WRF V8 Challenge 1 Team Talk

[EIR Loe.307]

Post your team chatter for the Inaugural WRF V8 challenge here!!

[saltysurprise]

Post your team chatter for the Inaugural WRF V8 challenge here!!

Chatter, chatter.. Harakimi and I are gonna whip some serious ace:D:cool: I hope:wonder::lol:

It sure filled up at the last minute. Better late than never. Now if only I could get to the BR page to see how quali went:wonder::mad:

It's still unavailable to me...

[Harakimi]

I did a fast midseason stint for v8's for some experimenting before this game started and I think we are going to see many wrists cut open within next 7 days . :thumbsup:

[EIR Loe.307]

I'm still in a V8 mid season game that is getting close to finished. We've been P2, P1, P7, etc. It's all over the place. Makes it fun though.

[JoStream]

It sure filled up at the last minute. Better late than never. Now if only I could get to the BR page to see how quali went:wonder::mad:

Yea, it's still down. I couldn't even access it to adjust my quali parameters :rolleyes:

[EIR Loe.307]

It's back up now. I think they adjusted the time to compensate for the down time so you may still be able to get in some tuning.

I just looked and there are 3hours 20-ish minutes left to tune in for quali. so it did hold off.

[newelijah]

Its been over a year since I have raced the V8 series(dont have enough wins to get out of the Academy, they must like blocking me)

[EIR Loe.307]

Its been over a year since I have raced the V8 series(dont have enough wins to get out of the Academy, they must like blocking me)

Most of us bought our way out. Hehehe :lol:

[JoStream]

Most of us bought our way out. Hehehe :lol:

Can you buy yourself out? KT gives you the ability to race in Pro without winning a title? I didn't know that.

EIR is doing a great job in the V8s right now. It's in the team's interest for me to say that it's still early in the season and that I have every intent of catching you :lol:

[saltysurprise]

Get in line;) I'm going to be on you guys, like stink on a monkey:finishfirst:

We're having some success of our own ya know:D

[JoStream]

We're having some success of our own ya know:D

Yea, in your own league. Have fun seeing my rear bumper in tonight's race :lol: :p

[saltysurprise]

Yea, in your own league. Have fun seeing my rear bumper in tonight's race :lol: :p

We shall see:cool:

I guess this is what the kids call, "you've been served", and "it's on":lol:

DAAANCE SUCKA, YOU GOT NOTHIN' ON ME!:cool:

Or something like that...:wonder::lol:

[Harakimi]

Stone Brothers lead in the amount of WINS! :D

[EIR Loe.307]

Stone Brothers lead in the amount of WINS! :D

But our Holden team holds both P1 spots. :eek::lol::finishfirst:

[saltysurprise]

Well that proved relatively uneventfull:lol:

Of the 4 of us, I was the only one who managed to finish the race:confused: I'm happy with 12th:lol:

[EIR Loe.307]

Ya, that last one sucked. Jo DNF'd and I was like aww hell. Then I DNF'd. :mad: We had bad setups as it was. Thing wouldn't spit out the data!!.

[JoStream]

Ya, that last one sucked. Jo DNF'd and I was like aww hell. Then I DNF'd. :mad: We had bad setups as it was. Thing wouldn't spit out the data!!.

Yea, a crappy race :mad:. I really polished my rear wing just for you salty, but I guess I should have focused on the setup more :lol:

[newelijah]

Thats alright, I thoroughly enjoyed the race, good to see WPS with the first win of the season(I didnt expect to win though)

The data I am getting from the races are going into a setup database for later seasons(dont know why I didnt do it last year)

[saltysurprise]

The data I am getting from the races are going into a setup database for later seasons(dont know why I didnt do it last year)

You're certainly more organised and dedicated than I then:wonder::lol:

This is my first go at the V8's:thumbsup: It's not so bad. Points structure is interesting.

[EIR Loe.307]

The data I am getting from the races are going into a setup database for later seasons(dont know why I didnt do it last year)

You know, I tried that with my F12007 seasons. I had a BMW in 2 diff, seasons. The settings were totaly different even though I was in the same car on the same race with the same weather and the same driver attributes. Not sure if you're gonna have the same or better results, but good luck.

