09-06-2022, 08:20 AM
Well that was ‘interesting’…
There were a few driver issues - I’d advertised for the first time in a while on the S397 forum and we did get a good turnout but with some mixed abilities!
Jeff also had some very unfortunate technical issues that caused carnage at a few starts - he was reporting that the lights would go out and either the entire field would disappear or he’d have control removed and so his driverless vehicle was warping into others. After discussion (he did drop out for a while to validate his files, check his internet connection etc. - his ping was very healthy when I looked) i started him from the back of the grid for several races so that he could let the field get clear - with varying success.
These cars do appear quite fragile in accidents - so with back markers, warping-Jeff and so on, we had quite a few DNFs.
Overall though, I thought we got quite a bit if good racing in between. The tyres do wear out (the Porsche just overheated them but let Checo-Perez-Alikes charge off into the distance) resulting in closer racing than we’ve been used to.
There doesn’t seem to be much/any draughting - which is a bit of a shame - you’d think a (90’s?) exec barge would punch quite a hole in the air at 190mph (!!!) but it didn’t seem to.
All in all, so far so good. Just need to pick an evolutionary track for next week. We’ve had bumpy/tricky and very-fast/flowing - need something in between that still has a bit of space for more than one racing line (old Silverstone/Kyalami? What else?)
There were a few driver issues - I’d advertised for the first time in a while on the S397 forum and we did get a good turnout but with some mixed abilities!
Jeff also had some very unfortunate technical issues that caused carnage at a few starts - he was reporting that the lights would go out and either the entire field would disappear or he’d have control removed and so his driverless vehicle was warping into others. After discussion (he did drop out for a while to validate his files, check his internet connection etc. - his ping was very healthy when I looked) i started him from the back of the grid for several races so that he could let the field get clear - with varying success.
These cars do appear quite fragile in accidents - so with back markers, warping-Jeff and so on, we had quite a few DNFs.
Overall though, I thought we got quite a bit if good racing in between. The tyres do wear out (the Porsche just overheated them but let Checo-Perez-Alikes charge off into the distance) resulting in closer racing than we’ve been used to.
There doesn’t seem to be much/any draughting - which is a bit of a shame - you’d think a (90’s?) exec barge would punch quite a hole in the air at 190mph (!!!) but it didn’t seem to.
All in all, so far so good. Just need to pick an evolutionary track for next week. We’ve had bumpy/tricky and very-fast/flowing - need something in between that still has a bit of space for more than one racing line (old Silverstone/Kyalami? What else?)
