I'll be there George, I cant be arsed to read through your terade of shit
either!
You were fast once george but got left behind, id keep to the knitting
mate...
"Top .05% of all GPLer's? If you consider the people that stopped racing
GPL
over the last few years that percentage would increase drastically. You are
fast now as it seems you have been putting in some serious Sim Racing over
the years, BUT I do remember when you were at the back of the pack! I would
hope after running the Sim so long that you would be fast by now"
Lets not grasp at straws George, Ive not driven the much since early 2001,
3weeks hotlapping in Nov01 and 3weeks in May02...If i put in as much time as
McLean, Wintrip, my position would be far higher...well maybe ummm P5 not
P10....<G> GPL died for me in March 01 after starting my up and down affair
in Nov99....Was hard to cacth all you "old" names that had been playing for
6month previous as anyone who arrived late will inform you, an enjoyable
game of catchup which i managed and others like have....I dont personally
see if Kleman, Lake, Bolcina etc were still driving the situation would be
much different, as theres only one limit, and i seem to be 0.3 off it at all
tracks, and it seems only 0.5% and under (not done the maths) are able to
extend themselves to this level, maybe id be P20 again where i used to be if
these guys still raced, but then thats still a fair score....Im sure alot of
people would hope to be fast at sims after 3years but as ive said it seems
theres only a very small % that have the package of talents to go all the
way....
> And funniest thing of all. You said" Only takes me 10laps to learn a
track
> anyway" hehehe is this the same guy that said "i played GPL for 6months
> offline before i came online, and caused problems for the AI not humans
> players.."
P.S whats funny about that? as your career changes you develop, I can now
learn a trackin a handful of laps same as those around that i race, Wilke,
McLean etc. Of course George you overlook the point that it takes 6months to
learn to drive this sim and the cars, it doesnt take long to learn a track,
its taken my 2 years to learn how to drive one of these cars to 7:48 at
nurburgring, to learn the track itself prolly only took 10-15laps. The rest
of the time was teaching myself to get the most from the car, clearly
confused in your statement.
> You must be very confused... or, is it that you are jealous of Tom? He
> happens to be the most Hard Core Realistic Sim Racer I know! I try to be
> very realistic but don't even come close to Tom. See we try to lift while
> shifting, and Tom (MR. Realistic) uses a clutch for every shift. He
uses
> right foot braking using the Heel and Toe technique while wearing a
helmet,
> gloves and driving shoes and strapped in with a full harness. Try that
and
> we will see how fast you really are. Tom wouldn't think of using a small
> diameter wheel or paddle shifters for a Nascar Sim. And the sound and
> vibration simulated, Man you are not only deaf but you vibrate for the
next
> couple hours after getting out of his Simulator. and to top that off his
> Gas/Elect bill must be outrageous trying to keep it around 115 degrees
> around his simulator (j/k about that one)
Someone tell the guy this its a game!, i drive a hyperstim, but i can be
injured sim racing or theres no point wearing a helmet LOL!
"You must excuse Tom. You see he isn't going to run and post super fantastic
hotlaps because he drives the Sims as if they were real racecars and there
is no way in hell that he is gonna resort to the style of driving that you
use to run fastlaps"
I doubt he would anyways from what ive heard! Plus GPL offers no Clutch, no
ablilty to chew the gears and no need to rev between changes, as soon as
theres a sim with this function ill do just what i do in my road motor, hell
and toe in the sim, until its actually serves a function this is
pointless....Nascar maybe, but then on an oval without the clutch assist on
you hardly need to change anyways! and only 4 gears, try heel and toe T1 at
zandy in the BRM and try no to loose 0.9secs to the guys im racing against
using one foot on each, i dont do this is GPL as its completely no
functional. If hope RL offers this option it wont make a single bit of
difference to the top10 sheet from GPL imo but there you go, greger will be
the best, and learn to Heel and Toe in 10mins etc....
"Now, as for running the track backwards. I watched at Sears point (when
Tom
had set up his Simulator in the Drivers Lounge) as a line formed of NASA
race drivers wanting to sit in the Sim and run Sears Point backwards, and
all I remember hearing was WOW!"
So what? it doesnt make a piss of difference to your average sim racer, the
track isnt his devil, the car and learning to drive a simulation is the
gateway to his laptimes.....
