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<<I could *usually* gain in the braking zones,
<<but he'd just STREAK away from me down the straights.

Thats normal.

He gets to apply the brakes before you, since he gets to the proper braking
zone before you.  (he's ahead )

so you get closer...

and then he gets to the proper accelarating zone before you, so he regains
what he lost in the braking zone.

Assuming your both on equal cars, and your both equal drivers, this could go
on and on.

Isn't that sim awsome !?!  Has real as it gets.

Robert
Hull, Qubec

That's right - the best way to think of it is that if you're both
driving identically, it's the *time* gap between you that stays
constant, rather than the distance gap.

This means that as you slow down the distance between you decreases (but
the time gap remains the same), and when you speed up the distance
increases (but again, the time gap is unchanged).

Another thing to bear in mind is that sometimes if you brake too late it
penalises your exit from the turn, so that overall you lose out.

I often find when comparing my hotlaps with WW's, the only places where
I ever gain time is under braking, but invariably I lose more time on
the following straight!

In general I believe a fast exit is more important than late braking
(within reason!).

If it's easy for you to stay on track, then go faster !!! :)

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Ooh, I hate BOTH of you.  I'm still trying to break the 2:00 barrier...<g>

Eldred

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I don't think so.  It wasn't the normal 'compression' factor.  He was in a
Lotus, I was in a Ferarri.  Even on the turns where I exited right on his
gearbox, he still pulled away with the Lotus's acceleration.  I'm not good
enough to beat a Lotus in a fair fight.  I could have PUNTED him once or twice,
though...<g>

Eldred

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Sometimes easier said than done.  I ran about 50 laps today at silverstone(30
practice, 21 in a race.  I would typically do a 1:34(comfort zone), then push a
little, spin out, and do a 1:40-1:50.  No in between.  Part of my problem is
that I can't see the track very well.  The track and the grass seem to 'blend'
together.  It's kinda hard to hit the apex consistently when you can't SEE it.
I'm running an AMD K6-2 350 with a Voodoo 2 on a 15" monitor.  I normally run
640x480, but today I tried 1024x768.  Didn't help.  Did I miss a setting
somewhere?

Eldred

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Have you noticed that when you switch your monitor off there is,
scrawled in the grime, a message reading 'Clean Me'? Or Perhaps the real
reason you can't get to the front door is not because of a hibernationg
polar bear in your hallway, but repeat mailings from the optician all in
a big pile?

Seriously (although both the above could be), at first I found GPL a
little imprecise in definition, I guess I just got used to it.

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