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@mouse It's been a while since I drove it. I'll definitely fire it up in a day or two to see how it handles. I haven't hardly raced in a while (last one was our Monza race). The Skip might be a good car to get me back into sim racing. I'm looking forward to it whatever the case. Lighthearted all the way.

I'm interested, though I'm one of the ones who really dislikes driving that car. Friday nights works great for me, so I'm all for that schedule.

That was a really fun race. Never thought I'd be able to do a decent race in the Ruf RWD. That thing has practically no brakes and far too much horsepower. It was great! Seb really stole the show though, with some very skillful Lotus 49 driving. I mean, just look at him..

That is the face of a man without fear. Good win.

To drive the almost undriveable Lotus 49, or something more sensible? Decisions decisions!

The new trucks are 50 lbs. lighter. Horsepower is the same. Not sure what all else might be different.

Correction... they list them as 50 lbs. lighter on one page, but show them as being identical weight on another. I have no idea.

Well Monza is just as fun as I'd hoped. The layouts without the chicanes aren't exactly the same as the original historic track, but it's nice they included the extra circuits. The oval track is every bit as ridiculous as it should be, especially in a modern day Indycar.

Are we racing just the new trucks this week, or a combination of the old and new models? I'm not sure I'm going to buy the new ones considering I never got around to ever doing a race with the old one.

Woo!

Very much looking forward to getting back into iRacing on a more regular basis again, and really excited about Monza! I'd be up for either the oval configuration, or the road+oval config if they include that option. I'd even be willing to buy the Lotus 49 if we decide that's the car we're going to race with.

Having their forum locked behind a paywall has always been a pain. They should just let everyone view it, but only members can post.

I've been thinking about getting back into racing as well. I've barely hooked the wheel up since the league took a break. I liked our scheduled weekend races. Gave me something to think about and plan for each week. Without that, I feel kinda aimless and rarely even think about joining official races, even though those happen all hours of the day. Plus, it always feels weird racing against random people. I liked racing with you guys. I joined this league at the same time I bought into iRacing, so to me the league and the sim are synonymous.

Attendance will probably still be a factor though. Those races we did where we opened it up to the public went reasonably well. I'd be up for something like that again. Maybe do like a hosted weekend session for a couple weeks, see how that goes.

Dang, I miss one weekend and now nobody wants to race. Are we not racing at all this weekend then?

That is unfortunate that attendance has been down and understandable that not everyone can make all the races lately, and that some are feeling a little burnt out. A break might be what we need, though I hope people don't forget to come back when we get started up again.

We should use this time to think about how to change things going forward. Two nights of racing instead of three, perhaps. Maybe do a mid-week race and then a weekend race, or something along those lines. No more tracking of points, just race for fun, not for a championship (unless we get attendance back up again). I'm just spitballing here. I think most of these things have already been suggested, I'm just listing a few of them out that might be worth implementing. I'm down for just about anything. Maybe not endurance racing, but just about anything else works for me.