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by **Jonny Hodgso** » Fri, 02 Aug 2002 04:16:55

> > the models and GPL) and I'm keeping up with the equipment
> > (although I kid myself sometimes that I'd be quicker if I threw
> > more money at it),

> Let me tell you: you are *NOT* kidding yourself.
[snip]
> exceptional equipment). But I happened to sit next to one of our former
> national champions, and he was nice enough to lend me an anchor (that's
> what we call it in Dutch, don't recollect the English term right now.
> Anyway, it's the central rotating part of an electric motor). A real
> one. A tuned one. A professional one.

Armature.

Cool... But then, on the other hand, one of the guys I was pitting
with at my last Regional, who I'd outqualified, was grinning from
ear to ear at the prospect of running the final with an 8 turn motor
he'd borrowed (for you non-RCers, that's pretty much a drag motor).
I still won that C-final - which was also pretty satisfying!

Absolutely - now does the same argument work for PC hardware in GPL?

Jonny

by **Ruud Dingeman** » Fri, 02 Aug 2002 06:48:15

> Absolutely - now does the same argument work for PC hardware in GPL?

No. Well, 'no' up from a point - the point where your hardware is decent
enough to run it at 35+ fps, and you have a usable wheel. From that,
it's just up to you I'm afraid...
(Ok, you could cheat and dumb down the AI or give your car more power,
but that takes the fun away, at least for me.)

Regards, R

by **Dave Henri** » Fri, 02 Aug 2002 08:30:06

"Richard S Beckett"
I think that's a minor Urban Myth. To me, what a more powerful PC brings
is consistancy, especially in high traffic situations...
I've upgraded twice to systems that overpowered the sim our league was
racing, and each time, my lap times stayed about the same...I didn't have as
many wrecks due to fps/controller problems, but my laptimes just didn't
magically shrink(this was a VERY disappointing discovery.)
dave henrie

by **Steve Smit** » Fri, 02 Aug 2002 19:59:04

Eldred!

I'm telling you, you're in the wrong league! I checked the IIC site, and if

an effing ***! Or an effing optimist! (Or, to paraphrase Parnelli
Jones, "Eff the effing effers!")

--Steve

> >As you say, pick one track, possibly two to break the monotony, and just
> >keep driving until you are consistent, *then* you can start working on
> >the setup

> I have the consistency part down. In most of my league races(GPL), I'm
usually
> near the top for consistency, highest climber, and on-track laps. In my
IICC
> league, I scored points in 22 of 23 races I entered(top 12 spots score
points).
> I finished 2nd (by 25 points) to a guy who only had 18 starts. He had 5
wins.
> With scratch results applied, I dropped all the way to 4th. I completed
910
> laps, 40 more than anyone else in the division, and finished on the lead
lap in
> the first 12 or 13 races.
> Consistency I *got*. Now I need some ***ing SPEED... :-)
> If you care<g>, the IICC website is:

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

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by **Eldre** » Fri, 02 Aug 2002 22:54:04

>Eldred!

>I'm telling you, you're in the wrong league! I checked the IIC site, and if

>an effing ***! Or an effing optimist! (Or, to paraphrase Parnelli
>Jones, "Eff the effing effers!")

Yes, they ARE effing fast... :-( I'm glad most of the aliens had to drive the
"c" cars. I used the Lotus, and was *almost* able to keep up...<g>

Eldred
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by **adsale** » Sun, 04 Aug 2002 04:18:14

> I have the consistency part down. In most of my league races(GPL), I'm usually
> near the top for consistency, highest climber, and on-track laps. In my IICC
> league, I scored points in 22 of 23 races I entered(top 12 spots score points).
> I finished 2nd (by 25 points) to a guy who only had 18 starts. He had 5 wins.
> With scratch results applied, I dropped all the way to 4th. I completed 910
> laps, 40 more than anyone else in the division, and finished on the lead lap in
> the first 12 or 13 races.
> Consistency I *got*. Now I need some ***ing SPEED... :-)
> If you care<g>, the IICC website is: http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Well, if you have the consistency down, there's no real reason why you
shouldn't improve your lap times as well, over time, maybe you're racing
too many tracks ?

I know I need a lot of laps to get the most out of a track, which is why
I don't have time for league racing anymore

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--

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