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Title: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Phil.8 on January 12, 2017, 09:36:57 PM
S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Sprint Round

Cars - Ferrari F40, Ford GT40 and Porsche 908LH
Track - Monza historic 1966

http://xgn.com.au/index.php?topic=1761.0
http://52.65.162.16:50041/sessionstat
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966
Post by: Phil.8 on January 12, 2017, 09:50:45 PM
Server is up
if anyone really hated the car they were in and would like to change for the season let me know, at the moment I have everyone in the car they drove round 1
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Bruce on January 14, 2017, 08:33:37 AM
Man this is a fast track! CONCENTRATION ++ After 2-3 laps I thinking, "I need a rest!" :)

Found a very large bump mid track as you enter the "North High Speed" that can throw the car off infield, the hard way of course.
The bumpy surface is tough on the arms too, but at least not a lot of gear changes, at least in the GT40, I think I a good season choice when it comes to this track.
This is going to be a race to remember too, the faint hearted need stay home heheh.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Bruce on January 14, 2017, 08:34:12 AM
Your not getting my GT40!  :-*
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: bradc on January 15, 2017, 09:43:41 PM
Question from a newbie - there is a yellow and red F40 Ferrari, I'm just wondering which one is the correct one as I noticed the yellow has slightly better performance figures?
thanks in advance,
bradc
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: rooshooter on January 16, 2017, 08:44:26 AM
Question from a newbie - there is a yellow and red F40 Ferrari, I'm just wondering which one is the correct one as I noticed the yellow has slightly better performance figures?
thanks in advance,
bradc
The red one is the correct one.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Wally on January 16, 2017, 01:38:34 PM
Question from a newbie - there is a yellow and red F40 Ferrari, I'm just wondering which one is the correct one as I noticed the yellow has slightly better performance figures?
thanks in advance,
bradc
I'm guessing that the yellow one is a stage 1 (or 3?) upgrade, from memory, with higher performance specs.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Mael on January 17, 2017, 12:56:48 PM
Any chance of limiting the tire choices on the F40? The poor old Porsche needs some degree of hope  for race!
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Phil.8 on January 17, 2017, 02:52:04 PM
Any chance of limiting the tire choices on the F40? The poor old Porsche needs some degree of hope  for race!

is it heaps faster ?

and what tyers to allow for it the street or the street90s
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: rooshooter on January 17, 2017, 03:00:30 PM
Any chance of limiting the tire choices on the F40? The poor old Porsche needs some degree of hope  for race!

is it heaps faster ?

and what tyers to allow for it the street or the street90s
Phil, I was thinking of increasing the "slipstream effect" from x1 to x2 or even x3 to allow for the slower top speed of the 908, I think it will even out the difference and even create closer racing on this unique circuit.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Phil.8 on January 17, 2017, 04:44:29 PM
Any chance of limiting the tire choices on the F40? The poor old Porsche needs some degree of hope  for race!

is it heaps faster ?

and what tyers to allow for it the street or the street90s
Phil, I was thinking of increasing the "slipstream effect" from x1 to x2 or even x3 to allow for the slower top speed of the 908, I think it will even out the difference and even create closer racing on this unique circuit.

how do you do that
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: rooshooter on January 17, 2017, 05:36:57 PM
Any chance of limiting the tire choices on the F40? The poor old Porsche needs some degree of hope  for race!

is it heaps faster ?

and what tyers to allow for it the street or the street90s
Phil, I was thinking of increasing the "slipstream effect" from x1 to x2 or even x3 to allow for the slower top speed of the 908, I think it will even out the difference and even create closer racing on this unique circuit.

how do you do that
Good question, I presumed it would be in the server options, but discovered it is not in my server setup options.
In Offline mode it is under tyre wear, fuel consumption etc. I guess it must be possible to change, but beyond my knowledge.
I guess other option would be try Street 90s tyres and see what lap times are being set.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: marty on January 17, 2017, 05:47:51 PM
Any chance of limiting the tire choices on the F40? The poor old Porsche needs some degree of hope  for race!

is it heaps faster ?

and what tyers to allow for it the street or the street90s
Phil, I was thinking of increasing the "slipstream effect" from x1 to x2 or even x3 to allow for the slower top speed of the 908, I think it will even out the difference and even create closer racing on this unique circuit.

how do you do that
Good question, I presumed it would be in the server options, but discovered it is not in my server setup options.
In Offline mode it is under tyre wear, fuel consumption etc. I guess it must be possible to change, but beyond my knowledge.
I guess other option would be try Street 90s tyres and see what lap times are being set.

