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GPL Rank Question

Murray Shield

GPL Rank Question

by Murray Shield » Thu, 05 Jul 2001 17:57:37

How many times have YOU repeated your best time? If you never have, does
THAT time deserve to be on GPLRank?

Ditto... :-)

Muzza

Murray Shield

GPL Rank Question

by Murray Shield » Thu, 05 Jul 2001 18:00:22



> > I am very close on a number of circuits (0.09 behind on Silverstone, for
> > example) but sometimes a margin like that *seems* impossible. Of course,
the
> > biggest thing that I can do to improve my GPL Rank is to spend a month
at
> > the 'Ring.

> Muzza,

> If you really want to beat the Papy times at Silverstone and WG, get a
> hold of Maxx's GPLEGS program.(I think thats what he calls it.) I don't
> have the URL or Maxx's email handy, but if you give him a shout on RAS
> he's usually around. Using his methods have helped me tremendously,
> especially at tracks like the aforementioned ones. I believe I dropped
> about 12 seconds of my GPL handicap after 2 weeks in Maxx's program.
> Also, get yourself a GPL Monsters Rank. Driving all the cars on all the
> tracks did something for me that I can't explain. All I know is I
> dropped about 5 seconds off my handicap in one weekend(went from +47 to
> +42), and beat the stink out of all my Lotus PB's driving the Eagle.
> Prior to last weekend, I had only used the Eagle at Spa and Monza. That
> car is fast EVERYWHERE!

Downloading now... Thanks...

Hehe.

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Joakim Lauridse

GPL Rank Question

by Joakim Lauridse » Thu, 05 Jul 2001 19:46:39



> Hi Murray. The answer is a definite no. As far as GPLRank is concerned,
editing
> your player.ini file to do anything except delete bogus/warped times is
> seriously frowned upon.

So how do one go about deleting a warped time without losing ones previous
PB?

Joakim, who is very new to GPL, and haven't even got a GPLRank yet...

Eldre

GPL Rank Question

by Eldre » Fri, 06 Jul 2001 01:30:53


Doesn't almost everyone have a time ot two that they can't beat anymore?  I
know *I* do.  That's the definition of 'personal best'...

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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Don Scurlo

GPL Rank Question

by Don Scurlo » Fri, 06 Jul 2001 02:10:45



It's typical for most of us to plateau in our progress for long periods.  It
seems like you'll never get any better, then one day all that work pays off and
you break through to a new level of speed. It will happen. Racing REALLY helps
the motivation, try to get involved with an online league.

You got that right Murray ;-) And I promise you, when you've put in enough time
at the Ring that you can drive it in your head it will become you favorite
track. There's no secret to it, just put in the laps.  You'll progess faster
there if you don't push it, just drive slow and stay on the road until you
know it by heart.

--
Don Scurlock
Vancouver,B.C.

GPLRank      -14.06
MonsterRank 104.55

Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site
http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

SpeedFree

GPL Rank Question

by SpeedFree » Fri, 06 Jul 2001 04:38:41

Realistic answer:
Many GPLrank administrators read this newsgroup, so if you try to put that
time into your player.ini manually, they will now be on the look out for it.
I would advise that you take the advice given in here and set another
legitimate time, rather than edit the file to reproduce the time you lost.

Lol SpeedFreek

Lee Wee Leon

GPL Rank Question

by Lee Wee Leon » Fri, 06 Jul 2001 16:36:31

Well, it was stated sometime ago on this board that it is possible to edit
the player.ini, but I don't really know if the moderators at gplrank allow
this. So I'm not telling how. Perhaps the moderators/administrators would
like to comment?

Wee Leong


Gary Stephenso

GPL Rank Question

by Gary Stephenso » Sat, 07 Jul 2001 17:16:18

Muzza,

As per my original post to your original post, I lost 3 PB's when my
system crashed while I tried to save the replays. I was able to better
two of them, but not the third...in fact, I can't get within 1 second
it. (I don't try to save my PB replays anymore.) I was on a roll this
past weekend, driving GPL 6 to 8 hours a day doing the Monsters thing.
It paid off big when I finally drove a hot car like the Eagle. (I
started off with the BRM, then Honda, then Cooper, but I stayed away
from the Lotus, which is what I had most of my PB's with.)
Now most of my PB's are with the Eagle, even at Monaco and The Ring,
which I thought were 2 tracks that the Eagle sucked at! The bottom line
is keep driving. If you're not making any progress at one track, switch
cars. If that doesn't help, switch tracks. If you follow Maxx's advice,
you should get under Papy's time at Watkins Glen real soon. Silverstone
is a the same way, not only will you get under Papy, but if you're real
smooth, you can beat 1:30! Ease in, a good line, and fast out equals a
good lap time. That helps at Spa too, by the way...easier said than
done! Just keep driving and your GPL handicap will drop!(As long as you
listen to Maxx.) Listen to Maxx! I gotta go.

Gary


> > Please don't take this the wrong way, because I am not trying to be a
> > ***, but if you are unable to repeat that performance, do you
> > really deserve to have it up on GPLRank?

> How many times have YOU repeated your best time? If you never have, does
> THAT time deserve to be on GPLRank?

> > Just food for thought...

> Ditto... :-)

> Muzza


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