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Post by XRF Formula1 on May 20, 2020 20:39:52 GMT
Yeah I agree with that. If it's okay with the Lotus guys then I don't see any reason to postpone. I might be a few mins late
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Post by iang0355 on May 20, 2020 20:54:50 GMT
I also feel bad for Ian, he changed his schedule to be able to make it, correct? I would say run it if you can. That seems fair to me. If we go ahead thats fine, if not no biggie. Nice day here in NY so if we don't race I can make use of taking the day off. I'd hate to see you guys lose out on your championship when I'm just here to have fun
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Post by XRF Formula1 on May 20, 2020 20:59:58 GMT
I also feel bad for Ian, he changed his schedule to be able to make it, correct? I would say run it if you can. That seems fair to me. If we go ahead thats fine, if not no biggie. Nice day here in NY so if we don't race I can make use of taking the day off. I'd hate to see you guys lose out on your championship when I'm just here to have fun On second thought lol, let's postpone as it is a nice day out in Wisconsin too. Next week everyone.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 20, 2020 21:02:05 GMT
No problem. Perhaps we can arrange some individual races with Ian in this car so he doesn't miss out.
Cheers.
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Post by niblips on May 21, 2020 12:27:09 GMT
Ah, it was postponed. Hopefully Ian can make another one....
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Post by iang0355 on May 21, 2020 13:09:58 GMT
No problem. Perhaps we can arrange some individual races with Ian in this car so he doesn't miss out. Cheers. I'm actually thinking about maybe throwing together a "track day" of sorts on one of the off weekends between the Indy league, me and DaleRossi talked about it a little bit a while back but I would love to get in on at least one of these races with you guys for sure. Hopefully things calm down a bit and we can all get back to some semblance of normality soon
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Post by iang0355 on May 26, 2020 5:59:25 GMT
Good news, lads! If my memory is working properly (bigtime cointoss on that usually lol) scheduling will work out and I should be able to join you this week for the rescheduled race. I'll update this post in a few hours when I get a second look at the schedule after work tonight but I'm 99 percent sure I have off and will make the race. Hoping the same goes for the Lotus guys, I'm looking forward to my first go driving these in competition!
EDIT: just confirming that i will be able to make it tomorrow. Looking forward to it!
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 26, 2020 7:19:25 GMT
Good news Ian. I'm hoping to make it but as always these days its not guaranteed for me.
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Post by iang0355 on May 26, 2020 10:16:41 GMT
Good news Ian. I'm hoping to make it but as always these days its not guaranteed for me. Been the same here, normally I'm off on Wednesdays because they've had me covering nights on monday and Tuesday but they had me set to work Wednesday night last week for whatever reason. We only get schedules for the upcoming week on Fridays and it's rarely the same, even before all this virus stuff. Bout had to beg my boss to let me get all the days for the Indy league off
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Post by niblips on May 26, 2020 20:00:08 GMT
Well I'll be there.... and i'm not quite up to pace yet, still have some work to do.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on May 26, 2020 22:41:10 GMT
That's great Ian, i'm glad we postponed the race for a week now, the more the merrier.
Will everyone be available next Wednesday for the regularly scheduled Italian GP or should we move the entire schedule back?
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Post by vdub4life on May 26, 2020 22:54:59 GMT
Im ready too go just let me know when
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Post by iang0355 on May 27, 2020 0:50:09 GMT
That's great Ian, i'm glad we postponed the race for a week now, the more the merrier. Will everyone be available next Wednesday for the regularly scheduled Italian GP or should we move the entire schedule back? I'm hoping that I'll be good for the rest of the series but don't quote me on that. Kind of week to week at the moment, been a bunch of shite going on with people getting canned or taking days off so everything is a bit screwy at the moment on top of the rest of what's going on in the world Niblips, what kind of pace are you running? I've been right around the benchmark or a touch slower on race fuel. Struggling with finding a good turn in point in 4 and 5 mostly
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Post by XRF Formula1 on May 27, 2020 1:31:48 GMT
I think I was in the low 1:32s with full race fuel in pre-season testing.
I think you'll find the handling much better Ian, especially if we only have 6 drivers. It might be slightly different than in your practices but it will at least be drivable unlike your car last sat.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 27, 2020 7:47:14 GMT
That's great Ian, i'm glad we postponed the race for a week now, the more the merrier. Will everyone be available next Wednesday for the regularly scheduled Italian GP or should we move the entire schedule back? I'm hoping that I'll be good for the rest of the series but don't quote me on that. Kind of week to week at the moment, been a bunch of shite going on with people getting canned or taking days off so everything is a bit screwy at the moment on top of the rest of what's going on in the world Niblips, what kind of pace are you running? I've been right around the benchmark or a touch slower on race fuel. Struggling with finding a good turn in point in 4 and 5 mostly I had a practice race yesterday and am around the 1:29 mark in the early laps going down to 1:28's as the race goes on and with a fastest of 1:27.7. The penultimate corner is the toughest on turn-in for me. I ran out of fuel 50 metres from the line and came to a stop abt a metre short in my practice race lol
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Post by iang0355 on May 27, 2020 9:25:53 GMT
I acutally really enjoy driving this car and once I figured out how to get some of the push out of it my laptimes really came to life. If I can manage to find a good mark and be consistent in those corners I mentioned, I could probably get down to 28s. Car responds well to my heavy foot, you can really move it around on throttle and that's the way I've always liked my cars no matter the game. Not too loose, but just enough to get the rotation you need out of it. Gonna be a fun one, I cant wait
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 27, 2020 9:44:16 GMT
It's certainly one of the most fun cars we've driven in all the series we've done.. this is the 5th series I think isn't it Tyler? ( XRF Formula1)
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Post by niblips on May 27, 2020 13:30:25 GMT
That's great Ian, i'm glad we postponed the race for a week now, the more the merrier. Will everyone be available next Wednesday for the regularly scheduled Italian GP or should we move the entire schedule back? I'm hoping that I'll be good for the rest of the series but don't quote me on that. Kind of week to week at the moment, been a bunch of shite going on with people getting canned or taking days off so everything is a bit screwy at the moment on top of the rest of what's going on in the world Niblips, what kind of pace are you running? I've been right around the benchmark or a touch slower on race fuel. Struggling with finding a good turn in point in 4 and 5 mostly I'm not as far off as i thought after reading everyone's posts. I can get 1:29s on full fuel at the start when the tyres are warm. I was struggling with T4 and T5 as well but an increase in tyre pressures helped that out. I was running them a little too soft. I'm still struggling with T1 sometimes, it's difficult to get that right. I'm often overshooting or slowing too much.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on May 27, 2020 18:16:03 GMT
It's certainly one of the most fun cars we've driven in all the series we've done.. this is the 5th series I think isn't it Tyler? ( XRF Formula1 ) I made a 6 race Formula Rookie season when the game first came out before we found eachother otherwise this is the 5th vintage series, the 4th season we've ran here at consoleracing. F5, 49, 25, 38, 49C, 72D I suppose it's almost time to start preparing for the '77 season with the Lotus 78!
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Post by XRF Formula1 on May 27, 2020 18:40:16 GMT
Oh my god, the next season is a whopping 17 race season! Silverstone classic will be back and it looks like LongBeach & Fuji will be on the calendar.
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