TORA MSA GT Endurance Series - General Discussion

sbiggs wrote:so would it be preferable to have no roll off at all, and let people find their own space?

I would say so as there was a lot of variation in pace and would be a natural space also.

Thanks for taking the feedback positively too

sbiggs wrote:so would it be preferable to have no roll off at all, and let people find their own space?

Is there not a way that we could still have a roll off but have the timer set to say 10 laps and then everyone stop at the start of the 10th lap, so everyone would get 9 flying laps (the amount of laps I chose was just an example) ??

I was thinking, we have sim damage for the races, what happens halfway through a race if theres a huge crash and a driver is upside down on the racing line and cant be turned over due to the sim damage setting???

I really don't want to see a ending like the 2011 Monte Carlo F1 race.

FranchittiFan wrote:I was thinking, we have sim damage for the races, what happens halfway through a race if theres a huge crash and a driver is upside down on the racing line and cant be turned over due to the sim damage setting???

I really don't want to see a ending like the 2011 Monte Carlo F1 race.

The car ghosts i believe.

after a while, yes.

FranchittiFan wrote:I was thinking, we have sim damage for the races, what happens halfway through a race if theres a huge crash and a driver is upside down on the racing line and cant be turned over due to the sim damage setting???

I think in such case the driver should immediately tell the location of accident and the back out from race. This should remove the car from track.

In that event a corner caution should be thrown, so that the flipped driver can ensure he gets his miles. Then back out when the area is clear just to be safe in the event the car re-flips and lag spike for him leaving...

If he does so quickly, may not need a caution. But if in the chaos another driver or two get collected and all of them are blocking the track a red flag or caution should be thrown to sort out the miles and drivers. Just to safe from any other accidents or lag damage that could occur in such an event.

sbiggs wrote:so would it be preferable to have no roll off at all, and let people find their own space?

Yes.

! totally forgot about quitting out lol

F4H bandicoot wrote:

sbiggs wrote:so would it be preferable to have no roll off at all, and let people find their own space?

Yes.

this 1 or 1 sec roll off at the max.

sbiggs wrote:so would it be preferable to have no roll off at all, and let people find their own space?

Definitely, the roll off is not needed in the Endurance qualifying, that way everyone gets the full 15 minutes, plenty of time to make their own space and get their laps in. Only need the roll off for Sprint qualifying where it's a fixed number of laps.

agreed however drivers must be smart and not block others starting laps or hitting others while finding space.

Collisions are off anyway

Scrapping the roll off is just so everyone gets the full 15 minutes, rather than some sitting on the grid waiting for up to a minute

This really should happen - I lost 45 seconds of quali time due to the roll-off.

It doesn't sound like a lot but even a couple of seconds could be the difference between getting an extra lap.

sorry what I meant was not going into another drivers ghost during a lap.

That can't really be helped though, especially if there's a mix of GT3 and GT4 cars in the qualifying lobby!

[quote="FranchittiFan"]sorry what I meant was not going into another drivers ghost during a lap. [/quote
That will be upto the drivers and also that was happening anyway due to the variation in pace between drivers and classes

suggest 0 roll off quali set to 11 laps

stop once start lap 11

CQR MAGiC wrote:

sbiggs wrote:so would it be preferable to have no roll off at all, and let people find their own space?

Definitely, the roll off is not needed in the Endurance qualifying, that way everyone gets the full 15 minutes, plenty of time to make their own space and get their laps in. Only need the roll off for Sprint qualifying where it's a fixed number of laps.

+1

SelectiveRogue wrote:suggest 0 roll off quali set to 11 laps

stop once start lap 11

Not really be better to have no roll and still run 15 mins then 5 minutes take down time having a timer puts a little added pressure in trying to get an extra lap from somewhere

CQR Jono wrote:This really should happen - I lost 45 seconds of quali time due to the roll-off.

It doesn't sound like a lot but even a couple of seconds could be the difference between getting an extra lap.

I have been saying this for some time.....I missed my fasted lap at nurb8 by 2 seconds while waiting for a minute on the roll off.
But the comment was that in X minutes you have plenty of time to set a fast lap.

And when i asked for fixed laps (you can easly calculate how many laps go in 15 min)
the comment was that then the GT3's have to wait on the GT4's...and that would slow down the night.......

And there would be no change to the rules.

Watched the replay and what a nice finish but couldn't help but notice a couple things.

b0x why did you take out the braking markers and cut the sharp turn.


Why you flaaaaaaaaaaame?

ninety-secondth place.

dammit.

How many races is this? Is it just qualifying then the race?

Yep