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- Thread starter zer05ive
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- Wolfsatz
I wanted to highlight to everyone that to me it is incredible the pace that some of the lower divisions have; not only from the 'fast lap' times but in general as I have practiced with many of D4,5,6,7 racers.
It is awesome to see that the fastest lap time from D2 to D7 at Round 1 was less than 1.5 seconds. Round to less than 2.5 seconds and Round 3 was barely over 3 seconds.
Which brings me another idea. How about a 'Championship of Champions' where the champions of all Divisions get to battle it out for bragging rights, shells?
- The best 2 winners by points of each Division get to fill 16 slots on the grid.
- May be lower as we may need to allocate at least 1 spot for the westies.
- To Add to Oshawa.. yes my idea is to do it Monthly.
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- Oshawa-Joe
That's an awesome idea, for a monthly Friday or Saturday night event. Maybe limit the grid to 15 racers and one person to broadcast the event?
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- martin20az
That sounds like a lot of fun wolf. Great idea
Snail race of champions
Snail race of champions
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- Wolfsatz
YES!!! Exactly what I was thinking. Would be lovely to see a D6-7 being able to take a win! and make the snailiens work their way through the field. And even perhaps, a surprise D3-4 driver taken a podium on the 1st round. I think with those lap times it is very possible.
Also I can also be certain that 'everyone' across the board can learn something; especially the lower division from following the 'faster' guys, racing in a pack, defensive driving, etc.
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- intoflatlines
The thing is, although the fast lap times are pretty close, the total race time is not close at all and seems to generally follow the D1-D8 classification. Fast laps are awesome and all, but putting together multiple fast laps without mistakes is what separates the Divisions 
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- Wolfsatz
The thing is, although the fast lap times are pretty close, the total race time is not close at all and seems to generally follow the D1-D8 classification. Fast laps are awesome and all, but putting together multiple fast laps without mistakes is what separates the Divisions
Don't be a party 🤬 . Yes I am aware of that. But I think that the idea still have some validity and great fun; plus would be a very good learning experience.
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- intoflatlines
Agreed, I am a party 🤬. It would be an interesting and fun event!
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- Wolfsatz
I personally don't see any issues. it is just a matter of going through the data and bringing up the Best 2 champions of each Division and confirm that they are available to race on Friday Night.
March 9 Results.
Division 1
- fizzer82 ---------- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 87 (76.94 for Prize B)
- zstovall ---------- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 79 (68.20 for prize purposes only)
- Xrad-11 ----------- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 85 (76.91 for Prize C)
- dpinho1975 -------- voted to eliminate Round 2 - 80 (70.68 for prize purposes only)
- AJHG1000 ---------- voted to eliminate Round 1 - 69
- TEX-36 ------------ voted to eliminate Round 1
- CoachMK21 --------- voted to eliminate Round 3
- Joe_DiBen --------- voted to eliminate Round 2 - 90
Division 1
- fizzer82 ---------- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 92
- Klutch-D ---------- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 80
- Xrad-11 ----------- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 89
- rankings18b ------- voted to eliminate Round 2 - 84
- AMomcilo ---------- voted to eliminate Round 2 - 82
- TEX-36 ------------ voted to eliminate Round 3 - 86
- ShrumpRacer86 ----- voted to eliminate Round 3
- deacon-blues082 --- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 94
- GranStand_Bill ---- voted to eliminate Round 3 (no points???)
Division 1
- fizzer82 ---------- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 59
- chuyler1 ---------- voted to eliminate Round 2
- Xrad-11 ----------- did not submit a vote - 59
- dpinho1975 -------- voted to eliminate Round 2 - 45.1
- hooker4 ----------- did not submit a vote - 44
- TEX-36 ------------ voted to eliminate Round 2 - 50
- rob1nd000d -------- voted to eliminate Round 2 - 95
- deacon-blues082 --- voted to eliminate Round 2 - 48
- gmraces ----------- voted to eliminate Round 3 (no points???)
Division 1
- martin20az -------- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 88
- PTslopoke --------- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 88
- racefan78 --------- voted to eliminate Round 1 - 81
- AG07WRXTR --------- voted to eliminate Round 2 - 84
- floydlovesbritt3 -- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 96
- GTP_lousteezy ----- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 83
- Piler ------------- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 81
- deacon-blues082 --- voted to eliminate Round 3 - 94
- Neovre ------------ voted to eliminate Round 1
NINJA'D!
