rec.autos.simulators

(day 6)

After today, only one more obnoxious post. Struggled with the Brabham this
morning at the Glen.  At least I'm predictable. I unbalance the car rounding
the curve before the big bend. BOOM. Anyway, I decided to give myself a
break and take the Lotus out for a spin (this worked for me last time I got
in a rut with the Brab). Worked again. Not only did I make a new PB, I also
broke 1:10 for the first time (9.66). Also, I was more consistent. I almost
didn't make it. I just barely made it around BB. If I had hit that apex I
probably would have clocked an 8. Later and to everyone out there who has
given me advice, thank you very much.

Chris

Don't know about anyone else but I've enjoyed reading the posts of a GPL
newbie (cheers Chris) & feeling nostalgic over how it was when I started.
Still get the same happy feeling now as I did when I first drove out of the
pits in the demo 18 long months ago.

Thanks for the day-to-day journal Chris, see you online when you get those
laps going.

Cheers
Colin

Thanks alot for your words of encouragment. This is a very challenging and
very rewarding sim and it helps a newbie to be able to talk about the fun
and frustrations.  I can't wait to be good enough to go online. When I can
run a GP without crashing i'll be talking to my cable company to have my
upstream bumped up to a good hosting pipe.

Chris

Let me tell you what I am nowhere near 'good enough to' race online,
but I am there! I figure I will go to a race and qualify and see how I
did compared to the others. I went to my first Glen race and qualified
a good 1:12 (for me that is!) and when the race was about to start I
went to see what I placed and I was 9th . . . no problem seem to start
last lots. Then I noticed that everyone else was 1:06:?? to 1:06:?? I
figured I had better bail, or I was going to be the cause of much pain
in that race. I have raced at Monza and have had fun racing with the
slower guys for 4th! So after 3 online races in my career I have a 4th
place finish, maybe not the greatest, but its mine!

I have had GPL for over a year, but only had a puter it would really
run on for about 6 months. I have only just started to really race.

SLG

BTW there are plenty of nice people online. I figured the first time I
whacked someone I was going to see bunches of *&%%&* yelling, but most
people are really cool and are not like they are if you do something
wrong in a real car (you know 'road rage') I find that GPL helps me
lots in this area alone. Look up BikKat if you are ever on Vroc I love
to have a race!

(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new
and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are
due to too many English classes/teachers)