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by **Chuck Kandle** » Fri, 10 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Favorite GPL track: Rouen

Favorite GPL car: Eagle

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by **Uwe Schuerka** » Fri, 10 Sep 1999 04:00:00

>> Throttle control is paramount and it's just not me.

Hint for the brabham setup: reduce front roll bar values, it's much more
driveable that way (at least for me). Alis Brabham setups were still
essentially low-rider when she created them.

Mosport. Even though I suck at it. ;-)

Cheers,

Uwe

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by **don hodgdo** » Fri, 10 Sep 1999 04:00:00

I'm with you Chuck,

Favorite Car - Eagle
Favorite Offline Track - Rouen...this week<g>
Favorite Online Tracks - Silverstone, Monza, The Glen

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>Favorite GPL track: Rouen

>Favorite GPL car: Eagle

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by **Eldre** » Sat, 11 Sep 1999 04:00:00

When you figure it out, throw me a clue, would'ja?<g>

Eldred

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by **Doug Schneide** » Sat, 11 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Car - Ferrari, Track - Rouen. I'm gonna keep getting killed by Lotui
and Eagles, but I just love that car, and Rouen keeps you on your toes
every second.

Zog

by **Jim Clar** » Sat, 11 Sep 1999 04:00:00

My Fave is the Ferrari with Alison's setups - i just wish i knew enough
about setups to remove that ***y understeer!!! I am a more oversteer
than understeer driver....

Fav Track - Rouen (thank god they put it in!!!)
fav track 2 - Ring - nuff said.
fav track 3 - Mexico
worst track - Kyalmi i hate it!!

> Just to satisfy my own curiousity. I started off with the Ferrari 312
> but I decided to diversify and try the other cars, esp. the Eagle T1G,
> the BRM P115 and the Brabham BT24. I did not mess too much with the
> fantasy cars or the Lotus 49. In any case I really disliked the BT24;
> the low-revving, high-torque motor and twitchy handling is not my
> style. Throttle control is paramount and it's just not me.

> The BRM is a load of fun actually. It doesn't demand too much accuracy
> or driving skill for that matter. The engine is also very benign except
> near the red. It fun but it's not fast. Great for that last night blast
> before bedtime. And the H16 sounds cute.

> The T1G is a sweet car like the 312. No terrible vices unlike the other
> cars. Fast enough. I await Alison Hine's setup for the T1G.

> Well I went back to the 312 and this is the car for me. Alison's setup
> is great. It makes the 312 supremely driveable. After messing with the
> others, it's great to settle down to clearly superior car. Is the Lotus
> 49 better? Probably but overall the 312 is a complete package and it's
> less tiring to drive.

> Favourite track? Probably Rouen. A little over 2 minutes of country
> road. The trees, some of those really diabolical corners. And that
> hairpin. This is the best.

> T.

by **Terry Welc** » Sat, 11 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Favorite track - Nurburgring. It reminds me of driving around in the
mountains of east Tennessee, and when you really hook up with the track
it is like a symphony (with a couple of noteworthy "gotcha" corners!).

Favorite car - Lotus if I want to be super-competitive and feel good
enough to really work hard at racing; Ferrari with setup based on
Alison Hine's for really enjoyable racing on any track. (The Lotus is a
tough beast to tame at the Ring).

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by **Jason Mond** » Sat, 11 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Every suspension and tire setting will change oversteer/understeer to a
degree, but the easiest one to change is the rollbars. Shocks are mainly
used for the start and end of a turn. Rollbars are used for the middle of a
turn. I use Monza to get a general setup for shocks and rollbars then tweak
it for other tracks.

When the front rollbar is stiffer than the rear you will get understeer.
When the rear rollbar is stiffer than the front you will get oversteer (well
except for the Murasama which has a very well planted rear end!)

I keep my roll bars fairly even but decrease the front by 1 notch and/or
increase the rear by 1 notch to remove unwanted understeer.

Jason

> My Fave is the Ferrari with Alison's setups - i just wish i knew enough
> about setups to remove that ***y understeer!!! I am a more oversteer
> than understeer driver....

> > T.

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by **Phil Abe** » Sun, 12 Sep 1999 04:00:00

<snip>
(The Lotus is a

I also had lotsa trouble keeping the Lotus on the track at the Ring until i
started using the default setup that comes with the 1.1 patch. It's made a
huge difference for me, and i even managed my first pro-long race win using
it last night.
Cheers Phil
Fav car & track.......3 guesses<g>

by **Uwe Schuerka** » Mon, 13 Sep 1999 04:00:00

>1st. 2nd, Monza. Surprising that I, a Brabham driver (lower top speed)
>would like this track, but it's just plain fun. 3rd for racing, Watkins

What is your personal best at Monza? Although I prefer the Brabham
on ever other track I have yet to break the 1:30 at this venue.

Regards,

Uwe

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