I have conquered the Ring (sort of....)

Yes, I finally did it.....made a complete lap around the Ring! Only spun 4 times! My lap time: 11:31.18 :) :) *grins like an idiot* Seriously, You can download a replay here: http://www.ultracoastercentral.com/tylereavesnurburg.zip (2MB) Any comments welcome!

"Tyler Eaves" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:1Cyk6.1261$[email hidden]... > Yes, I finally did it.....made a complete lap around the Ring! Onlyspun 4

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> times! > > My lap time: 11:31.18 :) :) > > *grins like an idiot* > > Seriously, > You can download a replay here: > http://www.ultracoastercentral.com/tylereavesnurburg.zip (2MB) > > Any comments welcome! >

Comment - as Larry Niven would say, every world should have one mountain too high to climb. Now you've gone an' climbed it.. I think I started by getting lost when I spun and going the wrong way for a while !! Also tried going backwards to begin with so as to come over the start finish in the hopes of getting the out lap counted, but it didn't work. Eventually by driving around slowly last thing every night, my time came down to 9:33 after a week. Trouble is, I can't match that again! -- Laurence Wilmer [email hidden] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.231 / Virus Database: 112 - Release Date: 12/02/01

DUDE!!! SWEET!!! Time to get back on that horse once I can break (or is that brake) 2:00 at Rouen. Last time I ran the Ring was online after not playing GPL for months (gotta go where the race is :-)). It is an amazingly great track and sooooo much fun--but soooo soooo difficult. Chris "Tyler Eaves" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:1Cyk6.1261$[email hidden]...

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> Yes, I finally did it.....made a complete lap around the Ring! Only spun 4 > times! > > My lap time: 11:31.18 :) :) > > *grins like an idiot* > > Seriously, > You can download a replay here: > http://www.ultracoastercentral.com/tylereavesnurburg.zip (2MB) > > Any comments welcome! > >

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> Yes, I finally did it.....made a complete lap around the Ring! Only spun 4 > times! > > My lap time: 11:31.18 :) :) > > *grins like an idiot* >

Congrats. I won't annoy you with my PB<g>, but stick with it. I HATED the Ring at first, but I quite like it now. Its still not much of a "race track", but it is an interesting challenge. One piece of advice... learn where "not" to push. --MikeE

Those new to the ring really should give FG and FD cars a try. The #1 problem people have here is braking too late or applying too much throttle on exits, with frustrating spins and crashes as the result. Remove the huge motors and suddenly you have a car with which you can concentrate on the most important thing, the line, without simultaneously having to worry about controlling the power. If you are doing 11min laps in F1 now, you can beat that the first time out in FG. You can get GEM at http://website.lineone.net/~richardn/#Intro This is a slightly older version, the newest one is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vroc-f2 tho you'll need to join to get it. FG setups are at http://www.kimshew.com/GMSS/F3/formula3.htm and FD setups at http://estori85.free.fr/ rms [email hidden]