Rnd 1 IFCA Relay Championship Rd America

 

Yes, Eries has a wheel now, and is just now learning to cope with it.  His lap times are improving rapidly however.

Im.slow af lol!

Due to eries switching to a wheel permanently, we will have to adjust his skill rating for him to be competitive this season.

We dont use those ratings anymore, if we did I would too need to be plat max, luckily we all decided to go with the new ratings format, thanks to Chevy and all involved in changing it!

LOL is all I have to add to this.

So here is my conversation with Don.

I dont want to be equal in times as I will improve over time.

Im happy running slower. The adjustment to wheel is more than just one switch.

1. Moving to wheel from no wheel, not partially casual switching.
2. Moving from Chasing to hood view
3. Moving from Sim steering to normal
4. Moving from controller tuning to total different feel and tune

I stated that we monitor and currently in Silver just crossed the less than 1s slower, thus I go Gold now. Not when I match him, but when I cross the 1s. In Gold I am 1.5s slower. I will stay here until I again cross the 1s.

If this happens before race then great, but I think I might end in Gold as Im now entering the grind part.

In Plat I am 2.5s off.

So I dont fully get the major issue here.

Last season only 3 people gave me a run for my money. Don, Chevy and Johno. Now as it stands more than half the field does. Id call that pretry fair.

So switch to wheel permamently Chevy, put your money where your mouth is, I dare you.

I actually am mega proud of myself being able to even remotely come close so quickly.

I do recall races where you went wheel, bit wasnt for a full season though, and then you actually ran similar times than Don in the same rating. If we use that logic, I would also need to match. I can go Bronze as I can almost match Don then, but I dont want to match him. We know how close the lb times get and being a full 1s off, doesnt remotely put you at the top.

I assume that post was in reply to Don, so I see what he replies.

Im going to try ky best to run semi okay Plat times.

So call to Chevy, Wheel and only wheel from now on. I made the change, are you???

					Team	Team	Bonus	Bonus	Bonus	Bonus
Finished	Driver Order	Team Strange	Rating	Car	Avg Finish	Race points	Practice	Pole	FL	Clean	Total
1st	1	ExpiredCope	Gold	1985 Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo	1.5	24	1			0.25	28.25
	2	fan2403	Gold	1985 Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo			1	1	1
2nd	Driver Order	Gulf Racing	Rating	Car	Avg Finish	Race points	Practice	Pole	FL	Clean	Total
	4	Skills130	Gold	1999 BMW #15	5	23	1.5			0.25	26.5
	6	NaughtyDawgz	Gold	1999 BMW #15			1.5			0.25
3rd	Driver Order	Team Penske II	Rating	Car	Avg Finish	Race points	Practice	Pole	FL	Clean	Total
	3	BULLETGTR89	Gold	1999 BMW #15	4	23.5	1				25.75
	5	RP Jonathon	Pro	1999 BMW #15			1			0.25
4th	Driver Order	SimLoaf Racing	Rating	Car	Avg Finish	Race points	Practice	Pole	FL	Clean	Total
	DNS	IlsImlI	Gold	1985 Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo	N/A	22	1				24
	DNS	LoafofNuts59	Gold	2010 Chevrolet #55 FLM			1
5th	Driver Order		Rating	Car	Avg Finish	Race points	Practice	Pole	FL	Clean	Total
	7	EarnedCarrot925	Platinum	2023 Cadillac #01	12.5	22.5	0.5				23
	18	C3P0	Silver	2023 Cadillac #01			0
					Team	Team	Bonus	Bonus	Bonus	Bonus
Finished	Driver Order	Curve 1 E-Sport	Rating	Car	Avg Finish	Race points	Practice	Pole	FL	Clean	Total
1st	1	C1 Munz	Gold	2019 Dodge Challenger TA	1.5	24	1.5	1	1	0.25	27.75
	2	RNG CORLEONE	Gold	2018 Chevrolet Corvette TA			0
2nd		Team Penske
	4	IFCA GTDon	Pro	2019 Dodge Challenger TA	5	23	1				25
	6	IFCA Eries	Gold	2018 Chevrolet Corvette TA			1
3rd		Warrior Racing
	3	STR TOYHEAD	Gold	2018 Chevrolet Corvette TA	4	23.5	0.5			0.25	25
	5	GEOFFANH67	Gold	2018 Chevrolet Corvette TA			0.5			0.25
4th		ETL Racing
	8	XCHROMVAILSX72	Gold	2018 Chevrolet Corvette TA	8.5	22.5	1				24.75
	9	MarkHillsUK	Gold	2018 Chevrolet Corvette TA			1			0.25
5th		Titans of Tougé
	7	xNoRacialx	Gold	2018 Ford Mustang TA	8.5	22.5	1				24.75
	10	fabiomqs	Gold	2020 Chevrolet Corvette			1			0.25

