Seeing Rethemeier hitting other cars three times was really hard to watch. First could have been at first glance a sudden loss of talent. But the way he did it three times in the same way and even gained and did not give back positions after number 2 and 3, it was clear that he drove his way on purpose.
Great run there Chris, looks like you had a really good time, hope someone reported the punter!!! But I truly believe this guy was doing it on purpose for gain after watching him do it 3 times...Thanks for sharing with us!!!
Yeah, it didn’t look good on him when he blipped the throttle to cause the contact. If it wasn’t deliberate, then it was VERY careless! Thankfully still an excellent race. I’m hoping to try the Mazda at Road Atlanta on AC / LFM at the weekend.
Haha yeah, nudged me out for the hat-trick 🤣 I sensed it was coming, but at the same time I couldn’t just let him through to preserve my own safety, and give him the position with one lap to go. So it was a lose-lose situation 🤣
@@chrisrogerssimracing No you had to defend your position, and anyone watching could see it coming. Totally not accusing the person for intentionally crashing people out but personally id have given the place back and then retired after the third one in disgrace!!!!!! Would of given myself a good talking too as well!!!
@ Haha yeah. Once is an honest mistake, twice is careless. But three times? Maybe it was just due to the red mist from the initial incident, and losing all those positions. But not great at all. Thankfully it didn’t ruin the race, was still fantastic fun.
Rethemeier showing exactly how it is not done. That blip of throttle almost looked deliberate, though is more likely incompetence. I've not picked up R3E in a long while but races like what you had early on definitely make me want to give it another go.
Yeah, really frustrating. It’s another situation where I’d probably have let him by if it was earlier in the race, just to preserve my own safety. But you can’t really go surrendering positions like that with one lap to go, I had to defend it. So it was a lose-lose situation, really. Rest of the race was an absolute cracker though, tremendous fun!
I really don't know what many of these numptys get out of racing like that. What satisfaction do you get from cheating your way into positions ? Aside from that, these cars are awesome fun. I had a go myself on these yesterday and they're generally a hoot to drive and conducive to some good on track battling. I too hate that downshift into first though, I've had to condition myself not to shift down too soon and to have a little throttle applied. Thanks for sharing Chris, your vids are always on point. 👍😁
Yeah, for a couple of my qualifying laps I tried taking the corners in 2nd, but I ran wide without the benefit of 1st gear engine braking. So I stuck with 1st gear, but it sure was a dangerous downshift!
Yeah it looks like Rethermeier is deliberately punting to pass throughout. There can be no good online racing with that kind of thing happening. So, so silly and self defeating. Aside from that - what an AWESOME battle you had with Holden! The best and the worst of sim racing showcased in this one!
Haha yes! I think I was more disappointed when Holden got taken out, than when I was! Really thought we were going to be battling side by side all the way to the flag. Thankfully, it was so much fun, it wasn’t overshadowed by the poorer moments 😃
This is spoopy, i booted up this race last night, can 1000% agree it is amazing fun, trying to get that little retro nugget around the track is so fun! Great race Chris, expect something that looks similar from me soon, and are we expecting a WTCR at Laguna Video any time soon as that is also in the rotation atm *hint hint* ;)
Haha when I fired up RaceRoom, it was with the intention of doing the WTCR at Laguna Seca, but I was just at the wrong time. Which is why I jumped into this one quickly. Sadly, I’ve had to take my rig apart today, as I’m having the floorboards up for plumbing work all week. So it’ll probably be a new schedule by the time I’m set up again.
Looked such a fun race apart from 1 idiot. Lovely to see so much close racing. LFM Mazda's at Atlanta are great, I've done 1 race this week, hoping to find time to do another.
