What happened at the start of the RASF1 race?

I was in 7th place on the grid and for some reason someone didn't start in front of me, was trying to get around the renault ahead of me, he nudged into me (not his fault) and damaged my suspension and took off my front wing. After that my race was pretty much done, kept on spinning randomly and finally just went into the wall near the end and called it a day.

Stuart Becktell wrote in news:PuK2c.67429$[email hidden]:

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> I was in 7th place on the grid and for some reason someone didn't > start in front of me, was trying to get around the renault ahead > of me, he nudged into me (not his fault) and damaged my suspension > and took off my front wing. After that my race was pretty much > done, kept on spinning randomly and finally just went into the > wall near the end and called it a day. > > >

After being the one who instigated the race today, I had to spend the mornig helping my wife's parents sort through stuff in their old condo (they're now living in a retirement home). I didn't get back home until well after 1:00. Other than Stuart's tale of woe, how did the race go? -- Darryl

"Stuart Becktell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:PuK2c.67429$[email hidden]... > I was in 7th place on the grid and for some reason someone didn't start in > front of me, was trying to get around the renault ahead of me, he nudged > into me (not his fault) and damaged my suspension and took off my front > wing. After that my race was pretty much done, kept on spinning randomlyand > finally just went into the wall near the end and called it a day. I'm guessing David had some lag at exactly the wrong time - he was about a second behind everyone else getting off the line. jonathan hit the back of David and you piled into the back of jonathan. Be sure to check the realism settings of the server and adjust yours by using the F-keys once you are in the game - we were allowing invulnerability and the accident shouldn't have put you out. T1 was a mess and I wasn't a contributor for a change, although I was so happy with myself I relaxed and promptly followed Ped into a spin. Ran around by myself for the first half of the race passing people in the dirt until I came upon Dave and we had some great racing for second place. I was slightly faster but much more mistake-prone (apologies for the time I spun you) - once I got a great exit out of the almost-flat righthander and passed him clean, then blew my entry to the next corner and he re-passed me. He drove like ice with me on his tail and got the well-deserved 2nd. One more apology to jonathan on the last corner of the last lap - I was concentrating so hard trying to get a good exit to pass you on the straight, I never thought I would catch you IN the corner. One of the funnest F1 races I've been in. Looking forward to the next! I have the replay if anyone wants it. -Phasor

"Stuart Becktell" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:PuK2c.67429$[email hidden]: > I was in 7th place on the grid and for some reason someone didn't > start in front of me, was trying to get around the renault ahead of > me, he nudged into me (not his fault) and damaged my suspension and > took off my front wing. After that my race was pretty much done, kept > on spinning randomly and finally just went into the wall near the end > and called it a day. Well, for my part I was heading into T1 in a less than ideal line, so I had to brake a bit sooner. This probably caught out the Jag behind me and he nudged me, sending me into Phasor. A bit further into the first lap, I hit a curb wrong and spun, messing up Phasor again (sorry 'bout that). For the next few laps I had some small dices with a Jag and a Renault, then once I re-acquired my P4 grid position (where I qualified), I settled into a decent rhythm. At that point my race was pretty lonely, but it was fun nonetheless. I did better than I thought I would. Larry Lindstrom: You did a great job of letting me through when I was lapping you, thanks. -- Ped Xing

Oh...knowing we had invulnerbility would have changed my race just a tad :-P Why do we run with invulnerbility though? It seems to make people much more likely to do stupid moves...that's just my thought though. T1 I just went off on my own since I didn't have the wing. Rest of the race was at least good practicie. Going into the second to last turn I passed someone on the outside, that was fun...now if it hadn't been for 7th place I woulda liked it a bit more. Also where are you guys getting your setups? I need to find setups with less exit understeer...that was the main thing that slowed me down during the race today. "Phasor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:%0L2c.709408$JQ1.677260@pd7tw1no... > > "Stuart Becktell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:PuK2c.67429$[email hidden]... > > I was in 7th place on the grid and for some reason someone didn't startin

