"Carburetion Day" (May 18th)

François Remmen wrote:

3 wide well ask Mike:D  , cant help it sometimes It's  my nature of driving abit spectacular, or some will say more dangerous /risky

You can help it. Just use a bit of common sense.

Sometimes I wish there was a plug in that linked the PC via cable with the testicles and gave an electric shock everytime the user does a silly maneuver Would be mandatory in this league from minute 1 

François Remmen wrote:

3 wide well ask Mike:D  , cant help it sometimes It's  my nature of driving abit spectacular, or some will say more dangerous /risky

Some could say stupid too.

Another thing I would point out.  I've seen some of us trying to go on the outside when a car ahead is driving a middle line on a straight. This is a very bad idea, as Takuma Sato illustrated in the 2015 race. The car ahead inevitably needs to fade to the outside to get a good arc into the corner, and you will get squeezed against the wall.  Granted, the turns in 2015 were a bit narrower, but in principle it's still a bad idea.

Good example, Jason. I sat right above where Sato hit the wall there! I remember following his car with my eyes from the middle of turn 1, that crash was so predictable! Point that could be made for us, is that passing on the outside exiting corners are just as risky/stupid as divebombing on the inside going into the corners.

Alberto Ibañez wrote:

François Remmen wrote:

as in f1 should be the same rule applied  when a overtake takes place , i mean it has to be done with showing the nose and wheel in the normal mirror so the driver who get passed steps abit of the throttle , cause he is simply beaten.
but if you dont see the the car then for many drivers ( like me ) they will take there line , if you want to called it SLAM THE DOOR i think its abit out of common but then its up to the overtaker to have a collision or not.

There is nothing like "slamming the door" or "not seen in the mirrors" here. You can check how many and how varied the mirrors in the cars were in real life, and that is because you really want to be aware of what is going on around you. Even NASCAR have special mirrors with three partitions to be sure they see 180º behind the driver.

At the speeds we are going and with turns being so open, you can't shut the door when a car is commited to a pass, even if he is behind you and not his nose on your left side. You must block by low lining, not by squeezing the other car against the inside.

Believe me, it can be done, it is not difficult and it is very fun. Dana and me had some very good and clean trading positions yesterday. All you need is trust and common sense.

I watched you battle only not good moment was in lap 11 when one of 3 front racer changed race line so unpolitely and from my point of view dangerously , the battle except this moment was great to watch

Juha Bos wrote:

Anyone up for some more practice tomorrow night? Not the starting but, just generally driving among traffic.

I will join to you. I will be on the server after 20:00

I'll try to run some more tonight too.

I will try but about approx 21:00

Michal Janak wrote:

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I watched you battle only not good moment was in lap 11 when one of 3 front racer changed race line so unpolitely and from my point of view dangerously , the battle except this moment was great to watch [/quote]

thats pretty human for a "stupid" driver

ill be there 21.30 CET

Good crowd tonight too, come on in!

Jacob Fredriksson wrote:

Good crowd tonight too, come on in!

I hate that I am six hours behind all of you I need to move to Europe.

Jason White wrote:

Jacob Fredriksson wrote:

Good crowd tonight too, come on in!

I hate that I am six hours behind all of you  I need to move to Europe.

Monaco is nice...

Francois, the area below the track does not count as 3 wide. I was diving out of the way of you and whoever you were mating with.

Jason White wrote:

Jacob Fredriksson wrote:

Good crowd tonight too, come on in!

I hate that I am six hours behind all of you  I need to move to Europe.

Still some weeks to wait, and you will be there.

One question to what is the right rule. When i see the start during Carburetions day i was surprised that the front row approach the line before the safety car but im not sure a was too far. Is this correct? I thought that driver must wait and havent to be faster than pace car.

You can't overtake the SC, but as he pulls into the pits and is already left of the white line, it is officially gone and the front row can start picking speed for the green. It's a bit a peculiarity of the configuration of the Indy pit entry in the 70s.

And how it is in nascar?? Because i remember when i tried in the past some races there was disqualification for overtaking pace car also when it was already in the pitlane. After the pace car cross the line race begins.

When the AI controls the SC it might act differently, plus I'm not sure what the NASCAR rules are in that regard.

In NASCAR you're supposed to maintain the Pace Speed until the Green is thrown.

In IndyCar you can begin accelerating once the Pace Car is off the track. Scott Goodyear can tell you all about that part.

Jason Fitch wrote:

In NASCAR you're supposed to maintain the Pace Speed until the Green is thrown.

In IndyCar you can begin accelerating once the Pace Car is off the track. Scott Goodyear can tell you all about that part.

Once Ben has left the track, the field is under the control of Alan. He sets the pace until "GREEN FLAG" appears in chat.