[Driverdb]

You know, I tried that with my F12007 seasons. I had a BMW in 2 diff, seasons. The settings were totaly different even though I was in the same car on the same race with the same weather and the same driver attributes. Not sure if you're gonna have the same or better results, but good luck.

Yeah, the setups seem to have some degree of randomness to prevent everyone from just using old setups. :)

[JoStream]

Yeah, the setups seem to have some degree of randomness to prevent everyone from just using old setups. :)

Yup, they change. Otherwise people wouldn't need to test anymore.

[saltysurprise]

Oh my! Looky looky at the top 5 at Barbagallo Quali:thumbsup:

1. Myself:D
2. DB
3. Cal
4. Fahad
5. Mr. Sue (does Paul have a WRF alias or not:confused:)

I know, quali don't mean yadda yadda:rolleyes:

[JoStream]

Oh my! Looky looky at the top 5 at Barbagallo Quali:thumbsup:

1. Myself:D
2. DB
3. Cal
4. Fahad
5. Mr. Sue (does Paul have a WRF alias or not:confused:

Congrats Mr. Salty on a lap well driven ;). If you wondered why you didn't see my rear wing I was driving on a different circuit but they insisted on counting my time :lol:

My team mate got it all wrong and was driving in the neighboring woods, so it wasn't too long until he hit on the end of the road. But we should be back on track tomorrow :p

Paul should have an account at the WRF :rolleyes:

[saltysurprise]

Congrats Mr. Salty on a lap well driven ;).

Paul should have an account at the WRF :rolleyes:

Smartass!:lol:

Paaauuuul!!! DINNNERRR!!!

Searching.... (BTW, with this new Mac, I never see that anymore:D)

[Driverdb]

I'm back on form! :D :lol:

The first corner will be interesting Salty. It's paint-swapping time!

[saltysurprise]

Well, OBVIOUSLY qualifying played a HUGE role in race one at Barbagallo:eek:. I guess that one good lap was good enough for second eh Jo?;):p Impressive racing by Fahad:thumbsup:

1. Fahad
2. Myself
3. Andreas
4. Cal
5. Paul

[newelijah]

Well, OBVIOUSLY qualifying played a HUGE role in race one at Barbagallo:eek:. I guess that one good lap was good enough for second eh Jo?;):p Impressive racing by Fahad:thumbsup:

1. Fahad
2. Myself
3. Andreas
4. Cal
5. Paul
Jo is too busy breathing down my neck to worry about anyone else for now, now Salty I will take the payment now for holding him up enough for you to get a good podium(should have won the race though).

7th is a nice first race just gotta keep improving as the race goes on.

[Harakimi]

I'm starting the 2nd race at row 2! Hopefully I don't collide again :D

[paul5114]

Smartass!:lol:

Paaauuuul!!! DINNNERRR!!!

Searching.... (BTW, with this new Mac, I never see that anymore:D)
erm...yes thats me!

[saltysurprise]

erm...yes thats me!

Finally!;)

Thanks for comin' out, better late than never.:thumbsup:

[JoStream]

Jo is too busy breathing down my neck to worry about anyone else for now, now Salty I will take the payment now for holding him up enough for you to get a good podium(should have won the race though).

7th is a nice first race just gotta keep improving as the race goes on.

You guys got it all figured out eh? :lol:

Don't think that will stop me. If anybody will stop me, it's my team mate :lol: :p :drunk:

[paul5114]

Finally!;)

Thanks for comin' out, better late than never.:thumbsup:
Well it was going to be never until I stumbled onto this site dying of boredom

[EIR Loe.307]

Well it was going to be never until I stumbled onto this site dying of boredom

Well I hope you won't be bored here. Welcome!

[JoStream]

We had a really fast car in the third race at the track. The closest call on a fastest lap chart I have seen in my 6 months with BATracer :lol:

1. JoStream 55.790
2. EIR Loe 55.791 (+0.001)

[EIR Loe.307]

We had a really fast car in the third race at the track. The closest call on a fastest lap chart I have seen in my 6 months with BATracer :lol:

1. JoStream 55.790
2. EIR Loe 55.791 (+0.001)

Nice!! :lol: Too bad I made an error and went backwards. At least you made up a lot from your quali spot. I was p2 going in. :(

[paul5114]

How the heck did I win that race?! Must thank my absolutely rubbish, unreliable car for the early pit stop.

