Re: A newbies GPLRank

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>EldredP wrote: >> >> Wanna hear something funny? I've been trying to get a couple friends of >mine >> to learn GPL, so I could race them. They're both scared to race - they >think >> *I'm* too good... LOL! >> >> Eldred >> -- > Careful Eldred, you may get that awful result when you finally >get them to try it...you know the feeling of watching them >use the keyboard and blitz your best times after their first >or second time... :) >dave henrie >

I'm not worried about that - they're too chicken...<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Own Grand Prix Legends? http://www.vroc.net Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <8i55um$j2i$[email hidden]>, "cyrille vanlerberghe" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Arrrgh! You are fast, Ken! Definitely faster than me, anyway ;-) (and I have >had GPL for over a year) >Hopefully, as you say, JP Hovercraft is still here at the bottom of the list >to make us feel better. Thank you JP! (I have seen, Eldred's times, this guy >is really too fast for us!) >It may be very mean, but I really pray that JP never gets his celeron! With >this kind of machine, he will swiftly beat my poor ranking... <G> >Cyrille >

Wanna hear something funny? I've been trying to get a couple friends of mine to learn GPL, so I could race them. They're both scared to race - they think *I'm* too good... LOL! Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Own Grand Prix Legends? http://www.vroc.net Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <[email hidden]>, "J. P. Hovercraft" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>...so this Zen monk walks in to a pizzaria, walks up to the counter and >says, "Make me one with everything..." > >(later) > >...so the monk gets his pizza, hands the guy behind the counter a $50.00 >bill. The guy says, "Thanks." and puts the fifty in the till and closes >the drawer. The monk hesitates a moment and then says, "Wait! What about >my change?" The guy behind the counter smiles serenely and says, "Aaahhh, >change must come from within." >

Cool... :) Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Own Grand Prix Legends? http://www.vroc.net Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

OK, Don, I'm giving that a whirl. I spent an hour this evening at The Ring and took 56 seconds off the PB there, with lots of room to go. I can feel now that it can be done faster. Just 110 from my nearest competition now...8^). BTW, thanks for the kind words about the tune. Tomorrow's a studio night so no driving for me tomorrow. This weekend's pretty tight too, what with the GP in Montreal and Le Mans on Speedvision...but the big change is that I can really -feel- that the speed will come. It's there, I just have to reach it. It didn't seem do-able with the automatic transmission. (BTW, I ditched the throttle and braking help as soon as I installed GPL lo these many moons ago.) My thanks to you and all the others providing morale support. ...so this Zen monk walks in to a pizzaria, walks up to the counter and says, "Make me one with everything..." (later) ...so the monk gets his pizza, hands the guy behind the counter a $50.00 bill. The guy says, "Thanks." and puts the fifty in the till and closes the drawer. The monk hesitates a moment and then says, "Wait! What about my change?" The guy behind the counter smiles serenely and says, "Aaahhh, change must come from within." J. P. Hovercraft Don Scurlock wrote:

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> [email hidden] (J. P. Hovercraft) wrote in > <[email hidden]>: > > > > >P.S. An update from day 2 of manual shifting: - Finally got around > >Spa without crashing out...and took -8- seconds of my PB there. > >Another 1/4 second off Monza...and the Lotus is starting to feel > >drivable...hmmmm...8^). > > Hey J.P. Way to go. A bit of advice after checking your times. STOP > driving all other tracks. Go directly to the Nurburgring. Do not stop > driving until you can see the turns in your sleep. It's definitely a > mouthful, but it's oh so satisfying when you get it down. Just drive > lots of laps, real slow, ok, even slower ;-) and look at the scenery. > It's a nice way to learn it. I went to your site and listened to your > new tune: http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/marrfield/11/holdon.ram > Excellent! Your obviously spending way to much time practicing music. > It must be getting in the way of your gpl driving ;-) -- > Don Scurlock > Vancouver,B.C. > GPLRank -1.90 > > Come see how you rate, at the GPLRank site > http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/

This new GPLRank is very motivating to practice all the original tracks again (I was mostly playing the converted tracks since the coverter was released). The only track I allmost never drove was Mosport, so to get my handicap a little lower I had to practice this one. Very fun but frustrating track, I'm down to 1:25.xx now. I did a 8:20 on the Ring more than a year ago, but later I got some warped times on my record list, didn't know about editing the player.ini, so to remove the warped times I deleted my best laps list. To get my handicap down I had to set a new pb on the Ring also. Practiced yesterday, a lap or 10, and my fastest lap was 8:33. I don't know how the hell I did that 8:20 lap more than a year ago... I hope every GPL driver will join the list, some big names are missing now (Woeger for example). Andre

I've read that wraped lap time only occurs in multiplayer games . True ? If true why don't just use 2 different user in GPL, one for single player and another for multiplayer, so no more wrapped lap times in GPLRank. For me the problem is simple, i don't have internet at home and don't have the pleasure to beat real player :o( But i'm really friend with mister John "i take all the place in your mirrors" Surtees :o) Seb Andre Warringa wrote:

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> This new GPLRank is very motivating to practice all the original > tracks again (I was mostly playing the converted tracks since the > coverter was released). The only track I allmost never drove was > Mosport, so to get my handicap a little lower I had to practice this > one. Very fun but frustrating track, I'm down to 1:25.xx now. > > I did a 8:20 on the Ring more than a year ago, but later I got some > warped times on my record list, didn't know about editing the > player.ini, so to remove the warped times I deleted my best laps list. > > To get my handicap down I had to set a new pb on the Ring also. > Practiced yesterday, a lap or 10, and my fastest lap was 8:33. > I don't know how the hell I did that 8:20 lap more than a year ago... > > I hope every GPL driver will join the list, some big names are missing > now (Woeger for example). > > Andre

Arrrgh! You are fast, Ken! Definitely faster than me, anyway ;-) (and I have had GPL for over a year) Hopefully, as you say, JP Hovercraft is still here at the bottom of the list to make us feel better. Thank you JP! (I have seen, Eldred's times, this guy is really too fast for us!) It may be very mean, but I really pray that JP never gets his celeron! With this kind of machine, he will swiftly beat my poor ranking... <G> Cyrille Ken MacKay <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message : [email hidden]...

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> Just had to tell someone that I actually came in at 172.24! I know its > still slow but I just spent a couple hours this afternoon trying Mexico, > Mosport, Monaco, and Zandvoort for the first time and a a hour at the > Ring the other night. I've only had GPL for 3 months so I know I have a > lot more to come (eg.a few hundred laps at Monza and I'm actually below > 1:30). > > Sorry for the bragging. I just needed to tell somebody. > > PS Cyrille, I actually thought I'd be at the bottom of the list, but > there's always JP (at least until he gets his new system) <G> > > Ken MacKay > Halifax Canada >

writes: Cool... :) Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Own Grand Prix Legends? http://www.vroc.net Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>I don't know how the hell I did that 8:20 > lap more than a year ago... I contemplated deleting all my best laps and starting again to give a more honest ranking based on my *current* abilities rather than the best times I've had over the last two years. But I'm not doing it unless everyone else does it at the same time <g>. Andrew "my ranking's better than I am" McP

EldredP wrote:

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> > Wanna hear something funny? I've been trying to get a couple friends of mine > to learn GPL, so I could race them. They're both scared to race - they think > *I'm* too good... LOL! > > Eldred > --

Careful Eldred, you may get that awful result when you finally get them to try it...you know the feeling of watching them use the keyboard and blitz your best times after their first or second time... :) dave henrie

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>>I don't know how the hell I did that 8:20 >> lap more than a year ago... > >I contemplated deleting all my best laps and starting again to give a more >honest ranking based on my *current* abilities rather than the best times >I've had over the last two years. > >But I'm not doing it unless everyone else does it at the same time <g>. > >Andrew "my ranking's better than I am" McP >

I thought about the same thing. Maybe keeping one install for just 'offline' races, so I don't have to worry about warps, or anything... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. 2:12.80 minutes GPLRank:333 and falling.. Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

I had a friend over on Friday who was curious about FF in games. So I let him try GPL @Monza... <vwg>. Eventhough I drove the car out of the pits and gave him control on the straight, he didn't make it to Curva Grande without spinning (F3, BTW). I think Eldred (and the rest of us simracers) are safe for the time being. ;-) Seriously, every game genre has it's learning curve... which takes a mixture of talent (none present here) and determination/fascination with the subject (got loads of that) to overcome. Anyone taking the time to come to grips with racing simulations and competing is a worthy addition to the community, IMO. Jan. =--- Dave Henrie wrote... <snip> > Careful Eldred, you may get that awful result when you finally > get them to try it...you know the feeling of watching them > use the keyboard and blitz your best times after their first > or second time... :) > dave henrie

> Maybe keeping one install for just 'offline' races, so > I don't have to worry about warps, or anything... I don't have any warped times in my list, it's just that I'm not as fast as I used to be! Not far off, but on a day to day basis I can't get very close to my best laps at all :-) Andrew McP