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> > front of me, was trying to get around the renault ahead of me, he nudged > > into me (not his fault) and damaged my suspension and took off my front > > wing. After that my race was pretty much done, kept on spinning randomly > and > > finally just went into the wall near the end and called it a day. > > I'm guessing David had some lag at exactly the wrong time - he was about a > second behind everyone else getting off the line. jonathan hit the back

of > David and you piled into the back of jonathan. Be sure to check therealism > settings of the server and adjust yours by using the F-keys once you arein > the game - we were allowing invulnerability and the accident shouldn'thave > put you out. > > T1 was a mess and I wasn't a contributor for a change, although I was so > happy with myself I relaxed and promptly followed Ped into a spin. Ran > around by myself for the first half of the race passing people in the dirt > until I came upon Dave and we had some great racing for second place. Iwas > slightly faster but much more mistake-prone (apologies for the time I spun > you) - once I got a great exit out of the almost-flat righthander andpassed > him clean, then blew my entry to the next corner and he re-passed me. He > drove like ice with me on his tail and got the well-deserved 2nd. > > One more apology to jonathan on the last corner of the last lap - I was > concentrating so hard trying to get a good exit to pass you on thestraight,

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> I never thought I would catch you IN the corner. > > One of the funnest F1 races I've been in. Looking forward to the next! I > have the replay if anyone wants it. > > -Phasor > >

In article <xNK2c.891$[email hidden]>, Darryl Johnson <[email hidden]> writes: >After being the one who instigated the race today, I had to spend the >mornig helping my wife's parents sort through stuff in their old >condo (they're now living in a retirement home). I didn't get back >home until well after 1:00. Other than Stuart's tale of woe, how did >the race go? It sucked. I was dead last, and kept spinning in random places. Probably about 7 laps in I finally got fed up and parked it. This is NOT fun. Eldred -- http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro US East

"Stuart Becktell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:PuK2c.67429$[email hidden]... > I was in 7th place on the grid and for some reason someone didn't start in > front of me, was trying to get around the renault ahead of me, he nudged > into me (not his fault) and damaged my suspension and took off my front > wing. After that my race was pretty much done, kept on spinning randomlyand > finally just went into the wall near the end and called it a day. Not sure what happened there to be honest. I thought I wnet when the lights went off, but I was obviously the last to move. Spudster was the quickest, and his Q time of 128.1 proved it. I think he probably outsmarted as well us by pitting once. The car was a bit of a load with enough fuel for to complete a 40% race. Due to a slow start and traffic, I was down 15 seconds by the end of lap 2, and eventually Phasor and I ended up dicing for 2nd for a large part of the race. Tremendous fun. :-) Everyone drove well, and were courteous when needed. David G Fisher

"Phasor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:%0L2c.709408$JQ1.677260@pd7tw1no... > T1 was a mess and I wasn't a contributor for a change, although I was so > happy with myself I relaxed and promptly followed Ped into a spin. Ran > around by myself for the first half of the race passing people in the dirt > until I came upon Dave and we had some great racing for second place. Iwas > slightly faster but much more mistake-prone (apologies for the time I spun > you) - once I got a great exit out of the almost-flat righthander andpassed > him clean, then blew my entry to the next corner and he re-passed me. He > drove like ice with me on his tail and got the well-deserved 2nd. That was *a lot* of fun. :-) You drove a great race. I watched the replay and it often looked like the real thing. David G Fisher

Stuart Becktell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:PuK2c.67429$[email hidden]... > I was in 7th place on the grid and for some reason someone didn't start in > front of me, was trying to get around the renault ahead of me, he nudged > into me (not his fault) and damaged my suspension and took off my front > wing. After that my race was pretty much done, kept on spinning randomlyand > finally just went into the wall near the end and called it a day. Not sure what happened there to be honest. I thought I wnet when the lights went off, but I was obviously the last to move. Spudster was the quickest, and his Q time of 128.1 proved it. I think he probably outsmarted as well us by pitting once. The car was a bit of a load with enough fuel for to complete a 40% race. Due to a slow start and traffic, I was down 15 seconds by the end of lap 2, and eventually Phasor and I ended up dicing for 2nd for a large part of the race. Tremendous fun. :-) Everyone drove well, and were courteous when needed. David G Fisher

"Stuart Becktell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:PuK2c.67429$[email hidden]... > I was in 7th place on the grid and for some reason someone didn't start in > front of me, was trying to get around the renault ahead of me, he nudged > into me (not his fault) and damaged my suspension and took off my front > wing. After that my race was pretty much done, kept on spinning randomlyand > finally just went into the wall near the end and called it a day. Stuart Becktell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:PuK2c.67429$[email hidden]... > I was in 7th place on the grid and for some reason someone didn't start in > front of me, was trying to get around the renault ahead of me, he nudged > into me (not his fault) and damaged my suspension and took off my front > wing. After that my race was pretty much done, kept on spinning randomlyand > finally just went into the wall near the end and called it a day. Sorry if the below has appeared more than once, but i'm having trouble posting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Not sure what happened there to be honest. I thought I wnet when the lights went off, but I was obviously the last to move. Spudster was the quickest, and his Q time of 128.1 proved it. I think he probably outsmarted as well us by pitting once. The car was a bit of a load with enough fuel for to complete a 40% race. Due to a slow start and traffic, I was down 15 seconds by the end of lap 2, and eventually Phasor and I ended up dicing for 2nd for a large part of the race. Tremendous fun. :-) Everyone drove well, and were courteous when needed. David G Fisher

