2010 Event Calendar

DaCheese · Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:59 pm Post subject: 2010 Event Calendar

Right, it's a new year. That can only mean one thing; more racing!

Looking at the archives it seems that in previous years Formula Mad has been back up and running virtually as soon as the teams have got rid of their hangovers from their new year parties. My personal opinion is that as we finished the last season fairly close to Christmas, a bit of a gap won't hurt, particularly as it'd be nice to have tracks and skins in place before naming a date for the first races. That takes time pressures off a bit. GP tracks are welcome, PM me if you don't know where to send them.

MTCC could of course return this year. A thought I had was that in between FM seasons we could have solo GP series, with tracks of a single type chosen from the existing collection and announced before the season start. There'd more than likely be room for changes if a playlist looked unappealing. You know my preference for fast tracks, so a Speed Series after FM Season 8 to kick things off is what I suggest.
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Baino · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:02 pm Post subject:

I'd like to see the MTCC return it was good fun having a knockout series. If not a speed series sounds good, a dirt series better and if they could be designed as a knockout series then that would be great. The only problem with a one style series though is it automatically put some drivers at a disadvantage.
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beechus · Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 135 Location: down south lol :)

it all looks exciting !!!
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Spanky_McCoy · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:21 pm Post subject:

I'd do the cup again but a combination of last minute organisation (my fault) and a very poor turnout on the night (some of you lots fault) it was very haphazard and not quite what I envisaged when I dreamt it up. I've got a couple of other ideas which also rely more on teamwork but I'll run them past mad before posting them here.

The MTCC could run again or alternatively we can have the solo series but I don't think we should have both as we'll rapidly end up as a server known for doing nothing but racing series and not much else.

From a personal point of view as the Mad Laps GP series takes 8 weeks I'd have it running no more than 3 times a year with at least an 8 week gap between each season otherwise familiarity may breed contempt.
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Spanky_McCoy · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:40 am Post subject:

Ladies and Gents ( I use the term very loosely)

Looking at my own rather busy schedule I'm not going to be able to take part or organise season 8 until the middle of march at the earliest.

I've already pm'd Baino telling him to carry on skinning for SpankyTech as the team will carry on with or without me. So what I am saying is do you want to wait til the middle of March to start the season or do you want to start earlier and someone else can volunteer to help Cheese out?.
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Baino · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:35 am Post subject:

As i just said in my PM after all the work you've put in I think you get to choose when it starts.
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Spanky_McCoy · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:53 am Post subject:

DaCheese · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:45 pm Post subject:

'Lo guys. Things are indeed a bit busy at GMR towers. TM-wise there's no new cars skinned yet and I've yet to get back to people over tracks etc.; my PC is as I speak on its side, waiting for me to finish fitting a nice new Antec PSU to replace that EZCool turd I originally installed, in the vague hope that it'll sort my PC's random shutdowns.

I've no problems with waiting until March, I think I'll/we'll need that time to get stuff ready. That'll come around soon enough mind. As I keep saying I think it's best not to slap a start date on season 8 just yet.
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Middenrat · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:08 pm Post subject:

Middle of March is perfect for a four-series year, there's no hurry.
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Moldo · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:50 pm Post subject:

DaCheese · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:54 pm Post subject:

Incidentally, did you know that 94% of facts and statistics found on the internet are meaningless? Twisted Evil

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Moldo · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:39 pm Post subject:

DaCheese · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:27 pm Post subject:

Heh heh, fair enough Very Happy

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Baino · Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:57 am Post subject:

Quick question what do you think the upper limit on teams is because I'm pretty sure we have a guaranteed 9 teams at the moment but it could be as high as 14 (42 Drivers). Just wondering so I know how many skins to have as backups for teams that need them.
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Spanky_McCoy · Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:06 am Post subject:

Middenrat · Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:38 pm Post subject:

YussuF · Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Posts: 242 Location: Hamburg

With 42 drivers we might finally get the question to that dumb answer Laughing

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Spanky_McCoy · Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:31 pm Post subject:

msquires · Spam King Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 803

^^

And it takes so much organisation...getting a skin/car sorted, finalising teams etc...It's fun once it gets going, but by hacing too many, the novelty wears off.

Middenrat · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:13 pm Post subject:

I seem to remember Tuesday 23rd for S8 Opening GP, but I haven't caught Sir 'Spanky' Ecclestone on Vent to get that confirmed.
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