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Post by XRF Formula1 on Oct 18, 2018 23:28:48 GMT
UNITED STATES GRANDPRIX @ Watkins Glen (Short with NO INNERLOOP CHICANE) 45 Laps
5pm EST/10pm UK Time
In-game date: October 6th, 1963
Weather Forecast: Sunny
UNITED STATES GRANDPRIX SPECIAL RULES:
AN EXTRA 5 MINUTES WILL BE ADDED TO QUALIFYING FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
We won't be using the innerloop chicane which is located immediately before the loop. Instead of a standing start, we will do a formation lap. Once the leader approaches the signs blocking the backstraight, he will slow down to almost a stand still and push at least 2 of the 4 signs out of the way, slowly and carefully so as to not take any damage. Try not to use reverse and do allow the others behind you to help clear the way. What the leader misses, the rest of the grid pushes out of the way. The signs will not return and we'll be free to use the previously blocked off section. The leader must continue at a snail's pace until all 4 signs are confirmed to be clear of the circuit, then he may go normal formation lap speed until the go buzzer sounds, at which point the race begins.
Here's the link to the rules & regulations:
Please sign in with your name, gamertag and chosen livery!
CONFIRMED 1. Tyler Dean / Sgt Formula 1 / Brabham #1 2. Peter Hooper / Hammerpgh Team Lotus #4 3. Greg Williams / Hurt MaGurt / Scuderia Ferrari #25 4. Robert R. / Y22 Rydr / Scirocco Powell Racing Cars #22 5. Karl Fuss / niblips2 / Team Lotus #8
UNCOMFIRMED 6. Peter Stefani / Shneeb108 / Honda Racing #12 7. Gary Morris / some evil dude / Rob Walker Racing Team #2
UNAVAILABLE 8. Matthew Booth / Boothy116 / Lola #7
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Oct 19, 2018 8:22:33 GMT
Peter Hooper / Hammerpgh / Team Lotus #4
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Post by hurtmagurt on Oct 19, 2018 11:03:36 GMT
Greg / Hurt MaGurt / Scudaria Ferrari #25
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Post by y22rydr on Oct 23, 2018 16:22:42 GMT
Robert R. / Y22 Rydr / Scirocco Powell Racing Cars #22
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Oct 29, 2018 8:51:00 GMT
Anybody had any practice here yet? I've not started up pCars since Monza but hope to get some running in here tonight or tomorrow. Would be good to get some lap time data together to see where we all stack up.
It feels like things have taken a downward turn tbh with not much chat going on over this past month or so and this place needs to keep ticking over or else it will just fade away so let's get some chatter going again.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Oct 29, 2018 12:32:55 GMT
I haven't gotten in practice for here as of yet. I do plan on getting in some either today or later this week sometime.
As you can imagine, i'm pretty busy with my family right now. It's hard to find good dedicated alone practice time, let alone time to play the game at all. I've been doing a few all nighters here and there just to practice and/or work on the replay videos. It will get easier in a few months once we have our schedules back in order over here and we begin a new season with hopefully a car more people will want to drive.🏎🏎🏎🏆
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Oct 29, 2018 12:36:39 GMT
I can well imagine how busy things are for you mate.. been there done that and got the tee-shirt lol.
On that last point Tyler am I right in assuming the next car will be the 1965 Lotus 38?
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Oct 29, 2018 17:37:39 GMT
I can well imagine how busy things are for you mate.. been there done that and got the tee-shirt lol. On that last point Tyler am I right in assuming the next car will be the 1965 Lotus 38? I'm not too sure yet. It's kinda up in the air, so what everyone would want to do, i'm always open to ideas! I never thought of doing the Vintage IndyCar, but that would be interesting to say so the least. If no one has any ideas or complaints I figured i'd just remake the 1970 F1 season with the Lotus 49C using similar tracks. Also taking future seasons into account for how F1 changed throughout time.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Oct 29, 2018 19:19:32 GMT
Ah ok. I thought we were looking to run the series all the way through the available cars in order. I'm happy to go with anything though although the 49C would be very similar to the 49 we ran last series.
Indycar would definitely be interesting as well.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Oct 29, 2018 23:08:01 GMT
That was my plan originally to do the Lotus 49 again with a more accurate season, then continue on through the years chronologically.
I figured the 49C is close enough and might attract more attention because of the areo, and I think we talked about skipping the 49 at the end of the glitched Monza session because we already did a season with it.
The Lotus 38 was designed specifically for the Indy 500 which might be a lot of fun to do as a one off, I think AI would be nice to fill the grid for that. We could also run the Monza Oval and/or make our own short season using tracks the car was never ment for to make things extra spicy🌶😛
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Oct 29, 2018 23:36:28 GMT
It might also be worth it to mention a single event or short season to the TCR members and combine clubs for at least 1 race. We could remove the AI this way too
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Post by niblips on Oct 30, 2018 0:58:29 GMT
I had my first and only practice tonight. Managed to get about 55 or 60 full laps done but not a complete race. Was dipping into the 1:17s by the end of it.