"So you go on and keep knocking Tom for trying to help us with some info
from
real racing experiences. David, if you don't like his suggestions then don't
try them, but please let other drivers make up their own minds if they want
to try them. Do you really think it wastes alot of time running a few laps
backwards on a track? Even I can find time in a limited schedule to run a
few laps backwards if I so choose"
I dont dislike his suggestions, I just know as a once slow driver learning
tracks this makes f'all difference to anyone in sim racing, Toms just
wasting peoples time witht he type of useless clap trap he always seems
to....
"So David, If you are up to the challange, I will see you (if you dare, no 6
months this time) on the track the day WRL comes out and we will see who
learns the track faster! :-O"
I dont think kicking your arse thesedays will be the slightest effort to be
honest george, id stick to writing long pointless emails or knitting....
David
George Sandman <gsandmannos...@speakeasy.net> wrote in message
news:ujsnqsd7honmb2@corp.supernews.com...
> Mr. David Powell,
> Excuse me while I ROFLMAO. ok, I will try to get this out before I bust a
> gut.
> Top .05% of all GPLer's? If you consider the people that stopped racing
GPL
> over the last few years that percentage would increase drastically. You
are
> fast now as it seems you have been putting in some serious Sim Racing over
> the years, BUT I do remember when you were at the back of the pack! I
would
> hope after running the Sim so long that you would be fast by now.
> And funniest thing of all. You said" Only takes me 10laps to learn a
track
> anyway" hehehe is this the same guy that said "i played GPL for 6months
> offline before i came online, and caused problems for the AI not humans
> players.."
> 6 months offline? (hmmm dont know how to indicate a very confused look :-)
> The Top Drivers in GPL that I know were on the track the day they got GPL
> and were not causing any problems for human players.
> You must be very confused... or, is it that you are jealous of Tom? He
> happens to be the most Hard Core Realistic Sim Racer I know! I try to be
> very realistic but don't even come close to Tom. See we try to lift while
> shifting, and Tom (MR. Realistic) uses a clutch for every shift. He
uses
> right foot braking using the Heel and Toe technique while wearing a
helmet,
> gloves and driving shoes and strapped in with a full harness. Try that
and
> we will see how fast you really are. Tom wouldn't think of using a small
> diameter wheel or paddle shifters for a Nascar Sim. And the sound and
> vibration simulated, Man you are not only deaf but you vibrate for the
next
> couple hours after getting out of his Simulator. and to top that off his
> Gas/Elect bill must be outrageous trying to keep it around 115 degrees
> around his simulator (j/k about that one)
> You must excuse Tom. You see he isn't going to run and post super
fantastic
> hotlaps because he drives the Sims as if they were real racecars and there
> is no way in hell that he is gonna resort to the style of driving that you
> use to run fastlaps.
> Now, as for running the track backwards. I watched at Sears point (when
Tom
> had set up his Simulator in the Drivers Lounge) as a line formed of NASA
> race drivers wanting to sit in the Sim and run Sears Point backwards, and
> all I remember hearing was WOW!
> Guess what David? I have also watched drivers at Laguna Seca walk the
> track, well they actually drove to each corner and got out. They viewed
the
> track forwards, backwards sideways . they look for cracks, spots anything
> for reference for braking points, turn-in points, exit points, elevation
> changes and so on. Now maybe not all the veteran drives do this all the
time
> but I bet most have done it in their earlier racing days and will do it if
> driving on a new track.
> So you go on and keep knocking Tom for trying to help us with some info
from
> real racing experiences. David, if you don't like his suggestions then
don't
> try them, but please let other drivers make up their own minds if they
want
> to try them. Do you really think it wastes alot of time running a few
laps
> backwards on a track? Even I can find time in a limited schedule to run a
> few laps backwards if I so choose.
> So David, If you are up to the challange, I will see you (if you dare, no
6
> months this time) on the track the day WRL comes out and we will see who
> learns the track faster! :-O
> George Sandman
> where in the heck did I put that flame suit?
> David Powell <davidpow...@clara.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1027380296.61576.0@demeter.uk.clara.net...
> > Only takes me 10laps to learn a track anyway, why waste time that
driving
> > backwards! LOL
> > I can only assume this pointless excercise helps old slow pokes like Tom
> > become involved with the track....
> > Tom Pabst <tmpa...@attbi.com> wrote in message news:NL_Y8.541266$
> > > Try it.......then answer your own question.
> > > TP
> > > "Jim Morrison"
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