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>>so I'am still in the Novice trainer!

>Ditto.  Though I occasionally do others.  I want to stay in a trainer till
I
>win my first "maiden" race (may be a while)

>> Anyway, I ran my best practice time
>>in the Eagle (a 1:54:87, stop lauching I can hear you!)

>Since my best time is about the same (1:54.54 in the Eagle), I would never
>"lauch" at you :-)

>> When the green flag dropped I got an awesome start
>>and was in the lead before Curva Grande.

>Cheater!  :-)  In the novice, it is nigh-impossible to *not* get a great
>start.  So I purposely make sure I don't take advantage and try to just
hold
>my start position instead of moving up 3,4 or more spots.

>  For the rest of the race I was
>>mostly trying to keep my lead, the AI were faster than me in the corners,
>>but I could hold my own on the straights.

>Ditto.  I'm a good deal faster in the strights (due to "global_hype" and
>novice multiplyer?).  But lose some in the turns.  I'm losing less and less
as
>I get more seat time.

>> (I'll have to start tweaking
>>with my setup I guess, the one I was using was the default setup, just
>>with 4 gallons of feul.)

>I've fiddled, but haven't found anything much better in the turns.  You can
>drop to 3 gal and still finish the 6-lapper.

>> I exported my race
>>results, and the cool thing I noticed was that it is saved in html format
>>with all of the stats you could ever want about your race.

>I'll have to check this out!

(John

>>>so I'am still in the Novice trainer!

>>Ditto.  Though I occasionally do others.  I want to stay in a trainer till
>I
>>win my first "maiden" race (may be a while)

>>> Anyway, I ran my best practice time
>>>in the Eagle (a 1:54:87, stop lauching I can hear you!)

>>Since my best time is about the same (1:54.54 in the Eagle), I would never
>>"lauch" at you :-)

>>> When the green flag dropped I got an awesome start
>>>and was in the lead before Curva Grande.

>>Cheater!  :-)  In the novice, it is nigh-impossible to *not* get a great
>>start.  So I purposely make sure I don't take advantage and try to just
>hold
>>my start position instead of moving up 3,4 or more spots.

>>  For the rest of the race I was
>>>mostly trying to keep my lead, the AI were faster than me in the corners,
>>>but I could hold my own on the straights.

>>Ditto.  I'm a good deal faster in the strights (due to "global_hype" and
>>novice multiplyer?).  But lose some in the turns.  I'm losing less and
less
>as
>>I get more seat time.

>>> (I'll have to start tweaking
>>>with my setup I guess, the one I was using was the default setup, just
>>>with 4 gallons of feul.)

>>I've fiddled, but haven't found anything much better in the turns.  You
can
>>drop to 3 gal and still finish the 6-lapper.

>>> I exported my race
>>>results, and the cool thing I noticed was that it is saved in html format
>>>with all of the stats you could ever want about your race.

>>I'll have to check this out!

>Per that site (a must for GPL'rs), modify the player.ini file created in
the
>players/yourname folder.  Change the "driver rating" in the  [personal
>information]  section  to:
>1   for trainer
>2   for advanced trainer
>3   for GP

>It is best to set up a different player profile (done from the in-game
"player
>info" screen) for each class.  First, so you don't have to exit the game
>to modify the file every time you want to switch class.  And also because
the
>"global hype" system of the game keeps track of your 10 fastest times and
sets
>the opponent speed accordingly.  So if you do some laps in a GP car, you
might
>find the opposition faster than your liking when you switch back to a
trainer.