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« on: January 10, 2018, 12:38:13 PM »
Wondered why I had lost pace in qually. Realised between qually and race 1 that I wasn't getting full brakes. I turned the load cell up to full to get nearly full brakes which makes me think I have done a load cell. It was better but not ideal in the races as the brakes were just an on off switch - lucky we had ABS.
Race 1: rammed from behind by Godzilla - lap 4 I think.
Race 2: 28% restrictor from race 1. rammed from behind by grat on lap 1. Thanks for the apology grat.
Race 3: 52% restrictor due to the damage on my car.
Nuff said.
Let's do it again next week.
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« on: January 06, 2018, 11:10:40 PM »
Some 71 year old dude who managed to get some big name stars in the video  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CfLUmVso30[/youtube]
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« on: January 05, 2018, 10:10:16 PM »
Just for information - there are new stable versions of ptracker and stracker, v3.4.0: http://www.n-e-y-s.de/download
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« on: January 04, 2018, 11:13:28 PM »
My take is that it was completely avoidable and to get a run on the car in front, the first thing is not to drive straight into them. There was plenty of spare road on the right.
My 2c
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« on: January 03, 2018, 02:56:04 PM »
I'd love to see the replay of race 2 if someone can upload please, content manager kept two replays but one was from Thursday, I've upped my limit to keep 5 now.
AC is still quite brain dead about saving replays. rFactor you just set "save all replays" in the config file and it does. AC TEMPORARILY saves replays in the temp folder and it keeps Race replays up to the number you specify. However when you reach the limit, it deletes the MOST RECENT replay instead of the oldest. This will be why one of your replays was old, it deleted the Race 1 replay to save Race 2 and then deleted the Race 2 replay to save Race 3 instead of deleting your old one. I have my keep set to the maximum of 20 and I still lose what I want sometimes. The best way is to "Keep replay" as soon as you exit a race session, then it will stay until you delete it. Here is Race 2 replay for your enjoyment http://www.mediafire.com/file/26kvhrbdo1yisro/AC_020118-205938_R_ks_bmw_m235i_racing_oulton_park_internationalnochic.zip
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« on: January 03, 2018, 12:34:17 AM »
The accident with Russg was a weird one. I watched it many times from different perspectives. I knew you were there on my right and I wanted to leave you space, but we did have some minor contacts which resulted in some oversteer with me and then it escalated in you losing control and going off. Russ, you were pulling more and more to the right/centre of the track although I was still there. Maybe that was not deliberately and just a result of our contacts. It was unfortunate...I actually wanted to let you go.
Hi killa, I too have watched the replay from all angles and I don't find it weird. By the way, I was on your left, not your right. You made the mistake at the fast right hander which gave me the run out of the turn. You squeezed me all the way which is fine, but then at the left hander, I was actually in front and I had my left wheels on the white line when you hit me the first time. That's when I started moving right - because you hit me. Happy to post replays if necessary. I'm happy to leave it there. I did pull out of race 3 after that incident ( I think it's the first time I pulled out of an XGN race), not because of this incident, but only because I found myself a distant last like race 2 when Godzilla nailed me from behind. I just didn't feel like hotlapping again as I can do that anytime I had good pace here and was hoping for a fun night, but it didn't work out, and hey "that's motor racing".
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« on: December 20, 2017, 06:50:05 PM »
RussG
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Lap 1: 65 kph (+5 restrictor)
Lap 1: 71 kph (+6 restrictor)
Lap 1: 45 kph (+2 restrictor)
Lap 1: 108 kph (+10 restrictor)
Lap 1: 70 kph (+6 restrictor)
Lap 1: 94 kph (+9 restrictor)
Lap 12: 148 kph (+10 restrictor)
Hi Wally, Please note there is no suggestion of blame on anyone here, just questioning the contact speed reports. When I saw this I thought straight away the lap 12 contact was wrong which it is, so I had a look through the replay and these are the contacts as seen in the replay. It looked to me like I had 7 contacts in the pileup but you have listed 6. A couple looked very light so maybe one didn't register. The rest of them: Lap 1 : Mael 58 kph hits me doing 36 kph - This seems like it should be a 22 kph contact. Lap 1 : Me 44 kph hits Dave O doing 22 kph - 22 kph contact Lap 1 : Me 48 kph hits Joe doing 23 kph - 25 kph contact Lap 1 : Me 41 kph hits Seanus doing 20 kph - 21 kph contact Lap 1 : Joe 41 kph hits me doing 37 kph - 4 kph contact Lap 1 : Mael 45 kph hits me doing 37 kph - 8 kph contact Lap 1 : Mael 41 kph hits me doing 25 kph - 16 kph contact Lap 12: Me 46 kph hits armco doing 0 kph - 46 kph contact I think this would have given me 3% restrictor instead of the 48% I was given. Now I know it's not always as simple as the difference in speeds. The angle of the cars etc can make a difference to the relative speed of the contact, but the numbers are really far removed from reality. e.g. Lap 1: 108 kph - even if you added the car speeds as in a head on collision it doesn't add up to that much. I have no issues with the idea of restrictor for contacts but would you mind having a look at this as it seems to be more like random numbers when it records a contact. Cheers
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« on: December 13, 2017, 09:32:55 PM »
Interesting that Shayne tapped me from behind both races but his impact speeds are 8k & 6k slower than my impacts. How does that work?
