Round 1 - College Station (Mar 20th)

Two very important pieces of information about qualifying:


Once your two qualy laps are complete, DO NOT leave the server until the warm up session starts. If you do, the game will not record your qualy time, and you will start at the back with no time. 


For those of you who are new, DO NOT complete the 4th lap of the qualy session. If you do, the game will say you drove one lap too many and DQ your time.  The best thing to do is come to a stop immediately after you record flying lap #2, and then hit ESC.  

My dear fellas,

I just came back from the hospital, in one piece, but a little bit shaken...
I wont be able to join you in racing, but if I dont fall asleep (Im dead tyred), Ill join you on the stream...
Im so sorry for missing this one, but c'est la vie!!!

Have tons of fun. See you on next one (hopefully wednesday).

And now, some pain killers

Jason White wrote:

Two very important pieces of information about qualifying:


Once your two qualy laps are complete, DO NOT leave the server until the warm up session starts. If you do, the game will not record your qualy time, and you will start at the back with no time. 


For those of you who are new, DO NOT complete the 4th lap of the qualy session. If you do, the game will say you drove one lap too many and DQ your time.  The best thing to do is come to a stop immediately after you record flying lap #2, and then hit ESC.  

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Guillaume Siebert wrote:

I think what's the most difficult to understand in oval racing when you are used to road courses, is that your position really doesn't matter during the first 3/4 of the race, you just need to stay in the lead lap and pit during all cautions (unless there are cautions every 5 laps...). So there is really absolutely no need for risky overtaking moves during 3/4 of the race.

But what is also fantastic about oval racing is that 75% of the drivers don't know that or (worse) don't understand that after several races. Meaning they will race like maniacs from the start to the finish, eventually taking others and/or themselves out of the race. And all you need is to stay calm, stay out of troubles for most of the race and collect a good result in the end. The first thing oval racing teaches you is patience.

The second most important thing to learn is how to go fast without stressing the tires. When I first started oval racing, I was quick over one lap but that really doesn't matter over a race distance. After 10 laps my tires were cooked and I was dropping like a stone in the order.

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Raul Jereb wrote:

My dear fellas,

I just came back from the hospital, in one piece, but a little bit shaken...
I wont be able to join you in racing, but if I dont fall asleep (Im dead tyred), Ill join you on the stream...
Im so sorry for missing this one, but c'est la vie!!!

Have tons of fun. See you on next one (hopefully wednesday).

And now, some pain killers

Glad your surgery is done! Hope you recover quickly Raul.

Mike Becnel wrote:

Raul Jereb wrote:

My dear fellas,

I just came back from the hospital, in one piece, but a little bit shaken...
I wont be able to join you in racing, but if I dont fall asleep (Im dead tyred), Ill join you on the stream...
Im so sorry for missing this one, but c'est la vie!!!

Have tons of fun. See you on next one (hopefully wednesday).

And now, some pain killers

Glad your surgery is done! Hope you recover quickly Raul.

+1 
Feel better!

About solo room on TS for interview, when you connect on TS, you have to create your room. A right click in the left part, and choose create, and click OK. Your room is created.

A propos des salles solo pour les interviews sur TS, quand vous êtes connecté sur TS, vous devez créer votre salle. Un click droit sur la partie gauche, cliquez sur créer, et OK. Votre salle est créée.

Hello Friends, already has a car available?

Bruno Miranda wrote:

Hello Friends, already has a car available?

The only car available right now is the #94 Finley.

Ben Paulet wrote:

About solo room on TS for interview, when you connect on TS, you have to create your room. A right click in the left part, and choose create, and click OK. Your room is created.

A propos des salles solo pour les interviews sur TS, quand vous êtes connecté sur TS, vous devez créer votre salle. Un click droit sur la partie gauche, cliquez sur créer, et OK. Votre salle est créée.

Mine shall be called "The Love chamber, Enter if you dare!"

Ehm yeah... Because of problems concerning my family (I won't tell any further) I'll be absent for at least this race and maybe even the other races on Wednesdays (F5000 and CIS 90), so for at least today, the #9 car is free to drive.
Sorry for that, it's really sad that this is the way I start the racing season I've been waiting for since I signed up for HSO.

I'll give the #9 a run if possible please?

Alan Forster wrote:

I'll give the #9 a run if possible please?

when is the broadcast going online?
link pls

have fun guys!

looking forward to watch you all on this marvelous track

François Remmen wrote:

when is the broadcast going online?
link pls

have fun guys!

looking forward to watch you all on this marvelous track

The Broadcast will start, roughly, 20:50 to 20:55.

The Broadcast should show up on this Youtube accounts' homepage as soon as it starts. Enjoy the race
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCETgHaxNvnU1vJ9UqKhNUqg

Think im glad i havnt got full drive in this,what a shambles,under yellow i crossed the line top 6,when game kept telling me to follow different drivers until eventually everybody was passing and im 15th lol,then pace car is so slow and people backing up,that the car overheats cruising at half revs in 2nd gear

Errrr. What a mistake. Because i have a problem with FPS only 20 in box i wanted to change a details so 3min before warmup end i jump out and after that i cannot joint inside because session was closed.

engine explode in the stands
some people used qualif engine 1000 Hp for racing ?
I thought it was not permitted  
So ok know for the next  

355 Km/h max..... not the same race

There is no mechanism to ban qualy engines in the race, but my race shows what happens if you do not. 

I am an idiot on wheels. I was so busy making sure everyone was ok for the start, that I forgot to switch to race boost. So I was doomed from the start. I did my best to stay out of the way until my engine blew.
Let this be an object lesson for everyone else.  
Also, we will be having a chat with select people about behavior under yellows... 

Once the race got going and people weren't busy crashing or going to town on their keyboards it was a lot of fun.

It's a real shame to lose the engine 15 laps from the finish after running the entire race in top 5

All of us we know rfactor is not perfect in yellow caution with pacecar, so we have to stay calm and be careful during the first laps.

In my case, I blow up my engine reducing from 2nd to 1st gear while yellow.