This is how it would have broken down for points had this been the actual 1st round and not a secret practice race.  In GTP, Team Strange took the win in their Nissan along with bonus for Pole and fastest Lap. Gulf Racing in their BMW came in 2nd, and Team Penske II also in the BMW was 3rd.  Notice how the bonus points can sometimes upset the finishing order and total points.

Over in TA, Curve 1 E-Sport took the win with a mixed car team of Dodge and Chevy, along with best practice lap bonus, pole bonus, fastest lap bonus and clean driver bonus!  There was a tie for 2nd between Team Penske and Warrior Racing, tie going to Team Penske with the faster average team lap.

There was also a points tie between ETL Racing vs Titans of Touge activating the tie break rule again, of whichever team has the fastest average lap wins, and that was ETL Racing.  (This is relatively meaningless and common in the first round)  What is something to take note of is how much the bonuses can play a part in your total points. 

*The final race of every IFCA championship series is worth double points keep in mind too.

So there you have it, a snap shot of how it would have been.  Instead, everyone gets another week to re-work their tunes, change cars, make their liveries legal, get back with your actual teammate if he was a no show etc.  Because next week is the real deal!  If anyone improved their lap times from this race it will be reflected on the Practice Leaderboard too.  So good luck out there!

Amazing what a practice race can do!  Everyone seemed to understand what is going on this time and it made for one of the smoothest hard fought races to date!  Well done to all of our competitors, truly one of the most flawless relay races we've ever had!  The only bad thing was that my replay did not save. If anyone has a replay saved please share it so we can have a look at what happened, especially at the start.  I know there was some initial problem at the start, but after that everything went very well.

The GTP class winners were Team Penske II with Johnathon and Bullet in their BMW V12.  Not because they finished 1 and 2, but because they collected more bonus points while finishing 3 and 4 behind the leaders of Gulf Racing's DanBTheMan107, who collected his first overall IFCA victory, and his teammate NaughtyDawgz, both in a Nissan GTP. 3rd on the podium went to SimLoaf Racing's IlsImlI and LoafofNuts59 also in a Nissan GTP.

This shows the importance of collecting every possible point as I have said countless times in the past. Bonuses for Fastest Lap, Pole, Fastest Practice Lap, and Clean Driver, can add up.  You might win the race battle, but lose the season points war if you don't try your best all the time.

Over in the TA class Curve 1 E-Sport's C1 Munz (in a Dodge) won the race with teammate P1R Grecken (in a TA Corvette) in tow.  Munz collected Fastest Practice Lap, Pole, and Fastest Race Lap, but neglected to gain the 0.25pt bonus for Clean Drivers.  Still they retained the points lead by a wide margin.  In 2nd place was the TA Corvettes of ETL Racing's XCHROMVAILSX72 and MarkHillsUK with a similar team composition as the winners with one fast guy and one not so fast guy finishing 3 and 4 respectively. Back in 3rd place was the all Dodge boys, Team Penske's GTDon and Eries, who are struggling as Eries makes the switch to the wheel. Still, they picked up all the bonuses that they could to finish on the podium.

