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Title: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 12, 2014, 09:56:24 PM
Let's try and have a race night this Thursday, with a qualify session and then three races.
BMW Z4 GT3
McLaren MP4-12C GT3
P4/5 Competizione

Track: Imola

Practice 7:30pm - 8:30pm Eastern
Qualifying 8:30pm - 8:45pm
3 x 5 laps

Teamspeak: ts.xgn.com.au

PM me your Steam Community GUID e.g. 76561197992453305, which you can find in My documents/assetto corsa/cfg/race.ini, and your car selection, and I can pre-book you on the server, so you can join at any time during practice/qualifying.

Thursday night won't be a regular night at this stage, just working it in around other commitments.

Entries
1. 9Metal, BMW
2. Bird, McLaren
3. GWYAR, BMW
4. BJSRacer, BMW
5. Bacchulum, McLaren
6. Wally, P 4/5
7. Flattop, McLaren
8. Vipergod, McLaren
9. Freezer, BMW
10. DaveO, BMW
11. Glen73, BMW
12. Rob, P 4/5
13. Gratulin, BMW
14. cramjet, BMW
15. Snakeyes, BMW
16. Marty, BMW
17. Speedfreak, BMW
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Glen73 on May 13, 2014, 08:35:54 AM
Thanks wally, there was a small update update 7.9M last night, did anyone else get it and what was it.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: rob on May 13, 2014, 11:16:15 AM
Hey Glen, not sure which one it was, but has to be one of these.

rob

http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/early-access-update-0-9-and-alpha-multiplayer.9373/#post-145802
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Glen73 on May 13, 2014, 11:27:56 AM
Yer thanks, seems to be another 9M out today. Good to see they are on top of things.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Snakeyes on May 13, 2014, 12:44:32 PM
Will get this info tonight. Should be ok to make it.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Freezer on May 13, 2014, 03:10:56 PM
Im in, I will find the number Wally.  This has been a long time coming...!
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bacchulum on May 13, 2014, 04:17:38 PM
Do we know if we can use skins others don't have?
I guess I can test it on the night. ;)
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bruce on May 13, 2014, 04:29:15 PM
I will be there too, I have had a couple of races on the public servers and a couple of laps on your server from Sunday Wally,
cheers.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 13, 2014, 07:22:19 PM
Do we know if we can use skins others don't have?
I guess I can test it on the night. ;)
As far as I know, that's not implemented yet.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 13, 2014, 08:12:38 PM
Guys, don't forget to PM me or post your car selection. That's pre-configured in the server entry list as well.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bird on May 13, 2014, 09:40:24 PM
Oh shit, I did forget that.  Put me down for ...I dunno...let's try the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 :)
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 13, 2014, 10:26:16 PM
Server is up with entrants so far. See how you go entering the server - you shouldn't have to book. It's on a 10 min prac/5 lap race cycle.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 14, 2014, 08:18:53 AM
Please try to join the server as soon as you can, so I can see if I have the entry list right. I've had to put your name in the entry list, and I don't think the name has to match your steam name or AC name or anything like that (I can join alright), but it would be good to check.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: BJSRacer on May 14, 2014, 11:58:07 AM
I got in ok, everyone's car sitting in the pits :)
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 14, 2014, 12:43:13 PM
Great. I assume BJSRacer isn't also your AC nickname? I might have just fluked  it. It's weird to see all the cars there isn't it. All to avoid a little join lag...
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bird on May 14, 2014, 01:06:08 PM
I've tried just now and got in without problems.  Same, all cars are in the pits.

