Quote from MAGGOT :

It's not so much to do with the racing as it is to do with what Trans-Am was and should be. Trans-Am isn't for stock car racing; NASCAR and ASA Can do that. Trans-Am was for muscle cars duking it out on the track.

Could you explain a little of what Trans-Am is now (the 2009 season). AFAIK, the series reboot with only the GT1 class and the GTA class isn't there anymore.

You say the GT1 cars in Trans-Am currently are only "stock cars" with GT bodies?

I'm assuming everyone's running 34-35s?

Updated:

SC driver: various NDR members
Race Condition Control/Pitted Cars: Timpdr
Lapped Cars/Lucky Dog Monitor: Empty
Race Monitor (incidents): Empty
Points Calculator: Pending

Hey victor, can you make Timdpr admin of the I-SCAR section? Thanks

Quote from Mustafur :

forget to brake in time or in general?

if i was you i would put on 15% Air restriction.

you would be faster with it then without .

that's not a good idea, because while you will be much more stable around slower corners, your exit speed will be disastrously slow and you'll actually bog up the traffic. Yah, you might be able to get ahead of the other cars. But if you bog up the traffic like that you'll actually cause a lot of accidents and the admin WILL black flag you if you are that slow.

It is wiser to develop the skill to handle the car unrestricted throughout the track without any wheel spin or instability. I've done it already and many other people are able to do it as well (with a lot of practice).'

BTW, brt900, u have to practice on the server or else the laps wont be recorded (and thus wont count)

Last edited by lizardfolk, Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:27.

It does seem that Grand-Am is doing better in the sportscar petigree with it's KONI and Rolex. But why do you feel that the stock car class didn't belong there (except for the fact that they were obviously amateurs)

The racing seemed to be pretty cool (although I only watched 3 trans am races that had the stock car class)

Does anyone remember the Trans-Am series back in 2005 and relaunching in 2009?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... 6D901EA07AB04&index=0

Just curious on thoughts of anyone who watched it. It was very interesting to see GT racing with a stock car class (The GTA class are essentially ASA stock cars). I wonder if anyone has been following the Trans-Am if they might bring the GTA stock car class back or if the stock cars were too much trouble for the GTs.

Quote from alland44 :

I will not comment on the chinese part. They aren`t ready for that, over there.

I live in the United States thank you very much...(pretty obvious with my NASCAR/IndyCar posts tbh)

Quote from h3adbang3r :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2-Yl2Yr8xo
Do you see anyone getting penalised? No. Bump drafting IS legal in some racing disciplines. None of them thinks that it is cheating. Are they all sick in the head too?

It started in closed wheel racing (specifically SCCA Touring Trucks here in the states) and became a legitimate tactic for almost all closed wheel racing on tarmac. Watch NASCAR, ARCA, Stock Car Brasil, BTCC, SCCA, and you'll see bumpdrafting. Heck I even remember seeing it in FIA GT and WTCC.

So is the entire closed wheel motorsports world cheaters?

Last edited by lizardfolk, Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:07.

Quote from brt900 :

at once or spread out over a distance of a few sessions like 10laps each session

That is up to you. This is just to make sure that you understand the car well enough to keep it on the track in many situations.

I do have a suggestion. Try to do as much laps in one session. This will give you consistency instead of aiming for a pb and constantly going off every odd lap

Quote from brt900 :

just thought id say its actually impossible for me to make the race as ill be on a cruise for 3 days starting the 21st

Ok, I'm going to go easy as this is your first incident.

Your new penalty would be to drive 150 laps before race 1 on FE3. This isn't difficult and if anyone were to practice (which is a must for this car) they should have atleast that many laps anyways.

So, again, ur attendance at Test Race #2 will not be required, however, you will be required to complete 150 laps at FE3 before the league race

Here's the points system

http://awlfs.freeforums.org/post365.html#p365

Thanks a lot deko/wilko

Admin wise, I'll be talking to a lot of people and I'll post back news when I find committed admin.

I do need a points guy, someone who can either create a spreadsheet for me to use or calculate points himself.

Quote from Soggyfrenchfries :

I still think it was kinda dumb that the server got locked during qualifying.. or I would have been there,, I can understand not letting people join during a race.. but qual? really?

Christ do you guys never check you pm or something? All important commnication will always be given in pm INCLUDING server pass. I don't know of any league that doesn't do this besides LOTA (and that's cause they do it on their own website).

