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People keep telling me to brake *earlier*...

Eldred
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Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
Homepage - http://www.racesimcentral.net/~epickett
F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59...

Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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Hey, I just took a few days off myself, and did nothing but drive GPL. I
was intent on driving all the cars on all the tracks and getting a GPL
Monsters Rank. I started off with the BRM and worked my way from slowest
car to fastest car. (I avoided the Lotus, which is what most of my PB's
were with.) When I got to the Eagle the times just started dropping.
Granted, my handicap is pretty high, so I had alot of room for
improvement. I went from a handicap of +49.09 to +32.74 in one weeks
time. My biggest gain came at the Ring, where I managed to drop 12
seconds off my PB in the Eagle, and turned a 8:45. My previous best was
a 8:57 in the Lotus, and I even managed to beat that with a 8:54 in the
Honda and a 8:53 in the Cooper! Those were two cars I never drove at the
Ring before. I used either the default set-ups with less gas, or
Alison's set-ups. I've tried Huttu's set-ups, and although they go like
a banshee in a straight line and corner real well, I just can't stop
with them. I always go flying-off the road when I hit the brakes. Must
just be me 'cause everyone else loves 'em. To each there own, eh!

Get a Monsters Rank, drive the cars you hate! Hope that helps.

Gary Stephenson
GPL F1 handicap:+33
GPL F2 handicap:+141
Monsters handicap:+492

Well its been 5 days straight for me...I SWORE 2 days ago I would do
something "fun" and get away from "it"....didnt happen, its 1:00am here on
Saturday nite...(the hell started Tuesday at 3:00pm)....my wrist is stuck in
one place from shifting gears, my knees ache, and my head hurts from lack of
breathing during those "laps of a lifetime"...man life would have been so
much easier if I woulda stuck with left turns (ala N4)
Ahhh...but it IS worth it, some people golf, some gamble, I am a GPL ***.
And God..its only been a month since I got this thing! (so sue me, it took
awhile to jump in)......"awhile = 3yrs"

Greg31
+71.01.......and stuck there!

I would have KILLED for a +71 handicap after one month!!! I was just
getting below 1:40 at Monza after one month for crying out loud. In
fact, when I first got the game, there was no GPL Rank! I had to walk 14
miles in knee deep snow just to get to a computer ;-)  OK, so I sound
like my Granpa! Do the Monster thing! It will pay off. I know, I know, I
sound like my Granpa...do this, do that, blah_blah_blah.

Gary
GPL F1 handicap:+33
GLP F2 handicap:+49
Monsters handicap:+492

writes:

I would have killed for a +71 after 1.5 years...<g>  When the GPLRank came out,
I had a +137.50, IIRC.

Eldred
--
Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
Homepage - http://www.racesimcentral.net/~epickett
F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59...

Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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