GPL novice track times

if you can't better my bests after a few times around the circuits - you are not good. KYALAMI - 1:37.36 MEXICO - 2:17.73 MONACO - 1:45.16 MONZA - 1:37.40 MOSPORT - 1:39.11 'RING - 11:38.44 ROUEN - 2:22.17 SILVERSTONE - 1:43.81 SPA - 4:02.57 WATKINS GLEN - 1:14.89 ZANDVOORT - 1:44.26 please tell me that there is someone worse than myself. "...the leader is coming up on lapped traffic. it could be tricky. OH! the pathetic bastard swerved for no apparent reason. this is going to have a major impact on the season's standings, i'm afraid."

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> if you can't better my bests after a few times around the circuits - > you > are not good. > KYALAMI - 1:37.36 > MEXICO - 2:17.73 > MONACO - 1:45.16 > MONZA - 1:37.40 > MOSPORT - 1:39.11 > 'RING - 11:38.44 > ROUEN - 2:22.17 > SILVERSTONE - 1:43.81 > SPA - 4:02.57 > WATKINS GLEN - 1:14.89 > ZANDVOORT - 1:44.26 > please tell me that there is someone worse than myself.

Hmmmm, I only have the demo, so can only sight two circuits..... MONZA - 1m33.45 WATKINS GLEN - 1m09.11 I don't think my times are anything special, so you better keep practicing! Thing is, can you stay on lap after lap? Now thats the trick! Dave Hawnt (Jammer) UK

Monza 1:31.10 Watkins Glen 1:16.73 Guess it's even at the moment-actually, I love Monza but my favourites are Monaco & Hungary - c'mom-where can I get a beta copy of THE game of 98, or at least the track files for the demo? I've looked 'warez' way but got really fed up with the pop up screens and seem to be going around in circles! Don't worry-the game is high on my MUST BUY list but let's start practising now, eh?

RickD2019 wrote c'mom-where can I get a beta copy of THE game of 98, or at eh? Pretty easy... Sierra Sports starts shipping it this Wednesday (yes that's in _3_ days). Your about sure to get it for Friday, and actually letting you the whole weekend to enjoy this creation of God ;-D - Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard! - Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s. - Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking) - Sponsored by http://www.awpss.com/ on the NROS - "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

What-in the UK?-Please!!

>>Sierra Sports starts shipping it this Wednesday (yes that's in _3_ days). >What-in the UK?-Please!! I had seen on the Sierra UK page that the date is listed as Oct. 8th. Sorry! J.

>if you can't better my bests after a few times around the circuits - you >are not good. <snip> I am "worse than yourself." Frankly, I practiced Watkins Glen again and again, trying to break 1:20. I finally got 1:18:92, but that other guy posted that his time was 9 seconds faster! I just can't figure out where I'm losing 9 seconds. Do you think using an on/off button for brakes is bad? I would never use a button for throttle, so maybe it is. rob.

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>> please tell me that there is someone worse than myself. >Hmmmm, I only have the demo, so can only sight two circuits..... >MONZA - 1m33.45 >WATKINS GLEN - 1m09.11 >I don't think my times are anything special, so you better keep >practicing! Thing is, can you stay on lap after lap? Now thats >the trick! >Dave Hawnt (Jammer) UK

You could start a 'Coldlap' League for the worst times :-). But how would you know people weren't 'sandbagging'? btw. I've only tried the Glen but i'm on 1:09ish I think. Like the man says 'lap after lap' - now thats hard. -- Mike Wallace [Member of the Worlds Greatest GP2 Hotlap League]

I was running 1:16 for some time, but after many hours my best is 1:09.1xx. I think using a button for brakes is very bad in GPL, I have found that being able to feather the brakes helps me alot going into corners, by using a button, it's like slamming on the brakes, and probably locking them up quite often. Craig

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>>if you can't better my bests after a few times around the circuits - you >>are not good. ><snip> >>WATKINS GLEN - 1:14.89 >>please tell me that there is someone worse than myself. >I am "worse than yourself." Frankly, I practiced Watkins Glen >again and again, trying to break 1:20. I finally got 1:18:92, >but that other guy posted that his time was 9 seconds faster! >I just can't figure out where I'm losing 9 seconds. >Do you think using an on/off button for brakes is bad? I would >never use a button for throttle, so maybe it is. >rob.

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> >Hmmmm, I only have the demo, so can only sight two circuits..... > >MONZA - 1m33.45 > >WATKINS GLEN - 1m09.11 > >I don't think my times are anything special, so you better keep > >practicing! Thing is, can you stay on lap after lap? Now thats > >the trick! > >Dave Hawnt (Jammer) UK > You could start a 'Coldlap' League for the worst times :-). But how > would you know people weren't 'sandbagging'? > btw. I've only tried the Glen but i'm on 1:09ish I think. Like the man > says 'lap after lap' - now thats hard.

i have since lowered my all-time best at monza a full .20 seconds. look out world, i am now at 1:37.40!!!! i like to "coldlap" idea. dang, i gotta be good at something, right? j TOMORROW: "yeah, boss (cough cough). i'm feeling kinda icky. i best be stayin' home today (wheeze)."

I spoke to someone at Electronic Boutique today and according to their release schedule it is still due to be on the shelves next Friday (9th October) here in the UK. -- Peter Hooper Hammers Express Racing Having tons of fun in the world's first F1RS league http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/as/f1rl.htm >>Sierra Sports starts shipping it this Wednesday (yes that's in _3_ days). >What-in the UK?-Please!!

Just ordered it from my state side relatives-previous games got here in 4 days-and cheaper too - CPR for $22 2 months before UK release - sorry, but I'm not taking the chance of another 'delay' with notoriously unreliable UK release dates-what are the US release schedules like for accuracy?

>I was running 1:16 for some time, but after many hours my best is 1:09.1xx. >I think using a button for brakes is very bad in GPL, I have found that >being able to feather the brakes helps me alot going into corners, by using >a button, it's like slamming on the brakes, and probably locking them up >quite often. I've found myself braking hard, and NEED the ability to adjust the degree of braking as I approach the corner. Compared to the ICR2 and N2, this is unbelievably different. I've also found the car settles much easier once I turn into the corner if I'm on the gas. In my early laps I was braking, turning in, and getting back on the gas. Too often I'd lose her. With that getting back on the gas pedal after I've finished braking I can control the slide so much easier. This is also the first game I've really noticed the difference of switching my CDS from their (previously) usual link pedal position, to switched pedal axis, where both the accelerator and brake are on a different joystick axis. Input from both simultaneously. It's not something I can describe - I just felt it when I started using it and thought it was making a good difference. Another improvement came from setting fully linear steering. On the long straight before the crest of the hill at the Glen, and on the long straights of Monza I was finding that getting myself over to the appropriate edge of the circuit was quite hard, as I had to steer quite a bit more than I really wanted to if I slipped onto the grass or wanted to fine tune my position. In the default 50% position, I had to steer more for tiny course adjustments. WIth fully linear it's so much twitchier, but also more precise for it. Given that my CDS wheel is super smooth all the way through it's travel this really is worthwhile. Stuart -- Stuart Booth Somewhere in Buckinghamshire, England, UK Note: My email address is in disguise! Remove trailing Z