Hot Pants
Andre
On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 11:21:47 -0700, "Hot Pants"
>Hmm.. even when using these techniques, my absolute Monza limit is 1.29.9x!
>Just where is it on the track that schmucks like me lose the time to the
>really fast guys?
>Hot Pants
>Hmm.. even when using these techniques, my absolute Monza limit is 1.29.9x!
>Just where is it on the track that schmucks like me lose the time to the
>really fast guys?
Eldred
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It's hard to unlearn doing something a way once you get used to doing it
that way. If you know you're losing speed somewhere, then try doing
something different, even drastically different than whatever it is you've
been doing.
At Spa, I took Stavelot for ages by dropping three gears before coming to
the bridge. I was convinced you couldn't get around it any other way.
After taking a look at some replays I was quickly able to see how wrong I
was in what I was doing, but still had a hard time for a while getting
myself to do it.
Other things you can try changing are curve entries and exits and braking
zones. Just try something different, whatever it may be.
Jerry Morelock
>It's hard to unlearn doing something a way once you get used to doing it
>that way. If you know you're losing speed somewhere, then try doing
>something different, even drastically different than whatever it is you've
>been doing.
>It's hard to unlearn doing something a way once you get used to doing it
>that way. If you know you're losing speed somewhere, then try doing
>something different, even drastically different than whatever it is you've
>been doing.
Like at Kyalami, I'm in second gear for MOST of the lap, and have to drop to
first in the turn before the esses... I realize I should be able to go faster,
but it's all I can do to stay on the track NOW.
I think I may need another wheel. It's possible that my T2 just doesn't give
me the 'precision' I need to turn fast lap times. I don't have any confidence
letting the car drift to the edge of the track. Unfortunately, I don't have
the finances for that(TSW,ECCI) right now. :-(
Eldred
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>Prophetic words.. right after I made my last post, I finally figured out a
>better way to enter the first Lesmo and dropped down to 1.29.03!
Eldred
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Andre
>>>It's hard to unlearn doing something a way once you get used to doing it
>>>that way. If you know you're losing speed somewhere, then try doing
>>>something different, even drastically different than whatever it is you've
>>>been doing.
>>Prophetic words.. right after I made my last post, I finally figured out a
>>better way to enter the first Lesmo and dropped down to 1.29.03!
>I don't understand - how many different ways can there BE to enter a one-line
>corner? It's not like the first turn at the Cleveland Airport track...
>Eldred
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Like I said, once you "learn" something it's very difficult to either see
another way and "unlearn" it.
Jerry Morelock
> Andre
> >>>It's hard to unlearn doing something a way once you get used to doing
it
> >>>that way. If you know you're losing speed somewhere, then try doing
> >>>something different, even drastically different than whatever it is
you've
> >>>been doing.
> >>Prophetic words.. right after I made my last post, I finally figured out
a
> >>better way to enter the first Lesmo and dropped down to 1.29.03!
> >I don't understand - how many different ways can there BE to enter a
one-line
> >corner? It's not like the first turn at the Cleveland Airport track...
> >Eldred
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Well, there's really no such thing as a one line corner. There may be only
one *correct* line for your driving style, though. The problem is finding
that line. And that *one* line has a habit of changing over the course of a
race as tire wear and temperatures and fuel loads change.
GPL models this type of thing quite well. It's what has endeared the sim to
this group and makes it quite exasperating at the same time. In lots of
other sims, once you learn the "right line" that's all there is to it.
Conditions don't change enough to warrant having to change your driving
style much during the course of a race.
That's what so maddening to see sometimes, and what I'm talking about when I
say try something different if you know you're losing speed, even if it
seems to be the wrong thing to do. You may very well be surprised at the
outcome.
Jerry Morelock
try GPL-SpyGirl to merge your own lap with a hotlap from someone else
and watch it as a replay in GPL itself to find the differences.
Lio
>try GPL-SpyGirl to merge your own lap with a hotlap from someone else
>and watch it as a replay in GPL itself to find the differences.
>Lio
Eldred
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You can find both utils at The Fast Lane, don't have the URL here but
you probably know it.
Andre
>>> I'm stuck at 1:31.8x. I used GPLdump to compare a couple of replays, and
>>I'm
>>> losing EVERYWHERE> Problem is, it doesn't really help me FIND the speed.
>>It
>>> only shows where I *lost* it. ...does that make sense?
>>try GPL-SpyGirl to merge your own lap with a hotlap from someone else
>>and watch it as a replay in GPL itself to find the differences.
>>Lio
>SpyGirl? I haven't tried that yet. Do you actually see BOTH cars on the
>screen at the same time? I'll have to find it...
>Eldred
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Wayne
Jens
On Sun, 1 Aug 1999 03:02:01 -0700, "Hot Pants"
