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« on: August 13, 2015, 02:30:41 PM »
Ahahah, Marty: the simple fact that you took my joke even a little bit seriously speaks for how much passion you put into this. Amazing.
Of course what I really meant is for you to make a video or so of particular events that people talk about after race or in race reports, that would already be amazing.
BTW, loved the warping post on AC forum. Without slow motion I did not even understand which car warped. Just apparent reality seemed to be in multiple quantum states at the same time for a split instant.
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« on: August 13, 2015, 02:00:13 PM »
Marty: how much do you want for slow-motion race analysis every Wednesday night, reviewing the best and/or most controversial moments of Monday's race?
Maybe you can stream it live à la Stefano. I'd watch it.
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« on: August 13, 2015, 10:42:42 AM »
Hi Christopher. I am sorry you felt my pass was unfair. After race I checked my replay as I wanted to be sure I was not unfair there. For all I can see, I entered the corner clean, stayed completely on the inside line throughout the pass, and we touched when your front wheel was half a car behind mine. Also, from the replay it seems that there was plenty more space on the outside and that you turned into the inside line while I was there.
I am very sorry you felt I was not fair. As it might well be possible that my interpretation of the replay is wrong, I apologize.
Cheers!
I have always raced with the attitude that it's the passing cars responsibility to pull it off safely, it's a rule I picked up here many years ago and it has served me well. I gave you more than a cars width on the inside and it still wasn't enough. The fact of the matter is you would not have got the position without the bump and that's what I am unhappy about. You had a car advantage over me and you still felt the need to push your case through a fast tight corner, that really only has one line on lap one of a 17 lap race...
At the end of the day rubbing is racing and no harm no fowl. Just giving my opinion on the events.
I apologize. Found myself side-by-side with you during the straight and thought to go for the pass. I did not know what car you were in and whether I had an advantage. All I knew is that I would have accepted to be passed there in those circumstances and I would have not closed the line. I am a very inexperienced driver and so I am very happy to learn more from you guys. I will look again at the replay and will try to learn to improve from there. Thank you for letting me know.
I took a look at the replay and assume you guys are talking about race 2 lap 1 piratella, in the replay I cant see Grat having done anything wrong. He was inside and even ahead to the apex with 2 wheels over the line on the left yet got squeezed, I think Christoph was a bit harder done by on the exit of Aqua minerali where Simone re entered and hit him side on. I really struggle to see what Grat may have done different there as there is no reason he cant make a move there and I have been side by side through just about every turn with people at Imola without issues in the past.
Its going to slow down both cars but if you both concede some line and pace to each other you can get through all these corners side by side. In race 2 GB could have challenged me a little more earlier but he saw when he did it was slowing us both down and bringing Jeremey more into play. Seeing he had the extra ballast then he was going to be more of a sitting duck if he got slowed too much in a battle, even the time he did the small dive bomb into the chicane I saw it coming so went more left and he went more right so as to avoid contact. I was entitled to take my normal line but it would have meant we would have crashed.
But in the incident with Grat here I think he simply wasn't left racing room, also contact was before the apex so hard to say if he would have scrubbed wide coming in too hot. But seeing the collision was already there the way id see it is the outside car was at fault, contact itself was very minor too but I don't think Grat drove unfairly or gained any advantage having left as much room as he possibly could have.
I'm sorry Wally, but I disagree. I both slowed down considerably and left room for grat. I would have had to nearly stop my car if I was going to give up any more track space there, grat was passing me and I gave him room at that point it's his job to get around that corner on the piece of track he has chosen and he couldn't do it without hitting me. Closing the line?? The track went to the left and so did I... I knew he was there and did my best to give space. My point here is that I was not trying to be defensive in that moment. I was simply trying to get through lap one.
Christopher: I wish you understand that I have nothing personal with you here and that I am answering only because I wish to see better your point and trying to understand what I can do in the future. The point I tried to make, and---as far as I understand---also Marty makes, is that if I have my two inside wheels on the white line at the moment we touch, then it means that you did not leave a car-width for me. You seem to assume that I would have got wide without the bump, but I do not understand why you think so. From what I can see in the replay, it looks like I was making the corner exactly on the inside line, leaving you all the rest of the track. I am not saying you should have left more space necessarily, but once I am on the apex I cannot do more than stay on the inside white line.
I understand you think I should have not attempted the pass in the first place. But if you think my line is dangerous while in the corner, I would like to understand why you think so. Any new information is really good for me at this stage.
In any case: I promise I will try to be more conservative in future occasions, as I really do not wish to annoy anybody. You seem to be a really nice guy, so I am sorry I did it.
