Beyond F1 Xbox Championship - Race 3

[rage2]

Race 2 worked well, so let's keep the same settings for race 3. We have decided to run everything the same.

Race #3 - Malaysian GP
Date + Time - Monday Nov 1st, 2010. 9:00PM
Driver Aids - All Allowed
Damage - None
Collisions - Full
Rules and Flags - Realistic
Fuel and Tire sim - Off (pit stop required for dry race)
15 min Quali, 20% Race Distance
All cars identical (basically time trial mode performance)

Drivers and Teams:
rage2 - Team Kwan
Gage - Team Kwan
Skyline_Addict (Yanigasawa) - Team One Hand Steer
J_97 (Fantim97) - Team One Hand Steer
Mibz - Team DSQ
kennyeg - Team DSQ
benyl - Team Last
buh_buh (Rufus McPoo) - Team Last
BigBadVlad - Team TEIMPBMXFCMMPRT
ryanallan (ForzaRX) - Team TEIMPBMXFCMMPRT
Cos (the_cosworth) - TBD
Blahdeh - TBD

Qualifying
1. rage2
2. haysen
3. BigBadVlad
4. Rufus McPoo
5. The Cosworth
6. ForzaRX
7. Mibz
8. kennyeg
9. Bladeh

Race
1. haysen (25)
2. Rufus McPoo (18)
3. rage2 (15)
4. The Cosworth (12)
5. kennyeg (10)
6. Mibz (8)
7. Bladeh (6)
8. kennyeg (4)
9. ForzaRX DSQ (0)
10. BigBadVlad DSQ (0)

Drivers Championship Standings http://tinyurl.com/BeyondF1
1. haysen (75)
2. rage2 (51)
3. The Cosworth (27)
4. benyl (20)
5. Fantim97 (18)
6. Mibz (18)
7. Rufus McPoo (18)
8. BigBadVlad (15)
9. kennyeg (14)
10. ForzaRX (12)
11. Yanigasawa (6)
12. Bladeh (6)

Constructors Championship Standings http://tinyurl.com/BeyondF1
1. Team Kwan (126)
2. Team Last (38)
3. Team DSQ (32)
4. Team TEIMPBMXFCMMPRT (27)
5. Team One Hand Steer (24)

[rage2]

Flags have been a problem, how does everyone feel about using reduced flags instead? Meaning you can get away with more warnings, since the stewards seems to be completely random.

Also, some ppl don't like Mondays. Any other suggestion for days that works for everyone? Everyone please post all days that work next week and we'll figure it out.

[Cos]

Tuesday-Thursday DOESNT work for me. What about Sunday nights?

[benyl]

Monday is better for me.

Sunday isn't great as I have family in town from Europe. I don't know how much they would appreciate me taking 2 hours to play video games with my friends while they just sit and watch... hahaha

[kenny]

Since I'm a back marker, it doesn't really matter what I think but how about 10pm start?

[Cos]

Honestly mondays work GREAT for me and the 9pm start is good too. I get up pretty early for work so I would prefer not too late. Even an 8pm start would be good.

[rage2]

OK Monday 9pm it stays.

BigBadVlad and ryanallan, I heard you guys teamed up? What's your team name?

benyl, buh_buh starts racing next race and needs a teammate. edit - officially "Team Last". Already ahead of Team DSQ!

Also everybody, any thoughts on changing the flags to reduced rules?

[kenny]

Yay for reduced flags!

[benyl]

Reduced works... haha I like cutting corners!

For Australia, in all my practicing, probably 30+ laps, I only got 1 clean lap in TT mode. hahaha

[Cos]

Man I have a hard time with corner 14.

[benyl]

I haven't played yet, but I can already see that 9 and 14 will be my nemesis.

I hate slow hairpins. I either go through too slow or understeer off the track! haha

14 will be hard asyou are braking while cornering after accelerating out of 12 through 13.

and now that I look at it more, corner 1 and 2 are going to be a gong show in the race... haha Especially the first lap. I hope it rains!

