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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Mar 25, 2020 11:43:07 GMT
Love your footage Tyler great viewing. I was unable to save the replay as I hadn't cleared my previous replays (dummy). That was a real Dive-Bomb on me from Ian #44 on first corner, thought I was well in front but "heho" things happen. Looking forward to Fugi. Peter / Dave as the popularity of this series is growing and you have intermated that we could split into two groups. Have you thought about doing an ala Lemans type qually in the week leading up to the race to allow all interested parties to race in 2 lobbies based on qually times? We’ll see how that looks moving forward Mick, I’m fairly sure that the high levels of internet use on Saturday was what caused the connection issues, so we’ll have a chat about that in a few days time
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Post by Dale Rossi on Mar 25, 2020 13:19:50 GMT
The past several have had people dropped. Micko and I were dropped the race before Fuji. Shelton, at least, before that. It would make sense to at least limit Fuji, with the weather stressing everything even more. Really no need to try to get to 16 just for the sake of having 16 when the series is about over.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Mar 25, 2020 17:14:04 GMT
The past several have had people dropped. Micko and I were dropped the race before Fuji. Shelton, at least, before that. It would make sense to at least limit Fuji, with the weather stressing everything even more. Really no need to try to get to 16 just for the sake of having 16 when the series is about over. What race was that Sean.. we haven't had Fuji yet? Are you talking about quali or race? Looking at the results it seems that you've finished all the races other than Silverstone and Micko got DSQ'd at Watkins rather than discoed. We are leaving it until the signups are in and then we'll see how many we have and whether there is any reasonable way to create a split grid. But we are not keen on just telling people in advance that they can't race ' in case' something happens. If we have only enough for one grid then we'll see how it goes before saying to anyone that they cant race. The series has a third of the season left yet so plenty of racing left to be had by all👍
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Post by iang0355 on Mar 26, 2020 1:31:23 GMT
Love your footage Tyler great viewing. I was unable to save the replay as I hadn't cleared my previous replays (dummy). That was a real Dive-Bomb on me from Ian #44 on first corner, thought I was well in front but "heho" things happen. Looking forward to Fugi. Peter / Dave as the popularity of this series is growing and you have intermated that we could split into two groups. Have you thought about doing an ala Lemans type qually in the week leading up to the race to allow all interested parties to race in 2 lobbies based on qually times? It was more to make sure I cleared Formula I believe it was, I wasn't aiming to pass you there, but Newton's third law took over once my rears locked on me and there wasn't much I could do other than try to warn you. Sorry again mate, that was poor form on my part. A multi split style might not be a bad idea honestly, that would let a lot more people race. Could split it right down the middle depending on times in qualifying sessions or practices. Maybe even do like, mini heat races or something? That could take a lot more time to set up and run though so maybe multiple splits is the way to go. Either way, it'll be interesting to see what you guys come up with
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Mar 26, 2020 8:12:34 GMT
Love your footage Tyler great viewing. I was unable to save the replay as I hadn't cleared my previous replays (dummy). That was a real Dive-Bomb on me from Ian #44 on first corner, thought I was well in front but "heho" things happen. Looking forward to Fugi. Peter / Dave as the popularity of this series is growing and you have intermated that we could split into two groups. Have you thought about doing an ala Lemans type qually in the week leading up to the race to allow all interested parties to race in 2 lobbies based on qually times? It was more to make sure I cleared Formula I believe it was, I wasn't aiming to pass you there, but Newton's third law took over once my rears locked on me and there wasn't much I could do other than try to warn you. Sorry again mate, that was poor form on my part. A multi split style might not be a bad idea honestly, that would let a lot more people race. Could split it right down the middle depending on times in qualifying sessions or practices. Maybe even do like, mini heat races or something? That could take a lot more time to set up and run though so maybe multiple splits is the way to go. Either way, it'll be interesting to see what you guys come up with All depends on numbers.. we don't really want small grids or anything other than full length races as it devalues what the series is about. Ideally 20 signups would allow a 10/10 split but let's see how the numbers pan out 👍
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Mar 26, 2020 8:30:22 GMT
Love your footage Tyler great viewing. I was unable to save the replay as I hadn't cleared my previous replays (dummy). That was a real Dive-Bomb on me from Ian #44 on first corner, thought I was well in front but "heho" things happen. Looking forward to Fugi. Peter / Dave as the popularity of this series is growing and you have intermated that we could split into two groups. Have you thought about doing an ala Lemans type qually in the week leading up to the race to allow all interested parties to race in 2 lobbies based on qually times? We are going to see how the signups pan out. Currently at 13 which isn't enough to split the grid into 2. We really need around 20 to make that a more viable possibility. If we've got enough people to warrant doing something different we will certainly look at that.