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Now playing: The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)

[saltysurprise]

How the heck did I win that race?! Must thank my absolutely rubbish, unreliable car for the early pit stop.

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Now playing: The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)

I think Jules just does that to mess with peoples heads:lol:

One time in F12002, I managed to go from P22 in a Jordan and win the damn race:confused::lol:

BATRacer always leaves me scratching my head:wonder:

[JoStream]

WoW :eek:, I honestly didn't expect to land pole today :D

Of course the one time I'm at the front of the grid a hurricane comes to make my day :rolleyes:. I haven't raced V8s in wet conditions before, so it'll be somewhat of a gamble :mad:

[saltysurprise]

Of course the one time I'm at the front of the grid a hurricane comes to make my day :rolleyes:. I haven't raced V8s in wet conditions before, so it'll be somewhat of a gamble :mad:

I haven't either:wonder: I wonder how many retirements we'll see today:eek::wonder: If we're under 6, I'll be surprised.

I'll set the last minute over/under at 5.5

Any betters?:lol: Salty picks +:lol:

[JoStream]

I'm really happy with the result of todays' race :D I knew it would be tough in the heavy rain and I couldn't afford any more retirements. So I drove fairly conservatively, and you can see that from my lap times.

Eventually Riccardo was able to pass me but I'm still glad I held on to P2. It's much more than I expected from my first V8 race in that weather :thumbsup:

[EIR Loe.307]

I'm really happy with the result of todays' race :D I knew it would be tough in the heavy rain and I couldn't afford any more retirements. So I drove fairly conservatively, and you can see that from my lap times.

Eventually Riccardo was able to pass me but I'm still glad I held on to P2. It's much more than I expected from my first V8 race in that weather :thumbsup:

I did everything I wanted to do and FORGOT TO USE WETS. Stupid mistake!!! That was a short race so even making an early single pit wasn't going to help. Not enough laps for me today. Oh well, there's 25 races left.

[JoStream]

I did everything I wanted to do and FORGOT TO USE WETS. Stupid mistake!!!

Don't worry about it EIR. Still happens to me a lot :rolleyes:. They should have some kind of a warning like 'The tyres you have chosen for the race are not suitable for predicted weather conditions' :confused:

[paul5114]

Don't worry about it EIR. Still happens to me a lot :rolleyes:. They should have some kind of a warning like 'The tyres you have chosen for the race are not suitable for predicted weather conditions' :confused:
Nah, then that will make the game a whole lot easier. Being on the wrong tyres is one of the beauties of this game! :D

[JoStream]

I'm really starting to get into this game. After grabbing pole I made the mistake of not coming in during the safety car period, which cost me the victory.

No reason to be sad though. EIR made it to the top of the podium and collected important points for the team :thumbsup:

[newelijah]

It was nice to jag my second win of the campaign at Hidden Valley(I reckon it is a good name for a pirate):lol:

Lets hope I get to test and get my setup done before the race is won(is annoying if I cant)

[JoStream]

Congrats on the win!

This is the third time in a row I'm on pole (in five qualifying sessions) and of course I'm really happy I was able to do that. But the fact of the matter is that there are no points for poles or fastest laps.

At Queensland, I was once again unable to convert this performance into a victory :(. Scored some points, but I'll need to do better if I want to stay on track for this year's title ;)

[newelijah]

Cheers mate, strangely enough both races I have won has been due to the reverse grid order.

I seem to struggle in the first race, like I am now at QLD raceway.

Queensland Raceway is the second closest V8 race apart from Surfers Paradise(from me), QLD Raceway is located near Ipswich which is west of Brisbane.

[Harakimi]

Aww, you live near Gold Coast? I've always wanted to go there :cry:

[JoStream]

I keep getting hits of bad luck. This time it was a horrible start (ironically after I had just lowered it to be on the safe side :rolleyes:).

I'm still losing points to the guys up front, including Mr. Fahad who I am eager to catch very, very soon. My team mate EIR has similar ambitions. So watch out. Really :cool: :lol:

[newelijah]

Aww, you live near Gold Coast? I've always wanted to go there :cry:
I am actually about 2 hours south of the Gold Coast, the Gold Coast is a beautiful area but it is really getting crowded there.

My town has around 7,000 people and right on the coast(very pretty area), for my area there is 15 or so ocean beaches within 10 minutes drive, I am on the western side of the town, still close to the river though(just round the corner).

