Re: Sebring 12 Hours Race Day Thread

by LastNewtStandin Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 11:59

Richy59 wrote:Just sorting through them, huge news in LMP1

by **ATR DAN** Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 12:01

Richy59 wrote:Just sorting through them, huge news in LMP1

OMG! I cannot wait any longer! bounce

by CredibleWizard Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 12:02

I know.. I'm trying to see where CRA team 3 finished in GT!! And Team 2 in LMP!!

by **Richy59** Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 12:03

New is not as huge as I thought. C lobby was recorded wrong at the end - probably my fault - so will need to think of a way of evening it up. I have the order, but everyone finished on the same lap.

by ShrinkingSteven Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 12:10

Richy59 wrote:New is not as huge as I thought. C lobby was recorded wrong at the end - probably my fault - so will need to think of a way of evening it up. I have the order, but everyone finished on the same lap.

Erm....oh....sorry its my fault Richy not yours I made the error.

by **Richy59** Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 12:11

No it's my fault, I should have said. We kind of forced you into hosting, so I take the blame. It's ok, we think we have a way to work back the way with it.

by ShrinkingSteven Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 12:13

Ahh its okay but I apologise fpr the extra work you guys have to do. Mad

by EMW Takum1 Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 12:18

Well at 15 mins to go I was half way around the track if that's any help ? So mine would be 2 miles less

by **Richy59** Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 12:39

Just watched the stream back, sorry for the piss poor quality on my end. No idea why my PC decided to reset all my settings. Will get it sorted for Le Mans.

by Guest Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 13:20

Flyin Mikey J wrote:
Flyin Mikey J wrote:
CQR Aero wrote:
CQR Aero wrote:
Flyin Mikey J wrote:I just noticed that on the Live Timing in Stint 2 C Lobby CQR Chris has more miles than I do... I passed him an hour into the stint and had 4800 feet on him at the end

Hmmm, well I've only put in the information I was given. It's all formula driven based on distance from the lobby leader so the distance given for you was obviously greater than that for Chris. I'll double check Cain's PM.

Er, according to Cain's PM, Chris finished in 2nd, you finished 5th....

BloodYCaiN wrote:1st. Revisedspace 214 miles
2nd. CQR Chris -11,086.
3rd. Maneatingbrick -14,830. 211
4th. Iz Gundham -32,099.
5th. Flying Mikey -87,983. 197
6th. OCR Project -109,601. 193
7th. MGR Ginger -156,863. 184
8th. Montecarlo -164,464
9th. Spartan -165,567. 182
10th. Scuderia -176,247. 180
11th. Teddygtr -176,269. 180
12th. BloodYCaiN -184,429

That result was wrong. I was behind GundaM, and ahead of Chris. Hoping that ManeatingBrick and GundaM will back me up on this, as they should know they were 2nd and 3rd in that lobby. I think that Cain may have forgot an "0" between the two 1s, as in "-101,xxx"

I finished sop far back, I should let this go... had we finished stronger I would worry about it.

But I thought of an explanation> Is it possible that CQR Chris misunderstood the question and gave distance from me, the next position up rather than the leader, when asked.

Yes i was 5th, Couldnt really hear but sorry for confusion.

by Texaspotatolord Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 14:54

Just like to say hats off to the organizers for this event. I can't even imagine running something this big, and you guys did a fantastic job with it.

My six hours were some of the best six hours I've had racing yet, and some of the most satisfying.

Cannot wait to come back for Le Mans! This time my qualifying won't be crap.

by **Radiation Louis** Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 15:46

Texaspotatolord wrote:Just like to say hats off to the organizers for this event. I can't even imagine running something this big, and you guys did a fantastic job with it.

My six hours were some of the best six hours I've had racing yet, and some of the most satisfying.

Cannot wait to come back for Le Mans! This time my qualifying won't be crap.

Qualifying means nothing in a race like these just race your arse off Smile

by **ATR DAN** Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 15:48

GRT 458Italia wrote:
ATR DAN wrote:
GRT 458Italia wrote:Does 'But hey, I've thoroughly enjoyed my racing return' mean you're back and racing again?

No! I meant just Sebring was my brief return. Sorry to confuse you mate
bummer
got all excited then
how about Le Mans?

