Season 5 Race 1 The 2 hours (50 laps) of Sebring

I'm about to do my prerace. Gotta work all weekend.

May I inquire as to what we do if the lobby is full at the time of qualifying? The only reason I ask is because it appears a couple of the lobbies have been allocated more than the allotted amount of 8 participants.

XBR Coblet wrote:

May I inquire as to what we do if the lobby is full at the time of qualifying? The only reason I ask is because it appears a couple of the lobbies have been allocated more than the allotted amount of 8 participants.

Make sure you have several of the room hosts on your friends list just in case.... The rooms that have more than 8 people, typically have racers that haven't practiced with anyone in the series yet, or they are just common no shows. As always we can always add a last minute room host if needed, but make sure you have several room hosts on your friends list so adjustments can be made to accommodate all racers.

Ummmm, forgive me for a totally newbie question, but I've been reading all in this thread and still don't understand what day qualifications are going to be. Also my net has seemed to be bitching on me and last night I wasn't able to connect to a looby that had racers in it. ( dont remember who exactly) i kept getting network errors.( i think due to conflict with another racer) But back to it, I just wanna make sure I am there and dont miss out. thnx

Im not racing at sebring but have noticed that you have XBR Zilla is down as XBR SOLO just to clear things incase the wrong invite goes out.

Bimm3rr wrote:

Make sure you have several of the room hosts on your friends list just in case.... The rooms that have more than 8 people, typically have racers that haven't practiced with anyone in the series yet, or they are just common no shows. As always we can always add a last minute room host if needed, but make sure you have several room hosts on your friends list so adjustments can be made to accommodate all racers.

Understood.

Thanks Bimm3rr, I'll befriend as many hosts as possible prior to the race as well as relaying this info to the rest of the XBR participants.

jpnvr4 wrote:

Ummmm, forgive me for a totally newbie question, but I've been reading all in this thread and still don't understand what day qualifications are going to be. Also my net has seemed to be bitching on me and last night I wasn't able to connect to a looby that had racers in it. ( dont remember who exactly) i kept getting network errors.( i think due to conflict with another racer) But back to it, I just wanna make sure I am there and dont miss out. thnx

As a racer you are responsible to be in the proper qualifying room ON TIME! (Room set ups begin at 3:30 PST / Qualifying will begin at 4:00pm PST)

We qualify the same day as the race. ALL RACE DATES ARE HERE >>>> http://f3scs.com/Schedule5.html

...Ah, That's prompted me to ask how the schedule will be affected due to the one week delay? Will the entire schedule be moved along one week or will you try to realign it by bringing forward one of the races which has a two week gap preceding?

I realise the schedule remains subject to change so I do understand you may not be able to give me a definitive answer.

Thanks, I was a little slow to realise that you'd already updated the schedule.

Looking forwards to a cracking race and good luck to all racing later.

Nice times guys...Really enjoyed tonights race...now it time to start tuning for Mugello.

Yes the turnout was great. Although we did have a few no shows it was to be expected. Of 59 Entries we had 37 shows with 2 with internet problems. We always have a few people who sign up then pull Houdini acts. Hopefully we will have a few more at Mugello

As for my race personally I was having a great run running steady 2:01.5's about 500 - 700 feet behind DWilkerson until on lap 23 my Wheel froze up causing me to go head on into the turn 1 wall pretty much ruining my race. I went from running consistent 2:01.5's to running consistent 2:06.6's.

There must be interference issues with electronics near the wheel so from this day forward iPhone and things will be SHUT DOWN during race time. I went from a possible 10th or 11th place finish to 27th.

Now I have an uphill battle to fight for the rest of the season. Barring any wheel problems I am up for the fight. Look out for the angry black guy in the Ferrari!

Was a really fun race we had a perfect out lap in C room probably one of the best groups of people I have raced with..(besides LBAW on Fire)

Zed 0 Sick wrote:

Was a really fun race we had a perfect out lap in C room probably one of the best groups of people I have raced with..(besides LBAW on Fire)

I have to agree with you it was great racing in the C room except for the small incident on lap 14. The think I hate the most is running a full 1 second faster on lap 2 than my Qualifying laps.