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Post by Dale Rossi on Mar 27, 2020 23:58:30 GMT
The past several have had people dropped. Micko and I were dropped the race before Fuji. Shelton, at least, before that. It would make sense to at least limit Fuji, with the weather stressing everything even more. Really no need to try to get to 16 just for the sake of having 16 when the series is about over. What race was that Sean.. we haven't had Fuji yet? Are you talking about quali or race? Looking at the results it seems that you've finished all the races other than Silverstone and Micko got DSQ'd at Watkins rather than discoed. We are leaving it until the signups are in and then we'll see how many we have and whether there is any reasonable way to create a split grid. But we are not keen on just telling people in advance that they can't race ' in case' something happens. If we have only enough for one grid then we'll see how it goes before saying to anyone that they cant race. The series has a third of the season left yet so plenty of racing left to be had by all👍 So see if we get to 16 again and see who can get in the party again, or get booted after they signed up?lol Get set up Now for a provisional race for those not in the points. Someone actually commited to the season and in the points WILL get dropped. Micko and I got dropped and had to restart the entire session. Greg finally bolted, and who can blame him. Pafiero got dropped. Shelton got dropped. To keep promoting for extra drivers with absolutely no plans on how to accommodate them instead fair to all of the drivers that have commited to WEC from the start.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Mar 28, 2020 0:39:34 GMT
What race was that Sean.. we haven't had Fuji yet? Are you talking about quali or race? Looking at the results it seems that you've finished all the races other than Silverstone and Micko got DSQ'd at Watkins rather than discoed. We are leaving it until the signups are in and then we'll see how many we have and whether there is any reasonable way to create a split grid. But we are not keen on just telling people in advance that they can't race ' in case' something happens. If we have only enough for one grid then we'll see how it goes before saying to anyone that they cant race. The series has a third of the season left yet so plenty of racing left to be had by all👍 So see if we get to 16 again and see who can get in the party again, or get booted after they signed up?lol Get set up Now for a provisional race for those not in the points. Someone actually commited to the season and in the points WILL get dropped. Micko and I got dropped and had to restart the entire session. Greg finally bolted, and who can blame him. Pafiero got dropped. Shelton got dropped. To keep promoting for extra drivers with absolutely no plans on how to accommodate them instead fair to all of the drivers that have commited to WEC from the start. That's exactly what we are doing Sean. If numbers permit we will run two grids. Right now we're going to monitor how many sign-up and decide once that's known. Most had to restart last time out due to exceptional circumstances we experienced so it wasn't just you and Micko and you got to race just fine in the end. Pafiero unfortunately got missed on the restarted lobby, that's not great but these things happen and Sheltons was 3 races ago in a one off race for him. Again not great but other than restarting the whole thing for one person what else were we supposed to do!?! Without the new drivers that have been signed up we would have had 7 for COTA as that was all of those that committed from the start that signed up for that race.. is that what you wanted Sean.. I think not? Maybe try to stop being so negative about it, we've had a good series so far and last week's issues were the worst we've had but were not the norm. It's easy making noise and complaining but not so easy organising these things and trying to ensure as many as possible have the opportunity to have some fun racing. Sorry if I seem harsh but when you spend your own time and effort trying to put these things together the way myself and Dave have with this series and then have these sort of digs it can get very frustrating. We are in tough times right now and it's taking even more effort to keep things together on here while still keeping on top of work and personal situations so it would be appreciated to see some consideration and patience with the way things are run. You may not agree with it but we're doing it to try to give every one the chance to race in as competetive a field as possible. Thankyou.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Mar 28, 2020 1:29:35 GMT
I'm neutral on this subject, as I agree with both Sean and Peter. Can I make a suggestion? It might be beneficial to put something like this in the official rules & regs and/or at the top of each sign-up page: BEFORE EACH RACE1. Make sure to reset both your modem and router. 2. Give your Xbox a fresh connection to Xbox Live by clearing your alternate mac address. (2a) -Press the Xbox home button on your controller (2b) -Scroll over to the right and select 'Settings' (2c) -On the right, select 'Network settings' (2d) -On the right, select 'Advanced Settings' (2e) -Select 'Alternate MAC address (2f) -Select 'Clear' (2g) -Select 'Restart' Also, Shneeb108 said: It's not good for one to have lag and such, but when it really affects the others it is less than desirable. If anyone is trying to test or determine what to do for better web performance you need the real data first. This site has a great set of tools that can provide that data. The Speed Test is an overall check, and the Line Quality Test will show you How much delay and hops you make to get to your server. Speed Test and Line Quality Test: www.dslreports.com/tools
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Mar 28, 2020 7:47:01 GMT
Good idea Tyler I will add that to the race sign-up threads from now on.
