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by **Neil Charlto** » Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:52:43

Hi All,

We're hoping to run a 40% ETCC race at Interlagos today, in place of the
usual RASF1 race. I think Eldred is trying to set the server up but I'll
stand by with a room called NeilsRASETCC. I can host 8 or so but maybe
someone else will be able to do more - numbers haven't been a problem in the
recent past ;)

It kicks off at 12:00 ET and the pw is 'ras'. It's worth testing out F1RST
with ETCC in advance as I found a few 'idiosyncrasies'.

Hope to see you there.

by **Neil Charlto** » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 04:19:30

Congratulations to Dave for the win. Commiserations to everyone who got DQ'd
or ran out of fuel - i.e. the rest of us ;)

We had nearly double the usual F1C field and the racing was close
throughout. Particular congratulations to Darryl - you ere great mate :) If
you look in the RSC forums in the RASCAR one is a thread on TeamSpeak - it
adds a whole new dimension to the racing and it's free :)

Any ideas for next weeks circuit?

Regards

by **Mitch_** » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 04:33:02

How about LeMans or Mid-Ohio?

> Any ideas for next weeks circuit?

> Regards

>> Hi All,

by **Haqsa** » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 05:35:52

I hope to be able to join you guys soon, it sounds like a lot of fun. But
as I said in another post I have a graphics bug with ETCC and no decent
workaround yet. It's really annoying, if you haven't seen it the triangles
on the cars literally flash on and off repeatedly. Very distracting and
there is no way I could put up with it for an entire race. This is with
version 1.15, are you running an older version?

As far as the schedule, how about just going through all the supported
tracks in order?

> Congratulations to Dave for the win. Commiserations to everyone who got
DQ'd
> or ran out of fuel - i.e. the rest of us ;)

> We had nearly double the usual F1C field and the racing was close
> throughout. Particular congratulations to Darryl - you ere great mate :)
If
> you look in the RSC forums in the RASCAR one is a thread on TeamSpeak - it
> adds a whole new dimension to the racing and it's free :)

> Any ideas for next weeks circuit?

> Regards

> > Hi All,

> > We're hoping to run a 40% ETCC race at Interlagos today, in place of the
> > usual RASF1 race. I think Eldred is trying to set the server up but I'll
> > stand by with a room called NeilsRASETCC. I can host 8 or so but maybe
> > someone else will be able to do more - numbers haven't been a problem in
> the
> > recent past ;)

> > It kicks off at 12:00 ET and the pw is 'ras'. It's worth testing out
F1RST
> > with ETCC in advance as I found a few 'idiosyncrasies'.

> > Hope to see you there.

by **Darryl Johnso** » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:32:11

After the start I seemed to rocket into a great lead. I was able to
slow down and ease around the corners (saving tires and fuel -- or so I
thought). However, Neil's BMW soon closed in on me and I had to start
to hustle to stay ahead. "Hustle" and "stay on road" are my own version
of an oxymoron (like Jumbo Shrimp), and Neil was soon past for good.
Then I found I had cooked my tires and was unable to do more than crawl
around.

I pitted for fresh tires, and they felt great for about three or four
laps, while I tried to hustle (there's that word again!) back from dead
last. After that, it was tippy toe around the corners again.

Finally, even though I put an extra couple of laps worth of fuel in,
the old car started missing at the last sharp left hander leading up to
the start/finish "straight", and I died completely well short of the
line. I managed to coast over the line -- barely. Obviously Neil ran
out of gas even earlier than I to finish behind me.

Although the car will hold enough fuel for a 40% race, I would have
done better to have planned pit stops for new tires (and fuel). Maybe
even a two stopper.

But it did feel good to be competitive (compared to racing Neil and
David in F1 cars where I am _hopelessly_ outclassed). I guess my old
eyes and slow reaction times are more suited to these slower cars.

I can't remember: is there a Road Atlanta track available for ETCC, or
am I confusing my tracks with the TPTCC mod for N2K3? I vote for Road
Atlanta (if it exists) -- memory may be the second thing to go, but I'm
damned if I can remember what the first thing to go was. <g>

--
Darryl

by **Haqsa** » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 10:35:30

There is a Road Atlanta track for F1 2002 floating around somewhere on the
net, which could probably be easily converted for ETCC (easily as in just
changing a few text files).

by **Mitch_** » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:57:31

You can also use the ETCC launcher to import 02 tracks. Maybe easier
for the less geekish ;)

As a side note I downloaded Noonans converted Road Atlanta (turned 1.13)
and Lemans (3.12) in TPTCC and all I can say is WOW and WOOOHOOOO.
Lemans Sartha 67 (sp) is right up their with Spa and the Ring IMO.

RASCAR, I think we need to adjust the schedule to include these new
tracks in the TA sch. I know its late notice but really we should run
as many non cup tracks as possible in the off season and these are
really great tracks. More to come on this topic.

Mitch

<<<<---- Posted using Pineapple News for BeOS ---->>>>

> There is a Road Atlanta track for F1 2002 floating around somewhere on
> the
> net, which could probably be easily converted for ETCC (easily as in
> just
> changing a few text files).

by **Neil Charlto** » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:28:11

I'd be happy to Road Atlanta next Sunday but I'm clueless (there's a
surprise;) ) as to how to get it working in ETCC. A really simple idiot's
guide posted here would really help.

I agree about the RASCAR TA tracks Mitch - I'd rather do Le Mans than
Papyrus for example.

