FO8s at Aston National.

Doorman · October 22, 2007, 04:02:26 PM

Already attracting wannabe Hamiltons as well as some decent drivers. 1:33~s already! :flirty:
Question: Thursday night is right for....One hour or 40 laps? Your call.

Aquilifer · October 22, 2007, 04:35:31 PM

Quote from: Doorman;210798Already attracting wannabe Hamiltons as well as some decent drivers. 1:33~s already! :flirty:
Question: Thursday night is right for....One hour or 40 laps? Your call.

Bah 1:33...he had probably too cold fuel...FIA is investigating the issue
:narnar:

About the long race. I think it's same for me. It is already hard enough making 11 laps without mistakes. Doing 4 times that amount...

Doorman · October 22, 2007, 04:45:07 PM

Quote from: Aquilifer;210801About the long race. I think it's same for me. It is already hard enough making 11 laps without mistakes. Doing 4 times that amount...

Welcome to my world.

So that's one vote for 40 laps then.

Aquilifer · October 22, 2007, 04:59:11 PM

Quote from: Doorman;210805So that's one vote for 40 laps then.

Is it? I thought I gave an empty vote :blink:

(nah...my voting ballot must have ended in the same place with the lunch coupons)

sulky_uk · October 22, 2007, 06:10:48 PM

1 hour for me

OldBloke · October 22, 2007, 06:22:09 PM

1 hour. God help me.

Doorman · October 22, 2007, 11:20:25 PM

If there are no objections then, one hour it is and may the Lord have mercy upon your soul. :norty:

Doorman · October 22, 2007, 11:35:59 PM

Quote from: Aquilifer;210809Is it? I thought I gave an empty vote :blink:

(nah...my voting ballot must have ended in the same place with the lunch coupons)

Unused votes revert to the management.

Unfortunately, as you didn't use the vouchers before the expiry date they have become void anyway. Best go to McDonalds. They do a nice Chicken McNuggets so I hear.

Lameduck · October 23, 2007, 03:09:34 PM

One hour please (prostate not withstanding:crying:)

Doorman · October 24, 2007, 11:40:59 PM

I'm a little concerned that this combo seems to attract numpties and plonkers which spoil races for the majority of drivers. I know it's a bit late but any ideas how we can filter the field? I probably wont sleep tonight worrying about it. This combo has all the makings of a great race but I dread it being ruined by etc. etc.
Ideas on a postcard please.
I must add that I haven't seen any deliberate wrecking, but there are a lot of chaps joining that have no control over this beast.

Aquilifer · October 25, 2007, 12:37:10 AM

I don't know if you can filter them out if you have a public server and all are welcome. Usually you learn somebody is hazard only when the bad thing has already happened.

I have found the changing wind conditions are tricky especially with this car. Fast car travels in the same time much longer distance than slower and this doesn't even have brake lights. I doesn't help you much if you learned the brake points in qualifying if the wind is blowing from a different direction in race. Partly that's why you see so much spins and etc at the first lap. It would be bit easier if there wasn't wind tomorrow.

That doesn't completely remove the problem but might make it slightly less hard. :g:

If that doesn't thelp, you could ban all keyboard and mouse users :g: :doh:

OldBloke · October 25, 2007, 07:03:26 AM

Make the server private at 8:30. Everyone we want to be there will either already be on or knows the password.

Doorman · October 25, 2007, 02:06:38 PM

Privatise server at 8:30 :thumbsup2:

Turn wind off. :g: Personally, I'm constitutionally against no wind. But ok, let's try it. My view though, is running into the back of someone because they're in your breaking zone is not good practice. Also the wind in LFS is a constant in any given race/qualifying session so it ought to be only a couple of laps (for you aces) to decide where new braking points are.
Would be great to discuss this in a bar over a few beers.

EDIT: Ban keyboarders and mousers eh? /me strokes beard

Aquilifer · October 25, 2007, 03:24:47 PM

I think the wind is good too... usually.

It's just that this car is all the time so on limit that you really do not need much to lose it.

No, it's not good to run to someone's arse. But note that this is the 2nd fastest car in LFS and one of the best braking cars too. When the dude in front you presses on the brakes and you are not prepared, collision is quite propable. If the wind is not well known and the braking places are not found yet, people will brake in bit different places and crashes and spins happen.

It seems the wind is NOT constant during a race or qualifying (or practise). At least it changes direction (maybe circa +-45 degrees, so if the wind is W, it changes between SW and NW). I'm not sure if the wind speed changes. To notice the wind direction change, do some 'doughnuts' so that the tyres get very hot. Stop the car and observe how the smoke from the tyres change direction (flags are not so easy to use as they wave).

About the privatization...ok, but I'm not sure how many of the non members know them.

Doorman · October 25, 2007, 05:47:57 PM

Quote from: Aquilifer;211239I think the wind is good too... usually.

It's just that this car is all the time so on limit that you really do not need much to lose it.

No, it's not good to run to someone's arse. But note that this is the 2nd fastest car in LFS and one of the best braking cars too. When the dude in front you presses on the brakes and you are not prepared, collision is quite propable. If the wind is not well known and the braking places are not found yet, people will brake in bit different places and crashes and spins happen.

I think you made my point for me.