GPL: redo-ing my gplrank times(progress report)

I'm about 2/3rds of the way into rebuilding my GPLrank times. A new system and format of my hard drive caused me to start fresh. Most of my times...set last fall and winter were done with ABS brakes due to my LWFF brake pedals harshness. Something about the newest drivers needed for fast cpu's or something due to my system upgrade, moderated the brake pedal slightly. I'm no longer either going full speed or skidding toward the armco...while I am certainly not going to give even the moderate of ST Eldred's deciples any cause to return to protect their rankings... I am improving WITHOUT ABS about 1 to 2 seconds a track.. Rouen and the Ring saw huge improvements...And just today at Spa I took my Ferrari time and squeezed past the best Lotus time I had ever posted...progressssssss sssssllllooooowwww but steady. By the weekend I may be able to upload a fresh set of times and pass that Finn who is 10 or so seconds ahead of me... Imagine...me ahead of a Finn...will that mean he gets deported? dave henrie

There's always another Finn. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:dXsw6.637477$[email hidden]... > By the weekend I may be able to upload a fresh set of times and > pass that Finn who is 10 or so seconds ahead of me... > Imagine...me ahead of a Finn...will that mean he gets deported?

Need to work on that ring time. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:dXsw6.637477$[email hidden]... > I'm about 2/3rds of the way into rebuilding my GPLrank times.<snip> > pass that Finn who is 10 or so seconds ahead of me... > Imagine...me ahead of a Finn...will that mean he gets deported? > dave henrie

"Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:o1tw6.68329$[email hidden]... : There's always another Finn. : LOL!

NO he doesn't . . . If he fixes that one time he will prolly catch me and am I stuck racing F3 right now!!! :-) SLG "Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Need to work on that ring time. > >"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:dXsw6.637477$[email hidden]... >> I'm about 2/3rds of the way into rebuilding my GPLrank times. ><snip> >> pass that Finn who is 10 or so seconds ahead of me... >> Imagine...me ahead of a Finn...will that mean he gets deported? >> dave henrie > > >

(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are due to too many English classes/teachers)

>I stuck racing F3 right now!!! :-) F3 at the ring is quite challenging. Only a select few drivers have broken 10:00 (or 9:00 in F2 for that matter). Join us! rms [email hidden]

rms, if you start spending as much time improving your other times as much as you have your Ring time, you should be in -10 territory in no time! p.s. Hey, update your Handicap History please - I'd like to see your graph! "Roger Squires" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9a02no$4gug$[email hidden]...

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> >I stuck racing F3 right now!!! :-) > > F3 at the ring is quite challenging. Only a select few drivers have > broken 10:00 (or 9:00 in F2 for that matter). Join us! > > rms > [email hidden]

Whoah! Didn't know about handicap history (haven't been to GPLRank for a few months), what a cool feature. Mine looks like the steep side of Everest :) That big drop at the end was courtesy of switching pedals (from LWFF to MSPRW) and lots of good advice from Malcolm Edeson and a few other people. "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qdMw6.71432$[email hidden]... > rms, if you start spending as much time improving your other times as much > as you have your Ring time, you should be in -10 territory in no time! > > p.s. Hey, update your Handicap History please - I'd like to see yourgraph!

Well you can rest easy...I have 3 tracks where I have not improved, but the rest I did...a net gain of 14 seconds or so....Say adios to the Finn but you Steve are still well and truly ahead of me... Of course I do have to complain...most of the GPL regulars took my return to the track in stride...even Surtees left me alone..but EECKS(Icks) and Pedro Rodriquez seemed to be personally out to get me...twice at Mosport Icks ran me off the back straight.. Pedro would cruise around until I caught him at several venues and then play road block for the rest of the session. I had a really really good lap going at Kyalami that Icks ruined at the last turn... But at Mexico he was too late....I set my fast lap(pastya there STeve) and then caught up to him on the straight...however the draft didn't really kick in until I was right up on him and I got pulled into his wheels...I have a nice tga of him shaking his fist at my 3 wheeled Ferrari that is sitting a hundred yards in the distance... My fast lap at Mexico only happened because I blew turn one...I got into the turn late and the back end started comming around..I was almost 90 degrees sideways all through the decreasing radius of turn one....the armco was get close, the corner was getting tighter and I had already curled up in a fetal position waiting for the big bang....when suddenly the wheels gripped and I found myself pointing perfectly at the straight line through the chicane...pure chance ...NEVER be able to duplicate that first turn... dave henrie "Steve Garrotto" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> NO he doesn't . . . If he fixes that one time he will prolly catch me > and am I stuck racing F3 right now!!! :-) > > SLG > > "Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Need to work on that ring time. > > > >"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:dXsw6.637477$[email hidden]... > >> I'm about 2/3rds of the way into rebuilding my GPLrank times. > ><snip> > >> pass that Finn who is 10 or so seconds ahead of me... > >> Imagine...me ahead of a Finn...will that mean he gets deported? > >> dave henrie > > > > > > > > > (All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new > and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are > due to too many English classes/teachers) > >

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 07:06:43 GMT, [email hidden] (Todd Walker) wrote:

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>Hey, I finally found somebody that I am comparable to! I just added >you to my buddy list Dave (hope you don't mind ;-) > >I downloaded Alison's setups the other day and it has renewed my >interest in GPL -- actually that is an understatement -- it has made >the damn game PLAYABLE and ENJOYABLE for me, finally! My current rank >is 182.250 but I haven't concentrated on the Ring or Mosport yet. Back >to back, I am ahead of you on 3 tracks and you are ahead on 8. Total >difference is 53.350 seconds in your favor. I'm workin on ya Dave! > >Todd > >Todd Walker >twalker at jam dot rr dot com >http://twalker.d2g.com

Err.. Todd... chosing someone with a 53.3 seconds lower handicap is not really a comparable buddy :) Andre

> So, I know what I need to work on now. I like having something to shootfor and >right now, it's beating Dave! ;-)

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> > Todd Walker > > Warringa) wrote: > > >Err.. Todd... chosing someone with a 53.3 seconds lower handicap is > >not really a comparable buddy :) > >Andre

Yeah take it easy on him Andre...We slugs have to stick together..if he wants to use me as a target, then thats fine. Lord knows if he passes me on the rankings then he'll be just one of another 1700 + guys...:) dave henrie

"Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:olvw6.2321$[email hidden]... > Need to work on that ring time. will 29 seconds be enough improvement for now? :) dave henrie

Hehe. Very impressive :) You'd be amazed how quick you can improve if you keep playing regularly, say maybe >10 hours gpl a week for the next month and I wouldn't be surprised to see your rank down to +50, seriously. Getting under 9 minutes at the ring can be a real struggle though, particularly with those pedals on the LWFF. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bgex6.650652$[email hidden]... > > will 29 seconds be enough improvement for now? :) > dave henrie