After a night of GPL from a N2 fan

WOW! WOW! WOW! LAP 1 Turns 1 and 2 - This is not as difficult as everybody was saying it was going to be. - If N3 is anything like this..... WOW! Entrance to turn 3 - What is that Tan color thing. - This is GOING TO HURT!!!!! - The Asphalt sure has a nice texture, I have a VERY GOOD view of it. - Would someone please get this car off of me!!!!! - N3 is going to be one wild ride..... Straight and Turn 4 - Man this is a long straight!!!! sign? I will wait! - Turn should be at the bottom of this rise I just went over. - Split second reference to the track guide, " Brake just before you reach the crest of the hill". - Opps! - This is GOING TO HURT!!!!! - Would someone get me off this hay bale!!!! - I CAN DO THIS! N3 depends on it. Turn 5 - People! Stand back, I am coming through!!!!!!!!!! - This isn't bad!!!! - oh! I am only going 50 or so miles an hour. - I need to get back up to speed!!!! - I can go faster in a Stock Car - Like the ones that will be in N3 Turn 6 - This is cool!!!! I can steer the car with the throttle. - That will be so cool in N3. Turn 7 & 8 - Oh, we're turning the other direction. - To fast! - My foot lets off the gas all of the way.... Mind references the track guide, "be careful when letting of the gas". - Opps!!!! - I try to recover the slide/early spin. To late to recover from the SPIN. - My Mind references the track guide, "Turn into the slide and accelerate....can do a 360 and keep going" - Okay that wall was not to bad, lets get back out onto the track! - Opps! - Okay that wall was not to bad, lets get back out onto the track! - Opps! Hey, this reminds me of how I play golf!!!! ==\/\/\/\== - I wonder what the sheet metal of my N3 car would look like after that! Start/Finish Line - Hey there is the start finish line...... Lets try a GP car! :') Lets try it in a N3 car. :( (My first lap in the GP is too traumatic for me to go over again. I was not ready for it! A few highlights - You can not recover from to much accerleration out of turn 2. - You can win a gold medal for the perfect double flip double axle you will do when you hit the hay bales. - You can not catch air coming over the creast going into turn 4. - You can use your head as the rotational point for your car, so it can act like top. - And finally, for those of us who race N2, we all have alot to learn!

hmmm, Was this one of your laps or were you watching me? I got to take a break now as I am laughing so hard my stomach hurts. I have a slight shoulder seperation or Shoulder Sprain and I still cant stay out of the car to let it heal! Only hurts when I stop running laps. Best so far here is GP Lotus 1:10.9 GP2 Lotus 1:15.1 Well I am gonna go try a Triple Flip, Triple Axel while on fire over the Hay bails. >WOW! WOW! WOW! >LAP 1 >Turns 1 and 2 - This is not as difficult as everybody was >saying it was going to be. > - If N3 is anything like this..... WOW! >Entrance to turn 3 - What is that Tan color thing. > - This is GOING TO HURT!!!!! > - The Asphalt sure has a nice texture, >I have a VERY GOOD view of it. > - Would someone please get this car off

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>of me!!!!! > - N3 is going to be one wild ride..... >Straight and Turn 4 - Man this is a long straight!!!! >sign? I will wait! > - Turn should be at the bottom of this >rise I just went over. > - Split second reference to the track >guide, " Brake just before you reach the > crest of the hill". > - Opps! > - This is GOING TO HURT!!!!! > - Would someone get me off this hay >bale!!!! > - I CAN DO THIS! N3 depends on it. >Turn 5 - People! Stand back, I am coming >through!!!!!!!!!! > - This isn't bad!!!! > - oh! I am only going 50 or so miles >an hour. > - I need to get back up to speed!!!! > - I can go faster in a Stock Car -

Like >the ones that will be in N3 >Turn 6 - This is cool!!!! I can steer the car with

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>the throttle. > - That will be so cool in N3. >Turn 7 & 8 - Oh, we're turning the other direction. > - To fast! > - My foot lets off the gas all of the >way.... Mind references the track guide, "be careful > when letting of the gas". > - Opps!!!! > - I try to recover the slide/early >spin. To late to recover from the SPIN. > - My Mind references the track guide, >"Turn into the slide and accelerate....can do a > 360 and keep going" > - Okay that wall was not to bad, lets >get back out onto the track! > - Opps! > - Okay that wall was not to bad, lets >get back out onto the track! > - Opps! Hey, this reminds me of how I >play golf!!!! ==\/\/\/\== > - I wonder what the sheet metal of my >N3 car would look like after that! >Start/Finish Line - Hey there is the start finish line...... Lets >try a GP car! :') Lets try it in a N3 car. :( > (My first lap in the GP is too >traumatic for me to go over again. I was not ready for it! >A few highlights - You can not recover from to much accerleration >out of turn 2. > - You can win a gold medal for the >perfect double flip double axle you will do when you > hit the hay bales. > - You can not catch air coming over

the >creast going into turn 4. > - You can use your head as the >rotational point for your car, so it can act like top. > - And finally, for those of us who >race N2, we all have alot to learn!

