The 2010 Hot Lap Cup

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Jun 2010, 19:47

Inspired by MinardiFan's F1 World Championship, I have come up with an idea of my own - the GP4 Hot Lap Cup.

The format is simple as you can get - the fastest outright laptime wins.
Everyone must driver the same assigned car at each race, and must be set during a live qualifying session (free practise doesn't count, it's not as tricky when you don't have to worry about traffic

). Also, difficulty must be switched to 'Ace'. Apart from that you have the flexibility to change setup as much as you like (though the steering help driver aid will be banned, and most of the other aids are blocked in ace mode anyway).

As part of the cup there will also be the normal driver-nominated ROTR and IIDOTR - and there will also be a KataCesaris Trophy - whoever has the most crashes during a weekend will score 3 points, the 2nd most crashes 2, and of course the 3rd most 1 point.

Teams are allowed to have max. two drivers each. When creating a team please indicate whether you want someome else to join or not. All 2 car teams will compete for a constructors championship.

I've just done GP4 so far, but if anyone else wants to suggest more games to add to this then just post them here...
Here's what you need to post and where:
THIS THREAD
Team Name
1st Driver Name
Driver 2 slot open/closed
Car Number (1-99)
Your Prefered Game (if it isn't GP4)

BY EMAIL TO ME
Team
Driver
Quali Time
Number of retirements (includes crashes where a wheel is lost but driver was able to limp back to the pits!!)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
To start off with, we head to a sunny Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada, where several Minardi PS01s are parked line astern in the pit-lane. The circuit is open for setting timed laps every day until the 13th of June, so drivers will have to get a move on!

Team: Atom Motorsport
Driver 1: kostas22
Driver 2: Open
Number: 22
Game: GP4

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Note; This championship will be abandoned if less than 5 drivers sign up to the series before the deadline of the first round.

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 05 Jun 2010, 19:54

Team: Scuderia Miseria
Driver 1: Tomas Enge [Pointrox]
Driver 2: Open
Car Number: 32
My preferred game: F1C, but also F1 2009 on PSP

I'll join your competition as a honorary reject

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Jun 2010, 20:21

Pointrox wrote:Team: Scuderia Miseria
Driver 1: Pointrox
Driver 2: closed
Car Number: 32
My preferred game: F1C

I'll join your competition as a honorary reject

Ok, but unless more people sign up with F1C you'll be on your own

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 05 Jun 2010, 20:24

kostas22 wrote:Ok, but unless more people sign up with F1C you'll be on your own

I have GP4 too, so if other people would prefer it more - no problem then.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Jun 2010, 20:26

Pointrox wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Ok, but unless more people sign up with F1C you'll be on your own

I have GP4 too, so if other people would prefer it more - no problem then.

You do know you could do both...? Then you could even have a chance of winning the Constructors Cup solo that way :mrgreen:

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 05 Jun 2010, 20:33

kostas22 wrote:You do know you could do both...? Then you could even have a chance of winning the Constructors Cup solo that way

Might give it a try :mrgreen:

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Jun 2010, 20:47

Also forgot to mention...old points system is being used, the 10-6-4-3-2-1 one.

F1C has the Minardi PS01 too right? If not just use the M01...

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 05 Jun 2010, 20:47

Team: Lola-Simtek (Name abbreviation LOLS)
Driver 1: Anthony Davidson
Driver 2: closed
Car Number: 13
My preferred game: F1 2009 on PSP (or either of the two earlier ones for PSP, depending on whether anyone else cares to also do it on PSP, which I doubt...)

Also, going on hols to Greece on Tuesday so will miss first round, but will definately compete from second round onwards, providing someone else is also using PSP...

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 05 Jun 2010, 21:28

kostas22 wrote:
Pointrox wrote:Team: Scuderia Miseria
Driver 1: Pointrox
Driver 2: closed
Car Number: 32
My preferred game: F1C

I'll join your competition as a honorary reject

Ok, but unless more people sign up with F1C you'll be on your own

If Pointrox opens his second slot (I'm way too lazy to think of my own team) and we get enough time to do our stuff, I'm in with F1 Challenge.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Jun 2010, 21:47

Klon wrote:
kostas22 wrote:
Pointrox wrote:Team: Scuderia Miseria
Driver 1: Pointrox
Driver 2: closed
Car Number: 32
My preferred game: F1C

I'll join your competition as a honorary reject

Ok, but unless more people sign up with F1C you'll be on your own

If Pointrox opens his second slot (I'm way too lazy to think of my own team) and we get enough time to do our stuff, I'm in with F1 Challenge.