Nice one, have you got a video incoming of it? It’s my priority combo to race this week too… I’ve not had chance yet as I’ve had the plumbing work being done, so had to disassemble the rig. But it’s ready to be put back up tonight, so reckon Mazdas at Road Atlanta is where I’ll be heading
@@chrisrogerssimracing Yep, editing tomorrow/Friday tho to be honest it's not the most exciting. Need to make the most of the limited action. Your plumbing may have been more exciting. Hope my limited viewers don't read this 😆
Rethemeier I call that an ss OOO, only on discord and raido you can report the man after making videoreport!. Vander Vaart made good timing there, nice
I’m afraid not, mate. I’m not too clued up on settings and configurations. Luckily my Thrustmaster TX configured automatically. Maybe worth asking in the RaceRoom Discord, or the KW Studios forum 🤞
This rethemeier needs a lesson how to drive clean and fair. But when their is no punishment such idiots have it easy. Hate such people. But a nice race from you and the other guy. This racecar looks sick, but not easy to handle. For your first time in it you did really good 👍
Yeah, the battle with Holden was one of the best I’ve had in a long time. It was a shame he got taken out too, as it could have been a battle to the flag.
Great race! Great battles! Too bad that guy was an ungentlemanly jerk. I'm guessing there no way (or no point) to report drivers like that in RR. Not having a radar was giving me anxiety attacks during your battles!
Haha, luckily I had the benefit of a radar! There’s an overlay I use that works with RaceRoom, however it doesn’t reproduce well on screen recordings so I don’t record the overlay. But yeah, there’s no way I’d have been able to race that closely without a radar! As for reporting, apparently there is a form you can fill out on the RaceRoom Discord, which I will look at doing.
Disgusted with the professional take out by the German, absolutely no reason to be racing in that way, no intention of giving you back the position either. Great fun these cars , I always have trouble with the gearing, I experience the same in the FRJ 's as well. Thoroughly enjoyed this one. 👌
Yeah, that little dab of the throttle mid-corner suggests to me that he knew what he was doing. I could very well be wrong, but my gut feeling is that it was intended. Which is very disappointing. But I’m definitely focusing on the positives and the tremendous battle with Holden, he raced brilliantly.
Rethemeir is probably telling his mates he would have won easily if people wouldn't have kept wrecking in front of him. 🙄 The type of sim racer that runs you over from behind and then accuses you of being too slow.
I wonder why these punters participate in online races. What do people get out of by bashing through the field. Like yourself I only take joy from clean overtaking. Contact can happen but this guy has either a lack of skill or other issues when he enjoys this. Can you report in raceroom? Have no clue. Looks like a fun car to race. Relative slow but tricky I assume. Keep it up mate. Still enjoying your videos.
Thank you. Yeah I had a look, and there is an option in Discord to fill out a complaint form and attach a replay file. Sadly I’ve not been able to do it this week, as I’ve taken my rig apart for some plumbing work in the room. But if it’s not too late when I’m set back up, I will do it.
Seeing Rethemeier hitting other cars three times was really hard to watch. First could have been at first glance a sudden loss of talent. But the way he did it three times in the same way and even gained and did not give back positions after number 2 and 3, it was clear that he drove his way on purpose.
Yeah, it wasn’t great, was it. Thankfully it didn’t ruin my race, because I had such a good time battling Holden.
I love the little beep sound when entering / exiting replays. Love watching your races and commentary!
That’s the excellent work of Matt Rowson, who made all my graphics for me (because I wouldn’t have a clue how to) 🤣
Great run there Chris, looks like you had a really good time, hope someone reported the punter!!! But I truly believe this guy was doing it on purpose for gain after watching him do it 3 times...Thanks for sharing with us!!!
Yeah, it didn’t look good on him when he blipped the throttle to cause the contact. If it wasn’t deliberate, then it was VERY careless! Thankfully still an excellent race. I’m hoping to try the Mazda at Road Atlanta on AC / LFM at the weekend.
3 punts, THREE!!!!!!!!