I couldn't get more than 15 laps of a race done in a row....flipped the car over on 3 occasions in the first sector O.o
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Oct 30, 2018 9:16:34 GMT
It might also be worth it to mention a single event or short season to the TCR members and combine clubs for at least 1 race. We could remove the AI this way too I think our race time might put a lot of them off, it's not a time many over here would be racing lol. We could maybe look at something on a Saturday night at a similar time to the what we have run the Indycar series and on an off week for the TCR. What would be quite fun is some kind of longer event... a couple of hours maybe, the sprint stuff is not really for me.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Oct 30, 2018 9:18:19 GMT
That was my plan originally to do the Lotus 49 again with a more accurate season, then continue on through the years chronologically. I figured the 49C is close enough and might attract more attention because of the areo, and I think we talked about skipping the 49 at the end of the glitched Monza session because we already did a season with it. The Lotus 38 was designed specifically for the Indy 500 which might be a lot of fun to do as a one off, I think AI would be nice to fill the grid for that. We could also run the Monza Oval and/or make our own short season using tracks the car was never ment for to make things extra spicy🌶😛 I was thinking we could run it at the ovals in the game and a few other suitable tracks in a short series.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Oct 30, 2018 9:30:36 GMT
I had my first and only practice tonight. Managed to get about 55 or 60 full laps done but not a complete race. Was dipping into the 1:17s by the end of it. I couldn't get more than 15 laps of a race done in a row....flipped the car over on 3 occasions in the first sector O.o Nice one Karl. I did some laps last night too.. only a 30 minute practice and 20 minute quali though so only a total of 13 laps. My best was a 1:17.696. That first sector is a lot of fun but I found going around turn 3 quite tricky. The rear tyres tend to lose grip there if you aren't careful and want to come around on you so I was making sure to modulate the throttle combat that. Also very easy to drift wide there and contact the outside barrier. So used to the Indycar flat out through that part that it takes some adjusting to. I have only adjusted my gearing from the setup I have been using in recent races but might just look at the suspension to see if anything there helps with that section. It's a shame we have to manually remove the boards at the chicane for each session. We will have to add an extra lap to the race and 5 minutes to the quali to accommodate that Tyler.
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Post by niblips on Oct 30, 2018 13:02:19 GMT
I had my first and only practice tonight. Managed to get about 55 or 60 full laps done but not a complete race. Was dipping into the 1:17s by the end of it. I couldn't get more than 15 laps of a race done in a row....flipped the car over on 3 occasions in the first sector O.o Nice one Karl. I did some laps last night too.. only a 30 minute practice and 20 minute quali though so only a total of 13 laps. My best was a 1:17.696. That first sector is a lot of fun but I found going around turn 3 quite tricky. The rear tyres tend to lose grip there if you aren't careful and want to come around on you so I was making sure to modulate the throttle combat that. Also very easy to drift wide there and contact the outside barrier. So used to the Indycar flat out through that part that it takes some adjusting to. I have only adjusted my gearing from the setup I have been using in recent races but might just look at the suspension to see if anything there helps with that section. It's a shame we have to manually remove the boards at the chicane for each session. We will have to add an extra lap to the race and 5 minutes to the quali to accommodate that Tyler.I am using the same setup i've been using and adjusted the gearing to fit the circuit. The back end is tricky, but i don't have time to fiddle with the setup before the race tomorrow so I'll just use it as is again.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Oct 30, 2018 13:31:41 GMT
Nice one Karl. I did some laps last night too.. only a 30 minute practice and 20 minute quali though so only a total of 13 laps. My best was a 1:17.696. That first sector is a lot of fun but I found going around turn 3 quite tricky. The rear tyres tend to lose grip there if you aren't careful and want to come around on you so I was making sure to modulate the throttle combat that. Also very easy to drift wide there and contact the outside barrier. So used to the Indycar flat out through that part that it takes some adjusting to. I have only adjusted my gearing from the setup I have been using in recent races but might just look at the suspension to see if anything there helps with that section. It's a shame we have to manually remove the boards at the chicane for each session. We will have to add an extra lap to the race and 5 minutes to the quali to accommodate that Tyler.I am using the same setup i've been using and adjusted the gearing to fit the circuit. The back end is tricky, but i don't have time to fiddle with the setup before the race tomorrow so I'll just use it as is again. Don't worry Karl... you are a week early it's race night on Wed, November 7th, 2018 so time to do some garage tinkering.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Oct 30, 2018 19:25:43 GMT
Happy Halloween🎃🌚🕯🍬🍫 Karl lol!
I forgot we should add 5 mins to quali but we won't have to add an extra lap to the race because of the formation lap and rolling start.
It is kind of a shame they don't have many older track variants and that we have to remove those signs to make the track somewhat similar to the original. Haven't gotten in practice yet, I spent an hour or 2 instead🤫 trying to understand Touring Cars, which I had little luck😖
I was thinking the same for the Vintage IndyCar, it would have to be on the off week Saturday night(s) of TCR/IndyCar for a meeting or 2. It also opens up the possibility of a 1968 IndyCar season with that banned (I think it was outlawed because it was too good) Lotus.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2018 21:22:26 GMT
I shall not be here for this one gotta record a wrestling related Podcast.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Oct 30, 2018 22:10:55 GMT
I shall not be here for this one gotta record a wrestling related Podcast. You know it's next week right?
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