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DanielPT wrote:Aerond wrote:
Less free spots in the livery
If it makes the livery worse for us to cash in the 20 bucks then I am all for it! I almost feel like Colin Kolles begging for money!
Aerond wrote:The 20 bucks are already in, nothing can make that livery better
Prince Falik wrote:That livery was hand crafted by the great students at the University of Nigeria to reflect the great Nigeria and of course the wonderful Sponsors, including P-Minus, the unofficial energy drink of F1RWRS. Anyway I like the livery, I feel it is very good, yes yes.
Saeed Al Faisal wrote:I have decided to give up waiting for the Arrowtech team to sign their second driver and I have signed a deal with Mecha, but I have a clause that allows me to leave for a better team if we do not get out of Prequalifying. That is all.
Aerond wrote:Correct me if I´m wrong; current Pay Drivers are:
The Stig (Phoenix)
Fredo Mestolio (Trueba)
Darren Older Jr (Tropico)
Miko Fakkinen (Tropico)
Ron Mignolet (Acuri)
Saeed Al Faisal (Mecha)
dr-baker wrote:Ben Fleet, as Foxdale's third/reserve driver alongside Pippa Mann, is still a pay-driver isn't he? In case Foxdale is desperate for improvements again...?
Aerond wrote:dr-baker wrote:Ben Fleet, as Foxdale's third/reserve driver alongside Pippa Mann, is still a pay-driver isn't he? In case Foxdale is desperate for improvements again...?
Of course, and he keeps stats
Aerond wrote:I´ve been thinking in a formula to "recreate" the randomness of a Wet Race in terms of performance. What If, for a Wet Weekend (yes, it has to be the whole weekend), I randomize a Power reduction on every team between 0 and 120 Bhp? This will be randomized again for every Wet Weekend we have. I will announce if an upcoming race is Wet a few days before. If you have any ideas on how to make this in any other way or to improve it, just let me know, or simply let me know what you think of it.
Aerond wrote:- Probably eliminating French and Mediterranean GPs to expand into more varied circuits - not including as many fast tracks as we have now. We´ve already got rid of some street circuits and for 2014 we´ll have 5, which I think is a fine number.
Klon wrote:Aerond wrote:- Probably eliminating French and Mediterranean GPs to expand into more varied circuits - not including as many fast tracks as we have now. We´ve already got rid of some street circuits and for 2014 we´ll have 5, which I think is a fine number.
I agree, nobody needs France. If I am allowed to I would like to divert your attention to Wunstorf - a German airport track; not because I actually want a second German track, but because it would be outrageous fun since the AI tends to go derpy on the pitlane entry sometimes. D'Ambrosio memorial spins everywhere.
Also, would you like me to find a wet .jam data to at least have a grey sky?
DanielPT wrote:Aerond wrote:I´ve been thinking in a formula to "recreate" the randomness of a Wet Race in terms of performance. What If, for a Wet Weekend (yes, it has to be the whole weekend), I randomize a Power reduction on every team between 0 and 120 Bhp? This will be randomized again for every Wet Weekend we have. I will announce if an upcoming race is Wet a few days before. If you have any ideas on how to make this in any other way or to improve it, just let me know, or simply let me know what you think of it.
Isn't that power reduction window too big, creating a large difference between the teams for a whole weekend?
Also, it is said that a wet track is the great equalizer between cars, so how about calculating a power average between the whole grid and then reduce 50% the power advantage of those teams that surpass this average? For instance, team A has 700bhp and team B only has 600. the average gives 650 which gives team A a power advantage of 50bhp over the average. So we take 50% from this advantage team A has, placing them at 675 while team B stays in 600. In a wet race a McLaren will always be faster than a Force India, only less so due to a reduction of aerodynamics influence in the race. Aero being the primary reason for McLaren's advantage in the first place.