<snip while laughing my ass off> T. That was the funniest first lap story ever, you rock dude! And my experience, totally! I've never had so much fun with a sim! " Back to the Glen! " Don

Got down to 1:09.74 so far. Man I wish I had more time. Maybe I can call in sick for about a week! Damn! taking off tomorrow after work for the weekend. Hmmm should I pack up my puter and take it with me? :) You guys have a blast while I am gone. I will be running practice laps in my sleep. Later

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>hmmm, Was this one of your laps or were you watching me? >I got to take a break now as I am laughing so hard my stomach hurts. >I have a slight shoulder seperation or Shoulder Sprain and I still cant >stay out of the car to let it heal! Only hurts when I stop running laps. >Best so far here is GP Lotus 1:10.9 GP2 Lotus 1:15.1 >Well I am gonna go try a Triple Flip, Triple Axel while on fire over the

Hay

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>bails. >>WOW! WOW! WOW! >>LAP 1 >>Turns 1 and 2 - This is not as difficult as everybody was >>saying it was going to be. >> - If N3 is anything like this..... >WOW! >>Entrance to turn 3 - What is that Tan color thing. >> - This is GOING TO HURT!!!!! >> - The Asphalt sure has a nice

texture, >>I have a VERY GOOD view of it. >> - Would someone please get this car >off >>of me!!!!! >> - N3 is going to be one wild ride..... >>Straight and Turn 4 - Man this is a long straight!!!! >>sign? I will wait! >> - Turn should be at the bottom of this

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>>rise I just went over. >> - Split second reference to the track >>guide, " Brake just before you reach the >> crest of the hill". >> - Opps! >> - This is GOING TO HURT!!!!! >> - Would someone get me off this hay >>bale!!!! >> - I CAN DO THIS! N3 depends on it. >>Turn 5 - People! Stand back, I am coming >>through!!!!!!!!!! >> - This isn't bad!!!! >> - oh! I am only going 50 or so miles >>an hour. >> - I need to get back up to speed!!!! >> - I can go faster in a Stock Car - >Like >>the ones that will be in N3 >>Turn 6 - This is cool!!!! I can steer the car >with >>the throttle. >> - That will be so cool in N3. >>Turn 7 & 8 - Oh, we're turning the other direction. >> - To fast! >> - My foot lets off the gas all of the >>way.... Mind references the track guide, "be careful >> when letting of the gas". >> - Opps!!!! >> - I try to recover the slide/early >>spin. To late to recover from the SPIN. >> - My Mind references the track guide, >>"Turn into the slide and accelerate....can do a >> 360 and keep going" >> - Okay that wall was not to bad, lets >>get back out onto the track! >> - Opps! >> - Okay that wall was not to bad, lets >>get back out onto the track! >> - Opps! Hey, this reminds me of how I >>play golf!!!! ==\/\/\/\== >> - I wonder what the sheet metal of my >>N3 car would look like after that! >>Start/Finish Line - Hey there is the start finish line...... Lets >>try a GP car! :') Lets try it in a N3 car. :( >> (My first lap in the GP is too >>traumatic for me to go over again. I was not ready for it! >>A few highlights - You can not recover from to much accerleration >>out of turn 2. >> - You can win a gold medal for the >>perfect double flip double axle you will do when you >> hit the hay bales. >> - You can not catch air coming over >the >>creast going into turn 4. >> - You can use your head as the >>rotational point for your car, so it can act like top. >> - And finally, for those of us who >>race N2, we all have alot to learn!

When I take it easy, I can get to the low 120's in a GP car. In fact I ran 4 laps (120-122) in a row. Just can not seem to get under a 120. I think most of my problem now is what I am running (or lack of) for a video card. I don't have the markers (ie. change in wall color, pack of trees, group of people, things like that) to optimize my braking points. I have to run about 50% of the graphics to get a good frame rate. I tried with all of the detail and was getting about 10 - 15 fps. The other problem is, my road course driving it terrible. I would be one for the Nascar drivers that would hire a road course driver to race for me on any of the road courses. When I push it..... anywhere from 2-4 minutes. Depending on how many times I spin.