1.09xx at GLEN using COV. Is this fast enough??

Hi .. i'm a newbie .. i'm driving a COV at GLEN and my best time is 1.09xx .. how's this compared to you guys?? thanks.

I myself am down to 1:08.79 so far, but Alison Hine lists her best as a 1:07.5x so it should be possible (I'm assuming you're using her setups?). - "If the meaning of life was printed in a book, someone would use it to keep the window open."

After 4 months and 1 league season my best at the Glen in a Covington/Cooper is 1:07:12. I'm sure faster is possible, but I'm tired of thrashing the Cov/Cooper. "ZZ" ps: I'm thrashing the Eagle now : ) -- Official member: IGPS (Internet Grand Prix Series) Sim Racing Mag Ferrari Challenge ----------------- Busch Carpentry "Plans?" ---------------- Busch Motorsports "Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward"

I was running 1:09's with my gamepad, now that I got a wheel, I'm starting at about 1:20 and slowly trying to chop it down :( see you in a couple weeks, Speedy

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> Hi .. > i'm a newbie .. > i'm driving a COV at GLEN and my best time is 1.09xx .. how's this > compared to you guys?? > thanks.

I'm a newbie too, and after a couple hours practice with alison hine's coventry setup, I managed a 1:07.74. However, at all other tracks I prefer the murasama with hine's setups. I still haven't beat 1:07 at the glen with the murasama, I run low 1:08's. Brian Fox http://www.geocities.com/~foxman What are you doing?!? The message is over, GO AWAY!

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>Hi .. >i'm a newbie .. >i'm driving a COV at GLEN and my best time is 1.09xx .. how's this >compared to you guys?? >thanks.

I'm down to 1:06.45 now in the Cov. That was definately a one off though. Mid 1:07's should be a reasonable race pace to aim for......for us mortals at least Mark

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>>i'm driving a COV at GLEN and my best time is 1.09xx .. how's this >>compared to you guys?? >I myself am down to 1:08.79 so far, but Alison Hine lists her best as >a 1:07.5x so it should be possible (I'm assuming you're using her >setups?). >- >"If the meaning of life was printed in a book, someone > would use it to keep the window open."

That's a pretty good time. But you're right, the Coventry really can take some thrashing around. It's pure joy steaming into the fast corners at Spa and letting the rear end get loose then just at the last moment throw it back and clear the corner in a smooth 4-wheel drift. Also one of my favorites. - "If the meaning of life was printed in a book, someone would use it to keep the window open."

If you're not using Alison Hine's setup take a look at it. It's very stable and will help you learn how to take each part of the track. You should be able to run 1m07's fairly easily after a while. I use this setup as a basis but have tweaked the gears slightly and given it a better front end. My best ever is 1m05.7 but I believe the record is somewhere around 1m05.2. -- Cheers! Graeme Nash http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk ICQ# 11257824 1998 Xoom GP2 League Champion

My best with Alison's setup is a 1:06:12.Her setups are made for stability and so they tend towards ubdersteer.Oversteer equals fast but its very hard to handle an oversteering car.But what do we mean when we say an oversteering car?Alot of the way a car handles is due to driver input.Heres what I mean.First time tried the default Lotus setup for the ring I felt it understeered heavily.Lately though I have been really practicing trailbraking since all the top laps are done with heavily oversteering cars.When I went back to the Ring lastnight to work on trailbraking their I found the default setup oversteers much more then I thought.When starting to learn how to race you should not attempt trail braking since this uis an advanced skill.Your turns should be done on power.This way you can take weight off the fronts and cause unsdersteer and then just feather the throttle to keep the car where you want. When you start to master that you should move on to trailbraking and learn this skill well since it lets you go fast.The hard thing about trail braking is the lack of good feedback that GPL gives.If you watch the top hotlaps youll notice the steering wheel flinging wildy about.This is because the driver cant really feel how much grip they hve at the rear tires.I posted about using a chair such as a Thunderseat for rear tire skid sounds only.This could be the thing that makes trailbraking easyier to do since you ca=ould now feel the rear steeping out and not have to wonder where the one skid sound GPL has is modeling.Brake into a turn and feel the skids at the seat of your pants start to grow as the rear slip angle increases and then catch it before its too late:) Skeeter On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:27:18 +0000, Graeme Nash

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>>i'm driving a COV at GLEN and my best time is 1.09xx .. how's this >>compared to you guys?? >If you're not using Alison Hine's setup take a look at it. It's very >stable and will help you learn how to take each part of the track. You >should be able to run 1m07's fairly easily after a while. >I use this setup as a basis but have tweaked the gears slightly and >given it a better front end. My best ever is 1m05.7 but I believe the >record is somewhere around 1m05.2. >-- >Cheers! >Graeme Nash >http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk >ICQ# 11257824 >1998 Xoom GP2 League Champion

I can run consistent 1:07s and have a few laps in the 1:06s to my credit - best is 1:06.28 I started using Alisons setup but then tried another from Schumi's fast lap site and seemed to get on a little better with that (with some amendments). I have to admit to not being very good on the setup front - no patience and/or real understanding of what each tweak does. cheers -Lindsay

what is 'trailbraking' ?? and how does it help get a quicker lap time? thanks ..