Moderator's Report
Summary
A dominant win for Cookie in a Lancia with Pete Bennett’s Vanwall in second spot and Leo Menegucci picking up a brilliant third place in a Gordini.
Server replay time: 0h00m54s
Lap 1 - L’Eau Rouge – Leo Menegucci, Phil Thornton, Moises Pereira and Doni Yourth
The lead cars make a steady start and maintain formation as they enter L’Eau Rouge with Phil Thornton slotting into 5th place. Phil starts on the left-hand side of the track and maintains his line down to L’Eau Rouge. Leo makes a lightning start from 7th place and closes in on the lead group. On the server replay, Leo appears to drive straight through Phil’s Lancia and takes a perfect line through the left and right entry into L’Eau Rouge. Clearly Leo’s car was unaffected by the apparent contact. However, Phil’s client replay shows heavy contact, with Leo’s car bouncing off Phil’s Lancia before regaining the perfect line. Phil’s car is catapulted into the air, hits the barriers and rolls back onto all four wheels but it is facing the wrong way, miraculously Phil can continue with no apparent damage. Moises and Doni have to take avoiding action and lose a lot of time, but they can continue.
Phil did nothing wrong.
Leo’s client replay was not available, but it is clear from the server replay that Phil’s Lancia was not visible to him. Warp had completely removed Phil’s Lancia from Leo’s cockpit view and he had no way of knowing there was a car ahead. Consequently, Leo cannot be blamed for the contact.
Warp is unpredictable but it is more likely to occur with connections that have a high latency. Drivers are requested to ensure their connections are as reliable as possible, but it is accepted that a game with network code originating from 1998 and with drivers competing from all around the world, perfect connections are not possible. However, if you know your connection does have a high latency, then if a car ahead disappears don’t assume it has been discoed. They might have a solid connection and could reappear at any moment.
Warp Incident.
