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With the setup from Ricardo Nunnini of the lotus for silverstone I think I
drive really fast.
But the problem is after every 2 or 3 laps the car breaks down. For a
different reason every time.
Is it because of the setup (I think so because It doesn't happen that often
on other tracks) or is it my driving style.

A while ago i read a posting about releasing throttle every time you shift.
This could solve my problem. But this option seems unnatural to me because I
think you really loose time using this technique. Any suggestions??

Greetings,

 Patrick Dogge

-Bj?rn

In fact IMO once you get the technique right, you should hardly lose any
time at all compared with speedshifting. It's all about timing and once you
get it right you won't have to think about it.

hth
ian

Andre

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:41:22 +0100, "Patrick Dogge"

Jim Clark drove with great mechanical sympathy and had the
reputation of being the slowest at changing gear. Lifting
while changing gear never seemed to hurt his lap times!

In fact, you can quantify this in GPL by editing gpl_ai.ini,
and changing the time spent off the power by the AI when
changing gear. The line you're looking for is near the top,
and reads:

base_gearshift_hiatus = 6.000000         ; base time (in
ticks) engine is disengaged for a gear shift

I've found that increasing this by reasonable amounts makes
no noticeable difference to the AI lap times.

--
Richard 'Ricardo' Nunnini
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 - mirror in case the ISP deletes my homie  -
http://nunnini.homepage.com/

You MUST lift slightly as you shift to make the engine last the distance.
The revs should be allowed to drop to the appropriate level for the next
gear (easier than it sounds). I disagree with Andre as to the re-application
of the throttle bit. When exiting a corner power should indeed be squeezed
on (the old "egg under the pedal"-bit), but once back to full accelleration
I believe one should munch-lift-munch.

Jan.
----

Andre

 To be more serious, you must release the throttle when shifting to
avoid the engine get high rpm and blowing it.

Cheers,

Mark
Reading, UK

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