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Post by mikeyboy49 on Mar 17, 2019 16:23:20 GMT
Are we going to adopt the extra point for the fastest lap..seems like a good idea..
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Post by Mitch on Mar 17, 2019 16:24:14 GMT
Yeah they are all over the place and Kubica is struggling badly. Fantastic from Valteri, I have always really liked him but I definitely didn't really see that coming. Totally dominant performance. I think things may be closer at other circuits as Melbourne is a bit unique but the gap in pace is a concern if you want close racing. I’m far from concerned 😂😂😂😂 Yeah, it's alright for some 😂
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Mar 17, 2019 16:46:03 GMT
Are we going to adopt the extra point for the fastest lap..seems like a good idea.. Yep there was a brief discussion about it in one of the league threads.
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Post by mikeyboy49 on Mar 17, 2019 18:24:58 GMT
Seems we have a problem Houston.... No Xbox live social and gaming... unless things change this could be cancelled.. damn
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Post by Mitch on Mar 17, 2019 18:32:12 GMT
Really? Been fine for me 😕
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Mar 24, 2019 15:14:18 GMT
I’m finally watching the Australian race. I’ve watched a few of the Netflix series so at least I know a bit of who’s who now and the history.
This is awesome! I don’t quite follow drs though - there’s something about that you have to be within 10 seconds of your team mate for it to enable or something?
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Mar 24, 2019 16:42:38 GMT
I’m finally watching the Australian race. I’ve watched a few of the Netflix series so at least I know a bit of who’s who now and the history. This is awesome! I don’t quite follow drs though - there’s something about that you have to be within 10 seconds of your team mate for it to enable or something? Glad your are enjoying it Ian. DRS.. there are detection and activation points on the track and you have to be within one second of the car ahead of you at the detection point before you can use DRS at the following activation point. Hope that makes sense. Look at our sign-up thread for Bahrain and you will see what I mean from the track map here:- consoleracing.boards.net/thread/508/2018-bahrain-sunday-31st-march
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Mar 24, 2019 16:45:34 GMT
I’m finally watching the Australian race. I’ve watched a few of the Netflix series so at least I know a bit of who’s who now and the history. This is awesome! I don’t quite follow drs though - there’s something about that you have to be within 10 seconds of your team mate for it to enable or something? DRS (Drag Reduction System) is triggered when a car is 1 second or less behind another car at certain party of the circuit, on most tracks there are 2 DRS zones and the driver can open the DRS flap on the rear wing in these zones. The flap will close at the end of the zone, if the driver presses the brake pedal or if he pushes the DRS button on the steering wheel. The DRS was introduced to promote overtaking in an era where overtakes were becoming less frequent due to the complex aerodynamics of F1 Cars, but many people feel that it’s an artificial fix and takes away from the skills of the drivers but you can decide for yourself 🙂. Any questions? Cheers Dave
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Mar 25, 2019 0:52:30 GMT
Do the Indy cars we’ve been driving have this? They are Indy cars aren’t they?
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Mar 25, 2019 7:16:22 GMT
Do the Indy cars we’ve been driving have this? They are Indy cars aren’t they? Not exactly but they do have push to pass whereby you get ten shots at a boost to power which lasts about ten seconds. You can only use it in the race though but can activate it anywhere you want. You have to assign a button to it though. I have it set as the B button on my wheel. Indycar in real life has it but slightly different in that this season each driver can use 120 seconds (somebody else can confirm this as it may be a bit longer, I can't remember off the top of my head) of boost over the course of the race.
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Mar 25, 2019 18:22:58 GMT
Do the Indy cars we’ve been driving have this? They are Indy cars aren’t they? Not exactly but they do have push to pass whereby you get ten shots at a boost to power which lasts about ten seconds. You can only use it in the race though but can activate it anywhere you want. You have to assign a button to it though. I have it set as the B button on my wheel. Indycar in real life has it but slightly different in that this season each driver can use 120 seconds (somebody else can confirm this as it may be a bit longer, I can't remember off the top of my head) of boost over the course of the race. That’s correct Pete but as I understand it it’s Circuit specific, I know at COTA they had 200 seconds on P2P
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Mar 25, 2019 18:28:22 GMT
Do the Indy cars we’ve been driving have this? They are Indy cars aren’t they? As Indycars are less aero sensitive they can follow each other closer than F1 cars currently can so they rely more on late braking or drafting to overtake. So they do t need a further aerodynamic aid to help them overtake Hope that explains Dave
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Mar 25, 2019 19:29:20 GMT
Do the Indy cars we’ve been driving have this? They are Indy cars aren’t they? As Indycars are less aero sensitive they can follow each other closer than F1 cars currently can so they rely more on late braking or drafting to overtake. So they do t need a further aerodynamic aid to help them overtake Hope that explains Dave That being the case Dave why was p2p introduced? Can't remember when it came in but like you say passing was never the same problem it has been in F1.
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Mar 25, 2019 20:38:26 GMT
As Indycars are less aero sensitive they can follow each other closer than F1 cars currently can so they rely more on late braking or drafting to overtake. So they do t need a further aerodynamic aid to help them overtake Hope that explains Dave That being the case Dave why was p2p introduced? Can't remember when it came in but like you say passing was never the same problem it has been in F1. P2P was introduced in the 2016 Indycar Season and it was implemented to give further opportunities for overtaking and to improve the racing
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Apr 23, 2019 1:35:11 GMT
Can anyone catch Hamilton? Mercedes are unbeatable right now.
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Post by mikeyboy49 on Apr 23, 2019 10:57:54 GMT
Can anyone catch Hamilton? Mercedes are unbeatable right now. Still too early to say but think Ferrari will up there game during the season. I’m not a great fan of them and think Mercedes have it in the bag once again if they can keep up the realisability..
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Apr 23, 2019 13:30:46 GMT
Can anyone catch Hamilton? Mercedes are unbeatable right now. Like Mikey said it's still very early in the season but after the promise that Ferrari showed in the testing it's been a surprise to see them put to the sword again. Of course LeClerc should have won in Bahrain but Melbourne and Shanghai it's been a rout. Vettell is under massive pressure due to his mistakes while Hamilton just get's stronger and stronger. He adds to that pressure on Vettell by his consistency and that inate ability to pull something out of the bag in qualifying even when on the back foot like in Shangahai. Ferrari need to get their decisions right this season both in races and in how they progress the car as that's where they have failed so badly in the past.
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Apr 23, 2019 14:34:22 GMT
Can anyone catch Hamilton? Mercedes are unbeatable right now. Like Mikey said it's still very early in the season but after the promise that Ferrari showed in the testing it's been a surprise to see them put to the sword again. Of course LeClerc should have won in Bahrain but Melbourne and Shanghai it's been a rout. Vettell is under massive pressure due to his mistakes while Hamilton just get's stronger and stronger. He adds to that pressure on Vettell by his consistency and that inate ability to pull something out of the bag in qualifying even when on the back foot like in Shangahai. Ferrari need to get their decisions right this season both in races and in how they progress the car as that's where they have failed so badly in the past. Ferrari have always flattered to deceive in testing so they can get the Italian Media onside, they’re culturally very different to how we work, they have had a massive blame culture in the past and the worse they perform the worse it gets, we have been surprised by their lacklustre start to the season and we’ll be pushing hard to extend our lead over them. As Pete said, they should have had an easy 1-2 in Bahrain but they pushed too hard and finished with a P3 and and P5 (I think 🤔) If we can get another good result in Baku this weekend then going into Barcelona we’ll have a massive aero and engine upgrade which will give those Red wankers something more to think about 😉
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Apr 23, 2019 14:45:05 GMT
What was up with Haas not posting quali times? I don’t quite get the qualifiers and tire rules just yet.....
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Apr 23, 2019 16:14:11 GMT
What was up with Haas not posting quali times? I don’t quite get the qualifiers and tire rules just yet..... Ok, there are 3 compounds of tyres for each event, teams have to run at least 2 different compounds of tyres during the race. If a team decides in Q3 not to run as they think they can’t qualify any higher than 9th and 10th then they can choose not to run and have more fresh tyres for the race which gives them more strategy choices. Qualifying is in 3 stages, originally it was an hour session but most teams waited until the last few minutes to run and gain the best track conditions but this was changed in the early 2000’s to improve the show with more cars on track. At the end of Q1 the slowest 5 drivers are eliminated and these times determine the starting position for these 5 drivers. At the end of Q2 the next 5 slowest drivers are eliminated as well and again these drivers start on the grid from P10 to P15, during this session the fastest 10 drivers have to start the race on the tyre set they set their fastest laptime in Q2, the last 10 drivers then qualify for Pole Position.
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