Aerond wrote:DanielPT wrote:Aerond wrote:I´ve been thinking in a formula to "recreate" the randomness of a Wet Race in terms of performance. What If, for a Wet Weekend (yes, it has to be the whole weekend), I randomize a Power reduction on every team between 0 and 120 Bhp? This will be randomized again for every Wet Weekend we have. I will announce if an upcoming race is Wet a few days before. If you have any ideas on how to make this in any other way or to improve it, just let me know, or simply let me know what you think of it.
Isn't that power reduction window too big, creating a large difference between the teams for a whole weekend?
Also, it is said that a wet track is the great equalizer between cars, so how about calculating a power average between the whole grid and then reduce 50% the power advantage of those teams that surpass this average? For instance, team A has 700bhp and team B only has 600. the average gives 650 which gives team A a power advantage of 50bhp over the average. So we take 50% from this advantage team A has, placing them at 675 while team B stays in 600. In a wet race a McLaren will always be faster than a Force India, only less so due to a reduction of aerodynamics influence in the race. Aero being the primary reason for McLaren's advantage in the first place.
Yeah, but some drivers behave better than others in wet conditions, so this doesn´t completely solve our problem. Maybe doing what you say + giving a random variation over driver qualifying and race performance for drivers (plus or minus 500 points - 500 points being aproximately a 1.20% of a laptime)??
DanielPT wrote:Aerond wrote:DanielPT wrote:
Isn't that power reduction window too big, creating a large difference between the teams for a whole weekend?
Also, it is said that a wet track is the great equalizer between cars, so how about calculating a power average between the whole grid and then reduce 50% the power advantage of those teams that surpass this average? For instance, team A has 700bhp and team B only has 600. the average gives 650 which gives team A a power advantage of 50bhp over the average. So we take 50% from this advantage team A has, placing them at 675 while team B stays in 600. In a wet race a McLaren will always be faster than a Force India, only less so due to a reduction of aerodynamics influence in the race. Aero being the primary reason for McLaren's advantage in the first place.
Yeah, but some drivers behave better than others in wet conditions, so this doesn´t completely solve our problem. Maybe doing what you say + giving a random variation over driver qualifying and race performance for drivers (plus or minus 500 points - 500 points being aproximately a 1.20% of a laptime)??
I agree. We can go with that as it seems to be a good solution. We can also adjust the reduction percentage if 50% reveals itself to be either too much or too little...
Wizzie wrote:Finally, when asked about his goals for the season, he simply said "The F1RWRS Championship."
Sammy Jones wrote:Good luck son, that's the kind of attitude I like to hear. The CJR-103 will win races this year!!
AndreaModa wrote:I'd support the wet races idea, and what Daniel and Aerond have raised, that seems like a good solution.Wizzie wrote:Finally, when asked about his goals for the season, he simply said "The F1RWRS Championship."Sammy Jones wrote:Good luck son, that's the kind of attitude I like to hear. The CJR-103 will win races this year!!
)Klon wrote:...you have to beat the Best In The World™ at what he does, so it won't be like 2009.
Wizzie wrote:Klon wrote:...you have to beat the Best In The World™ at what he does, so it won't be like 2009.
I AM the Best in the World
The Daily Blueshell (again) wrote:THE FOX SLIGHTLY FURIOUS AT F1RWRS COMMITTEE - AGAIN
The Fox, having already declared Daniel Martins a pay-driver, is slightly furious at the F1RWRS committee for not allowing Martins to become a pay-driver. He said in a brief interview "Although I am against Pay-drivers in every way, Daniel has done something that I could not do and decided to become a pay-driver, and I for one respect that. However, for the committee to flat-out reject that, I can't believe they would give no real reason for turning it down. Even if they turn it down again, if at all they give me a good reason, maybe I'll back down and stop being such an arse.The committee hasn't been making any great decisions lately, hopefully they shall be better as the season continues.
