FG: Nascar X - Sandstorm Edition

[vovan]

Hey, the orders are coming in fast. Just waiting on Jonny now, though I won't be around later tonight, so unless the order comes in within the next hour or so, I'll update first thing tomorrow.

In the mean time, if people generally agree with rah on the current speed penalty for crashes, then I believe it's not too late to change that rule yet.

[rah]

God, it's fun to be able to just send in my orders and not have to worry about calcing everyone's orders.

Race away.

And I also agree with rah on the speed penalty

[Spaced Cowboy]

Yeah -1 sounds fair on crashes.

[gjramsey]

I concur on the -1 on a fender-bender

and sig updated for new race.

[rah]

Yes, I'd like to avoid joining that club.

[Drogue]

-1 speed for crashes

[vovan]

Looks like there is enough support for the current speed penalties for crashing. Rules have been updated accordingly.

[Jonny]

Apologies for the delay - I was out of town for the week.

Sent.

[vovan]

The race begins

As the formation lap draws to a close and the drivers have the start line in sight, they hit the gas in order to be the first across the line and into the first left-hander of the race. The car configurations the drivers chose for this particular race are also revealed.

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	     b******************************
	    b********************************
	   b**    	       	           ***
	   b**          	     	   ***
	   b**          	      	   ***
	    ***         	           === s
	     ***        	           ... a
	      ***       	           ... n
	       ***      	       	   ... d
	        ***     	  	   ... t
	        ****   	  	   	   ... r
	        *****  	  	   	   ... a
	        ** *** 	  	   	   ... p
	        **  ***	  	   	   ...
	        **   ***  	   	   ... a
	        ##   ****      	       	   ... l
	        **  ****** 	   	   ... l
	        ** ******** 	   	   ... e
	        ** *********	   	   === y
	        ** *********	   	   ***
       	        ** *********   	   	  ***
	        PP ========= s/f       	 ***
A - rah/Spaced  ** 1*A*5*7*9	        ***
	        ** ***4*6*8*   	       ***
	        ** *********  	      ***
	        ** *********  	     ***
	        ** *********  	    ***
	       	## *********   	   ***
	       	** *********   	  ***
	       	 ***********     ***
	       	  *********     ***
	       	   *******     ***
	       	    *****     ***
		     ***     ***
		      ***   ***
		       b*****b
			b***b
			 bbb



CAR   DRIVER           DIRECTION  SPEED  WC    MAX  CUST  ORDERS
***   *************       ***      ***   **     **  ****  **********
 1.   Kassiopeia           N   	    6	  8    	12  turb  AA(6M)
 2.   Spaced Cowboy 	   NE	    5	  8    	11  turb  AA(5M)R
 3.   rah		   N	    5	  8    	11  turb  A(A+1)(M6)
 4.   snoopy369		   N	    5	  8    	12  sway  A(M5)
 5.   gjramsey 		   N	    6	 15    	12  perf  A(A+1)M6
 6.   Tuberski 		   N	    5	  8    	12  turb  A(M+5)
 7.   Sparrowhawk 	   N	    6	  7    	12  sway  A(A+1)(M6)
 8.   Drogue 		   N	    5	  8    	12  sway  A(5M)
 9.   Jonny 		   N	    6 	  8    	12  turb  AA(m6)

Kassiopeia picks a turbo car. Despite having a somewhat inconvenient starting position on the track, he decides to play safe and sticks to the side of the road for now.

Spaced Cowboy also chose a turbo car. He spins the steering wheel to the right in order to make it early into the narrowing part of the track, but miscalculates and drives into the side of RAH, who just doesn't make it past the cowboy changing lanes. There is a crash, denoted by A. Speeds are reduced, and an oil slick is creted.

Everybody else deciedes to play it safe and stays in the same lane. There forms an interesting car pattern on the track. The majority of the racers pick turbo cars, with only snoopy, sparrow and drogue going for swaybars and ramsey being the only one brave enough to try out the performance package.

[Sparrowhawk]

Sent!

I think this ones gonna hurt.......the way I figure it at least 4 cars are going to be trying to share 3 spaces

/me

[Drogue]

*winks at Sparrow*

Yeah...

Oh, and sent

[Tuberski]

Sent.

ACK!

[Spaced Cowboy]

Sent, wish I would have known the options prior to start. I probably could have avoided the crash with Rah. No biggie though.

[gjramsey]

oh boy, this is going to be fun....

sent

[rah]

Nice driving scum. I figured I'd be safe for one turn.