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VEC Race 1 - 8 hours of Spa

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Race Length: 8 hours
Race day: 7 September
Briefing released: 2nd post

Division 1-2 Race schedule:
11:00 - Race servers will be open (ensure only STARTING driver is on the server)
11:45 - All cars must be on the server - and stay there
12:00 - Qualifying
12:00-12:20 - GT3 Qualifying
12:25-12:45 - LMH/LMP2 Qualifying
12:50 - Qualifying session ends
12:50 - Warmup
12:55 - Start of formation lap
13:00 - Green flag - See briefing notes

Classes: LMH, LMP2 and GT3

Server Settings:
rFactor 2: Latest build
Simulated race start Time: 13:00
Time accelerated: x1
Flag rules: Black only
Weather: Live real weather
Orange Zone: In effect through first full lap
Server details: Click here
Broadcast: Click here

Race director: Jimmi Allison
Live stewards: None
Course Marshall: N/A

Please review the rules before joining the server for the race.
Race schedule times are in CET/CEST whatever is being used in Copenhagen at the time of the race.
 
Briefing:
NOTE: LMH/LMP2 garages are located in the sprint area of the track and GT3 garages are on the endurance pitlane. This is to avoid anyone getting more laps in qualifying. HOWEVER also note pitboxes are normally setup.
Final note: when on practice server - you can't be 100% sure of the garages if there is more than 2 drivers of the same entry online.

Race starts:
Both divisions follow their starting procedure as per rules, please check before asking.
Both divisions should go 150 km/h in sector 1, 120 in sector 2 and by the end of sector 2, slow down to pitlimiter speed (80).
Please make a note of who you are starting behind and do not overtake on formation lap.

Reminder:
Review the rules please. Your in game name need to be the same as forum name and what you have been signed up with.

Stream:
 
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DIVISION 1 Incident report​

All decisions made by the Stewards are final.

Qualifying
00:21:46 - I Aguado starts and completes a Q lap after the Q has ended.
Penalty - I Aguado - 3.4; DT

00:39:12 - L Meunier impedes N Lemoine who is on a fast lap after being held up in Raidillon.
Penalty - L Meunier - BL; DT

Incident list
00:05:34 - N Jakab overtakes R Starkenburg well before T7, slides, goes wide and off track, yet manages to stay ahead.
NFA

00:05:53 - B Geider goes for a 4 car overtake towards T7, not in a position to claim position and spins I Aguado.
Penalty - B Geider - AC; DT
Penalty - B Geider - AC; DT (OZ)

00:11:34 - L Meunier catches R Starkenburg towards T7, Starkenburg blocks and Meunier runs wide, gains an advantage and stays ahead.
Penalty - R Starkenburg - BL; DT
Penalty - L Meunier - US; DT

00:20:15 - M Mehl overtakes D Cannistraci into T13 and is alongside Cannistracti for the entirety of corner and in T14 Mehl slides a bit out when hugging the apex and Cannistraci left too little room - light contact is made.
NFA

00:28:56 - J Neves and P Ark go side by side through T7, but Neves doesn't leave enough space at the apex of T8. Contact is made and Ark spins.
Penalty - J Neves - AC; DT

01:24:52 - P van Ark's line is slightly compromised by J Maki-Jouppi overtaking him. L Martino then follows and overtakes on the outside of T15. Ark does not leave room for Martino and contact is made spinning Martino around.
Penalty - P van Ark - AC; DT
While the GT3 car should have turned more and leaving more room, we really need to encourage prototype drivers to stop overtaking on the outside compromising GT´s line through turns.
5.1.3 Generally speaking, the preferred times (in order of preference) for a faster car to pass is on the straights, exiting a corner, or entering the braking zone. Passing a car mid-corner is very dangerous and should be avoided, unless the passing car is confident that the other driver is aware of the passing move.

01:33:40 - P Szwajkowski runs into the wall at the pit entry, waits and then reverse back infront of L Amelio causing the other entry to lose several seconds.
Penalty - P Szwajkowski - US; DT
Causing a competitor to lose significant time

01:52:45 - D Niet misjudges the speed difference with S Pajaud and makes contact and does not perform GR
Penalty - D Niet - AC; DT

02:32:18 - V Polesny overtakes C Rigo into T13 and on the exit of T14 he leaves very little room for Rigo
Infraction - V Polesny - AC

02:32:33-V Polesny moves in response to C Rigo trying to overtake.
Penalty - V Polesny - BL; DT

02:33:10 - V Polesny loses control of the car on the exit of T1 and hits C Rigo.
Penalty - V Polesny - AC; DT

02:47:43 - M Uhlemann overtakes L Rance on the outside towards T11, while Rance goes for the racing line and the LMH takes a very odd oppertunity to overtake this is deemed as
Racing incident
Please faster cars, stay as predictable as you want the GT cars to be

