RASCAR: Next Race - Rockingham

I cannot stress enough the need for practice, especially with the sim handling so radically different from NR2K2. The <fast> setup is quite loose if you're not absolutely smooth on and off the gas and brakes. If you find yourself going into a turn to hot, it's quite likely that the bad situation will only get worse.

Well, what about Daytona? Can't we squeeze that race in before Saturday? Joe "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I cannot stress enough the need for practice, especially with the sim > handling so radically different from NR2K2. > > The <fast> setup is quite loose if you're not absolutely smooth on > and off the gas and brakes. If you find yourself going into a turn to > hot, it's quite likely that the bad situation will only get worse. >

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> Well, what about Daytona? Can't we squeeze that race in before Saturday? > > Joe > > > "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I cannot stress enough the need for practice, especially with the sim > > handling so radically different from NR2K2. > > > > The <fast> setup is quite loose if you're not absolutely smooth on > > and off the gas and brakes. If you find yourself going into a turn to > > hot, it's quite likely that the bad situation will only get worse. > > > > >

I sent Ed a schedule page that explains everything. It's best to just put Daytona out of your head for now.

I agree with John. Practice is a must here. I've been doing laps here and it's very easy to lose the back end entering the turns with the fast setup. Easy off, easy on. Once you get a rythym it goes fairly well. ZZ Richard "ZZ" Busch Member: Screamers Racing League CORS RASCAR GPL Rank + 17.415 MoGPL Rank + 318.586 N2002 Rank + 7.695 http://www.ZZBusch.com ---------------- Busch Motorsports: Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward ----------------- Busch Carpentry: A good carpenter can nail anything -----------------

Is qualifying done using "Fast" as well, or is it the "Qualify" setup? Joe "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I cannot stress enough the need for practice, especially with the sim > handling so radically different from NR2K2. > > The <fast> setup is quite loose if you're not absolutely smooth on > and off the gas and brakes. If you find yourself going into a turn to > hot, it's quite likely that the bad situation will only get worse. >

John, Are we going to run a "happy hour" at our races? grub "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> In article <b2p7kv$phh$[email hidden]>, joesaxon@!nospam! > mindspring.com says... > > Well, what about Daytona? Can't we squeeze that race in before Saturday? > > > > Joe > > > > > > "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I cannot stress enough the need for practice, especially with the sim > > > handling so radically different from NR2K2. > > > > > > The <fast> setup is quite loose if you're not absolutely smooth on > > > and off the gas and brakes. If you find yourself going into a turn to > > > hot, it's quite likely that the bad situation will only get worse. > > > > > > > > > > > I sent Ed a schedule page that explains everything. It's best to > just put Daytona out of your head for now.

In article <b2p7kv$phh$[email hidden]>, "Joe Saxon" <joesaxon@!nospam!mindspring.com> writes: >Well, what about Daytona? Can't we squeeze that race in before Saturday? How many people would have time to run during the week after 5pm eastern? Now many, I'd bet... Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:-0.381 MonsterRank: +339.873 N2002 Rank:+17.59 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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> John, > Are we going to run a "happy hour" at our races? > grub > > > "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <b2p7kv$phh$[email hidden]>, joesaxon@!nospam! > > mindspring.com says... > > > Well, what about Daytona? Can't we squeeze that race in before Saturday? > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:[email hidden]... > > > > I cannot stress enough the need for practice, especially with the sim > > > > handling so radically different from NR2K2. > > > > > > > > The <fast> setup is quite loose if you're not absolutely smooth on > > > > and off the gas and brakes. If you find yourself going into a turn to > > > > hot, it's quite likely that the bad situation will only get worse. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I sent Ed a schedule page that explains everything. It's best to > > just put Daytona out of your head for now. > > >

I think normally, we get 5 minutes, but I'm sure Eldred can be talked into something longer. :)

It would have to be after 6 for me. Gotta have time to get home from work :) Larry "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <b2p7kv$phh$[email hidden]>, "Joe Saxon" > <joesaxon@!nospam!mindspring.com> writes: > > >Well, what about Daytona? Can't we squeeze that race in before Saturday? > > How many people would have time to run during the week after 5pm eastern?Now

