UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Le Mans (Sarthe (1979-85) - Aug 5

[Mark J]

Dont give up Geoffers, it must be a setup issue or your thumping the brake pedal too hard !

pm your email and i'll send you my setup this evening to try. 

Clive, dont think P&G simulates slipstreaming, though it should be present for the 70's cars.

[Geoffers]

Dont give up Geoffers, it must be a setup issue or your thumping the brake pedal too hard !

And it's not just the brake pedal I've been thumping hard  , 6 hours of frustration with this car! As Goldtop said, I cannot believe the real car was this tricky to drive, surely its advantages over the larger engined cars of the time were its surefooted handling & ease of driving which made it & the normal 906 so successful at tracks like the Nordschleife & Targa Florio.

Anyway cheers for the offer of your setup MJ, I'll send you a PM.

[goldtop]

I'll be having my road car breathed on Thursday evening, so after all that I'll be missing this one anway. Never overcame my problems with the 906/8 which is a shame because for me the 906 and 906E are a joy to drive around here.

Have fun 

[Wiltshire Tony]

I'll be having my road car breathed on Thursday evening

What does that mean? Is it a dogging reference?

[goldtop]

I'll be having my road car breathed on Thursday evening

What does that mean? Is it a dogging reference?

Don't know what you're talking about Tony, please explain 

[Hotkeys]

I give up on this combo  

Too bad, since I won't be able to do another race until september.( Holiday comming up )

I also think this car is too damned tricky. I find it hard to believe, that the very successful car, which the game attempts to simulate here, was that diffult to drive IRL. A winning car is often very easy to drive, I'm told. That's what my fellow countrymen Tom Kristensen and Jan Magnusson say anyway.  

Clive, don't think P&G simulates slipstreaming, though it should be present for the 70's cars.

P&G does simulate slipstreaming Mark, and pretty good at that IMO. I reached 288 in a good slipstream following am AI car, so Clive is probably right on that point.

Good luck with the race guys, have fun  

Stig / Hotkeys

[Legzy]

even GTL does slipstream, in fact I recall GTL overcooked it a bit (too much toe gained). PnG has it at a much more sensible level of toe to be gained & from how far behind. I also think it differs from car to car, but I could be wrong on that.

[Clive Loynes]

I'll be having my road car breathed on Thursday evening

What does that mean? Is it a dogging reference?

Breathed on = tuned

But what the hell is dogging?

And is it legal?

[Wiltshire Tony]

I'll be having my road car breathed on Thursday evening

What does that mean? Is it a dogging reference?

Breathed on = tuned

But what the hell is dogging?

And is it legal?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogging

[Legzy]

And is it legal?

That's enough talk of that please gents, if you're really interested do some research on Stan Collymore.


Back to the driving now. Well I've just snoozed my way round Le Mans for a couple of days hours & it is not massively exciting. 906-8 does seem to be tricky here, don't remember it being that way at other tracks

Best lap was a 4:16, but that had an off in it & was probably good for a 4:12
Hope the race proves more fun then hot-lapping, I'm certain it will.

[Clive Loynes]

With my setups all these cars are difficult.  This one doesn't seem any worse that usual.   

And what has Stan Collymore got to do with Workforce Productivity?

[H@L9000]

I hope to join the fun this evening.

LOL @ that wiki link. Dogging means truancy in Scotland.

'You kids been doing a we spot o' dogging again?' said the police man.

Modern socialism causes some weird pass times.

[Clive Loynes]

I give up on this combo  

Too bad, since I won't be able to do another race until september.( Holiday comming up )


Stig / Hotkeys

Come on Stig, SBRC needs all its drivers to finish this one.  And if you can do that then you should be well in the points.

I think that you have to drive this car in strict Jim Russel Racing School syle.  Do your braking in a straight line and roll into the corner with the right amount of speed.

Don't attempt to boot it out of corners just keep it smooth.

Then climb all over the poxy curbs at the final chicanes and you have it in the bag.

The setup that you have is good for a 4:06.3 and anything below 4:10 is going to be in the hunt.

I will send you a lap and notes on my way of doing it.  [If I can remember.  It's an age thing]

[phspok]

Come now chaps...
This is not the spirit that built the empire! Or made the Vikings so popular in Europe once upan a time 
I find Le Mans a bit tedious, and I hate any 906 with a passion but I intend to be there. 
I am building a new PC at the moment, It might be ready for it's inaugral outing, if not I'll use the
old one and hope that Nvidia gremlins stay silent.

[Clive Loynes]

I can see why Legzy was getting confused earlier over which track we are using.

The race announcement says this in the heading:
UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Le Mans (Sarthe (1972-8)) - Aug 5
Which sounds like 77 to me.

It says this in the body of the announcement:
Track: Virtua_LM LeMans 1979

The spreadsheet says:
LeMans 1977

And the server is running Virtua_LM LeMans 1979, which is what we are all practicing.  I think.

Hope it is 1979.  

And what do we need to pay to Legzy to get on pole?  What is the best offer so far?