I'm not the GPL expert (yet, I hope... my PB in Monza is 1:29.25 in the
Lotus and I can do high 1:29's quite consistently), but I'd something to say
about your replay.
First, hitting the armco exiting Ascari and then going through the grass is
not a good idea. (But I think you can imagine that yourself... :-)
Second, work on your exit of Parabolica. You are way too slow there. I
always measure my exit speed of parabolica by watching the replay in 'arcade
view' and looking at the speed when I just go by the edge of the wall to the
left. I get 207-208 kph there (the champs get over 210...), you are about 10
kph slower. This lack of exit speed haunts you all along the looong front
straight. I enter the parabolica a little bit faster than you, then let it
go wide, turn the car by going off the throttle and go into third gear very
early. Then I can almost go flat out of the corner.
Third, I don't know, which setup you drive with, but your top speed seems
too low. Even if your exit of Parabolica is not the best, you should be
faster before braking for Curva Grande. I get 311 kph there, if I mess up
Parabolica I get about 309 kph. You get 306 kph with the Eagle, which
generally has a slightly higher top speed than the Lotus. Don't know, gears
set too long, too much fuel, calibration of your wheel (gas pedal - maybe
you can't reach full thottle) not OK? That also becomes obvious when braking
for Lesmo1: You get about the same exit speed out of Curva Grande as I get,
but before Lesmo1 you are about 5-6 kph slower.
The Lesmos are very good, from my point of view. If I'd get the Lesmos so
good and do the Parabolica as I've done in my best lap, I'd surely get a
1:28.
Peter
Vienna, Austria
> Further to my original post, I thought it would be a good idea to put
> a replay file of one of my laps on my website.
> The lap is 251Kb and can be downloaded from
> www.boham.freeserve.co.uk/Monza_B.rpy
> Any comments on how I could improve, or what settings to change on
> the car would be most appreciated.
> PS. I think GPL is the best racing simulator ever. It's just brilliant
when
> a friend is watching you do a 1:31 round Monza, then you ask them if
> they want a go and they can't even get round the first corner.
> >I have been playing GPL on and off for about 5 months now and
> >I can't seem to improve my lap times any more. I have been
> >concentrating on 3 circuits, here are my PBs. (using an Eagle)
> >Monza: 1:30.96
> >Watkins Glen: 1:07.69
> >Silverstone: 1:32.19
> >I haven't started fiddling about with the car settings, I've only lowered
> >the fuel to 9 laps or so. I am reluctant to do so because I can't tell
> >if the setting I've changed has improved the car or not!
> >Have I got some way to go with my lap times before I start changing
> >the settings, or have I got to spend hours testing different setups now?
> >PS Has anyone else noticed that you can't get a frame rate higher than
> >about 36fps??
