Sim Racers 4 Life - 1976 F1 Season - Round 3 West USA (Long Beach)

[gorgias1976]

Sim Racers 4 Life welcomes you to our 1976 F1 Season.
Three cars will battle for the 1976 championship, The Brabham BT44B, the Mclaren M23 and the March 761. Will you be James Hunt this season? Join us and show your skills.

Please Read The Rules Before Entering This Event

Season Rules and Calendar:
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- The 1976 season will consist of 16 races that will take place once every two sundays. (see the list of tracks below)

- Three cars will battle in the championship. The BT44B, March 761 and the Mclaren M23.

- Drivers taking part in the championship will have to pick up on of the three cars and keep using it for the whole season (Whatever you chose for race 1, keep it for the remaining of the season)

- Every racing event will consist of:
120 minute practice session starting 17:35 British time
30 minute qualifying session starting 19:25 British time
7 minute warmup
Race (aprox 60 minutes)

- Pitstops. Drivers won't have to do a mandatory pitstop during the race. It will be up to every drivers' race strategy.

-There will be no speed limit at the pitlane (therefore using the pitlane to gain an advantage such as lapping faster or overtaking a car will end in a DQ)

- Scoring points:

Code:

1st place: 50 points
2nd place: 40 points
3rd place: 35 points
4th place: 30 points
5th place: 25 points
6th place: 20 points
7th place: 14 points
8th place: 13 points
9th place: 12 points
10th place: 11 points
11th place: 10 points
12th place: 9 points
13th place: 8 points
14th place: 7 points
15th place: 6 points
16th place: 5 points
17th place: 4 points
18th place: 3 points
19th place: 2 points
20th place: 1 point

Teams
-Drivers must form teams up to 2 drivers. To balance teams it is suggested teams are formed in one of this two ways (No ofence):
faster driver - slower driver
average driver - average driver
Teams should have an official name, race the same car and drive the same livery.


Season calendar:

Code:

September 21st - October 1st - Presason Testing - Suzuka - ! SR4L Server 1
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October 7th - Round 1 - Brazil
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October 14th - Fun Event
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October 21st - Round 2 - South Africa
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October 28th - Fun Event
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November 4th - Round 3 - United States West
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November 11th - Fun Event
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November 18th - Round 4 - Spain
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November 25th - Fun Event
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December 2nd - Round 5 - Belgium
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December 9th - Fun Event
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December 16th - Round 6 - Monaco
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Christmas Holidays
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January 6th - Fun Event
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January 13th - Round 7 - Sweden
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January 20th - Fun Event
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January 27th - Rount 8 - France
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February 3rd - Fun Event
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February 10th - Round 9 - Great Britain
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February 17th - Fun Event
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February 24th - Round 10 - Germany
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March 3rd - Fun Event
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March 10th - Round 11 - Austria
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March 17th - Fun Event
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March 24th - Round 12 - Netherlands
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March 31st - Fun Event
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April 7th - Round 13 - Italy
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April 14th - Fun Event
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Easter Holidays
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April 28th - Round 14 - Canada
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May 5th - Fun Event
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May 12th - Round 15 - United States
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May 19th - Fun Event
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May 26th - Round 16 - Japan

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Registered Teams:
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Code:

1 - Bad Admins       - Bryan, Gorka             - Brabham
2 - Ecurie Peruvien  - Oscar, Santiago Dancourt - Mclaren
3 - Wrinkley Racers  - Tim, David               - Mclaren
4 - Jalopy GP        - Dan Minges, Ed Pond      - March
5 - Team Shunt       - Bruce, Edwin             - Mclaren
6 - Last Orders      - Nikos, Dan Bayford       - Brabham
7 - C&N Racing       - Rick, John C             - Mclaren
8 - Globalsites Racing - parzoe, hangon         - Mclaren
9 - Left Coast Racing - Mel Fisk                - Brabham
10 - Team Canada     - chrispbbb                - Brabham
11 - HRS Forever Alone - Rikard Hedlund         - March
12 - Ooooot Ma Way!  - DJC, Harri Mac           - Brabham
13 - Super Terrific Happy Fun Time - Daniel, Shannon - Brabham
14 - Team Rat Racing - Ramon, Andi              - Brabham
15 - Waky Racers     - Ricky Keene, Tobias      - Brabham

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Race day Information

45 Laps

Nov 4th 2018

17:25 GMT (17:25 BST - 18:25 CET - 12:25 EDT)
120 minute practice
19:25 GMT (19:25 BST - 20:25 CET - 14:25 EDT)
30 minute qualifying
20:00 GMT (20:00 BST - 21:00 CET - 15:00 EDT)
--7 minute warmup--
Race - 45 laps

Download links:
Long Beach-> https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f...1228328190
BT44B -> https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f...1436404980
March 761 -> https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f...1436407018
Mclaren M23 -> https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f...1515642353

Server Settings

Server name: !SR4L Server 1
Password: 1976USA
Fuel usage: Normal
Tyre wear: Normal
Damage: 50%
Auto Clutch on

Weather forecast:

Skies: Sunny
Temperature: 21ºC
Winds: 5km/h from North
Humidity: 30%

Special Long Beach Safety rules:
- If during the race a driver loses a wheel after an accident, this driver must leave the race inmediately.
- Drivers on track must not make use of the pit lane exit when braking for turn 1.


Drivers coming out of the pits must keep withing the pit exit lane until turning in for turn 1.


