GPLRank - mixed feelings

Well, I've fought my rank down from a laughable 259.74 to a still-pathetic 131.25, and you thought that would feel good, wouldn't you? Well, it did for a while, until the supposed benchmark for us slowpokes, a certain Mr Pickett, ups his rank again and gets ever closer to the magical minus figure, thus making a complete mockery of the St. Eldred's Cup! If you're reading this, sir, I sincerely hope you DON'T get lucky at the 'Ring!!! <g> So I suppose, for the moment, my goals should be: Make 107% or better against the Papy benchmarks (Kyalami, Mosport and <cringe> Nurburgring still to do) Drop my rank to less than 100 (the above should sort that) Try and beat at least ONE of Eldred's times (please stop driving at the Glen and Monza!) Ho hum. p.s. Eldred: when are you going to upload your Monza p.b. lap on your site?? Jonesy Remove "ANTISPAM" when replying. GPLRANK (cough) 131.25

In article <VwLX6.45616$[email hidden]>, "Craig Jones" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Well, I've fought my rank down from a laughable 259.74 to a still-pathetic >131.25, and you thought that would feel good, wouldn't you? > >Well, it did for a while, until the supposed benchmark for us slowpokes, a >certain Mr Pickett, ups his rank again and gets ever closer to the magical >minus figure, thus making a complete mockery of the St. Eldred's Cup! If >you're reading this, sir, I sincerely hope you DON'T get lucky at the >'Ring!!! <g> >

I checked the 'best theoretical lap' in ReplayAnalyzer. My current PB is 8:32. My perfect lap at the Ring would only be 8:30. Not much of an improvement... :(

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>So I suppose, for the moment, my goals should be: > >Make 107% or better against the Papy benchmarks (Kyalami, Mosport and ><cringe> Nurburgring still to do) > >Drop my rank to less than 100 (the above should sort that) > >Try and beat at least ONE of Eldred's times (please stop driving at the Glen >and Monza!) > >Ho hum. > >p.s. Eldred: when are you going to upload your Monza p.b. lap on your site??

I didn't realize it wasn't there...? <checks website files> There's already a Lotus lap of 1:29.21, and a BRM lap of...slower than that.<g> Were you looking for another car? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~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... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Craig, One comment! :-) Everything is relative & subjective to each of us! "Craig Jones" wrote:

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| Well, I've fought my rank down from a laughable 259.74 to a still-pathetic | 131.25, and you thought that would feel good, wouldn't you? | | Well, it did for a while, until the supposed benchmark for us slowpokes, a | certain Mr Pickett, ups his rank again and gets ever closer to the magical | minus figure, thus making a complete mockery of the St. Eldred's Cup! If | you're reading this, sir, I sincerely hope you DON'T get lucky at the | 'Ring!!! <g> | | So I suppose, for the moment, my goals should be: | | Make 107% or better against the Papy benchmarks (Kyalami, Mosport and | <cringe> Nurburgring still to do) | | Drop my rank to less than 100 (the above should sort that) | | Try and beat at least ONE of Eldred's times (please stop driving at the

Glen | and Monza!) | | Ho hum. | | p.s. Eldred: when are you going to upload your Monza p.b. lap on yoursite??

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| | Jonesy | | Remove "ANTISPAM" when replying. | | GPLRANK (cough) 131.25 | |

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"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I didn't realize it wasn't there...? > <checks website files> > There's already a Lotus lap of 1:29.21, and a BRM lap of...slower thanthat.<g> > Were you looking for another car? >Er, isn't your new pb (with the Lotus) a 01:28.66?

In article <L5OX6.47470$[email hidden]>, "Craig Jones" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... > >> I didn't realize it wasn't there...? >> <checks website files> >> There's already a Lotus lap of 1:29.21, and a BRM lap of...slower than >that.<g> >> Were you looking for another car? >> >Er, isn't your new pb (with the Lotus) a 01:28.66? > >

Shit...would you believe I FORGOT about that....? Uh, I'll see what I can do... :) Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~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... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"Craig Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:VwLX6.45616$[email hidden]... > Well, I've fought my rank down from a laughable 259.74 to astill-pathetic > 131.25, and you thought that would feel good, wouldn't you? > > Well, it did for a while, until the supposed benchmark for usslowpokes, a > certain Mr Pickett, ups his rank again and gets ever closer to themagical > minus figure, thus making a complete mockery of the St. Eldred'sCup! If > you're reading this, sir, I sincerely hope you DON'T get lucky atthe > 'Ring!!! <g> > > So I suppose, for the moment, my goals should be: > > Make 107% or better against the Papy benchmarks (Kyalami, Mosportand > <cringe> Nurburgring still to do) > > Drop my rank to less than 100 (the above should sort that) > > Try and beat at least ONE of Eldred's times (please stop driving atthe Glen > and Monza!) > > Ho hum. > > p.s. Eldred: when are you going to upload your Monza p.b. lap onyour site??

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> > Jonesy > > Remove "ANTISPAM" when replying. > > GPLRANK (cough) 131.25 >

Would it cheer you to hear that in my view anyone under 1:30 at Monza is fast? (This track needs no memory, just pure driver skill - I'm stuck at 1:31!). Drive Rouen, Mexico, Spa, Kyalami and Mosport and you're going to be rocketing past my 110 rank into double figures. Alternatively, having made 107%, this gives you the right to race. I find I put up better times racing than tooling around on my own - a blue Honda coming up behind does wonders for motivation - "No! I'll not have that tank in front of me!" -- Laurence Wilmer [email hidden] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.256 / Virus Database: 129 - Release Date: 31/05/01

> I checked the 'best theoretical lap' in ReplayAnalyzer. My current PB is8:32. > My perfect lap at the Ring would only be 8:30. Not much of animprovement... haha come on eldred, all that option does is remove vertical glitches in playbacks, in other words start attacking the track more and your times will drop. rms [email hidden]

EldredP wrote: > I checked the 'best theoretical lap' in ReplayAnalyzer. My current PB is 8:32. > My perfect lap at the Ring would only be 8:30. Not much of an improvement... > :( > Funny you should mention that. I had a PB of 8:30.4x for seemingly ages with a theoretical PB (sector based) of 8:29.xx. Next time I had a good lap (lots of laps later) I did my current 8:28.48 with a bad 4th sector. Damn, 2 seconds lost there. :-( I did make two changes: 1) Fully linear steering with 0% deadzones and 13:1! (Yes, it works!) 2) Attacking out of corners instead of trying to brake really late. (Thanx Maxx). Btw, you are within striking range of Jan "M-16" Verschueren. Cheers, Jens

In article <9gqlie$cim2$[email hidden]>, "Roger Squires" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>> I checked the 'best theoretical lap' in ReplayAnalyzer. My current PB is >8:32. >> My perfect lap at the Ring would only be 8:30. Not much of an >improvement... > >haha come on eldred, all that option does is remove vertical glitches in >playbacks, in other words start attacking the track more and your times will >drop. >

How can you attack the track MORE when you're just barely hanging on as it IS? I don't see(right now) how I can get through it any faster. Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~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... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.