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« Reply #15 on: November 28, 2014, 06:59:02 PM +0000 » |
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Great track - best cars in GTL ! Looking forward to this one, although my computer problems are still not solved  |
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« Reply #16 on: November 29, 2014, 03:25:46 PM +0000 » |
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Seems to be a graphics card thing. On my PC in SOuthport, the road is dark and "normal" with no lights but on my PC at Newhey the road is very light grey. I have wondered in the past why people made a fuss when I ran without lights  |
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« Reply #17 on: November 29, 2014, 04:43:44 PM +0000 » |
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Concluded my testing (which was also good info gathering for next season). For me, running with full tanks, this was the order from fastest to slowest.
Aston Martin
Maserati 4.5L
Ferrari 375+
Jaguar D-Type
Ferrari 250TR
I didn't bother with the monster Mazzer as on this circuit and at night I'd be lucky to finish one lap!
Although I'm slowest in the Ferrari 250TR I think I'll chose it as it's the most controlled at this circuit. And Endurance is about finishing and not being fastest IMO.
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« Reply #18 on: November 29, 2014, 05:41:37 PM +0000 » |
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I managed to negotiate a 30 minute slot last night to get some laps in and practice pitstops. Geez! driving in the dark is spooky, but adds some real theatre to this track. My biggest problem is picking out the apexes when they are in shadow ( as many bent posts and rearranged shrubbery will testify!  ). I can see that cars pulling into the pits, and trying to slow down to the acceptable speed, could be a major hazard for those who still have the hammer down. I would agree with Tony's assessment of the D-type. I thought that it would be at the top of the pile, but I cannot coax it around any faster than about 1:44 and I certainly would not keep all of the body panels intact for the duration of the race at that speed!!! Just to clarify things for a dork who keeps getting the pitstops wrong.... We are running the race with 2x fuel consumption. So I assume that if I adjust my setup to read 20 laps of fuel, it will in fact only do 10 ( allowing for the fact that it is never quite that perfectly accurate  ). In other words, I will only get half of the laps that the setup is promising?? |
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« Reply #19 on: November 29, 2014, 07:46:30 PM +0000 » |
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We are running the race with 2x fuel consumption. So I assume that if I adjust my setup to read 20 laps of fuel, it will in fact only do 10 ( allowing for the fact that it is never quite that perfectly accurate ). In other words, I will only get half of the laps that the setup is promising?? If you set the fuel amount to say 50 litres (or the equivalent imperial measure) offline, see how many laps that estimates. Then go online, advance sessions to race, and see what the corresponding number of laps shows now. |
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« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2014, 06:38:40 PM +0000 » |
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Drivers: Note early start time!
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« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2014, 07:51:46 PM +0000 » |
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hmm i'm not getting any servers up, I not changed anything from a few weeks ago...
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« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2014, 08:58:43 PM +0000 » |
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Well that didn't last too long. The brighter headlights worked fine in offline practice, but reverted back to normal for the online race. Couldn't see anything through the wooded bits, total guesswork. Anyhow, I crashed at the end of the first lap & lost the lights, had to do a whole lap in pitch black. Got em repaired & was going quite well until a moments inattention around lap 10 put me off the road again. No lights again, so retired to the bar. |
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« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2014, 09:21:48 PM +0000 » |
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hmm i'm not getting any servers up, I not changed anything from a few weeks ago...
We had to switch back to the Altbierbuden-Lobby two weeks ago, because it looks like the SimBin lobby doesn't work anymore. How to do it: https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=12746.0 |
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« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2014, 09:32:27 PM +0000 » |
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ah that explains it, all working again now..
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« Reply #25 on: December 01, 2014, 09:39:43 PM +0000 » |
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Was enjoying that as far as it went. Came hurtling past the pits with low light to find two cars side by side at low speed, maybe coming out of the pits ? might have dodged one, but two was unavoidable and rammed them up the bum which bent my car a bit and put me on my roof  Sorry whoever it was, but you were hard to see.  Ah well, got going again without too much damage but the tyres started going off, and the car was a bit wobbly and I lost it somewhere 0% health. Game over. |
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« Reply #26 on: December 01, 2014, 10:52:14 PM +0000 » |
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Results and replay now posted
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« Reply #27 on: December 01, 2014, 10:56:41 PM +0000 » |
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Championship results 1st - Erling G-P  2nd - Geoffers 3rd - Roguk Well done Gents and thanks to everyone who took part. Hope that's whet your appetite for the full series in Season 15  |
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« Reply #28 on: December 01, 2014, 10:57:32 PM +0000 » |
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ah that explains it, all working again now..
Sorry Mate, I should have mentioned it in the Race announcement. |
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« Reply #29 on: December 01, 2014, 10:59:02 PM +0000 » |
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The brighter headlights worked fine in offline practice, but reverted back to normal for the online race. Couldn't see anything through the wooded bits, total guesswork.
Guess I should have installed the patch on the server DOH  Done now for that next time when I forget. |
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