GREAT - I can't even catch 'em when they have three wheels 

Too late for that 

Decided to take it nice and steady to finish rather than compete - managed to catch Michael at the end of the first lap (even though he is MUCH quicker than me and then got excited and tried to race - fatal. One Shift-R later tried to calm down and lost it before I could take my stop and go

Thank you all. Lots of work to do...

Thanks boys. I feel like a novice golfer who is told their scores will get worse before they improve when their swing is corrected. Only problem is my golf did indeed get worse - and then stayed there. If anyone wants to win a game in North London (Enfield/Palmers Green) drop me a line

Told you it wasn't great. I left the other laps in so that you could get a feel for what I do consistently.

I really appreciate the feedback. The problem I have at the moment is that when I brake heavily I lose control so I am tentative - same for the acceleration I am beginning to think that until my basic skills are somewhat better I ought to duck out of the races or just retire early so that I don't run the risk of ruining somebody's season. That was really the question I posed to Vosblod when I signed up.

The major skill I need to develop at the moment is being lapped safely (lol).

Oh the shame...

http://rapidshare.com/files/429130246/ZandSlow.rpy

The setup I used is here

http://rapidshare.com/files/429130476/QualZandvoortHonda65.mu1

Highlights are:
Front Roll Bar 140lbs Rear 160lbs
Front wheel rate 80lbs/in Rear 100 lbs/in
23 PSI all round (which is 2 higher than I thought I was using lol)
54% Brake bias

Note the excellent control after the last lap - thought I'd leave it in to give you a flavour of just what a driver I am!

Be gentle - its my first time...

OK - I'm starting to get it - mind you went back to Zandvoort and found myself lapping at 1:37

I am clearly not doing it right because my tyre temps never get much above 150 or so and remain resolutely blueish in Pribluda - I've only just realised the colour change is significant. D'oh.

I can't get Pribluda to work with the V2 D3D rasterizers and the V1 rasterizers flicker on the menus - can anyone confirm whether or not the latest Pribluda wirks with Nigels rasterizers?

Cheers,

That is interesting but I thought the brakes were meant to transfer the weight to the front - front is about 120lbs arb and the back is about 150. But I probably am too tentative because I just don't travel anything like as fast as you guys. The problem I find is that if I try and go faster into the corner I just spin. I'm probably turning in way too late and hitting the limit of the tarmac on the outside - almost never overcook it on power application now, its always the deceleration to the Apex that gets me. Cheers, P.

Aggggh - now I am really confused. OK I'll go back to linear - I am just reading about a million posts and people suggest all kinds of things - I'm like a really bad golfer buying a new club instead of sorting out his swing  I'll try anything.

As for a tap of the brakes increasing understeer - I don't get that at all. I set the bias at about 52-55% (depends on my mood!) and I find that tapping the brake as I am turning in accentuates the turn - surely that is oversteer?

You chaps speak in driverese whereas I am fluent in learnish only. 

Thanks for the info though. BTW I am not practicing at all for the 'ring. I am quite happy with my 10:40 and I can probably stay unlapped for more than half the race. My main aim in any race at the moment is threefold.

1. Finish. 2. Don't get lapped more than once  3. Set a PB. Small aims but enough for now.

If we are going to be picky - it is 'etc' (et cetera, as any fule kno) 

If I get to 5 I'll be ecstatic... 

Tim - which is it? The 7th lap only or my final lap? 

I do know what you mean. I am just gobsmacked how you guys can 'feel' a car. I seem to 'feel' the spin about 35⁰ in...

I have started to steer with pedals and I am finding the car turns in response to the throttle but I need a LOT more practice - I also feel I am not being brave enough - I can't bring myself to turn in really early and let the car slide to the apex and let it rotate so I am entering corners slowly and steering/throttling my way round.

Incidentally, changing the steering to non-linear has helped me with 'aiming' at the corner but my laptimes have gone haywire. I was doing 1:35-1:37 pretty consistently but finding it hard to improve - I now have a Pribluda best of 1:32 but I can't hang it together so I am always having an off or two per lap. Given where I am do you think I should persist with non-linear or go back towards linear where I was more consistent?