rec.autos.simulators

by **Michael Barlo** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 08:28:06

I'm doing some re-testing on the GPL classes.. I mentioned in another
thread about a test track, The closest I can find that is what I want is the
Daytona track. Unfortunately, about 2/3rds down the back strait the track
starts to go uphill destroying any chance of getting a absolute fasted
possible strait line speed. In F3, the brabham hits 143 at that point but
then slows down to 142 near the turn, and of course down to 140 through the
turn.

Any case, I ran enough laps to get a basic idea of fuel mileage. The
track is 4023 meters long I'm assuming being measured at the center of the
track. How many miles is 4023 meters? also, exactly how long is one mile?
(5,xxx feet?) like I said before, just some odd testing for some odd but
interesting facts.

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by **GMpartsgu** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 08:36:11

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he will eat for life
Oh well, here's the link anyway :)
http://www.french-property.com/cgi-bin/ifp/convert.pl

by **Steve Whitt** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 08:45:06

1 mile = 1.609344kms
http://www.image-ination.com/test_maker/convert.html

Steve

by **Martin Granbe** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 17:58:48

On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 23:28:06 GMT, "Michael Barlow"

> Any case, I ran enough laps to get a basic idea of fuel mileage. The
>track is 4023 meters long I'm assuming being measured at the center of the

A note about track lengths. There is different lengths stored in
different places in GPL.

One in the trk file - this is what I call "2d-length", not taking
elevation changes into account . Measured along centerline of track.

One in the ini file - Anything the creator choose to put in there.

One in the graph of GPLRA - this is what I call "3d-length", taking
into account all elevation changes. Measured along centerline of
track. (in earlier versions of GPLRA the length stated was the 2d
length)

Daytona is rather flat so the difference between "2d" and "3d" length
probably isn't very big.

Cheers,

/Martin

by **David Butte** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 19:48:08

<Snip>

Actually...

Give a man a fish and he will complain at the lack of salt & vinegar.
Teach a man to fish and he will spend the day asleep in his boat :-)

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by **Colin Harri** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 21:07:41

> > Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
> > Teach a man to fish and he will eat for life
> <Snip>

> Actually...

> Give a man a fish and he will complain at the lack of salt & vinegar.
> Teach a man to fish and he will spend the day asleep in his boat :-)

Anyway, who wants to only eat fish?

by **Goy Larse** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 21:11:57

> > > Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
> > > Teach a man to fish and he will eat for life
> > <Snip>

> > Actually...

> > Give a man a fish and he will complain at the lack of salt & vinegar.
> > Teach a man to fish and he will spend the day asleep in his boat :-)

> Anyway, who wants to only eat fish?

Well, we could all do the "fish slapping dance" .......

Halibut (sp) anyone ?

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

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by **Colin Harri** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 21:51:10

> > > > Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
> > > > Teach a man to fish and he will eat for life
> > > <Snip>

> > > Actually...

> > > Give a man a fish and he will complain at the lack of salt & vinegar.
> > > Teach a man to fish and he will spend the day asleep in his boat :-)

> > Anyway, who wants to only eat fish?

> Well, we could all do the "fish slapping dance" .......

> Halibut (sp) anyone ?

Hmm, mention fish and you'll always get a response from a Norwegian :-)

by **Michael Barlo** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 21:52:59

I took the GPL editor application and opened the track.dat file. in
there is the track length in meters so I can only *assume* it's right. All
though I didn't take a look at each track section length and add them up.
Any case, I did some tests at Daytona with the FG cars and found the top
speed and fuel mileage for each marquee. Now to find out the 0 to 100 and
100 to 0 differences. (yes, I have too much time on my hands atm ;-)

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> On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 23:28:06 GMT, "Michael Barlow"

> > Any case, I ran enough laps to get a basic idea of fuel mileage. The
> >track is 4023 meters long I'm assuming being measured at the center of
the

> A note about track lengths. There is different lengths stored in
> different places in GPL.

> One in the trk file - this is what I call "2d-length", not taking
> elevation changes into account . Measured along centerline of track.

> One in the ini file - Anything the creator choose to put in there.

> One in the graph of GPLRA - this is what I call "3d-length", taking
> into account all elevation changes. Measured along centerline of
> track. (in earlier versions of GPLRA the length stated was the 2d
> length)

> Daytona is rather flat so the difference between "2d" and "3d" length
> probably isn't very big.

> Cheers,

> /Martin

by **Goy Larse** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 22:10:21

> Hmm, mention fish and you'll always get a response from a Norwegian :-)

ROFL, keep up the good work Colin......whatever it is you do :-)

Beers and cheers
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by **Martin Granbe** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 22:23:31

On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 12:52:59 GMT, "Michael Barlow"

> I took the GPL editor application and opened the track.dat file. in
>there is the track length in meters so I can only *assume* it's right.

That is the "2d" length.

If you have (unlikely, but it illustrates the problem) a track section
which is 10 meters long but with an angle of 45 degrees (=10 meters
high), and then another 10 m section with -45 degrees GPLEditor would
say those 2 sections are 20 meters long combined.

But the length the wheels would have to travel to cover those two
sections is ofcourse longer than 20 meters.

Cheers,

/Martin

by **George Jetso** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 22:30:53

I prefer "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to
fish and he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day."

George

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by **Martin Granbe** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 23:16:03

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 08:30:53 -0500, "George Jetson"

> I prefer "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to
>fish and he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day."

Yes, that one sounds more familiar to me... :)

/Martin

by **Rik Anthra** » Thu, 04 Oct 2001 23:07:03

> > > Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
> > > Teach a man to fish and he will eat for life
> > <Snip>

> > Actually...

> > Give a man a fish and he will complain at the lack of salt & vinegar.
> > Teach a man to fish and he will spend the day asleep in his boat :-)

> Anyway, who wants to only eat fish?

Dirty disgusting fish that absorb every unknown chemical dumped into the
ocean? not me thankyou.

by **nobod** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 00:49:49

A mile is 1608 meters.

And why don't you use smogbank for testing.

Two long straights, and to large radius, slightly banked corners, it
should be ideal for your purpose.

Don't have a link i'm afraid.

Lars G.

On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 23:28:06 GMT, "Michael Barlow"

> I'm doing some re-testing on the GPL classes.. I mentioned in another
>thread about a test track, The closest I can find that is what I want is the
>Daytona track. Unfortunately, about 2/3rds down the back strait the track
>starts to go uphill destroying any chance of getting a absolute fasted
>possible strait line speed. In F3, the brabham hits 143 at that point but
>then slows down to 142 near the turn, and of course down to 140 through the
>turn.

> Any case, I ran enough laps to get a basic idea of fuel mileage. The
>track is 4023 meters long I'm assuming being measured at the center of the
>track. How many miles is 4023 meters? also, exactly how long is one mile?
>(5,xxx feet?) like I said before, just some odd testing for some odd but
>interesting facts.

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