Finally!!!!!!

After months of practise I finally got my first sub-29 lap on monza, 1:28:76. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the pitboard... What a great feeling! Andre

Congrats. I've never managed better than 1:28:97. Close. I'll keep trying.

Well done! buzard > After months of practise I finally got my first sub-29 lap on monza, > 1:28:76. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the pitboard... > What a great feeling! > Andre

Congratulations, I have also made a few 1:28 laps with the Lotus, but I gave up going any faster with that car. So now I'm trying to break the 1:30 barrier with the BRM. I'm at 1:30.15 and still trying. -Jan Otto

i cant even beat 1.30.75 the lotus! shows how slow i am for now ill blame the two hamsters that together with a wheel and a calculator make up my processor ruby

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> > After months of practise I finally got my first sub-29 lap on monza, > > 1:28:76. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the pitboard... > > What a great feeling! > Congratulations, I have also made a few 1:28 laps with the Lotus, but > I gave up going any faster with that car. So now I'm trying to break > the 1:30 barrier with the BRM. I'm at 1:30.15 and still trying. > -Jan Otto

1.31.28 in the Honda is my best. Pretty bad. From watching others it appears as though I'm overcharging the corners and then having to brake too hard so I can get around. Another thing I do is change gears before I get to a corner (while braking), instead of maybe braking first then downshifting in the corner. Not sure what works best... David L. Cook

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> i cant even beat 1.30.75 the lotus! shows how slow i am > for now ill blame the two hamsters that together with a wheel and a > calculator make up my processor > ruby > > > After months of practise I finally got my first sub-29 lap on monza, > > > 1:28:76. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the pitboard... > > > What a great feeling! > > Congratulations, I have also made a few 1:28 laps with the Lotus, but > > I gave up going any faster with that car. So now I'm trying to break > > the 1:30 barrier with the BRM. I'm at 1:30.15 and still trying. > > -Jan Otto

If you want to improve your driving in F1, give F3's a try. I'm serious. You'll need to concentrate on taking better lines to keep the momentum. I works for me and also, the races are much more competitive. Last night, I diced with two other racers for half an hour, swapping positions ( 1st, 2nd and 3rd ) at Silverstone and later at Watkins Glen. You'll have a better understanding of braking points too when you come back to F1's. If you need instructions to set up an F3, let me know. Robert Hull, Qubec

Nice to know you enjoyed yourself Robert :-) Looks like we have another convert to the cause. It makes for great racing when we can run together so closely for so such long periods of time. You are quite right about having to drive these cars very accurately. BTW I am still looking for a few drivers to sign up for our F3 league. Rages are staged at 17:00 EST every other saturday. We have only run 3 rounds so far so there is plenty of time to catch up. Any interested parties please visit http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/mark.seery/ Mark

Stop wondering and download Juha Kallioinen's GPLDUMP v0.6.1 and find out exactly where you're losing time. You can directly compare speed, gear, rpm, steering input, and line choice, along with the corresponding time diferential to your opponent of choice. You'll likely be able to isolate your trouble spots (2nd Lesmo for me:-)) and get up to speed much quicker. It's a great help, and the best analysis tool for GPL driving there is. Get it at: http://www.hut.fi/~kaltsi/ Cheers, Steve B. remove "edy" from address for email

Thanks! I saw reference to GPLDUMP, but never looked into it. I will now ;) David L. Cook

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> >From watching others it appears as though I'm overcharging the corners > >and then having to brake too hard so I can get around. Another thing I > >do is change gears before I get to a corner (while braking), instead of > >maybe braking first then downshifting in the corner. Not sure what works > >best... > Stop wondering and download Juha Kallioinen's GPLDUMP v0.6.1 and find out > exactly where you're losing time. You can directly compare speed, gear, rpm, > steering input, and line choice, along with the corresponding time diferential > to your opponent of choice. You'll likely be able to isolate your trouble > spots (2nd Lesmo for me:-)) and get up to speed much quicker. It's a great > help, and the best analysis tool for GPL driving there is. Get it at: > http://www.hut.fi/~kaltsi/ > Cheers, > Steve B. > remove "edy" from address for email

After months of practise I finally got my first sub-29 lap on monza, 1:28:76. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the pitboard... What a great feeling! Andre

The only thing better would be a ghost car, so you can drive against yourself (I believe like in SCGT) and check out what different corner approaches actually do in terms of speed and time. GPL1.2? Ruud van Gaal MarketGraph / MachTech: http://www.marketgraph.nl Art: http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery

Cool! I'll let you know when I get my first sub-*32* lap... <g> Eldred __ Put your message in a modem, and throw it in the ***-sea... remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Get a life...... Get a Brabham <G> Mark Damn it, I'm still trying to get under 1:53. ah, whoops! that's with my F3 ;-) (Andre Warringa) writes: >After months of practise I finally got my first sub-29 lap on monza, >1:28:76. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the pitboard... >What a great feeling! > >Andre Cool! I'll let you know when I get my first sub-*32* lap... <g> Eldred __ Put your message in a modem, and throw it in the ***-sea... remove SPAM-OFF to reply. -- ========================================= Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing? ========================================= Member of R.O.R. 1999 http://w3.ime.net/~marknjess/ror.html ========================================= Racing online with the help of...... Sim Racing Mag http://www.simracingmag.com/ Race Communications Association http://members.xoom.com/RCA/toc.html Holodyne Engineering Mystic Music (have Your !!Name/Address!! placed here)

Man, you sure know a lot about cars ;) IMO Brabham is best choice for a rookie. Get a life...... Get a Brabham <G>

I hope do it in the next 10 laps. Yesterday I did 1.29:04, 1.29:03 and 1.29:02. :-) With the new Alison's Ferrari setups the Lotus fly. Regards. Javier Fernandez Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.