Haha yeah, nudged me out for the hat-trick 🤣 I sensed it was coming, but at the same time I couldn’t just let him through to preserve my own safety, and give him the position with one lap to go. So it was a lose-lose situation 🤣
@@chrisrogerssimracing No you had to defend your position, and anyone watching could see it coming. Totally not accusing the person for intentionally crashing people out but personally id have given the place back and then retired after the third one in disgrace!!!!!! Would of given myself a good talking too as well!!!
@@Taolley C'mon bro it was deliberate af.
@ Haha yeah. Once is an honest mistake, twice is careless. But three times? Maybe it was just due to the red mist from the initial incident, and losing all those positions. But not great at all. Thankfully it didn’t ruin the race, was still fantastic fun.
Probably, most likely!
Rethemeier showing exactly how it is not done. That blip of throttle almost looked deliberate, though is more likely incompetence. I've not picked up R3E in a long while but races like what you had early on definitely make me want to give it another go.
Yeah, really frustrating. It’s another situation where I’d probably have let him by if it was earlier in the race, just to preserve my own safety. But you can’t really go surrendering positions like that with one lap to go, I had to defend it. So it was a lose-lose situation, really. Rest of the race was an absolute cracker though, tremendous fun!
I really don't know what many of these numptys get out of racing like that. What satisfaction do you get from cheating your way into positions ?
Aside from that, these cars are awesome fun. I had a go myself on these yesterday and they're generally a hoot to drive and conducive to some good on track battling. I too hate that downshift into first though, I've had to condition myself not to shift down too soon and to have a little throttle applied.
Thanks for sharing Chris, your vids are always on point. 👍😁
Yeah, for a couple of my qualifying laps I tried taking the corners in 2nd, but I ran wide without the benefit of 1st gear engine braking. So I stuck with 1st gear, but it sure was a dangerous downshift!
Great racing Chris
Thank you Ray!
Nice race Chris, too bad about wreckenmierface
Haha yeah, a blot on what was otherwise an excellent race!
Yeah it looks like Rethermeier is deliberately punting to pass throughout. There can be no good online racing with that kind of thing happening. So, so silly and self defeating.
Aside from that - what an AWESOME battle you had with Holden!
The best and the worst of sim racing showcased in this one!
Haha yes! I think I was more disappointed when Holden got taken out, than when I was! Really thought we were going to be battling side by side all the way to the flag. Thankfully, it was so much fun, it wasn’t overshadowed by the poorer moments 😃
All things aside (great racing, stupid punting etc.), the name of the backmarker was B. Marker. Hillarious :)
Haha, I hadn’t even noticed that 🤣
This is spoopy, i booted up this race last night, can 1000% agree it is amazing fun, trying to get that little retro nugget around the track is so fun!
Great race Chris, expect something that looks similar from me soon, and are we expecting a WTCR at Laguna Video any time soon as that is also in the rotation atm *hint hint* ;)
Haha when I fired up RaceRoom, it was with the intention of doing the WTCR at Laguna Seca, but I was just at the wrong time. Which is why I jumped into this one quickly. Sadly, I’ve had to take my rig apart today, as I’m having the floorboards up for plumbing work all week. So it’ll probably be a new schedule by the time I’m set up again.
Looked such a fun race apart from 1 idiot. Lovely to see so much close racing.
LFM Mazda's at Atlanta are great, I've done 1 race this week, hoping to find time to do another.
Nice one, have you got a video incoming of it? It’s my priority combo to race this week too… I’ve not had chance yet as I’ve had the plumbing work being done, so had to disassemble the rig. But it’s ready to be put back up tonight, so reckon Mazdas at Road Atlanta is where I’ll be heading
@@chrisrogerssimracing Yep, editing tomorrow/Friday tho to be honest it's not the most exciting. Need to make the most of the limited action. Your plumbing may have been more exciting. Hope my limited viewers don't read this 😆
Rethemeier I call that an ss OOO, only on discord and raido you can report the man after making videoreport!. Vander Vaart made good timing there, nice
Yeah Jasper’s always quick! Luckily it made sure he was well clear of the ‘punt zone’ which me and two others fell into 🤣
Hi Chris another great video can't seem to get the force feed back to work on raceroom any ideas.
