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I did pretty poorly this time. I think I'm going to have to stop using
separate qual and race configs, I really have a hard time going back and
forth between them. I think I qualified third but messed up on the very
first lap of the race, putting me down two spots. Then I lost a wing
somehow and I just about quit at that point. But no, I thought I would try
and hang in there in case anybody else DNFed, but then the server crashed or
something, I don't know what happened. Not fun.
Really though a lot of this comes down to preparation (assuming you stay
connected :). I ran over 500 laps before we raced at Hungary, and probably
200 or so before Australia. This time I only got in about 100, and it
showed, I just had no consistency.
Also got thrown off by my controller config. I just discovered this morning
that my RAS player file had the axis centering messed up and I had the old
50% dead spot throttle bug as a result. That explains my problems with
throttle control at the previous two races. No idea why only the RAS file
was messed up and the others were fine. But that also meant that I now had
to relearn the exit from each corner this morning during practice, because
having a more responsive throttle totally threw me off at first.
And to think I could have stayed down at Mid-Ohio, where I was yesterday,
and had a lot more fun watching the SCCA Run-Offs. Oh well, I can't make it
for the USGP next week but I'll probably be back for whatever is after that.
I tried to limp back to the
There was no contact from my view, I wouldn't knowingly take someone out of
a race.
I checked my mirrors on the next straight and you were still on track behind
me..
Once again, sorry for wrecking your race, it was certainly unintentional
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Well I just had a look at my replay and the Renault did not move an inch,
stayed right on the line and plowed on through like you weren't there - and
I think you weren't, from his perspective. His car did not take any damage
although he hit the back of you pretty hard. Gotta be a connection issue.
Turn 1 & 2 went surprisingly well, even though the Jag tried to pass after
our gentleman's agreement. I had pole and led the first lap with the
Renault right behind me - turns out he was on a 1-stopper. I spun on lap 2
trying to keep in front of him but only lost 5 seconds, went to P2 and the
car was OK. The Renault pitted halfway at which point I re-took the lead
and won by 20 seconds.
Great race from my perspecitive, the lappers did an outstanding job keeping
out of the way. A very tough track to not make a mistake on - get a wheel
on the other side of any of the curbs and it's pretty much game over, I got
a gift.
-Phasor
> I'm really getting tired of this...
> Of course since I have to try to get rid of the server car, I lost about 10
> seconds on the start. It looked like a race between Larry and me(we each kept
> making small mistakes. After a while I'd pulled away from Larry, then got
> NAILED by the leader as he lapped me. Even though I gave him plenty of room.
> He didn't seem to get any damage, but it destroyed the back of my car. I tried
> to limp back to the pits(spinning 4 or 5 times in the process). When I
> realized that I'd missed the pit entrance, I just said "*** it", and quit.
Yea, that's disappointing. I spun, but I felt we had
a race. I think I was about 10 seconds behind you after
my last excursion. Ian went by me without incident at
the hairpin in the middle of the straight, or between the
straits.
From my replay, it looks like Ian came upon you on a
long medium speed left where you had little opportunity
to get out of his way. It looks like Ian needed to back
off a little until you could let him by. But with ping
and lag, as he says, he saw a different reality.
Are you asking why you host races with invulnerability
turned off? I keep asking myself that too.
Thanks for hosting this race.
Larry
I think I'm just cursed - I haven't had a good race YET...
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Well I did have stability control on. It was a stock The Notorious setup, I
have no idea if he's done anything special to it, I'm not a setup guy. F1C
rewards you for keeping tires on the curbs and severely punishes you for
going over - throw in the extra-unforgiving curbs and the *** decreasing
radius cresting turns, and it's the toughest track on the calendar IMO. I
think I just got real lucky in my second qual attempt, I'd never beaten 1:36
before ever. My subsequent attempts were junk.
-Phasor
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The hallmark of a warp incident right there: if he didn't suffer any damage,
the most likely explanation is there wasn't any accident at his end. F1C,
while better at it than any other game in the series, is still not as good
online as any of the Papy products.
Because you *have* to race. Anything else just doesn't quite cut it. ;-)
Jan.
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Hi Phasor:
"Lappers"? That's me!
Thank you Phasor, I take that as a
complement.
The only positive quality I claimed when I
started to seriously discuss participation in
RASF1 earlier this week was that I could get
out of peoples way under the blue flag.
I can't help but wonder what kind of race
it would have been if nobody was using
stability assistance.
What are your lap times with it and without
it? Spa, A1, and now Malaysia, would be good
reference tracks if you have those numbers.
I see 1:48 at Spa where my best is 2:02, and
1:05 at A1 where my best is 1:12, in races I
host with only traction and ABS allowed.
Larry
