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Chuck Kandler  #70
K&S Racing
http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Your freedom's just a state of mind.   --Gene Simmons  
From the song "War Machine", 1982

Strangely, the number of times I've run Stavelot
is much less than the number of times I've run the
first half of Masta ;)

- Matt

Or in engineering-eese, ;)
if you plot delta velocity per extra foot used
you get much more for the shallower turns.
Or, fixing a foot of line error in a turn
adds more speed through a shallow corner than
it will in a tight one.

Knowing this must be why I tend to go off the outside edge of
shallow turns so much trying for every mph.
This esoterica is only of interest to drivers that don't use
the proper line, like me ;)

I was goofing off tonight, trying to find stuff to keep me busy, fiddling
with one game or another. Finally decided to clean up the 'office' a bit.
Moved a file cabinet to get at some papers loaded up with passwords for
message boards and emails and online game services. There was a small door
back there. Opened it of course. Was very dark and dank.
Crawled inside (had to, otherwise there wouldn't be a movi... errr post) to
take a look. Started sliding, slipping, down, further and faster till
whooooosh...

There I was, in Eldred Picketts head!!!!!!!!! It was amazing! The most
amazing thing I had ever experienced! I was BEING Eldred Pickett!!

He was driving a '67 F1 car around Spa. What a sense of speed, what a rush!
Watching him shifting and drifting with such precision and poise through
those terrifying corners. Taking that hunk of metal buy the scruff of the
neck and taming it, making it jump gracefully thro hoops for him.

Alas, it was over all too soon. 3 mins and 24 secs after I first 'joined'
him, BAM, I was dropped out of Eldred head and onto the side of the New
Jersey turnpike. :(

I cannot wait to get back to that door. I cannot wait to get back in
Eldred's head.

Does anyone know the way from NJ to Southern Ontario, Canada???????????

MRSisson

Exactly, looking at the merged replay Eldred passes me just before the
corner, but my line alllows a higher apex speed. I also get on the gas
sooner. Yet, it's only good enough to get back on his gearbox as he uses the
Eagle to rocket down the hill.

I didn't, did I?? <checks>....

Yup, I did. Mixed up the two corner names. How embarrassing (for a
Belgian)!!! ;-))

I think this one is keeping me from entering the sub-3m20s laps (PB of
3m20.10s at Spa), but as you say there's no real landmarks and the line I
took to do the 3m20 is already of the none-repeatable kind, cutting the
corner severely. One of the crucial corners at Spa.

Yes, I have this feeling Eldred is very close to what the French call "le
declick". I.e. pretty soon things will start falling into place.

Jan.
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And funnily written this was too ("such precision and poise")! :-)))

---Asgeir---

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Allthough I didn't have the same experience you had, while I watched
Eldred's replay yesterday, I had the same feeling. Very amusing to see
a replay from someone else, you just know what he felt and thought
when he was driving his lap!

Andre

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Trevor
Nb Lady Elgar - Grand Union C***(UK)

Like Greger wrote in his last post, it's all about exiting corners as
fast as possible. Once you exit a corner, you should get back on the
gas as soon as possible, without hesistating afterwards. Make sure you
exit the corner in an as straight as possible line, and don't brake or
let go of the gas untill it's really necessary. If you overdo it, try
to exit the corner a little later next time, untill you get the hang
of it. Then you can try to exit the corner just a little bit sooner
next time.

Have you ever compared your replays with GPLDump and GPL Replay
Analyzer? You can learn so much from this. Especially the Replay
Analyzer is perfect for comparing where the fast guys exit a corner
and where you exit it.

Andre

The technical term for this sentence is "Yodafied."  Hmmmm?

Aw, fer cryin' out loud...  That's just SILLY...sheesh!

Eldred
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Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999
Own Grand Prix Legends?  Goto  http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc

Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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Wall - bad, finish line - good....
--
Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999
Own Grand Prix Legends?  Goto  http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc

Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

See, it worked, that was exactly what I thought! :)

Andre

SLG
(They guy who still must apologize, again for Zandy last night! Yes it
was bad!)

(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)

Jan./Obi-Jan on WinVROC
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