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> 33.053, and that's*** it out there without regard for traffic.

> I've found that tire wear and fuel consuption (not to mention car
> control) are at their most efficient when I'm running 33.3's and 33.4's.

> > Do you have an N2k2Rank?

> > What's your best time at Las Vegas?

> > /Carl

> > > BTW, most of the fast setups are geared wrong for shifting in the
turns
> > > at ovals without sacrificing a LOT of speed.

> > > The only oval track I can think of that I shift at on purpose (with
the
> > > fast setup) are Martinsville and Indy.  There may be one or two others
> > > but I honestly can't remember which ones.

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> >Hmm.  If I had a choice between having a girlfriend, and sim racing - I'd
> >gladly sell my computer.
> >I guess the grass is always greener...

> Hey now, look at it this way.  Sim-racing is by far the cheaper of the
> 2 activities. :)

> Jason

> > You guys gotta cowboy up and not get ***-whipped into giving up your
> > hobby (quite possibly your only one at that).  In many, many cases,
> > you'd all be better off with just your computer anyway.
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> I had to tell my girlfriend to start coming over at 7PM my time instead of
> 4PM, so I could race with you guys.
> When she asked why she couldn't come over at 4, I said, because I'm racing
> at 4, that's why. She comes over at 7:30 now.  :-)

> /Carl

> > Yeah, I'm on NR2k rank, but I haven't updated it with my new times from
> > sears or vegas.

> > 33.053, and that's*** it out there without regard for traffic.

> > I've found that tire wear and fuel consuption (not to mention car
> > control) are at their most efficient when I'm running 33.3's and 33.4's.

> > > Do you have an N2k2Rank?

> > > What's your best time at Las Vegas?

>Turn off auto-shift and auto-brake - you'll be faster and *still* in
>control of your car.  The only auto thing I have turned on is clutch.  

>>Turn off auto-shift and auto-brake - you'll be faster and *still* in
>>control of your car.  The only auto thing I have turned on is clutch.

>The auto-shifting has been the only concession I've made.  I had to do that
>because of the pull to the right.  It was difficult for me to be able to hold
>the wheel correctly to go down the straight, but still be able to hit the shift
>buttons.  In other sims, since I'm not shifting *in* the turns, it itn's an
>issue.  When the tire stagger in N2002, that means I'm essentially in the turn
>all the time(because I have to turn the wheel to the right).
>In other words, I got tired of crashing while trying to shift, so I went to
>auto trans...

>Eldred

>-Larry

>> >Hmm.  If I had a choice between having a girlfriend, and sim racing - I'd
>> >gladly sell my computer.
>> >I guess the grass is always greener...

>> Hey now, look at it this way.  Sim-racing is by far the cheaper of the
>> 2 activities. :)

>> Jason

> >The only oval track I can think of that I shift at on purpose (with the
> >fast setup) are Martinsville and Indy.  There may be one or two others
> >but I honestly can't remember which ones.

> Mart & Indy??? The ONLY oval I shift at is Pocono.  I suppose that you
> could increase lap times in some of the other ovals by shifting with
> auto-clutch on since you don't even need to lift.  However, in real
> life shifting is not an advantage, otherwise the real guys would be
> doing it.

> >>Turn off auto-shift and auto-brake - you'll be faster and *still* in
> >>control of your car.  The only auto thing I have turned on is clutch.

> >The auto-shifting has been the only concession I've made.  I had to do that
> >because of the pull to the right.  It was difficult for me to be able to hold
> >the wheel correctly to go down the straight, but still be able to hit the shift
> >buttons.  In other sims, since I'm not shifting *in* the turns, it itn's an
> >issue.  When the tire stagger in N2002, that means I'm essentially in the turn
> >all the time(because I have to turn the wheel to the right).
> >In other words, I got tired of crashing while trying to shift, so I went to
> >auto trans...

> >Eldred

> What wheel do you use? I have the MSFF wheel and it is pretty easy to
> shift using the built in shift buttons on the under-side of the wheel
> (I know they have a name but I don't know what it is).  Besides with
> auto-shift on you can' do the victory burn out.

> Brian Oster

>>Hmm.  If I had a choice between having a girlfriend, and sim racing - I'd
>>gladly sell my computer.
>>I guess the grass is always greener...

>Hey now, look at it this way.  Sim-racing is by far the cheaper of the
>2 activities. :)