Season 7 - Round 7 - Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi

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[rip|buzinator]

>>Track Download<<
***Note: Includes modded GDB & AIW files, identical to teamrip server.

Hot Laps Cutoff: Midnight (Eastern USA) after race.

Wed, June 2nd 2010

Practice: 8:30pm Eastern
Qualifying: 9:20pm Eastern
Warmup: 9:35pm Eastern
Race: 9:40pm Eastern

Length: 24


>>> League Format Info <<<

Starting Ballast:

ChITty ... 75kg
BPBriles ... 45kg
Buzinator... 25kg
Ezeon ... 10kg

[rip|ChITty]

I won't be there .

[rip|buzinator]

Oh shit - closing and moving houses right?

[rip|ChITty]

Hot Lap Update: (5/31 at 11 PM EST)

ChITty - 1:55.780
Buz - 1:57.400
EZ - 1:58.116
BP - 1:58.152
Bretware - 2:00.904

[rip|buzinator]

Ok, so taking a guess that we will lap 4 or 5 sec slower on average

50:00 / 2:03 =  24.3 Laps ... rounded down to allow some wiggle room for pitting ...

24 Lap race.

[rip|buzinator]

FYI - For those that were not on last night ... This race was, very sadly, interrupted by some kind of networking hiccup that dropped everyone except BPBriles at about 2/3 race distance.

It sucked A LOT.

As a result, the current plan is to re-run the race this coming Wednesday, June 9th.

The upshot is that hopefully we'll see 3 or 4 more drivers participate.

Since there were a couple issues for guys installing the track last minute, I will soon post a link for people to download a copy of the server's track installation. This will ensure 100% compatability, with corrected GDB (for multiplayer) and AIW (AI Fuel usage) integrated.

[rip|buzinator]

1st post in the thread now links to a copy of the track as used on the server. Should resolve any compatibility issues.

Just to be safe, here's the link again:
http://www.whoopass-racing.com/files/race07/_AbuDhabi_buz_modded.zip

I strongly recommend deleting any existing version of Abu Dhabi you may have installed. Check for duplicates with different names too, I think there maybe multiple versions around, some "Abu Dhabi" and others "_AbuDhabi" etc. Kill them all.

When you're sure your game is free of Abu Dhabis, extract the above file to your game ... the _AbuDhabi folder goes into:

C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\[username]\race07\GameData\Locations\

New users may have to manually create the GameData and Locations subfolders if this is their first time installing a 3rd party track.

The hot lap server is back online, so folks can test their installations and get some practice in.

[Ezeon]

Or....

You could just hand me my first win of the season please

[rip|buzinator]

well, the F1 thing would be to award half points based on the order we last crossed the finish line...


Sweet poster ... man it looks like a 60's jazz album that my parents would have. I love it.

[rip|buzinator]

Added a poll to the thread ... let's see what everyone thinks ...

[Ezeon]

Thanks buz,

would have been cooler if the hotel looked more real than two blobs.

[rip|Bretware]

I have alittle problem with letting the race stand, only because I had to make two stops and made them on lap 4, lap 14. Had I known it was possible for a race to be cut short maybe my pit stops would have been on lap 10, lap 20. I should have had at least 4th place covered.
Maybe we should think about a rule in the event of a server failure, calling the race official if the leader has crossed the start line exactly the 3/4 mark or any time after.

[Ezeon]

I don't really care either way really, but technically you would be bumped up to fourth because a current rule states technical errors making you disconnect will put you behind the last human player.

I'd just rather not have the season being delayed to much further, its summer time man!

[rip|buzinator]

IMO ... Ez's Pole bonus was won fair and square in a session that was not interrupted ... so it doesn't seem right to take that away.

However I'm not opposed to re-running the race. If we did, I admit that starting form the rear could lead to issues with the AI that wouldn't normally occur. So what if we did single-lap, one-and-done, qualifying, to get us up ahead of the AI, and then go for it?

Also, appreciating Ez's concern about keeping moving forward, would anyone be up for a race re-run over the weekend or on another night, so we can continue with the regular schedule on Wednesday?

[rip|buzinator]

... wow, just noticed the vote changes.

So I guess that's settled?