Can I just make a suggestion that we use team names and class instead of driver names when we join the server.
For example: If a team is called 'Team Fast' and has a GT1 cat with 3 drivers then they would use:
Team Fast GT1 #1
Team Fast GT1 #2
Team Fast GT1 #3
when they join the server.
This would achieve a few things:
1. It would emphasis that this is a team event.
2. It would indicate which class a car is in.
3. It would enable other drivers/admins to keep track of rival teams on the track without having to learn all the names of every driver and which team they drive for.
There would need to be a thread which does llink driver to login name.
Having driven endurance events using the GTP mod for N2K3 where you had to use the same login name and in other rFactor events where drivers use there own names , I know that, as a driver, taking over a car after having my rest period in a long race, it is much easier to get back up to speed with what is happening using the former. For example,
When I left we were 1.5 secs behind Whacky Racers GT2 #1 and three secs in front of Team Fast GT2 #2, now we're 2 secs behind Team Fast GT2 #3 and 12 secs in front of Whacky Racers GT2 #2
rather than
When I left we were 1.5 secs behind Jim Redman and three secs in front of Derek Bell, now we're 2 secs behind Tom Kristensen and 12 secs in front of Alan McNish
Just a thought