Formula D League Race 4: Buddh, India

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:33 am

Doesn't that trigger engine rolls?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:39 am

It does. His engine roll is 13, and everyone else is in 4th.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:53 am

Right 2, Forward 9, left 1, Forward 1, Left 1, Forward 3, Wear 3 brake points

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:11 am

Done. 2 Brake WP remaining. Turn complete.

Isgrimnur (White 1): gear selection is 4th. Movement roll is 7. Movement is irrelevant, as I've shorted yet another turn.

El Guapo wrote:Since I'm heading home and won't be online until later, I'm going to do 5th gear when it gets back to me.

Movement roll is 19.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:39 am

Right 1, straight 17, -1 brake point.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 9:08 am

You need to update my brake points on the chart when you have a chance...

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:46 am

Done and done.

2 Brake WP remaining, turn complete.

hentzau (White 2): Gear selection, please.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:53 am

4th please.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:48 am

Movement roll is 12.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:49 am

Thanks for the good roll (again.) 12 straight ahead should do me fine.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:51 am

Done. Turn complete.

NickAragua (Blue 2): gear selection, please.

NickAragua · Post by **NickAragua** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:55 am

5th gear.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:08 pm

Movement roll is 12.

NickAragua · Post by **NickAragua** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:14 pm

4 forward, 2 left, 7 forward.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:35 pm

Done. Turn complete.

Isgrimnur (White 1): gear selection is 3rd. Movement roll is 5. Movement is left 2, forward 3.

El Gualpo (Blue 1): blitzes across the line in 2nd place with a 6th gear roll of 29.

hentzau (White 2): gear selection, please.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:51 pm

5th please...

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:55 pm

Narrowly avoiding the 5% chance of wrecking, you get a 19.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:10 pm

Side note: shouldn't engine rolls be triggered by a 29 or 30 in 6th gear? It seems odd to me that (unless I'm missing some rule) you are more likely to blow your engine out at 5th gear than you are at 6th gear.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:17 pm

Caveat: I'm not a car guy. coop might be able to extrapolate more or tell me that I'm full of crap,

It's a 10% chance on both. You're redlining the engine at that point. From the engine's standpoint, I don't think it matters what gear that you're in.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:23 pm

But what I mean is that in 5th gear you trigger the roll on a 20, so you have a 1 in 20 chance on any fifth gear roll.

In 6th gear you hit it on a 30, so you have a 1 in 30 chance on any 6th gear roll.

Seems like it shouldn't be safer in 6th gear, but it is.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:25 pm

Your odds are off. Look at the gearing chart.

5th gear results are 11-20, 6th gear results are 21-30. In both cases, your chances are 1 in 10 to trigger the rolls.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:35 pm

Phew.

2 right, 15 straight, 2 brake points, 2 tire points

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:35 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:Your odds are off. Look at the gearing chart.

5th gear results are 11-20, 6th gear results are 21-30. In both cases, your chances are 1 in 10 to trigger the rolls.

Ohhhh right. I kept thinking of it as being on a d20 or d30 for some reason. Thanks.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:46 pm

They actually are in the game, but they're numbered specifically for those results.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:53 pm

I'm starting to think that I might not catch up with coop.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:06 pm

hentzau wrote:Phew.

2 right, 15 straight, 2 brake points, 2 tire points

Done. 1 Tire WP, 0 Brake WP remaining.

NickAragua (Blue 2): gear selection, please.

NickAragua · Post by **NickAragua** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:01 pm

5th gear, again.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:03 pm

Movement roll is 19.

NickAragua · Post by **NickAragua** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:02 pm

5 forward, 2 right, 12 forward. 1 forward for soft tires.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:20 pm

Done. Turn complete.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:01 am

Isgrimnur (White 1): gear selection is 4th. Movement roll is 9. Movement is forward 10. Turn complete.

Collision rolls:
hentzau (White 2): 2
NickAragua (Blue 2): 19

hentzau guns it across the line in 6th with a movement roll of 30.

Engine rolls of 10 for hentzau, 9 for Nick.

Nick races across with a 6th gear roll if 27.

Results:
coopasonic (Yellow 1) - 10 points
El Guapo (Blue 1) - 8 points
hentzau (White 2) - 6 points
NickAragua (Blue 2) - 5 points
Isgrimnur (White 1) - 4 points
bb2112 (Yellow 2) - 0 points, DNF

Team Standings:
Blue - 47 points
White - 42 points
Yellow - 39 points

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:33 am

Thanks for running this again, Issy.

Coop had a near-perfect run, didn't he? I don't think he shorted a single turn.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:31 am

Individual standings after Race 4:

1) coopasonic - 24 points
1) El Guapo - 24 points
3) NickAragua - 23 points
4) Isgrimnur - 22 points
5) hentzau - 19 points
6) bb2112 - 15 points

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:33 am

No problem. Wish I hadn't been last on the track.

And yeah, I don't think he did.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:57 am

Isgrimnur wrote:No problem. Wish I hadn't been last on the track. And yeah, I don't think he did.

I was trying to think if there was a way to do it in fewer turns. It would be possible to do it with 1 less turn by skipping the pitstop, but new tires were a necessity for me and you'd need even better rolls to avoid that. I think there were 2 rolls where I had a 50% chance of shorting and maybe a couple 33% rolls. Everything just worked out for me and nothing worked out for bb so we are nicely balanced.

NickAragua · Post by **NickAragua** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:22 pm

Good race, everyone.

I think I'm either getting the hang of it or this track made it much easier to avoid shorting turns. It also helps if you don't have people constantly getting in your way.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:08 pm

Yeah, aside from all the partially or entirely exploding cars this track seemed easier somehow - I shorted maybe two turns during the race I think, and only one of those was bad luck IIRC. That could just be how the dice went this time around, though.

Thanks for running the game again, Isg.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:11 pm

Glad to do it. I think the lack of another straight kinda turns this into a low-gear turns track with the one 5th-6th gear straight.

bb2112 · Post by **bb2112** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:35 pm

Thanks for running, even if I had the world's shortest race. Nice job Coop!