GPL - I just won my first race!

Hi, Well it took a little under 2 weeks but I finally won my first race in GPL! :) 3 midterms in one week kinda cuts down on the seat time, so I'am still in the Novice trainer! Anyway, I ran my best practice time in the Eagle (a 1:54:87, stop lauching I can hear you!) Which put me in 6th for the start. When the green flag dropped I got an awesome start and was in the lead before Curva Grande. For the rest of the race I was mostly trying to keep my lead, the AI were faster than me in the corners, but I could hold my own on the straights. (I'll have to start tweaking with my setup I guess, the one I was using was the default setup, just with 4 gallons of feul.) I kept the lead, and except for a couple of close "oh sh*t" moments at Lesmos, I ran consistent lap times. The race was close, less than one second for the top 3! I exported my race results, and the cool thing I noticed was that it is saved in html format with all of the stats you could ever want about your race. (I was expecting a text file like N2/ICR2, it was a nice suprise, nice job Papy!). It may sound strange but GPL actually makes you feel like you have acomplished soemthing when you win! Sorry for rambeling, John

>so I'am still in the Novice trainer! Ditto. Though I occasionally do others. I want to stay in a trainer till I win my first "maiden" race (may be a while) Since my best time is about the same (1:54.54 in the Eagle), I would never "lauch" at you :-) Cheater! :-) In the novice, it is nigh-impossible to *not* get a great start. So I purposely make sure I don't take advantage and try to just hold my start position instead of moving up 3,4 or more spots. For the rest of the race I was Ditto. I'm a good deal faster in the strights (due to "global_hype" and novice multiplyer?). But lose some in the turns. I'm losing less and less as I get more seat time. I've fiddled, but haven't found anything much better in the turns. You can drop to 3 gal and still finish the 6-lapper. I'll have to check this out!

Gpl newbie here-- How do you go about getting a race in the training cars? Everytime I go to the race screen I have to use the Grand Prix cars which are still a real handful for me to drive. Are the competing AI cars also at the lower horsepower level? Thanks in advance David Erb >>so I'am still in the Novice trainer! >Ditto. Though I occasionally do others. I want to stay in a trainer till I

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>win my first "maiden" race (may be a while) >> Anyway, I ran my best practice time >>in the Eagle (a 1:54:87, stop lauching I can hear you!) >Since my best time is about the same (1:54.54 in the Eagle), I would never >"lauch" at you :-) >> When the green flag dropped I got an awesome start >>and was in the lead before Curva Grande. >Cheater! :-) In the novice, it is nigh-impossible to *not* get a great >start. So I purposely make sure I don't take advantage and try to just

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>my start position instead of moving up 3,4 or more spots. > For the rest of the race I was >>mostly trying to keep my lead, the AI were faster than me in the corners, >>but I could hold my own on the straights. >Ditto. I'm a good deal faster in the strights (due to "global_hype" and >novice multiplyer?). But lose some in the turns. I'm losing less and less

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>I get more seat time. >> (I'll have to start tweaking >>with my setup I guess, the one I was using was the default setup, just >>with 4 gallons of feul.) >I've fiddled, but haven't found anything much better in the turns. You can >drop to 3 gal and still finish the 6-lapper. >> I exported my race >>results, and the cool thing I noticed was that it is saved in html format >>with all of the stats you could ever want about your race. >I'll have to check this out!

In the sim, you cannot run a training car in a race. You can only select the less powerful cars in testing mode. I believe there are some instructions at Alison's site to modify some files to make this possible. http://nh.ultranet.com/~alison/gpl/ -- Don Burnette Palmetto Racing Dburn on Ten AOLL Iroc Administrator >Gpl newbie here-- How do you go about getting a race in the training cars? >Everytime I go to the race screen I have to use the Grand Prix cars which >are still a real handful for me to drive. Are the competing AI cars also at >the lower horsepower level? >Thanks in advance >David Erb (John >>>so I'am still in the Novice trainer! >>Ditto. Though I occasionally do others. I want to stay in a trainer till >I >>win my first "maiden" race (may be a while) >>> Anyway, I ran my best practice time >>>in the Eagle (a 1:54:87, stop lauching I can hear you!) >>Since my best time is about the same (1:54.54 in the Eagle), I would never >>"lauch" at you :-) >>> When the green flag dropped I got an awesome start >>>and was in the lead before Curva Grande. >>Cheater! :-) In the novice, it is nigh-impossible to *not* get a great >>start. So I purposely make sure I don't take advantage and try to just >hold >>my start position instead of moving up 3,4 or more spots. >> For the rest of the race I was >>>mostly trying to keep my lead, the AI were faster than me in the corners, >>>but I could hold my own on the straights. >>Ditto. I'm a good deal faster in the strights (due to "global_hype" and >>novice multiplyer?). But lose some in the turns. I'm losing less and less >as >>I get more seat time. >>> (I'll have to start tweaking >>>with my setup I guess, the one I was using was the default setup, just >>>with 4 gallons of feul.) >>I've fiddled, but haven't found anything much better in the turns. You can >>drop to 3 gal and still finish the 6-lapper. >>> I exported my race >>>results, and the cool thing I noticed was that it is saved in html format >>>with all of the stats you could ever want about your race. >>I'll have to check this out!

>In the sim, you cannot run a training car in a race. You can only select the >less powerful cars in testing mode. >I believe there are some instructions at Alison's site to modify some files >to make this possible. http://nh.ultranet.com/~alison/gpl/ Per that site (a must for GPL'rs), modify the player.ini file created in the players/yourname folder. Change the "driver rating" in the [personal information] section to: 1 for trainer 2 for advanced trainer 3 for GP It is best to set up a different player profile (done from the in-game "player info" screen) for each class. First, so you don't have to exit the game to modify the file every time you want to switch class. And also because the "global hype" system of the game keeps track of your 10 fastest times and sets the opponent speed accordingly. So if you do some laps in a GP car, you might find the opposition faster than your liking when you switch back to a trainer.

Thanks D.M. Useful stuff indeed! David erb >>In the sim, you cannot run a training car in a race. You can only select the >>less powerful cars in testing mode. >>I believe there are some instructions at Alison's site to modify some files >>to make this possible. http://nh.ultranet.com/~alison/gpl/ >Per that site (a must for GPL'rs), modify the player.ini file created in the

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>players/yourname folder. Change the "driver rating" in the [personal >information] section to: >1 for trainer >2 for advanced trainer >3 for GP >It is best to set up a different player profile (done from the in-game

"player >info" screen) for each class. First, so you don't have to exit the game >to modify the file every time you want to switch class. And also because the >"global hype" system of the game keeps track of your 10 fastest times and sets >the opponent speed accordingly. So if you do some laps in a GP car, you might >find the opposition faster than your liking when you switch back to a trainer.