Autosport wrote:MIRKO BOSEVIC TO BE SIGNED TO ARROWTECH - REPORT
According to the local sources, the former F1 driver Mirko Bosevic is expected to sign with the team to a 1-year deal. The Croatian has driven five races for Arrows, and has driven successfully in other series. The Fox was interviewed briefly about this and responded that "I think that Bosevic is a very talented driver. I think he'll make the best of intentions to the team and it'll be a great fit for the season. All there is left to do is for him to sign the papers." Bosevic was not available to comment.
AndreaModa wrote:It's obvious why you can't make Martins a pay driver, if you did then I'd just go out and make Sammy Jones one too, as I'm sure everyone else would, and gain the credits from it, completely negating the point of pay drivers.
Klon wrote:https://twitter.com/#!/KayLon4Real
Haha, time for gimmick posting.
Klon wrote:https://twitter.com/#!/KayLon4Real
Haha, time for gimmick posting.
the Masked Lapwing wrote:Aerond, how many credits do HRT have right now? Because I lost track after the chassis debacle, and I need to decide on how spend what remains.
Warren Hughes wrote:I hope I'm not too late for this.
It's suitably rejectful (done in Paint) and, of course, sponsorless. The grey bit is an accident due to me, rejectfully, saving it as a 16-colour BMP and losing some of my colour. I hope the colours are ok for GP2 Aerond.
the Masked Lapwing wrote:Will it still be 99 laps at Bathurst? Because then it should rain - and no one will finish
JeremyMcClean wrote:The Daily Blueshell (again) wrote:THE FOX SLIGHTLY FURIOUS AT F1RWRS COMMITTEE - AGAIN
The Fox, having already declared Daniel Martins a pay-driver, is slightly furious at the F1RWRS committee for not allowing Martins to become a pay-driver. He said in a brief interview "Although I am against Pay-drivers in every way, Daniel has done something that I could not do and decided to become a pay-driver, and I for one respect that. However, for the committee to flat-out reject that, I can't believe they would give no real reason for turning it down. Even if they turn it down again, if at all they give me a good reason, maybe I'll back down and stop being such an arse.
Simpson worried about this season's prospects
Dave Simpson is quite worried about the fortunes of the Prospec team, which was recently acquired by the Pemberton Group. Simpson has recently reported to have said "The team are lacking sponsors, and we're simply going into the season with performance upgrades to an uncompetitive car. Hopefully the high attrition rate that we saw in the first few races of last season will return, otherwise we'll be mired in Pre-qualifying." A spokesperson for the team said "Prospec remain the most successful team in F1RWRS, with two constructors championships and a Drivers championship. Our driver line-up is the most experienced on the grid, with both Gary and Dave competing in the series from the first ever race. We're sure that the team will improve over the following season, hopefully back to the heights of the 2010 and 2011 seasons."
Autosprint wrote:Unequal treatment for Trueba’s drivers?
Sources close to the Trueba Racing team confirmed that Trueba members have jointly decided to focus their efforts exclusively on the newcomer Fredo Mestolio. Giovanni Roda, one of the team owners, has also confirmed these rumours: “I myself I advanced this proposal to our chairman Scaglietti. We will wait for the first race to see, evaluate Fredo and decide whether to reserve the best parts we have to him, so that he can show as much talent as possible with our mediocre material, or not”.
Aerond wrote:It says it in the 2013 rules and it hasn´t changed... Let´s see, Pay Drivers have their own random stats, which can even be better than those of a Race Driver, and these stats are locked and can´t be changed. A real driver doesn´t change his abilities year to year (a driver can improve over them -that´s what developments credits are for-, or can have a bad year -that´s what the high Inconsistency is there for-), and, to add to this, Martins has already invested credits in him. The only thing is that a Pay Driver can become a Race Driver by scoring 10 points or more within a season, but there´s no other way around because it would be simply idiotic.
Wizzie wrote:How many credits do MRT have now? With all the whining I've done I seem to have lost track