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Simulation Racing Leagues => Assetto Corsa => Topic started by: Guybrush Threepwood on February 27, 2016, 09:12:34 PM
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Hi guys.
Phil.8 and I were chatting and we will both be at the GP in a few weeks time. We'll no doubt cross paths, but thought we'd put a shout out to anyone else in Melbourne who would be interested in catching up for a beer that weekend. Perhaps even a bit of head to head sim racing might be in order if we can find somewhere!
Let us know.
Cheers.
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Sounds good to me :)
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So jealous,enjoy guys!!!!
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I will try and get there if I can, not sure if I will be home during the GP weekend yet.
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Can't do this year but if there is an opportunity next year it would be an awesome meet up excuse :)
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That would be nice, okay I will do my best, pick a place and time that best fits those at the race.
cool
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just keeping this idea fresh...
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I wasnt sure of the date of the GP but just checked and got a friends wedding on that day so wont be able to make the gp. Would be nice to have another meet up some other time even have a basic kart nite or something with all the Victorians.
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Bump
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Sorry guys: I'll be in Brisbane for work, but I am really interested for future years. Never been to a GP...
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Some pics from today
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8)
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::)
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;D
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nice one! thanks for sharing :)
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nice pics Phil, like the enticing entrance shot.
How was the wet track? will they end up qualifing in rain and maybe starting dry on race day?
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hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow and the qualifying will be dry, if its wet like today they will probably qual sunday morning like they did a couple of years ago. was fun watching them on the wet track
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Rain! How come Wally never sets rain on Tuesdays? 8)
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;D
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8)
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:P
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I hope we get a sprinkle of rain for qual as it will give Ricciardo a better chance. I'd say the same for the race, but the forecast is a sunny day. Practice 3 today should be full of action if it's dry.
Gee the V8 race last night was a cracker! Go Gisy! :)
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Are you at the track Guy?
You should find the CAMS F4 stand, they have a simulator hotlap comp on. ;)
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Not much changed from last year by the looks (except qually). Mercedes first, daylight second........RedBull may regret their dummy spit over getting a competitive engine.
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Qualy is pretty crappy, way less laps run by all cars then in last years format. Main thing they should change ASAP is to allow the drivers to complete a lap they have started. Q3 would also be better off left as it was with no elimination as it will just be a 1 lap shootout pretty much as is with harldy anyone likely to bother with a 2nd lap. Only the cars in the top 4 really have time for a second lap and thats at a track with a fairly short lap the longer tracks will be even worse.
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And take into consideration, there are a heap of tracks the SS tyres won't last more than a lap. Going to make the new format a little interesting. Agree though, Qually 3 should be the old format.
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Q3 could be savaged by giving them two sets of the softest compounds to be used only in Q3 (as opposed to one only as is now), but in any case the old school system seems so much better.... But I agree that Q1 might become really crazy at tracks where softer compounds do not allow for two laps (traffic was quite crazy).
As for the state of the competition: at parity of track grip, in Q3 the Mercedes-Ferrari gap was in the order of .5 of a sec. It is a lot, but it is much less than last year (1.4) and Melbourne is quite a traction and engine track. So it might be a bit less bad than it looked live. On the other hand, what seems worrying is the consistent 1 second gap in Q2. That sounds like Ferrari's engines can't afford to push all-in for more than 1 lap a day (Toro Rosso with the 2015 spec engine could keep up until Q3 started) while Mercedes's magic button can now be kept on for the whole Saturday. If this is reflected on race pace, then we are heading for a pretty boring championship, as Roseberg seems more confused than ever (3 big mistakes in 2 days and... what? 40 laps? I personally like the guy, but that is not really world champion level driving)
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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9ezoe4f5jtc2l83/AACvv-ygDBJj00d_Ana-t2VNa?dl=0
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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9ezoe4f5jtc2l83/AACvv-ygDBJj00d_Ana-t2VNa?dl=0
Awesome pics! 8)
Love the old Matich. ;)
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Have to agree. Pictures of drivers like Vettel (who was in 2nd at the time) walking away from Q3 while still more than 4 minutes to go is not a good look.
And, drivers were being eliminated sitting in the pits. What a joke.
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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9ezoe4f5jtc2l83/AACvv-ygDBJj00d_Ana-t2VNa?dl=0
Thank you (mixed with envy).
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Have to agree. Pictures of drivers like Vettel (who was in 2nd at the time) walking away from Q3 while still more than 4 minutes to go is not a good look.
And, drivers were being eliminated sitting in the pits. What a joke.
I liked the comment Brundle made after it, "Lewis could've waved his own chequered flag". ::)
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I went to a session later in the evening with Martin Brundle and David Coulthard. They were scathing of the new qual format. They think we may have witnessed a once off... I'm sure they'll persist with it for another race or two though.
