1991 LGPS US East GP commentary

21:58:15: <Darkapprentice77> hello
21:58:23: <Nuppiz> hi
21:58:40: <Nuppiz> going to start the next LifeGP race soon
21:58:41: <Atax1a> senors
21:59:03: <Atax1a> sweet
21:59:30: <Darkapprentice77> cool
21:59:43: <Nuppiz> Balzary wasn't exactly at his best in the wet-dry qualifying session
22:00:22: <Darkapprentice77> bad luck balzary
22:00:42: <Atax1a> ahh, I expect nothing else really
22:00:59: <Nuppiz> maybe this time he won't get tangled in the mid-pack mess
22:01:19: <Atax1a> oh, he'll find a way
22:01:37: <Nuppiz> and actually manages to survive until the end, or at least doesn't retire due to someone else crashing into him
22:03:30: <ZeroForce> Hello !
22:03:40: <Atax1a> bonjour
22:04:18: <Nuppiz> and with that, we can get to racing
22:04:22: <Darkapprentice77> any bets on who will stall?
22:04:26: <Nuppiz> the track is wet again
22:05:08: <ZeroForce> Bell will stall.
22:05:31: <Nuppiz> an autumn shower drenched the state of New York last night
22:05:40: <Darkapprentice77> this is bell's first race since europe i believe
22:06:04: <Nuppiz> yep, you gave Zaugg three races
22:06:19: <ZeroForce> Yup
22:06:56: <Nuppiz> and I didn't know if Atax1a wanted to keep Greenwood in place of Balzary or not, so Mr. Bad Luck is bad again
22:07:22: <Nuppiz> as is Triple B, finally recovered from his horrendous accident way back in Itay
22:07:31: <Nuppiz> ehm, back again
22:07:58: <Atax1a> nono, you were right the first time ;)
22:08:13: <Darkapprentice77> seems that the series has gotten progressively safer
22:08:28: <Nuppiz> yep, no serious crashes anymore
22:08:38: <Atax1a> I figured it doesn't really matter who goes in the car...we'll still live up to our somewhat self-deprecative name
22:08:53: <Nuppiz> last one was at Rouen when Tenpecost crashed into Bogan
22:09:10: <Darkapprentice77> have you actually made the cars/ai safer or have we just been really lucky?
22:09:19: <Nuppiz> lucky
22:09:20: <ZeroForce> I was like "da hell? I didn't tell anyone I was french" when Atax1a said "bonjour", I guess mIRC has shown this when I connected. xD
22:09:42: <Atax1a> ...that's just my standard greeting
22:10:07: <Atax1a> I didn't know you were french either...
22:10:12: <Nuppiz> Caesars Palace might be mad
22:10:24: <ZeroForce> Oh yeah Caesars Palace !
22:10:45: <Nuppiz> but anyway, there's Watkins Glen first which also has barriers close to the road
22:10:49: <Nuppiz> so let's get started
22:10:52: <Darkapprentice77> i hope it doesn't rain in caesars for the drivers' sake
22:11:13: <Nuppiz> the revs are up
22:11:15: <ZeroForce> Another poor qualifying effort from Van der Maeyede
22:11:31: <Darkapprentice77> let's see who stalls...
22:11:43: <Nuppiz> debris debris debris!
22:11:56: <Darkapprentice77> so same as portugal
22:12:01: <Nuppiz> I see one of the Psycho Soldiers stalled
22:12:31: <Nuppiz> and Alianopoulos is without a rear wing, that was a short advertising run for the Greek Tourist Board...
22:12:42: <Darkapprentice77> lol
22:13:05: <ZeroForce> Too bad, the car looked good
22:13:21: <Atax1a> Even in '91, Greece weren't making any money :P
22:13:27: <ZeroForce> haha
22:13:55: <Darkapprentice77> so this is already more interesting than the prost austrian gp
22:16:03: <Nuppiz> von Gottorp stalls, Arthurs stalls, Dave Smith stalls
22:16:40: <Darkapprentice77> where's wilson?
