Elise Cup - Round 4 - Enna - 12th Sept

[JonM_uk]

Ok Just been having a blast and it looks like you can't get a cut track warning after the first chicane. Dunno about the section coming into the start/finish as I got to go out and G/F is giving me filthy looks(no not that kind). But this seems like a big problem to me as it would encourage major track cutting. Dunno if it's 'cus elise is so slow that the game thinks that this is a average speed for the car between these 2 points or not but what you guys think. Track change or just a gentalman's agreement etc? Or maybe my games just screwy

[Simon Gymer]

Ok Just been having a blast and it looks like you can't get a cut track warning after the first chicane. Dunno about the section coming into the start/finish as I got to go out and G/F is giving me filthy looks(no not that kind). But this seems like a big problem to me as it would encourage major track cutting. Dunno if it's 'cus elise is so slow that the game thinks that this is a average speed for the car between these 2 points or not but what you guys think. Track change or just a gentalman's agreement etc? Or maybe my games just screwy

We have a rule on track cutting which should cover this instance. Straight lining the track is cheating and will be penalised where reported.

Use Of Track Surface

    * Moderators will not normally check these rules unless another driver submits an incident report.
      These rules apply in all sessions, including qualifying, even when not on a flying lap.
    * Persistent or deliberate 'railriding' is strictly forbidden.
    * Drivers must at all times keep at least two wheels within the boundaries of the track.
      The track is defined as the normal road surface, which at most tracks is definied by white lines at the edge of the road, plus any painted curbs. Areas of grass, gravel, sand, and areas painted green, are not part of the track.
      Cars which are not fully under the driver's control are normally exempt.
    * A driver who gains an advantage by breaching the previous rule must yield the advantage back to any affected car(s).
      An advantage may include taking a place directly, setting up a pass, or avoiding losing a place.

[JonM_uk]

Thanks for clearing it for me

[Matjaz Plotajs]

I think I had quite a few cuts in Oschersleben when turning to that long left corner which is faster if you enter it very wide and to do this you have to go beyond the white line but you're still on the asphalt. 

Enna could be fun with Elise. I think we'll have a lot of slipstreaming but not much overtaking due to some very nasty chicanes. 

[D_Nichols]

Enna eats cars.


So this should be fun 

[Mark J]

Bearing in mind that there is going to be one hell of a tight pack of cars (due to similar cars) heading down to the 2nd? chicane (the one with tyres/barrels on the apex), how about enforcing a no-outbraking/overtaking rule for the first flying lap when heading into the braking zone for it ?  I know its not quite the way of 'racing' but its got to be better than losing upto 6 cars in a big pile up, as happens everytime we race here. It can be complete carnage and also usually takes out innocent drivers who come flying down into a wall of stranded and busted cars....speaking from bitter experience

Just a thought, anyone agree?

The Elise is good fun around here and as i suspected, like a karting meet  ...and there will be some chaos!

[Truetom]

Was doing some training off-line. Race weekend in single player allows only 15 min race. When in garage it says 101 laps!?!? 
But then the race does last 15 minutes only.    Something to do with the skin patch?

TT

[D_Nichols]

Wow had a great start but lost places as the faster guys got by.

Then smacked a chincane 

Very sorry to however was following me - I tried to hit escape as soon as I could, but I don't think I was fast enough 

[Adam Parle]

I never even made it to the race, was going to manage to log in with 5 mins of qualifying left, and then my connection was screwed.  It was showing as connected, but couldn't contact anything.

[Mark J]

I am so angry i could almost kill 

Waste of an hour and a half of my night ruined by some arse hole on the last lap of the race, who refused to get out of the way blocking myself and Big G, even when flashed and obvious it was two lapping cars trying to get past. His stupidness caused me to slam into the tyre wall on the chicane as i was blocked and unsighted and totalled my car, with Big G also crashing at same place.

You know who you are you tw*t   i thought this was supposed to be 'sporting' I cannot understand the mentality of someone who decides to f*ck up other peoples races just because they have failed in their own.

Was running in 4th after slipstreaming Big G who had already been badly blocked by the same bloke through several corners and refused to move out of the way,  and on last lap...nuff said.
End up with naff all

[JonM_uk]

Wow what a nervous wreck I am This track was just soooo hard. Knowing that on any lap in one of 2 places it could be all over really made me bottle out of going for super flying laps. For the first time I felt that I had the pace of Matjaz but when I finally did have the pace I didn't have the class to go with it. Superb driving Matjaz Grats on the win   I've really enjoyed this Champ, dicing with Matjaz and Ruskus has been a blast, I'd like to thank SROU for organising and all the lads who drove for making it a great little mini champ Great stuff lads

[Jeffrey]

Qually went as expected, I couldn't keep up with Matjaz and Jon. Especially Jon's time was amazing, a second faster than me. Maybe if I had a clean lap I would have beaten Matjaz in qually, but he is good at starts, so that would have been lost quickly anyway .

Matjaz shot in the distance at the beginning and I was following Jon around. He went wide at the 2nd chicane and I took 2nd. But I was in a fair mood, so I messed up and gave his position back . Soon after I spun again and I went into  -mode, because I thought I had to settle for 3rd as I was too far behind anything better.

Halfway through the race I remembered I had replays on, so I thought I would get the 1FPS bug for sure, but luckily I managed. But more surprisingly, I came from 12s behind Jon, to 6s behind and I thought he was struggling with his tyres, and that I would get a shot for 2nd. But he played with me and started using his right foor again and slowly drove off again .

That first chicane is scary. In qually I was almost going flatout through there and I didn't give a crap, but during the race I was frozen everytime I approached it. The last 5 minutes I went slower through the 1st chicane, but that made it even more dangerous as I misguessed the entry point, but I didn't crash luckily.

Grats to Matjaz for surviving and finishing 1st and Jon for outspeeding the Devil during qually

[Jeffrey]

dicing with Matjaz and Ruskus has been a blast, I'd like to thank SROU for organising and all the lads who drove for making it a great little mini champ Great stuff lads

It ain't over yet, or did your nerves break down . but I'm having a blast as well, eventhough i can't keep up with you guys in the Elise.

[JonM_uk]

It aint over...

[Pedro[PL]]

One race to forget for me. Total lack of practice was a terrible mistake. Default "fast" setup is so unforgiving I had to tweak it - which took almost all the practice session. Apart from unstable car, my driving seemed terrible. I couldn't find out why I spin all the time (later about this).

I qualified 12th struggling to keep the car on the track. This position didn't seem that bad as I have expected some un(enna)vitable DNF's in front of me, which should have resulted with some points. Quite a nice start as some folks forgot to press accelerator on green lights and then, on a turn 2 - slam, a little friendly punch from behind left me spinning on the grass.

Rejoined 16th - of course. Managed to 14th then spun 5 times in 3 laps. Luckily - without any car damage.

After several laps I got 11th then hang my car on the first chicane Tried to get back on track without success.

At least during standing start I have found out the reason of my terrible driving - my accelerator pedal didn't calibrate properly and it worked only the last 30% of the scale. Even Elise is difficult to drive with binary input on the throttle. After the race recalibrated it and easily got 1.47.xx time. Well - racing they call it.

Congratulations to all you folks who managed to finish the race - no matter what place!!!