RASETCC - Laguna (again)

A second running of Laguna Seca. (At least I got to finish this one.) We had an OK crowd until Larry disappeared prior to the start, and Mitch offended the racing gods and got DQ'd. I _think_ that's what happened to Mitch. We had a problem with Mitch and TeamSpeak. Mitch, I think you had desktop speakers going instead of headphones, because when you talked, all we could hear was the engine and tire noises from the game. _Very_ difficult to make out what you were saying. I found a strategy to make the tires last: drive very slowly. <VBG> Congrats to both Spudster and Neil. They seemed to have a strategy that allowed them to go a _lot_ faster than me. Staying out of the kitty litter probably helped. At least my pit crew were fast. How many more weeks until the F1 season starts? Five? Six? -- Darryl

Feel free to go back to F1 cars anytime. We seemed to have lost a few more guys since going to ETCC. Hehe. Not sure exactly why I got DQ'd. I was pretty much within shouting distance to Neil the entire race until I pitted. I knew I was DQ'd somewhere in the first few laps cause I was scoring fine then nothing. Man this sim/series makes me scratch my head at times :). I had practiced for the past few weeks and settled on a 2 stop strategy at lap 10 and 20 turning 1.37-38's. Funny part was this was my first experience with the new peddles and I could have easily made it on a single stop maybe even without a stop if I conserved a tad and took the correct fuel. I actually noticed Neil was slowing at a faster pace than I was just before I pitted, this is a FIRST and is a good sign :) Mitch "Darryl Johnson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:OQbTb.148$[email hidden]...

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> A second running of Laguna Seca. (At least I got to finish this one.) > > We had an OK crowd until Larry disappeared prior to the start, and > Mitch offended the racing gods and got DQ'd. I _think_ that's what > happened to Mitch. We had a problem with Mitch and TeamSpeak. > > Mitch, I think you had desktop speakers going instead of headphones, > because when you talked, all we could hear was the engine and tire > noises from the game. _Very_ difficult to make out what you were > saying. > > I found a strategy to make the tires last: drive very slowly. <VBG> > Congrats to both Spudster and Neil. They seemed to have a strategy > that allowed them to go a _lot_ faster than me. Staying out of the > kitty litter probably helped. > > At least my pit crew were fast. > > How many more weeks until the F1 season starts? Five? Six? > -- > Darryl >

Mitch_A wrote in news:7PcTb.8601$[email hidden]: > Feel free to go back to F1 cars anytime. We seemed to have lost a > few more guys since going to ETCC. My understanding is that the F1 series runs in tandem with the RW races. If so, we need _something_ to keep us off the streets and out of trouble until March the whatever when Melbourne comes around.

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> > Hehe. Not sure exactly why I got DQ'd. I was pretty much within > shouting distance to Neil the entire race until I pitted. I knew > I was DQ'd somewhere in the first few laps cause I was scoring > fine then nothing. Man this sim/series makes me scratch my head > at times :). >

I noticed that you had no time posted during the practice session. Yet I'm sure you did at least one complete lap. Perhaps there was some kind of comms error between you and the server. The DQ may have been purely comms and not anything you did. Did you hear the comment Neil made about you not showing up on the lap scoring during the race? I noticed that too -- I was running 3rd out of four, yet everyone was in front of me. The computer knew you were there, but it wasn't counting any of your laps. Very strange! <snip> > > Mitch > <snip>

Darryl Johnson <[email hidden]> wrote in news:vSeTb.2235$[email hidden]: If you had rolled backward during practice or qualifying, you would have received a dq. For example: You stuffed the corkscrew and decided to take the break in your driving to view the other cars. While you are viewing the other cars, your vehicle could slide backwards down the hill. You'd get a dq message, but since you are busy looking at other cars, the message does not appear onscreen. During a practice session, I once left my car in kitty litter at a track and went to take a pee. By the time I got back the car had rolled several hundred yards back down the track. Was dq'd and didn't get timed for any of the qualifying or racing. That may not be what happened, but it is at least something all ISI drivers should be aware of. dave henrie

Darryl Johnson wrote: > A second running of Laguna Seca. (At least I got to finish this one.) > > We had an OK crowd until Larry disappeared prior to the start, and > Mitch offended the racing gods and got DQ'd. I _think_ that's what > happened to Mitch. We had a problem with Mitch and TeamSpeak. Hi Darryl: My best practice was 1:42, my very best ever is a 1:41. That's 8 seconds off the best times I was seeing in practice, and 4 seconds slower than the next driver. I decided to impose a 107% rules on myself. I'm curious to know if I'd be any good with a decent setup. Would you folks send me your setups for Laguna? I'd like to see if I can drive any faster. Please mention the type of car your setup is for. My e-mail is [email hidden]. Please clearly indicate the contents of your email. So I can pick it out from the one hundred spams I get everyday. Thanks Larry

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> > I'm curious to know if I'd be any good with a decent setup. > > Would you folks send me your setups for Laguna? I'd like to > see if I can drive any faster. Please mention the type of car > your setup is for. > > My e-mail is [email hidden]. > > Please clearly indicate the contents of your email. So I > can pick it out from the one hundred spams I get everyday. > > Thanks > Larry

Larry, check your email and report back to us... I sent you my BMW setup. Spud.

Spudster wrote:

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>> >> I'm curious to know if I'd be any good with a decent setup. >> >> Would you folks send me your setups for Laguna? I'd like to >> see if I can drive any faster. Please mention the type of car >> your setup is for. >> >> My e-mail is [email hidden]. >> >> Please clearly indicate the contents of your email. So I >> can pick it out from the one hundred spams I get everyday. >> >> Thanks >> Larry > > > Larry, check your email and report back to us... I sent you my BMW setup. > > Spud.

Thanks everyone: I tried your setup on the BMW. I've always had trouble keeping the Beamer pointed the right way on the road. I was able to do a 1:48 in my first several laps. I'm going to have to get back to work. but I'll try to steal a couple of hours this week and see what I can do with these setups. Thanks Larry

Larry Lindstrom wrote:

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> I tried your setup on the BMW. I've always had trouble > keeping the Beamer pointed the right way on the road. > > I was able to do a 1:48 in my first several laps. > > I'm going to have to get back to work. but I'll try > to steal a couple of hours this week and see what I can > do with these setups. > > Thanks > Larry

I assume you are using TC and ABS like me... no? Spud.