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Post by hurtmagurt on Jan 18, 2019 20:50:01 GMT
This problem of Nate's is very interesting. I have the OG xbox as well. Last year at Texas I practiced a lot with a full lobby of AI. I felt great in my setup and times and I did decent against the AI in a half distance race. Then you guys started talking about your lap times and me and ALL the AI were running like 8 seconds slower!!! When we raced Texas with the league I used the exact setup i had practiced with and got completely different times more on pace with all of you. I'm going to see about getting the One X before Indycar/F1 seasons start up again. At the moment I'd love to go to PC but for less than a quarter of the price I'll upgrade to the X. Do you also get the shaking and rattling wheel problem on the red tyres Greg? That's another thing that disappears on the X as opposed to the OG. I know Karl suffers badly with the problem as did I before I upgraded and it's a real pain to have to race with and definitely creates an uneven playing field.
Yes, I especially having a lot of trouble with this at Long Beach last season.
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Post by niblips on Jan 18, 2019 20:53:42 GMT
Peter is right. I struggle with the Red Tyres in the Indycar. My wheel shakes violently once they get worn to a certain point. I can only do about half a stint and that's it. I had to run most of the road course races last season on the Black tyres.
No chance for me to switch the the xbox one X unless I win the lottery or the one I have now breaks.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jan 18, 2019 21:26:56 GMT
Do you also get the shaking and rattling wheel problem on the red tyres Greg? That's another thing that disappears on the X as opposed to the OG. I know Karl suffers badly with the problem as did I before I upgraded and it's a real pain to have to race with and definitely creates an uneven playing field.
Yes, I especially having a lot of trouble with this at Long Beach last season.
Yes, that's where I also had it bad and got my X shortly after.
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Post by Nate Michael on Jan 18, 2019 22:41:22 GMT
This problem of Nate's is very interesting. I have the OG xbox as well. Last year at Texas I practiced a lot with a full lobby of AI. I felt great in my setup and times and I did decent against the AI in a half distance race. Then you guys started talking about your lap times and me and ALL the AI were running like 8 seconds slower!!! When we raced Texas with the league I used the exact setup i had practiced with and got completely different times more on pace with all of you. I'm going to see about getting the One X before Indycar/F1 seasons start up again. At the moment I'd love to go to PC but for less than a quarter of the price I'll upgrade to the X. Make a private online lobby when you practice. Or I’ve also heard when you put above something like 15 cars, AI, it screws up the times. It sucks though they haven’t figured this out yet LOL. I read that online about the 15 cars, because I was having the same problem. I decrease the amount, and the times were fine
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Post by Nate Michael on Jan 22, 2019 1:33:08 GMT
Anyone know if the one S works, or does it have to be a one x??
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Post by niblips on Jan 22, 2019 15:57:05 GMT
Anyone know if the one S works, or does it have to be a one x?? I think it needs to be a one X to get the best experience. I've not read anything about the S being better than the original for this game.
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Post by Nate Michael on Jan 22, 2019 16:36:41 GMT
Anyone know if the one S works, or does it have to be a one x?? I think it needs to be a one X to get the best experience. I've not read anything about the S being better than the original for this game. Awesome, thanks bro. The X it is LOL
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Post by ReadingRich on Jan 23, 2019 13:08:21 GMT
I’ve swapped back to the original I’m in the hope that it doesn’t effect my performance too much or Tyler and Dave will never let me forget it.
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Post by niblips on Jan 23, 2019 13:51:12 GMT
I’ve swapped back to the original I’m in the hope that it doesn’t effect my performance too much or Tyler and Dave will never let me forget it. What made you switch back?!?!?! I hope your one x didn't crash.....
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Post by stormtrooper on Jan 23, 2019 13:58:51 GMT
I'll have a go if I'm competitive in them. I need a base tune and a laptime to aim for to see where I can get if anyone can help with that as I've never driven them apart from the other night... I won't make many though due to other commitments.
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Jan 23, 2019 14:45:10 GMT
I'll have a go if I'm competitive in them. I need a base tune and a laptime to aim for to see where I can get if anyone can help with that as I've never driven them apart from the other night... I won't make many though due to other commitments. No problem at all Stu, I’ll send you over a setup that I use then you can tailor it to suit your driving style, if you need any help then please ask and we’ll help as much as we can
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jan 23, 2019 19:20:24 GMT
I think it needs to be a one X to get the best experience. I've not read anything about the S being better than the original for this game. Awesome, thanks bro. The X it is LOL Definitely has to be the X as the S doesn't have the muscle power to make the difference.
