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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 6, 2019 21:38:23 GMT
ROUND 1 DAYTONA @ Daytona Tri-Oval 75 Laps Track Type: OVAL
5pm EST/10pm UK Time In-game date: March 28th, 1965
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CONFIRMED 1. Tyler / Sgt Formula 1 / STP Team Lotus #18 2. Peter / Hammerpgh / Team Lotus #82 3. Greg / Hurt MaGurt / STP Team Lotus #19 4. Karl / niblips2 / Team Lotus #83 5. Josh / Mr Blonde V / Team Zipanol #8
UNCOMFIRMED 6. Ian / Uncle De4dly / Team Lubrace #4 7. / BCKracer71 / Team Zipanol #9
UNAVAILABLE 8. Robert / Y22 Rydr / Team Lubrace #5
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 6, 2019 22:33:00 GMT
Peter Hooper / Hammerpgh
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Post by hurtmagurt on Feb 7, 2019 2:40:05 GMT
Hurt MaGurt In
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Post by niblips on Feb 7, 2019 14:33:49 GMT
In. Did a lot of laps here so far, too many laps probably. Moved onto Indycar stuff a couple weeks ago but eager to get back in this beast.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 7, 2019 14:43:30 GMT
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 7, 2019 19:46:07 GMT
In. Did a lot of laps here so far, too many laps probably. Moved onto Indycar stuff a couple weeks ago but eager to get back in this beast. You're starting to scare me Karl, I haven't even done a full 20 laps here yet without losing it! I've moved my 2nd gear one click longer which seems to help slow engine wear slightly but I lose some top speed when i'm not drafting. I'm consistently in the .48s/.49s right now while I think you guys were in the .46s/.47s. Maybe i'll try lower fuel levels and a 2 pit strategy, probably due to me spinning out sometime anyway ha.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 7, 2019 20:44:17 GMT
In. Did a lot of laps here so far, too many laps probably. Moved onto Indycar stuff a couple weeks ago but eager to get back in this beast. You're starting to scare me Karl, I haven't even done a full 20 laps here yet without losing it! I've moved my 2nd gear one click longer which seems to help slow engine wear slightly but I lose some top speed when i'm not drafting. I'm consistently in the .48s/.49s right now while I think you guys were in the .46s/.47s. Maybe i'll try lower fuel levels and a 2 pit strategy, probably due to me spinning out sometime anyway ha. Karl has put in some serious laps here Tyler.. I heard that the circuit management offered to put a bed in the pit garage for him he was there so often 😁. I need to get back to some racing and especially here to get back in the groove. The engine wear shouldn't be a factor at the rate we were getting it as it wasn't impacting the lap times and didnt seem as though it would need repairing before the end of the race. Fuel didn't actually make much difference to the lap time for me tbh Tyler.
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Feb 8, 2019 1:47:20 GMT
I've gone and got myself into an AOR GT3 league that starts at noon that day but I figure it should be wrapped up in time for me to jump into the vintage. Transferable skill set no? ;0)
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 8, 2019 9:04:47 GMT
I've gone and got myself into an AOR GT3 league that starts at noon that day but I figure it should be wrapped up in time for me to jump into the vintage. Transferable skill set no? ;0) I thought you were in the SRL GT3 league on Wednesdays Ian? I have put myself down as a reserve there just in case I fancy a run out in something different on our off Wednesdays. I doubt very much whether you will be finished with that before we start though as their kick-off time is not until 9:30 and with quali and two races with gaps between each session there's no way you will be done in time. At a push maybe 10:30ish. Definitely worth checking in to see if we have got the actual race underway though. Transferable skill set.. GT3>Lotus 38 about as transferable as a tank to a skateboard lol
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Feb 8, 2019 13:51:34 GMT
No I’m not in that SRL one, though I participated in their last season and they’re a good bunch.
I’m in the AOR GT3. They start at 8pm UK time so I’m hoping that’ll be done in time for my to recover and jump in the Lotus.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 8, 2019 14:05:05 GMT
No I’m not in that SRL one, though I participated in their last season and they’re a good bunch. I’m in the AOR GT3. They start at 8pm UK time so I’m hoping that’ll be done in time for my to recover and jump in the Lotus. Ah ok fair enough.. I just saw your name down for the current season and in the recent results for this seasons races so assumed you were racing it to the end. Yeah, an 8pm time should see you make it with their race format provided no hold-ups.
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Post by niblips on Feb 8, 2019 14:11:55 GMT
Lengthening the gearing saves the engine, but the lap times are so much slower that it doesn't make sense to leave it like that. So long as the engine doesn't take damage from a huge crash it should be fine to the end of the race with the gearing shorter.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Feb 8, 2019 21:49:53 GMT
No I’m not in that SRL one, though I participated in their last season and they’re a good bunch. I’m in the AOR GT3. They start at 8pm UK time so I’m hoping that’ll be done in time for my to recover and jump in the Lotus. I hope to see you here on wed Ian but certainly understand if you can't make it. I couldn't do 2 different races back to back. Like I said in my PM to you when I hop on the game next i'll let you know what my gearing is. Been a bit distracted lately by Nintendo and the old Star Wars Battlefront II(2005) lol.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 11, 2019 9:32:56 GMT
Any further practice from you guys for this one yet? I hopped on for the first time last night and had some fun with it. Thankfully it's not a combo that requires a lot of re-acclimatisation so I was straight away back into the 47's at race start. It's a shame that the AI cannot be forced to run on the vintage tyres like us. I had them turned down to about 23 and that kept them at about my pace but they are prone to slow-ups around turn 1 when running together and also whenever there is a warning of something you have to be very aware of them as they can slow badly again. For instance early in my race there was an incident approaching turn 1 with a few cars that left some debris on the track. Eventually that went but the warning still came at the approach to the start/finish line each lap and the AI would slow at that point.. not massively but enough to cause a problem if you aren't aware of what they do.
Had some good laps practicing drafting with the AI and working out what was needed to remain in the draft but not accelerate the engine damage too much.. a lot of fun that's for sure but so easy to get caught out and I still got dragged onto the 'magnetic' barriers a few times which although not always causing damage is really tough to get away from and has a habit of then throwing you to the inside eventually which is where the damage can occur.
Hopefully, we can get this series off to a good start on Wednesday. Shame we cannot persuade any more to come along.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 12, 2019 10:43:06 GMT
Managed to complete my first full race last night. Just 5 AI to keep it close to what we have in our races but it was no less fun for that. Some great drafting action and some real fun racing at times. Managed to get through the race with just a couple of incidents although one did end up with me losing my right-front wheel but I was at the pit entrance so was able to get back ok. Lap times are pretty much bang on the mid 47's when running alone. Turn 3/4 still is the main area that can cause problems but I have been working on something that seems to be working for me technique-wise though there. I couldn't resolve it with any setup changes so decided to just work out the best way to deal with it on track. I had the AI at 23/35 and this seemed a pretty good fit. They are running about the same pace although they are not effected by the T3/4 bumps and take that flat out gaining about 3-4/tenths but strangely they lift going through the start/finish kink which is easily flat out for us so it kind of balances out. Unfortunately I am struggling with some flu-type symptoms this last day or so but am hoping it doesn't develop into anything further and I can still race tomorrow. Look forward to any updates of everyone else's practices. Uncle De4dly (Ian) I know from the pcTuner Discord that you have had some practice so how has it been going, what has your experience been like so far and what times are you managing to achieve?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2019 11:56:10 GMT
If im free tomorrow night ill hop it and drive in a oval for a long time.
Haven't touched a racing game since the last series finished so probably need to start again with F1 soon.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 12, 2019 12:07:54 GMT
If im free tomorrow night ill hop it and drive in a oval for a long time. Haven't touched a racing game since the last series finished so probably need to start again with F1 soon. You'll need to get some practice in for this one Boothy as it's not an out of the box and race type of car due to it being designed for Indy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2019 13:19:24 GMT
If im free tomorrow night ill hop it and drive in a oval for a long time. Haven't touched a racing game since the last series finished so probably need to start again with F1 soon. You'll need to get some practice in for this one Boothy as it's not an out of the box and race type of car due to it being designed for Indy. Had a quick go with 40 laps of fuel in the car and was 47.360. I don't know if that's any good but ill have a proper crack at it later on
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Post by niblips on Feb 12, 2019 14:56:11 GMT
You'll need to get some practice in for this one Boothy as it's not an out of the box and race type of car due to it being designed for Indy. Had a quick go with 40 laps of fuel in the car and was 47.360. I don't know if that's any good but ill have a proper crack at it later on That's up to speed Boothy. You should be good to go.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Feb 12, 2019 15:08:29 GMT
Just got to keep it off those magnetic walls Boothy.. they are fatal!!
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