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GPL and lap timing

8 posts by 7 people · 26 Apr 2001 11:09 UTC - 02 May 2001 06:07 UTC

ants 26 Apr 2001 11:09 UTC#188754
I don't know if anyone has noticed, but you are driving around, and then crash or go of the road, the lap timing doesn't seem to reflect this. It's like it stops until you get back on the road. Is something wrong with the lap timing in GPL? Thanks, Anthony
ants wrote:
Quoted text (9 lines)> > I don't know if anyone has noticed, but you are driving around, and then > crash or go of the road, > the lap timing doesn't seem to reflect this. It's like it stops until you > get back on the road. > > Is something wrong with the lap timing in GPL? > > Thanks, Anthony
Are you implying that your times for a fast clean lap are the same as if you crash 3 or 4 times? If that was the case wouldn't newbies be doing 7 min ring laps in the cov? I think you need to drive faster :) btw, depends on the track. A crash at Watkins Glen means a 1.15-1.20 lap instead of a 1.07 but if you crash at Nurburgring, the circuit is so long that you can sometimes pick up the time over the rest of the lap. Kev
oz 26 Apr 2001 12:17 UTC↳ reply to ants#188763
are you getting confused with you laptime being given to you and the end of the lap, and not at the end of the next lap...... oz. "ants" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:RlTF6.17689$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (10 lines)> I don't know if anyone has noticed, but you are driving around, and then > crash or go of the road, > the lap timing doesn't seem to reflect this. It's like it stops until you > get back on the road. > > Is something wrong with the lap timing in GPL? > > Thanks, Anthony > >
"ants" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:RlTF6.17689$[email hidden]... > I don't know if anyone has noticed, but you are driving around, andthen > crash or go of the road, > the lap timing doesn't seem to reflect this. It's like it stopsuntil you > get back on the road. > > Is something wrong with the lap timing in GPL? > > Thanks, Anthony >No - I wonder if you might be being confused by the pitboard showing the time for your previous lap - unless you make the tweaks shown here: http://www.cyberjeans.de/gpl/Pitboard.htm You can always check that by viewing replays (which also will show the laptime previous to the one you are watching, of course). I am quite sure my times include "off"s. (That pitboard thing is taking realism a bit too far - after all, realism demands that I should have several broken legs by now!. I would love an onboard timer like GP3 - especially during races, where you get nowt at all!). -- Laurence Wilmer [email hidden] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.250 / Virus Database: 123 - Release Date: 18/04/01
"ants" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:RlTF6.17689$[email hidden]... > I don't know if anyone has noticed, but you are driving around, and then > crash or go of the road, > the lap timing doesn't seem to reflect this. It's like it stops until you > get back on the road. > Doesn't happen here. If I crash or go cross country rallying, my lap times suffer like you wouldn't believe.
The time shown to you on your pit board is for the previous lap, not the current lap. Randy ants <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:RlTF6.17689$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (10 lines)> I don't know if anyone has noticed, but you are driving around, and then > crash or go of the road, > the lap timing doesn't seem to reflect this. It's like it stops until you > get back on the road. > > Is something wrong with the lap timing in GPL? > > Thanks, Anthony > >
I know three people have already provided the answer to this question, but hey, it wouldn't be usenet it we didn't have ten people unnecessarily posting the same thing ;) The lap time is not for the lap you just finished, but for the one before that, seriously. The reason - no instant digital timing in 1967. If you want to know the time of the lap you've just done, hit F2 and have a look. "ants" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:RlTF6.17689$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (10 lines)> I don't know if anyone has noticed, but you are driving around, and then > crash or go of the road, > the lap timing doesn't seem to reflect this. It's like it stops until you > get back on the road. > > Is something wrong with the lap timing in GPL? > > Thanks, Anthony > >
Thanks all. I worked it out straight after I posted this message. When you are used to GP2/3, these things are the furthest from your mind. Thanks all again "Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ppZF6.20$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (13 lines)> I know three people have already provided the answer to this question, but > hey, it wouldn't be usenet it we didn't have ten people unnecessarily > posting the same thing ;) > > The lap time is not for the lap you just finished, but for the one before > that, seriously. The reason - no instant digital timing in 1967. If you > want to know the time of the lap you've just done, hit F2 and have a look. > > "ants" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:RlTF6.17689$[email hidden]... > > I don't know if anyone has noticed, but you are driving around, and then > > crash or go of the road, > > the lap timing doesn't seem to reflect this. It's like it stops until
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Quoted text (9 lines)> > get back on the road. > > > > Is something wrong with the lap timing in GPL? > > > > Thanks, Anthony > > > > > >

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