IGTC

[BenjiMC]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/BenjiMC/LFS%20Skins/IGTCForumLogo.jpg

We are setting up a GT Series of 4 hour race events with driver change overs allowed. The series will consist of 8 events each on a saturday and each on a week which will not clash with the other major events on the LFS league timetable e.g. the MoE or BoTT

Teams are allowed maximum of 4 drivers per car and two cars per team. The cars used are the big GTR's (XRR FZR FXR)

The site is currently under construction:
www.IGTC.co.nr

If you or your team would be interested please post in this thread.

If anybody who can do renders wouldn't mind doing the Championships teams renders can they say so.

Thank's, Ben

[Nobo]

we get a second series called LFS GT? nice! hope everyone will remember where he is subscribed :D

[BenjiMC]

sorry. i couldn't think of a better name.

Edit: made a few changes to the series

[AppiePils]

sorry. i couldn't think of a better name.

Edit: made a few changes to the series

Keep on trying ;P

Still looks way too much like LFS GT

RF Endurance GTRaces oid?

[Thunderhead]

How about..... LFS: EGTS-Endurance GT Series?:tilt:

[LFSn00b]

RFGT? :)


/me is in, and Castrol Racing wants to sponsor.

[BenjiMC]

No problem dude. will talk to you more about the sponsoring. and today i will officially rename it when i think of a good name although i like RFGT

[BurnOut69]

RFGT sounds waaaaay too much like a GT series for rFactor :)

[duke_toaster]

Endurance Racing Masters Series?

[BenjiMC]

too much like MoE

How about IGTC? International GT Championship?

[BenjiMC]

i've got most of the stuff finished for this now. just waiting for a few finalising stuff and more tems to enter.

Also if you are a single racer wanting to join but have no team i'm working out a system which should allow you to race by joining up privateers to create a privateer team.

[BenjiMC]

New privateer rule has been added to the championship.

It can be found here (http://www.freewebs.com/lfsgtseries/rules.htm)

[Frost_More]

Carbon MotorSports might be interested I will discuss it with my team. I will edit later on :thumb:

[BenjiMC]

Good to see some more interest. If there are any problems just PM me and i'll see what i can do about it.

[Cawwa]

This looks interesting to us ... :)

Is it ok to run with two cars?

[BenjiMC]

yes two cars are allowed :)

[Cawwa]

Doh ... sry for not reading your rules before posting ... :D

One thing I find a bit strange in the rules consurning overtakings: 6) When being overtaken: Give space by moving over to the opposite side of the circuit;
I find that one abit to much. Should be more like: ... Give enough space.
As I see it it's not nescesary to move over that much, but should be clear to everyone that you have to make room considering lag as well.

In the driver swaps I recomend you change the rule to; The connecting driver shouldn't connect before the last sector of the track. If there's 17 or more cars in the race it's going to be a problem to connect since the server might be full. Many cars can have the same strategy for pitting and if connected drivers are able to stay on the server for a whole lap it could easily be caos. You should recommend all that leaves the game should do it as soon as possible after the driver swap, not to stay and watch the race ... :)

[BenjiMC]

Doh ... sry for not reading your rules before posting ... :D

One thing I find a bit strange in the rules consurning overtakings: 6) When being overtaken: Give space by moving over to the opposite side of the circuit;
I find that one abit to much. Should be more like: ... Give enough space.
As I see it it's not nescesary to move over that much, but should be clear to everyone that you have to make room considering lag as well.

In the driver swaps I recomend you change the rule to; The connecting driver shouldn't connect before the last sector of the track. If there's 17 or more cars in the race it's going to be a problem to connect since the server might be full. Many cars can have the same strategy for pitting and if connected drivers are able to stay on the server for a whole lap it could easily be caos. You should recommend all that leaves the game should do it as soon as possible after the driver swap, not to stay and watch the race ... :)

ok thankyou. i will change that.

[ShibbyMan666]

We will most likely take part at beatnu. However we just need to find one more driver. I'll get back to you and let you know if we are definately in asap :thumb:

[BenjiMC]

Ok, Good to see some more interest. remeber to sign up in the sign ups post :thumb:

[ShibbyMan666]

I will do, before I do which cars are allowed since I couldnt quite see a car list of allowed cars on the site. I probably overlooked them but its best to double check. :)

[BenjiMC]

the three top GTR's FXR FZR XRR

[ShibbyMan666]

Awesome thanks. I'm just waiting for team members to confirm entry before I enter us. Will get back to you shortly :D

[Kim Gripping]

It looks like Spider-Web Racing is going to enter. Are we allowed to change drivers during the season? I am going to miss out on 3 races, but I'm pretty sure I've got a replacement inside the team..

[BenjiMC]

yes, you are allowed to change drivers but not cars.