The biggest problem at the track was that we didn't have any graphics on screen telling us who was in the drop zone, how much time was left, or the order, etc. You could imagine how confused everyone was trying to make sense out of what the confused commentators were saying!
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Are you at the track Guy?
You should find the CAMS F4 stand, they have a simulator hotlap comp on. ;)
Yep, at the track. I didn't see the F4 stand though, where is that? I had a go on the IVECO sim which was running codemasters F1 game. Haven't driven it before and only got 3 laps vs others who obviously have played it on their xboxs etc. But managed to go 6th quickest of all drivers at the time. The biggest problem was the car being setup for massive understeer... Yuck!
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Have to agree. Pictures of drivers like Vettel (who was in 2nd at the time) walking away from Q3 while still more than 4 minutes to go is not a good look.
And, drivers were being eliminated sitting in the pits. What a joke.
I liked the comment Brundle made after it, "Lewis could've waved his own chequered flag". ::)
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2016/03/why-f1-is-desperate-for-a-plan-to-fix-self-inflicted-qualifying-woes/
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Geez, even when things go horribly wrong for Hamilton, he finishes second, let's hope he doesn't have much luck or it's a forgone conclusion... :-[ Gotta say though, great race by Ricciardo.
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Geez, even when things go horribly wrong for Hamilton, he finishes second, let's hope he doesn't have much luck or it's a forgone conclusion... :-[ Gotta say though, great race by Ricciardo.
+1
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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zm1215n0ny4mwg2/AAA-KguR0uTPweKw66go_Uy8a?dl=0
Never seen a car end for end like Fernando did, scary
Sorry for crap filming
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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zm1215n0ny4mwg2/AAA-KguR0uTPweKw66go_Uy8a?dl=0
Never seen a car end for end like Fernando did, scary
Sorry for crap filming
Thanks for sharing. Looks like you were on the hot stand today---though a bit of a scary one. (still envious)
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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zm1215n0ny4mwg2/AAA-KguR0uTPweKw66go_Uy8a?dl=0
Never seen a car end for end like Fernando did, scary
Sorry for crap filming
As always, it's amazing that he could just walk away from a crash like that.
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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zm1215n0ny4mwg2/AAA-KguR0uTPweKw66go_Uy8a?dl=0
Never seen a car end for end like Fernando did, scary
Sorry for crap filming
As always, it's amazing that he could just walk away from a crash like that.
Agreed, and real testament to the safety of those cars. Bet he's aching today though!
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Im pretty sure if there was a halo device he wouldnt have got out of that on his own. But its kind of amazing with so much damage and the car doing a couple rolls and possibly flying into the fence he had nothing contact his head woth the current open cockpit.
I still think the halo as proposed looks crap and wont do much.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XuyZ3rkBgY4/Vtgw-Mz6MNI/AAAAAAAAEw8/6676n3LPrKM/s1600/ferrari-halo-kimi-16.JPG)
The one proposed by red bull after seeing ferrari test a mockup seems more logical and safer.
(http://img.speedweek.com/i/1/1f30cb4dc4464d648d6227dd6f15cf74.jpg?preset=i750)
But either device would be very tricky for a driver to get out from a car that ends up like Fernando's in Melbourne.
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RBR's looks better, that's for sure, and I'm sure, even if the perspex was to shatter, it would take some of the energy out of the object and prevent any fatal injury to the driver. Plus you could actually get out of the car.
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Ferrari's looks like it obstructs the driver's visibility too.
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The Ferrari one would've done nothing at all for Massa, the RBR one would have.
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Here is a pic of the boys and gals at the GP! Such a ripping day yesterday; sunshine, food, beer, supercross in the background, beautiful girls, and then F1.
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Some good looking people in that pic
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Here is a pic of the boys and gals at the GP! Such a ripping day yesterday; sunshine, food, beer, supercross in the background, beautiful girls, and then F1.
So who's who? :)
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+1 what Joe said
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Yeah I was wondering that too. It's funny to actually see people after you get to know them by voice only (like who would've thought that Marty looks like a Mexican sumo wrestler and GB has a remarkable resemblance to a jockey sized Justin Bieber... bwahahah!!!)
:P
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I could tell you who is who, OR we can play guess the XGN members in this pic 8)
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I could tell you who is who, OR we can play guess the XGN members in this pic 8)
Wally is too busy to make another poll thread, mate...
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Is that Marty 3rd from the left? :P
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I am not sure if a good looking person like GB can be known to the masses, So I will let him reveal himself /giggle
I am middle left and my wife on my right :)
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So Phil is married to Marty!!
Wow, I had no idea :D
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Well, if I recall correctly, GB is in his early 30s... yet, I also heard he has giant arms of steel and a spoiler behind his ears, so...
