rec.autos.simulators

> Ok, I am not good at Monaco. Correction - I am not good anywhere -
> 1:53 mexico is about my best showing. Anyway, I thought I'd
seriously
> attack this track from afresh, as my PB was a 1:34.9 in the Brabham.
> So, follow the same routine as any other track - a dozen laps in the
> Cooper, followed by a dozen in the Eagle, then on to Lotus - usual
> plan.
> Cooper - consistent but slow - 1:37s, not many spins.
> Eagle - now we're moving and its more stable - almost making the
apex
> in the twisty bits (what IS the plural of "apex"?). 1:34.01 - that's
a
> PB! Power on a bit earlier and we'll be in the 1:33s - up the hill,
> tail slides, into the guard rail and my Eagle is gyrating over the
> Mediterranean at a fixed height. "Click" and we're suddenly back at
> Windows desktop - GPL has NEVER before done that to me.
> No problem for a good driver who just remembers his line that time,
> restarts and repeats, but what use is that to me?
> Back out can NOT get a clean lap in the Eagle again... duh!
> Not looking for anything but sympathy!

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> Laurence Wilmer

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> Ok, I am not good at Monaco. Correction - I am not good anywhere -
> 1:53 mexico is about my best showing. Anyway, I thought I'd seriously
> attack this track from afresh, as my PB was a 1:34.9 in the Brabham.
> So, follow the same routine as any other track - a dozen laps in the
> Cooper, followed by a dozen in the Eagle, then on to Lotus - usual
> plan.
> Cooper - consistent but slow - 1:37s, not many spins.
> Eagle - now we're moving and its more stable - almost making the apex
> in the twisty bits (what IS the plural of "apex"?). 1:34.01 - that's a
> PB! Power on a bit earlier and we'll be in the 1:33s - up the hill,
> tail slides, into the guard rail and my Eagle is gyrating over the
> Mediterranean at a fixed height. "Click" and we're suddenly back at
> Windows desktop - GPL has NEVER before done that to me.
> No problem for a good driver who just remembers his line that time,
> restarts and repeats, but what use is that to me?
> Back out can NOT get a clean lap in the Eagle again... duh!
> Not looking for anything but sympathy!

> > Ok, I am not good at Monaco. Correction - I am not good anywhere -
> > 1:53 mexico is about my best showing. Anyway, I thought I'd
seriously
> > attack this track from afresh, as my PB was a 1:34.9 in the
Brabham.
> > So, follow the same routine as any other track - a dozen laps in
the
> > Cooper, followed by a dozen in the Eagle, then on to Lotus - usual
> > plan.
> > Cooper - consistent but slow - 1:37s, not many spins.
> > Eagle - now we're moving and its more stable - almost making the
apex
> > in the twisty bits (what IS the plural of "apex"?). 1:34.01 -
that's a
> > PB! Power on a bit earlier and we'll be in the 1:33s - up the
hill,
> > tail slides, into the guard rail and my Eagle is gyrating over the
> > Mediterranean at a fixed height. "Click" and we're suddenly back
at
> > Windows desktop - GPL has NEVER before done that to me.
> > No problem for a good driver who just remembers his line that
time,
> > restarts and repeats, but what use is that to me?
> > Back out can NOT get a clean lap in the Eagle again... duh!
> > Not looking for anything but sympathy!

> Hi Laurence,

> Personally I'd dump the eagle.
> It's very long and wide and a bit too big for monaco. Try the
Brabham
> again or maybe the nimble ferrari. They're much more suited to the
tight corners.

> There's a good Ferrari setup on the LOR track guide page