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  2. Belle Vue results / points - 4/11

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    My first free Thursday in what seemed an age so I booked in for the Vue & have to say I really enjoyed it. Ive been reading the forum with trepidation last few weeks as numbers dwindling off & to be honest I was starting to think that the mod's future (in my opinion) was looking bleak. In terms of car numbers I thought I preferred 2/3rds format as opposed to all - in heats, final & GN, usually because I tend to need the consi to qualify for the final.However last night was a revelation, the driving was of a superb standard, very competitive & fair. The (relatively) low turnout seemed to contribute to some quality racing, a sentiment expressed by MoR I think it was on the forum in recent weeks.

     

    This leads me to a conundrum though.Do we (as a mod) have high turnouts & poorer racing (in terms of rejoins, follow - ins, wall riding, right turns & every other type of poor driving) or lower numbers & better racing. Ive been racing Sunday nights in Sim-Stox on the odd occasion & the driving standards are undoubtedly much poorer, albeit with much higher booking lists. Before last night I would have said in the long term Sim - Stox was looking healthier for the future, but in my experience the racing isnt a patch on UKDirt F1's. So do we keep UKdirt as it stands or look to boost numbers & suffer the associated dip in racing quality that new drivers inevitably bring. I know everyone needs to start somewhere but it was refreshing to see Mav Jnr driving with a maturity & respect for others, something in short supply over at Sim-Stox. Id be interested to hear other views on this, particularly from Admin on what the future holds for UKDirt into 2011. Id personally like to know if there are plans to introduce new chassis, & whether rFactor 2 figures in future plans & the possible improvements it may bring? Wondered too if promoting the mod on sites such as f1stockcars.com may help raise the profile.

     

    Anyways enough from me, just really nice to be pleasantly surprised by a thursday nights' racing & heres to many more hopefully.

  5. server p/w

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    Hi, could someone pm me the server p/w i cant access the official website due to server hosting problem (see website) & ive not raced in ages so want to check if everything works ok b4 8.30pm.thanks

  9. Driver / Meeting of the Grading Period

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    Posted · Edited by matty

    I think this is a great idea, it provides recognition for some of the lower grade drivers who form the backbone of the mod, the ones who turn up week in week out for the sheer enjoyment of racing, & not the glory hunters who spit the dummy out & disappear for weeks on end when things don't go their way. For these reasons & with an eye on how the 2010 season has begun I nominate the award to be shared between Mav 525 & Big Al 515, two guys who epitomise the qualities I mention above, who arent setting the points charts alight but without whom rFactor wouldnt be the mod it is. Well done lads & keep plugging away :appl:

    Having only spectated so far this season, id go for Birmingham as the numbers who turned up bodes well for the mod's future.

     

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  21. Going To Grid Music

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    Can any of the technically minded racers out there please tell me how to change the music that is played as you line up on the grid? I cant stand that awful dance / techno track that seems to be playing in my version of the mod. It can only be Emerson, Lake & Palmer's 'Fanfare For The Common Man' for me, ah that takes me back to the old belle vue in the 1980's! Cheers

  22. 2010 Suggestion Thread

    in F1 (rFactor)

    Posted · Edited by matty

    Season Length

    Fine here, personally I dont see any reason for the Uk dirt fixtures to mirror the real life fixtures over the season, its obvious from the comments in mirc & the game lobby that some tracks are favoured more than others so take a vote on which should be included & how many meetings at each track.

     

    Double Headers

    Personally I enjoy them as it gives the less regularly attendees the opportunity to get a few meets in despite not being able to race every thursday. It can drag on as MoR points out, however RM's need to get tough on the allowances made for reboots, downloading of skin-packs etc., & if the meet starttime is 8.30pm start at 8.30pm.

    Last weeks double header at Ippo & Coventry illustrated perfectly how frustrating going to the grid can be only to have restart after restart with time getting on, although im not sure what the solution is. Issues like only finding out which version of the Ipswich track i had installed when i got booted is annoying & could be remedied by a quick post on the forum that version 1.1 was going to be used that night. This would help meetings to be run more smoothly.

     

    Wednesday meetings

    In principle I like them as work committments have seen me missing many thursdays. Id be all for meetings running on a monday one week, tuesday the next & so on.

     

    National Series

    Fine here, added a bit of spice at a point of the season where regular attendees have everything sewn up.

     

    World Final Qualifying Rounds at the end of the season

    No opinion

     

     

    Anything else

     

    1/ Disciplinary issues are wildly inconsisitent to my mind. Ive been on the receiving end of disciplinary points this season & i have no complaints, however when you see certain "others" getting away with precisely the same things you have been punished for, it just makes a mockery of the disciplinary procedure. As recently as last week at Cov I was wiped out leading the GN with a lap to go by one veteran of UK dirt who was in 16th a lap down who followed in someone else as part of a race long dispute in which ridiculous over the top hits were being exchanged. Ive PM'ed Admin more than once this season to absolutely no avail as the drivers responsible were free to turn up the following week & wreak havoc again & again without any sanctions.Why have a disciplinary system in place if it isnt applied fairly to all drivers? Is it a time issue for the admin team? Are they swamped with complaints & replays to watch? Clarification from admin on this would be welcome.

     

    2/ I think regrading needs looking at or at least needs to be more responsive.More than once this season drivers have been hopelessly misgraded which makes that meeting redundant with the same driver winning every race from white. Whether this is because their skill & level is unknown after migrating from Sim-Stox i dont know, however the in-meeting promotion from white to yellow after accumulating 30 points is unfair in my view.

     

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    When drivers use the novice car skins they should use the correct colour roof. This isnt hard to sort & should be the drivers responsibility.I cant speak for others but I find it confusing when a white comes & grids up in amongst the yellows, & also makes it harder to judge other drivers ability.

     

    Overall it is a sterling effort from everyone concerned on admin though despite my observations, & it remains a superb mod which is the next best thing so long may it continue.

     

    Cheers

    Matty 300

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