One note;  there's an artificial join lag; you have to wait ~30s after clicking on the server in the list before you can actually join (it counts down)
No idea why, but good to know.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 14, 2014, 01:24:11 PM
Yeah, I don't know why that's there. It doesn't seem to be anything you can change.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bruce on May 14, 2014, 02:25:08 PM
I got in ok, everyone's car sitting in the pits :)
Great looks like a few laps tonight are in order.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bacchulum on May 14, 2014, 04:18:38 PM
I'm good to join Wally. ;)
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Glen73 on May 14, 2014, 07:27:19 PM
Joined, all good, cheers
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bird on May 14, 2014, 08:49:38 PM
Farkennel, this car isn't easy to drive fast.  I'm around 6s off the wr (!) That's significant.  And I'm crashing all the time.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 14, 2014, 09:01:18 PM
I'm experimenting with sessions - you might see me futzing around restarting the server etc. tonight.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Simone on May 14, 2014, 09:34:05 PM
cant see the server anymore?
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 14, 2014, 09:37:29 PM
cant see the server anymore?
It should still be there... I've tried to set it up on a prac/race/prac/race cycle in one configuration.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Gratulin on May 14, 2014, 09:45:35 PM
Was just on and everything working great! Thx. Noticed your restarts etc but seemed to cycle quite easily from a user perspective.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Dave O on May 14, 2014, 09:50:43 PM
No problems here, jumped in 3 times prac/2lap races, all went ok.  :)
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 14, 2014, 09:56:34 PM
No problems here, jumped in 3 times prac/2lap races, all went ok.  :)

Did you get kicked from the server after every race, or did you stay there for the next practice session?
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: cramjet on May 14, 2014, 10:26:20 PM
Hey Wally I PM'd you twice I think but when I look at my sent messages I can't see anything there. Can you add me to the server when you get a chance? 76561197993182629 and ill take the BMW thanks!
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 14, 2014, 10:43:57 PM
Hey Wally I PM'd you twice I think but when I look at my sent messages I can't see anything there. Can you add me to the server when you get a chance? 76561197993182629 and ill take the BMW thanks!

Welcome! You're in.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 14, 2014, 10:47:53 PM
I need to emphasise that this is a first time test for us, to see how the server handles the load. Be prepared for the worst!
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Simone on May 15, 2014, 08:36:03 AM
Nha! tried this morning and I cant see the www.xgn.com.au server anymore.I joined it the other day without problem,,,,bah!!!
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Glen73 on May 15, 2014, 09:07:15 AM
Nha! tried this morning and I cant see the www.xgn.com.au server anymore.I joined it the other day without problem,,,,bah!!!

It's up because I was just on it  ;D

You realise you have to wait a 20 seconds for all the servers to populate the screen, once that is done I change the order to lowest ping and there it is.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bruce on May 15, 2014, 09:12:35 AM
Hey Wally I PM'd you twice I think but when I look at my sent messages I can't see anything there. Can you add me to the server when you get a chance? 76561197993182629 and ill take the BMW thanks!
howdy cramjet, there is a check box that is "off" by default to save a copy to your "sent" folder.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bird on May 15, 2014, 09:52:35 AM
Nha! tried this morning and I cant see the www.xgn.com.au server anymore.I joined it the other day without problem,,,,bah!!!

It's up because I was just on it  ;D

You realise you have to wait a 20 seconds for all the servers to populate the screen, once that is done I change the order to lowest ping and there it is.

That, and it's very easy to filter it out by those filters...they aren't straightforward, some should be on by default, some off, to show all servers...
Some filters are logically reversed.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 15, 2014, 10:23:38 AM
Just search for XGN in the search box .
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Glen73 on May 15, 2014, 11:07:11 AM
I for the life of me can not find this number
 
PM me your Steam Community GUID e.g. 76561197992453305, which you can find in My documents/assetto corsa/cfg/race.ini, and your car selection, and I can pre-book you on the server, so you can join at any time during practice/qualifying.

Ive updated everything today had couple of race's off line do I need to do a race on line for this number to appear ????

when I open the race.ini this is what I get
[RACE]
Here is where my GUI is, Classified is my Main Board manufacturer so it is my "computer" name.

C:\Users\Classified\Documents\Assetto Corsa\cfg

Once in Assetto Corsa in your documents folder click on "race" ini and there you will find your GUI.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: SpeedFreak on May 15, 2014, 11:10:03 AM
All good Glen ...once I did a online race I now have a number so will post that off to Wally

And I will take a BMW
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 15, 2014, 11:59:57 AM
Got it Jeff.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: rob on May 15, 2014, 04:43:26 PM
Hi Wally,

I realize it's a bit late to be suggesting this, but do you think it might be an idea for everybody to use default skins, at least for the first race? In case it goes belly up at least we can rule out one of the variables.

rob
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bacchulum on May 15, 2014, 05:04:07 PM
I've tried using my skin but it doesn't let you.
You're just assigned one, there's no choice (at this point).
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 15, 2014, 06:11:40 PM
I'm assigning random skins for now. For some reason, you have to specify it in the entry list, all part of minimising join lag I suppose.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Simone on May 15, 2014, 06:48:14 PM
Nha! tried this morning and I cant see the www.xgn.com.au server anymore.I joined it the other day without problem,,,,bah!!!

