Marc,
the latest version of GPL Spygirl, ver 1.1 now has a function in it to
confirm lap times.
I check my saved hotaps with it, and so far they have all been correct, it
measures it to more decimal places than GPL too
hope this helps
Davey_Willo
> I am looking forward to 1.2, so we will have "true" lap times to compare.
I
> can't believe that my lap times are slower by 3-5%....but maybe!?!?! It
is
> almost sure that your lap times will be affected by the timing
> irregularities in 1.1, so just hold on--you may be faster than you
think!!!
> (Let's hope it's not slower!!!)
> Marc.
> > > Thanks Papy!! Thanks to the people who toiled for many hours to give
us
> > > very driveable and nice set-ups for all of the cars on all of the
> tracks.
> > > When I switched to 1.1, I was so interested in the FFB and playing
> around
> > > with that, and then figuring out what was happening with the slo-mo
> effect,
> > > I didn't bother to check out the new default set-ups until very
> recently.
> > > They are excellent for a beginner and, I believe, since 98% of a good
> lap
> > > time is skill not set-up, that they could be used to get some very
> > > impressive lap times in the hands of the expert drivers out there (of
> which
> > > I am unfortunately not one).
> > They certainly are superb for online racing, as it's much easier to be
> > consistent with them.
> > I haven't been able to match my best 1.0 hotlap at the Glen (1:05.5)
> > with the 1.1 setups, but I'm now doing very consistent 1:06s and 1:07s
> > in races, which is much better than doing a 1:05 and then crashing on
> > the next lap!
> > Last night I had a superb race at Spa where I set off third with a bunch
> > of much faster drivers behind me (they arrived late!), then the first
> > two guys span off (as I came through Masta I was confronted with a wall
> > of grey smoke when one guy span off!).
> > I led the race all the way through to La Carriere on the last (5th) lap,
> > when Mark Mercer made an aggressive move down the inside - we clashed,
> > and I somersaulted into the banking!
> > I still got second, and after the race I discovered that my fastest lap
> > was a 3:29 - over 3 seconds slower than everyone else!
> > Being able to stay on the racing line and not crash makes it much more
> > difficult for the others to get past, and the 1.1 setups are great for
> > that!
