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GPL won first novice race!! film at 11

Roger Squire

GPL won first novice race!! film at 11

by Roger Squire » Sun, 06 Aug 2000 04:00:00

hay, minor victory I had to share:  my second novice win at Spa :)  I put it
up if you want to look at it (3meg)
http://www.racesimcentral.net/~rsquires/spa_rms_win.ZIP

My first win was earlier today, and really exciting, there were a couple of
lead changes and I caught up with the leader right at the apex of the final
turn La Source, tapped him out of the way from behind, and took the win.
But I fouled up and didn't get a replay.  So here's the second win.

I didn't go incredibly fast but the replay does show some things I learned
about races against the ai.

First, you pretty much have to start on the front row, otherwise slower cars
in front of you will cause the leaders to gain too much ground on you which
you can't make up.

Second, cars in back of you will try to pass, usually on the inside, so you
have to move over immediately upon starting to cut them off.

Third, right after the start is your best chance to catch the ai leader, as
they start out slower than on subsequent laps and you can catch them by
being aggressive, late braking into a corner and getting the inside
position.  I demonstrate this in this replay.

I did make one mistake causing a pile-up, but it wasn't fatal to any of
those involved and the race continued!

rms

JTW620

GPL won first novice race!! film at 11

by JTW620 » Wed, 09 Aug 2000 04:00:00

  Congratulations!  Ooooo what a feeling!

Todd Wasson

Eldre

GPL won first novice race!! film at 11

by Eldre » Wed, 09 Aug 2000 04:00:00



>First, you pretty much have to start on the front row, otherwise slower cars
>in front of you will cause the leaders to gain too much ground on you which
>you can't make up.

Front row?  That ain't gonna happen soon.  I think the highest I've qualified
at Spa was about 9th...

Eldred
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Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999
Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
GPL hcp. +52.52

Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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