Howdy,
I recently ran a 5 lap race online and tried to take it easy where i
usually lose it, and of course pushed as hard as I could where I was
comfortable and made 3 mid 8:20's (:24, :26, :27). I tried so hard to
complete the effort I lost it on lap 5. lol. My PB in an Eagle is 8:15,
which is pretty much a wall for me. Ive backed it up w. 8:16's and 8:17's
but pushing hard and not spinning in GPL isnt really my forte. The Ring is
the first track I started work on when GPL came out 3 or so years ago.
Probably be faster if I stuck w. a Lotus but I prefer a wider power band.
Good luck!
Charlie B
> > How long did it take people to get under 8 21 at the 'ring ?
> > Eldred et al ,
> > I've just cracked it ( just , 8.16 ) by simply trying harder , gaining a
> > little in each bend , learning the track more thoroughly with every lap
I
> > spend there - no magic formula. BUT ..... there IS an awful lot of time
> out
> > there if you think about it Eldred , a tenth in every bend would take at
> > least 15 seconds off ! so if you can find a tenth in just some of them
...
> > don't get disheartened when you crash - the important thing is that
you're
> > learning all the time.
> > Tip 1 - if you can find a little exit speed out of Bergwerk ?
> > Onto main straights ?
> > There has to be a second down those at least if you can find a
> mile-an-hour
> > on each.
> > Tip 2 - throttle though the bottom of the Foxhole , a few nerves perhaps
> > ....
> > Tip 3 - there's loads of time round Wipperman / the Brunchen /
> Flantzgarten
> > just 'cos it's so hard you're seldom at 10/10ths.
> > Tip 4 - try 2nd gear where you've been in 1st especially round the
above.
> > Tip5 - keep breathing.
> > All the best , John
> > PS. I can't get a 1.27 at Monza to save my life ! or a 1.20 at Kyalami.
> > I just can't see where the time might be , so you have my sympathy.
> > > >>If you practice enough, so that you learn all the corners by memory,
a
> > > >>8:30 really isn't that hard, you don't have to push the car to do a
> > > >>8:30 lap. 'average' times vary mostly between 8:00 and 8:30 online,
> > > >>with the occasional exceptions.
> > > >>Andre
> > > >Says *you*<g>. While I couldn't run a lap in my head(a la Graeme
> Nash),
> > I do
> > > >know which way the next corners go. My PB(meaning pushing by
> definition)
> > is
> > > >only 8:38. I can't *imagine* doing an 8:15 on average...
> > > >Eldred
> > > As I said, with the occasional exceptions <G>
> > > :)
> > > Eldred, please mail me a replay of you driving at the Ring, I'd like
> > > to examine it in RA, you must be losing major time somewhere..
> > > Considering the times you're driving at the other tracks, I can't
> > > image you can't drive faster than 8:38 on the Ring..
> > > Andre