I’m afraid not, mate. I’m not too clued up on settings and configurations. Luckily my Thrustmaster TX configured automatically. Maybe worth asking in the RaceRoom Discord, or the KW Studios forum 🤞
This rethemeier needs a lesson how to drive clean and fair. But when their is no punishment such idiots have it easy. Hate such people. But a nice race from you and the other guy. This racecar looks sick, but not easy to handle. For your first time in it you did really good 👍
Yeah, the battle with Holden was one of the best I’ve had in a long time. It was a shame he got taken out too, as it could have been a battle to the flag.
Great race! Great battles! Too bad that guy was an ungentlemanly jerk. I'm guessing there no way (or no point) to report drivers like that in RR. Not having a radar was giving me anxiety attacks during your battles!
Haha, luckily I had the benefit of a radar! There’s an overlay I use that works with RaceRoom, however it doesn’t reproduce well on screen recordings so I don’t record the overlay. But yeah, there’s no way I’d have been able to race that closely without a radar! As for reporting, apparently there is a form you can fill out on the RaceRoom Discord, which I will look at doing.
Disgusted with the professional take out by the German, absolutely no reason to be racing in that way, no intention of giving you back the position either.
Great fun these cars , I always have trouble with the gearing, I experience the same in the FRJ 's as well.
Thoroughly enjoyed this one. 👌
Yeah, that little dab of the throttle mid-corner suggests to me that he knew what he was doing. I could very well be wrong, but my gut feeling is that it was intended. Which is very disappointing. But I’m definitely focusing on the positives and the tremendous battle with Holden, he raced brilliantly.
Rethemeier more like reprobate! Are you racing these cars with an H patter shifter and clutch or sticking to the paddles for shifting?
Sadly no H shifter, I just have the paddle shifters on my wheel. This car would be so much fun with an H shifter though!
Rethemeir is probably telling his mates he would have won easily if people wouldn't have kept wrecking in front of him. 🙄 The type of sim racer that runs you over from behind and then accuses you of being too slow.
Haha yeah that was exactly my thought. “It’s not my fault you’re slower than me through that corner” 🤦🏻♂️
"I'm sorry for hitting you, but I didn't expect you to brake so early" The classic sim racing non-excuse :D
I'm furious 😡
Ahh thanks mate. I didn’t take it too badly at all, mainly as I’d had such fun battling with Holden all race. It was a shame he got shunted out too.
I did. I'd report his *** in a Heart beat. We need to foster a great community with comradery not d bags.
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🥇 thought you’d appreciate a bit of Sunday RaceRoom 😃
@@chrisrogerssimracingcurtainly do mate. Halfway just saw ur down shift 😱
I wonder why these punters participate in online races. What do people get out of by bashing through the field.
Like yourself I only take joy from clean overtaking. Contact can happen but this guy has either a lack of skill or other issues when he enjoys this.
Can you report in raceroom? Have no clue.
Looks like a fun car to race. Relative slow but tricky I assume.
Keep it up mate. Still enjoying your videos.
Thank you. Yeah I had a look, and there is an option in Discord to fill out a complaint form and attach a replay file. Sadly I’ve not been able to do it this week, as I’ve taken my rig apart for some plumbing work in the room. But if it’s not too late when I’m set back up, I will do it.
disappointing result, but great racing
Yeah, the general all-round entertainment more than made up for the dropped positions. Great fun!
Typical German 😂
Well, they have lost two away games, they are going to be a bit grumpy. Great clean racing from Chris, Always a treat to watch how it's done.
Naaaaa come on. I'm German, I love racing but I would never do such shit. That's totally stupid to say only Germans race so wth.