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by **John** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 9:12 am

Rajt people, time for the most demanding race of the season.

IIRC; these were the rules that we agreed on:

- 28 Laps
- 377,0 km
- Circa 2 hours (laptime 3:25)
- No shift-R
- Double points
- Only finishers get points
- At least 75% race distance

.....but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Qualifying will be taking place in one week from now, and the race a week later. Perhaps we can run an Int Long practice race next week too?

by **LOUD HOWARD** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 9:15 am

"- Only finishers get points"

Hrmmm, I dunno about this...I think if you go over 75% (of the final) race distance, then get disconnected but get classified 8th or something, you should get half points (ie, normal points).

Feel free to decode that into english if you get the chance

by **Varun** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 9:18 am

I think only discoes after 75% should get points. Lets not argue over this fellas and make it a flame thread. This was only a thought and just say "I Agree" or "I dont".

by **John** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 9:38 am

If you are classified 8th, you get points, IMHO. I don't think anyone will complete more than 30% of the race distance anyway; in which case we would all be out of points.

EHHHH?
IMHO; the eight highest classified drivers recieves points, regardless the distance they've raced.

by **TomDA** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 9:40 am

If you guys are doing 3:25s I'm happy, I can do 3:31s-34s consistently

by **MiÑardi** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 9:42 am

John wrote:If you are classified 8th, you get points, IMHO. I don't think anyone will complete more than 30% of the race distance anyway; in which case we would all be out of points.

EHHHH?
IMHO; the eight highest classified drivers recieves points, regardless the distance they've raced.

i agree. If you come 8th out of 20 and retire at about 50% then you should get the points for beating 12 other guys which is a good job.

by **TankSlapper** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 9:51 am

Stop bickering doods!

We already decided this in Marcel's Endurance Race thread.

Same as all fmbl3 races, top 8 finishers get points. Difference here, is if you are running at the checkers, you will be rewarded with double points. End of story.

by **John** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 9:59 am

Never realised that we actually came to a conclusion

by **TankSlapper** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 10:01 am

No worries John.

To make it easier, I compiled the important points from that 4 page thread.

ENDURANCE RACE DETAILS

Sunday 7 December:
F1 time (14:00 CET): Qualifying practise (1 hour)

Sunday 14 December:
F1 time (14:00 CET): Warmup + Race

Race length:
Grand Prix distance, 28 laps/377,0 km.

Shift-R:
As normal in Grand Prix races, there will be realistic damage and no shift-r.

Cars:
Everyone will drive their usual FMBL car.

Points:
As usual, the top 8 will get points, except those still running at the finish of the race will get double points.

Qualifying:
Will be held 1 week before the race, 1 hour session.

Race Start:
Rolling Start, it should be possible to start from a random grid and arrange the positions during the (long) first/pace lap until the start.

*Another idea, is to each connect to the server in the order of qualifying, that way we will be mostly organized except for the host. If needed we can arrange positions for the qualifying order on the first lap (best to do this on the Mulsanne Straight).

by **Varun** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 10:05 am

Question: What if we cant make it to the qualifying. Can we still participate in the race by starting in last position?

by **Marcel** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 10:05 am

Varun wrote:Question: What if we cant make it to the qualifying. Can we still participate in the race by starting in last position?

Yes.

by **Varun** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 10:10 am

Marcel wrote:
Varun wrote:Question: What if we cant make it to the qualifying. Can we still participate in the race by starting in last position?

Yes.

Sweeeet

So all I have to do is travel around the track in 4th gear by lifting from the throttle every now and then and I get double points. WEEEEEEE

by **Mawerick** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 10:11 am

I just realised something.

I won't make it to the race, I'm on a cruise

by **LOUD HOWARD** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 10:35 am

Sorry, I wasn't out to start an arguement, I was also unaware that we'd come to a solid conclusion in the other thread.

All is cleared up! Thanks.

by **Marcel** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 10:52 am

Varun wrote:So all I have to do is travel around the track in 4th gear by lifting from the throttle every now and then and I get double points. WEEEEEEE

No

by **MiÑardi** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 10:53 am

whats everyone's pb's anyway? I made a 3:21.6 in the ferrari but know i can gain afew seconds if i can get some drafting help off the quicker cars

by **Varun** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 11:04 am

Can we induce another clause regarding race restarts???

If more than or 50% of the field gets wiped out by the end of lap 1, can we restart or no restart

by **LOUD HOWARD** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 11:06 am

I think no restart...

...and my pb (only done one lap) is 4:01

by **TomDA** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 11:14 am

3:31:21 now

by **TankSlapper** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 11:27 am

Varun wrote:Can we induce another clause regarding race restarts???

If more than or 50% of the field gets wiped out by the end of lap 1, can we restart or no restart

Well since we are single file, and the leader will accelerate out of the last corner (Maison Blanche), we should be spread out enought that it will be neary impossible to take out more than 50% of the field. Unless the track gets blocked, in that case *pleasure* to the bonehead driver who caused it!

by **LOUD HOWARD** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 11:29 am

I'll be starting 30 seconds back on the field anyways

by **John** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:01 pm

Varun wrote:Can we induce another clause regarding race restarts???

If more than or 50% of the field gets wiped out by the end of lap 1, can we restart or no restart

Surely we already have such a rule?

by **little_jpm** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:13 pm

John wrote:
Varun wrote:Can we induce another clause regarding race restarts???

If more than or 50% of the field gets wiped out by the end of lap 1, can we restart or no restart

Surely we already have such a rule?

it isnt in the rulebook :wink:

by **Varun** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:15 pm

John wrote:
Varun wrote:Can we induce another clause regarding race restarts???

If more than or 50% of the field gets wiped out by the end of lap 1, can we restart or no restart

Surely we already have such a rule?

Not really. It hasn't been enforced really since we have SHIFT+R. But with no such chance, it kind of gets really whacky and I thought we needed a black and white rule in order to avoid the post race bitching.

@Nishi - I'm not really worried about the straight line accident problems. With the rolling start, I am worried about the 90 degree corner at the end of the straight. Ppl have different braking points and if a slow driver slipstreams a much faster guy with a completely late braking point, all hell breaks loose at the corners which is why I believe a rule is necessary.

by **Mawerick** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:15 pm

a suggestion:

If 50% or more of the field gets wiped out by the end of lap 1 on the same incident, restart will take place.

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