Its not possible to change this in a server, its only an offline option. This track is very much a power circuit as its full throttle maybe 95% of a lap in nearly any car. So whichever car gets the higher top speed will pretty much always be quicker there, you do have the option of limiting tyres but thats only going to effect 4 corners of the lap and I dont think it would have much effect on the cars through the banking but it will also effect tyre wear over a longer run.

You may be best off using the old simple ballast to slow down the faster cars at this track.  ;)
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: rooshooter on January 17, 2017, 06:35:48 PM
Any chance of limiting the tire choices on the F40? The poor old Porsche needs some degree of hope  for race!

is it heaps faster ?

and what tyers to allow for it the street or the street90s
Phil, I was thinking of increasing the "slipstream effect" from x1 to x2 or even x3 to allow for the slower top speed of the 908, I think it will even out the difference and even create closer racing on this unique circuit.

how do you do that
Good question, I presumed it would be in the server options, but discovered it is not in my server setup options.
In Offline mode it is under tyre wear, fuel consumption etc. I guess it must be possible to change, but beyond my knowledge.
I guess other option would be try Street 90s tyres and see what lap times are being set.

Its not possible to change this in a server, its only an offline option. This track is very much a power circuit as its full throttle maybe 95% of a lap in nearly any car. So whichever car gets the higher top speed will pretty much always be quicker there, you do have the option of limiting tyres but thats only going to effect 4 corners of the lap and I dont think it would have much effect on the cars through the banking but it will also effect tyre wear over a longer run.

You may be best off using the old simple ballast to slow down the faster cars at this track.  ;)
Thanks Marty.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Bruce on January 18, 2017, 09:06:11 AM

You may be best off using the old simple ballast to slow down the faster cars at this track.  ;)

yeah the Ferraris and those Porsche!  ;D
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Phil.8 on January 18, 2017, 11:48:16 AM
This week I will adjust ballast manually for those that deserve it :)
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Joe on January 18, 2017, 11:50:16 AM
This week I will adjust ballast manually for those that deserve it :)

None for me and loads for mael please
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Mael on January 18, 2017, 02:44:51 PM
This week I will adjust ballast manually for those that deserve it :)

None for me and loads for mael please

lol I'm working on the basis that ballast will help to settle the car on the banks while having no affect on the majestic Ferrari's top speed!!
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Seanus on January 18, 2017, 03:14:31 PM
lol I'm working on the basis that ballast will help to settle the car on the banks ...!!

You're not wrong. The 908LH nearly has a competitive lap time but I just can't tune the suspension enough to maintain speed in the banking!!
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Phil.8 on January 18, 2017, 07:58:23 PM
lol I'm working on the basis that ballast will help to settle the car on the banks ...!!

You're not wrong. The 908LH nearly has a competitive lap time but I just can't tune the suspension enough to maintain speed in the banking!!

it doesn't, 200kg brings me back to 2.30 lap times and make the car a wild bucking bronco beast
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: rooshooter on January 19, 2017, 07:55:59 AM
lol I'm working on the basis that ballast will help to settle the car on the banks ...!!

You're not wrong. The 908LH nearly has a competitive lap time but I just can't tune the suspension enough to maintain speed in the banking!!

it doesn't, 200kg brings me back to 2.30 lap times and make the car a wild bucking bronco beast
Should we go back to Monza 66 Road Course with the F40 given a 50kg ballast, all the practice people have done will not have been wasted
and if the F40 is no fun to drive with heaps of ballast, it defeats the purpose of Thursday night racing being about FUN.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Bruce on January 19, 2017, 08:14:00 AM
your on the ball roo, a good thought.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Phil.8 on January 19, 2017, 10:58:07 AM
I didn't mind driving it with ballast was still lots of bucking fun :)))  lots of fun in fact, really enjoyed
  let me know what to do :)
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: rooshooter on January 19, 2017, 11:02:36 AM
I didn't mind driving it with ballast was still lots of bucking fun :)))  lots of fun in fact, really enjoyed
  let me know what to do :)
OK, leave track as is but maybe reduce ballast to 150kg or less.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Phil.8 on January 19, 2017, 11:37:01 AM
I didn't mind driving it with ballast was still lots of bucking fun :)))  lots of fun in fact, really enjoyed
  let me know what to do :)
OK, leave track as is but maybe reduce ballast to 150kg or less.

