyler on the straights but could not pass as they were side by side. On either lap 2 or 3 I spun going thru Malmedy (my most difficult section for some reason and where I would lose most lap time). I thought I was going to get away without hitting anything but slightly tapped the hay bails on the outside. This lost me a few places and gave me slight front corner damage. I decided to pit on that lap and just keep it safe for the rest of the race. As I heard everyone else discussing damage I knew I might have a chance if everyone else had a longer pit stop than I did. After the pit cycle Tyler was 10 seconds back with Karl pushing him and they were both running slightly faster than I was. With 2 laps left I had another moment in Malmedy and brushed the wall. This lost me about 4 seconds and slowed my pace a bit more. Ended up finishing just over a second ahead of Tyler. I really like the difficulty of these cars. It's nice to be leading the championship....for the moment. Again thanks to everyone for getting more damage than I did.
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Post by Shneeb108 on Aug 2, 2018 17:14:04 GMT
Congrats Hurt on the win !
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Aug 2, 2018 18:39:11 GMT
I reviewed the replay. Robert, your crash was nothing. I'd say all it would've done was startle you, maybe with some slight PTSD.
Peter's crash was actually much worse, he took out a camera guy who's condition is still critical. Peter was lucky to have left with just a couple bruises and a headache.🤒
Now onto Matt, the luckiest of us all! He was flung out of his car on Lap 2 by Stavelot coming onto the Holowell section. By looking at it, I honestly didn't know if I should call it fatal or not so I let fate decide, he ran extremely hard into the barrier.😱
4 out of 5 coin flips (digital on my phone) says he survived! 😩 Having no seat belts saved your life Matt.
Thankfully no one was hurt too badly and our season continues!
You're welcome Greg! Malmedy and the Masta Kink got me haha
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Post by y22rydr on Aug 2, 2018 20:28:32 GMT
Good to hear we all survived!!!
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Aug 2, 2018 21:33:57 GMT
Good to hear we all survived!!! My poor pit crew suffered worst of all, they are all in hospital with chronic back conditions after being bent over those tyres waiting for me to reach them lol
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Aug 3, 2018 1:14:15 GMT
Good to hear we all survived!!! My poor pit crew suffered worst of all, they are all in hospital with chronic back conditions after being bent over those tyres waiting for me to reach them lol That was their own fault, they could have come to help you! Maybe they didn't want you disqualified or penalized for giving you a push or however that stupid rule worked lol Kudos to you Robert for trying to give Peter a push while just passing by! I'm not sure if allow ghosted vehicles was turned on or not but that was some twilight zone stuff haha! Also (via coin 😂), I must inform us of the tragic death of the camera person, Cameron Tapesu, who passed away peacefully in the hospital after suffering from accidental Vintagetyrethroughthestomach Syndrome. 🤧 May his soul rest in peace...
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Aug 3, 2018 7:45:33 GMT
My poor pit crew suffered worst of all, they are all in hospital with chronic back conditions after being bent over those tyres waiting for me to reach them lol That was their own fault, they could have come to help you! Maybe they didn't want you disqualified or penalized for giving you a push or however that stupid rule worked lol Kudos to you Robert for trying to give Peter a push while just passing by! I'm not sure if allow ghosted vehicles was turned on or not but that was some twilight zone stuff haha! Also (via coin 😂), I must inform us of the tragic death of the camera person, Cameron Tapesu, who passed away peacefully in the hospital after suffering from accidental Vintagetyrethroughthestomach Syndrome. 🤧 May his soul rest in peace... lol that gave me a laugh .... Yeah I forgot to thank Robert for the attempted push lol I'm sure the wind as he went past helped me get to the box though
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Aug 4, 2018 3:39:57 GMT
If you want to see any of it in action here ya go! Not my funniest video but I had the ending part planned since Monaco.
I probably won't make another one until Silverstone unless a lot happens during the next couple races. I'll still get some footage and put it in a montage for a few races in one:
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Post by hurtmagurt on Aug 5, 2018 17:23:36 GMT
Another great video. Love the little bits you add in like the real crash/fire footage and when they go thru each other in the pits. Interested to see if you make it back to the future!
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Aug 5, 2018 19:45:56 GMT
Another great video. Love the little bits you add in like the real crash/fire footage and when they go thru each other in the pits. Interested to see if you make it back to the future! Haha thanks man! Someone's gotta like my rather painful acting lmao! Don't exactly know why I thought of the Bttf theme for this season but these are fun to make and I like the Soundtrack from the trilogy. I wish I knew how to edit the pip (Picture in Picture) tracks better so you can't see the outline of the other videos.
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