Tom van Ostade
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« Reply #15 on: May 04, 2011, 01:51:12 PM +0100 » |
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Tom took a look at me driving round (UKGPL_3 is up for practice) and shook his head and left. I was busy overdriving to a 2:58 and he sauntered round in 2:52 Thanks for the tips, Tom, appreciate it. I'll try them out later. I was a bit busy to chat... sure. I was actually testing my pedals as I'd just cleaned them, after I noticed some spluttering in the throttle pedal at Monaco yesterday. I can do 1:48's on my own, perhaps faster with slipstream. I could see you were very carefull with the car on turn in. The Porsche is a car which can be taken by the scruff of the neck and thrown about even more than a 65 car. So I'd advice to turn in more aggresively on entries to corners. Do not brake later, your braking distances are the same as mine. You can also floor it once you hit the apex of the corner, the back end will not step out unless it's a really slow corner like the hairpin. But the main thing is to make better use of the steering wheel . Does anyone happen to have a setup for the Porsche for Sebring? Tommie.
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BadBlood
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« Reply #16 on: May 04, 2011, 02:29:31 PM +0100 » |
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Blimey - if you can do 1:48's I need to get a tow rope - 2:48 I think Tried to be more agressive and saw lots of the scenery - hay bales, planes, cones etc. Still I am down to a 2:56 which is respectable I think and I can probably run 2:58's steady. Not exactly an easy track to defend on though...
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BadBlood aka Angel Moose GPLRank +71.5ish GPL65Rank +71.1ish Other ranks? Middlin' Slowish
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« Reply #17 on: May 04, 2011, 07:27:10 PM +0100 » |
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Ok this is turning into a journal but just had a quick race with our new Brazilian member Raoni - three laps and I hoped to lose no more than 25 seconds. Three laps, three crashes - minor but still time consuming. 3:07, 3:06 and 3:02. 40 seconds down. If I had run my 2:58's like I planned I would have been 19 secs down. That would have been ok but it is funny what adrenaline does. Made silly mistakes trying to get that extra bit of speed. That 90+ degree turn on to the back straight is really hard to carry speed into and I can't seem to get the hairpin right. Apart from that not too bad. I know I shouldn't be pleased with the mediocrity but when I started this morning I was doing 3:20 so I've improved by 12%. Its the next 12 that is hard
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BadBlood aka Angel Moose GPLRank +71.5ish GPL65Rank +71.1ish Other ranks? Middlin' Slowish
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blito
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« Reply #18 on: May 04, 2011, 09:58:59 PM +0100 » |
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If you see me loafing around anywhere paul, grab my setup off me and we`ll have some steady laps... 1:52pbs with 1:54 being a gentle stroll. no need to throw the car around when its a PRO damage event... there`ll be a lot of non-finishers so get yaself a nice stable setup and cruise to a points finish.... I`ll be there at the start but I doubt if my connection will hold long enough to see the finish
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Phil Thornton
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« Reply #19 on: May 04, 2011, 10:22:58 PM +0100 » |
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Does anyone happen to have a setup for the Porsche for Sebring?
I'm crap at developing setups so there is no point in me giving you any advice. However I downloaded Steve Cloyd's WR setup from GPLRank and I found it to be very driveable (no alien tentacles needed). I recommend starting with that.
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« Reply #20 on: May 05, 2011, 09:40:12 AM +0100 » |
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However I downloaded Steve Cloyd's WR setup from GPLRank and I found it to be very driveable I am to stupid to find any setups at GPLRANK webside.. how does it work ?
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« Reply #22 on: May 05, 2011, 06:15:45 PM +0100 » |
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Hristo Itchov
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« Reply #23 on: May 05, 2011, 07:01:54 PM +0100 » |
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I'm probably going to miss this one, both due to lack of practice (no steering wheel, but will probably buy some joystick tomorrow) and because I'm out to celebrate two friends names day.
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« Reply #24 on: May 05, 2011, 07:59:48 PM +0100 » |
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I'm probably going to miss this one, both due to lack of practice (no steering wheel, but will probably buy some joystick tomorrow) what happend to your old wheel ?
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Hristo Itchov
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« Reply #25 on: May 05, 2011, 08:06:49 PM +0100 » |
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Nothing, but it doesn't get detected on my new PC, even though the sound card appears to be working OK (it's a gameport wheel). I was going to use my old PC to at least be able to drive, but then it went down due to some electric shock which fried the HDD and something else (doesn't show picture at all when I turn the PC on).
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« Reply #26 on: May 05, 2011, 11:41:36 PM +0100 » |
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T7 Server is ready set for a 19 laps GP race, listening on Igor in Console session. So remember to launch a GP race, not Long. Ciao
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Fulvio Policardi Team7 Driver
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« Reply #27 on: May 05, 2011, 11:44:49 PM +0100 » |
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Are my Team7 mates ready for the race? Please confirm your partecipation Bob and Sky
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Fulvio Policardi Team7 Driver
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« Reply #28 on: May 06, 2011, 04:29:51 AM +0100 » |
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Il be there, fpollicardi... And thanks for the setup. I hardly would be of any use with my 3.07 laptimes, but whatever. And with gt's i often get random screenfreezes online and offline (one of the reasons i hate them so much) so idk how long I will last in the race... edit: make that 3.30 laptimes... maybe 3.45... :'(
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Cookie
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« Reply #29 on: May 06, 2011, 06:28:00 AM +0100 » |
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Nothing, but it doesn't get detected on my new PC, even though the sound card appears to be working OK (it's a gameport wheel). I was going to use my old PC to at least be able to drive, but then it went down due to some electric shock which fried the HDD and something else (doesn't show picture at all when I turn the PC on). Hi Hristo There is an adapter possible for Gameport-> USB! In my pre online times, I used one for my RC-Controler cause the receiver had a Gameport adapter. Got it at Conrad electronics, for about 20€ called "MANHATTAN". No need for software installation.
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