Australia & New Zealand

Rhys Gardiner · Mar 29, 2009

I'm confirmed for now.

Richard Hamstead · Mar 29, 2009

If there are 3 teams of 8 drivers allowed....why did we have 9 drivers lined up for the Monza race?

Warren Dawes · Mar 29, 2009

Richard Hamstead said:
If there are 3 teams of 8 drivers allowed....why did we have 9 drivers lined up for the Monza race?

Not sure Richard, that may have been a mistake on my part. I just assumed there was to be one driver per car and didn't realise that there were 9 cars and therefore 27 slots wasn't possible. The problem could have been compounded if Gunthar had turned up, so I think I'd better take the blame for getting that part wrong. Sorry guys.
Despite this, you should still not have been locked out, the guys are still trying to understand what happened, because the spectator wasn't there for the whole time. Seems weird but there seems to be a few weird things happen with GTRE this weekend.

I'll make sure you get to drive the last round. :good:

Richard Hamstead · Mar 29, 2009

Ok Warren, it's not your fault. I'll have to check first that my comp is now capable of doing the Schliefe first, so don't go out of your way to do anything for me

Chris Rodgers · Mar 29, 2009

Anyone keen to get on track this week for a test session? I'm keen on Wednesday or Thursday...

Michael Stead · Mar 29, 2009

I should be right to race.

Tyson Cierpial · Mar 29, 2009

Hi guys.
Very sorry that you couldn't get into the room Richard i belive there were 2 spectators in the room 1 i knew about and another i didnt PW will be pmd to all racers to stop this from happening again.
We are also looking into the LAG issue and will have it sorted for the next race.
Thanks to you all for turning up and being calm after a shocking lag issue during lap1.

Warren Dawes · Mar 30, 2009

Tyson Cierpial said:
Hi guys.
Very sorry that you couldn't get into the room Richard i belive there were 2 spectators in the room 1 i knew about and another i didnt PW will be pmd to all racers to stop this from happening again.

Ahh! That solves the mystery Tyson. I had been wondering if that was the problem, but unfortunately the game doesn't show spectators (at least I don't think it does), so nobody would really know.

Chris Rodgers · Mar 30, 2009

Tyson Cierpial said:
Hi guys.
Very sorry that you couldn't get into the room Richard i belive there were 2 spectators in the room 1 i knew about and another i didnt PW will be pmd to all racers to stop this from happening again.
We are also looking into the LAG issue and will have it sorted for the next race.
Thanks to you all for turning up and being calm after a shocking lag issue during lap1.

Thanks for looking into this Tyson, we all appreciate the effort you're going to to make this happen. Some teething troubles are to be expected with a new setup like this, but it's a great concept so I hope we can make a go of it.

If we have lag problems like that again on lap 1, would you consider a restart? I'm not sure what the convention is in that regard, but it sounds like it set a few people back quite badly (of course I didn't manage to make it that far since the game killed me off 20 seconds earlier

). I guess it then becomes a question of where you draw the line once you start down that path...

Looking forward to a smoother run this Saturday, although I don't expect to have quite the pace you and a couple of others have shown :wilt:

Richard Hamstead · Mar 30, 2009

Tyson Cierpial said:
Hi guys.
Very sorry that you couldn't get into the room Richard i belive there were 2 spectators in the room 1 i knew about and another i didnt PW will be pmd to all racers to stop this from happening again.
We are also looking into the LAG issue and will have it sorted for the next race.
Thanks to you all for turning up and being calm after a shocking lag issue during lap1.

OK thanks Tyson, it wasn't your fault. I don't think I would've got through the lag issues unscathed anyway...and I probably would've got a stop/go for cutting (not deliberately of course)

Cam Wedgwood · Mar 30, 2009

Richard Hamstead said:
and I probably would've got a stop/go for cutting (not deliberately of course)

LOL, now that is where the REAL competition was, but again, I was pipped at the post on the offical stop'n'go leaderboard. Well done Rhys for taking out this title!

Rhys Gardiner · Mar 30, 2009

Cam Wedgwood said:
LOL, now that is where the REAL competition was, but again, I was pipped at the post on the offical stop'n'go leaderboard. Well done Rhys for taking out this title!

Yay for me! :clap:

Chris Rodgers · Mar 30, 2009

Rhys Gardiner said:
Yay for me! :clap:

Hmm, do I dare ask how many you managed to collect in 2 hours??

Cam Wedgwood · Mar 31, 2009

Lol, I think Rhys was up to about 4/5 and I was on 3/4, one of which was achieved whilst entering the first chicane sideways...

Andrew Dawes · Mar 31, 2009

I will be available but i don't want to take anyone's place. Given recent warm up races, I'm not on the pace in the GT Pros for some reason and i suspect SPA will excentuate this.

Anyway I'm keen to get on and practice mid week (about 8pm), so i can get skinpack and track downloaded and setup in case i'm needed.

So happy to stand aside if there are 9 drivers.

Chris Rodgers · Mar 31, 2009

Cam Wedgwood said:
Lol, I think Rhys was up to about 4/5 and I was on 3/4, one of which was achieved whilst entering the first chicane sideways...

Haha, nice work guys ... I had taught myself not to be too aggressive with my lines, but had I been able to join in on the fun I'm sure I'd have ended up cutting one of the chicanes due to loss of control at least once too

Warren Dawes · Mar 31, 2009

Chris Rodgers said:
... I had taught myself not to be too aggressive with my lines, but had I been able to join in on the fun I'm sure I'd have ended up cutting one of the chicanes due to loss of control at least once too

All the best plans can go astray. I managed one cut track warning in my only 4 laps of the race. At the last chicane, another car re-entered the track in front of me, so I veered left on exit to miss him, scoring a cut track warning for my troubles. :mad-tongue:

So I'm sure it would have taken a lot of luck to avoid the odd Stop n Go.

Warren Dawes · Mar 31, 2009

Andrew Dawes said:
So happy to stand aside if there are 9 drivers.

You are in, so start practicing. Based on Round 1, you need patience, perserverence, and loads of luck (a scarce commodity for most of us at Monza) in this series. Hop in, and just try to have fun.

BTW, Your Lister is still in pristine condition, Richard unfortunately didn't get to turn the engine over at Monza.

Cam Wedgwood · Mar 31, 2009

Warren Dawes said:
You are in, so start practicing. Based on Round 1, you need patience, perserverence, and loads of luck (a scarce commodity for most of us at Monza) in this series. Hop in, and just try to have fun.
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You forgot to mention Teamspeak, a singing voice, tissues for the tears of laughter and perhaps the ability to mute individuals who can't keep up with the singing or get a little hot under the collar (Rhys was blushing for about 6 laps...) :shock:

Olaf.j Linortner · Mar 31, 2009

i with my "steady pace "managed one cut track warning and no stop go penalties ,but my ribs were sore the next day from laughing whilst on TS
regards
olly