I only went up to 200kg in testing, it is what I will run, most will have 100 or less I reckon
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: rooshooter on January 19, 2017, 12:02:05 PM
I didn't mind driving it with ballast was still lots of bucking fun :)))  lots of fun in fact, really enjoyed
  let me know what to do :)
OK, leave track as is but maybe reduce ballast to 150kg or less.

I only went up to 200kg in testing, it is what I will run, most will have 100 or less I reckon
Sounds like a good plan.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: bradc on January 19, 2017, 08:01:59 PM
hi guys, dumb question, how do i login so i can race? i tried in multiplayer but keep getting rejected and have entered the  password....

am getting an error message of "SERVER AUTH FAILED: You need a www.minorating.com Grade of ABC to join (you are N)

does this make any sence???
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: bradc on January 19, 2017, 08:36:30 PM
guess I'm done before I'm started as I'm getting no love from Assetto Corsa and still hitting the same error message.....granted I've only ever raced online for AC one since getting the game a year ago, but I know it shouldn't be this difficult and obviously there is either a bug, or password, or error on my part that is causing but  after nearly 50 mintues of stuffing around I'll crawl back into the hole I came out from and hope it can be fixed before next week...
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Phil.8 on January 19, 2017, 09:43:18 PM
8) Results :o

http://52.65.162.16:50041/championship

http://52.65.162.16:50041/sessiondetails?sessionid=11502#

http://52.65.162.16:50041/sessiondetails?sessionid=11505#

http://52.65.162.16:50041/sessiondetails?sessionid=11507#
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: imperious on January 19, 2017, 10:06:09 PM
1ST of all Apologies to all the other Porsches I ran into before the final turn lap 1, missed the brake marker.

I knew that pitting  would screw me over and it didn't disappoint with the pit menu flashing up on the screen for about 1/3 of a second before
vanishing  ???, and I tried a few times. Obviously I should have used the pit config app but forgot that it existed beforehand.

Aside from that I was enjoying the race quite a bit. I expect the porsche to be a lot more competitive on the tighter tracks, it seems to
have better brakes than the Ferrari and GT40.   
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Joe on January 19, 2017, 10:22:16 PM
Too many mistakes tonight for me. Early on trying to give wally space on the last turn i touched the grass and ended up bavkwards.

Had a fun battle with seanus then for a while with the ballast hurting me until i locked up and rammed him. Sorry bud.

After that there was another spin leaving me facing the wrong was and having to let the field by.

After my pit stop was very loney. A couple of sprints would have been better for me. Somehow seanus was behind me and i made quite a gap, assume he spun, then on the last lap i lost it in the final turn nose into the barrier. About 20 secs trying to put it in reverse before realising that wasnt where reverse was on the new shifter and seanus went sailing by  ;D

Was some comments about no talking on ts. While i dont think there should be full on conversations, one of the things i always liked on thursdays was the more relaxed ts rules and a bit of banter.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: AJ on January 19, 2017, 10:32:20 PM
Are those stracker stats right and some people didn't stop?
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: bradc on January 19, 2017, 10:34:13 PM
Thanks for everyone's patience with regards to the starts, I was not aware of the extra information required to race Assetto Corsa with XGN. Having raced AC online only once before, I was wondering if there was a way to show who is in front like you could by pressing tab in rfactor?

Also I heard some people talking about setting up the pits before the race and I'd love to know how as I think in pit lane I asked for 25laps of fuel when I thought it was 25 litres - doh!

Was great to see some familiar names from when I was racing regularly about 18 months ago and I look forward to doing a few more nights and hope to have my new headset working next week so I'll be able to speak

Cheers,
Bradc.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Wally on January 19, 2017, 10:53:58 PM
What greeted me coming around the banking....



(http://xgn.com.au/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1763.0;attach=921;image)
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Joe on January 19, 2017, 10:54:08 PM
Thanks for everyone's patience with regards to the starts, I was not aware of the extra information required to race Assetto Corsa with XGN. Having raced AC online only once before, I was wondering if there was a way to show who is in front like you could by pressing tab in rfactor?

