BLUE AND YELLOW FLAG?

[0nionz]

I've been kicked off and black listed off of so many servers and everytime its because i have either a blue or a yellow flag in top left corner. Please someone explain to me what they mean because no one is telling me ingame! thanks.

[SprtnRB30]

Yellow: is generally speaking a caution of somekind ( hold position and do not pass anybody untill the yellow has stoped waving in that section of track where the caution is).

Blue means you are about to be lapped and should give way and not impede the car that is about to lap you.

[Arya]

Flags are instructions handed down by Race Control, and you're required to obey them. That being said, there's some room to move, especially with Blue Flags. You don't have to follow a Blue Flag immediately: if you're in the middle of a corner, keep following your natural line and then pull off line when you reach a straight.

As long as you don't deliberately impede the car behind you, you should be alright. By all means stand aside, but don't ruin your race in doing so.

As for yellow flags, you don't need to stop. Just follow the car in front of you, back off a bit, and be ready to stop/swerve if need be. Again, it's about taking reasonable steps in the context. If there's a dozen cars strewn across the track, slow right down/stop. But if there's one guy in the fence, off the track, just hold your position and wait for green.

Under no circumstances overtake under yellow, if you do, give the position back straight away or you'll be penalised severely.

[rallysmo]

that what happen when people think this is arcade for the graphics

[jason]

I've never understood the "don't ruin your race" thing for a blue flag. If you're seeing a blue flag, your concern should be in not ruining other people's races. Show a little courtesy and you'll receive some in return. Decide that you're going to race the leaders hard and don't be surprised if your car is sitting in the gravel trap after a few laps.

I join servers mid-race all the time, and even if I'm significantly faster than someone, I'll let them by or sit behind them if it's a blue flag situation.

[quf]

Originally posted by jason moyer:

I've never understood the "don't ruin your race" thing for a blue flag. If you're seeing a blue flag, your concern should be in not ruining other people's races. Show a little courtesy and you'll receive some in return. Decide that you're going to race the leaders hard and don't be surprised if your car is sitting in the gravel trap after a few laps.

I join servers mid-race all the time, and even if I'm significantly faster than someone, I'll let them by or sit behind them if it's a blue flag situation.

Many times when I've seen the blue flag then I looked back to see where he was, and he was still too far behind. Yes the blue flag is a very good warning to not ruin other's race when they are lapping you, but I'll only ease off when they caught up with me. Currently when the blue flag appears, in some situations-tracks, you can still drive normally until the "lapper" catches up with you more, then you can ease off and let him pass normally without fightning it.

[jason]

Oh yeah, I don't think you should just bail out and let someone fly by, although I'll do that if I'm exiting the pits and still below the blend line. By all means, let the other car catch up to you first, but once they're there it doesn't hurt to be helpful. Especially on a track like the Nordschleife, for instance, where you can be significantly faster than someone and it's still almost impossible to pass if you aren't driving a car/setup with a top speed advantage down Dottinger Hohe.

[Mr.Herbi]

i know this forum is very good. but is it so hard to google "race+flag+rules"?

first match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_flags

[Arya]

Originally posted by Herbaliza:

i know this forum is very good. but is it so hard to google "race+flag+rules"?

first match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_flags

Never underestimate human laziness.

[quf]

Originally posted by Vindekar:

Originally posted by Herbaliza:

i know this forum is very good. but is it so hard to google "race+flag+rules"?

first match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_flags

Never underestimate human laziness.

Yes, for example: http://9gag.com/gag/ar4B6D7

[Simon said EAT DUST PLAYER_1 !]

disclaimer: I'm not trying to ridicule you Jason, just to elaborate on your thoughts for more readers to get your drift - so here I go:

Originally posted by jason moyer:

I've never understood the "don't ruin your race" thing for a blue flag.

It is a rule of thumb that is dating quite a while back in history, when people talked less and processed fresh information a great deal longer than what people nowerdays would tolerate in their day-to-day life, given the "shorter attention span" they have developed towards individual tasks. So my advice would be to take these kinds of sayings that have been around longer than yourself and/or myself (on this planet at least) with the proverbial grain of salt.

If you're seeing a blue flag, your concern should be in not ruining other people's races.

TRUE. Yet also true is that you SHOULD NOT change your general line in a radical manner. The faster car - as long as it is clearly behind your own - has to make sure to overtake when - and only when - the situation allows for it. THAT means precisely that: BOTH the lapped driver as well as the overtaking driver are guaranteed to stay safe during and after the maneuver. Nothing more, and clear-as-hell NOTHING-LESS! The "nothing-less" - part is what most newbies won't understand until they eventually "take out" half the field - including him- or herself and - maybe - then finally start to think about this in more detail.

Show a little courtesy and you'll receive some in return. Decide that you're going to race the leaders hard and don't be surprised if your car is sitting in the gravel trap after a few laps.

Most likely: they will make short business out of it - it's a race, after all! Ain't nobody got "time" for that [...]!

I join servers mid-race all the time, and even if I'm significantly faster than someone, I'll let them by or sit behind them if it's a blue flag situation.

That's how it should be. Excellent choice! You are the kind of driver I would to find myself in a race with. Unfortunately - given the ease of access to this title through the Steam distribution system - this seldom happens at the moment. The crashers that spot all their "gaps" in Turn-1 and go totally "Senna" on me (and everyone else around) seem to make up the majority these days, most of the time!




"TL;DR" as it is the fashion to type, these days:



BLUE-FLAG means "Don't panic" first, give way "where appropriate" second!

Just DO NOT try to "race" the guy that is trying his/her hardest to NOT RACE YOU, when you are in the process of being - indeed - lapped.

Really: Being lapped happened and still happens to all of us. It's the most-common thing in the world. Just don't be a ♥♥♥♥ about it and ALLOW it to happen cleanly.

[Denis Vorobyov]

Does anyone have the information, for what time does the blue flag begin to burn?

Есть у кого информация, за какое примерно время начинает гореть синий флаг?

[Twelvefield]

Originally posted by quf:

Originally posted by Vindekar:

Never underestimate human laziness.

Yes, for example: http://9gag.com/gag/ar4B6D7

It's also pretty lazy to tag a website you didn't write yourself. Just sayin'.