Wiltshire Tony
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« Reply #45 on: January 29, 2014, 10:12:57 AM +0000 » |
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I think drivers making late changes is even better!
It's the car that starts the race that finally counts.
And any "idea" that begins with more admin work for the organiser is a non starter anyway.
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Mark J
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« Reply #46 on: January 29, 2014, 10:35:36 AM +0000 » |
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No Tony, all allowing late changes is going to do is bugger up the server/netcode and make the race laggy, I've seen it happen a few times before. Not a problem if only a few do it but if plenty of drivers make a car change during praccy/qually I can foresee problems. Unless your confident the servers bullet proof? It was laggy on there late last night when me and one other driver was on it!
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Wiltshire Tony
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« Reply #47 on: January 29, 2014, 10:37:23 AM +0000 » |
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TBH, late changing was never a problem when this format was run in the past.
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« Reply #48 on: January 29, 2014, 12:37:35 PM +0000 » |
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TBH, late changing was never a problem when this format was run in the past.
but you didn't have 20+ drivers  Seeing the pace of the rapid Italians here, we haven't got a chance anyway!  ...except John!  Im out before the race on Thursday so hope im back in time but means no decent practise for me. Tried the GT40 Gulf last night but could only manage 2:00 on race fuel and meds. |
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« Reply #49 on: January 29, 2014, 01:11:44 PM +0000 » |
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Ok, Like the idea of pre booking cars, if someone want to volunteer to do that cool  I can't. I have changed the race page to say the server will be restarted just before Qual and changing cars during Qual is not allowed. That's about al I can do. |
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« Reply #50 on: January 29, 2014, 01:59:13 PM +0000 » |
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I have never done a pit stop in P&G, so I will need to study the manual for this one. I will almost certainly be driving the standard GT40, since I want to get as much race practice in this car as possible.
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« Reply #51 on: January 30, 2014, 09:05:07 AM +0000 » |
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Having read through a lot of the posts about this series it would seem that the Gt40 is THE car to have. Which explains why I have not practised in that one!!! Not really bothered as I still need to get a feel of the hierarchy of the various options anyway, and racing in any of these cars is part of the ever extending learning curve.  So I should be pootling around somewhere in the rear end of the pack trying to keep out of trouble and the gravel traps. |
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phspok
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« Reply #52 on: January 30, 2014, 11:47:55 AM +0000 » |
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GT40 Gulf is usually the quickest of them, though the MKII is better at long straights
I would be surprised if a GT40 was the fastest tonight, though I would have thought it to be.
This is a fast track but has a lot of twisties as well.
I have only driven a couple of cars so I am genuinely not sure which is actually the fastest
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« Reply #53 on: January 30, 2014, 12:43:56 PM +0000 » |
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GT40 Gulf car is nice to drive, whereas the Mk2 handles like a barge! (something the GTLW boys are hoping to correct in a future patch) Both would be immense on the straights here but think over a lap it will lose out to more nimble cars because of the twisty sections. Be interested to hear what laptimes an alien can do in one here  I haven't had time to do any further laps nor even tested a car on full fuel nor a pitstop! so I might stop early just so I know if my evening is wasted once again by a cocked pitstop!  In my defence I did nothing wrong in my last two stops on here but the game did weird things forcing a DNF :'( |
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« Reply #54 on: January 30, 2014, 02:17:38 PM +0000 » |
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I tried the GT40 Gulf for a few laps with 50 liters and it was difficult to 1.56.5. Maybe doing more laps I can remove one seconds, but I do not think more. Then this is a car eats tires and I think it's best to use it at other tracks With 911 3.0 things are easier, best time in 1.53.5. In fact, I decided to take this because it fits very well in Barcelona, definitely F1 track. PS: has nothing to do but I wanted to tell you that; while I was looking for an address of a friend who lives in Flagstaff (Arizona) where it passes the legendary Route 66, I found a street called almost as a famous team, "Soggy Bottom Ranch road "  See you  |
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Clive Loynes
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« Reply #55 on: January 30, 2014, 04:33:15 PM +0000 » |
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« Reply #56 on: January 30, 2014, 06:35:10 PM +0000 » |
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I would think that the RSR3.0 would struggle with its tyres over great distance. That certainly seemed to be the case at Suzuka. Not that it matters in my case. The GT40 MkI is the only one I am interested in for tonight |
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« Reply #57 on: January 30, 2014, 07:27:44 PM +0000 » |
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Password trouble tonight, but I seem to have finally bypassed ED209.
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« Reply #58 on: January 30, 2014, 07:41:48 PM +0000 » |
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The password is not working for me. How do I get on the server??
It is probably still the practice password until Matt changes it for qually. |
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« Reply #59 on: January 30, 2014, 07:50:49 PM +0000 » |
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906 -6/8, 906 - All except 6/8
Well, can i choose the 8 cilinders 906?
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