So now that the honeymoon is over in terms of designated driver ratings, which dictates what build you are allowed to use, please take note of the pre/post ratings changes and rebuild your cars accordingly for Watkins Glen.  The ratings changes are based on your finishing order and not your team order. This is a huge opportunity for many teams to make a big come back in the 2nd race as their opponents are pushed into the heavier cars, and they are given lighter cars to compete in. Over time this back and forth of competitive ratings helps to keep all of our skill levels as close in season points as possible for the whole season.  In this way everyone can remain in contention all the way to the end.   Great job everyone, and Good luck next week!

      

			pre/post		Team	Team	Bonus	Bonus	Bonus	Bonus
Finished	Driver Order	Team Penske II	Ratings	Car	Avg Finish	Race points	Practice	Pole	FL	Clean	Total
1st	3	RP Jonathon	Pro/Platinum	1999 BMW #15	3.5	23.5	1.5		1		27
	4	BULLETGTR89	Gold/Platinum	1999 BMW #15			1
2nd		Gulf Racing
	1	DanBTheMan107	Gold/Pro	1985 Nissan GTP	1.5	24				0.25	27
	2	NaughtyDawgz	Gold/Pro	1985 Nissan GTP			1.5	1		0.25
3rd		SimLoaf Racing
	7	IlsImlI	Gold/Silver	1985 Nissan GTP	7.5	22.5	1			0.25	24.75
	8	LoafofNuts59	Gold/Silver	1985 Nissan GTP			1
4th		Autometrics
	5	EarnedCarrot925	Platinum/Gold	1999 BMW #15	5.5	23	1				24.25
	6	FRB Incognito	Gold/Gold	1999 BMW #15						0.25
5th		Team Strange
	9	ExpiredCope	Gold/Gold	1985 Nissan GTP	DNS						22
	10	fan2403	Gold/Gold	1985 Nissan GTP	DNS
			pre/post		Team	Team	Bonus	Bonus	Bonus	Bonus
Finished	Driver Order	Curve 1 E-Sport	Ratings	Car	Avg Finish	Race points	Practice	Pole	FL	Clean	Total
1st	1	C1 Munz	Gold/Pro	2019 Challenger TA	1.5	24	1.5	1	1		28.5
	2	P1R Grecken	Gold/Pro	2018 Corvette TA			1
2nd		ETL Racing
	3	XCHROMVAILSX72	Gold/Platinum	2018 Corvette TA	3.5	23.5	1			0.25	26
	4	MarkHillsUK	Gold/Platinum	2018 Corvette TA			1			0.25
3rd		Team Penske
	5	IFCA GTDon	Pro/Gold	2019 Challenger TA	6	23	1			0.25	25.5
	7	IFCA Eries	Gold/Gold	2019 Challenger TA			1			0.25
4th		Warrior Racing
	6	GEOFFANH67	Gold/Gold	2018 Corvette TA	7	22.5	0.5			0.25	23.75
	8	STR TOYHEAD	Gold/Silver	2018 Corvette TA			0.5
5th		Tailwind Racing
	9	GoSox2000	Gold/Bronze	2020 Corvette	9.5	22	0.5			0.25	23.25
	10	Papa creech172	Silver/Bronze	2020 Corvette			0.5
6th		Titans of Tougé
	11	xNoRacialx	Bronze/Bronze	2018 Corvette TA	11.5	21.5				0.25	22.5
	12	fabiomqs	Gold/Bronze	2020 Corvette			0.5			0.25

A quick correction, GTP had an error in points addition.  Gulf Racing is actually tied with Team Penske II in points with 27pts each.  But since Team Penske had the faster team average lap time, they are still awarded the win.

Gulf Racing did in fact physically finish with a 1 and 2 first place, but Team Penske II was able to tie their total points by collecting more bonus points.