Gareth
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Post by Gareth on Jul 17, 2019 18:31:05 GMT
I've gone against my stubbornness and bought the game yesterday, should get it by Friday hopefully. I think I can do most of the next few races apart from maybe Hungary.
I kind of miss those club races Peter, they were something different and fun too.
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Post by mikeyboy49 on Jul 17, 2019 19:07:31 GMT
Boothy is being nostalgic... back in the day we used to have three tiers to our league to cater for those that were not ready for no assists and we also had Thursdays devoted to club races where we ran realistic cars with everyone in a car depending on their pace. We had over 40 drivers subscribed.. those were the days lol Good times might have to do some advertising for this place on the F1 forum. It was more a i don't think we should be running with the F1 calendar schedule tbh we don't have enough to warrant it honestly. Id rather get people on the grid then not at all. My bad, misunderstood |
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 17, 2019 19:39:28 GMT
I've gone against my stubbornness and bought the game yesterday, should get it by Friday hopefully. I think I can do most of the next few races apart from maybe Hungary. I kind of miss those club races Peter, they were something different and fun too. Glad to hear it Gareth, that's one extra to make up for those of us missing over the next few races. |
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Post by CUkills on Jul 17, 2019 19:47:47 GMT
Finally got my internet setup in my new place yesterday. Have to figure how to fit my setup in my room but I should be back by next weekend.
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Gareth
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Post by Gareth on Jul 17, 2019 20:02:37 GMT
I've gone against my stubbornness and bought the game yesterday, should get it by Friday hopefully. I think I can do most of the next few races apart from maybe Hungary. I kind of miss those club races Peter, they were something different and fun too. Glad to hear it Gareth, that's one extra to make up for those of us missing over the next few races. How aren't you getting the game Peter? what's the progress with your wheel? |
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 17, 2019 20:45:49 GMT
Glad to hear it Gareth, that's one extra to make up for those of us missing over the next few races. How aren't you getting the game Peter? what's the progress with your wheel? Wheels is fine now. Simple case of priorities at the moment Gareth.. missus out of work so having to tighten the ol' belt over the next couple of months. |
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 18, 2019 8:03:20 GMT
When we first did it this way it was felt that racing on the race weekend would be more fun having watched the race itself and that did initially seem to have a positive reaction. I know for me in both Indycar and here in F1 I find it more interesting to be able to race on the track that we have just been watching the real races take place on. Whether that is the way to continue is up for debate but certainly it's been very difficult to get any interest going for the racing. One of the forums I posted on has had 40 views but not a single comment or follow up here so the assumption has to be that what we try to do here is not what the majority want. Whether that's the lack of assists, time of racing or length of races I am not sure but clearly we need to try to find a way to get more drivers to bring ourselves back to the dozen or more on the grid which is when things are at their best. Currently only a few are having any actual racing and the rest are pretty much driving around on their own.
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Post by mikeyboy49 on Jul 18, 2019 8:16:34 GMT
When we first did it this way it was felt that racing on the race weekend would be more fun having watched the race itself and that did initially seem to have a positive reaction. I know for me in both Indycar and here in F1 I find it more interesting to be able to race on the track that we have just been watching the real races take place on. Whether that is the way to continue is up for debate but certainly it's been very difficult to get any interest going for the racing. One of the forums I posted on has had 40 views but not a single comment or follow up here so the assumption has to be that what we try to do here is not what the majority want. Whether that's the lack of assists, time of racing or length of races I am not sure but clearly we need to try to find a way to get more drivers to bring ourselves back to the dozen or more on the grid which is when things are at their best. Currently only a few are having any actual racing and the rest are pretty much driving around on their own. For the most part of your comment peter I have been on some leagues and found the the majority are LESS than 100% races and assists are either reduced or just left open, in a way I guess this would produce more drivers but to what driving quality and age group... I suppose we could narrow it down and open some of the assists for those that want it therefore can use it and others can continue on none if that’s the case.. I don’t really see any other options if we want to increase our grid.. 8/9 each week is pretty poor and can only see it continuing that way with the dedicated drivers we already have . Thankfully a great bunch of guys. Your thoughts guys..!!! |
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 18, 2019 10:25:52 GMT
When we first did it this way it was felt that racing on the race weekend would be more fun having watched the race itself and that did initially seem to have a positive reaction. I know for me in both Indycar and here in F1 I find it more interesting to be able to race on the track that we have just been watching the real races take place on. Whether that is the way to continue is up for debate but certainly it's been very difficult to get any interest going for the racing. One of the forums I posted on has had 40 views but not a single comment or follow up here so the assumption has to be that what we try to do here is not what the majority want. Whether that's the lack of assists, time of racing or length of races I am not sure but clearly we need to try to find a way to get more drivers to bring ourselves back to the dozen or more on the grid which is when things are at their best. Currently only a few are having any actual racing and the rest are pretty much driving around on their own. For the most part of your comment peter I have been on some leagues and found the the majority are LESS than 100% races and assists are either reduced or just left open, in a way I guess this would produce more drivers but to what driving quality and age group... I suppose we could narrow it down and open some of the assists for those that want it therefore can use it and others can continue on none if that’s the case.. I don’t really see any other options if we want to increase our grid.. 8/9 each week is pretty poor and can only see it continuing that way with the dedicated drivers we already have . Thankfully a great bunch of guys. Your thoughts guys..!!! Yep, agreed that is how most of these leagues seem to get more drivers but the group we have here all wanted as realistic an experience as possible so I am not sure how well received going mixed assists and reduced distance would be. If we were to lose two or three of our current bunch as a result of any such change it would be very counter productive. I'll keep promoting wherever I can and hope that we can find an extra body or three. Keep trying the lobbies as well Mikey.. |
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Post by railer on Jul 18, 2019 16:35:23 GMT
Peter, my plan is to be at every race. My game times vary but unless it's a last minute call I should know a few days in advance.
