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by **Michael Barlo** » Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:00:00

1. Are you board with online racing because you spin on lap 2 of a 9 lap
race at the Glen and know you can't make it back to the front before the
end of the race?

2. Are you board of online racing because you are punted on the first
lap and (see part 1)?

3. Are you board on online racing because the race is over before the
tires had a chance to warm up?

4. Are you board of online racing because there's too many short races
being run?

5. Are you board of online racing because you realy enjoy a battle but
the battles only last two or three laps?

6. Are you board of online racing because there is no stratagy invalved?

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by **Michael Barlo** » Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Next race is August 7th at Watkins Glen

Date: 08/07/99
Track: Watkins Glen
Race Laps: 108
Formula: F3
Marquee: All
Pit road opens : 23:00 GMT
Grid line up: 23:30 GMT
Server: Drivers will be notified 2 hours before pit road opens
Pass Word: Drivers will be notified 5 minutes before pit road opens

Mike Barlow

by **K.S. Br?nnic** » Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:00:00

I am bored with you because you write board instead of bored.

K.S. Br?nnick, Norway

by **Michael Barlo** » Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Give me a word to spell. Then tell me to use it in a sentence. I'll
show you a perfect example of why the US school system was and is no
good. But, that's politics..

You're right, I screwed up :-)

Mike

> > 1. Are you board with online racing because you spin on lap 2 of a 9 lap
> > race at the Glen and know you can't make it back to the front before the
> > end of the race?

> I am bored with you because you write board instead of bored.

> K.S. Br?nnick, Norway

by **Tim** » Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Do you ever do F2 GP's Mike? I wouldn't mind giving that a go.

Tim

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by **Olav K. Malm** » Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> Next race is August 7th at Watkins Glen

> Date: 08/07/99
> Track: Watkins Glen
> Race Laps: 108
> Formula: F3
> Marquee: All
> Pit road opens : 23:00 GMT
> Grid line up: 23:30 GMT
> Server: Drivers will be notified 2 hours before pit road opens
> Pass Word: Drivers will be notified 5 minutes before pit road opens

> Mike Barlow

Great initiative, I will join in someday, but isn't race start at 23:30 GMT a
but too late, thats 01:30 central european daylight saving time. (Or GMT +2 in
the summer, UK is GMT +1, and GMT +1 in the winter, UK is GMT +0).

So, racing hard for two hours from 1:30 to 3:30 is maaayybbbeee pushing it a
bit.

Just my opinion....

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by **Jan Verschuere** » Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Micheal uses GMT to indicate UK time... midnight CET. We had to abort the
testrace last Saturday once because of a wrecker and after a restart I ended
up hauling my ass across the finish line at 3.25am. Which is late, very
late. I'd like to see earlier starts too, but I guess it's at the hosts
discretion.

Jan.
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><snip>
>Great initiative, I will join in someday, but isn't race start at 23:30 GMT
a
>but too late, thats 01:30 central european daylight saving time. (Or GMT +2
in
>the summer, UK is GMT +1, and GMT +1 in the winter, UK is GMT +0).

>So, racing hard for two hours from 1:30 to 3:30 is maaayybbbeee pushing it
a
>bit.

>Just my opinion....

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by **Michael Barlo** » Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:00:00

F2's are fun! However, I like the under powered cars much better. If
there was a smoother power hit between the F2's and F3's, I'd do more F2
racing. As it stands now, What I don't like is...

In F3, power out put is pretty much even across the RPM range from idle
to max. (2000 - 6000(?)). In F2, The power out put is the same between
2000 - 6000, but the moment you hit 6001 rpm it's like a turbo charger
gets kicked in till the F2 max rpm of 8000(?) rpm. then again with the
F1's from 8000 - 1100.

If the transaction in the power was smoother, I'd have a better time
accepting it. That's why when the post was made.. "what would you
change in GPL?" I answered.. "to use the full 2000 - 1100 rpm range for
the lower formula cars.

I'm not really in to open wheeled cars. I'd rather be racing sedans.
But since GPL is the only Sim that gives me a feel for what the car is
doing, I'll stick with GPL F3's. I hope that when N4 hit's the
shelves, we'll be able to drive the 4 cylinder cars :)

Mike

> Do you ever do F2 GP's Mike? I wouldn't mind giving that a go.

> Tim

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by **Richard Walk** » Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:00:00

>So, racing hard for two hours from 1:30 to 3:30 is maaayybbbeee pushing it a
>bit.

I raced in the first NROS competition. The preliminary rounds weren't too
bad as I could get a race that started shortly after midnight. But in the
finals, the races started at either around 2:30am or 4:30am UK time. I
wouldn't really recommend it ;-)

Come on Mike, how about a 20:00 GMT start time, or can you only beat we
Euros when we are knackered? <g>

Cheers,
Richard

by **Eldre** » Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> Give me a word to spell. Then tell me to use it in a sentence. I'll
>show you a perfect example of why the US school system was and is no
>good. But, that's politics..

> You're right, I screwed up :-)

>Mike

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by **bobb** » Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:00:00

don't kid our foregn frends, michael.
:).

> Give me a word to spell. Then tell me to use it in a sentence. I'll
> show you a perfect example of why the US school system was and is no
> good. But, that's politics..

> You're right, I screwed up :-)

> Mike

> > > 1. Are you board with online racing because you spin on lap 2 of a 9
lap
> > > race at the Glen and know you can't make it back to the front before
the
> > > end of the race?

> > I am bored with you because you write board instead of bored.

> > K.S. Br?nnick, Norway

by **Mark Seer** » Wed, 04 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Damn this patch to hell !!

Mark

> Next race is August 7th at Watkins Glen

by **mark jeangerar** » Wed, 04 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Mark! What's up?

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> Damn this patch to hell !!

> Mark

> > Next race is August 7th at Watkins Glen

by **Mark Seer** » Wed, 04 Aug 1999 04:00:00

I've never been able to race online since it arrived. Black flags, no
recorded times, cars warping into the ether for half a lap at a time, ...you
name it, it happens and keeps me out of races.

I've tried every conceivable core.ini, mtu setting, and dun tweak. Yes, I've
read all the stuff on the VROC site and all the faq stuff elsewhere. on
friday night, Asgeir, Jan and myself tried a troubleshooting session until
the dawn chorus started singingbut to no avail . Six weeks of this and I'm
resigned to racing offline for the forseeable future. Not a good posision to
be in when you consider that I run a league and was hoping for a good
campaign in the GMSS founders cup. Nothing seems to help. I guess that my
online career is finished.

Last night we did a test at Asgeir's server using 1.0 and everything was
rock solid again. Go figure...we couldn't

Mark

>Mark! What's up?

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>www.soundchaserweb.com
>New Mexico USA

>> Damn this patch to hell !!

>> Mark

>> > Next race is August 7th at Watkins Glen

by **Jan Verschuere** » Wed, 04 Aug 1999 04:00:00

He's badly affected by the patch (extremely warped and invisible for most of
the time) and two very, very late nights of troubleshooting haven't helped
shit. We were about to blame his connection when we reverted to 1.0 for a
race and lo and behold: he was solid as a rock. Very frustrating indeed fro
someone who loves his online racing (and has already completed and online
Watkins Glen GP).

Maybe he could try that DUN stuff Pickard posted.

Jan.
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>Mark! What's up?

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