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Post by ReadingRich on May 18, 2018 18:46:10 GMT
Here’s the weather for the race tomorrow CLEAR. Attachments:
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 18, 2018 19:21:02 GMT
Hey Rich. Have you managed to check your internet settings, iPv6 off for instance, NAT setting to Open, etc. to see if this helps you tomorrow.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on May 18, 2018 19:52:07 GMT
What is this Push 2 Pass? These things have Kers or DRS? That would explain some things lol
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Post by hurtmagurt on May 18, 2018 19:53:40 GMT
They have a 10 second boost you can use 10 times during the race. You'll need to map a button.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on May 18, 2018 20:46:10 GMT
They have a 10 second boost you can use 10 times during the race. You'll need to map a button. Thanks. I already have kers and drs mapped. Which one does it use or is this a completely different thing?
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on May 18, 2018 22:19:52 GMT
They have a 10 second boost you can use 10 times during the race. You'll need to map a button. Thanks. I already have kers and drs mapped. Which one does it use or is this a completely different thing? Push to Pass is operated by the KERS button
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 18, 2018 23:50:35 GMT
Well a pretty unsuccessful attempt at practice tonight.. initially set it up with 10 AI but it quickly became clear that it was too many as the physics breakdown was clear within a few laps with the car exhibiting the typical lack of backend grip that is the big giveaway. Never expected 10 to be too many at this track as it doesn't appear to be one that would overload the system. What do I know...
Dropped the number down to 7 and it was much better and I managed to get a decent practice and quali in before getting ready to race.
The race was ok for a few laps although there were still some signs of odd behaviour, the kerbs in particular seemed to have an almost magnetic effect, drawing the car onto them and I was also getting the ol' wheel shake at certain parts of the track which we assumed was some sort of the wear indication at Long Beach. Couldn't be tyre wear here as it was too early in the race and also it was not happening at the end of straights but in the short chute before the long back straight!! Result of tyre locking maybe... nope otherwise it would happen all around the track not just in a couple of specific places. After a few laps it caught me out and put me into a spin whereby I got clobbered in the rear by one of the AI and lost half my front wing :/ yes front.. limited rear damage. Pitted to repair but the wing wasn't fixed as I selected the wrong strategy on the way in :/ so I gave it up as a bad job.
Restarted just the race with 1 less AI to see if that improved things and got ready to race...Err may be not!! No FFB!! ... ran a few laps without it and the game was running smooth now but its just not as much fun with no feeling from the wheel so I abandoned the race.
Not the greatest preparation for tomorrow lol
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Post by niblips on May 19, 2018 2:30:52 GMT
Wow Peter, that sounds like a frustrating evening. I had one of those as well...but it was all setup related. No 1:50 for me as a fast lap. I think my best is a 1:52. I started a race online 3 or 4 times tonight before finally getting a whole one in. I didn't have an issue with the back end like you're describing but I had the kerb issue as well as getting spun if I hit the kerbs at speed in sector 1. What did you change your aero to?
I started with 10 AI but reduced it to 6 after the first race attempt. Not because of issues with the game but because the AI take some strange racing lines on this circuit and they kept catching me out and crashing into me. I started racing them at level 80 bUT they were too quick. I turned it down to 70 but they were a bit slow. Settled on 75 and they were right on my pace, which at the moment is slow....lol.
The race tomorrow should be interesting if we manage to get it going. I don't feel like I have great race pace here like I did in Long Beach. Really wish I could have finished that race cuz I'm fairly sure I had a shot at the win there.
Anyway, my fastest race lap tonight was a 1:53.0xx that's about all I got in me unless I make some major leaps with small setup changes...lol.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 19, 2018 6:02:05 GMT
I had my aero at 16.50 front and 18 rear. I tried lower but always felt more on edge and had too much understeer in the esses. The higher setting just gives me much more confidence to push. Fastest lap was a 1:51.7 in the quali session while in the few laps of racing like you I was in the 1:53's but I never got beyond the opening 4 or 5 laps.
I opted for level 80 AI with an aggression level at 50 and that seemed about right as they were just about on my pace. Long Beach I'm pretty sure I was at 90ish.
