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Post by XRF Formula1 on Aug 22, 2019 2:50:44 GMT
ROUND 8 GERMAN GRANDPRIX @ Hockenheimring Classic (Original Bremskurve 1)
27 Laps
5:00pm EST/10:00pm UK Time
In-game date: August 2nd, 1970
Weather Forecast: Overcast
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CONFIRMED 1. Tyler / Sgt Formula 1 / Brabham #15 2. Peter / Hammerpgh / Lotus #3 3. Greg / Hurt MaGurt / Brabham #19 4. Matt / Boothy116 / Ferrari #31 5. Karl / niblips2 / Lotus #2 6. Dave / Lemarrrrrr /
UNCOMFIRMED 7. Josh / Mr Blonde V / BRM # 8
8. Colton / Z7COLTONZ7 / BRM # 9 9. Brandon / BCKracer71 / Tyrrell #6 10. Dan / dakinca91 / Tyrrell #7
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Aug 22, 2019 10:16:36 GMT
Peter / Hammerpgh / Lotus #3
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Post by hurtmagurt on Aug 22, 2019 16:24:18 GMT
Greg / Hurt MaGurt / Brabham #19
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 21:35:40 GMT
7. Matt / Boothy116 / Ferrari #31
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Aug 26, 2019 17:55:20 GMT
Anyone done much testing yet, what's the ballpark lap time here? I'm hoping to get on later if I can.
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Post by niblips on Aug 26, 2019 19:16:53 GMT
Karl / niblips2 / Lotus #2
Not done anything here yet. Likely get some testing tomorrow.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Aug 26, 2019 22:57:27 GMT
Anyone done much testing yet, what's the ballpark lap time here? I'm hoping to get on later if I can. 2:13 is the benchmark from my pre season testing. Using the old first chicane shaved off about 2 seconds a lap if I remember correctly.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Aug 26, 2019 23:36:38 GMT
Anyone done much testing yet, what's the ballpark lap time here? I'm hoping to get on later if I can. 2:13 is the benchmark from my pre season testing. Using the old first chicane shaved off about 2 seconds a lap if I remember correctly. So are we using the old chicane for this race? Is that correct for 1970?
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Aug 27, 2019 1:00:19 GMT
2:13 is the benchmark from my pre season testing. Using the old first chicane shaved off about 2 seconds a lap if I remember correctly. So are we using the old chicane for this race? Is that correct for 1970? Yep! It wasn't reprofiled until 1982 which is the 90° chicane that's there now (well, used to be there in real life ). The second chicane right before the Ostkurve didn't exist until 1982 as well but there's no way to move it so we'll have to navigate it still.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Aug 27, 2019 8:03:18 GMT
So are we using the old chicane for this race? Is that correct for 1970? Yep! It wasn't reprofiled until 1982 which is the 90° chicane that's there now (well, used to be there in real life ). The second chicane right before the Ostkurve didn't exist until 1982 as well but there's no way to move it so we'll have to navigate it still. OK cheers Tyler. so your time is based on that layout with the original chicane I assume. That still is majorly fast based on my dozen laps last night, I was using the games layout though... but I am still way more than two seconds slower than you lol. I'll hopefully get a run at the original layout later today.
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Aug 27, 2019 10:23:48 GMT
Dave McKenzie/ Lemarrrrrr/Lotus 49C think I ran #35 last week 🤷🏻♂️
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2019 12:53:13 GMT
Anyone done much testing yet, what's the ballpark lap time here? I'm hoping to get on later if I can. 2:13 is the benchmark from my pre season testing. Using the old first chicane shaved off about 2 seconds a lap if I remember correctly. Which Chicane is this 0o
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Aug 27, 2019 13:17:14 GMT
2:13 is the benchmark from my pre season testing. Using the old first chicane shaved off about 2 seconds a lap if I remember correctly. Which Chicane is this 0o The first one. As you approach the one the game uses you can just about see the original chicane entrance.. I went through it once inadvertently and it's not the easiest to spot at first but once used to it should be ok and makes the lap a little quicker.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Aug 27, 2019 20:13:40 GMT
A reminder that we're starting at the original time of 5pm EST/ 10pm UK tomorrow.
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Post by hurtmagurt on Aug 28, 2019 1:23:05 GMT
Just FYI My OneX had a console update tonight. Small but takes forever to "Verify".
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Aug 28, 2019 1:56:17 GMT
Just FYI My OneX had a console update tonight. Small but takes forever to "Verify". Oh boy🙄, i'll have to see if I have an update but everything seemed fine tonight while I was practicing. 2:13s are looking to be my race pace, I actually managed a 2:12.319 tonight but it was a little shaky. That first chicane comes up super quick and I can imagine having an off there at some point. The trick will be to do it 27 times in a row.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Aug 28, 2019 9:16:41 GMT
Yeah I had a test session last night using the revised layout and that first chicane is much faster but not easy to spot because it's kind of faded out so you can easily miss the entry. My best lap was a 2:15.020 but there is scope there to improve that by a couple of seconds. Not sure how consistently I could hit that mark though. I suspect chicane 2 will be the one that causes the most problems though.. it's a very tight entry and the kerbs throw you if you hit them wrong plus it tightens suddenly around the Ostkurve.
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Post by niblips on Aug 28, 2019 15:26:57 GMT
My best is 216 atm. Not sure where i'll find 3 seconds to be honest. Could be a long lonely race tonight.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Aug 28, 2019 18:54:17 GMT
My best is 216 atm. Not sure where i'll find 3 seconds to be honest. Could be a long lonely race tonight. We could add 5 mins to quali and I can tell you my setup if you want?
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Aug 28, 2019 19:46:42 GMT
My best is 216 atm. Not sure where i'll find 3 seconds to be honest. Could be a long lonely race tonight. We could add 5 mins to quali and I can tell you my setup if you want? I can’t get anything close to that time, these Historic cars are very difficult cars to get a stable setup
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