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>When I was running 1:09's at the Glen, I couldn't have imagined 1:06's were
>possible for my skill level and the fact that I was running the default
>setup.  I would notice that, when practicing, I would hit a stage where I
>would "break through".  1:09,..... 1:09,... 1:07,.... 1:07,.... 1:06....
>After a bunch of laps, I would find a vital key to improving my lap times
>and it was remarkably consistent.  Keep trying! Aim for consistency first,
>speed second.  The speed will come with being really consistent.

>>I have managed a 1:06.40 in the Eagle with the only change to the setup
>>being the fuel load.  I run enough fuel for a Pro Long race.

>>Good luck!

>>Jeff H.

>How?  Everytime I try to go faster in the turns, the car pushes BADLY.  Or,
are
>you going through turns at opposite-lock?  I have YET to figure *that*
out...
>:(

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>On Thu, 20 May 1999 07:45:36 -0400, "c0ldfusi0n"

>>When I was running 1:09's at the Glen, I couldn't have imagined 1:06's
were
>>possible for my skill level and the fact that I was running the default
>>setup.  I would notice that, when practicing, I would hit a stage where I
>>would "break through".  1:09,..... 1:09,... 1:07,.... 1:07,.... 1:06....
>>After a bunch of laps, I would find a vital key to improving my lap times
>>and it was remarkably consistent.  Keep trying! Aim for consistency first,
>>speed second.  The speed will come with being really consistent.

>Perhaps this is due to the car itself. When driving you're using up
>more fuel, which in turn makes the car lighter, which increases speed
>and acceleration. Also, the more you drive the warmer your tyres
>become, and the warmer they are the more they will stick to the track.

>>When I was running 1:09's at the Glen, I couldn't have imagined 1:06's
were
>>possible for my skill level and the fact that I was running the default
>>setup.  I would notice that, when practicing, I would hit a stage where I
>>would "break through".  1:09,..... 1:09,... 1:07,.... 1:07,.... 1:06....
>>After a bunch of laps, I would find a vital key to improving my lap times
>>and it was remarkably consistent.  Keep trying! Aim for consistency first,
>>speed second.  The speed will come with being really consistent.

>Were those 1:06's done with the default setup?  If so, I don't see HOW...

> However, I think the current fastest for the Eagle is probably a low 1:05
> (maybe even a low 1:04) laptime? The Fastest lap in *any* car is currently
> in the 1:03's at the Glen.

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> I clocked a best lap of 1:10.25 yesterday morning, in Grand Prix
> Legends. This was done at the Glen, driving in the Eagle and using the
> Default garage setup.

> This was by far the quickest lap I have managed to complete since
> first buying GPL.

> Using the Default setup, how quickly have some of you completed a lap
> at the Glen?

> Spirewolf

>i use a fairly standard setup (just fuel amount and steering ratio changed
>for my preference) and have done a 1.08.20 lap at the glen in the lotus
>which is quite similar to the eagle im not a particularly fast driver
>neither soory to put ou down but i thinbk 1.06-1.17 secs could be managed by
>some of the top hotlappers like Wolfgang Woeger

>>i use a fairly standard setup (just fuel amount and steering ratio changed
>>for my preference) and have done a 1.08.20 lap at the glen in the lotus
>>which is quite similar to the eagle im not a particularly fast driver
>>neither soory to put ou down but i thinbk 1.06-1.17 secs could be managed by
>>some of the top hotlappers like Wolfgang Woeger

>Dumb question - how do you change the steering ratio in each car?  I seem to
>have MISSED that setting...I just don't see it.  I don't mean the steering
>linearity, which affects the whole game, just the one on the car.

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> Using the Default setup, how quickly have some of you completed a lap
> at the Glen?

> Spirewolf

>At this point, my braking points are what I would have considered impossibly
>late a few months ago.  You need a comfort level with the track first.  Lap
>after lap after lap...  Since racing in the GPLWS, my lap times are much
>improved.  I am more familiar with the Eagle at all of the tracks now and
>the familiarity translates to lower lap times at all of them because I know
>how the car will react in certain situations etc.   I know it seems
>difficult and :06's seems a long way off but I went from running 1:09's and
>thinking I found my limit to running 1:06's in the course of about 15 laps
>in one evening while practicing for the GPLWS event last season.

>I've had GPL for about 3 weeks and have just managed a 1:07:88 at Watkins
>Glen in the Brabham with the default setup. Maybe I was just lucky but I
>can do 1:08 's fairly often. The only change I made was to reduce the fuel
>to about 8 gallons.

>Cheers, Handy.