2014 TORA Spec Cup Season 1 - General Discussion

oh yeah................well hosted lobby by CQR Stevie

BG Wingnut396 wrote:Hosts can I remind you that if there is one person with a bad case of lag and it is lag for most of the room you are obliged to ask that person to drop back to a safer place in the field

Yeah I thought that was the case however unfortunately for everyone in Lobby D that didn't happen in our lobby even though at one point toward the end of race two I suggested it and now the major lagging car that caused damage to people in races one and two has now gained unfair points by jumping other cars and severely damaging other cars.

Next week I must remember to not reset my Internet and hope I have lagging issues to gain points!
  

Drop the attitude now. What's done is done, we don't need these petty arguments.

BelfastWeeMan wrote:

BG Wingnut396 wrote:Hosts can I remind you that if there is one person with a bad case of lag and it is lag for most of the room you are obliged to ask that person to drop back to a safer place in the field

Yeah I thought that was the case however unfortunately for everyone in Lobby D that didn't happen in our lobby even though at one point toward the end of race two I suggested it and now the major lagging car that caused damage to people in races one and two has now gained unfair points by jumping other cars and severely damaging other cars.

Next week I must remember to not reset my Internet and hope I have lagging issues to gain points!
  

In all fairness Weeman, the driver involved opted to start at the back for the second race so was just unfortunate that when coming through the field the lag caused issues with people. I'm sure anything unjust will be sorted through an SI

I'm so far behind everyone else i have to read this stuff to see what was happening to everyone during the race.

@ eased light, mate, watch some of the tollways to find out where the guys at getting the speed from, then practice like crazy and well see you in B lobby.

A tip: when turning into a sharp corner out any other corner where the car under steers, tap the brake to get the front of the car to grip.

Another tip: you can shorten the braking distance by banging down the gears more than you think you should, then just when you think you're gonna break the engine, do it earlier and harder.

Yet another tip: drifting it all over the place and through the corners makes for a "crap lap", listen to the tyres, if you can hear them, that's bad. Slow it down and keep the car under control.....it's faster.

Good luck mate, have fun.

PLOW tubbi wrote:Yet another tip: drifting it all over the place and through the corners makes for a "crap lap", listen to the tyres, if you can hear them, that's bad. Slow it down and keep the car under control.....it's faster.

Go slower to go faster, it's true. Being smooth is the key, especially on corner exit.

Signup is now open for Race 3.

It has been brought to my attention there was an issue with lag in some of the lobbies during Race 2. As far as lag is concerned it is the drivers responsibility to make sure their connection to Xbox Live is as stable as possible. TORA has write-ups on how to limit lag. Now for the flip side of that, TORA is a community of drivers from all over the world. Lag is bound to happen and beyond some drivers control no matter what they have done to minimize it. TORA rules do state that if a driver is severely lagging the RACE MARSHAL, NOT OTHER DRIVERS, has the option to ask the driver that is having connection issues to start in the back of the field no matter where they qualified or finished the first race. If the driver that is having the connection issues decides not to move back, then it is up to the RACE MARSHAL to assess if the lag is bad enough to have the driver leave the game lobby. If anyone has an issue with the way a Race Marshal runs a room, then either PM the series host, Community Team or Staff and one of us will investigate anything that needs to be changed.

As far as accusing another driver of cheating due to car build or gaining an advantage by lagging a room in a public lobby WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! Also, suggesting that you may do the same thing joking or not to gain an advantage WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! If you suspect a driver for cheating in a series, put in an Stewards Inquiry so it can be investigated. That's what the Stewards are for.

So from here on out, not more comments. If there is then whoever it is and I will have a talk about it. I now consider the issue closed.

I'm trying to sign a team in but the thread is locked?

Sorry Jordan, I thought I had unlocked it yesterday. It's now open.

Everyone, if you have signed in for the race and forgot that you did, please look on the list below before you sign up again. The only reason to sign in more than once is to change your status for the race.

Bit concerned my name is not on the sign in list seeing as it was done this morning!

It's there, at the bottom

Sorry, its hard for this old fella to read the small text on a phone whilst panicking.

hilli182 is now out

Wait where do i sign in??

WixRacing wrote:Wait where do i sign in??

Unfortunately you're too late, sign in closes at 7pm.

http://forums.theonlineracingassociation.com/t12660-signup-for-race-3-road-atlanta-full-12-laps-feb-26th-2014-2000-gmt-1500-edt-closed

Man I am seriously annoyed at myself right now

Must... Remember... To.... Plug.... In..... My.....CONTROLER   

Apart from my Controler malfunction, great racing tonight, looking forward to next week  

So... Lobby chat rules anyone?! Lobby C reached the point I had to take my headset off!

addition host did several times ask for it to be toned down, as did a few others.

Well that was painful. Completely failed throughout qualifying and was 6 tenths slower. Race 1 was fun with my team-mate IBlueIJaBBRexI and CQR Stevie. However, Race 2 I failed even more and screwed up Standaman's last 2 laps by completely outbraking myself. Apologies to him, but overall a great race and lots of fun!

First of I would like to thank tubi and cqr stevie for the great advice and spareing me a few laps thanks guys. 2nd id like to apologise to x hurricane x I dont know what happened think I was lagging but sorry for ruining your race

B lobby was run well by wingnut, first race was a brain fart for me! second race was a bumper to bumper stormer,well done to hcr pinto on the race win...well deserved!

Note to mad dog, Sims a [Censored] on silverstone, I'm switching.
Shame you suddenly came on your period second race, that's happened to me before, totally pts you off your stride.
Well done to big Hamish on his race win And our team taking three of the top four positions, good effort super 27