Beware the online VROC idiot

I usually race GPL online through VROC late at night since I work crazy hours. There's not many drivers but everybody is pretty good and knows the proper manners - actually it's very cliquey with a lot of Aussie drivers participating in password races - but they seem very nice. Anyway I raced today with a friend of mine on an East coast server. It was a pretty big field at the Glen. I qualified near the top and stayed out front away from the herd. My friend got stuck in the pack and was wiped out at least 5 times. After a few laps I encountered tons of lapped traffic that nearly wiped me out. I believe I lapped drivers a second and maybe a third time. Basically it was between me and 1 other driver vying for first and then he got wiped by a slow moving Ferrari. I made it buy but he was furious and justifiably so. On the second to last lap some idiot name Julia Knight driving a Lotus was driving the wrong way and continued to run lap after lap backwards. She got me on the final lap but I still won the race. My friend and I were appalled. I've never encountered so many hacks driving. I mean we all were newbies once, but show some respect and watch for the blue flag and get the hell off the road for the faster drivers. As for Julia Knight, somebody should drive a brick through her computer so she will never race again. Is this what's it like during the day? Lapping cars 3 times?? Backwards driving?? Please tell me it's an anomaly. Thanks for listening JH

it is. I have seen only 3 or 4 drivers actually driving backwards. one on purpose (a stupid nerd, but I forgot the name ...) and the others after a crash when they entered the track due to not knowing which way was the right one (people not knowing the track should stay away from online races! IMHO this also applies to the 'ring ...). lapping cars 3 times? in a short race? very rare ... in a long race at monaco: might happen sometimes, but at the glen? never had this. and I did some hundred online races yet at almost all times of the day ;-) Lio

I just reviewed the replay and this freak Julia Knight drove the whole race in 2nd gear deliberately trying to crash into as many cars as possible. Then for the last 2 laps drove backwards to maximize the destruction. Unbelievable. JH

I mostly drive in VROC after 21:00 GMT and I've never seen someone driving backwards.. but I've heard of it. I guess I'm lucky. Usually the races are fine (expect the start crashes before T1 at Monza :)) especially because I mostly race with drivers who I know are fair. -- Greger

I ran into a similar idiot about a week ago in an F2 race at Mexico. It started out that this guy (girl?) seemed really eager to get to the track. After practice time had elapsed and other drivers were finishing their last lap, he kept asking what the problem was, and why we weren't "GETTING ON WITH IT" (he typed in all caps too, which seemed to emphasive all this). When we finally got to the track and we were all wishing each other good luck, he was saying "YA, YA. WHATEVER". That raised a few "Uhh??" from other drivers. Then the race started. Looking at the replay I saw this moron, A. Ferrante was the name, driving all over the place. It looked like he had no idea how to drive and he couldn't really stay on the track. I ran into him nose to nose (he was driving the track backwards) just before the Peralta. After that he drove in reverse for a while. Then, after wiping someone out, he decided to purposely take aim and ram the other car. Next it was some donuts on and off the track. We ended up ejecting him from the race. So either this was some stupid kid using his parents' computer for some joy riding, or a total jerk who gets off on wasting everyone's time. Let's hope it never gets to the point where we have to password every race. Drive carefully, Phil Gammon * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

As for Julia Knight, somebody should drive I had this pratt at WG last night... totally wrecked a race for Tim Lieghton, C Charm and myself and a good few others.... this dork (gender unknown, seems to call itself Julia!) was weaving side to side, ramming cars and driving the wrong way round the track... intent on causing maximum mayhem until the race leader... Tim, was taken out, myself (3rd) rammed so many times I gave up on the race... other drivers also 'taken out' by this idiot... moves are afoot to deal with this jerk!!! Dave (UK)

Mmmm, J Knight? Now where does that ring a bell? Oh yeah, that was the prat driving backwards at Silverstone a week or so ago. Remember that one Eldred? Obviously this 'person' is a complete numbnuts. All we can hope for is s/he gets bored and finds some other traffic to play with. Preferably of the real kind. :-) -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

With the 1.2 patch you can kick someone from a race I believe? I never needed this, but when I see someone driving backwards on the track, I'm gonna kick him for sure! Andre

There was a fellow who posted here a site or his site (sorry I lost the adress) with useful information about how to drive carefully on tracks. And contained usefull information on how and where to let pass the quicker drivers. That opened an eye for me. Not that I was driving backwards or doing other things on purpose. If that someone could give me the adress again? Greetings Olaf

The reason for this is the very high cost of high bandwidth servers in Australia atm. We used to leave the servers on with no passwords but the cost was staggering. We get charged per Mb here. As a solution all the members of a Aussie based sim racing club now put in some money each month to help cover the cost. Unfortuanly this has also meant we had to password our servers. Hope there's no hard feelings. Regards Phillip McNelley

Here you go. http://www.powerup.com.au/~philmak/gplac/rec_driver_beh.htm John Moore

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> > I usually race GPL online through VROC late at night since I work crazy > > hours. There's not many drivers but everybody is pretty good and knows the > > proper manners - actually it's very cliquey with a lot of Aussie drivers > > participating in password races - but they seem very nice. Anyway I raced > > today with a friend of mine on an East coast server. It was a pretty big > > field at the Glen. I qualified near the top and stayed out front away from > > the herd. My friend got stuck in the pack and was wiped out at least 5 > > times. After a few laps I encountered tons of lapped traffic that nearly > > wiped me out. I believe I lapped drivers a second and maybe a third time. > > Basically it was between me and 1 other driver vying for first and then he > > got wiped by a slow moving Ferrari. I made it buy but he was furious and > > justifiably so. On the second to last lap some idiot name Julia Knight > > driving a Lotus was driving the wrong way and continued to run lap after lap > > backwards. She got me on the final lap but I still won the race. My > > friend and I were appalled. > > I've never encountered so many hacks driving. I mean we all were newbies > > once, but show some respect and watch for the blue flag and get the hell off > > the road for the faster drivers. As for Julia Knight, somebody should drive > > a brick through her computer so she will never race again. > > Is this what's it like during the day? Lapping cars 3 times?? Backwards > > driving?? Please tell me it's an anomaly. > > Thanks for listening > > JH > There was a fellow who posted here a site or his site (sorry I lost the > adress) with useful information about how to drive carefully on tracks. And > contained usefull information on how and where to let pass the quicker > drivers. That opened an eye for me. Not that I was driving backwards or > doing other things on purpose. If that someone could give me the adress > again? > Greetings > Olaf

>On the second to last lap some idiot name Julia Knight >driving a Lotus was driving the wrong way and continued to run lap after lap >backwards. She got me on the final lap but I still won the race. My >friend and I were appalled. I had a Jordan Knight(also driving a Lotus, hmm...) show up at Silverstone on my dedicated server. Backwards driving, etc. Total ***. Unfortunately, I hadn't connected as boss, so I couldn't eject the creep. I felt really bad for the REAL drivers who were there attempting to compete... This guy/girl doesn't have two memory chips to rub together... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.