Don't forget to TeamSpeak for all RASCAR, RASF1 and RASETCC stuff - it's
great and it's free :)

Regards

> You can also use the ETCC launcher to import 02 tracks. Maybe easier
> for the less geekish ;)

> As a side note I downloaded Noonans converted Road Atlanta (turned 1.13)
> and Lemans (3.12) in TPTCC and all I can say is WOW and WOOOHOOOO.
> Lemans Sartha 67 (sp) is right up their with Spa and the Ring IMO.

> RASCAR, I think we need to adjust the schedule to include these new
> tracks in the TA sch. I know its late notice but really we should run
> as many non cup tracks as possible in the off season and these are
> really great tracks. More to come on this topic.

> Mitch

> <<<<---- Posted using Pineapple News for BeOS ---->>>>

> > There is a Road Atlanta track for F1 2002 floating around somewhere on
> > the
> > net, which could probably be easily converted for ETCC (easily as in
> > just
> > changing a few text files).

by **Neil Charlto** » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:29:30

We're on 1.15 Hasqau. Would be great if you could join us. No way to swap
drivers about (ATI here) ?

Regards

[snip]

by **Neil Charlto** » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:44:12

A bit of research shows that we can download LeMans direct from F1RST - now
that's a neat trick. Unfortunately, no Road Atlanta on that (or F1C) list
yet.

Could be we go for LeMans as everyone will be able to get this. Ideas?

Regards

[snip]

by **David G Fishe** » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 22:09:11

I'd rather do LeMans (tried a few laps tonight) than Sears. The Papyrus
track is fast with some nice, sweeping turns.

David G Fisher

> I'd be happy to Road Atlanta next Sunday but I'm clueless (there's a
> surprise;) ) as to how to get it working in ETCC. A really simple idiot's
> guide posted here would really help.

> I agree about the RASCAR TA tracks Mitch - I'd rather do Le Mans than
> Papyrus for example.

> Don't forget to TeamSpeak for all RASCAR, RASF1 and RASETCC stuff - it's
> great and it's free :)

> Regards

> > You can also use the ETCC launcher to import 02 tracks. Maybe easier
> > for the less geekish ;)

> > As a side note I downloaded Noonans converted Road Atlanta (turned 1.13)
> > and Lemans (3.12) in TPTCC and all I can say is WOW and WOOOHOOOO.
> > Lemans Sartha 67 (sp) is right up their with Spa and the Ring IMO.

> > RASCAR, I think we need to adjust the schedule to include these new
> > tracks in the TA sch. I know its late notice but really we should run
> > as many non cup tracks as possible in the off season and these are
> > really great tracks. More to come on this topic.

> > Mitch

> > <<<<---- Posted using Pineapple News for BeOS ---->>>>

> > > There is a Road Atlanta track for F1 2002 floating around somewhere on
> > > the
> > > net, which could probably be easily converted for ETCC (easily as in
> > > just
> > > changing a few text files).

by **Haqsa** » Wed, 31 Dec 2003 00:27:35

According to the FAQ I should use older drivers, but I would rather not get
into driver swapping. I need the latest drivers because they fix a couple
*** problems in Battlefield 1942, a game which I play quite a bit with
some friends of mine. So swapping drivers would mean swapping every time I
want to run ETCC and then swapping back every time I want to run BF 1942.
Not a good thing. Besides, I still don't understand how they can say it's a
driver problem when F1C works fine on my PC.

by **Neil Charlto** » Wed, 31 Dec 2003 01:52:44

OK - here's a link where I found Road Atlanta for ETCC - I used the V3
track. I guess we can now choose between these two for next Sunday's ETCC
race.

http://hsw.hu/etcc03tracks/etcc.htm

Regards

> How about LeMans or Mid-Ohio?

> > Any ideas for next weeks circuit?

> > Regards

> >> Hi All,

by **Neil Charlto** » Wed, 31 Dec 2003 02:19:28

And the latest is that although I can use Road Atlanta offline fine, I can't
host it in ETCC as it doesn't appear in F1RST's list of tracks.
Consequently, next Sundays track will be LeMans unless anyone finds a
problem with it (remember it downloads straight from F1RST).

Regards

[snip]

by **Mitch_** » Wed, 31 Dec 2003 04:26:06

Road Atlanta is spectacular as well. So at this point were removing
Sear, Glen and Portland and adding Lemans-Sartha, Road Altanta, Mosport?

Mitch

> I'd rather do LeMans (tried a few laps tonight) than Sears. The Papyrus
> track is fast with some nice, sweeping turns.

> David G Fisher

>>I'd be happy to Road Atlanta next Sunday but I'm clueless (there's a
>>surprise;) ) as to how to get it working in ETCC. A really simple idiot's
>>guide posted here would really help.

>>I agree about the RASCAR TA tracks Mitch - I'd rather do Le Mans than
>>Papyrus for example.

>>Don't forget to TeamSpeak for all RASCAR, RASF1 and RASETCC stuff - it's
>>great and it's free :)

>>Regards

>>>You can also use the ETCC launcher to import 02 tracks. Maybe easier
>>>for the less geekish ;)

>>>As a side note I downloaded Noonans converted Road Atlanta (turned 1.13)
>>>and Lemans (3.12) in TPTCC and all I can say is WOW and WOOOHOOOO.
>>>Lemans Sartha 67 (sp) is right up their with Spa and the Ring IMO.

>>>RASCAR, I think we need to adjust the schedule to include these new
>>>tracks in the TA sch. I know its late notice but really we should run
>>>as many non cup tracks as possible in the off season and these are
>>>really great tracks. More to come on this topic.

>>>Mitch

>>><<<<---- Posted using Pineapple News for BeOS ---->>>>

>>>>There is a Road Atlanta track for F1 2002 floating around somewhere on
>>>>the
>>>>net, which could probably be easily converted for ETCC (easily as in
>>>>just
>>>>changing a few text files).

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