[ShibbyMan666]

I am no longer in BEATNU neither is marek100 please contact scary_kidz on our forum to find out whats going on as I am no longer associated with this team in any way.

Forum is here: http://www.beatnu.co.uk/forum/

[BenjiMC]

I am no longer in BEATNU neither is marek100 please contact scary_kidz on our forum to find out whats going on as I am no longer associated with this team in any way.

Forum is here: http://www.beatnu.co.uk/forum/

Thankyou for telling me, i will be looking into it and hopefully your new team might join? :p

[ShibbyMan666]

Definately! We will be entering this I am just waiting for confirmation from one more driver then we will be a definate! :nod:

Will post back when we have that 3rd driver! :thumb:

[BenjiMC]

http://www.filefactory.com/file/dae985/

This is the plate for your teams skins it must go on all 4 sides of your teams car. your race number is on the website.

[KSheppard]

http://www.filefactory.com/file/dae985/

This is the plate for your teams skins it must go on all 4 sides of your teams car. your race number is on the website.

Sorry, this file is no longer available. It may have been deleted by the uploader, or has expired.

[KSheppard]

oh and also I assume we'll be using this as the primary forum?

[BenjiMC]

there is this forum, but there is also a forum already setup at www.racingfanatics.co.nr

[KSheppard]

Ya that's why I asked :) I've been involved in leagues before with more than 1 forum and it was hard to figure out which one had the "correct" information & replies.

[BenjiMC]

ok, btw the plate has been uploaded to the sites homepage.

[racer hero]

Hello, I am sorry but I will not be running with the castrol raicng 2 team anymore. I am making my own team called Puma Motorsports. We will definately be entering but I am not sure what drivers will enter I will get back to you as soon as I can :thumb:

[BurnOut69]

Hello, I am sorry but I will not be running with the castrol raicng 2 team anymore. I am making my (third or fourth) own team called Puma Motorsports.:thumb:

Karma police arrest this man

[racer hero]

lol this team will be succesful I am getting a server, website, forum.

[ShibbyMan666]

Hey a quick request, would it be possible for you to enable insim on the server hosting the event? If we can watch via lfs spectator i feel teams would be able to be alot better organised and plus they could see how their team is doing? :)

Thanks!

[Kim Gripping]

+1

[BenjiMC]

+1 from me also. but the server hosts wont allow it. sorry. i'd need to change servers. LOTF Marsh said he dont mind but i'll have a talk with the current server hosts about this too.:nod:

[ShibbyMan666]

But aren't the LOTF servers powered by 500 servers? If so All my servers run from 500 servers and 3 of them use insim, Just ask franky on their forums and he will probably give you port numbers to use as he did for me :)

[BenjiMC]

But aren't the LOTF servers powered by 500 servers? If so All my servers run from 500 servers and 3 of them use insim, Just ask franky on their forums and he will probably give you port numbers to use as he did for me :)


we aren't using his servers for the races though. thats the issue. Marsh said he doesn't mind hosting the championship is what i ment sorry. :schwitz:

[ShibbyMan666]

Oh I see sorry my mistake, I saw on your site it says they provide public server hosting so I just presumed they were hosting the events. Ah well thats cool anyways was just an idea :thumb:

[BenjiMC]

Oh I see sorry my mistake, I saw on your site it says they provide public server hosting so I just presumed they were hosting the events. Ah well thats cool anyways was just an idea :thumb:

Not a problem mate. my bad grammer. you can tell i'm rubish at English. :shrug: As soon as i contact the server hosts about it i'll put it up in the news section of the website :thumb:

[r4ptor]

Question:

Will it be possible to contact the IGTC crew quickly and easily on e.g. IRC during the races?

[BenjiMC]

TS will be set up for the events. thanks to Falcon, so yes you will be able to contact the marshalls during an event. the IP is tbc but when i know it you will too.

[KSheppard]

TS will be set up for the events. thanks to Falcon, so yes you will be able to contact the marshalls during an event. the IP is tbc but when i know it you will too.
will it include channels for each car?

[Leifde]

Just a note: LFS Spectator requires the host to be on the insim relay, not just have insim enabled on the server. :)

[BenjiMC]

it will yes, I dunno the IP though yet

Rules have been updated Please make sure you read the part about Pitting, in Section 11)

[Kim Gripping]

Great idea - gives a nice touch of "real world" :)

[BenjiMC]

glad you like it :)

[ShibbyMan666]

Sorry only two of our drivers could compete in tonights event, really short notice but I wasn't expecting it, one couldn't make it and the reserve vanished lol :schwitz:

Hope that won't cause any issues. :)

[racer hero]

We qualifyed 9th and right off the start we were in 7th. Of course I make a mistake and into the sand we go on the 5th corner. After I got out of the grass we were 12th out of 12. I quickly got back to 10th and then it was time for dick to take over. He had a good stint except for the point that he hit the wall hard. It did not hurt the handling of the car. I took over once again and drove till lap 72 no action during this stint.