Hugs,
grat
This is not personal and I just want my opinion understood too. I have been sim racing for nearly a decade now and I know how to steer a simulated car around a simulated race track, especially in wheel to wheel battles. I could give multiple credentials of other racers who would be willing to vouch for my ability to battle wheel to wheel in a clean fair way, a lot of them are ex XGN racers. There are two sides to every story, it takes two to tango, yada yada and I accept that, but I should be able to post my race report without having to defend it on two separate occasions.
I take your point and this post does make me feel better, but in future I am just going not post race reports I think.
Hi Christopher: absolutely I did not mean to either (i) suggest you were not an experienced racer or (ii) make you "defend" your post. I mentioned several times I am really inexperienced and I only wanted to "defend" myself, as from your report it might have sounded like I was a really unfair guy. This being my first race with all of you, I just did not want to give a bad impression to everybody. Only that. As for Marty: I cannot speak for him, but my sense is he (i) really likes to talk about racing contacts and (ii) maybe wanted to help the new guy (me). PLEASE keep posting your race reports. I beg you. I would feel horrible if you do not because of me. Race reports are great! I love them. And even when they generate a bit of a polemic. Why not? I learned a lot about how others can feel my moves affect them. Maybe others new to simracing like me learned as well. PLEASE have a beer on me ( if you're in Sydney, I am more than happy to actually do this in first person) and keep posting as you did before! Cheers!
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« on: August 13, 2015, 10:06:09 AM »
Hi Christopher. I am sorry you felt my pass was unfair. After race I checked my replay as I wanted to be sure I was not unfair there. For all I can see, I entered the corner clean, stayed completely on the inside line throughout the pass, and we touched when your front wheel was half a car behind mine. Also, from the replay it seems that there was plenty more space on the outside and that you turned into the inside line while I was there.
I am very sorry you felt I was not fair. As it might well be possible that my interpretation of the replay is wrong, I apologize.
Cheers!
I have always raced with the attitude that it's the passing cars responsibility to pull it off safely, it's a rule I picked up here many years ago and it has served me well. I gave you more than a cars width on the inside and it still wasn't enough. The fact of the matter is you would not have got the position without the bump and that's what I am unhappy about. You had a car advantage over me and you still felt the need to push your case through a fast tight corner, that really only has one line on lap one of a 17 lap race...
At the end of the day rubbing is racing and no harm no fowl. Just giving my opinion on the events.
I apologize. Found myself side-by-side with you during the straight and thought to go for the pass. I did not know what car you were in and whether I had an advantage. All I knew is that I would have accepted to be passed there in those circumstances and I would have not closed the line. I am a very inexperienced driver and so I am very happy to learn more from you guys. I will look again at the replay and will try to learn to improve from there. Thank you for letting me know.
I took a look at the replay and assume you guys are talking about race 2 lap 1 piratella, in the replay I cant see Grat having done anything wrong. He was inside and even ahead to the apex with 2 wheels over the line on the left yet got squeezed, I think Christoph was a bit harder done by on the exit of Aqua minerali where Simone re entered and hit him side on. I really struggle to see what Grat may have done different there as there is no reason he cant make a move there and I have been side by side through just about every turn with people at Imola without issues in the past.
Its going to slow down both cars but if you both concede some line and pace to each other you can get through all these corners side by side. In race 2 GB could have challenged me a little more earlier but he saw when he did it was slowing us both down and bringing Jeremey more into play. Seeing he had the extra ballast then he was going to be more of a sitting duck if he got slowed too much in a battle, even the time he did the small dive bomb into the chicane I saw it coming so went more left and he went more right so as to avoid contact. I was entitled to take my normal line but it would have meant we would have crashed.
But in the incident with Grat here I think he simply wasn't left racing room, also contact was before the apex so hard to say if he would have scrubbed wide coming in too hot. But seeing the collision was already there the way id see it is the outside car was at fault, contact itself was very minor too but I don't think Grat drove unfairly or gained any advantage having left as much room as he possibly could have.
I'm sorry Wally, but I disagree. I both slowed down considerably and left room for grat. I would have had to nearly stop my car if I was going to give up any more track space there, grat was passing me and I gave him room at that point it's his job to get around that corner on the piece of track he has chosen and he couldn't do it without hitting me. Closing the line?? The track went to the left and so did I... I knew he was there and did my best to give space. My point here is that I was not trying to be defensive in that moment. I was simply trying to get through lap one.