Zed after that 1 mistake in turn 8 i just couldn't catch you even though I was running a constant 2.01 and 2.02 but looking forward to race with you again in Mugello.

All I can say we need to change all the Porsche's PI to 675 like come on...4 out of the top 6 finishes are Porsche's LOL!

I would gladly trade u a 685 porsche for a 710 evora if you really want to start the "car" argument. lol

Bimm3rr wrote:

I would gladly trade u a 685 porsche for a 710 evora if you really want to start the "car" argument. lol

Tell 'em!


Basic: There are plently of races still to go which will show the good parts and bad parts of everyone's car choice. Basing a PI reduction on 4 out of the top 6 being in Porsche's is ridiculous. Unless you saw A lobby's race you'd know that Prone pretty much left everyone at the beginning and didnt look back.

Personally dude I've been playing this game since March so find a new basis for warranting reductions or drive faster

I didn't really have any faster a car than anyone else. I was just very very consistant.

I really think if anyone else (Bimmer, Spurtle, etc..) had started like I did and in clean air they would have walked away as well. What really really made the gap was I was able to run 00.xxx alone while the rest of the field was battling and stuck running mostly 01s.

Racers..... The veterans know I DO NOT base any competition adjustment on finishing order EVER. Too many variables come in to play when it comes to finishing position. I look for many things when I watch those replays and once done with that I make my decisions for any competition adjustments. As always, I will do what is needed. Some will smile, some will frown, but in the end on the track races will be held. Not hot lap sessions.

See everyone on Mugello!

SSRT Pronebird wrote:

I didn't really have any faster a car than anyone else. I was just very very consistant.

I really think if anyone else (Bimmer, Spurtle, etc..) had started like I did and in clean air they would have walked away as well. What really really made the gap was I was able to run 00.xxx alone while the rest of the field was battling and stuck running mostly 01s.

I totally agree, well except that I wouldn't have been able to do that. My argument was you can't base a reduction on a specific marque doing well at a certain track

KIR Matthnt wrote:

Bimm3rr wrote:

I would gladly trade u a 685 porsche for a 710 evora if you really want to start the "car" argument. lol

Tell 'em!


Basic: There are plently of races still to go which will show the good parts and bad parts of everyone's car choice. Basing a PI reduction on 4 out of the top 6 being in Porsche's is ridiculous. Unless you saw A lobby's race you'd know that Prone pretty much left everyone at the beginning and didnt look back.

Personally dude I've been playing this game since March so find a new basis for warranting reductions or drive faster

Man.... I forget how sensitive some of you guys can be....i was only kidding about PI adjustments...I know every car as its special track and I know it not the car but the driver(So please don't take my head off)

Bah, I didn't finish first so everyone's PI is too high, except mine which is too low.

In reality, I just need to get faster which has been happening. I also noticed that predator almost hit the qualifying time of the real life GT time at the 12 hours of Sebring by being only .007 seconds short.

Veevee wrote:

I also noticed that predator almost hit the qualifying time of the real life GT time at the 12 hours of Sebring by being only .007 seconds short.

Wow! I had not noticed that. Personally that is exactly how I would like all times to be closer to their times. But if I slowed some folks down to that their might be mutiny.

Great race not sure what lobby I was in, BTW my time doesn't look right. I wrote down 1:44:37 is there some type of time penalty?

Looks like you were in D lobby which would have been 30 seconds added to your time so 1.45.07 looks correct.

INCIDENT WARNING ISSUED TO XBR N1GHTMARE #357 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997) for rear ending #963 Porsche 911 GT3 RS of XBR Coblet on lap 5. (-3 point Infraction)

INCIDENT WARNING ISSUED TO Tech Nasti #7 Nissan GT-R SpecV for rear ending #4 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 of Gdub369 on lap 10. (-3 point Infraction)

Racers under warning cannot have an incident for 2 full races. If another incident occurs step 2 progression of the disciplinary action will be incurred.

Hard Charger point award went to 2 drivers for gaining 10 positions during the race. Zed O Sick for coming from 21st to 11th and xXScienceXx for coming from 25th to finish 15th. Congrats.

The site has been updated with SOME PI adjustments. Have not watched C room replays yet. Also will review a second time to insure proper adjustments were made.

There was some great racing throughout the rooms.