[ShibbyMan666]

Well we had to draft in another driver since tonight was disasterous.

First 1 driver cant make it, the reserve vanishes. So we say ok we can manage with 2 drivers, then when its time for the second driver to come in the host refused him connection :Looking_a So in the end we had to draft another team member in, who we would like to use permanently in the competition.

[BenjiMC]

Where is the post for driver penalties etc. How are we supposed to see and keep track of who chatted during race and who gets drive-thru's etc.?

Sorry about that, next round i'll make a thread for the race report.

I'm so peeved right now. could of gotten to 4th maybe, and the fuel didn't go in at the pitstop! I was running at the same pace as 3rd. but ah well :shrug:

[ShibbyMan666]

Hi will something be sorted about our driver that could not connect? Is it possible you check if he is banned or something? Since with the addition of the missing drivers that made things very difficult.

The username is: marek100

He says he has never been in a CD server before so a ban is unlikely.

Many thanks! :)

[Kim Gripping]

Great race, except for all the drivers that didn't know how to shut up during the race - even the admins chatted! Disturbing, please don't do that again.

We had a great time, although we suffered technical problems with my co-drivers pedals, which forced me to take a double stint. Slowest car on track? Maybe. Most consistent? Yes in deed - 4th position, thank you :)

[BenjiMC]

Great race, except for all the drivers that didn't know how to shut up during the race - even the admins chatted! Disturbing, please don't do that again.

We had a great time, although we suffered technical problems with my co-drivers pedals, which forced me to take a double stint. Slowest car on track? Maybe. Most consistent? Yes in deed - 4th position, thank you :)


I talked to them about that, the nice drift thing was accidental, he kept pressing the wrong button :shrug: the 4th place was well earnt btw. should of been mine :p i just dont have a clue how the fuel did not go in. it was set, i double checked before and after my pitstop.

Now to SO4. this is gonna be a bumpy one indeed

[racer hero]

SO4 is all I am driving till then

[Humbleridderen]

Even it went up and down from 11th to 6 and then back to 8th position(because of 2 punctures, 1 drive through and some picknics on the grass, it was an interesting race with the flags etc and especially because it´s an endurance. Super!

I see forward to the next one :thumb:

Is there any total replay?

[MZWiZard]

I agree about too much chatting, also from admins (Marshalls?). It was also very frustrating not being able to follow the race through LFSspectator.

When thats said, I'm very proud of our mini-team's 3. position. :smileypul I'm also very fond of the system with pace car, rolling start etc. Ignoring the small difficulties you had, it was a good race. GOOD JOB! :thumb: :thumb:

[Leifde]

I am very sorry about my part in talking, I just needed to talk to Benji. Turns out I didn't get to so there was no point typing in LFS. I also asked him about the safety car, which I thought was deployed about 2 laps too late for the accident :shrug:

So, again, sorry. :)

[BenjiMC]

the safety car incident i agree, it was deployed a bit late.:shrug: but i wasn't sure weather it was needed until i saw the damage properly.

LFS spectator may be included by round 2 or 3. but i'm not 100% positive. Until then, i'll try and get the marshalls to give a live race report on the forums.

[Kim Gripping]

Yeah, I was wondering about the safetycar period. I drove a full lap before I caught up with the rest of the field, but there were no signs of crashed cars at all.

Doesn't matter though, you just gave our car one lap to catch up with the rest of the field ;)

[siLc]

When can we see results of first race?

[Humbleridderen]

Under full course yellow, is it allowed for anyone to pass another car even if you´re lapping that car?

[BenjiMC]

no you cant overtake under full course yellow at all.

Results will be up later today if i have time, as i said last night, my moms not well so i'm doing lots of housework right now :(

[Lepletier]

I hope your mom get better, take your time. For the first round... IGTC make a great start. ;)

[BenjiMC]

TY Lepletier

Round one results are up and the points are up

Edit: Round 1 Replay up

[r4ptor]

For the first round... IGTC make a great start. ;)

I agree.. good job, lads :thumb:

[Leifde]

The next combo is on our server now. (Moo Racing 2 (lfs://|Moo Racing 2|0|S2|/))

[BenjiMC]

Round 1 stats are up

[Simbad]

i just have to say something to one that was in the race..

UNITY JSA? number 15,
im really sorry for the push idid in the lap 80:(
i wish you just have let of gass a bit so i could pass before the corner..
but anyways..i shouldnt pushed you..but i went good for you i see:nod:

im sorry again, its not my style of race, accident..:shy:

oh and.. 8{FIB} MR_Simba <--

[azlan608]

i just have to say something to one that was in the race..