22:18:15: <Nuppiz> second
22:18:18: <Nuppiz> Braggia stalled
22:18:24: <Salamander> :(
22:18:27: <Nuppiz> so that's four stallers
22:18:48: <Nuppiz> and from the replay we can see that good ol' Apostolos crashes out all on his own
22:20:03: <Nuppiz> Bell is 27th and last
22:20:14: <Nuppiz> got held up by von Gottorp's wreck
22:20:58: <Nuppiz> Graham is without both wings
22:21:40: <Nuppiz> oh both Osycho SOldiers are actually still going
22:21:45: <Nuppiz> Psycho SOldiers*
22:21:50: <Nuppiz> ...
22:22:52: <Nuppiz> Generic, Yoshino, Jericho, Yazaki, and Fernandez are without front wings
22:23:09: <Nuppiz> and of course Alianopoulos is without both
22:23:24: <Nuppiz> Mazzacane has a gearbox problem
22:25:01: <Atax1a> I'm going to have to be terribly British and get myself a cup of tea and a biscuit...
22:27:26: <Nuppiz> so, after the first lap the top 10 is: van Dycke, Wilson, Roberts (!), John Smith, Balivernes, Anker, Kickert, Jong- Sung, Ramone
22:27:34: <Nuppiz> and Ramone is without front wing!
22:27:51: <ZeroForce> LOL Roberts
22:28:12: <Darkapprentice77> if they finished in the order they're in now van duck would lead the championship by 1 point
22:28:13: <ZeroForce> I still have no idea how he can qualify that well
22:28:47: <Nuppiz> oh, Ramone hits Jericho, who was entering the pits!
22:28:56: <Nuppiz> no rear wing for Jericho, so he's out!
22:29:26: <ZeroForce> Awful luck for Jericho lately
22:29:37: <Nuppiz> hang on, I only counted down to 9th a while ago
22:29:43: <Nuppiz> Mantis is 10th
22:31:12: <Atax1a> So BLB is still in?
22:31:54: <Nuppiz> yes, 17th
22:32:14: <Nuppiz> and Howard overtakes three other Americans within the space of 500 meters
22:32:14: <Atax1a> oh...
22:32:47: <Nuppiz> Kickert is harassing Anker
22:34:42: <Nuppiz> yazaki retires
22:34:48: <Nuppiz> 22 cars still running
22:35:06: <Nuppiz> 21, Balivernes is also out
22:35:56: <StartAndPark> I really don't like my team.
22:36:26: <Nuppiz> John Smith is on fire!
22:36:29: <Nuppiz> literally
22:37:40: <Nuppiz> Gunselman 11th, Chapman 12th
22:37:41: <StartAndPark> The one league wher I could have done something interesting but I wasted my oppurtunity
22:37:56: <Nuppiz> hey, you can try again next year
22:38:06: <Nuppiz> besides you haven't done too bad
22:38:42: <Nuppiz> 14 points scored, including two podiums
22:39:45: <StartAndPark> They mainly jut benefit from other peoples unreliablilty
22:40:32: <Nuppiz> well, isn't that what you hoped for by focusing on reliability?
22:40:49: <StartAndPark> pretty much
22:41:34: <Nuppiz> Gunselman and Chapman overtake Smith's wreck and rise to 10th and 1th, respectively
22:41:39: <Nuppiz> 11th*
22:41:50: <Pi3141> Mazzacane has only scored one third by keeping away from chaos. And he has led a race by the same method.
22:42:14: <Nuppiz> now he was out with a first-lap gearbox failure
22:42:23: <Nuppiz> that's Life
22:43:11: <Nuppiz> Balzary 14th
22:43:11: <Darkapprentice77> lol
22:43:41: <BadLuckBalzary> He's still in the race? This calls for a drink...