Yep! I'll be racing at Le Mans mate. Don't you worry Wink

One thing you and everyone need to realise that I will never give up online racing. I'm just taking some time away to concentrate on real commitments and improve my life. Once I've done so, then I'll return full time.

by Texaspotatolord Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 15:56

Yeah I know. qualied crap, but our race was fantastic. I just hate doing bad in qualifying.

by TLR Scrublord Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 15:58

A Lobby must have been carnage for my team to win xD

by Texaspotatolord Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 16:02

Yeah. The battle was always in B lobby between our teams.

by Mandown46 Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 16:02

XBR Mad Dog wrote:A Lobby must have been carnage for my team to win xD

Are the results up yet? I cant find them Sad

by Texaspotatolord Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 16:03

I don't think they're final, but Maddog's team had a huge lead over everyone else.

by Mandown46 Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 16:05

Texaspotatolord wrote:I don't think they're final, but Maddog's team had a huge lead over everyone else.

Ahh cool, Im just waiting so I can try and work out what could have been, had my third driver, driven. Neutral

by TLR Scrublord Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 16:06

The lowest amount of miles I recorded in a stint was 186 chuffed with it tbh

by Texaspotatolord Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 16:07

Lol. I did like 186.7 every stint.

by Guest Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 16:09

Anyone have the replay from Lobby A Stint 3?

by MOPAR001 Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 18:01

STR Warspite GB wrote:Anyone have the replay from Lobby A Stint 3?

On my storefront now. Search for TORA TEC A 3

by Guest Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 18:04

MOPAR001 wrote:
STR Warspite GB wrote:Anyone have the replay from Lobby A Stint 3?

On my storefront now. Search for TORA TEC A 3

Cheers mate

by F4H Hakkinen Sun 10 Mar 2013 - 22:03

Thanks for everyone's efforts in running the 12 hours of Sebring here at TORA. I love the concept and I know many people enjoy it.

I feel like the distance thing is the way forward and it works quite well. It's a pity Forza have it this way in which the user has to improvise but that's the way it is.

Our team really got put through the ringer yesterday. Between lag spike crashes, getting draft braked into and lag outs. I feel our team never really had a fair shout at any point for anything. Everyone's very disappointed and at the end of the day we just want to enjoy ourselves and race and it becomes worse when you have nothing to race for at the end of the day. I wonder when our bad luck will end. All I can tell my guys is to suck it up, move on and look ahead for Le Mans.

Lastly, I was very disappointed with the inconsistency in the starting grids. One moment is qualifying, next it's race orders. Lobby A in stint 3 we have 3 LMP's at the back of all the GT cars. Why would you do that? It completely ruined the race for us from the very start. We had nothing to race for. They don't do this is real life because stints don't exist. I really hope that this never comes into play again because you jeopardise a persons results, race and also the GT cars at the start of the race. Also the fact that this was done on a whim is extremely discouraging. There is no point organising a fantastic event like you guys have done so if you drop the ball and overlook something so simple.

I also think you guys need to address lag outs. We've had everyone forward their ports and address their modems. I need to ask what you want us to do? Is it just a case of 'oh well, tough luck for you guys!'. There has to be a system in place that protects the people who lag out AND the people who don't do they don't feel unjust. Nobody here wants to win an event because of lagouts. We won Le Mans last year and honestly, it didn't feel too great. We won by an enormous amount because people lagged out. I would rather have seen them get something and keep them in the hunt, keep them in the chase against us.

Now I know some of you will question this and that's fine but you have to remember that everyone puts in effort to be here, it is a game at the end of the day and everyone wants to have fun. That's why we do this no? I know some will say, 'but what happens if someone crashes on lap 5 and then quits and says they lagged out', well I don't have an answer for that. The guys on stream usually catch everything and the chances of a crash being seen are pretty high anyway with 14-15 cars on track plus streaming. I'm sure you guys will ask many questions.

I guess my argument is, can we as a community figure out a system that will work. Everybody give their thoughts. This issue is ruining these events for some people and my team, CQR and others were at the wrong end of this yesterday and undoubtedly the results would have been a little different in parts.

Once again thanks for everything. We will be at Le Mans to defend our crown. Me, Bullet, Hamilton and Bandicoot along with the rest of our army haha..I look forward to seeing everyone there.

EDIT: Oh and Congratulations to the winners!

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