GPL - Eagle blows up

Are you lifting as you shift? - Eric >I've tried three races at Monza after finally figuring out how to keep >the car on the track. My newest problem has to do with the Gourney Eagle >- I somehow blow the motor before the race is over (Novice race). Is >this typical of this car?

I've tried three races at Monza after finally figuring out how to keep the car on the track. My newest problem has to do with the Gourney Eagle - I somehow blow the motor before the race is over (Novice race). Is this typical of this car? I'm starting to be able to pass cars, and my fast lap time there is 1:37.79 (so far), but I can't keep the motor in one piece. -- ========================================================= John Simmons - Redneck Techno-Biker (Zerex12) http://www.members.home.net/jms1/index.html John Simmons - Barbarian Diecast Collector http://members.home.net/jsimm/diecast_index.html If you want to send me email, go to either of the URL's shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

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> On Fri, 02 Oct 1998 00:49:33 GMT, > >. My newest problem has to do with the Gourney Eagle > >- I somehow blow the motor before the race is over (Novice race). Is > >this typical of this car? > It is typical of not shifting early enough while using the > realistic damage model.

It is also not lifting the accellerator when changing gears !

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>On Fri, 02 Oct 1998 00:49:33 GMT, >>. My newest problem has to do with the Gourney Eagle >>- I somehow blow the motor before the race is over (Novice race). Is >>this typical of this car? >It is typical of not shifting early enough while using the >realistic damage model.

Damage? I want to drive beyond the first turn - damage is off. :-) -- ========================================================= John Simmons - Redneck Techno-Biker (Zerex12) http://www.members.home.net/jms1/index.html John Simmons - Barbarian Diecast Collector http://members.home.net/jsimm/diecast_index.html If you want to send me email, go to either of the URL's shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

Of course not... :-) However, I will start to do so. I switched over to the Lotus and my best time at Monza so far is 1:35...

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>Are you lifting as you shift? >>I've tried three races at Monza after finally figuring out how to keep >>the car on the track. My newest problem has to do with the Gourney >>Eagle - I somehow blow the motor before the race is over (Novice >>race). Is this typical of this car?

-- ========================================================= John Simmons - Redneck Techno-Biker (Zerex12) http://www.members.home.net/jms1/index.html John Simmons - Barbarian Diecast Collector http://members.home.net/jsimm/diecast_index.html If you want to send me email, go to either of the URL's shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

>but I can't keep the motor in one piece. You must lift off changing gears - after driving the demo for all this time this takes some getting used to! Also too much red-lining will eventually blow the motor - so alter the ratios, and don't change down too soon. Tony

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>I switched over to the Lotus and my best time at Monza so far is 1:35... >>Are you lifting as you shift? >>>I've tried three races at Monza after finally figuring out how to keep >>>the car on the track. My newest problem has to do with the Gourney >>>Eagle - I somehow blow the motor before the race is over (Novice >>>race). Is this typical of this car?

I ran my first novice races at Monza. First impression: Hey, where are those guys going?? I was left standing at the start. By the time I got to the first bend, the other 5 cars were out of sight. After a few more starts, I found I had to jump the starts to have any chance of keeping up for a lap. I was disqualified. Then I guess I blew a header about 3 times. By getting a run at the start I could keep up for a lap or two. My fastest training lap was 1:30.16, and I was doing 1:32's in the races, but always finishing dead last, and most of the time all alone, with the others lost in the distance. Amazingly, their times showed as in the 1:34's! My starts are godawful, and results the same. I love it, but it's frustrating. Sam