Endurance Championship - Season 3, Round 8, Suzuka - 13th August

[Simon Gymer]

Well, yes, the usual. NGT pole and good duel with Shark under way. Then, you guessed, hardware failure. Lost connection this time. But the computer stayed connected, si it must have been GTRs fault. What a farse this season was for me!

Was a great battle with you TT. Much fun thanks. 

I waited patiently behind you for the opportunity to pass then got you down the back straight as you struggled out of the corner. A few laps later I went off into T1? as i tried to flot a big mother fly that was really pissing me off (the ****er is still buzzing round me now shaking it's arse!  ) and you re-passed. Was starting to hunt you down again and pop the server started pouring blue smoke and was the fitting end for what is a bug ridden GTR server. 

I was working all weekend so had only a handful of laps in the car at this circuit. Was really challenging and as the race progressed was actually starting to enjoy it quite a lot. Circuit might have dodgy curbs and silly large bumps but the layout itself seems spot on to me and pretty sure Suzuka is really thin in real life too. Was a good challenge to drive and was having a good dice with TT, shame the server went pop really especially as GT had Team Shark 1 - 2.

Like TT, not really enthused to run this again tbh. I really can't commit to Tuesday as I am working late and weekends at the moment so simply might not make it, but if it's re-run i shall try and make it. With such a low turnout not sure it's worth it tbh and if it's a track bug then we're screwed anyway. 

[Jamera]

half points or just take the league as it stands?

[Simon Gymer]

half points or just take the league as it stands?

By the sounds of it we don't have the export so we may have no result at all.

Perhaps we can fill in the results manually. 

1) Zacari
2) Ruskus
3) ?
4) TrueTom
5) Shark
6) Pops?
7) MJ?
Picnic?
9) Don?
10) Gerald?
11) ?
12) ?

LOL.

[picnic]

Don was following me unless Gerald passed him

[Truetom]

Maybe MJs hangover had influenced the server 

TT

[popabawa]

Yup, I was running behind you Shark, then MJ.

[Jamera]

I was infront of mj after he went off before i pitted, this is no way to decide final championship standings, either re-run it or take last race standings as final, don't p**s about surmising who was where, when!!!!!!

[mclaessen]

The race didn't last even 40 minutes which is less than 50% meaning the results aren't valid (in normal race regulations). Either race should be done over or the chamionship standins should be frozen as they are. My vote goes to rerunning it as this is no way of finishing a season.

[Zacari]

No-one is pissing around, if the server crases then we could treat it as a red-flagged race, and use real-life rules to work out the result from that.  But because it's never happened before and it's not currently covered by the rules it needs to be figured out.

Between 2 laps and 50% is half-points, 50-100% is full points. just for info.

[Truetom]

I'd like us to finish the season as it should be, with the race. But where - Suzuka or elsewhere.

Oh, btw, if you decide for Anderstorp 

 

TT

[mclaessen]

Between 2 laps and 50% is half-points, 50-100% is full points. just for info.

Not exactly:

If a race is suspended under Article 150, and
cannot be resumed, no points will be awarded if the
leader has completed less than two laps, half points
will be awarded if the leader has completed more
than two laps but less than 75% of the original race
distance (or time) and full points will be awarded if the
leader has completed more than 75% of the original
race distance (or time). This will be also applied to
drivers that did not comply with the minimum driving
distance.

So it would be half points? As far as I know we even don't have a replay, guessing the results is no option. Let's be clear on that.

[Zacari]

I have a replay and thanks for the correction

[mclaessen]

Oh, bugger

On to the next excuse to rerun it: Client replays aren't THAT reliable

Still I think we should rerun it though. Come on, this isn't a good way to end the season, is it?

[Truetom]

Was a great battle with you TT. Much fun thanks. 

Wohoo! The duel just begun to develop, too bad it finished prematurely.  
Was promising.  

TT

[Zacari]

put it this way, me and rus were over a minute ahead of everyone else after 10 laps, I'm not gonna go through 38 laps of utter boredom for nowt.  If it is re-run I'll retire as soon as the team are not in danger of losing the GT team title.

Also we'd have to make sure only people who were there for the race tonight turn up or that makes it unfair too.  Either way it's not ideal, I'd almost rather forget the last race entirely and declair it a 7-race championship.

If more people had bothered their arses to turn up I'd be more enthusiastic about running in any re-run.