22:44:17: <Nuppiz> top three is intact, positions 4-10: Anker, Kickert, Jong-Sung, Armstrong, Richardson, Howard, Gunselman
22:44:32: <Nuppiz> the leader is on lap 5/27
22:44:59: <Darkapprentice77> come on him
22:45:01: <Darkapprentice77> *kim
22:46:07: <StartAndPark> Who's driver is Anker?
22:46:21: <Nuppiz> redbulljack's
22:46:33: <Nuppiz> and the pitstop circus is back in town
22:46:48: <Nuppiz> changing from inters to slicks
22:46:56: <Nuppiz> no drama in the first batch
22:47:10: <Nuppiz> oh hang on
22:47:17: <Nuppiz> yep, Bazary's out...
22:47:22: <Darkapprentice77> again
22:47:22: <Nuppiz> Balzary*
22:47:50: <StartAndPark> I just realised that his name looks like wanker in the videos
22:48:09: <BadLuckBalzary> Oh.
22:48:15: <Nuppiz> likely on purpose
22:48:16: <BadLuckBalzary> This isn't a surprise.
22:48:26: <Nuppiz> well, this time it was Balzary's own fault
22:48:37: <Nuppiz> he tried to pit in the same spot as Barron...
22:48:53: <BadLuckBalzary> oh dearie me...
22:49:00: <StartAndPark> Almost Certainly on purpose
22:49:00: <Nuppiz> apparently eyesight isn't his strongest points
22:49:37: <BadLuckBalzary> "and the camera pans to bandmate John Frusciante...who seems to think he could do a lot better."
22:49:48: <Nuppiz> Wilson has pitted for slicks, but van Dycke hasn't yet
22:50:23: <Nuppiz> at least in this game the drivers obey the blue flags...
22:51:35: <BadLuckBalzary> btw Nuppiz, have you got anything in mind for Ragnar Larsen next season?
22:52:19: <Nuppiz> if I get a full-time F3RWRS entry, he's certain for that seat
22:52:37: <Nuppiz> but if I don't, then he'll be open to offers
22:52:38: <BadLuckBalzary> ah
22:52:49: <BadLuckBalzary> oh, I'd imagine you would...
22:53:09: <Nuppiz> Lappalainen can still get the second seat
22:53:23: <Nuppiz> back to the race, van Dycke has now pitted for slicks
22:53:32: <BadLuckBalzary> but seeing as it looks like Torrente's off to Dofasco, I'm trying to find a driver for RoLFS
22:53:52: <StartAndPark> How cc
22:54:03: <Nuppiz> in fact, only Chapman and Bell are still on inters
22:54:27: <Nuppiz> BadLuckBalzary, I might still have someone to offer...
22:54:30: <StartAndPark> perpI failed thete
22:54:43: <Nuppiz> and Barron has retired!
22:54:44: <BadLuckBalzary> is it Kuntz?
22:54:53: <Nuppiz> maybe
22:54:59: <BadLuckBalzary> ...
22:55:01: <Nuppiz> but I could also promote Võsu
22:55:17: <StartAndPark> Shit, why am I making so many spelling mistakes
22:55:25: <Darkapprentice77> i wish i had a driver in rwrs
22:55:56: <Nuppiz> well that's easy
22:56:03: <BadLuckBalzary> It shouldn't be too hard for you to get one in
22:56:07: <Nuppiz> but getting them to F1RWRS is a different matter
22:56:22: <Darkapprentice77> well i know i can enter one but no one would want him atm :P
22:56:51: <BadLuckBalzary> btw, pi3141...would Thiago Mazzacane like to drive for Fusion in the Surfers' SuperPrix?
22:57:00: <StartAndPark> What I was meaning to say is how come Dofasco is so popular all of the sudden. The owner is hardly even at the forums.