I locked it before quali cause I don't want random pol showing up to mess up re quali. Approved competitors should be able to join anyway cause of the password and info in pms....

Thank you for the wonderful post Tim.

I agree, incompetence tends to show itself a lot towards the beginning races. This is why we have test races, to get people familiar with the car AND the limits of the car. That is why I suggest everyone join the practice races and practice as much as possible

Alright guys, as you may or may not have noticed I just had 2 more admins bail on me.

I cant be SCing and admining at the same time. I did my best to hold test race 1 together. But it's getting insane as the people I've been counting on have dropped out.

So this is what I need:

I'm sorry for this development, but the league cannot/will not start without these positions filled.

EDIT:

SC driver: various NDR members
Race Condition Control/Pitted Cars: Timpdr
Lapped Cars/Lucky Dog Monitor: Empty
Race Monitor (incidents): Empty
Points Calculator: Pending

Last edited by lizardfolk, Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:42.

Quote from Jordan2007 :

You need another admin in the race anyway to examine it, i saw hits from quite a few people which was on purpose, and nothing happened..

yeh it was only me...so I couldn't see much at all since i was driving the SC

Upon further review...it seems that #25 O. Rinne was not in full control of this car.

A LOT of accidents was actually cause by him. He tapped and ran into a lot of people.

Guys...this is a 900hp stock car a SINGLE LIGHT TAP WILL CAUSE YOU TO SPIN

Ayyiyi

Ok...race two. What should it be?

BTW it's the same time as before:

Saturday August 22nd
17:30 GMT

This race will be mandatory for:
#15 Marcroft
#25 Rinne

Last edited by lizardfolk, Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:15.

Guys...I can't stress this enough....PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE PLEASE.

This car is arguably harder than the BF1...PLEASE PRACTICE before the league race round 1. It was pretty messy, but i suppose it went well.

For all those who saw my shaky admining. I'm sorry, no other admin showed up and I had to SC AND admin everything at once.

Here's to clear things up:
Closed Pits: Pits will close IMMEDIATELY with the caution. You are allowed to pit when the pits are closed HOWEVER, you will need to start at the end of the line if you do (for severly damaged or blown tires)

Starts/Restarts: DOUBLE FILE STARTS. Single file restarts with the lapped cars on the OUTSIDE of the lead lap cars. There wasnt any lapped cars today so you guys didn't really see this.

Crashes under caution: If you crash of spin out under caution YOU WILL LOOSE THAT POSITION. If you have a major dispute (pit maneuver under caution, bring it up to one of the admins and they will look at the replay)

Quote from Jordan2007 :

Main problem in this league is the laggy connections, probably isnt any of the drivers fault, maybe it could be the mod, but from what i saw, everyone was juddering about everywhere.

From what marcroft has said to me, i wont back him up just because hes my team mate but he did say he lagged, and what i have seen from marcroft driving over the year, i dont think he would of made a silly decision like that.

Sorry for saying this, but SidiousX.. you was very annoying in game.

Server always seemed fine before, I dont think it melted imho as no one was laggy for me. However, idk how everyone else saw me or the competitors.

Start stress testing the server to see if it will handle.

I will give Marcroft 1 more chance. The next practice race will be MANDATORY for him. He must show up and show signs of improvement.

Quote from Jordan2007 :

Its Lizard's decision to take any action.

Especially banning on a test race.. its not right dude..

Yes, the vote ban was too hasty. Ur either an admin OR a racer. You cant be both. Since you opted to race, you shouldn't be making the decisions.

My god...what software did you use? 3DS Max? Blender?

Thank you so much for taking the time and creating this wonderful ticker

I have relinquished the #102 and have updated the lineup:

http://clockworkmotors.freeforums.org/post610.html#p610

I'm returning Falkes

Quote from TFalke55 :

the round 3 conflicts with LFSCART

This should be the final revision to the schedule.

All races are updated to avoid LFSCART, MoE, 16h Race and IGTC. There should be no more problems.

Lizard

Quote from alland44 :

I feel so sad when people lack words.

I could report this, or I could wait for an apology !?
I really dont`t find this a correct way of discussing matters, do you dawesdust_12 ??

I'm pretty sure racism isn't as well...

BTW just as a quick (and useless :P) note, to those who think that having the FXO as a stock car frame might be overly unrealistic...

IROC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... mSAS0&feature=related

(U can see IROC cars have lights as well )

The FXO is not prefect, but hey, it's the best we've got and it actually doesn't look that bad if you compare it to IROC