BadBlood
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« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2013, 09:12:21 AM +0000 » |
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Screen blackout - three things come to mind. Timed event (such as virus scan), screen saver settings (unlikely) and power plan configuration set to blank out the screen after x mins. That has caught me out before.
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PaulV
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« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2013, 09:39:58 AM +0000 » |
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Hi ,
couldnt make last night as had some family over. 60 laps was just too much for me.
I see it was reduced to 50, still too much for me though. still struggling a bit with being able to concentrate as needed for the longer races.
hopefully this will improve as i learn more of the newer tracks. having had a long layoff from GPL I have lots and lots of tracks to learn.
glad quite a few made it and hope you all enjoyed it.
I had tried a bit of practice over the last few days, must say I like Antree as a race circuit. I hope perhaps it might pop up during the coming season.
Paul V.
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« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2013, 09:41:19 AM +0000 » |
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Ronnie - presume you regret your setup? Had great fun chasing you down, spinning, chasing you down etc a number of times, but you were so easy to catch because you didn't have the speed on the straight.
I'm a total noob in these F2 things and picked a car at random. Clearly the Ferrari 166 was the wrong choice!!!. I was a sitting duck for sure down the straights. Even with a tow I felt like I was going backwards. Still I enjoyed the race so thanks for organising Axel.
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MagicArsouille
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« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2013, 09:48:20 AM +0000 » |
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Yooo ! I choise to do one pit stop for fuel, but for that I must have a confortable gap ( thing possible 'cause lighter car ).....but I have to stop before the half of the race cause I'm out of fuel at this moment !!....Ihave enought time to do it but the track is not free and I have to wait to do s-r......and when the track come free I restart second ....then I know that I must do the 'forcing ' to joint Gareth....I reduced the gap lap after lap and Gareth under pressure make a mistake and I retake the lead .....but I have to pitstop again ( F2'are glutton !! ).....so I do it and Gareth pass me again !!...still 10 laps to go , but I'm to far from the lead and I resigned myself to finish second.....still 4-5 laps to go and Isee Gareth pit-in !.....( it seems that I am not alone to have not enought fuel !).....then Ihave just to controle the few last laps ......thx everybody, was good fun c u folks
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Hristo Itchov
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« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2013, 09:57:29 AM +0000 » |
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I'm a total noob in these F2 things and picked a car at random. Clearly the Ferrari 166 was the wrong choice!!!. I was a sitting duck for sure down the straights. Even with a tow I felt like I was going backwards. Still I enjoyed the race so thanks for organising Axel.
Ouch, Ronnie, you couldn't have picked a worse car, lol! And for such a long race!
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« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2013, 11:03:29 AM +0000 » |
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Your all heart Hristo.
One of the other reasons I was so slow was my heavy fuel load. I did not realise stops were allowed for refueling in the F2 championship. I have a lot to learn before the season starts!
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BadBlood
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« Reply #21 on: January 07, 2013, 11:27:56 AM +0000 » |
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I did not realise stops were allowed for refueling in the F2 championship.
They are not! LOL. This was just fun though.
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« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2013, 12:30:58 PM +0000 » |
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Clive, was not me, i was well back, crap start and probably was the instigator to all the t1 crashes, so sorry to all for thatm do know who or what happened there, i hate f2 cannot get the car to do what i want and am slow gggrrrrr. last for about ten laps and lost my rear wheel on exit of last corner after a coll battle with bernie, could not be bother to take 2nd reset and called it a day, f2 is like 65, not imho.
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EvilClive
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« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2013, 12:52:23 PM +0000 » |
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My mistake Gareth..it was Mark Jones moonlighting from the Antipodes.
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Al Heller
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« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2013, 12:56:38 PM +0000 » |
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Screen blackout - three things come to mind. Timed event (such as virus scan), screen saver settings (unlikely) and power plan configuration set to blank out the screen after x mins. That has caught me out before.
Mine wasn't any of those. I had some weird issue with the screen randomly (i.e., once every few days) going black yet audio continuing - this went on for months & I checked & replaced everything (hardware, software, drivers, virus, leads - I mean everything...) I did have suspicions that it was something to do with RDP & was testing to see if it only happened on the days when I used remote access to/from that PC. Very frustrating when it happened during a race & again strange as it was also only a temporary glitch - screen would eventually go back to normal of its own accord (to reveal me mashed up in some barrier ). It was certainly some kind of graphics issue as I used to see weird error messages appearing in the Catalyst Control Center log - on checking these errors online it seemed a lot of people were experiencing exactly the same issue & yet it seemed nobody had found a solution It was even more odd as I had an identical spec machine that never had these issues so I finally assumed it was the graphics card about to die. However just before forking out for a new one, I switched to Win 7 & hey presto, all black screen issues gone. I'm not sure Win 7 was necessarily the solution however the process of flattening my PC & installing a crisp fresh OS seems to have cured it. By the way, for me this random blackout issue would occasionally happen while browsing the net or playing other games too - I'm wondering if that's the same for Clive or is it only occurring during GPL?
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BadBlood
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« Reply #25 on: January 07, 2013, 01:19:27 PM +0000 » |
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I like Antree as a race circuit. I hope perhaps it might pop up during the coming season.
Check the Novice calendar Paul
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MagicArsouille
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« Reply #26 on: January 07, 2013, 04:34:08 PM +0000 » |
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..huml..... sorry wrong name in my post !....it was not Gareth but Mark Jones ..... .......( sorry Mark :/ )
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« Reply #27 on: January 07, 2013, 06:40:44 PM +0000 » |
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Yooo ! I choise to do one pit stop for fuel, Beware Tristan, it was a fun race so I don't think it has any importance ...but for the official championships races, pit stop for refueling are forbidden, you could be disqualified ! (If I am not mistaken).
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« Reply #28 on: January 07, 2013, 11:16:46 PM +0000 » |
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Yeah. Phil I think you did it in a tow... Just checked the replay and compared my fastest lap with one of my "normal" efforts, and yes you are right Cookie. It was the draft LOL . Hope you'll do the same again for me when the season starts
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« Reply #29 on: January 08, 2013, 09:58:45 AM +0000 » |
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thanks Dave ...... Iknow , it 's just because it was a fun race and 'cause we have 2 possible shift-R ... ....
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