Yes, Joel. Something like that but it would be usefull to know some laptimes ahead of time so we can minimize the lobby switches.
I'm hoping on multiple rooms.
I'll put a practice leaderboard online later in the week. Drivers can submit their best practice laps and we can use it as a guide to assign drivers to lounges for the initial race. The practice time submission is optional, but will certainly help.
At this point we plan to run at least four 15 minute races (and more if there is interest). The stewards will synchronize each race start between lounges and we will allow for some limited switching between races too during the intermissions. A sort of promotion / relegation to fine tune the split and increase the chance everyone gets to enjoy some close racing.
Any driver who can't make the first race is welcome to join later and drivers are allowed to leave early if they can only make the first few. If you are in that category please notify us via the thread AND registration comments so we can plan accordingly.
It's great to see new drivers to the WRS. 👍 If any of you aren't online regulars (with other series or just public rooms) you are likely to see a few network issues before your sort out your connections. If possible, try to attend a practice session on Tuesday to make sure you can connect to the room and don't experience any incompatibility problems with the host, etc. We can spend a lot more time working out issues on Tuesday whereas on Wednesday everyone would rather be racing than waiting. The
GT6 manual has some pretty good information on connections. You'll want to have UPnP, DMZ or port forwarding enabled and make sure you have a NAT 2 (or NAT 1) connection. You can try to create your own test room to see what the system says about your connection. If you are shown as NAT 3 you are likely going to have serious issues. Feel free to post any questions here about your connection.
Also, anyone is free to create a lobby and set up an ad hoc practice at any time between now and next Tuesday. Follow the details post in setting up the room, then just post the room number here to invite other drivers. Or better yet, post a little ahead of time that you'll be opening a room "in an hour" for example.
Finally, remember these unofficial races are going to focus on fun and clean racing and we're not tracking any results associated with these races. Once we complete the qualifier and assign handicaps/division we'll start our full length official races with results tracking, formation laps and official qualifying. These unofficial races are the perfect opportunity for new drivers to get their feet wet or past regulars to kick off some rust. As we get closer to official races we may implement a few more of our normal procedures (formation laps, rolling starts, etc) but the first event will keep things as simple as possible.
You aliens have fun though. 👍
And tried lap or two, did ~1.47 on first hand, has room for improvement!