It was nice to get another good result at QLD Raceway, it was good to see my teammate have a win.

[JoStream]

A good closing performance at Queensland. We got some important points in the championship, and we're still in good shape for both titles :)

Salty came up close at the end, but I was able to hold on to third. I'm thinking I should name my rear wing after him :lol: :D.

Still, Salty was really quick this time round and the fastest lap he set towards the end is good evidence of that. I think EIR and myself can do better and I hope we can continue to bring in good results for the remainder of the season :thumbsup:

[EIR Loe.307]

A good closing performance at Queensland. We got some important points in the championship, and we're still in good shape for both titles :)

Salty came up close at the end, but I was able to hold on to third. I'm thinking I should name my rear wing after him :lol: :D.

Still, Salty was really quick this time round and the fastest lap he set towards the end is good evidence of that. I think EIR and myself can do better and I hope we can continue to bring in good results for the remainder of the season :thumbsup:

We're still holding stron in 2nd for the team title. I need to quit dropping back though and get them points. :finishfirst:

[saltysurprise]

I'm thinking I should name my rear wing after him :lol: :D.



Really?!?! What a proud moment!:lol:

[Harakimi]

I dedicate this win to myself! :finishfirst:

[JoStream]

I dedicate this win to myself! :finishfirst:

How rude! :lol: :p

[JoStream]

What an insane battle for the title! The last race really shuffled things up a bit :)

I finished sixth, which is important because there are a lot of points for this race. King and Vera are tied at 1827, Stream in at 1782 and Salty with 1763.

We're tied with the Vera / DriverDB combo for second in the team standings at 3368 :lol:, only 17 points behind the leaders (who, coincidently, happen to be HaraKimi and Salty :rolleyes:). Good job guys, but still long way to go :D

[saltysurprise]

We're tied with the Vera / DriverDB combo for second in the team standings at 3368 :lol:, only 17 points behind the leaders (who, coincidently, happen to be HaraKimi and Salty :rolleyes:). Good job guys, but still long way to go :D

Not bad for my first time out, if I may say so:D I was just going to go look at the the results. I was a little skeptical of my strategy, thanks for not spilling the beans;)

My last win was due to extreme agression:lol: :rolleyes:

[saltysurprise]

Re: Bathurst

ARGH!! As Jo so eloquently put it:mad::lol: 10 retirements!?!? That DNF cost me some serious points:( That's also the soggiest race I've ever had...

[EIR Loe.307]

no ****ing comment!! :mad:

I'm having a string of dnf's here. My sliders are all at 50 like always but my pace is 60. I think my aggression may have been 55-60 as well. I slid it back to 50 to see. I'm about to slide that SOB up to 100 so I can take some more peeps with me!! (just kidding) DNF'd from 3rd and moving fast. CRAP!!!

[Harakimi]

Things do happen in wet conditions :)

[JoStream]

Things do happen in wet conditions :)

For me it was a very good race, until the closing laps when I apparently made a mistake and retired :mad:. We lost some very important points and it will be difficult to make the gap up over the next two venues, but let's wait and see :wonder:

[saltysurprise]

I've already gloated for Jo once today:lol: Imagine what happened today at Race 3 of Surfers:rolleyes::lol:

Care to fill us in Jo?!?!?!:lol:

[JoStream]

Hehe :lol:, I'm very happy to have won two out of three races at Surfer's :thumbsup:

You know as we get to the last few races of the championship, every point counts and you can feel how everybody is fighting for it. And many people still have a chance to grab the title! :)

I hope I can keep the momentum going to the very last race. At the same time I would like EIR to join me on the podium, because he's a great guy and because we need the points ;)

[Harakimi]

Samuli screamed to the mechanics after the race that he insisted that the steering wheel has to be switched on the left side. :thumbsup:

[saltysurprise]

Samuli screamed to the mechanics after the race that he insisted that the steering wheel has to be switched on the left side. :thumbsup:

Hahahah! That's the best excuse I've heard all day. Yeaaah, that's it!:lol:

[EIR Loe.307]

A Holden 1-2, what more could you ask for!!?? Jo and I took P2 and P1 in today's V8 race!!! Now we get to fight from the back in race 2 but it sure feels good to catch a break!!

