So where do I start with this weekend's tale of woe....
Firstly, immediately before the qualifying I ran a race on the praccy server, (largely a Ferrari vs Brabham affair), which I ran on wifi with no problems whatsoever (no latency issues, which wasn't to last).
As soon as I tried to connect to the Works server the problems started. I was told I couldn't connect because the latency on my connection as too big. So I switched to a wired connection, and started again (I closed GEM and started again). Still no luck.
In iGor I was invited to join the Privs, so that I at least got a race - thanks gents.
However....for all the time I was connected my latency bar was solid red. At the start of last season, I did have some latency issues, but I was well aware of them, as they made me 5 secs a lap slower than I knew I was. As no one was complaining/mentioning it, I assumed I was OK, and went on to narrowly take pole.
Latency bars still maxed out, the race started, and I went straight ahead, but got taken out in the first 50 yards - no idea if my warping had anything to do with this, but that seemed like the end of the race, as I lost a wheel. Then I remembered that Privs = one shift+R, so I took it and started after the pack. For the first part of the race I wasn't aware of any warping, as I could see everyone I was chasing, and they weren't appearing and disappearing. I got past quite a lot of the field before I saw people taking massive avoiding measures when I was coming up to them. I started to think that they were letting me past for fear of warp contact....
Not entirely sure what was going on, I stopped caring when I realised I was P2 and taking 2/3 secs a lap out of Geof's lead. Then the gods decided to have more fun at my expense.
It was probably the latency that threw me out of the timings(
), but I did not disco. One lap I was P2, 11 secs behind Geof, next I was P7 +1 lap, and getting no information on Geof/Ross' positions. This happened to me at Dragon's Nest before Xmas. From then on I was very aware of cars flickering, and varying position. I also couldn't get round Club without spinning for 5/6 laps. I had hoped to get past Geof and finish, then sort out the honours, but whatever was happening at Club (I do not believe I was driving it any differently) ruined any chance of that. The flickering also meant that I rejoined the track in front of someone after one spin - apologies to whoever that was, but I just didn't know you were there.
After this I had to take all the slower corners very gingerly. I'm sure my rear tyres must have been overheating as cornering generally became difficult. Further spins let 2 drivers past, but not sure who they were (I suspect it was Ross and Dave) so I think I should be classified 4th at worst (don't bother trying to work it out Mods, it ain't that important), rather than the -18 laps I am classified....
If anyone has any thoughts on why my internet went from fine in the praccy server to so bad I couldn't get into the Works server, (and probably shouldn't have bothered with the Privs server) I'd be interested to hear. No other devices were using the network at the same time.