[Skyline_Addict]

I could probably do another Monday, but it will probably have to be my last one. If I were to pick one day that would work best for me from this point on, it would be Sunday evening.

Monday's going to be a write-off, and any other day of the week may or may not be free depending on what time we start in the evening. I play soccer for 2 teams and Mondays and some Wednesdays are when we practice (yes, I've been skipping for this) and our games are somewhere in between, once per week.

Some of my games are pretty late, like 10pm. So on those days, if we can slot a 7:30-8pm race in, I could do that. But to make things simple, I'll say Sunday @ 9pm works best for me.

Reduced flags are fine, not because I cut corners but because I don't want to get DSQ'd for hitting someone on the first corner of the first lap.


And for the love of God, don't rain. Though I should probably practice in the rain, just in case...so I don't drive like a chinese soccer mom again.

[DJ Lazy]

Originally posted by Cos
Man I have a hard time with corner 14.

After turn 11, you should be full throttle thru 12-13, 6th gear into 14, hard downshift to 2nd, take it wide. Taking 11 clean is key.

[Cos]

Originally posted by DJ Lazy



After turn 11, you should be full throttle thru 12-13, 6th gear into 14, hard downshift to 2nd, take it wide. Taking 11 clean is key.

haha I know the theory behind it. I cant make it stick though. Going through 12-13 is easy. 14 is where I usually run wide and hit the gravel.

[[GaGe]]

Weekends are bad for me, Friday being the worst. Depending on my work schedule for the week, I might be able to make it to a few Sunday races, as long as they start after 10 PM.

Monday to Thursday are all fine for me, preferably Monday or Wednesday.

Reduced flags work for me as well. Although, I think we should change it back to realistic for tracks like Monza, Montreal and Suzuka, where you can cut a big chicane and not get penalized haha.

[[GaGe]]

Originally posted by benyl
I haven't played yet, but I can already see that 9 and 14 will be my nemesis.

I hate slow hairpins. I either go through too slow or understeer off the track! haha

14 will be hard are you are braking while cornering after accelerating out of 12 through 13.

and now that I look at it more, corner 1 and 2 are going to be a gong show in the race... haha Especially the first lap. I hope it rains!

Wait till you try corner 1 and 2 in China hahaha. Trickiest corner in the game IMO.

[Skyline_Addict]

Originally posted by [GaGe]
Weekends are bad for me, Friday being the worst. Depending on my work schedule for the week, I might be able to make it to a few Sunday races, as long as they start after 10 PM.

Monday to Thursday are all fine for me, preferably Monday or Wednesday.

Reduced flags work for me as well. Although, I think we should change it back to realistic for tracks like Monza, Montreal and Suzuka, where you can cut a big chicane and not get penalized haha.

Hmmm I suppose the tough part is everyone's schedules. I guess we can just keep scheduling on a race-to-race basis, and see what day works best for everyone in that week. I'm sure I can make most races, as long as they're not all on Monday.

[rage2]

Originally posted by [GaGe]
Reduced flags work for me as well. Although, I think we should change it back to realistic for tracks like Monza, Montreal and Suzuka, where you can cut a big chicane and not get penalized haha.

Reduced flags still invalidates your laps in Quali when you cut a corner. I believe it just reduces the penalties in collisions and warns more when accidently cutting corners so there's a less chance for DSQ and drive thrus, which everyone seems to be suffering from.

[benyl]

Originally posted by [GaGe]


Wait till you try corner 1 and 2 in China hahaha. Trickiest corner in the game IMO.

Good Lord:


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[[GaGe]]

Originally posted by rage2

Reduced flags still invalidates your laps in Quali when you cut a corner. I believe it just reduces the penalties in collisions and warns more when accidently cutting corners so there's a less chance for DSQ and drive thrus, which everyone seems to be suffering from.

I mean in the race.

ie. In Monza, 2nd place on the grid can cut turn 1, and end up in 1st place without penalty.