My pace is not as good as it was at Long Beach but more importantly I'm lacking confidence here which is more down to lack of laps but there's less chance to have a race ending incident at this track so let's hope we can get everyone in the lobby. I really hope we can get this one started on time and not have to spend an hour trying to get everyone in.
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Post by mikew4tt5 on May 19, 2018 12:46:19 GMT
I’d run this, but with no practice it would not be very fun riding around in the back. These cars are just not in my wheelhouse. Never really been an open wheel guy and the fact I’m usually off by 2-3 seconds a lap makes it quite obvious as well.
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Post by Shneeb108 on May 19, 2018 14:46:13 GMT
I'll probably be in the back, so we could at least run together, LOL
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Post by XRF Formula1 on May 19, 2018 15:55:55 GMT
Ill be right behind ya lol. I could only manage a 1:54.9XX
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Post by Shneeb108 on May 19, 2018 18:22:08 GMT
It's a lot of fun there at COTA! Haven't hit a wall yet!
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 19, 2018 18:22:54 GMT
Damage limitation for me here tonight. Haven't done enough laps and just can't get a good feel around this track, it feels kind of disjointed for me. I think my pace is ok but am struggling to maintain it over a number of laps. Probably needed more setup work on this one to be honest. Good luck everyone
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 19, 2018 18:25:22 GMT
It's a lot of fun there at COTA! Haven't hit a wall yet! You have to go some to hit a wall here lol The esses are the biggest danger as those kerbs especially the middle part look to catch you every lap. Then run wide on the exit on the short chute and it's like you get stuck on rails lol
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Post by ReadingRich on May 19, 2018 18:33:52 GMT
Hey Rich. Have you managed to check your internet settings, iPv6 off for instance, NAT setting to Open, etc. to see if this helps you tomorrow. Yeah did all that last time. I just think once people had issues (I didn’t to start with) it just decided I was the unlucky one. With luck this won’t be an issue tonight. If it does at least there qualiy for the Indy 500 to fill the gap.
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Post by Shneeb108 on May 19, 2018 21:58:50 GMT
I’m done with XBox One. It doesn’t work as advertised with this game.
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Post by niblips on May 19, 2018 22:40:52 GMT
I got caught out at the start with cold brakes and side swiped Micko. ..no damage but it threw me off a bit. Then going thru the sweepers I missed one and when I came back on track I came together with someone else and lost my front wing completely. Requested a stop and manually changed the fuel to add to 5 litres, came out 1 min behind the leader. Was ok for a couple laps...not pushing bUT my wheel started shaking like my tyres were flat spotted and worn in some of the breaking zones after only 10mins. I stuck it out for 10mins more and it got really bad. Was holding on at end of start straight really hard so the car didn't steer into the wall. Went to the pits for tyres and fuel at 20min mark as planned and when I came out of the twisty bit section it felt like a bump in the back and I lost the back end. Happened on the next lap too but there was no damage to my car?!?!?! Had to quit out.... The difference between running this game with the regular xbox one and the xbox one x seems to be night and day. Peter doesn't have any issues anymore. Sgt. said he's never experienced anything like it before (he's on one X). The tyre wear was set to regular tonight right? Not accelerated or anything like that? In all my practices i never experienced this shaking of the wheel so early in my stints. I planned 2 stops because taking the tyres longer than 20 mins would cause the shaking in the wheel. I completed 2 practice races online by myself like that just fine. But the race tonight seemed quite different.
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Post by niblips on May 19, 2018 22:42:26 GMT
damn, on top of all that my mixer video didn't broadcast properly or save or something... it's not on my mixer page at all.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on May 19, 2018 23:10:31 GMT
That was a lot of fun! Thanks for setting this up! It took me about half the race but I finally got control of my breaking points, I tore my first set of tyres into shreds. I spun out on lap 2 or 3 after pulling away from turn 1 and damaged my wing and suspension. I struggled my car back to the pits trying my best to get out of the way of the faster cars behind me. I managed to make my way up to 3rd during the race but had to box for fuel and finished an unexpected 4th!
One thing about the formation lap though, I was confused about when to go to 2 lanes. In offline custom race, the AI begin to do that right before turn 12 (after the long backstraight) and the odds are on the inside. I was told to go to the inside even though I was starting in P6 (evens).
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