22:57:03: <Pi3141> Accepted
22:57:15: <BadLuckBalzary> sweet
22:57:35: <Nuppiz> in my opinion Torrente will commit a career suicide by going to Dofasco...
22:57:50: <BadLuckBalzary> Nah, I reckon he'll pull a Buyvolov
22:58:04: <StartAndPark> Agree 100% with Nuppiz
22:58:44: <BadLuckBalzary> I mean, if he ever gets up to F1RWRS level he'll only be a paydriver considering his backing with KH-7 and El Corte Ingles
22:59:01: <BadLuckBalzary> plus, Jantscher's the Fusion golden boy
22:59:16: <Nuppiz> Chapman changes to slicks, Bell still out with inters
22:59:34: <ZeroForce> Holy hell, I don't really know what this RWRS is, but this looks serious lol
23:00:09: <BadLuckBalzary> I ignored it for ages, but once you get a driver in the bug bites pretty hard
23:01:04: <StartAndPark> I have most of my plans fairly set at the moment
23:01:27: <Nuppiz> Ramone's engine blows up
23:06:05: <Nuppiz> van der Maeyede retires from last position
23:08:16: <StartAndPark> I really wish my RoLFS team would hurry up and score points
23:09:06: <Nuppiz> Bell still hanging around with inters
23:10:04: <Nuppiz> 'tis a boring race
23:10:36: <Darkapprentice77> i know this is an akward time and place to say it but......with prost gp, i feel like there's something...missing
23:10:41: <BadLuckBalzary> Darkapprentice77; you're on the RDS waiting list btw
23:10:46: <Darkapprentice77> hooray
23:11:11: <BadLuckBalzary> you're behind Grovey, but he's never really around...
23:11:15: <Darkapprentice77> in other words, in losing interest, don't worry i won't cancel prost gp, if everyone else likes it the series will continue
23:11:32: <Darkapprentice77> cool
23:11:53: <Nuppiz> oh, I'm still interested in Prost GP
23:12:05: <Darkapprentice77> okay
23:12:30: <BadLuckBalzary> I keep an eye on my team...hoping they will, someday, improve
23:12:39: <Nuppiz> tried to join the chat today, but went on the wrong IRC channel :(
23:12:57: <Darkapprentice77> oh
23:13:17: <Nuppiz> I'm a registered member so I get automatically logged on here
23:13:24: <Nuppiz> then forgot to join #prostgp
23:13:31: <Darkapprentice77> ah
23:14:19: <Nuppiz> CRASHUUU
23:14:29: <Nuppiz> BIG BIG CRASHUU
23:14:30: <Darkapprentice77> crashu?
23:14:41: <Darkapprentice77> ooh, this doesn't sound good
23:15:59: <Nuppiz> but both drivers continue!
23:16:07: <Darkapprentice77> wow
23:16:27: <Nuppiz> Fernandez loses his brakes and nudges off Yoshino's rear wing
23:19:16: <Nuppiz> then Yoshino's AI glitches and it tries to go to the pits too late, going straight in front of Chapman who somersaults in the air, hits the ground airbox first before landing back on all four wheels
23:20:07: <ZeroForce> lol !
23:20:28: <Darkapprentice77> wow
23:20:47: <Nuppiz> and both drivers eventually continued, although Yoshino will definitely retire when she reaches the pitlane again
23:20:50: <Nuppiz> hopefully
23:21:07: <Nuppiz> and Chapman's car is dented and missing the front wing
23:22:32: <Nuppiz> Yoshino causes more wreckage
23:24:23: <Nuppiz> goes to the pitlane right in front of Jong-Sung, who can't brake in time and loses his front wing
23:25:24: <Nuppiz> and somehow they manage to change Chapman's airbox in 8.8 seconds...
23:26:01: <Nuppiz> van Dycke and Wilson are in a class of their own
23:26:27: <Nuppiz> Wilson is about seven seconds behind
23:26:42: <Darkapprentice77> ooh this will make the championship interesting
23:26:43: <Nuppiz> and Roberts in third is 52 seconds behind Wilson
23:27:35: <Darkapprentice77> this may be a bit early but who do you think will be life gp champion?
23:28:18: <Nuppiz> van Dycke or Wilson
23:28:33: <Darkapprentice77> i'd say van dycke
23:28:41: <BadLuckBalzary> balzary
23:28:57: <Nuppiz> if van Dycke doesn't hit bad luck, then yes
23:29:30: <Darkapprentice77> if he wasn't injured he may have even wrapped up the title by now
23:29:46: <Nuppiz> others still have a mathematical chance, but...
23:31:24: <BadLuckBalzary> Had the most awkward moment...some guy who I barely know tried to get me to buy something on ebay for him. Something that cost £83...
23:31:26: <Nuppiz> with von Gottorp and Dave Smith retiring here it's pretty much a two-way fight now
23:32:13: <BadLuckBalzary> ...I declined. I may be sending a driver to Dofasco but I'm not a complete idiot...
23:32:19: <Nuppiz> Jong-Sung!
23:33:22: <Darkapprentice77> what happened?
23:34:23: <Nuppiz> he goes to the pits right in front of Bell, the two collide and now Jong-Sung has no rear wing (in addition to the previously-missing front wing) and Bell no front wing
23:34:44: <Nuppiz> well, at least Bell will finally change those inters to slicks...
23:34:58: <ZeroForce> Well, I guess Bell was running last or something anyways
23:35:12: <Nuppiz> nope, he raised up to 6th with that
23:35:23: <Nuppiz> but will start dropping like a rock soon
23:35:24: <ZeroForce> MEH.
23:35:36: <Nuppiz> and he hasn't called for a pitstop
23:36:00: <ZeroForce> I have a correct driver, in a rubbish car lol
23:36:51: <BadLuckBalzary> Despite the fact my team is called The Smokin' Engines, a lot of our retirements have been collision-based...
23:37:17: <BadLuckBalzary> Might have to rename to "The Wingless Wonders"
23:38:39: <Nuppiz> "and he's down, down, down..."
23:38:46: <Nuppiz> Bell now 9th
23:38:57: <Nuppiz> won't be pitting at all, it seems
23:39:19: <Nuppiz> like Kickert at Brands Hatch
23:41:22: <Nuppiz> Chapman is now a lap down on everyone else
23:43:21: <TMLW> So what broken bit has Kickert been driving around with this time?
23:44:07: <Nuppiz> 10 laps remaining, top 10: van Dycke, Wilson, Howard, Kickert, Anker, Howard, Richardson, Armstrong, Generic, Bell
23:44:35: <Nuppiz> well, Algernon Bell is doing his best "Pieter Kickert at Brands Hatch" impersonation
23:44:55: <Nuppiz> no front wing and still on inters when everyone else changed to slicks ages ago
23:45:31: <Nuppiz> and Mantis overtakes Bell
23:45:31: <TMLW> Nice.
23:46:00: <Nuppiz> Bell, Gunselman and Chapman make up positions 11-13
23:46:08: <Nuppiz> all other cars have retired
23:46:29: <ZeroForce> What happened to Roberts by the way ? Wasn't he third ?
23:46:37: <TMLW> Par for the course then. Brilliant :)
23:46:55: <Nuppiz> oh
23:47:09: <Nuppiz> I mistakenly said Howard when I meant ROberts...
23:47:35: <ZeroForce> haha
23:47:50: <Nuppiz> Howard's in the list twice :D
23:48:12: <Nuppiz> Gunselman blocks Roberts who is overtaken by Kickert
23:49:47: <Nuppiz> and Kickert vanishes into the distance, he was clearly quicker but couldn't get past until now
23:50:35: <Nuppiz> I'm expecting a lot of trouble for Bell soon
23:50:53: <Nuppiz> the track is nearly completely dry so those inters won't last for long
23:52:11: <Nuppiz> boooring
23:52:32: <ZeroForce> Indeed
23:52:59: <ZeroForce> So nobody has retired from the lead yet. Incredible
23:53:49: <Nuppiz> well it's van Dycke again...
23:54:36: <Nuppiz> one of the only two drivers to win from pole
23:55:53: <Nuppiz> the other one was von Gottorp at the very first GP, although he lost the lead during the race and only regained it thanks to retirements
00:01:01: <Nuppiz> four laps to go
00:01:18: <ZeroForce> And nothing happens lol
00:02:41: <Nuppiz> Generic overtakes Armstrong for 8th...
00:03:19: <Nuppiz> this is even more boring than Spa
00:03:44: <Darkapprentice77> that's pretty bad
00:04:45: <Nuppiz> three laps to go
00:05:42: <Nuppiz> Anker has a gearbox problem
00:06:21: <Nuppiz> penultimate lap
00:08:05: <Nuppiz> Howard is promoted to 5th and Richardson to 6th
00:08:51: <Nuppiz> Generic 7th, Armstrong 8th, Mantis 9th, Gunselman 10th, Bell 11th, Chapman 12th
00:09:19: <Nuppiz> top four is still van Dycke, Wilson, Kickert, Roberts
00:10:13: <ZeroForce> I guess Bell didn't stop to change his front wing and his tyres then
00:10:38: <Nuppiz> nope
00:10:55: <Nuppiz> and van Dycke laps Kickert, such is his dominance on a good day
00:11:55: <Nuppiz> and he wins the race!
00:12:24: <Darkapprentice77> wilson still leads the championship, by a point
00:12:54: <Nuppiz> umm, nope
00:12:59: <TMLW> Does he?
00:13:07: <Darkapprentice77> oh :P
00:13:10: <Nuppiz> van Dycke gets at least 11 points here
00:13:19: <Darkapprentice77> oh yeaaaaaah
00:13:25: <Darkapprentice77> i forgot the point for pole
00:13:25: <Nuppiz> probably 12 as soon as I check the fastest lap
00:13:36: <Nuppiz> and Wilson only 6
00:13:54: <Nuppiz> so van Dycke will lead with three points now
00:14:14: <Nuppiz> Wilson is home second, 33.655 seconds behind
00:14:25: <Nuppiz> all others were lapped at least once
00:15:23: <Darkapprentice77> this is the 3rd time van dycke has set pole, fastest lap and won
00:17:12: <Nuppiz> and Bell is on a humoristic mood
00:17:24: <ZeroForce> Oh ? lol
00:17:28: <Nuppiz> he just called for a pit stop, even though the race has ended
00:18:39: <ZeroForce> haha
00:18:50: <Darkapprentice77> lol
00:19:10: <Nuppiz> it started to rain again as well
00:20:05: <Darkapprentice77> rotr?
00:21:19: <Nuppiz> so, van Dycke won, Wilson second, Kickert third, Roberts fourth, Howard fifth, Richardson sixth, Generic seventh, Armstrong eighth, Mantis ninth, Gunselman tenth, Anker is classified eleventh, Bell is twelfth and Chapman thirteenth and last
00:23:11: <ZeroForce> Didn't stop to change front wing and tyres, was with inters for pretty much the whole race, and didn't finish last. It was quite good ! lol
00:24:15: <Nuppiz> well, Chapman couldn't really overtake him as, being busy giving way to lapping drivers...
00:25:00: <Nuppiz> Fastest lap: Gio van Dycke, 1:44.337 on lap 10
00:26:30: <Nuppiz> still, I managed to record 13 and a half minutes of footage
00:26:33: <Nuppiz> wtf
00:26:47: <Nuppiz> probably at lot will be cut from the final version
00:33:49: <Nuppiz> anyway, that's it for today
00:34:00: <Nuppiz> next up: Caesars Palace
00:35:12: <ZeroForce> Hope the next race will be better
00:37:35: <Nuppiz> it better be
00:37:48: <Nuppiz> I increased the track's attrition rating to 83 :D
00:39:52: <ZeroForce> Oh nice lol
00:40:10: <Nuppiz> though I'm unsure whether or not it has any actual effect
00:41:12: <Darkapprentice77> i hope it does
00:41:50: <Nuppiz> oh, I see Darkapprentice77 already edited the wiki page a bit
00:41:54: <Nuppiz> thanks
00:42:01: <Darkapprentice77> no problem ;)
00:42:20: <Nuppiz> just need to update the standings now
00:42:42: <Nuppiz> shouldn' be too much of a trouble as not a lot of drivers move in the table
00:43:14: <Nuppiz> I'll do that, then post the results on the forum and go to bed
00:43:25: <Nuppiz> video will come around sometime tomorrow
00:50:02: <Nuppiz> 24 points still up for grabs
00:50:26: <Nuppiz> that means van Dycke, Wilson and von Gottorp are the only ones still in contention for the title
00:50:46: <ZeroForce> Von Gottorp probably won't do it
00:50:53: <Darkapprentice77> von gottorp will probably drop out after caesars
00:52:07: <Nuppiz> yeah, it would require him to take the hat trick in the last two races while van Dycke mustn't score more than four points
00:52:26: <Nuppiz> hmm, van Dycke's all finishes this season have been wins
00:52:34: <ZeroForce> I wish this car had a wing on the engine cover, it would look even more rejectful.
00:53:58: <ZeroForce> Van Dycke had to sit out for 3 races, and he's still leading the championship. Domination.
00:57:22: <Nuppiz> Danny Ramone is the onl race winner outside the top 8
00:57:33: <Nuppiz> he's currently 12th in the championship
00:58:24: <Darkapprentice77> he's also the only american winner
00:58:40: <Nuppiz> true
00:58:52: <Darkapprentice77> quite odd since america i think has the most drivers in this
00:59:41: <Nuppiz> 15 out of the total 46 drivers who have taken part in this season
00:59:47: <Nuppiz> almost one third
01:02:59: <Darkapprentice77> so
01:04:42: <Nuppiz> 34 out of the 46 drivers have scored points
01:05:34: <ZeroForce> 14 retirements for Balzary and Fernandez if I'm not mistaken
01:05:37: <Darkapprentice77> balzary is the only one to have basically done a whole season and not get any points
01:06:10: <Nuppiz> yep he's missed only one race, the Portuguese GP
01:07:29: <Darkapprentice77> have you ever ran a race where there was a crash that you think would've killed a driver but you couldn't do that because the driver's owner wouldn't really allow it
01:08:08: <Nuppiz> well, Barron's crash at Monza was quite close to that
01:08:51: <Nuppiz> knowing the Life chassis it could've been fatal, but I'm not in the habit of killing drivers unless the owner wants so
01:09:40: <Nuppiz> oh and Richard Arthurs at Jarama
01:09:47: <Nuppiz> dang that looked bad
01:09:53: <Darkapprentice77> yep
01:12:13: <Nuppiz> I'm just happy tere haven't been that many serious accidents anymore
01:12:18: <Nuppiz> there*
01:12:46: <Nuppiz> before today the last one was the Bogan-Tenpecost crash at Rouen
01:12:57: <Nuppiz> five races ago
01:13:25: <Nuppiz> Yoshino might get banned for her actions today
01:13:45: <Darkapprentice77> ouch
01:14:15: <Nuppiz> even though no-one seemingly got hurt this time, there's been way too many accidents like that this season
01:14:28: <Darkapprentice77> so far that's only happened to vitkin and dumm
01:15:42: <Nuppiz> it's an AI glitch, the driver misses the pit entry and then suddenly stops on the main straight and tries to go through the pitwall to his or her pitcrew
01:16:09: <Darkapprentice77> oh yeah, i've seen that on rFactor a few times
01:16:44: <Nuppiz> I nearly banned Tenpecost when he did that at Dijon and crashed with his team mate, but let him get away with it
01:16:57: <Nuppiz> then he went on to crash at the very next race....