UNITY JSA? number 15,
im really sorry for the push idid in the lap 80:(
i wish you just have let of gass a bit so i could pass before the corner..
but anyways..i shouldnt pushed you..but i went good for you i see:nod:

im sorry again, its not my style of race, accident..:shy:

oh and.. 8{FIB} MR_Simba <--


Hey.... no problem :thumb: I should´ve eas´d up on the gas. That´s racing!!

[Simbad]

Hey.... no problem :thumb: I should´ve eas´d up on the gas. That´s racing!!

respect!:thumb:

[MARSH2a]

What happened with the start? The first four cars went green at the point of safety car exit, or darn near. They left the whole rest of the field back. By the time the last three cars passed start line 13 seconds had passed. And the first four were thru the chicane and on theyre way down the long straight as the rest of the field was just rounding T1!

Also I dont recall seeing any indication of a green flag on the start.

[BenjiMC]

The other safety car driver was grounded :( so we had a last minute sub in who didn't know, i did say that it's green from the last corner but because the driver in front of me didn't know this, half the field got left behind. :shrug:

[MARSH2a]

The other safety car driver was grounded :( so we had a last minute sub in who didn't know, i did say that it's green from the last corner but because the driver in front of me didn't know this, half the field got left behind. :shrug:

How did you say its green? On TS? We use our own Ventrilo. It needs to be done graphically.

The first lap split from position 1 to last position was 18 seconds... 13 of that on the safety lap..:scratchch

[BenjiMC]

I said before the race, and because i was driving also, it was difficult for me to do it in the race, i tried everything i could to get the guy going but he wouldn't budge, and under the rules, i couldn't pass till the others crossed the line.

[Humbleridderen]

I don´t think that green flag is the right thing, because we are not allowed to pass before the pole car has passed the line. I suggest instead a BIG text in the middle of the screen saying. Safetycar away! Go!

[BenjiMC]

Thats what was planned, but the safety car driver was grounded, so the new driver didn't know the procedure.:shrug:

[racer hero]

Shouldnt you of told him??...

[BenjiMC]

Yes, i should of, but i did say that it was green from the last corner.

[racer hero]

Yes I agree you did do that. btw the vote is currently 16 12 :D

[MARSH2a]

I think the hosts should make an effort to get insim relay set up so we can use LFS Spectator, or RaceWatcher if the host is running V5.

It was kind of crippling to not be able to spectate or spot in any manner.

[Leifde]

I am happy to donate my server for the race if its needed. I will also sign it up to the relay AND update to V5 :)

[r4ptor]

LFS Spec and Live Tracker are very vital.. and helps the pit crew not to fall asleep :P

[MARSH2a]

One of our servers is available also. Already set up for Insim Relay and will be running V5 by the end of today.

[BenjiMC]

Thanks for the offer guys, i've sent an e-mail to the server hosts, waiting for a reply :thumb:

[srdsprinter]

Alright, so is this situation resolved?

1) Starts/Restarts.
Simple Solution: a Non-Racing Marshall would give (type or use one of the F-keys) a
Marshall: 3….
Marshall: 2….
Marshall: 1….
Marshall: GREEN FLAG GREEN FLAG GREEN FLAG

At which point we could disengage our pit limiters. Allowing you to see if anyone disengaged early too in replay.

2) Issuing safety car.
Is there a Non-Racing Marshall(S) who is in charge of watching the race and sending out the safety car? Ideally there will be multiple people watching various parts of the track for incidents warranting SC.
What is the notification of a Full Course Yellow, Safety Car Incident?
Again,
Marshall: YELLOW FLAG SAFETY CAR YELLOW FLAG SAFETY CAR
Would be effective in letting everyone know, “No Passing” Safety car is out.

3) Blue Flag.
From the rules, I infer that this does NOT mean “MUST YIELD POSITION”. Someone in front is allowed to Maintain their pace, keep their line. The driver Lapping has the responsibility of making a Clean Pass. Is this correct?


Thanks,
Stu

[KSheppard]

I think the post above should be in the "check-up section"???

but also as well as the screen messages am i right in assuming TS will be used as well?

[BenjiMC]

TS wont be up for this round also sadly. although i can try n sort sumet out:thumb:

[MARSH2a]

TS wont be up for this round also sadly. although i can try n sort sumet out:thumb:

We have TS, 20 slots or something you folks can use. :) We don't use it we prefer Ventrilo. :shrug:

[Leifde]

Can I book us in for a channel please? We'd take up 4 spaces :)

[ShibbyMan666]

I have a spare 10 slot server I can spare for the event. PM me if interested :)

[BenjiMC]

we have TS but i'm not sure how many slots, i'll ask n get back to ya:thumbsup: