Apologies to whoever it was I bumped during the formation lap. Which, I have to say, was a very confusing one, going single file, then apparently double file again, with no clear idea who is supposed to be in what position (and it seemed like I wasn't the only one having problems with this).
BTW, what was the damage set to? A fairly small bump to the wall basically ended the race for me shortly after it started.
I guess it will just be a matter of getting used to it; to be fair, the formation lap procedure is almost the same as in rF2, which I am sure you are familiar with
the only difference in ACC is that near the end of the formation lap you have to get back in double file, NASCAR-style or... Blancpain GT-style
it is new for quite a few people, I get that; it is by keeping on doing it that we all will be better at it
About the damage, there is no such thing as a setting for it, at least from the server side, which makes me believe that it is always the same, just like in iRacing. It must depend on the impact, as you can witness at the end of this year's Spa 24h where an Audi spun and hit a barrier backwards, and just continued, and sometimes other incidents that seem quite innocuous can lead to retirement. Personally I have found the game to be quite forgiving, as I have had a good number of first degree encounters with walls and always managed to continue, most often not even needing to pit. Regardless of the damage model, I am of the philosophy that we should always stay on track at all times, and if we crash out, we should accept the consequences that the game bestows upon us. But that's just my opinion
I just arrived home and very sad I couldn't attend this event..
Sorry,I had a last minute issue due which I was unable to join you and send message. Hope you all had fun race.
Unlucky, see you guys next time
EDIT:
@robt100 about the race starting time, I realised what went wrong: the time was indeed set for 8:00... on Saturday
which means that it would have been before quali, and due to time travel not being implemented in ACC, my mistake was converted into the race being started right after quali. My bad