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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 7, 2020 14:15:17 GMT
For reference, the past couple months in these cars, a 4:00 qualifying was more than good to take Pole in most open lobbies. All of these times are very fast.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 7, 2020 14:37:55 GMT
I thought we had all this week to do qualy? It doesn't say anything about it ending thursday at the top of this post. It just says "qualy week ends 4.00am gmt" It won't make much difference to me as i can't get under the 4min mark at the moment but i was jumping on tonight to get my practice in & post qualy times Friday, 4am was this morning. We extended the time from the previous LeMans even which was 11:59 because so many people were trying to set times right up to the deadline and then struggled to get their pics uploaded. |
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 7, 2020 14:51:08 GMT
Yeah, my bad. Still early for me and wasn't thinking that Friday 4AM has already passed.
Will, I will be on later if you want to run some laps. A lot of people are starting from the pits. It's such a long race that it isn't a big deal.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 7, 2020 15:35:55 GMT
Yeah, my bad. Still early for me and wasn't thinking that Friday 4AM has already passed. Will, I will be on later if you want to run some laps. A lot of people are starting from the pits. It's such a long race that it isn't a big deal. Agreed the qualifying sessions were fun but when push comes to shove no one is going to claim their final position here based on qualifying. That pit lane will be BUSY if everyone turns up lol It will be important that the starting order for those guys is kept tabs on. Neale will be leading them out but the positions behind will depend on who turns up. |
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Post by nealson6711 on Feb 7, 2020 18:35:33 GMT
I take it that pit lane starts will be at end of pit lane waiting for last Grid line starter to go past then we go of the end pit line I am confused as I thought this was a rolling start from a formation lap Please explain Will we start on cold tyres also  ? |
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 7, 2020 19:48:28 GMT
I think we standing start and do an artificial formation lap to get every one lined up and then when coming up to the the Green lap, the pit starters pit then.
That's the way I understand it, anyway.
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 7, 2020 19:52:29 GMT
I think it would work better to get everyone in order for a 10 min Qualifying before and at least the race start will be clean. But there is no easy way to do it with pre qualifying. Sucks you can't custom set the grid
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Post by micko39 on Feb 7, 2020 22:14:00 GMT
I have suggested earlier this week that we set the lobby with a 5 minute Qually where we do a sim formation lap forming up based on our qually times then we can start the race on warm tyres and brakes. Only thing that needs sorting is the order of the non qualifiers where these drivers will be placed in order of original signup. I tested it before I suggested it and it works. For me it makes more sense that having drivers starting from the pit lane. What do ya think?
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 7, 2020 22:52:52 GMT
Good points.
The tires will cool off with a formation lap no matter what, but they start warm in every race, no matter if standing start or rolling start.
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 7, 2020 22:56:03 GMT
Pre Qualifying would have to be set to at least 10 minutes since there is an Out Lap. May be safer to set it to 15 just in case something gets jacked up. Unfortunately it only goes in 5 min increments.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 8, 2020 17:40:43 GMT
I have suggested earlier this week that we set the lobby with a 5 minute Qually where we do a sim formation lap forming up based on our qually times then we can start the race on warm tyres and brakes. Only thing that needs sorting is the order of the non qualifiers where these drivers will be placed in order of original signup. I tested it before I suggested it and it works. For me it makes more sense that having drivers starting from the pit lane. What do ya think? Starting from the pit lane is the penalty for not qualifying. It gives those that did set times a slight advantage that is only fair at the end of the day. Adding another 15 minutes to the night is a bit of a pain and would take us to about 3 hours by the time all the dead time is added and if things go screwy which is always possible with these things we would have to shorten the race to accommodate it. Providing people are not silly in the formation lap it should be simple as its such a long lap with wide open straights. However, I'm happy to give it a try if Dave wants to as well. |
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Feb 8, 2020 18:51:02 GMT
I have suggested earlier this week that we set the lobby with a 5 minute Qually where we do a sim formation lap forming up based on our qually times then we can start the race on warm tyres and brakes. Only thing that needs sorting is the order of the non qualifiers where these drivers will be placed in order of original signup. I tested it before I suggested it and it works. For me it makes more sense that having drivers starting from the pit lane. What do ya think? Starting from the pit lane is the penalty for not qualifying. It gives those that did set times a slight advantage that is only fair at the end of the day. Adding another 15 minutes to the night is a bit of a pain and would take us to about 3 hours by the time all the dead time is added and if things go screwy which is always possible with these things we would have to shorten the race to accommodate it. Providing people are not silly in the formation lap it should be simple as its such a long lap with wide open straights. However, I'm happy to give it a try if Dave wants to as well. Sean and I have been discussing the start and this is the solution we came up with, we have a standing start that forms into the formation lap where we can all take our starting position, at the end of the formation lap those who didn’t qualify will peel off into the pits and can start the race as soon as the last car passes the Pitt exit. I can see some benefits of Mick’s idea but I prefer to run it this way for now. Cheers Dave |
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 8, 2020 19:06:30 GMT
I'd say a good spot for the non-qualifiers to run ahead to the pits is once we get to the Porsche curves. They have to be ready and stopped by the line at the end of the pits by the time the rest of us take off. Once Dave and I pass the pits then the rest may go.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 8, 2020 19:40:23 GMT
Starting from the pit lane is the penalty for not qualifying. It gives those that did set times a slight advantage that is only fair at the end of the day. Adding another 15 minutes to the night is a bit of a pain and would take us to about 3 hours by the time all the dead time is added and if things go screwy which is always possible with these things we would have to shorten the race to accommodate it. Providing people are not silly in the formation lap it should be simple as its such a long lap with wide open straights. However, I'm happy to give it a try if Dave wants to as well. Sean and I have been discussing the start and this is the solution we came up with, we have a standing start that forms into the formation lap where we can all take our starting position, at the end of the formation lap those who didn’t qualify will peel off into the pits and can start the race as soon as the last car passes the Pitt exit. I can see some benefits of Mick’s idea but I prefer to run it this way for now. Cheers Dave This is how I thought we were doing it originally anyway lol |
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Feb 8, 2020 19:44:09 GMT
Sean and I have been discussing the start and this is the solution we came up with, we have a standing start that forms into the formation lap where we can all take our starting position, at the end of the formation lap those who didn’t qualify will peel off into the pits and can start the race as soon as the last car passes the Pitt exit. I can see some benefits of Mick’s idea but I prefer to run it this way for now. Cheers Dave This is how I thought we were doing it originally anyway lol I like Tyler’s idea of sending the non qualifiers off a bit earlier to make their way to the pit lane, let them go before the Porsche Curves to take their place at the pit exit 👍🏻 |
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 8, 2020 19:48:43 GMT
This is how I thought we were doing it originally anyway lol I like Tyler’s idea of sending the non qualifiers off a bit earlier to make their way to the pit lane, let them go before the Porsche Curves to take their place at the pit exit 👍🏻 Yep, sounds like a good idea. |
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Post by micko39 on Feb 9, 2020 16:55:55 GMT
Wow, that was a long one. Vid of the 1st 10 laps plus how I finished after a brush with Owain, still "peed off" about it  |
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Post by Dale Rossi on Feb 9, 2020 17:43:07 GMT
About where in the video is the incident?
Greg's video shows something similar happened to him, and then Pafiero had the same thing. I never had any issues with him, so I don't know why the hell he is doing that. Totally unacceptable. People invest too much time to have something like that happen
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