Also I heard some people talking about setting up the pits before the race and I'd love to know how as I think in pit lane I asked for 25laps of fuel when I thought it was 25 litres - doh!

Was great to see some familiar names from when I was racing regularly about 18 months ago and I look forward to doing a few more nights and hope to have my new headset working next week so I'll be able to speak

Cheers,
Bradc.

Hit ctrl + L for the names above the cars. The app to automate pit stops is called pitconfig. If you google t you should find it on race department.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Joe on January 19, 2017, 10:55:25 PM
What greeted me coming around the banking....

Hah awesome. I'd heard people mention wheels coming off before but never seen it.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: bradc on January 19, 2017, 10:57:11 PM
Are those stracker stats right and some people didn't stop?

I noticed that and something is not right there, says I didn't stop, but it's logged my 4+min lap on lap 10 when I stuffed up my fuel and sat in the lane for almost 2 minutes waiting for the stop to be completed...
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Mael on January 19, 2017, 10:58:54 PM
Don't get many victories so thanks to Phil for his efforts in hosting the race plus adding so much ballast to his car.

The first half of the race was messy with a couple of unforced mistakes. This meant a change in strategy. I started with a LOT of fuel so only added 10 liters in the early pit-stop  with no tires.

Other drivers must have had a tougher time than me as I somehow ended up in  second place after all the pit-stops played out. This soon became first place as Phil tried a bit of farming with a F40.  With a couple of laps to go he caught and passed me. This left me with only one option..... irritate Phil and hope for a mistake. I won after a interesting last lap where I could not decide which side to pass a lapped car. By the time I decided the brake marker was a distant memory. Luckily Phil joined me in clattering into the barriers, Thanks Phil  ;D
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Mael on January 19, 2017, 11:03:25 PM
What greeted me coming around the banking....

That's why we can't have nice tracks in real life ;D
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Bruce on January 20, 2017, 08:13:30 AM
guess I'm done before I'm started as I'm getting no love from Assetto Corsa and still hitting the same error message.....granted I've only ever raced online for AC one since getting the game a year ago, but I know it shouldn't be this difficult and obviously there is either a bug, or password, or error on my part that is causing but  after nearly 50 mintues of stuffing around I'll crawl back into the hole I came out from and hope it can be fixed before next week...
Sorry I didn't look at the forum, glad it was sorted and you hit the track.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: rooshooter on January 20, 2017, 08:59:13 AM
I wish to apologize for my TS behavior last night , I was feeling unusually tired and was having trouble concentrating.
I had forgotten I had TS mute key , I should have used that, rather than blame everyone else.
I hope this does not dampen the the fun factor of Thursday night racing.

sincerely,
 
roo.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: bradc on January 20, 2017, 09:01:50 AM
guess I'm done before I'm started as I'm getting no love from Assetto Corsa and still hitting the same error message.....granted I've only ever raced online for AC one since getting the game a year ago, but I know it shouldn't be this difficult and obviously there is either a bug, or password, or error on my part that is causing but  after nearly 50 mintues of stuffing around I'll crawl back into the hole I came out from and hope it can be fixed before next week...
Sorry I didn't look at the forum, glad it was sorted and you hit the track.

Thanks for all your assistance and help Bruce, I knew there was something wrong, but couldn't work it out. Turns out it was your idiot filter which was blocking me lol !!!  Love the idea of it, but I could hear people's frustrations on ts (from having the server being reset to accomodate the changes required to allow me in) which was raising my anxiety levels about the whole situation. Luckily the good people at Australia post have my new headset waiting for me at the post office this morning so I should be able to speak for the next race.

After racing rfactor for the best part of 10 years, it is hard changing but I'm slowing getting used to Assetto (except for not having 5.1 sound support via optical), it's certainly a massive step forward. What shocked me was just how volient the bumps were in the oval section of the track and there were times where the force feedback nearly ripped the wheel out of my hands which was pretty cool.

