Wiltshire Tony
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« Reply #315 on: December 29, 2009, 06:06:58 PM +0000 » |
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All my wet weather practises have had the rain set at 100%.
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« Reply #316 on: December 29, 2009, 07:21:01 PM +0000 » |
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yeah stop whingeing about the rain Clive, your an Englishman for gawds sake...rain is part of our genetic code  Le Mans in the rain with varying light conditions looks fantastic imo.  Where is that English stiff up lip and bring it on I'll sort it?  Bill |
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« Reply #317 on: December 29, 2009, 10:28:11 PM +0000 » |
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Ok, I assume that the weather will be done just like we do for UKGTR league races really? So you get the starting conditions generated by the weather service when the server is started and all the random seeding and so on will be generated by the magic weather script. No one will know what the weather will do as it's changeable and open to the randomness generated by the game right? Just wanted to check that you're not generating the weather by hand or anything. Personally I don't care what the weather does and I won't be doing any wet weather practice, what's the point? Surely it's the same as always, rain = slow down, rain = brake earlier, rain = accelerate less. Why do I need to practice having some common sense? |
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« Reply #318 on: December 29, 2009, 11:00:42 PM +0000 » |
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I've run lots of wet laps offline in the 906 and found it easy enough to adapt to the conditions.
However, I've just come off the wet server and things are very different: at dusk the spray from just one GT40 is enough to obscure marker boards and it's extremely difficult to pick out the Mulsanne kink. Even with tabs switched on and checking the rear view, I heard approaching cars before I saw them, by which time they were almost upon me.
If we have rain, I predict visibility will be the main issue.
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Wiltshire Tony
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« Reply #319 on: December 30, 2009, 12:14:34 AM +0000 » |
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Samb has had to drop out leaving a Ford GT40 MkII without a driver. Any takers? https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6690.msg117385#msg117385 |
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« Reply #320 on: December 30, 2009, 12:16:17 AM +0000 » |
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Practice 1: 14:15
Qualifying: 18:15 (45 Min's)
Race: 19:00 (40 laps) note: no warm up!
Just thought it might be worth reminding people of the start time |
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« Reply #321 on: December 30, 2009, 10:13:21 AM +0000 » |
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Very much looking forward to this My main concern is how fragile the suspension is on the GT40 mk2. Any light brushes of the armco damages it and you end up running with a wonky steering wheel. A pitstop to fix it costs about 2minutes !...i tried !! Hope everyone takes adequate care on the first few laps. Its a long race and no one wants to get nerfed off early on. Take care when slipstreaming as they are very hard to stop at the end of the longer straights! Try not to just bail out if you damage your car...limp back to the pits and fix it. Even a two minute repair wont eliminate your chances over such a endurance distance as others may have their own issues as fatigue or loss of concentration catches out the unwary. Lets keep a full grid so that everyone can enjoy a decent race against others. |
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« Reply #322 on: December 30, 2009, 10:17:22 AM +0000 » |
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Practice 1: 14:15
Qualifying: 18:15 (45 Min's)
Race: 19:00 (40 laps) note: no warm up!
Just thought it might be worth reminding people of the start time Thanks Legzy. How's the pressure? |
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« Reply #323 on: December 30, 2009, 10:31:17 AM +0000 » |
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Watch, enjoy and learn  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmA01dUhdPYGulf GT40 onboard at Le Mans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba-QD3wnfF8Porsche 1977 Interesting to note that the slower cars stick to the right hand side of the track on the mulsanne. Worth enforcing tonight? Might help avoid rear end collisions. Though of course everyone should be able to stay left before the mulsanne kink. |
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Wiltshire Tony
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« Reply #325 on: December 30, 2009, 11:28:20 AM +0000 » |
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« Reply #326 on: December 30, 2009, 11:40:31 AM +0000 » |
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For any latecomers we still have a beautiful Ford GT40 MkII without a driver.............
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« Reply #327 on: December 30, 2009, 04:17:46 PM +0000 » |
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