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Post by ReadingRich on Jan 24, 2019 2:10:12 GMT
I’ve swapped back to the original I’m in the hope that it doesn’t effect my performance too much or Tyler and Dave will never let me forget it. What made you switch back?!?!?! I hope your one x didn't crash..... No it was hard to justify have both the X and the PC when my old Xbox One was sat in the cupboard, plus it payed for my Indy Toronto ticket and most of the flight.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jan 24, 2019 9:04:04 GMT
What made you switch back?!?!?! I hope your one x didn't crash..... No it was hard to justify have both the X and the PC when my old Xbox One was sat in the cupboard, plus it payed for my Indy Toronto ticket and most of the flight. It'll be interesting to see if you get the badly vibrating wheel issue when using the red tyres once they go past a certain wear point.
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Post by ReadingRich on Jan 24, 2019 11:33:01 GMT
To be fair I used the normal box about half of last season and never suffered with it.
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Post by niblips on Jan 24, 2019 14:12:55 GMT
To be fair I used the normal box about half of last season and never suffered with it. Were you in the Chevy or the Honda last season Rich? If you were in the Honda i'd like to do some tyre tests with your setups. I had the wheel shaking issue on the Red tyres at Long Beach, Willow Springs, Watkins Glen.... I'm sure i would have had it at Road America and a few of the other circuits, but i didn't make them all last season. For Watkins Glen I had to run that whole race on the Blacks. Can you remember which races you used the original xbox for??
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Post by ReadingRich on Jan 25, 2019 12:56:49 GMT
To be fair I used the normal box about half of last season and never suffered with it. Were you in the Chevy or the Honda last season Rich? If you were in the Honda i'd like to do some tyre tests with your setups. I had the wheel shaking issue on the Red tyres at Long Beach, Willow Springs, Watkins Glen.... I'm sure i would have had it at Road America and a few of the other circuits, but i didn't make them all last season. For Watkins Glen I had to run that whole race on the Blacks. Can you remember which races you used the original xbox for?? I run the a Honda mate. I can’t remember off the top of my head it would have been Long Beach and 1 or 2 after that. We can sort some thing out for set ups though. What wheel do you use.
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Post by niblips on Jan 25, 2019 14:29:31 GMT
Were you in the Chevy or the Honda last season Rich? If you were in the Honda i'd like to do some tyre tests with your setups. I had the wheel shaking issue on the Red tyres at Long Beach, Willow Springs, Watkins Glen.... I'm sure i would have had it at Road America and a few of the other circuits, but i didn't make them all last season. For Watkins Glen I had to run that whole race on the Blacks. Can you remember which races you used the original xbox for?? I run the a Honda mate. I can’t remember off the top of my head it would have been Long Beach and 1 or 2 after that. We can sort some thing out for set ups though. What wheel do you use. I use the Thrustmaster TMX. I was trying again last night to sort out what the issue might be...thinking that it still might be a wheel setup issue, but i double checked everything and re-calibrated it and still got the shaking after the Red Tyres reached a certain wear point. I think the issue is worse when the circuit is hotter, but i haven't confirmed that yet. I was testing last night in Willow Springs with the date set to our race date (March 9th) and didn't have as much trouble with the wheel shake as i did in our test session a while ago. I'll do some more testing tonight with different dates to see if the summer heat might be an issue.
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Post by stormtrooper on Jan 26, 2019 11:10:59 GMT
I'll have a go if I'm competitive in them. I need a base tune and a laptime to aim for to see where I can get if anyone can help with that as I've never driven them apart from the other night... I won't make many though due to other commitments. No problem at all Stu, I’ll send you over a setup that I use then you can tailor it to suit your driving style, if you need any help then please ask and we’ll help as much as we can Thanks for that. I'll give it a go and see how I get on. Can you give me a laptime for Watkins Glen GP to aim for and then at least I can see where I am and where I need to be? Cheers
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Jan 26, 2019 11:27:40 GMT
No problem at all Stu, I’ll send you over a setup that I use then you can tailor it to suit your driving style, if you need any help then please ask and we’ll help as much as we can Thanks for that. I'll give it a go and see how I get on. Can you give me a laptime for Watkins Glen GP to aim for and then at least I can see where I am and where I need to be? Cheers I got Pole there in the last series on a mid 1.25 and the fastest lap time was a high 27 I seem to remember. The main issue at Watkins is the front left tyre temps, if you push hard for a lap you’ll need to back off for a cool down lap before going again, the 3 most important parts of the circuit are the bus stop chicane in s1, the right hander at the bottom of the loop and the 90 left near the end of lap, these points will give you laptime in bucketfuls. More importantly, driving these cars is a very different skill set to the Front Wheel Drive Tourers, if you’re smooth with your inputs the car will pay you back in laptime but if you try to hassle it and push too much you’ll burn the tyres and spin out, if you do all the basics right these cars are so fast, so brake earlier than you think you should and always in a straight line and apply the throttle and steering smoothly and gradually Hope this helps. Dave
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