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> many, I'd bet... > > Eldred > -- > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPLRank:-0.381 > MonsterRank: +339.873 > N2002 Rank:+17.59 > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Friday night would be ok with me after 6pm. Larry "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <b2p7kv$phh$[email hidden]>, "Joe Saxon" > <joesaxon@!nospam!mindspring.com> writes: > > >Well, what about Daytona? Can't we squeeze that race in before Saturday? > > How many people would have time to run during the week after 5pm eastern?Now

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> many, I'd bet... > > Eldred > -- > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPLRank:-0.381 > MonsterRank: +339.873 > N2002 Rank:+17.59 > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"John Simmons"said: > I think normally, we get 5 minutes, but I'm sure Eldred can be talked > into something longer. :) I for one would actually like something *shorter*... I join these event to race - not to practice! I was actually going to syggest that we shorten the practice session down to 20 minutes... So that practice, qual and happyhours could all be done with within 30mins or so... -- ed_ RASCAR - http://rascar.racesimcentral.com ------------------------------------------------------------- $10 says Petter Solberg wins the 2003 WRC.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <b2p7kv$phh$[email hidden]>, "Joe Saxon" > <joesaxon@!nospam!mindspring.com> writes: > > >Well, what about Daytona? Can't we squeeze that race in before Saturday? > > How many people would have time to run during the week after 5pm eastern?Now > many, I'd bet... Not many europeans for sure.. cause 5pm EST = 11pm CET.... Meaning the race would finish about 1:00 AM my time... I'll post John proposed schedule on the site tonight. -- ed_ RASCAR - http://rascar.racesimcentral.com ------------------------------------------------------------- $10 says Petter Solberg wins the 2003 WRC.

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> "John Simmons"said: > > > I think normally, we get 5 minutes, but I'm sure Eldred can be talked > > into something longer. :) > > I for one would actually like something *shorter*... > I join these event to race - not to practice! > > I was actually going to syggest that we shorten the practice session down to > 20 minutes... So that practice, qual and happyhours could all be done with > within 30mins or so... > --

I would go for that, but I really don't think 10 minutes is gonna matter much in the grand scheme of things. Afterall, we're starting the races four hours earlier than last year. Some people are just never happy.... :)

5 or 10 min is fine. Really the only additional practice I do during Happy Hour is practicing getting on and off pit road and finding my pit box. If people feel like we should have more practice time we should bump up the normal practice time and leave happy hour alone, that way anyone that doesn't want to spend 90 min practicing can just join later. Brian On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:50:59 GMT, John Simmons <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>In article <Jda4a.23720$[email hidden]>, edwins[_REMOVE_]@ >[ says... >> "John Simmons"said: >> >> > I think normally, we get 5 minutes, but I'm sure Eldred can be talked >> > into something longer. :) >> >> I for one would actually like something *shorter*... >> I join these event to race - not to practice! >> >> I was actually going to syggest that we shorten the practice session down to >> 20 minutes... So that practice, qual and happyhours could all be done with >> within 30mins or so... >> -- > >I would go for that, but I really don't think 10 minutes is gonna >matter much in the grand scheme of things. Afterall, we're starting >the races four hours earlier than last year. > >Some people are just never happy.... :) >

I usually use the Happy hour to take a leak :o) -- ed_ "Brian Oster" said... > 5 or 10 min is fine. Really the only additional practice I do during > Happy Hour is practicing getting on and off pit road and finding my > pit box. If people feel like we should have more practice time we > should bump up the normal practice time and leave happy hour alone, > that way anyone that doesn't want to spend 90 min practicing can just > join later. > > Brian

They have pills for that Ed ;) "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I usually use the Happy hour to take a leak :o) > > -- > ed_ > > > "Brian Oster" said... > > > 5 or 10 min is fine. Really the only additional practice I do during > > Happy Hour is practicing getting on and off pit road and finding my > > pit box. If people feel like we should have more practice time we > > should bump up the normal practice time and leave happy hour alone, > > that way anyone that doesn't want to spend 90 min practicing can just > > join later. > > > > Brian > >