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Jul 18, 2019 17:02:11 GMT
For the most part of your comment peter I have been on some leagues and found the the majority are LESS than 100% races and assists are either reduced or just left open, in a way I guess this would produce more drivers but to what driving quality and age group... I suppose we could narrow it down and open some of the assists for those that want it therefore can use it and others can continue on none if that’s the case.. I don’t really see any other options if we want to increase our grid.. 8/9 each week is pretty poor and can only see it continuing that way with the dedicated drivers we already have . Thankfully a great bunch of guys. Your thoughts guys..!!! Yep, agreed that is how most of these leagues seem to get more drivers but the group we have here all wanted as realistic an experience as possible so I am not sure how well received going mixed assists and reduced distance would be. If we were to lose two or three of our current bunch as a result of any such change it would be very counter productive. I'll keep promoting wherever I can and hope that we can find an extra body or three. Keep trying the lobbies as well Mikey.. Like Pete, I have been working to try and increase our profile and driver numbers, through numerous Facebook groups, Twitter and Instagram with very limited success. Our Indycar League had 13 or 14 signups but now we’re really struggling to get more than 6 or 7 on a regular basis. It could be possibly down to the time of year when people are enjoying the summer weather but it’s frustrating that we have such professional and well organised leagues but hardly any drivers to compete. I’ll keep on trying to raise awareness for our forum and hopefully attract some more quality drivers to our race series |
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Gareth
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Post by Gareth on Jul 18, 2019 18:10:54 GMT
I don't think it's the way to go to open the league up to people who use assists. You would probably have to have two grids just to make it fair and that defeats the object anyway. From my point of view it's the race distance that is the biggest issue, every race 100% is too much tbh but having some at a reduced distance may not attract people anyway.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 18, 2019 19:47:44 GMT
I don't think it's the way to go to open the league up to people who use assists. You would probably have to have two grids just to make it fair and that defeats the object anyway. From my point of view it's the race distance that is the biggest issue, every race 100% is too much tbh but having some at a reduced distance may not attract people anyway. I agree that the race distance may well be the biggest negative for a lot of people. Not everyone wants to spend 2 hours racing on a Sunday night. But the 50% races are just too limited I think. Any mistake is pretty much race over with so little time to recover. They never should have removed the 75% distance which was the happy medium. |
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Jul 18, 2019 20:48:42 GMT
I don't think it's the way to go to open the league up to people who use assists. You would probably have to have two grids just to make it fair and that defeats the object anyway. From my point of view it's the race distance that is the biggest issue, every race 100% is too much tbh but having some at a reduced distance may not attract people anyway. I agree that the race distance may well be the biggest negative for a lot of people. Not everyone wants to spend 2 hours racing on a Sunday night. But the 50% races are just too limited I think. Any mistake is pretty much race over with so little time to recover. They never should have removed the 75% distance which was the happy medium. I really enjoy the challenge of the full distance race that we do here and in the Indy League, to maintain your concentration and implement your strategy whilst racing for up to 2 hours is as close as it gets to real racing and I think to water that experience down by shortening the race distance would take away some of those challenges, plus opening the assists options also takes something away from our racing experience as I like the level playing field that no assists offers, I’ve raced in leagues that allow assists and I feel that it’s almost like cheating, so I wouldn’t support any change to the core setup of our leagues |
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Post by niblips on Jul 19, 2019 13:26:43 GMT
I am not keen on opening up the assists either. Peter and I raced in a mixed league for a while and it was more frustrating than fun. I also don't think it would guarantee more drivers on the grid.
75% distance was perfect when it was still an option in this game, but that was 6 or 7 games ago now. 50% is too short imo.
I was hopeful that the league option in the game would help us get some more drivers on the grid, but it seems to not be working properly at the moment. Maybe they'll fix it.....
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Post by nealson6711 on Jul 21, 2019 16:56:59 GMT
I’m for no assist and full length only because car fuel ,tyre wear is all realistic if a 50% race then all that goes out the window.
The issues with getting more people is purely a issue of if I can’t win I don’t want to race it’s always been the same on all racing that I have done even quick online races were it be moto gp world super bike
Forza whatever which I use to do a lot few years back people would join and even pull out in race as they were not able to come first it’s dedicated people that enjoy a great evening racing and a good chat and better themselves each race then become better and better and then become winners now and again.
I use to be a midfielder always coming in 7th or 8th out of 13/14.
I use to give myself a rival who was around my speed it wasn’t about winning it was about him/her 😜 and if I did I done a great job.
If assist came in and race dropped then I would have to think of to stay .
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Jul 21, 2019 17:29:22 GMT
I’m up for a bit of practice tonight, if anyone wants to join in?
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Post by nealson6711 on Jul 21, 2019 17:42:49 GMT
Yes I’m in Dave
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Jul 21, 2019 17:49:20 GMT
Ok mate, I’ll be on about 8ish |
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 21, 2019 22:30:33 GMT
It's always been our intention to go with no assists and 100% distance so I doubt that will change but finding more drivers is paramount to keep things running here. We need 12+ to keep it viable and ensure that there are always at least 10 on the grid each race.
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