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Importance of using Voice Comms and Pre-Planning
By: Chad Brown Date: February 24, 2019, 3:07 pm
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VRC Members,
This week we were at Zandvoort. During the practice session I
became aware that several of our drivers were starting their
sessions from the pits instead of loading into a garage. This
meant that they needed to find their way from the paddock area
to the race track. As it turns out this meant that they had to
make a left from their starting position and then another left
to enter the racing area. If the driver did not do this
properly, because the race marshal was indicating them to go
right, they were disqualified. I do not know why the drivers
were starting from this area as the track has a significantly
larger number of garage stalls than were necessary for our grid
size.
One member advised us very late in the practice session and I
was able to un-DQ the driver before the end of the session,
however it did not fix the overriding problem with their
starting position in the paddock. Come the Qualification time
the two members who were starting from the paddock were
continuing to have issues getting to the racing surface. I
un-DQ'd one driver again, and he was able to put up a time for
the qaul. But the second was not so lucky and was unable to
start the race with the rest of the field.
This incident raised some questions and concerns which I feel
are important to address.
1. Voice Comms - The official program VRC is using for voice
communication is Discord. All Admins are on the Discord voice
channel and available if technical issues arise. If you and your
teammates are using any other channel or program (teamspeak) we
will not hear you or be able to respond unless the
communications are in the chat window. Nobody like using the
chat window when talking is simply easier. If everyone is on the
voice comms they can be on top of any technical issue during the
race weekend that may effect their session.
2. Preparation - It is the responsibility of each driver to make
sure they are prepared for the race weekend. This includes
having practiced on the server to be sure they can connect and
run without difficulties. If a driver can not connect to the
server we want to be sure this is identified and addressed prior
to Sunday's official practice period. This ensures that the
membership enjoy a relatively problem free race experience. That
all being said, we understand that this is rF2 and it comes with
some weird, quirky, oddball behaviors that are not always
predictable or foreseeable. If you are having problems make sure
to get on early and then get on comms so you can let the admin
team know. That way we can try to resolve the problem as soon as
possible. Bringing problems up late in the practice session
makes it almost impossible for us to fix the issue before the
qualification period starts.
3. Communication during Qual and Race - This has been a long
standing rule in the league. There is NO communication during
the Qualification period and none in the Race. This is the
reason that the first two points above are so important.
Technical issues and problems need to be resolved before the
Qual and certainly before the race start because we want to make
sure that all drivers can get a distraction free qualification
and race experience. Having someone chatting in the text box or
talking over the voice comms can be a distraction that is hard
to ignore. The only time there should be any communication at
these times is from an admin.
4. Race Restarts - Simply put, there should never be a race (or
qualifying) restart unless it is due to a problem with the
server. Individual technical issues are to be addressed before
the race weekend starts as listed above. Massive crashes and
pileups are the responsibility of the drivers to avoid. I
understand that this seems like a harsh rule to have, but it
really comes down to individual drivers making sure they are
ready for the race weekend. Having restarts as part of any
official race only promotes poor race etiquette and unsafe
driving. Drivers who expect that there may be a restart are more
likely to engage in questionable driving because they can call
for a restart if there is a massive pileup. I am absolutely not
interested in having that option.
As always, If you have any questions or comments please contact
an admin via PM in the forums.
Chad Brown
VRC Admin Team
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Re: Importance of using Voice Comms and Pre-Planning
By: Tom Nasella Date: February 24, 2019, 6:09 pm
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With regard to the problem of starting in the pits I just want
to point out that never once during any off line or on the
server practices did I start from anywhere other than the garage
UNTIL qualifying. Then I did indeed start from the pits and of
course had no idea of where to go. Got lucky when the 'wrong
way' warning came up, made a right and ended up going through an
open garage. I'm in no way defending anyone or even complaining
about the situation, just pointing out a strange happening.
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