If not I can think of a good team-name for you... 'Deutschland Disaster GP', and the #35 as a tribute to Hans Heyer :mrgreen:

As for time, I might change to having rounds bi-weekly.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 05 Jun 2010, 22:13

Ah fine, with a slight twist it sounds good. Well, then...

Deutschland-Deppen GP Team
Klon
Driver 2 slot open
Car Number 5
F1 Challenge 99-02

@dr-baker: Well, I could do F1 2009 on PSP as well :mrgreen:

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 05 Jun 2010, 23:02

I'll volunteer my services for the 2nd seat at Atom Motorsport, seeing as you're driving for ERE in the F1Rejects Championship.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Jun 2010, 23:58

Enforcer wrote:I'll volunteer my services for the 2nd seat at Atom Motorsport, seeing as you're driving for ERE in the F1Rejects Championship.

Unless you want to choose one I'm assigning you with car #77. Man, I really seem to have a thing for multiples of 11

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 06 Jun 2010, 00:00

Team Name: Melrose Racing Team
1st Driver Name: Wizzie
Driver 2 slot: Open
Car Number: 73

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 06 Jun 2010, 01:40

Press Release | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal | 6th June
Team boss and lead driver Kostas walked towards the awaiting press with a grin on his face, knowing his laptime in the Minardi PS01 he had achieved earlier was something special.

"That was a great lap, maybe one of my best ever," he said, almost chuckling with laughter. "I knew if I could get the first sector hooked up I'd be able to put in a good lap, but I didn't expect something quite as fast as that. To be over a second faster than Schumacher's Ferrari in the same car Tarso [Marques] failed to qualify at Silverstone is simply amazing."

However it didn't all go to plan - the mechanics were kept busy as Kostas was having frequent altercations with both the track and the drivers.

"The guys in the pit did a great job today fixing up all the cars I smashed to bits! That must have been one of the most expensive pole positions ever in Formula One, so it's just as well I'm also the team boss and I won't be facing anyone's wrath after that."

Kostas also observed the only other driver out on track today, Wizzie, in his attempts to snatch the fastest lap time away.

"Oh man, he's bringing tears to my eyes! So many pathetic shunts. I even walked down to his garage late in the day and gave him some setup advice - only for him to bin it again! My fastest lap time is pretty secure, though I have a feeling he'll be leading the KataCesaris Trophy after this is over..."

Meanwhile Kostas' team-mate in the World Championship, Enforcer, today joined the team as 2nd driver, and will help the team battle for the constructors title.

"It's good that Enforcer joined the team, he's a safe pair of hands without a doubt. He's been outpaced a few times by Wizzie though, so hopefully his Quali pace is getting better all the time. I don't know when he'll be doing his times for the competition, but I got this over and done with quite early; I figured it would be good practise for the World Championship event tomorrow. And on that note, I've got to catch a flight to Paris, so this interview is over."

MinardiFan95 · Post by **MinardiFan95** » 06 Jun 2010, 02:02

Team Name: Champions Of Pre-Qualifying
1st Driver Name: "Captain Crash" (MinardiFan95)
Driver 2 slot open
Car Number: 95
Your Prefered Game: GP4, F106 or rFactor

Post by **tommykl** » 06 Jun 2010, 06:15

Team Name: De Bock Motorsport
Driver 1: tommykl
Driver 2: open
Car Number: 53
Preferred Game: F1 2009 (PSP)

I might not take part in the first few rounds, i've got exams coming up...

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 06 Jun 2010, 09:54

I'm very happy to present you a logo of my team

And to announce you that I'm opening my 2nd driver slot

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 06 Jun 2010, 11:59

Get me a copy of GP4 and a usable computer for a game and I'm there!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 06 Jun 2010, 12:41

Klon wrote:Ah fine, with a slight twist it sounds good. Well, then...

Deutschland-Deppen GP Team
Klon
Driver 2 slot open
Car Number 5
F1 Challenge 99-02

@dr-baker: Well, I could do F1 2009 on PSP as well

tommykl wrote:Team Name: De Bock Motorsport
Driver 1: tommykl
Driver 2: open
Car Number: 53
Preferred Game: F1 2009 (PSP)

I might not take part in the first few rounds, i've got exams coming up...

