30 Sep 09: Crema

Andrea Lojelo wrote:Taken from the Track Rules:
GENERAL RULES:
This is a gentlemen championship, so we expect that everyone will be the controller of him self.

Unfortunately there is no way to have a barrier over there!
I expect that common sense rules will be applied by everyone. Races are not fun if we don't respect each others.

For example, if you brake too late at the chicane just before the Sector1-Sector2 sign, I expect that, if you have to cut the chicane for not smashing you car into the barriers, then you will not try to take this situation as an advantage for you to gain some time! So you will slow down a bit, and in case you are battling with somebody you will give him road. This is a common sense, in my opinion. We will be battling together for all the season, so better to do it in a clean environment.

Fortunato Catalano wrote:Qui devo per forza parlare italiano altrimenti non so spiegarmi....

Andrea, ho notato che molti piloti evitano completamente 3 cambi di direzione a crema (alla esse dopo la prima curva, alla chicane prima del "bivio" dei settori e nella esse dove si "riuniscono" i settori) queste zone sono guardacaso fatte in sintetico verde.

Mi chiedo, in gara è possibile tagliarle completamente come fanno in molti oppure si incorre in delle sanzioni post-gara?

Andrea Lojelo wrote:No corner-cutting allowed
Corner-cutting is not allowed. The rule is that drivers must have two wheels touching (in any way) or be exactly vertically above the track at any time during the lap. The track consists of the tarmac between the white lines, the white lines itself, the regular (!) curbs. Curb-extensions (like green or grey extensions to be seen at for example A-1 Ring, Imola, Suzuka, Magny-Cours or Silverstone) do not belong to the track.

Jaap on GPC wrote:
Sometimes going wide can have a lot of advantage, too. Same with the outside of T2 on Snetterton. There's an obvious white line there.

However, I think that if you have to stay inside the white lines in that corner on Snetterton just kills the racing experience.

In the end, simracing it not about learning tricks and staying inside white lines. It's about racing. Racing is not about tricks, but to race a car as hard and fast as possible, right there on the limit.

However, it is important to have clear rules and enforce them in a way which is clear and the same for everyone. This is key issue in order to have a credible and fair racing championship.

That's why we should focus on having clear rules and have an open mind towards adjusting rules for specific situations on specific tracks in case it is needed for the sake of the racing experience.

In any case in which the rule are not adjusted for a specific case, the basic rule applies. That way, everyone is able to know exactly what rule applies when

Andrea Lojelo wrote:
GENERAL RULES:
This is a gentlemen championship, so we expect that everyone will be the controller of him self.

If you will cut the corner more then 3 times, you will self assign a Drive Through.

Mitja Bonca wrote:I have to agree with you Andrea about corner cutting rule here, thanks to your good explanation.btw, about the 2nd chicane at Crema, as I understood from  your 3rd picture explanation, it is possible to cut the chicane with going completely (with all 4 wheels) on the green groundwork, becuase there are those concrete barriers anyway, right?

Andrea Lojelo wrote:Puoi provare con questo pacchetto creato dai MDC.
Noi usiamo lato server un altro file fatto da me prima ma mai rilasciato, ma penso che sia piu' o meno lo stesso!

Per il pitboard che e' l'unico settaggio locale (le posizioni e griglia vengono assegnate dal server) io ho
[PITBOARD]
POS=15.000000, 0.000000, -35.000000

MDC hanno messo invece
[PITBOARD]
POS=31.898872, -0.212486, -201.906845
ROT=0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000
vedi tu con quale valore ti trovi meglio.