B-Spec Grinder 2.5.2: Automate Remote Races

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One question, does it just pick the tracks randomly?
Tracks and drivers are chosen randomly. You can choose whether you want to race on short, medium, or long events by right-clicking on the Widget and accessing its preferences.
 
Now I'm getting a lot of this:

02/27/11 01:29:51.394: Command hasn't gone through. Trying again...

I'm not at home, so it could easily be something wrong at that end, just wondering if anyone has any quick suggestions.
 
I'm not at home, so it could easily be something wrong at that end, just wondering if anyone has any quick suggestions.
Keep it running to see if it works itself out... If it doesn't after 30 minutes, reload the Widget and let me know.

The idea is to get it so that it continues without user intervention. Obviously if it's stuck in that state for a long time, I should try to do something about it, but I want it to be able to work on its own without any help before I start thinking about adding more features.
 
^ Absolutely. On that note, here recently, the app was stuck in RACING phase, when in fact that race had been over for 20 minutes or so. Had to exit server mode, reenter server mode, then reload app in order to continue grinding. First time seeing that hang- will update if I see it again.
 
does it still take all the drivers from friends? after the update?
because thats how i want it.
if it doesn't choose all your friends drivers then I'll stick with the previous version.
 
i race only with two friends so the option of taking all the drivers worked best for me.
the old version is still doing a great job!

people with many friends should be smart enough to set it on 1 driver!!
 
With the new version (0.92) it gets issues with connection all the time. Never had an issue with this with the previous version.

"TEMPORARY SERVER ISSUE".

02/27/11 10:38:39.696: RAW STATUS: Racing.
02/27/11 10:39:47.190: Waited for 30 seconds and never received a server response. Retrying. (Attempt 1)
02/27/11 10:40:18.202: Waited for 30 seconds and never received a server response. Retrying. (Attempt 2)
02/27/11 10:40:49.215: Waited for 30 seconds and never received a server response. Retrying. (Attempt 3)
02/27/11 10:40:49.218: Connection keeps timing out! Will try reconnecting in 10 minutes.
02/27/11 10:40:49.220: Resetting state. Waiting for 10 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
02/27/11 10:41:16.148: Server sent bad data. Retrying. (Attempt 4)
02/27/11 10:41:16.151: Could not successfully retrieve data! Will try reconnecting in 1 minute.
02/27/11 10:41:16.154: Resetting state. Waiting for 1 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
 
Yonis: with the fact this new widget has 'free up at least 1 driver" how does that work with friends only sharing one driver? will the widget ever select them??

I have lots of friends who only share 1 bspec driver for races as they are using theirs for endurance races all the time...
 
With the new version (0.92) it gets issues with connection all the time. Never had an issue with this with the previous version.

"TEMPORARY SERVER ISSUE".
Did it recover on its own from this series of errors? That's what's important. I can't control what's coming from the server, just how I react to it.
 
Did it recover on its own from this series of errors? That's what's important. I can't control what's coming from the server, just how I react to it.

No it didn't.

I reloaded the widget now, the race that was on before has finished.
The widget says "RACE ENDED". But it doesn't start a new race.
Log is:
02/27/11 10:43:04.585: RAW STATUS: Racing.
I'll go back to the old version and see if that still works.

Dang, I haven't saved the previous version, could you post it?

edit: Reloaded the widget again and now it seems to work, I'll let it run 1 race and see if it starts another race when the first has finished.
 
I have lots of friends who only share 1 bspec driver for races as they are using theirs for endurance races all the time...
if it doesn't choose all your friends drivers then I'll stick with the previous version.
I've been running my bob's against my other accounts bobs, as well as friends, so I want it to use all my drivers.
I ask please don't take out that option.
'Kay, next version will restore the option, hang tight. I will present a warning the first time you select to free up zero drivers however, to educate people on why it's not a good idea to do it unless you know what you're doing.
 
The new version doesn't seem to like me.

"Temporary Server Issue" again and the log looks like below, it hasn't tried anything since (6 minutes now).
02/27/11 10:48:45.377: RAW STATUS: Ready.
02/27/11 10:48:55.032: All your drivers are in other races!
02/27/11 10:49:16.273: All your drivers are in other races!
02/27/11 10:49:37.831: All your drivers are in other races!
02/27/11 10:49:59.146: All your drivers are in other races!
02/27/11 10:50:20.226: All your drivers are in other races!
02/27/11 10:50:41.690: All your drivers are in other races!
02/27/11 10:51:03.309: All your drivers are in other races!
02/27/11 10:51:24.743: All your drivers are in other races!
02/27/11 10:51:46.001: All your drivers are in other races!
02/27/11 10:52:07.382: All your drivers are in other races!
02/27/11 10:52:28.871: All your drivers are in other races!
02/27/11 10:53:15.788: Waited for 30 seconds and never received a server response. Retrying. (Attempt 1)
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02/27/11 10:54:17.815: Connection keeps timing out! Will try reconnecting in 10 minutes.
02/27/11 10:54:17.821: Resetting state. Waiting for 10 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
02/27/11 10:54:18.674: Waited for 30 seconds and never received a server response. Retrying. (Attempt 3)
02/27/11 10:54:18.676: Connection keeps timing out! Will try reconnecting in 10 minutes.
02/27/11 10:54:18.682: Resetting state. Waiting for 10 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
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02/27/11 10:54:18.687: Connection keeps timing out! Will try reconnecting in 10 minutes.
02/27/11 10:54:18.692: Resetting state. Waiting for 10 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
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02/27/11 10:54:18.698: Connection keeps timing out! Will try reconnecting in 10 minutes.
02/27/11 10:54:18.703: Resetting state. Waiting for 10 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
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02/27/11 10:54:18.712: Resetting state. Waiting for 10 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
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02/27/11 10:54:18.725: Resetting state. Waiting for 10 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
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02/27/11 10:54:18.728: Connection keeps timing out! Will try reconnecting in 10 minutes.
02/27/11 10:54:18.731: Resetting state. Waiting for 10 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
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02/27/11 10:54:18.734: Connection keeps timing out! Will try reconnecting in 10 minutes.
02/27/11 10:54:18.737: Resetting state. Waiting for 10 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
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02/27/11 10:54:18.744: Resetting state. Waiting for 10 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
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02/27/11 10:54:18.837: Resetting state. Waiting for 10 minute(s). Will reauthenticate.
02/27/11 10:54:50.536: Yay! The re-request worked!
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Didn't have any such issues with the previous version, so if you are able to post a link to that I can try it again.

Thanks for all your great work on this. :)
 
The new version doesn't seem to like me.

"Temporary Server Issue" again and the log looks like below, it hasn't tried anything since (6 minutes now).
I don't have the old version handy, sorry.

If you try Remote Racing using the official interface, is it giving a bunch of errors/very slow to respond?

Which country have you set in the preferences?
 
Iv still got the old version on my laptop.

I downloaded yesterday around 4pm GMT, before the new update.

@frason if you want to, PM me your email and I could send it to you?

PSN: puppy1985
 
I don't have the old version handy, sorry.

If you try Remote Racing using the official interface, is it giving a bunch of errors/very slow to respond?

Which country have you set in the preferences?

No problem racing via gran-turismo.com

I have Sweden set as country.

The new widget started one race now, when it finished it didn't start a new. Just give:
JSON.parse (JSON.js: Line 28)
JSON.parse (JSON.js: Line 28)

I just received the previous one via PM so gonna try it now and report back. :)
 
This is awesome 👍 I used it yesterday and just left it running. I hope my friends appreciate the extra credits :D

Thanks for sharing and congrats on making something so useful.
 
The new widget started one race now, when it finished it didn't start a new. Just give:
JSON.parse (JSON.js: Line 28)
JSON.parse (JSON.js: Line 28)
Ugh, I thought I crushed that problem for good.

It's bedtime for me, so I'm going to leave this running with Sweden set as my country to see if I can reproduce the problems you're having.
 
Ugh, I thought I crushed that problem for good.

It's bedtime for me, so I'm going to leave this running with Sweden set as my country to see if I can reproduce the problems you're having.

Thanks yonis.

I'm trying with the previous widget now and will post results back here.
If it's working I'm gonna try 0.9.3 after that.
 
Ugh, I thought I crushed that problem for good.

It's bedtime for me, so I'm going to leave this running with Sweden set as my country to see if I can reproduce the problems you're having.

Same here, it did one race, and stayed on "race ended" status with no errors. Trying again now.
 
Anybody running this widget on a Samsung TV? I remember mine supports yahoo widget but I never really used them. If it works, you could be watching TV while making sure your races are happening in the background :)
Not at home to check this but will do tonight.
 
Hey yannc, you added me a least 14 hours ago. You've finally shown up as a friend AND sharing Bobs:) (it was shadowed forever). Still waiting for wylinu to fully show up too. The website is sooooo slow at updating peoples status. :guilty:

I fired up the new grinder half an hour ago. For the first time, all my Bobs were taken so I couldn't host. The Grinder kept trying every 20 to 25 seconds for 12 minutes until one became available and started the race. 👍 Again, great work Yonis. If I'd been trying to grab one of my Bobs back manually, I would've missed it for sure. :)
 
Hey yannc, you added me a least 14 hours ago. You've finally shown up as a friend AND sharing Bobs:) (it was shadowed forever). Still waiting for wylinu to fully show up too. The website is sooooo slow at updating peoples status. :guilty:

I fired up the new grinder half an hour ago. For the first time, all my Bobs were taken so I couldn't host. The Grinder kept trying every 20 to 25 seconds for 12 minutes until one became available and started the race. 👍 Again, great work Yonis. If I'd been trying to grab one of my Bobs back manually, I would've missed it for sure. :)

Here is what I do to have all friends refreshed immediately:
- add friends (while b-spec racing :))
- log off gran-turismo.com and clear cache.
- go back to the my home page on the PS3 so it saves.
- restart the PS3 and run gt5 again.
- log back in to gran-turismo.com

seems to work for me that way.
 
Same here, it did one race, and stayed on "race ended" status with no errors. Trying again now.

Hey, the new widget is doing the same for me... happened twice now and i've given it 30min each time before reloading and it doesn't solve itself out.

first time after the 1st race it just hung. the second time it did 3 races before hanging. Each time my internet connection was stable and hadnt lost connectivity.

If it happens again might revert to the old widget and see what happens.
 
I went back to 0.9.0, now after an hour or so it has no issues with running the races at all, 5-6th in a row now working fine.

I will try the latest 0.9.3 in a while.
 
Thank you Yonis for the good work.

If you don't mind, I'll send you a PSN request with my sub account (Ray The Spray) so I can give your drivers a restless ride :D
 
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