> It sucked. I was dead last, and kept spinning in random places. Probably > about 7 laps in I finally got fed up and parked it. This is NOT fun. > > Eldred I don't understand how you can do so well at GPL and struggle with F1C - much easier to drive IMHO!. I watched your replay and it looks to me like you don't trust your steering enough to brake at the edge of the track and reliably turn in and hit the apex - I'm thinking controller problems. It kills me you aren't enjoying yourself, you of all people deserve to for hosting. I'm certainly not the most qualified but if you like, email me and I'll do everything I can to help you out. -phasor|at|shaw|dot|ca

> A bit further into the first lap, I hit a curb wrong and spun, messing up > Phasor again (sorry 'bout that). No you didn't - no contact and my spin was completely my fault, as usual. Damn I wish I could get that one back... -Phasor

EldredP wrote:

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> In article <xNK2c.891$[email hidden]>, Darryl Johnson > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >>After being the one who instigated the race today, I had to spend the >>mornig helping my wife's parents sort through stuff in their old >>condo (they're now living in a retirement home). I didn't get back >>home until well after 1:00. Other than Stuart's tale of woe, how did >>the race go? > > > It sucked. I was dead last, and kept spinning in random places. Probably > about 7 laps in I finally got fed up and parked it. This is NOT fun.

Hi Eldred: I was circulating alone, the person ahead of me was 17 seconds away and the gap was growing, you were 20 seconds back. I pulled over just past the finish line so we could do a little wheel to wheel . You went by, we both spun into T1, and you quit. I think we could have some fun racing. Let's try it next time. Larry

"Ped Xing" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Stuart Becktell" <[email hidden]> wrote in > news:PuK2c.67429$[email hidden]: >[snip] > Well, for my part I was heading into T1 in a less than ideal line, so I > had to brake a bit sooner. This probably caught out the Jag behind me > and he nudged me, sending me into Phasor. > Me - guilty - sorry. [snip] > Ped Xing

"David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > Spudster was the quickest, and his Q time of 128.1 proved it. I think he > probably outsmarted as well us by pitting once. The car was a bit of aload > with enough fuel for to complete a 40% race. Due to a slow start and > traffic, I was down 15 seconds by the end of lap 2, and eventually Phasor > and I ended up dicing for 2nd for a large part of the race. Tremendousfun. > :-) Everyone drove well, and were courteous when needed. > > David G Fisher > My league just raced this track last week so I had lots of practice. You think a 28 is fast, our top guy turned a 25.4 qual lap... simply left me in awe. And yes, thank you to everyone who was more than courteous while being lapped. Spud.

In article <bXN2c.136979$4o.177102@attbi_s52>, Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Hi Eldred: > > I was circulating alone, the person ahead of me was >17 seconds away and the gap was growing, you were 20 >seconds back. I pulled over just past the finish line >so we could do a little wheel to wheel . > > You went by, we both spun into T1, and you quit. > > I think we could have some fun racing. > > Let's try it next time.

I hit the brakes at my normal spot, and the car just kept going. I don't know wtf is wrong with me, but I couldn't do *anything* right today. Spinning 3 times every lap didn't sound like a fun afternoon. We'll see what happens for next race - I have two weeks to get up to a mediocre speed. Eldred -- http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro US East

In article <8KM2c.735047$X%5.720299@pd7tw2no>, "Phasor" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>> It sucked. I was dead last, and kept spinning in random places. Probably >> about 7 laps in I finally got fed up and parked it. This is NOT fun. >> >> Eldred > >I don't understand how you can do so well at GPL and struggle with F1C - >much easier to drive IMHO!. I watched your replay and it looks to me like >you don't trust your steering enough to brake at the edge of the track and >reliably turn in and hit the apex - I'm thinking controller problems. It >kills me you aren't enjoying yourself, you of all people deserve to for >hosting. I'm certainly not the most qualified but if you like, email me and >I'll do everything I can to help you out. >

I've been driving GPL for 5 years. Give me another 4 with F1C, and maybe I'll find some speed... :-( Eldred -- http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro US East