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Instead of one person being responsible for pointing out errors in driving,
which is vital to better racing I feel, why don't we have a competition
board. Only people who don't make the race are part of the board for that
week. Get at least three people. They all watch a replay, hopefully from
more than one source, and they post their comments.
I know this would be alot of work, but we do seem to have alot of people who
can't make the races regularly, so this would be another way for them to get
involved. And by not being in the race they are commenting on, there is a
minimized amount of favoritism that could be called.
I know I can't make every race, but I would more than gladly make some time
to review replays and highlight what I thought were examples of bad driving.
And with at least three people making that judgement call, we should get a
fairly good idea of what is bad driving and what is just a racing incident.

Brit
btgoss # 146 with RASCAR and GROWL.

I also feel the more light-hearted these discussions are  i.e. "Boy, was a
friggen idiot today, or what!" the better.

People***up.  There's also a reason why WE aren't the one's being
watched on TV every Sunday :)  I think it's possible to discuss possible
area's of mis-understanding i.e. What should someone do in xxx situation.
"There was an incident today because of this, and I want to see if I should
have done this instead of that".

We have to stop painting targets on each other at all costs.

I'm pleased at how little of this I have seen in RASCAR, and I'd like to see
it stay that way.

I'll take leaving the track as a respected friend over a winner any day, if
I only have one choice.

-Larry

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I believe that, and I appreciate what you did to help the RASCAR races.

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On the contrary IGPS always had a big range of ability. In fact IGPS/1
was so early after the release of GPL that many were in that raw
learning phase so that there were huge disparities in lap times, yet
there seemed to be mini battles going on down the field.

The odd thing was there were remarkably few incidents even when the
faster drivers lapped the learners. Maybe on-line racing was so new to
most of us that an extra degree of respect existed - who knows.

Karissa Thomas. She reappeared on my address book recently after
restoring an old copy, and I got quizzed by the wife :-)

Tony

Tony

Oops...<g>

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In IGPS/1, you, me and Graeme seemed to own the top three spots on the
grid.  I remember the very first race (Mexico) when Graeme was leading
by quite a hefty margin of between 20 and 30 seconds when he disco'd on
the last turn of the lap. I ended up winning because of it, and felt
real bad about Graeme disco'ing after he held the lead for the whole
race.  When I'm done readin ras, I think I'm gonna go watch a few of the
old IGPS races.

I think it might have been because I was a fascist where incidents were
concerned.  Zieg hiel.  :)

Anyone ever find out what she's been up to?  I noticed she's in GPL
Rank, and the last update from her was late last year, so she's still
plinking at lap times.

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Lead the whole race???? I Was first into T1 Mr Simmons!

Just last out of it beached on a pesky tyre and a black flag and pit
stop for the pleasure <G>

Not the perfect start to my first league race (wasn't repeated so I
guess I learnt something)

The fight back to second either shows how varied the field was or what
an incredibly quick driver I am (delete as appropriate)

Tony

For the record i dont think either Mitch, John or myself should consider
quitting.

Cheers Ginger

John, though i doubt there is anyway i could influence you to change your
mind i have to say i dont think its neccessary for you to quit or leave
Rascar.

I havnt said so in the past so its only right and proper to convey my thanks
for all your time and effort you have put into Rascar, many Thanks John.

Amen to that brother, i couldnt agree more, and i feel exactly the same way
with regards to character assassination, especialy in such a public forum.

Cheers Ginger

Hehe, i thought we all done that in another thread.

I know this is Rascar we are talking about, but i dont think RAS is the best
place to examine root causes etc etc simply because it is so public. I
normaly make the effort to apologise for any incident i feel the slightest
bit responsible for, and sometimes for incidents where i think i am
completely blameless, and i think most of us do that. I also think most of
us review the replay of the race and look at our incidents from different
view points to get the bigger picture on what really happened, and learn
what we can from that second viewing. I think you are a bit brash and dare i
say rude at times, which i'm sure wards off most who would dare to challenge
you, and for those reasons i dont think you are the best person to conduct a
recap of the races ( if indeed a recap is neccessary )

Well, people in glasshouses.......

That much is clear, i dont think anyone is asking that from you.

I hear you, though at a subconscious level i think you were.

Thats a shame, and again i dont think that is neccessary, i would like to
think that whatever our disagreements we can still enjoy a race together,
after all, there is much more to rascar than just me and you.
Or were you talking about the recap, in which case i applaud your decision
:-)

Cheers Ginger

You were also the first one to plow through the tire barriers too... :)

You were catching me though.  Didn't you finish 2nd in that race?

The way I recall, as long as none of us wrecked or got booted, Graeme
and you were often 1st or 2nd, and I was third at the end.

That's why we all agreed to change chassis for season 2.

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