LOL! Good to hear that I'm not the only one having trouble stringing
together a series of good laps at the Ring!!
;-)
-- JB
In article <Icxo5.1347$[email hidden]>,
"Roger Squires" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> >But for some
> > reason I can't seem to string 2 laps together.
>
> Just a gentle suggestion: stick with one lap! I've been looking at a
> two-lap race of mine with GPLAnalyzer (cool program) and it lookslike the
> flying start of the second lap accounts for about 4seconds, with a few
> seconds more gained later in the track. So assuming you're consistent
> there's not much to be gained running two laps anyway. I think thewarm
> tires thing is nothing to worry about at our level.
>
> What *is* valuable is practising starts and pushing to keep on theai's tail
> all the way to the flugplatz straight and beyond, and repeating ituntil
> you're good at it. I'm pretty sure you get credit for the first lapof a
> race if you quit after the pit board comes up in the pit area, sothere's no
> shame in restarting the race if the ai has left you behind.
>
> I have yet to try the RingTrainer, but it might be good for practising
> sections farther along in the track. If you're like me and restartthe race
> after a wreck, you see the front half of the track more than the backhalf.
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Before you buy.
Is it possible to move the start point of a *race* in GPL (not the pit
box but the starting grid)? I have been using Roger Squires idea of
following the AI around the Ring to learn the track. But for some
reason I can't seen to string 2 laps together. Since I only seem to be
good for 1 lap I could use the hack that moves the pits to
Antoniusbusche so I'd have warm tires and be up to speed by the start
but this is only good for training, so no AI to follow. If it were
possible to start the race at Antoniusbusche then I'd be able to have
both. Is it simply a matter of editing the grid positions in the
track.ini so the grid forms at Antoniusbusche? Even if the starter was
still at the line I'd only have to wait for the AI cars to move and then
I'd have all of Antoniusbusche to draft them. Before I start mucking
about with it, has anyone tried this ?
--
Ken MacKay
Halifax, Canada
GPL Handicap +86.02
>But for some
> reason I can't seem to string 2 laps together.
Just a gentle suggestion: stick with one lap! I've been looking at a
two-lap race of mine with GPLAnalyzer (cool program) and it looks like the
flying start of the second lap accounts for about 4seconds, with a few
seconds more gained later in the track. So assuming you're consistent
there's not much to be gained running two laps anyway. I think the warm
tires thing is nothing to worry about at our level.
What *is* valuable is practising starts and pushing to keep on the ai's tail
all the way to the flugplatz straight and beyond, and repeating it until
you're good at it. I'm pretty sure you get credit for the first lap of a
race if you quit after the pit board comes up in the pit area, so there's no
shame in restarting the race if the ai has left you behind.
I have yet to try the RingTrainer, but it might be good for practising
sections farther along in the track. If you're like me and restart the race
after a wreck, you see the front half of the track more than the back half.
I'm sure I lose quite a bit of time on just the turn before the final
straight, just from hardly ever seeing it. :)
rms
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