Wiltshire Tony
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« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2011, 09:00:34 AM +0000 » |
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Three drivers will be competing for the final two podium steps.
Good luck guy's
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BillThomas
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« Reply #16 on: November 24, 2011, 12:06:24 PM +0000 » |
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Tony don't know if there is a problems with this track or the server. I joined, only the valid cars available and all went OK until about 2/3 rds way on first lap lost the connection. When I tried to rejoin I couldn't - after typing in password, the join icon went blank then after a few seconds reappeared. Rebooted computer and tried again, same result. after a few more tries got connected but it looked like the full GTC-65 cars were available. Joined did a few laps with DB4GT and quit - rejoined with same large selection of cars available.
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Hristo Itchov
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« Reply #17 on: November 24, 2011, 12:31:48 PM +0000 » |
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About the re-connection problem, it's a known issue with the rFactor/GTL engine. When you get disconnected it's usually impossible to join the same server again for 5-10 minutes. It doesn't happen to everyone, but I've had it happen to me and I've seen others experience that. It's either a bug or some sort of "feature".
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Wiltshire Tony
Director, UKGTL
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« Reply #18 on: November 24, 2011, 12:43:27 PM +0000 » |
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Any one else having this problem?
EDIT: I won't be able to check this out until about 18:30 tonight.
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Wiltshire Tony
Director, UKGTL
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« Reply #19 on: November 24, 2011, 12:55:57 PM +0000 » |
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If the Mantorp Park track is problematic then the substitute circuit will be Anderstorp Grand Prix. No. off laps will be revised to suit.
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Wiltshire Tony
Director, UKGTL
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« Reply #20 on: November 24, 2011, 12:59:53 PM +0000 » |
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high 32s in Aston, mid 34s in Merc so far for me, only done a few laps, more time to come.
Altbierbude hot laps have the Merc at 1:30's, the Aston at 1:32's |
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Phil Gilliland
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« Reply #21 on: November 24, 2011, 02:04:56 PM +0000 » |
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There's definitely something odd about this track. It runs a little jerkily on my otherwise-OK system, and when I tried a race against the AI the other night it insisted on starting me on the grass to the right of the grid. That's not to say it won't work for us tonight, just to warn that there are mysterious goings-on occurring in southern Sweden!
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Hristo Itchov
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« Reply #22 on: November 24, 2011, 02:17:20 PM +0000 » |
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The track comes with a readme txt which says to lower the shadows settings to help out with that stutter issue. I'm running it on Low settings and it's very smooth now. There's also a supposedly better fps .trk file, but my car fell through the 3d when I tried that so i had to revert back to the original.
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Alex vV
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« Reply #23 on: November 24, 2011, 02:43:46 PM +0000 » |
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Practised offline for an hour and did not experience any issues. Did a defrag before though. Doesn't mean I won't experience any issues online  |
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Hristo Itchov
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« Reply #24 on: November 24, 2011, 02:45:58 PM +0000 » |
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It's just the track being heavy on graphics, so it depends on the PC. I don't know about online though, but I would expect any such issues to be caused by something else.
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Syd Drake
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« Reply #25 on: November 24, 2011, 02:52:53 PM +0000 » |
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Practiced a few laps, after watching Hristo's youtube replay. Didn't experience any problems.
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Geoffers
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« Reply #26 on: November 24, 2011, 03:45:22 PM +0000 » |
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We have used the track over at NoGrip before without any problems, so should be OK.
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phspok
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« Reply #27 on: November 24, 2011, 04:15:44 PM +0000 » |
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I did 6 or so laps off line with both cars and saw no issues. not tried on line yet
as the Race07 stuff was running.
Hmm, maybe my fast in slow out driving style, but I was nearly 2 secs faster in the Aston
Me and Phil (Phil and I for my mum's benefit) will be in the Team Pseudo mercs tonight anyway.
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Hristo Itchov
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« Reply #28 on: November 24, 2011, 04:22:56 PM +0000 » |
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The Aston doesn't gain as much time on the straights but it definitely excels under acceleration, particularly out of the slowest corners. And it's not much slower, if at all, than the 300SL through most corners. TBH I find the Merc quite a handful, it just snaps for no reason while the Aston is more progressive.
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BillThomas
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« Reply #29 on: November 24, 2011, 06:08:21 PM +0000 » |
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If the Mantorp Park track is problematic then the substitute circuit will be Anderstorp Grand Prix. No. off laps will be revised to suit.
Tony with it's long straights will this become a Aston fest? Not got time to check out but having done one flying lap in Aston at 2 min (I'm parc driver) I think the North or South tracks should be considered to help Merc be competitive. Gut feeling. If we get disconnected and unable to re join how will we know what's happening except for sitting there forlornly in the Lobby? |
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