Wow. Not impressed. I thought I had served the penalty but I got DQ'd. Why do we have a Auto DQ system? Abslutely ruined it even though I took the penalty.
When you did the pit stop, that did not count as a drive through. You need to do the drive through seperate to your pit stop. The Auto DQs are on for those not serving their penalty - as you did not.
And for the reasons I got the penalty? Now I will hold my hand straight up and lift well off, If I ever make a gain. At no point in that race did I intentionally run wide and I never once cut turn 1.
Yes I ran wide but not by very much at all. And on the occasions that I did run wide I got back on track as soon as I could and lifted off. This must have been only a few times at different points and running that wide never gains you an advantage due ot the turf and curbing. When people ran wide in front of me, that gave me opportunity to overtake (When I didn't run wide anyways).
You had been spotted 6 times extending turn one, even if not on purpose this is way too many times. Like other drivers extending turn one, they too got penalties.
But the worst part of it all. The Safety Car. I was so angry that a safety car was bought out for NO reason. Deal with it properly in the future. You don't see that happening in any other racing series, real or virtual, in the world and is one of the most ridiculous moments I have ever experienced whilst Sim Racing.
I have seen this in real world series - in fact I have seen red flags pulled out for drivers' actions on track. This was my way of getting everyone to listen - and it worked. The amount of people cutting was reduced from around 20 to about 5 people. So, in Race Control this was our only way to get people to listen.
Before this I was focused and in my zone, adrenaline pumping and without warning I am getting shouted at about track limits also before the safety car. STOP THIS!!! You are ruining the competition by doing such acts.
No, drivers are not following rules and it is race control's position to ensure these rules are followed.
But to top it all off I got DQ'd. Why are we not following RDLMS lead? because not once has there been issues of this severity in an event.
Again, you got DQ'd due to exceeding track limits and this league is nothing like RDLMS. The reason there are no DQs in that is because of the length of the events and the amount of stewards there are.
This has got off to a worse start that Season 6 (somehow).
I don't believe this is true, and I think that most of those racing would agree.
Please DO NOT use Teamspeak to shout down the mic for track limits ever again or just to voice your opinion.
It astounds me that was thought of, as an appropriate action!
Again, we used TS to ensure that people started to follow the rules. I did mention about track limits during the driver's briefing but this fell on deaf ears. We had to do something about it, so I believe that we made the correct call.
Sometimes people don't realise that some difficult split-second decisions have to be made in race control as well as dealing with some inappropriate conduct from drivers. Just like you put many hours of practice in, we put many hours of organisation in making sure concerns are listened to and appropriate measures are taken to relieve them.
I had 4 freezes last night, one right after my first lap in qualy. Been racing here for years, did several championships as well, but with the RDGPC servers this seems to be a broad issue. I'm even concerned that it's something on the server side, as the number of freezes/disconnects around the field is hitting a top I've never seen here. Don't know if it's related to the skinpack or some server conflict, but I hope
@Joseph Wright and the team can do some magic in the coming month.
Edit: This was also a widespread issue in the preseason race.
Edit #2: There are some non-standard skins for several teams that might have to do with the problems. Like x2-x4 the normal resolution, stretching the 32bit memory limits. Pit box designs also take up valuable memory and should probably be ditched from the pack.
As these concerns were never raised to staff members at pre-season it was never looked into. However, as they have now been raised (and I believe were the cause of most people's games crashing at some point), it is being looked into and will be amended before Round 2.
Had some nice, clean battles and only made contact once
When the VSC was called,
@ASTE/ Gorace was on the limiter veeeery early (dunno if he didn't catch the briefing... btw,
@Joseph Wright, shouldn't there be a forums post when the rules change?). Anyways, there was some confusion at that moment, and me deciding to give the place back under VSC surely didn't help. Slowed down, but so did the guys behind me
Maybe allow chat for important stuff like that under VSC? Decided to give the spot back after T1 under green, with the result of me absolutely getting mugged going into the hairpin by
@Tom Watts and
@Dan ONeill. After going 3-wide into the corner, we made a bit of contact, but nothing major I hope. As I said, that was the only time things got a bit tricky.
I do apologise for this as the decision was made very late on. And that was my mistake. However, Im glad you got it all sorted out between you and the rules will be ammended with the correct course of action over the next few days.
Well done to all those taking part and a shame for those with engine issues! I hope to see you all at Round 2 next month! This looks like its going to be a tough championship - will anyone be able to catch Ferdinand? Good luck with the remainder of the season!
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