Cool. Demand for the PSP! But unless I get round to it this afternoon, I will not have a chance until after I return from my hols on 15th June so a round 2 start for me!

watka · Post by **watka** » 06 Jun 2010, 19:39

I'll be someone's (deadbeat) teammate on F1 Challenge or rFactor.

MinardiFan, I guess you'll be running the F1C side of things whilst Kostas does the GP4 side?

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 11 Jun 2010, 22:55

Oddity.

Since I was caught for time with this, I just used the set up I'd come up with in the F1 Rejects Round, without even tweaking it between runs. Yet I was about 0.6 seconds faster this time - the Minardi just felt like it had more grip than the Arrows - even though there aren't individual car physics in GP4. :?:

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 11 Jun 2010, 22:59

Enforcer wrote:Oddity.

Since I was caught for time with this, I just used the set up I'd come up with in the F1 Rejects Round, without even tweaking it between runs. Yet I was about 0.6 seconds faster this time - the Minardi just felt like it had more grip than the Arrows - even though there aren't individual car physics in GP4.

I think the whole cars being identical is a myth tbh - I found the exact same thing, that the Minardi has better front-end grip than most of the other cars somehow!

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 11 Jun 2010, 23:08

It also occurs to me I was in the Minardi in my brilliant rain drive at Silverstone.

I've only ever driven the Sauber, Jordan and Williams for a full season and they all felt much the same. Maybe I should drive the Minardi next time I have a bite at a Championship season...

At the sime time though, they're not tiered realistically - you can be as competitive in a Minardi as in a Ferrari.

Waris · Post by **Waris** » 12 Jun 2010, 00:22

Enforcer wrote:It also occurs to me I was in the Minardi in my brilliant rain drive at Silverstone.

I've only ever driven the Sauber, Jordan and Williams for a full season and they all felt much the same. Maybe I should drive the Minardi next time I have a bite at a Championship season...

At the sime time though, they're not tiered realistically - you can be as competitive in a Minardi as in a Ferrari.

The thing about Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix games, as I found out recently, is that there are performance difference between AI cars, but the player's car has different performance settings. When editing GP2, you can tweak this feature, so your car has the same performance as your team-mate's car. I bet it's possible to tweak it in GP4 too. Sadly, as far as I know, no one has bothered thus far to release a 2001 mod with updated performance levels...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 19 Jun 2010, 17:58

Round One | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Results
A shockingly low turnout for the series' debut has meant the series is on indefinite hiatus until more entries are found for the GP4 series at least, and the F1C series will be canned unless there is a significant upturn in entries for it.

Nevertheless, there was some on-track action going on, and after the series organiser forgot he actually had said job ( :oops:

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 19 Jun 2010, 18:49

kostas22 wrote:...while Klon earns a joint ROTR for a time so slow he would have failed to qualify for a race had there been one.

> Time's too slow to qualify
> Win anyhow
> My face

:mrgreen:

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 19 Jun 2010, 20:31

I'll take the fight to Klon in F1C is that's enough to keep the championship going!

VULCAN GRAND PRIX
Driver 1: Sammy Jones (AndreaModa)
Driver 2: open
Car Number: 46
F1 Challenge

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 19 Jun 2010, 21:09

kostas22 wrote:1. Wizzie | 21 Crashes

I know I will sound dumb for asking, but don't you lose at least a lap in GP4 for a retirement inducing crash?

watka · Post by **watka** » 19 Jun 2010, 21:15

When the hell did anyone actually mention this had started?

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 20 Jun 2010, 02:21

watka wrote:When the hell did anyone actually mention this had started?

kostas22 wrote:Inspired by MinardiFan's F1 World Championship, I have come up with an idea of my own - the GP4 Hot Lap Cup.

The format is simple as you can get - the fastest outright laptime wins.
Everyone must driver the same assigned car at each race, and must be set during a live qualifying session (free practise doesn't count, it's not as tricky when you don't have to worry about traffic ). Also, difficulty must be switched to 'Ace'. Apart from that you have the flexibility to change setup as much as you like (though the steering help driver aid will be banned, and most of the other aids are blocked in ace mode anyway).

