Monza 1.29.83 Eagle
Nurb 8.59.21 Brabham
Spa 3.26.00 Eagle
Are these times good enough to have a go at racing online and if so where do
I go to get hooked up?
Any advice appreciated
GPL Fanatic
Monza 1.29.83 Eagle
Nurb 8.59.21 Brabham
Spa 3.26.00 Eagle
Are these times good enough to have a go at racing online and if so where do
I go to get hooked up?
Any advice appreciated
GPL Fanatic
> Monza 1.29.83 Eagle
> Nurb 8.59.21 Brabham
> Spa 3.26.00 Eagle
> Are these times good enough to have a go at racing online and if so where do
> I go to get hooked up?
> Any advice appreciated
What you have to ask yourself is not if you are fast enough, but if you are
concistent and race clean. It doesn't help much to be fast, if you spin every
other lap.
Online GPL has been a bit frustrating lately for me because I don't have the
time to practise as much as many of the regulars. The result is that I always
finish last of those who stay connected. The newbies is raced with great
success in january have now become pros, and there aren't any newbies anymore.
Maybe there should be hosted more races with a best time limit. I have seen
someone who demands faster than 1.30 times at Monza, but what about a race for
people who cant get better than 1.30 :)
Oh, the place to race GPL online is www.vroc.net. Good luck and have fun.
--
Olav K. Malmin
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Your times are reasonable and if you can do those times consistently lap after
lap you will win some races. For example, the faster guys run in the 1:28's at
Monza in the Eagle, and in the 1:27's with Lotus. But there aren't too many
around running those times.
Keith.
>Monza 1.29.83 Eagle
>Nurb 8.59.21 Brabham
>Spa 3.26.00 Eagle
>Are these times good enough to have a go at racing online and if so where do
>I go to get hooked up?
>Any advice appreciated
>GPL Fanatic
I started 8th in this particular race, and finished 2nd -- I never got in
anybody's way, never had any contact with any other cars, I never caused any
accidents (though I avoided many that happened in front of me), and I never
had any runoffs myself. I came up on many accidents and had to take action
to avoid them, and I had to avoid several drivers coming back onto the track
after a runoff (usually Lotus drivers, it seemed). The would often pass me,
of course, only to watch me tool by while they sat in the grass, counting
the weeds a few laps later.
My fastest lap time in this particular race was in the 1:08 - 1:09 range,
proving that sure and steady CAN win races. Allison Hine touts this in some
of her Ferrari and Coventry tips, and it's true. There are a LOT of
hotlappers out there who are faster than me, but they aren't all necessarily
more consistent than I am.
Please note that I am pretty much a hack driver, BTW -- I make NO claims to
greatness! <G>
-- JB
>Monza 1.29.83 Eagle
>Nurb 8.59.21 Brabham
>Spa 3.26.00 Eagle
>Are these times good enough to have a go at racing online and if so where
do
>I go to get hooked up?
>Any advice appreciated
>GPL Fanatic
Certainly not true - or at least not true that you can't race people
of somewhat "limited" GPL ability. I had a SUPERB race at Spa the other
day where for the first three laps all of the first four were right with
each other (and with me in the middle) and I lap Spa in the 3:30 sort of
time. [Excellent race until I lost it through Masta on the 4th lap and
because I had to back off, tangled with the guy in 4th.]
: Maybe there should be hosted more races with a best time limit. I have seen
: someone who demands faster than 1.30 times at Monza, but what about a
: race for people who cant get better than 1.30 :)
Heh - I'd go for this one. I've never gone faster than 1:30 in my
Ferrari. [And I've driven the Ferrari so much that driving a 1:29:50 in
the Lotus feels like cheating :-)].
--
Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving
Dept. of Mathematics (Network Control group) Uni. of York.
www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html
Chris
> Maybe there should be hosted more races with a best time limit. I have
seen
> someone who demands faster than 1.30 times at Monza, but what about a race
for
> people who cant get better than 1.30 :)
> --
> Olav K. Malmin
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BTW: AMD K6-2/350, 160 meg ram, Voodoo2.
> Thanx for all the encouragement folks.
> I'll be online racing before the week is out....sounds like a heap of fun.
> Just for the record, in an offline race with 20 cars I'm getting a rock
> solid 36fps
> Using AMD K6 2 450 CPU with 128mb and Voodoo 2 card.