[saltysurprise]

The Stoner Bros. need to do some SERIOUS catching up in the points.

Both of us DN'effed today:mad: It's time to start takin' some of you out:cool::lol:

[JoStream]

Some luck I had today :mad:

Just when I had it all planned out to grab the title in the last few races. Driver error.

I'm not throwing the towel just yet. I need a winning streak and DNF's from my competitors. It's not like I'm asking for much :lol:

[EIR Loe.307]

3 races left at Phillip Island. Will the leaders clench it or will they give way to someone just outside the top? Will I get a top 10 spot? Should be a nice finale to the long V8 season. Good luck everyone...on my team!!! :lol::thumbsup:

[EIR Loe.307]

Here are the current points with 3 races left


1 Graeme King 2799
2 Cal Vera 2727
3 Murray Hawkless 2466
4 Berend Du Plessis 2453
5 Julien Rozet 2442
6 Richard Lyons 2415
7 Jo Stream 2410
8 Andreas Driverdb 2401
9 Paul Sue 2387
10 Salty Surprise 2319
11 Samuli Leinonen 2278
12 Fahad Hizam 2189
13 Eir Loe 2162
14 Bertus Du Toit 2074
15 Shayne Ramsay 2072
16 Shaun Turoczi 1957
17 Julian Farthing 1887
18 Alessandro Rossi 1853
19 Riccardo Benvenuti 1838
20 James Jump 1814
21 Morgan Cain 1658
22 Brett Spicer 1652
23 Elvin Keeney 1614
24 Giacomo Vinci 1601
25 Wilco Siebelink 1378
26 Corey Henger 1338
27 Michael McElroy 1232
28 Ivan Ibarra 1188
29 Tyler Wilburn 1122
30 Slobodan Kustrimovic 1074
31 Brendan Bolger 976

[Harakimi]

It is a lot of points.... ;)

To be honest I have absolutely no idea who still has the change to win the title. :lol:

[EIR Loe.307]

Race 1 and 3 = 128 124 120 116 112 108 104 100 96 92 88 84 80 76 72 68 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 12 8 4

Race 2 = 64 62 60 58 56 54 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2

Someone could score a max of 320pts meaning Cal Vera still has a shot.

[JoStream]

The title will be decided between Vera and King. I'm a bit disappointed, but I've gotten the most fastest laps and pole positions, so that's something to be happy about :)

Still aiming for P3 in both championships. Five or six drivers have 25xx points, so it will be a close call :wonder:

[saltysurprise]

Congratulations to Cal Vera!!:finishfirst: 3,041 points:star:

Winner of the first WRF V8 Challenge!

Graeme King followed in second with 2,929 points. And third goes to Berend Du Plessis 2,733 points. Nice work fellas:thumbsup::drunk:

DriverDB came in a respectable fourth:D with 2,687 points. Wanna trade?:lol:

[EIR Loe.307]

That season kicked my a**! I kept dropping out of races and blah blah. Congrats to the winners!!

[paul5114]

Not a bad effort after my team-mate dropped out after the first 5 races. But I'll stick with 7th any day.

Shame I finished behind Jo again!

[Driverdb]

DriverDB came in a respectable fourth:D with 2,687 points. Wanna trade?:lol:

My best Batracer result in a long long time. :eek:

Pretty depressing. :lol:

[JoStream]

My best Batracer result in a long long time. :eek:

Pretty depressing. :lol:

Yea, you had an incredible final third of the season :eek:. I remember seeing you in the standings and saying, wow, he's dropped very far back :lol:. Shows you how quickly things can change. Don't we learn that lesson a lot in motorsports :rolleyes:

[Driverdb]

Yea, you had an incredible final third of the season :eek:. I remember seeing you in the standings and saying, wow, he's dropped very far back :lol:.

Yeah, I was way off there for a while. Then I just started getting good solid points (without anything much spectacular) from wherever I started on the grid. I guess solid and boring beats win-dnf-win-dnf in V8's. :lol:

[EIR Loe.307]

I guess solid and boring beats win-dnf-win-dnf in V8's. :lol:

Hey, you're quoting MY race results!! :cry: :lol::lol:

[Harakimi]

This thread could be unsticked? :p

[saltysurprise]

This thread could be unsticked? :p

Done, and done. It was on my to-do list:rolleyes::thumbsup: