You can join whenever you want up to the race start.
The server is running a practice session now, which will be reset with the race password at 19:20 UK time tommorrow (Thursday)
Not sure where that before qual thing came from. Some people will join during race session practice, some will wait until Qual.
If people join after you, you will not see them on the track until you go back to chat/garage/etc screen. You don not need to leave
the event, just leave the track when convenient and then when you go back on track you will see all the other cars.
At the race start go to the grid, if your health is very low, say less than 50% you can go back to garage and rejoin the track
and you will get a "different" health level. You will see people joining, leaving, and rejoining the grid, this is usually because
they are trying to get a better health level. Health will go down if you have a big shunt or over rev the engine.
You can only see "health" (sounds like Doom.
.) if you are using "XD"
http://www.vitumo.de/The LOCAL_IP_LOBBY thing is because we used to use the German pilsbiere lobby, but now we are back on the "normal"
GTR2 one.
If you can get to the server at the moment then you are good to go for the race session.
I have just been playing on the server, and with basic setups I am doing 1:39s with either Ferri 275 or 5 speed Jag
with race fuel. That will get a grid slot way towards the back, so we might keep each other company
Um yes Tudor this one is "fantasy" the next one looks like fantasy but is not !