Note:
Please read our "Sim Racing Etiquette" post http://www.simracers4life.com/forum/inde...uette.828/
Please read our "Members Expectations" post http://www.simracers4life.com/forum/inde...ations.70/

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[Fergy]

Just finishing here will be a supreme effort.
Just reiterating those rules. You can touch the yellow black line at T1, do your best. Give someone exiting the pits a good chance of joining back safely. You don't want to go over the line anyway as it's way too bumpy.
A wheel can be replaced in the pits, it takes a while. We've decided that it's race over at that point and you should exit the race asap. Its just way to tight here to be crawling around.
We've added clear skies and move the time back a little. Vision seems good. Yes the track is not the greatest quality but after much testing its raceable albeit tough.

Some tips,
Damage to suspension or steering is taking from 30 seconds to 60 to correct.
Fuel burn is around 1.7 liters per lap.
Tire wear is around 1% FL per lap and just under FR. Lockups will cause you headaches.

The turtle will beat the Hare here

Practice, practice. Good luck to those who give it a shot. Points to be had aplenty.

[Dan Bayford]

Is anyone getting timing issues with this track I’m getting half second warping on most laps sometimes it’s half a second ish up. Or down then as I go round the last bend it changes I’ve not had this happen before

[gorgias1976]

Is anyone getting timing issues with this track I’m getting half second warping on most laps sometimes it’s half a second ish up. Or down then as I go round the last bend it changes I’ve not had this happen before

I Didn't notice it, I'm restarting the server just in case.

[Fergy]

Is anyone getting timing issues with this track I’m getting half second warping on most laps sometimes it’s half a second ish up. Or down then as I go round the last bend it changes I’ve not had this happen before

Were you getting the same problem Rnd 1 also Dan? No issues here to speak of except a lot of concrete I hitting :oops:

Let us know how it goes.

[Dan Bayford]

No mate only. At this track I just did some laps and it was ok no warping I’ll go on again in a bit I’ll let you know if it goes ok

[Bruce]

My times are up and down all the time but I have had no collection problems when I did a quick test last night.

[Dan Bayford]

This is like a lag issue not unlike years ago when you could go across the finish line in first and then in a flash you finished 3rd where it sort of caught up at the end making up for lag But earlier today I did some laps and it seemed ok Fingers crossed it’s not a issue for all. Maybe my old pc struggling

[bullwinkle]

Hey Dan I think that explains why I am not running in the 17's its my computer damn it, Thanks for finding that LLLLLLLOOOOOOOLLLLLL
Good luck hope its ok for you now

[Dan Bayford]

Hey Dan I think that explains why I am not running in the 17's its my computer damn it, Thanks for finding that LLLLLLLOOOOOOOLLLLLL
Good luck hope its ok for you now

Lol well it’s my excuse until I think of a better one ))))

[Edvvc]

Please allow my pedantry a moment to comment on the race announcement - it is meant as constructive feedback, not a criticism. Regarding the start times of each session, the use of BST and GMT doesn't make sense. I feel that he BST time in the race announcement should only be there when the UK is in British Summer Time. BST is always one hour ahead of GMT and UK clocks respect either one or the other. Currently they respect GMT. The current race announcement shows both GMT and BST, and the BST time is incorrect.

[1959nikos]

First lap big freeze, crashed on tyres, lost a wheel, big dissapointment, sorry teamie.

[gorgias1976]

Please allow my pedantry a moment to comment on the race announcement - it is meant as constructive feedback, not a criticism. Regarding the start times of each session, the use of BST and GMT doesn't make sense. I feel that he BST time in the race announcement should only be there when the UK is in British Summer Time. BST is always one hour ahead of GMT and UK clocks respect either one or the other. Currently they respect GMT. The current race announcement shows both GMT and BST, and the BST time is incorrect.

Ed, I still add BST despite being the same as GMT just to keep the same format all year.
I think BST is right at the announcement, isn't it. Qualy starting 19:25 BST and race 20:00

[Edvvc]

Ed, I still add BST despite being the same as GMT just to keep the same format all year.
I think BST is right at the announcement, isn't it. Qualy starting 19:25 BST and race 20:00

The time according to UK clocks is correct, but it is GMT, not BST. BST is not affected by daylight saving rules - it is the effect of applying daylight saving. If you wanted to put the BST time up for the races it would still be GMT +1 but that would not be helpful since BST is currently not being observed. CET can be GMT+1 or GMT+2 depending on DST. GMT is always GMT. BST is always GMT+1. It's unfortunate that the UK insists on being different.

[gorgias1976]

The time according to UK clocks is correct, but it is GMT, not BST. BST is not affected by daylight saving rules - it is the effect of applying daylight saving. If you wanted to put the BST time up for the races it would still be GMT +1 but that would not be helpful since BST is currently not being observed. CET can be GMT+1 or GMT+2 depending on DST. GMT is always GMT. BST is always GMT+1. It's unfortunate that the UK insists on being different.

Fine, I took your point. Next announcements won't have BST on them until Spring time zone changes.

[Bruce]

I think to simplify matters we should all move to Iceland where I believe they use GMT all year round.

[1959nikos]

I think to simplify matters we should all move to Iceland where I believe they use GMT all year round.

Or better, you come all here in Greece where we swim till late October

[Bruce]

Or better, you come all here in Greece where we swim till late October

There are mad people over here that swim in the middle of the winter, they even break the ice if it's there. Also because of the hot springs swimming is an all year round activity in Iceland. Must say though Greece is very appealing. Just so sad we are leaving Europe.