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- 2,857
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- CoachMK21
Could be the following "unofficially" based on monthly point total. This list has 18 however due to listing 2 from the WC as well. Would need a way to trim 3 drivers to 15 plus 1 host/announcer/live broadcaster, etc
D1
@fizzer
@martin20az
D2
@ptslopoke
@chuyler1
D3
@Xradkins
@Troggy
D4
@Daniel Pinho
@CanuckleheadII
D5
@hooker4
@FloydC3
D6
@TEX36
@ExoSphere64
D7
@rob1nh000d
@singlepaddy
D8
@deaconblues82
@elsbury2
WC
@GranStand Bill
@Neovre
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JLBowler
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- JLBowler
@AG07WRXTR You are on the clock so to speak. You are the second prize winner and have the choice of taking prize B or C. If you take prize C you will be able to freeze one half of the Integra at Deep Forest combo. If you choose prize B, you be able to replace one half of that combo but you will have to wait to see which half @racefan78 chooses to freeze.
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- Wolfsatz
What methodology are you using? I don't see Troggy with any victories for D3. My records show X-RAd and RAcefan.
I agree with D1.
D1
@fizzer - Check
@martin20az - Check
D2
@ptslopoke - Check
@chuyler1 - How many points on the week he won? ... Klutch has an 80 point win.
D3.
@X-rad
@racefan78
D4.
I think should be
@rankings18b 84 point win
and Ago with the same points
D5.
@Amomcilo
@FloydC3
D6.
@TEX36
@GTP_Lousteezy 83 point win
D7.
@Sh3rW00d F0r3S7 (Robin Hood)
@ShrumpRacer86 84 point win
D8
@deaconblues82
@joe_diben 90 point win.
WC.
@Neovre ?
@Grandstand_bill ?
@gmraces ?
I cannot access google docs from Work.... Can someone validate these for me? WC does not have any points.
I would think some of these may not be able to make it freeing up some spots. But let's play it by ear. Agree we may need to limit the grid to 15.
Anyone volunteers to be the Broadcaster?
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Dragonwhisky
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- Dragonwhisky
You could go with a tournament type thing as well? Seeding by fast lap or overall race time or some such. Split the field in half, top 3 or 4 move to next round, that sort of thing?
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- xpiratenationx
I actually stumbled upon this a while back but am unsure if it has a positive impact on driving - What is your experience? I assume you race the O setting?
I found it to be great for formula one and really grippy race cars but cars like the Alfa 8c with any of those setting sends it spinning for me. Has anyone found any of the TSOX settings beneficial to sunday nights?
Thank you
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Dragonwhisky
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- Dragonwhisky
Absolutely yes. Without a doubt the O setting has allowed me to control the car in a much more precise fashion and mistakes that used to result in sea shell hunts or lawn mowing expeditions, have since become nothing more than brief squiggles in my line. Just getting rid of that dead zone in the wheel helped. Not having to hand over the wheel for tight turns like at monaco, to get the cars wheels to lock, is more than worth it for me. There is no way I will ever use a 900 degree wheel setting in any racing game.
If you read more in that thread there are other testimonials to changing that setting to something that feels better to you. Mileage may vary though.
It seems I have a bit more to say about this.
In our real cars there is steering lag. When you start to turn your steering wheel, the rod it's attached to turns a gear or tells the pump to start pumping. The time it takes for your input to hit the tires is the lag. The thing here is, if there are no failures, mechanically or hydraulically, that lag is a constant value. It won't change. You can account for it to be what it is and plan accordingly.
The internet however, is entirely variable. You move the steering wheel, that input is relayed to both processors, CPU/GPU, that data is then sent to the NIC and it sends it downwire, across however many hops (all of them having CPUs and NICs as well) there is to your opponent's NIC and then their CPU and GPUs have to process before it can be displayed on their screen what you've done. There is lag at every step and it is not always stable. The processing units heat up and this will slow them down. The internet will always be unstable and cannot be relied on to maintain anything close to consistency. To many variables in to many different hands. A 50 millisecond lag spike at the moment you begin your input is an almost unoticeable delay. But when that spike goes over 100ms, 500, 1000? That's when those events occur that leave everyone wondering, "WTF just happened?". If your ping rate can be measured above 100 to your own ISPs equipment, your inputs are already at a 1/10th of a second deficit. The O setting takes some of that lag and reduces it by reducing the time of the original input. Think about it. If you're using 900 degrees of rotation and it takes you 1000ms to get it there, I'm not sure I could go lock to lock with 900 in less than 1500ms, and you pull 300 degrees out of it...
There's 3/10ths+- right there. Not that it'll matter, if you get a 1500ms lag spike when you're doing it though.
Just some food, or fuel if you like, for thought.
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- Mirado_7
I always wondered why this functionality was missing. My many thanks to you and @rob1nh000d for bringing that thread to my attention!