It's up because I was just on it  ;D

You realise you have to wait a 20 seconds for all the servers to populate the screen, once that is done I change the order to lowest ping and there it is.

YEA!    I do
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Simone on May 15, 2014, 06:50:03 PM
Just search for XGN in the search box .

It does not work,i tried several times but the search icon does not work,it does nothing.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 15, 2014, 07:01:38 PM
Just search for XGN in the search box .

It does not work,i tried several times but the search icon does not work,it does nothing.

Try now - there is no entry list, and there is a booking session again.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bird on May 15, 2014, 08:31:04 PM
setup for the mclaren

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Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: kayman on May 15, 2014, 08:39:38 PM
Do you have to wait for the next session to expire before you can join???
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 15, 2014, 09:06:55 PM
Do you have to wait for the next session to expire before you can join???
If I've got your GUID and you're on the entry list, you can join. I don't think I have your GUID (see the first post).
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: cramjet on May 15, 2014, 09:51:11 PM
Ok, so that was strange.

I had just finished my second lap of the race and was shot into the air or something and sent back to the pits. Took off again and evidently crossed the line into my third lap. I guess that's an exploit but I did not do it intentionally!

Pretty fun race otherwise. First lap was much cleaner (from what I saw) than I would have imagined.

Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 15, 2014, 10:51:24 PM
Ok, so that was strange.

I had just finished my second lap of the race and was shot into the air or something and sent back to the pits. Took off again and evidently crossed the line into my third lap. I guess that's an exploit but I did not do it intentionally!

Pretty fun race otherwise. First lap was much cleaner (from what I saw) than I would have imagined.

Yeah, a few people (but not everyone) in race 1 were mysteriously teleported back to the pits. I don't know what that was. Races 2 and 3 were solid, although they did have less people. Overall, I think the server was solid enough.

Thanks to everyone for joining in. Next time, for those not on teamspeak, it's easier if you are. Server is ts.xgn.com.au and the password is the same as the server password (PM me if you don't know it).
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Freezer on May 16, 2014, 12:18:55 AM
From where I was there was a few small jitters with the cars around me (minor though) and I didn't get thrown out or similar.
I had a great race(BMW) with Istvan and one of the other guys (forgot name) and was honing in on 1st when a small spin saw me back to 7th.
2nd race in the Maclaren was not so good mainly due to it being very light in the rear under braking and I kept having spins.
Updates: I'm sure Wally could do with more control over sessions etc and a digital fuel read out wouldn't go astray plus a leaderboard.  (although there is probably an add on somewhere for those.).
Good first run.... :)
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Glen73 on May 16, 2014, 07:30:57 AM
I thought the night was very positive, a few glitches are to be expected but over all I thought it went very well considering what Wally has to work with within the current server options. First lap of race one everyone was very well behaved quickly assuming the racing line. Also excited about the pit area and how much setup changes actually change the car. Wear rate on the tires seems pretty good.

Thanks and see you all again for the next meet.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Wally on May 16, 2014, 08:08:48 AM
There is a standings app somewhere in the game already, and I'm sure you can get a fuel readout somewhere in an app.

Not bad for the first release of an alpha feature. Hopefully we'll get more maturing options every week. It was a little bit jittery though, with the cars not looking like they move totally naturally yet, but I'm sure that will improve. During practice, I was on David Gibson's rear bumper for one lap - the close racing without contacts was excellent by the netcode.

I had a go in the McLaren and found it nice and predictable to drive. All I changed was one more click of rear wing.

In both of the last two races I was traveling alright until a kerb made me spin. Could have done with some damper tuning probably.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: BJSRacer on May 16, 2014, 08:21:50 AM
Thanks gents for a good night's lapping/racing, Alpha netcode seems not to bad. I had the obvious issues already mentioned, ie a flying car into T1, other than that, rock on A/C :D
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Snakeyes on May 16, 2014, 08:25:38 AM
Sorry i did not make it last night guys :( Net went down yesterday and wont be back up till like 5 pm today (posting this at uni).