>I usually use the Happy hour to take a leak :o) It takes you an hour? How old ARE you, Ed...? :-) Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:-0.381 MonsterRank: +339.873 N2002 Rank:+17.59 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

[email hidden] (EldredP) writes: > >I usually use the Happy hour to take a leak :o) > > It takes you an hour? How old ARE you, Ed...? > :-) No wonder, that guy gota a serious drinking capacity :) -- Olav Malmin remove .spam when replying

I kind of like the 30 min practice. Those that don't want to use it don't have to log in as early :) Larry "Ed Solheim" <edwins[_REMOVE_]@[ _THIS_]online.no> wrote in message news:Jda4a.23720$[email hidden]...

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> "John Simmons"said: > > > I think normally, we get 5 minutes, but I'm sure Eldred can be talked > > into something longer. :) > > I for one would actually like something *shorter*... > I join these event to race - not to practice! > > I was actually going to syggest that we shorten the practice session down

to > 20 minutes... So that practice, qual and happyhours could all be donewith

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> within 30mins or so... > -- > ed_ > > RASCAR - http://rascar.racesimcentral.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > $10 says Petter Solberg wins the 2003 WRC. > >

"Larry" said: > I kind of like the 30 min practice. > > Those that don't want to use it don't have to log in as early :) But we still have to wait for the race to start... :) -- ed_

"Larry" said: But we still have to wait for the race to start... :) -- ed_

"Olav Malmin" said: > EldredP writes: > > > > It takes you an hour? How old ARE you, Ed...? > > :-) > > No wonder, that guy gota a serious drinking capacity :) <VBG!> -- ed_

Waaaahhhhh :) Larry "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > "Larry" said: > > I kind of like the 30 min practice. > > > > Those that don't want to use it don't have to log in as early :) > > But we still have to wait for the race to start... :) > > > -- > ed_ > >

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> In article <b2p7kv$phh$[email hidden]>, "Joe Saxon" > <joesaxon@!nospam!mindspring.com> writes: > > >Well, what about Daytona? Can't we squeeze that race in before Saturday? > > How many people would have time to run during the week after 5pm eastern? Now > many, I'd bet... > > Eldred >

Besides, the schedule is set (check the website). Daytona will be picked up on the real life Winston Cup's first off weekend. (I'm really getting tire of saying that.)

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > John, > Are we going to run a "happy hour" at our races? > grub > > It's actually a "happy 5 minutes", but yeah.

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>In article <[email hidden]>, >[email hidden] says... >> In article <b2p7kv$phh$[email hidden]>, "Joe Saxon" >> <joesaxon@!nospam!mindspring.com> writes: >> >> >Well, what about Daytona? Can't we squeeze that race in before Saturday? >> >> How many people would have time to run during the week after 5pm eastern? >Now >> many, I'd bet... >> >> Eldred >> > >Besides, the schedule is set (check the website). Daytona will be >picked up on the real life Winston Cup's first off weekend. (I'm >really getting tire of saying that.) >

You're responding to an old message, John... They know about the schedule by now...<g> Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:-0.381 MonsterRank: +339.873 N2002 Rank:+17.59 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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> In article <[email hidden]>, John Simmons > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >In article <[email hidden]>, > >[email hidden] says... > >> In article <b2p7kv$phh$[email hidden]>, "Joe Saxon" > >> <joesaxon@!nospam!mindspring.com> writes: > >> > >> >Well, what about Daytona? Can't we squeeze that race in before Saturday? > >> > >> How many people would have time to run during the week after 5pm eastern? > >Now > >> many, I'd bet... > >> > >> Eldred > >> > > > >Besides, the schedule is set (check the website). Daytona will be > >picked up on the real life Winston Cup's first off weekend. (I'm > >really getting tire of saying that.) > > > > You're responding to an old message, John... They know about the schedule by > now...<g> > > Eldred >

Yeah, I forgot that we're having a rash of repeat messages. It appeared to finally clear up on Saturday, but it's happening again.