rec.autos.simulators

Greg31
GPLrank +44.something
(MoGPL too high too display in a public forum)

You're going to be upsetting a lot of people by declaring you got down to
+44.28 in less than 3 months. I've been at this stuff for 3 years and you're
uncomfortably close to my times (I'm at +10.07). Only time which really
needs improving for your current level is the Nurburgring, experience will
take care of the remaining seconds/tenths at other tracks. As for the
Monster pick a setup you're really comfortable with, read Richard Nunnini's
pages (http://www.racesimcentral.net/~richardn/index.html) and adjust it for
the other cars using the principles outlined there (i.e. keeping wheel rate
and roll rate constant). Then watch your times tumble.

Adding driver weight is not the way to improve in racing. In fact, in my
never ending quest of improving enough not to get completely blown away, I
have been watching what I eat since last October (lost 13lbs) and have been
exercising (cycling, running and lifting small weights) more for about 2
years now. How sad am I?? -You ain't seen nothing yet, but fortunately there
are health benifits as well.

Wrong approach, you should drive to enjoy the cars... speed follows
naturally.

Hehehe... interesting metaphor. To me GPL is like a vehicle of discovery...
I'll (accidentally or intentionally) scratch the surface of something and
find there's a whole avenue to explore underneath.

Mice in my appartment (if any) would have a very short life expectancy...
especially if they come scratching around when I play GPL.

Amen brother! ;-))

There is room for improvement, but it will become increasingly hard to do
so. Perhaps you should try racing online (preferably in a league). Not only
is there the incentive to "do something 'bout that 15th grid position" and
to
"stay on the lead lap for once", there's also a lot of help available both
from the drivers and the race replays. Seeing how really fast guys approach
a track in racetrim can be very insightfull for us slower people.

Phew, thanks! ;-)

Jan.
=---
"Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn.

The "number of months" thing is a little misleading - I unfortunately got
***ed to GPL :0) shortly after I quit my job. Three months of
unemployment later I was at -3 on GPL Rank, but I'd been playing *hours per
day* all of that time. I must have averaged 25 hours a week on the ***y
thing!

Happily enough once I reached zero rank I felt that I'd wasted enough of my
time on a "virtual" hobby and since then have cut back *drastically* on the
GPL hours (now down to about 4 hours per week). I've also managed to get a
new job since then, so my real life is looking a little more balanced once
again. And I'm enjoying GPL even more.... :0)

Cheers
Jim

Greg31

You must be at an early stage of ***ion if you still have time
to eat:>

Alex
(alexti)

You know all those stupid errors one makes when concentration
wears off and stuff on lap 20.... so that's what I did. Picked
up jogging, cycling, and swimming and what not again for the
expected length of league races (40-50 mins), and it has worked
quite well so far.

I've also lost 3kg in the process, so here's the counterpoint
to "gpl causes weight gain" ;-)

Cheers & all the best, uwe

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