> > Now if somebody could explain me how to take the tunnel just as fast
> > as the aliens do I would be very happy.. for me those hardest corner
> > of all GPL circuits to get right.. Either I'm too slow or I hit the
> > pavement on the left :(
Aliens = people who drive so fast you have to wonder whether they are
entirely human or not.......
Ian (currently at a GPL rank of +9)
| A big congrats...I guess we think alike because over the last two days
| I have also been making an attempt at getting back into GPL which I
| shamefully dropped 4 months ago when I stalled on my progress. Well I
| went and read abunch on GPL Foolishness and then tried his setups.
| Long story short I dropped my Ring time from dont laugh 9:16.xx to
| 9:00.61 after a bunch of laps the quick flying one felt so good. I
| have discovered a way to get even quicker for me and cannot wait till
| everyone leaves so I can get back to trying. Need everyone to leave so
| I can turn up the speakers<VBG>
|
| Only problem is that I forgot my login at GPL Rank so I had to start
| another login.
|
| PAPA DOC
|
| >Half an hour later, I'm thinking about the little mistakes I did on that
| >lap, so I have another go, 8:22.26 ! That's a full ten second
improvement
| >in one day. New GPLRank +4.24 and I'm only a decent lap round Spa and
Rouen
| >away from going negative :)
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Eldred why not try the F2 around Monaco. You can concentrate more on your
*line* in the slower cars, and not have to worry so much about the wheelspin
when you put the power down. Two months ago I couldn't get through the
chicane *at all* in an F1 car (I'd take it in 3rd at half throttle and crash
3 out of every 4 laps), now after many laps learning the line in an F2 I've
been able to switch back to F1 and take the chicane at full throttle in 5th
gear :0) Not only is this quicker but it feels *great* :0) blasting through
there, a real buttock-clenching moment!
As a rule of thumb it seems that the F2 Ferrari is about 5 seconds/lap
slower than the F1 Ferrari at Monaco, so you should be able to tell when
you're quick enough in the F2 and you can get back in the F1.
HTH, good luck
Jim
> >> U show'off U hahaha!! Congrads :-)
> >Hehe :) Thanks. Just done a 1:28.32 at Monaco and my new GPLRank is
+2.55
> >:)
> 1:28 at Monaco?!? How? I'm a full *3* seconds slower than that. At such
a
> short track, that's a HUGE difference... :(
> Eldred
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Yep, I'm using Alison's Ferrari setup. Ran a 30 lap race yseterday. The
leaders were running 1:27-1:28. My fastlap was only 1:31.xx. I finished 5th,
1 lap down. I was the last car running - all the rest disconnected. It's
tough when the only cars you pass are those who quit.
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>As a rule of thumb it seems that the F2 Ferrari is about 5 seconds/lap
>slower than the F1 Ferrari at Monaco, so you should be able to tell when
>you're quick enough in the F2 and you can get back in the F1.
Eldred
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>>General Monaco advice - use first gear, get out of the slow corners as
>>quick as possible (get on the power before you've rounded the corner,
>even
>>if it's only 20% throttle). If you struggle to take the chicane flat out in
>>5th (something I struggle with as well) just back off the power (about 30%
>>lift of the throttle) in the last 1 or 2 seconds before the chicane, so the
>>revs are steady (not going up or down) and you'll find it much easier to
>>guide the car through clean.
>"Flat-out" in 5th?!? I'm not even IN 5th... I have to coast from right after
>the tunnel exit to halfway down the hill... The car ALWAYS wants to spin on
>the chicane exit, which makes me even MORE tentative. Maybe I'm lifting
>right
>at the jump, which causes the problem. I'll have to check that...
It's probably not the best example, because I stay fully on the gas over the
rise (while off the ground), going against my own advice. Also I don't lift
at all through the chicane, again going against my advice, but the lift is
only necessary to balance the car when you feel you're not going to make the
chicane otherwise. I usually do have to lift off btw.
>It seems that a great competition is starting at getting below
>8:10. (...Going back to practice at 'Ring ;> )
Andre
| The more you lift, the more problems you'll have. Obviously you can
| lift under braking, but at any other time try not to lift completely.
| Always have some throttle, even if it's only a little bit. You'll find
| the car is more balanced when taking corners etc and less likely to do
| an unexpected turnaround.
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>It's probably not the best example, because I stay fully on the gas over the
>rise (while off the ground), going against my own advice. Also I don't lift
>at all through the chicane, again going against my advice, but the lift is
>only necessary to balance the car when you feel you're not going to make the
>chicane otherwise. I usually do have to lift off btw.
Eldred
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