UKGPL Season 20 (2010-2011) Amateurs Trophy (65) - Castle Combe - Nov 23

[BadBlood]

All very strange - had patched Prib to 1.1.2.0 to get it working with D3Dv2 - should have stuck with D3Dv1 but had to switch to OGL on my new build and it was AWFUL. Blocky lines everywhere. So I was keen to use D3Dv2 and followed up some comments and ended up at that thread. Followed the instructions, seemed fine but the 65 mod seems not to like it. No problems at all with the GT's. OGLv2 seems OK but who knows. Frankly, the speed I drive at I hardly need Prib. If somebody is coming from behind I know they are lapping me lol

[b_1_rd]

I'm losing track which version your trying where but when you say blocky lines, do you mean in the sky? If its with V1 OGL and Nvidia then try

fixed by adjusting the graphics card settings in Control Panel > Display > Settings > Advanced > Disable conformant texture clamp.

Taken from http://wiki.grandprixlegends.info/index.php?title=GPL_FAQ_and_troubleshooting_guide

[BadBlood]

Thanks Steve. This all started because I couldn't use D3D raterizers on this PC - a small portion of the screen appears - very odd. Ok with D3Dv2 but no Prib. SO change to OGL and race at Zaandvoort - very odd lines in the sky. Notice there is a patch for D3Dv2 for Prib. Try it - works great. Run a race with BREASTS frame rates of 7. Aaaaggggghhhh. So now OGLv2 and Prib. Seems stable don't want to touch it again!

Thanks to everyone for their help. Now all I need is a rasterizer that will cut 5 secs off my lap times

[miner2049er]

With V1 and D3D I used to get flickering menus and blocky lines where the lap times and drivers should be listed on the event page.

[BadBlood]

OK. Not just me then. GPL seems to be quite sensitive to graphics drivers under Windows 7. I cannot run the latest Radeon drivers - GPL won't even start!

[fpolicardi]

OK. Not just me then. GPL seems to be quite sensitive to graphics drivers under Windows 7. I cannot run the latest Radeon drivers - GPL won't even start!

There is an hotfix for that on AMD/ATI website for Win7/Vista drivers.

[BadBlood]

Thanks but the latest drivers on there really screw my PC over

[bernie]

Can't get on with this track at all ,

Is it the tarmac colour or the sun in me eyes or just maybe I'm going blind 

I cant find any corner apex or braking points 


seem to remeber doing this way back in 67 's but sure the track looked a lot different than it does now 

[Turkey Machine]

Zero practice, zero knowledge of the track except the fact it goes in a circle and is in mainland Britain, and I've no idea if this is pre-chicanes or the butchered track.

Tonight's gonna be fun!

[Hristo Itchov]

Zero practice, zero knowledge of the track except the fact it goes in a circle and is in mainland Britain, and I've no idea if this is pre-chicanes or the butchered track.

Tonight's gonna be fun!

No chicanes. It's a short track yet very tricky as Bernie says. I felt uncomfortable throughout the whole BREASTS race last Wednesday, so it takes some time to get used to it, with the lack of reference points in the surroundings. The braking zones are particularly tricky, with bumps and crests to unsettle the car.

You better do some laps beforehand, Jethro!

[FullMetalGasket]

Can't get on with this track at all ,

Is it the tarmac colour or the sun in me eyes or just maybe I'm going blind 

I cant find any corner apex or braking points 

Not too different in real life on most corners Bernie 

Only quarry has easy landmarks to brake from really in the real world, and that's in part due to a nasty bump at the bottom of Avon rise, and in part the wood on the hill to your left 
Everything else you need to rely on brake boards and timing

[Hristo Itchov]

I use a trick to time my braking better: after you do a good amount of laps, you can use your engine revs and engine sound to time your braking point. As long as you have OK exits from the previous corners and you accelerate normally until the next corner, your revs and engine sound would always be just about the same at the moment you need to brake. You can adjust that in each lap, e.g. try braking a few revs later or earlier if needed.

It helps a lot when there are no good objects on the side as a reference braking point or the groove is unuseable, such as when it's simply wrong or when you're following another car closely (though you have to take slipstream into account).

[FullMetalGasket]

IMPORTANT UPDATE! : For those of you using the high detail version of Combe, There is a bug in the draw distance which can cause CTD's etc.
A fix is available here (Only nessicary if you installed the 'high detail' version of Combe, 'Medium detail' versions are fine and won't cause any issues

[b_1_rd]

I don't really know this track ....much

Anyway, at risk of giving all my next to useless secrets away and the possibility of finishing anywhere but bottom 3; here's my take on braking points:

From the grid you have the right kink (folly) and I'm sure you can cope with that but approaching Quarry you will notice a tyre wall on the left; I brake just as the end of the tyre wall is about to disappear out of view ( I use default FOV) (if you are an alien adjust as necessary!!!)

For Old Paddock Bend I use approximately (perhaps ever so slightly past) the mid point between the first and second brake board.

For Tower I use a point just before the speaker cone on the left (close to the white tent/building) goes out of view.

Not a braking point but - at the 'Westway' right kink I begin turn-in at the second to last advertising board.

The final turn (Camp) I brake again using the tyre wall at about 1/2 (give or take a gnats tadger (ish))  a second before the end goes out of view.

Probably completely different to everyone else, and I expect far from technically correct but might help a small bit, but no doubt about it, its a tricky place.

I'll see you in the Quarry tyres   but I hear the marshals are good here, particularly at cleaning up after massive starline incidents around the Folly area - eh Tim 

[BadBlood]

Thank you Tim and Steve - might not go off every lap now!