07-21-2019, 07:20 AM
Im all for having a few written "guidelines" when joining (or as the welcome page on the servers, like on most public servers), but race incidents will always happen and while sometimes it's debatable, some attitudes are really just the lack of experience for example in quali, there are a couple of more specifics that often drive me mad, and im sure a lot of others too :
- Look at your map/mirrors when going out of the pit in quali and people are on their hotlaps, especially tracks where pit exits end up in the middle of T1 (ex: Brands hatch) Crewchief can spot that for you as well. It's a really basic thing everybody would do in the real world but i keep seeing people going out of the pit chilling right into the first corners while people behind are starting their laps.
- In similar way if you are on a outlap, get out of the way (there s no point not doing it, as your time won't count anyway)
- No need to fight on outlaps in general, the smart thing is to try to get space instead. Also use common sense, if you know the guy behind is going to be significantly faster, get your space behind him, you ll make a much better quali than driving in the mirrors checking how fast he gains on you, and maybe you can even get a bit of slipstream.
- Also in Quali if you did screw up your lap, get out of the way, if the guy behind started his lap with a 5-10s space to you and he is right on your bumper halfway into the lap, yes it's a bad lap, prepare for the next one instead of screwing the guy's behind lap too.
About blue flags:
- The game in general is to NOT be on the racing lines at the particular moment you get lapped, it's not multiclass lapping where everybody fights for a different race, it's lapping because you are 1 lap down or more ... some are really experts for that, sitting on the apexes at half the speed in the tightest corners of the track (like it's a gift for you
), really it's easy, think of the regular racing lines, and go to the opposite ones at lower speed, but most of the time it will save you troubles or any thoughts process about it, even very likely time by just lifting in the straight than waiting the last moment, panic and end up slowing down or wrecking everybody yourself included. Also try not to copy braking points right away behind the one who just got by, either it will end up in a crash or ramming the leaders.
Except a few there and there, i think blue flags got a bit better lately, but quali it's still a thing regularly.
Bonus : Avoid parking for whatever reason around the track during the race, it triggers constant yellow flags for everyone (which is needed on highly blind tracks like Laguna Seca, Road Altanta, etc..)
- Look at your map/mirrors when going out of the pit in quali and people are on their hotlaps, especially tracks where pit exits end up in the middle of T1 (ex: Brands hatch) Crewchief can spot that for you as well. It's a really basic thing everybody would do in the real world but i keep seeing people going out of the pit chilling right into the first corners while people behind are starting their laps.
- In similar way if you are on a outlap, get out of the way (there s no point not doing it, as your time won't count anyway)
- No need to fight on outlaps in general, the smart thing is to try to get space instead. Also use common sense, if you know the guy behind is going to be significantly faster, get your space behind him, you ll make a much better quali than driving in the mirrors checking how fast he gains on you, and maybe you can even get a bit of slipstream.
- Also in Quali if you did screw up your lap, get out of the way, if the guy behind started his lap with a 5-10s space to you and he is right on your bumper halfway into the lap, yes it's a bad lap, prepare for the next one instead of screwing the guy's behind lap too.
About blue flags:
- The game in general is to NOT be on the racing lines at the particular moment you get lapped, it's not multiclass lapping where everybody fights for a different race, it's lapping because you are 1 lap down or more ... some are really experts for that, sitting on the apexes at half the speed in the tightest corners of the track (like it's a gift for you
), really it's easy, think of the regular racing lines, and go to the opposite ones at lower speed, but most of the time it will save you troubles or any thoughts process about it, even very likely time by just lifting in the straight than waiting the last moment, panic and end up slowing down or wrecking everybody yourself included. Also try not to copy braking points right away behind the one who just got by, either it will end up in a crash or ramming the leaders. Except a few there and there, i think blue flags got a bit better lately, but quali it's still a thing regularly.
Bonus : Avoid parking for whatever reason around the track during the race, it triggers constant yellow flags for everyone (which is needed on highly blind tracks like Laguna Seca, Road Altanta, etc..)