As part of the cup there will also be the normal driver-nominated ROTR and IIDOTR - and there will also be a KataCesaris Trophy - whoever has the most crashes during a weekend will score 3 points, the 2nd most crashes 2, and of course the 3rd most 1 point.

Teams are allowed to have max. two drivers each. When creating a team please indicate whether you want someome else to join or not. All 2 car teams will compete for a constructors championship.

I've just done GP4 so far, but if anyone else wants to suggest more games to add to this then just post them here...
Here's what you need to post and where:
THIS THREAD
Team Name
1st Driver Name
Driver 2 slot open/closed
Car Number (1-99)
Your Prefered Game (if it isn't GP4)

BY EMAIL TO ME
Team
Driver
Quali Time
Number of retirements (includes crashes where a wheel is lost but driver was able to limp back to the pits!!)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
To start off with, we head to a sunny Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada, where several Minardi PS01s are parked line astern in the pit-lane. The circuit is open for setting timed laps every day until the 13th of June, so drivers will have to get a move on!

Team: Atom Motorsport
Driver 1: kostas22
Driver 2: Open
Number: 22
Game: GP4

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Note; This championship will be abandoned if less than 5 drivers sign up to the series before the deadline of the first round.

That was the first post in this thread, made on the 5th of June.

I think I've made my point

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 20 Jun 2010, 02:23

Klon wrote:
kostas22 wrote:1. Wizzie | 21 Crashes

I know I will sound dumb for asking, but don't you lose at least a lap in GP4 for a retirement inducing crash?

Yes you do.

But where in the rules does it say you're only allowed 1 quali session to do your time in?

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 20 Jun 2010, 11:06

kostas22 wrote:
Klon wrote:
kostas22 wrote:1. Wizzie | 21 Crashes

I know I will sound dumb for asking, but don't you lose at least a lap in GP4 for a retirement inducing crash?

Yes you do.

But where in the rules does it say you're only allowed 1 quali session to do your time in?

What a tweeeest! :shock:

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 20 Jun 2010, 17:27

Well, I don't have any F1 racing games anymore that would run on my computer. But the reject team I'd run for would be called Fifti Corse because they come after Forti Corse.

watka · Post by **watka** » 20 Jun 2010, 20:01

kostas22 wrote:
watka wrote:When the hell did anyone actually mention this had started?

kostas22 wrote:Inspired by MinardiFan's F1 World Championship, I have come up with an idea of my own - the GP4 Hot Lap Cup.

The format is simple as you can get - the fastest outright laptime wins.
Everyone must driver the same assigned car at each race, and must be set during a live qualifying session (free practise doesn't count, it's not as tricky when you don't have to worry about traffic ). Also, difficulty must be switched to 'Ace'. Apart from that you have the flexibility to change setup as much as you like (though the steering help driver aid will be banned, and most of the other aids are blocked in ace mode anyway).

As part of the cup there will also be the normal driver-nominated ROTR and IIDOTR - and there will also be a KataCesaris Trophy - whoever has the most crashes during a weekend will score 3 points, the 2nd most crashes 2, and of course the 3rd most 1 point.

Teams are allowed to have max. two drivers each. When creating a team please indicate whether you want someome else to join or not. All 2 car teams will compete for a constructors championship.

I've just done GP4 so far, but if anyone else wants to suggest more games to add to this then just post them here...
Here's what you need to post and where:
THIS THREAD
Team Name
1st Driver Name
Driver 2 slot open/closed
Car Number (1-99)
Your Prefered Game (if it isn't GP4)

BY EMAIL TO ME
Team
Driver
Quali Time
Number of retirements (includes crashes where a wheel is lost but driver was able to limp back to the pits!!)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
To start off with, we head to a sunny Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada, where several Minardi PS01s are parked line astern in the pit-lane. The circuit is open for setting timed laps every day until the 13th of June, so drivers will have to get a move on!

Team: Atom Motorsport
Driver 1: kostas22
Driver 2: Open
Number: 22
Game: GP4

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Note; This championship will be abandoned if less than 5 drivers sign up to the series before the deadline of the first round.

That was the first post in this thread, made on the 5th of June.

I think I've made my point

Fair enough, but it's a bit hidden away. When I first looked at this thread all I saw was the rules and your team application.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 21 Jun 2010, 00:57

watka wrote:Fair enough, but it's a bit hidden away. When I first looked at this thread all I saw was the rules and your team application.

Don't blame me for your poor eyesight

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