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« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2018, 01:23:01 PM +0000 » |
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I'm in luck with this fun champ. in the previous race, in America I won because everyone who was ahead was wrong and I won. this time I got a record time for me at zeltweg, the ferrari was amazing fast Of course, other brabham and honda pilots do not have the same advantage but it was a hell of a thing to have Greg halfway through the race 1s away, at the end of the race I was very tired.
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« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2018, 02:17:59 PM +0000 » |
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So I opted to retire before I screwed someone's race. Maybe I should have done the same. I apologize Clive. What happened sure wasn't what I wanted to happen. I didn't qualify well so I was too eager to pass. If it's any consolation, you thoroughly kicked my butt at Vallelunga. Congrats Jonny and Axel! I drove well except for the first lap. Jonny had to be most consistent to beat me. It took me about 15 laps to reduce a 4 second lead down to 1 second. I enjoyed trying to learn to drive the Brabham better. After the past few months, I can no longer say it's the car I have the least experience driving. Thanks for the fun guys.
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« Reply #17 on: November 05, 2018, 02:22:12 PM +0000 » |
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Clive, apologies if my defence was any less than fair. I'm usually being lapped & pull over when there is a pro driver on my tail. I was generally watching the gap on Prib & concentrating on taking a predictable line into corners. I was half expecting you to draft past on the straight.
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« Reply #18 on: November 05, 2018, 04:00:45 PM +0000 » |
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Absolutely no Probs Billy Your defence was fair, and there was no reason why you should have gifted me the pass. It just took me a few laps to work out where I had to be to use my braking advantage. Being too close to your tail pipes gave me no chance to see the chances, and too far back meant that I was unable to take advantage . Like I said, concentration was definitely lacking in my car.
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« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2018, 12:15:25 AM +0000 » |
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A race of ups and downs for me, Mainly downs unfortunately, Qualified 5th on the grid which was disappointing, I knew I had a lap time in me to move at least one possibly two places closer to the front but it wasn't to be.
The start went better than I dared dream. We set off at the flag and I settled in behind Clive Then at Dr. Tiroch Kurve Pelle, Clive and Greg went very wide and I was able to keep a tight line and came out of the turn just behind Pelle in 3rd, Pelle then had problems at Bosch Kurve and I suddenly found myself in 2nd with Greg up my chuff, A few small mistakes allowed jonny to pull a small gap but I was able to use the extra oomph of the Ferrari to open a small gap over Greg on the main straight and also the run down to Bosch. Meanwhile he clawed it all back through the corners. Then not sure what happened, I hadn't hit anything (So far) but I either completely forgot how to drive through Schikane or the fuel burning off upset the balance. Either way a few strange moments led up to me losing the rear completely and spinning off onto the grass. I recovered but not until both Greg and Cookie had already gone past. Greg was but a distant memory but Cookie looked catchable until I did it again. Then I had Clive showing an interest. Schikane bacame easier again as the fuel burned off and I slowly extended a gap back to Clive only for Dr. Tiroch Kurve to catch me out bringing Clive back into my mirrors.
Managed to pull out a gap again from Clive but shortly afterwards the engine let go exiting Dr. Tiroch and my race was over. All my own fault I had set my gearing to coincide with the crests on the exit of Dr. Tiroch and on the entry to the Rindt Kurve. A few times I missed the gear change and over revved then engine. I was also pushing a lot harder than I wanted to to stay in front of Greg early on and I think the combination of these probably caused my demise.
But loved it up until that point, I think Zeltweg71 is one of the best tracks out there.
Thanks guys.
TTFN John.
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« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2018, 09:31:21 PM +0000 » |
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The calendar suggests that next Sunday's race is Hockenheim but I already know that I can't download it and make it run!
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« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2018, 11:47:43 PM +0000 » |
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Which Hockenheim is it we are running next week?
Thanks in advance
TTFN John.
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« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2018, 12:05:32 AM +0000 » |
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Hockenheimring 1967 directory = hockenhm http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=9311&#entry92229PS the Laechele update site seems down... My track folder fully updated: https://www.sendspace.com/file/68dyqgIn the 67season.ini add this with the last event number XX [EventXX] name=Grosser Preis von Deutschland shortname=Hockenheim GP trackDirectory=hockenhm numberOfLaps=77 day=9 month=7 startingGrid=4 trackShortName=Hockenheimring flag=gerflg
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« Reply #23 on: November 07, 2018, 01:00:10 AM +0000 » |
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Thanks Cookie, Yes I've got them all, just wasn't sure which one we were using. Thomas's site disappeared some time ago. It's now being hosted here... https://www.autosimsport.net/thomas_laechele/TTFN John.
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« Reply #24 on: November 07, 2018, 03:15:33 PM +0000 » |
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Thanks Axel, that seemed to work. I installed the track from the my download and then copied your folder over the top of it in the tracks folder. When I checked the season.ini the only thing that was different was the race length.
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