02:50:25 - D Niet goes for a late move on the inside of 12 forcing S Pajaud to open up the steering
Infraction - D Niet - AC

03:30:25 - Z Probek goes wide from T8 into a narrow entry of T9, bumps the kerb and bounces into G Scalvini who has no chance to seing him due to that entry to T9
Penalty - Z Pribek - AC; DT

05:20:10 - J Vogel ignores blue flag for more than twice as many corners as rules state
Penalty - J Vogel - BL; DT

I Leonov slams into the side/back of T Louer which causes several rolls and finally a DNF for the car.
Penalty - I Leonov - AC; SnH 60 seconds

07:03:50 - M Uhlemann ignores blue flags. L Meunier makes a movement towards Uhlemann after being let go.
Penalty - M Uhlemann - IBF; DT
Infraction - L Meunier - US

07:04:46 - A Sequera moves to the racing line into M Uhlemann who is overtaking, light contact is made.
Racing incident

07:46:40 - A Sequera ignores blue flags.
Penalty - A Sequera - IBF; DT

Penalty Summary
Penalty - I Aguado - 3.4; DT
Penalty - L Meunier - BL; DT
Penalty - B Geider - AC; DT
Penalty - B Geider - AC; DT (OZ)
Penalty - R Starkenburg - BL; DT
Penalty - L Meunier - US; DT
Penalty - J Neves - AC; DT
Penalty - P van Ark - AC; DT
Penalty - P Szwajkowski - US; DT
Penalty - D Niet - AC; DT
Infraction - V Polesny - AC
Penalty - V Polesny - BL; DT
Penalty - V Polesny - AC; DT
Infraction - D Niet - AC
Penalty - Z Pribek - AC; DT
Penalty - J Vogel - BL; DT
Penalty - I Leonov - AC; SnH 60 seconds
Penalty - M Uhlemann - IBF; DT
Penalty - A Sequera - IBF; DT

Team Penalty Summary
Penalty - #51 - DT
Penalty - #3 - DT
Penalty - #80 - DT
Penalty - #80 - DT
Penalty - #18 - DT
Penalty - #3 - DT
Penalty - #58 - DT
Penalty - #70 - DT
Penalty - #44 - DT
Penalty - #19 - DT
Infraction - #28 - AC
Penalty - #28 - DT
Penalty - #28 - DT
Infraction - #19 - AC
Penalty - #22 - DT
Penalty - #80 - DT
Penalty - #18 - SnH 60 seconds
Penalty - #23 - DT
Penalty - #53 - DT

Stewards Comments and Feedback
Due to the nature of the incident I Leonov is put on probation for next round for AD
 
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DIVISION 2 Incident report​

All decisions made by the Stewards are final.

Qualifying
00:46:17 - E Locatelli exits pits and starts a q lap after Prototype qualifying is over
Penalty - E Locatelli - 3.4; DT

Incidents list
00:21:56 - S Sobers is going side by side with J Feenstra into T19, but takes a little too much speed and spins Feenstra.
Penalty - S Sobers - AC; DT

00:53:30 - T Trambouze misjudges the speed difference with G Saracino who is stuck behind a GT and hits Saracino.
Penalty - T Trambouze - AC; DT

01:46:45 - F Morelato goes for a late move in T16 on a GT3 that is already commited to the line. Bumps the car and then slows down. To save the car he applies almost full brakes on the racing line causing a three car pileup with damage.
Penalty - F Morelato - AD; DT
Penalty - F Morelato - AC; SnH 60 seconds

01:48:18 - M Crawford goes half meter of track in the double lefthander and use the normal line where an LMP2 without patience is diving down the inside of Crawford.
Penalty - G Fournier - AC; SnH 60 seconds
That said, both drivers could have avoided this, start paying attention and consider what other drivers will do

04:16:17 - T Trambouze is following J Vanderweide past an incident in Raidillon, but Vanderweide suddenly brakes for no apparent reason and contact is made.
Infraction - J Vanderweide - UP

05:32:29 - J Suto is being overtaken by M Jong, but turns in a little to early and M Jong runs a little wide. Light contact is made and both continue .
Infraction - J Suto - AC

05:44:21 - S Galopin lets the car run into S Mendez on the straight causing a big crash.
Penalty - S Galopin - AC; SnH 60 seconds

06:28:38 - M Korkiakoski overtakes a GT on the outside and fails to give room on turn on causing contact and LMP2 spins
Infraction - M Korkiakoski - AC

06:45:18 - The reported cars are not close at the reported timestamp
NFA

06:46:10 - S Galopin misses the braking zone into last chicane completely and rams into S Zitiello.
Penalty - S Galopin - AC; SnH 60 seconds