Christopher: I wish you understand that I have nothing personal with you here and that I am answering only because I wish to see better your point and trying to understand what I can do in the future. The point I tried to make, and---as far as I understand---also Marty makes, is that if I have my two inside wheels on the white line at the moment we touch, then it means that you did not leave a car-width for me. You seem to assume that I would have got wide without the bump, but I do not understand why you think so. From what I can see in the replay, it looks like I was making the corner exactly on the inside line, leaving you all the rest of the track. I am not saying you should have left more space necessarily, but once I am on the apex I cannot do more than stay on the inside white line. I understand you think I should have not attempted the pass in the first place. But if you think my line is dangerous while in the corner, I would like to understand why you think so. Any new information is really good for me at this stage. In any case: I promise I will try to be more conservative in future occasions, as I really do not wish to annoy anybody. You seem to be a really nice guy, so I am sorry I did it. Hugs, grat
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« on: August 13, 2015, 09:53:35 AM »
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« on: August 12, 2015, 07:19:53 PM »
Dear Wally, Rolz and I would like to announce the creation of Delayed Arrivals Racingadmitting acronyms as DAR or DA Racing. As our budget was too low, we had to look for sponsors, and we are proud to announce our partnership with Kellogg's ( http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/kelloggs-lotus-evora-gtc.2146/). Thanks a lot!
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« on: August 12, 2015, 04:54:31 PM »
My fault. 
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« on: August 12, 2015, 03:17:24 PM »
Hi Stan: can you tell me if I got it right. I must download your WeatherTech on my content\cars\ folders and then you will appear on server as such? Am I correct? (Did not do it before, so yesterday, with my great disappointment, you were just white).
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« on: August 12, 2015, 02:36:35 PM »
I'm in negotiations with a Russian connection {no rumours please Grat). It's looking promising. This approach, if it works, may open up Magione and Vallelunga as well.
Good! As a Russian-Italian household, we approve. Let us know if we can be of any help  And no worry:  .
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« on: August 12, 2015, 02:28:40 PM »
Hi Christopher. I am sorry you felt my pass was unfair. After race I checked my replay as I wanted to be sure I was not unfair there. For all I can see, I entered the corner clean, stayed completely on the inside line throughout the pass, and we touched when your front wheel was half a car behind mine. Also, from the replay it seems that there was plenty more space on the outside and that you turned into the inside line while I was there.
I am very sorry you felt I was not fair. As it might well be possible that my interpretation of the replay is wrong, I apologize.
Cheers!
I have always raced with the attitude that it's the passing cars responsibility to pull it off safely, it's a rule I picked up here many years ago and it has served me well. I gave you more than a cars width on the inside and it still wasn't enough. The fact of the matter is you would not have got the position without the bump and that's what I am unhappy about. You had a car advantage over me and you still felt the need to push your case through a fast tight corner, that really only has one line on lap one of a 17 lap race...
At the end of the day rubbing is racing and no harm no fowl. Just giving my opinion on the events.
I apologize. Found myself side-by-side with you during the straight and thought to go for the pass. I did not know what car you were in and whether I had an advantage. All I knew is that I would have accepted to be passed there in those circumstances and I would have not closed the line. I am a very inexperienced driver and so I am very happy to learn more from you guys. I will look again at the replay and will try to learn to improve from there. Thank you for letting me know.
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« on: August 12, 2015, 11:42:37 AM »
Hi Christopher. I am sorry you felt my pass was unfair. After race I checked my replay as I wanted to be sure I was not unfair there. For all I can see, I entered the corner clean, stayed completely on the inside line throughout the pass, and we touched when your front wheel was half a car behind mine. Also, from the replay it seems that there was plenty more space on the outside and that you turned into the inside line while I was there.
I am very sorry you felt I was not fair. As it might well be possible that my interpretation of the replay is wrong, I apologize.
Cheers!
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« on: August 12, 2015, 09:49:18 AM »
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« on: August 12, 2015, 09:04:20 AM »
Rolz: I propose a truce! Let's team up, stop fighting each other, and focus on keeping StanDaam behind
lol sure! Just old StanDaam is usually closer to the front... So it was most enjoyable to tussle for places with him. 
Deal! Let's look for skins/liveries/whatever they are called and find a name, then.  Any idea?
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« on: August 12, 2015, 09:00:20 AM »
I was watching at the time and it did appear to me that Bafs was passed before the line due to running out of fuel.
It's all politics, GB. It's all politics! Wally is actually Stan Daam's manager, you know? How does this relate to Bafs? Well, Stan Daam's sponsor: Golden Yellow Ltd., is trying to sign Bafs up, and they are putting pressure on Wally, who's in troubles in the Netherlands because of an alleged bribe to add pit stalls at Zandvoort. And Golden Yellow being from Rotterdam, they have contacts there... The Daily Mirror also hinted that Casillo himself might be involved with Wally, although no official charges have been moved yet. And that is why he knows he can't ever laser-scan Zandvoort. It's all a big intrigue, GB. Stay out of this. Stay clean!
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