Hopefully will make the next one!
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bird on May 16, 2014, 08:35:03 AM
It was good fun indeed.

The only trouble: we are unable to run a proper race just yet; there's no finishing for everyone :/

Btw comparing the BMW to the McLaren;
The beemer is more forgiving, a bit lazier, and does not turn as well it seems. But it can still bite.
The mclaren is really tricky to drive, you have to be ready for that rear end overtaking all the time. You have to be really gentle with the controls. But if you can do that it's razor sharp, turns exactly the way you want it to.   The sound is somewhat of a letdown, though :)
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Simone on May 16, 2014, 08:54:09 AM
Good to hear you had fun guys!
Tried again this morning and the server was there(go figure) still the search window is not working to me.Is there a way to make the XGN server favourite?
Shame I had this problem the last two days,i was looking forward to kicking those  xgn guys ass...next time!   ;D ;D
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bird on May 16, 2014, 10:06:52 AM
I really don't know what you're doing 9, but you should try and jump on the TS when we're all there and I'm sure we can sort it out.
Basically all you need to do:
- write "xgn" into the search box
- hit the refresh server list button
- wait

in about 30 seconds it should show, (unless it's filtered out by something I guess)
The filters are best: on/on/on/off if I remember correctly  (stupid, eh, some are really reverse-logic filters. Bloody Italians! :D )
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Glen73 on May 16, 2014, 10:18:49 AM
The sound is somewhat of a letdown, though :)

Sound is a bit of a let down, hopefully will get better. Going to get a new headset today (not that it will improve AC sound  ;D
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bird on May 16, 2014, 01:14:59 PM
The sound is somewhat of a letdown, though :)

Sound is a bit of a let down, hopefully will get better. Going to get a new headset today (not that it will improve AC sound  ;D
I meant the car - the McLaren :)  Otherwise it sounds ok to me.  (SB reckon 3D + Audiotechnica AD700)
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Glen73 on May 16, 2014, 01:17:43 PM
The sound is somewhat of a letdown, though :)

Sound is a bit of a let down, hopefully will get better. Going to get a new headset today (not that it will improve AC sound  ;D
I meant the car - the McLaren :)  Otherwise it sounds ok to me.  (SB reckon 3D + Audiotechnica AD700)

Nice, I just picked up some Audiotechnica ATH-ADG1's  ;D
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Bruce on May 16, 2014, 02:35:11 PM
Certainly impressed with last night's test run. The netcode allowed close racing without unrealistic collisions. 
Experienced a little warping and early in the evening noted the cars were gliding around turn in front of me like "The Penguin" in The Blues Brothers.
The McClaren only needed to have the fuel adjusted, fitting the super softs made the car feel very loose, may have needed tyre pressures adjusted to suit? Can't give a comparison, but my opinion it was well behaved at the speeds I drive at!  ::)
Race 1 I had a "black" screen, then a little low level flying with loss of control to the game at full throttle, then a flying leap in time and space to the pits.
Certainly happy with being an alpha. Sorry I left without a 'bye your leave', you were all in a very heavy discussion...
Looking forward to the next session, time to try one of the other selections.
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Vipergod on May 16, 2014, 06:47:33 PM
My 1 race was very fun
Had a good tussle with Dave O
No glitches that i can recall
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: Dave O on May 16, 2014, 08:49:01 PM
Yeah great night... for an alpha release went pretty well I reckon.  Got some homework to do, some of you guy's at the
pointy end are pretty fast   ;D
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: kayman on May 16, 2014, 09:00:01 PM
Ahh ok. I will have to send you my GUID next time im on so I can join. Couldnt find another server to join last night that was populated
Title: Re: Fun race Thursday night
Post by: marty on May 18, 2014, 08:29:44 PM
I had fun racing last Thursday, we had a strange glitch that killed race 1 before the leaders finished and I found out trying to run even a 5 lap race on soft GT3 tyres makes things interesting but not very easy or fast. Switching to mediums after made it much easier to drive either car even on such a short race.

Soft tyres are only at their best for a lap or 2 after being warmed up and also change quite a bit each race I was pretty much drifting the thing trying to stay with the guys up front in the first race. A few more laps for the races would be nice but was good to drive with some quick and clean drivers on the night.
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