It's never easy to determine who is going to cause connection problems unfortunately. It can take one rogue connection to effect a race lobby. Until the time that we have dedicated servers for our races that is likely to remain an ongoing problem. Sadly I can't see dedicated servers coming our way any time soon.
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Post by Dale Rossi on Apr 3, 2020 19:26:03 GMT
I'm neutral on this subject, as I agree with both Sean and Peter. Can I make a suggestion? It might be beneficial to put something like this in the official rules & regs and/or at the top of each sign-up page: BEFORE EACH RACE1. Make sure to reset both your modem and router. 2. Give your Xbox a fresh connection to Xbox Live by clearing your alternate mac address. (2a) -Press the Xbox home button on your controller (2b) -Scroll over to the right and select 'Settings' (2c) -On the right, select 'Network settings' (2d) -On the right, select 'Advanced Settings' (2e) -Select 'Alternate MAC address (2f) -Select 'Clear' (2g) -Select 'Restart' Also, Shneeb108 said: It's not good for one to have lag and such, but when it really affects the others it is less than desirable. If anyone is trying to test or determine what to do for better web performance you need the real data first. This site has a great set of tools that can provide that data. The Speed Test is an overall check, and the Line Quality Test will show you How much delay and hops you make to get to your server. Speed Test and Line Quality Test: www.dslreports.com/toolsThanks for the link. I've felt a page from Apex should be looked at again to see who the best host should be. There are only a couple races left, but I can't see a single reason why that isn't considered. I seriously doubt anyone cares one bit who hosts as long as the host has the most stable and fast connection. We have had drops and restarts going back to Spa. It's just that COTA was so bad, all the others pale in comparison.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Apr 4, 2020 8:48:07 GMT
I'm neutral on this subject, as I agree with both Sean and Peter. Can I make a suggestion? It might be beneficial to put something like this in the official rules & regs and/or at the top of each sign-up page: BEFORE EACH RACE1. Make sure to reset both your modem and router. 2. Give your Xbox a fresh connection to Xbox Live by clearing your alternate mac address. (2a) -Press the Xbox home button on your controller (2b) -Scroll over to the right and select 'Settings' (2c) -On the right, select 'Network settings' (2d) -On the right, select 'Advanced Settings' (2e) -Select 'Alternate MAC address (2f) -Select 'Clear' (2g) -Select 'Restart' Also, Shneeb108 said: It's not good for one to have lag and such, but when it really affects the others it is less than desirable. If anyone is trying to test or determine what to do for better web performance you need the real data first. This site has a great set of tools that can provide that data. The Speed Test is an overall check, and the Line Quality Test will show you How much delay and hops you make to get to your server. Speed Test and Line Quality Test: www.dslreports.com/toolsThanks for the link. I've felt a page from Apex should be looked at again to see who the best host should be. There are only a couple races left, but I can't see a single reason why that isn't considered. I seriously doubt anyone cares one bit who hosts as long as the host has the most stable and fast connection. We have had drops and restarts going back to Spa. It's just that COTA was so bad, all the others pale in comparison. COTA was the only major issue and the racing was still good once we got going and we've had good racing throughout this season. Not sure what the Apex page you are referring to is Sean but am happy to look at it if you post the link here and i'm also more than happy for you to take that on and let us know how it goes, what you want any drivers to do and what the result is. I simply don't have the time. Now more than ever my time is limited. Just make sure any tests requested of anyone are done at the time we race on a Saturday night UK time otherwise results are inaccurate and not a true test for our needs. There's never been any time we have been bolted onto anyone one person as host. I don't host because i'm not the only one using my connection but I'm more than happy for anyone to host if they have a reliable connection that is better then anyone else's.
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