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Well list the people in the picture, and then we can guess who is who. I have no idea who was there apart from Phil and GB :)
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So Phil is married to Marty!!
Wow, I had no idea :D
I didnt think I went to the GP this year, but there is surely a possiblity of someone else being called Marty in the pic. ;)
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Maybe we could work it out it like this!!
(http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o721/StanDaam/GPAnt_zpsl8zzpbyh.jpg)
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Well, if I recall correctly, GB is in his early 30s... yet, I also heard he has giant arms of steel and a spoiler behind his ears, so...
The one closest to the camera on the right has shown he can crush a can with bis bare hands. That may be the limit of his superpowers but zooming in showing those alien bits also gives some info. The front 2 are also clones with the other one maybe being their mum back right. ;D
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you either stop the mumbo-jumbo and put name tags on the bloody photo or I'll ban you for life! :D
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you either stop the mumbo-jumbo and put name tags on the bloody photo or I'll ban you for life! :D
+1 :)
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In the photo are:
Phil, GB's brother, GB, Phil's wife (aka Marty.... poor Adele), and a family friend of GB's.
Guess away....
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GB front Left, GB bro front right and GB family friend back right
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Dis is tricky comp!!
(http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o721/StanDaam/GPAnt%202_zpsezxwi8zm.jpg)
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I've finally figured it out!!
Adele is actually Marty who is actually GB!!! Phew... that was pretty tricky but I finally got it!! :o
(http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o721/StanDaam/GPAnt3_zpsykh5n9dc.jpg)
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The trickiest part that is throwing us all off here is that Phil's wife is wearing GB's white hat for the photo. Had he worn his own hat and the racing suit (aka Mankini) that was confiscated at the gate then we would pick him out easily the only other xgn person is Phil who has already pointed himself out.
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I should also point out that I was wearing my racing sock that day.
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Ok, I'll have my go at it. The two at the front look more like brothers than the third on the back. So this means GB should be one of them. All we know about GB is that he is like 33, his name is Justin, has a kid, and wakes up early morning to manage an employment help for people with disabilities (or something not too far from this). All this is quite irrelevant to distinguish between the two brothers. So I go for the last thing I know about GB: he spends a lot of time in front of a computer monitor. Since the one on the left looks fitter, I'll say GB is the one on the right.
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Ok, I'll have my go at it. The two at the front look more like brothers than the third on the back. So this means GB should be one of them. All we know about GB is that he is like 33, his name is Justin, has a kid, and wakes up early morning to manage an employment help for people with disabilities (or something not too far from this). All this is quite irrelevant to distinguish between the two brothers. So I go for the last thing I know about GB: he spends a lot of time in front of a computer monitor. Since the one on the left looks fitter, I'll say GB is the one on the right.
Haha like the thinking Grat. I do remember GB saying his brother is 40 and likes Lego, and the dude on the right does look older. The dude on the left looks younger than me and I'm also 33, so I'm thinking left is GB :D
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I've also been struggling all day to put Phil's voice and face together. It doesn't seem to work... :D Maybe we need to start a Who's Who thread. A shame we can't all post anonymously and let people guess..
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GB front Left, GB bro front right and GB family friend back right
Bingo. You win a 90 minute "relax and entertain" pack with Marty. Incense and bubble batch compliments of the house.
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haha... my guess was based on how we socialise, after the brother guess.
GB was prolly gonna be sitting next to Phil talking all things AC, where GB bro and family friend were going to chat about other things.
Marty - PM'd to collect
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GB front Left, GB bro front right and GB family friend back right
Bingo. You win a 90 minute "relax and entertain" pack with Marty. Incense and bubble batch compliments of the house.
Sounds like we both lost badly there. ;D
I dont remember this being in my team contract, will need to be more aware of stuff I sign in the future. Especially if such a shady character is in any way involved in the production of such documents.
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GB front Left, GB bro front right and GB family friend back right
Incest and bubble bath compliments of the house.
Sorry, I amended my previous remarks to more accurately reflect Marty's offer.
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lol
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I've also been struggling all day to put Phil's voice and face together. It doesn't seem to work... :D Maybe we need to start a Who's Who thread. A shame we can't all post anonymously and let people guess..
I am intrigued lol how should I look / sound :) so I can work on it
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I've also been struggling all day to put Phil's voice and face together. It doesn't seem to work... :D Maybe we need to start a Who's Who thread. A shame we can't all post anonymously and let people guess..
I am intrigued lol how should I look / sound :) so I can work on it
I think Joe had something like this in mind:
http://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fabio.jpg
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LOL
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hahhahahhhaaaa lol
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Ha ha!!! Nice play GB!!! ;D