07:51:44 - The reported cars are not close at the reported timestamp
NFA

07:53:43 - The reported cars are not close at the reported timestamp
NFA

Penalty Summary
Penalty - E Locatelli - 3.4; DT
Penalty - S Sobers - AC; DT
Penalty - T Trambouze - AC; DT
Penalty - F Morelato - AD; DT
Penalty - F Morelato - AC; SnH 60 seconds
Penalty - G Fournier - AC; SnH 60 seconds
Infraction - J Vanderweide - UP
Infraction - J Suto - AC
Penalty - S Galopin - AC; SnH 60 seconds
Infraction - M Korkiakoski - AC
Penalty - S Galopin - AC; SnH 60 seconds

Team Penalty Summary
Penalty - #241 - DT
Penalty - #247 - DT
Penalty - #246 - DT
Penalty - #239 - DT
Penalty - #239 - SnH 60 seconds
Penalty - #229 - SnH 60 seconds
Penalty - #264 - SnH 60 seconds
Penalty - #264 - SnH 60 seconds

Stewards Comments and Feedback
F Morelato is put on probation due to 2 penalties
S Galopin is put on probation due to 2 penalties
 
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What will be the Simulated qualifying start Time?
 
Expect a mod update tomorrow morning (before noon, please plan accordingly) with some fixes, see changelig tomorrow.
 
Jimmi Allison said:
Expect a mod update tomorrow morning (before noon, please plan accordingly) with some fixes, see changelig tomorrow.
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Sorry need to postpone this as i dont have time to doublecheck before leaving the house today. Given i am out with Delta in competition all day tomorrow, expect this monday morning.
I need to double check all the settings that was reported.
 
Hi all, is it possible to put daylight on serveur every time on a day?
I suggest that because on many people play in the night on outside working hours and we have often night conditions. It will be not representative on race conditions on Saturday.
Thanks you
 
Corentin Pointeau said:
Hi all, is it possible to put daylight on serveur every time on a day?
I suggest that because on many people play in the night on outside working hours and we have often night conditions. It will be not representative on race conditions on Saturday.
Thanks you
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Not too sure i understand, but i am thinking you want a static daylight server?
Not possible, there is 5 servers available for you, one of them must fit your time frame. D1 and D2 servers are not really being used and they start from 11, so plenty of time to practice daylight.
 
Forecast7 shows probable rain on Saturday, but literally every other weather forecast shows sunny without any rain:eek:
I guess in the end the weather plugin will be used and it will be most likely sunny anyway
 
Jernej Simoncic said:
Forecast7 shows probable rain on Saturday, but literally every other weather forecast shows sunny without any rain:eek:
I guess in the end the weather plugin will be used and it will be most likely sunny anyway
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The weather tool does not care about forecasts, it reports back about current conditions, so not matter what you will get what there is. Not sure what forecast7 is known for, wether that is good or bad - not used it or heard of it.
 
Jernej Simoncic said:
Forecast7 shows probable rain on Saturday, but literally every other weather forecast shows sunny without any rain:eek:
I guess in the end the weather plugin will be used and it will be most likely sunny anyway
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Look for windy.com , it's one of the best to see weather forecast.

And by what I see, rain will be close.
 
Salut,

I've just noticed a small problem for me. I can't see my pit marker on the Div2 server. I've checked offline and on the VEC Practice everything is OK but it doesn't appear on Div2. I've checked the files but it's still the same. Does anyone have any ideas?

This Picture is from the VEC Practice
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Jernej Simoncic said:
Alright. Well you're currently using Forecast7 VEC - R1 - 8 hours of Spa - xcu_em_extra_info
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Right, yeah these services come and go, this is probably the 5th service we have now tried on the forum. Each service uses different platforms for predictions. Predictions i (and everyone else have 0 control over) unless its hours before every prediction has its challenges. How predictions are made is a long story, i know how the danish agency (DMI) is doing it, but no idea wether that is a well-known way of prediction the weather.

There is probably a service online you can pay for to get more reliable forecast, idk.

But actual live weather is getting data directly from the stations around the area and then a bit delayed (depends on call time etc) it will arrive in game.
 
Frederic Ledoux said:
Salut,

I've just noticed a small problem for me. I can't see my pit marker on the Div2 server. I've checked offline and on the VEC Practice everything is OK but it doesn't appear on Div2. I've checked the files but it's still the same. Does anyone have any ideas?

This Picture is from the VEC Practice
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Not sure, but to explain what i do know: These pit markers are not done by the servers, so this is a local thing. My guess is someone was on the server that had your pitbox or soemthing like that. These pitboxes in practice is a mess when divisions "meet" or more cars from the same entry is on the server.
 
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