01:17:28: <ZeroForce> lol
01:17:46: <Nuppiz> nah wait it was John SMith who stopped and Tenpecost hit him
01:17:50: <Nuppiz> just checked
01:19:15: <Nuppiz> actually, I wonder why I didn't ban Smith for that...
01:19:29: <Nuppiz> perhaps because RIC was already running low on drivers
01:20:19: <Nuppiz> but then I just had to make Tenpecost injured after Rouen, there was just no way he could escape two serious crashes at consecutive GPs unscatched
01:21:51: <Darkapprentice77> is knockhill on the calender for 92?
01:22:11: <Nuppiz> the tracks will be up for a vote
01:22:18: <Darkapprentice77> ah
01:22:51: <Nuppiz> in fact, only Birmingham SuperPrix, Zandvoort and Dijon-Prenois are confirmed for next year
01:23:20: <Nuppiz> Dijon is quite simply in because the Swiss owners want a "home" GP :D
01:23:41: <Darkapprentice77> lol
01:24:13: <Nuppiz> I also have to test the track candidates on whether or not they support enough cars
01:25:37: <Nuppiz> hmm, scratch that, Birmigham isn't confirmed either
01:26:16: <Nuppiz> the UK has a lot of competition: Birmingham, Knockhill, Castle Combe and Thruxton have all been nominated so far
01:26:39: <Nuppiz> Swedish GP might be dropped
01:27:03: <Nuppiz> Belgian GP could move to Zolder
01:27:15: <Nuppiz> Italin GP to Fiorano or Misano
01:27:20: <Nuppiz> Italian*
01:27:50: <Nuppiz> I'll try to avoid then-current F1 venues as much as possible in 1992
01:27:51: <Darkapprentice77> was watkins glen good?
01:28:06: <Nuppiz> not as good as I hoped for
01:28:50: <Darkapprentice77> laguna seca could be an interesting replacement
01:29:30: <Nuppiz> USA has Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio, Seattle International Raceway, Laguna Seca, Phoenix and some oval as candidates
01:31:04: <Nuppiz> Road America too
01:31:17: <Darkapprentice77> yep
01:32:05: <Nuppiz> Portuguese GP may be dropped as I can't think of any good replacements for Estoril
01:32:51: <Nuppiz> German GP can move to Nũrburgring, although I'd hope to have the DTM version of AVUS
01:33:08: <Nuppiz> Nürburgring, lol
01:33:11: <Nuppiz> wrong accent
01:35:02: <Darkapprentice77> i guess you could have a macau gp...oh how rejectful that would be
01:35:43: <Nuppiz> Macau is available
01:36:34: <Darkapprentice77> hmm
01:37:30: <Nuppiz> Japanese GP... Tsukuba or Mine?
01:37:56: <Darkapprentice77> tsukuba
01:38:22: <Nuppiz> one more candidate to USA: Road Atlanta
01:38:51: <Darkapprentice77> i've raced alot on that in forza, good track
01:39:47: <Darkapprentice77> also i think you should hold the italian gp on pescara :D
01:40:12: <Nuppiz> haha
01:40:30: <Nuppiz> just how many cars would last for even one lap?
01:40:48: <Nuppiz> oh now here's a fine one
01:40:54: <Nuppiz> Top Gear Test Track :D
01:41:07: <Darkapprentice77> sweet
01:41:36: <Darkapprentice77> only problem is that the track was made after 1992 :|
01:41:47: <Nuppiz> true
01:42:14: <Nuppiz> plus it would be quite much against the safety initiative