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« on: December 11, 2017, 12:11:30 AM »
Add me in please.
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« on: December 07, 2017, 10:38:41 PM »
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« on: December 06, 2017, 11:04:06 PM »
Ha, I can see Joe spinning out while he is busy checking out the disco lights on the case 
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« on: December 06, 2017, 10:58:38 PM »
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« on: November 28, 2017, 09:15:02 AM »
Sadly I won't be able to make it tonight or next Tuesday. I hope you all have some great racing
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« on: November 23, 2017, 12:41:14 PM »
OK, I am talking about contact being made, not whether the initial move of someone is judged to be a good or bad move. I know about the B pillar rule etc. I already stated: "I'm not saying it was a good move. What I'm saying is that there was no need for contact to have been made." I didn't brake so late that I couldn't make the turn. If that was the case AND killa had tried to leave space AND we still crashed, then it is definitely my fault (the contact that is). There will always be someone having a go and not being quite there, but when it happens to me I go wide and leave space and we both keep racing. I don't want to be "racing" where nobody is allowed to have a go. In this particular case, if killa had left some space, I would have had to take such a tight line he would have driven away in front with a smile on his face. Here is the scenario as I see it. * The car behind makes a split second decision when to brake and maybe the decision is a little off, but they will still make the corner. * The car behind is now on the braking limit, and there is no more they can do. * The car on the outside now has a choice. 1. Go at the apex and have a crash. 2. Leave some space, don't crash and keep racing. I always choose option 2. In fact I chose option 2 earlier in the race when I got in front of Freezer when Joe passed him. I knew he was still there somewhere so I intentionally went wide at the last turn to avoid any chance of contact. This left me coming on to the straight slow and is how killa also managed to pass me. If I had claimed it was my corner and went for the apex I am certain we would have crashed. I have noted other drivers who also take option 2 but we never hear about those I don't want this to become too big a thing and I hope we can all have some more good "racing" in the future.
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« on: November 22, 2017, 11:14:00 PM »
Didn't get my best lap in qually, but was pretty happy with 4th. Freezer jumped in front of killa at the start and then killa and I followed Freezer all the way to the pitstop. I think we both had more pace than Freezer but he was keeping it all nice and tidy and never gave a chance. I pitted on the same lap as Freezer and killa a lap later which allowed killa to jump Freezer in the pits. I continued to follow Freezer until the time I found myself about to run into his rear. I steered off track to avoid ramming him but there was still a bump. At least it didn't seem to upset Freezers car and he kept going, but by the time I got going again, Joe had slipped past. I caught them again and followed Freezer and Joe for a while. Then Freezer went wide at the last hairpin and Joe got past. I also got my nose in front of Freezer up the straight but I knew he was still on the inside so I left plenty of room which left me slow out of the final turn and Freezer slipped away and it also let killa cruise through. Now I followed Freezer and killa until the incident which saw killa turned around. Then I was just cruising it home and ran long at the final hairpin which gave me the 4th cut track and 10 sec penalty dropping another place. I think I had one genuine cut track. Got a tap from Russ toward the end which I think was a missed brake marker
I was caught by surprise with this one. I didn't THINK I missed my brake point. I wasn't sure what happened, but an LMP1 just screamed by and braked in front of Freezer so I thought it may have balked him a bit and he may have braked slightly earlier. I'm still not sure. Well, we were on the very last laps and then RussG made an attempt to pass me on the inside of that tight right hander before that very fast sweeping left hand turn.
I was going race line a tad more than a car length behind Freezer when he hit me behind the rear wheel and turned me around.
It's disappointing being taken out like that, as I'm obviously trying to win the series.
RussG, you've asked me whether I watch car races, yes mate, I've done that extensively...and I'm very confident that the race line was mine. You were too far behind to have a serious chance of a clean pass there. If I remember correctly I've had you only once sort of close behind me before. That was in the Escorts at Nurburgring...and you were running into me twice in two consecutive laps at the same spot. I was able to stay on track so I haven't said anything...anyway, you may understand that this worries me.
killa, what I meant by do you watch Motor racing was that you will see attempts to outbrake on the inside a lot. Some come off some don't. Usually the driver on the outside will be aware that someone is taking a stab and leave some space instead of diving for the apex. You must remember that once someone is braking later up the inside, there is nothing more they can do. It is only the driver on the outside who can decide whether to have an accident or not. This lap was the closest I had been and you left the door wide open with a big invitation on it. Now, I'm not saying it was a good move. What I'm saying is that there was no need for contact to have been made. I think these videos show the action better than a picture. People can make up their own minds. I'm sorry but I don't remember what happened at the Nurburgring in the escorts and I don't have any replays. Anyway there was a lot of good close racing. I look forward to more of it.
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