> Should I expect much of a drop in frame rate online?
> > Lets put it this way....i cant get below 1:30 at Monza in an Eagle (only
> car i
> > drive other than the BRM). I would race online in a second if i could get
> a
> > decent connection. Right now i have AOL which is well...poor at best with
> > online racing. However i have raced my buddies head to head (Direct
> Connect
> > and via Modem) and i had a blast. We all got GPL about the same time and
> are
> > at about the same level of expertise (as in i usually win and im not very
> > good). But online racing is a blast. If u can get 36fps solid then your
> more
> > than a welcome competitor.
> > Chris
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You must not have raced with ME yet... I've NEVER done a 1:30...
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At Spa my times are not yet a consistent as I would like, they can vary by
up to 5 seconds and I still manage to overcook it in the first corner a
little.
When I can get my times within 5 secs at Nurb, I'll let you all know, till
then I'll keep quiet.
> > I've been practising on a couple of tracks
> > Monza 1.29.83 Eagle
> > Nurb 8.59.21 Brabham
> > Spa 3.26.00 Eagle
> > Are these times good enough to have a go at racing online and if so
where do
> > I go to get hooked up?
> > Any advice appreciated
> You make it sound like you just practiced a bit and got such times. You
would
> do very well online with such times. I've practiced monza since january
with
> a wheel, and I have never passed the 1.30 mark with the Eagle. Kind of
> frustrating :)
> What you have to ask yourself is not if you are fast enough, but if you
are
> concistent and race clean. It doesn't help much to be fast, if you spin
every
> other lap.
> Online GPL has been a bit frustrating lately for me because I don't have
the
> time to practise as much as many of the regulars. The result is that I
always
> finish last of those who stay connected. The newbies is raced with great
> success in january have now become pros, and there aren't any newbies
anymore.
> Maybe there should be hosted more races with a best time limit. I have
seen
> someone who demands faster than 1.30 times at Monza, but what about a race
for
> people who cant get better than 1.30 :)
> Oh, the place to race GPL online is www.vroc.net. Good luck and have fun.
> --
> Olav K. Malmin
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I'll be online racing before the week is out....sounds like a heap of fun.
Just for the record, in an offline race with 20 cars I'm getting a rock
solid 36fps
Using AMD K6 2 450 CPU with 128mb and Voodoo 2 card.
Should I expect much of a drop in frame rate online?
That was a great race, until lap 4 all cars were within sight of each other. (I was
the car just in front of you.) The fourth place car won it as he was the only one
that didn't lose it. I lost it in Stavelot right after you crashed in Masta. The
first
place car lost it in Blanchimont on the last lap allowing the fourth place car to
take the win.
> Certainly not true - or at least not true that you can't race people
> of somewhat "limited" GPL ability. I had a SUPERB race at Spa the other
> day where for the first three laps all of the first four were right with
> each other (and with me in the middle) and I lap Spa in the 3:30 sort of
> time. [Excellent race until I lost it through Masta on the 4th lap and
> because I had to back off, tangled with the guy in 4th.]
Of course this issue has been resolved with new versions, but setting a time
limit is a different proposition altogether.
Mark
> Certainly not true - or at least not true that you can't race people
> of somewhat "limited" GPL ability. I had a SUPERB race at Spa the other
> day where for the first three laps all of the first four were right with
> each other (and with me in the middle) and I lap Spa in the 3:30 sort of
> time. [Excellent race until I lost it through Masta on the 4th lap and
> because I had to back off, tangled with the guy in 4th.]
> : Maybe there should be hosted more races with a best time limit. I have
seen
> : someone who demands faster than 1.30 times at Monza, but what about a
> : race for people who cant get better than 1.30 :)
> Heh - I'd go for this one. I've never gone faster than 1:30 in my
> Ferrari. [And I've driven the Ferrari so much that driving a 1:29:50 in
> the Lotus feels like cheating :-)].
> --
> Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving
> Dept. of Mathematics (Network Control group) Uni. of York.
> www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html
>Monza 1.29.83 Eagle
>Nurb 8.59.21 Brabham
>Spa 3.26.00 Eagle
>Are these times good enough to have a go at racing online and if so where
do
>I go to get hooked up?
>Any advice appreciated
>GPL Fanatic
Joel Willstien