Thanks again and I'm looking forward to being a more regular competitor in the weeks to come.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: humper on January 20, 2017, 09:13:26 AM
guess I'm done before I'm started as I'm getting no love from Assetto Corsa and still hitting the same error message.....granted I've only ever raced online for AC one since getting the game a year ago, but I know it shouldn't be this difficult and obviously there is either a bug, or password, or error on my part that is causing but  after nearly 50 mintues of stuffing around I'll crawl back into the hole I came out from and hope it can be fixed before next week...
Sorry I didn't look at the forum, glad it was sorted and you hit the track.
Excellent stuff Bruce. Your commitment to making sure new and old xgners can enjoy some racing is top level service. Love it
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: humper on January 20, 2017, 09:20:28 AM
What greeted me coming around the banking....



(http://xgn.com.au/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1763.0;attach=921;image)

Great screen shot. Thats not just going to buff out!
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: gawaterman on January 20, 2017, 10:48:21 AM
Are those stracker stats right and some people didn't stop?

No definitely not right, I stopped on lap 7 and changed tyres and it shows a 3.05 lap time, but then says I had a pit lane time of only .048 secs.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: gawaterman on January 20, 2017, 10:59:50 AM
What greeted me coming around the banking....



(http://xgn.com.au/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1763.0;attach=921;image)

Think I might have caused that.
On previous laps DanielG had passed me on the low line on the banking so I thought if he can do it, so can I.
WRONG. Tried passing Unbelievable on the low line, bounced up into him and he lost it in front of DanielG. Apologies to both.
Was a much better night for me than last week, did a bit of practice yesterday arvo and starting to get a handle on the F40
Had a great dice in the early laps with DanielG and Unbelievable, then late in the race had some great laps with Wally, passing and getting re-passed several times, till on the last lap Wally got it a little sideways, I thought this is my chance and put the right foot down hard. A little too hard it seems as I got even more sideways and dropped a couple of seconds back.
Its good racing between the F40 and the GT40 as the Ferrari has a grip advantage and the Ford has a power advantage. Makes for good racing.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: AJ on January 20, 2017, 11:06:43 AM
Are those stracker stats right and some people didn't stop?

No definitely not right, I stopped on lap 7 and changed tyres and it shows a 3.05 lap time, but then says I had a pit lane time of only .048 secs.

Yeah I figured it wasn't correct
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Bruce on January 20, 2017, 12:00:05 PM
Love the idea of it, but I could hear people's frustrations on ts (from having the server being reset to accomodate the changes required to allow me in) which was raising my anxiety levels about the whole situation.
we have been all been their, there will always be a little bit of discomfort when new people arrive, but we think about it beyond the instance, we all do remember the initial learning from our experiences, it is all cool, next week will be easier, with you being able to fine tune things./
the monitoring app filters out the brainless wreckers on open servers, and is easy just to carry it over on all server, sorry I missed this off the list I sent, (along with what ever else I forgot :( )
The pitting is far different, but as was posted in this thread, the pitconfig app automates and it is simple, with multple pit strategies, this I forgot about too as i don't run the Tuesday league any more.


 Luckily the good people at Australia post have my new headset waiting for me at the post office this morning so I should be able to speak for the next race. it will mean an earlier reply than via the forum if you do have any problems.

After racing rfactor for the best part of 10 years, it is hard changing but I'm slowing getting used to Assetto (except for not having 5.1 sound support via optical), it's certainly a massive step forward. What shocked me was just how volient the bumps were in the oval section of the track and there were times where the force feedback nearly ripped the wheel out of my hands which was pretty cool.

Thanks again and I'm looking forward to being a more regular competitor in the weeks to come.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Bruce on January 20, 2017, 12:22:57 PM
well not sure why I wasn't at the back of the grid to start with, but let the first straight cruisy and then settled in as the tyres came good.
Saw the back of Brad often, had some good attempts in the first few laps, but judicially backed off.  Found a group of Robin, Seanus, Brad and Dez working hard on the early laps making for exciting racing.
with a pack directly infront of you, you can see just how violent the concrete banked turns were, a left over from slower and longer throw suspended cars!
One mistake, touching the grass entering the final turn saw me tippy toeing on the grass, hoping not to spin with the lack of traction, alas, it went from bad to worse, loosing a lot of time and contact.

Enjoyed the track car combo, so refreshing to see a diverse field, in vision and sound and of course strengths.  Great race, thanks all.
see you soon. 

PS happy concentration held out better, I was thankful of the limited turns and direction changes, I still had some strength left at the end, but had to exit without a "thankyou" sorry.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Bruce on January 20, 2017, 12:26:02 PM
Great screen capture Wally, looked a little too exciting :)
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Bacchulum on January 20, 2017, 12:34:27 PM
Well it seems my issues are heading in the right direction.
All was good until about halfway, when I experienced about 3 or 4, one second freezes.
Luckily no-one was around as ended up in the wall on all occasions. :(
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Seanus on January 20, 2017, 12:38:12 PM
Three into one don't go sent me to back of the field at the start, so after having to qualify three times I was pretty pissed right from the get go. I calmed down and found my self in a pack of Porsches and things were looking up, as the 908 was alot slower than the other two I thought a bunch of us circulating together would make for a fun race. Not to be though as three of said Porsches ended up in the sand! So now I'm fuming, so close to rage quitting but, carry on. Went on to battle Joe but couldn't fathom why he couldn't pass me as I really wanted a tow to see if I could set a record lap time. I was double pissed when he sent me off, one from disappointment and two as I saw him coming but couldn't react quick enough to get out of the way. Found reverse in the spin and flew backwards between the Lesmos into a J-turn, sweet! After three Qualys my pit box had moved and I overshot it backwards and had to drive the wrong way out of pitlane to spin around and come back in, which actually worked although at the time I thought I had been shafted as there seemed to be no indication that refueling is happening? To add insult to injury the Porsche's fuel use is bugged,(100 litres per 100km ffs) so the pit stop took forever. So race ruined I continued on, getting tired, made two mistakes at that damnable Lesmo 2, had a quick giggle when Joe binned it late in the race and came home god knows where.

Water bridge much, apologies have been given and taken, Most disappointing is that I felt a really top race was on the cards but,there's always next week.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Wally on January 20, 2017, 01:54:26 PM
Well it seems my issues are heading in the right direction.
All was good until about halfway, when I experienced about 3 or 4, one second freezes.
Luckily no-one was around as ended up in the wall on all occasions. :(
That's what's started happening to me too, maybe 3 or 4 weeks ago. Everything is smooth, and suddenly there's a 1 second freeze of the screen. I can't track down what might be causing it. There doesn't seem to be any sudden disk access at the time.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Joe on January 20, 2017, 02:19:40 PM
Went on to battle Joe but couldn't fathom why he couldn't pass me

I had 150kg of ballast which made it really hard to get by. I had the speed in the corners but once we hit a straight I couldn't get past.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Bruce on January 20, 2017, 04:03:40 PM
Well it seems my issues are heading in the right direction.
All was good until about halfway, when I experienced about 3 or 4, one second freezes.
Luckily no-one was around as ended up in the wall on all occasions. :(
That's what's started happening to me too, maybe 3 or 4 weeks ago. Everything is smooth, and suddenly there's a 1 second freeze of the screen. I can't track down what might be causing it. There doesn't seem to be any sudden disk access at the time.

I have had it a couple of times, once last night too in qual, I have spotted "steam*32.exe" doing a lot of read/writes at the time and taking a giant size chunk of cpu, may be best to have task manager open in the back ground ready.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Joe on January 20, 2017, 04:07:49 PM
Seems there can be lots of reasons for screen freezes which sucks when tracking them down. I had them when I first started AC and turned out to be Helicorsa loading images from disk.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: AJ on January 20, 2017, 07:10:46 PM
When I first started playing AC I was having freezes all the time, turned out it was something specific to my type of motherboard that could cause memory write problems if you had more than 3 sticks of RAM. Had to flash the BIOS to fix the problem... So yeah, these issues can come from anywhere  ;D
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: UnFknBLievable on January 20, 2017, 08:07:21 PM
Nice screenshot Wally - It was quite unpleasant seated in the GT40 going through that experience in VR!

Unfortunately after a few bumps, the pitting system is what really let me down. I spent almost 3 minutes trying to work out what was going on in the pits before I managed to refuel.
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Joe on January 20, 2017, 08:22:04 PM
Do you have a video of that wally? Keen to see how the f40 got airborne:D
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Bacchulum on January 20, 2017, 09:13:53 PM
I was behind Wally, and I think it was 3-wide that started that. :o
Title: Re: S7 R2 R1 - Monza historic 1966 - 19-01-2017
Post by: Wally on January 20, 2017, 09:25:51 PM
Do you have a video of that wally? Keen to see how the f40 got airborne:D
I can put one together... if I remember!
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