Your getting there mate, sorry for dropping out without disconnecting, but I had a minor crisis and had to rush off and forgot to log out. One word of advice from watching you, don't try so hard to be faster than the person behind you, drive your own race and defensively, you tend too push too hard under pressure and give the position away by sliding wide or going off. You can hold off a faster driver by sticking to the racing line and forcing them to go out of position to overtake. Ambitious is good, always wanting to be better will keep you focused. Consistency will win you a race :-)
I put a 15 lap race distance in to see a. how my pace is and b. how I felt after doing it.
The answers were
A. Not too bad at 2:20.1xx and consistent 20's in the final 5 laps
And
B. very sweaty and a quite tired.
I may turn up on Sunday but the 15 laps will have to be the sum of my practice if I do, and I might restrict myself to 1 race. Don't wait if I don't drop in by 8.
Still, felt good and the car hits my rwd buttons.
I also tooled around for a bit building and tuning a few porkers. Both the 944T and 911 '73 are great fun in B class. The 944 especially surprised me with how positively it drives. The 911 put a 3 inch depth of chest hair on me. It's not driving, it's wrestling :)
Tourni - EUSL 4 - maybe a little porsche action? Please. With sprinkles. And one of those little sparklers.
I won't make the race this Sunday, Ireland are playing Croatia at 7.45 in Euro 2012 that's Soccer for our American cousins. Also my work schedule will have me working a lot of Sundays till late. I will run the races when I can but I will only make maybe 1 in 3.
I won't make the race this Sunday, Ireland are playing Croatia at 7.45 in Euro 2012 that's Soccer for our American cousins. Also my work schedule will have me working a lot of Sundays till late. I will run the races when I can but I will only make maybe 1 in 3.
You might as well race Fitzy. Dont see Ireland doing much
I won't make the race this Sunday, Ireland are playing Croatia at 7.45 in Euro 2012 that's Soccer for our American cousins. Also my work schedule will have me working a lot of Sundays till late. I will run the races when I can but I will only make maybe 1 in 3.
You might as well race Fitzy. Dont see Ireland doing much
You never know with this team, anyway can't see England doing much either. Always the same go into a big tournament lots of expectations then they play crap.
offtopic, but: In German Media you can see and hear people, who are believing, that the German's can win the Euro. On the streets you see nothing. Until now there are no flags, no colours and so on, like during the last championships.
Mostly the people to whom I spoke, don't believe that Germany can win the Euro. Bad pre-phase for the team, 6 players with a extrem bad experience (Bayern) and no winning-gen. There is only one chance and hope: The German Team is able to play better match after match. Is a tournament team. Saturday is the key game of the whole Euro for Germany.
If I would have money I would bet on other nations for winning this tournament: Poland, UK, France, Spain.
As Gentleman-Racer and 2O4F-Member I say: May the best team win! But ..... would be great, if Germany will get the Cup. First title after many years.
If I would have money I would bet on other nations for winning this tournament: Poland, UK, France, Spain.
You must be joking - Poland win ????? I shouldn't say that but i know Polish team... We got really great players who play TOP football in foreign teams but in our national team they don't want to do the same ...... is really sad.
Still off topic but when I was filling out my sheet for Euro 12 I was shocked to find Germany and Netherlands in the same group. Who was the nimrod who came up with that idea?
Shaved off 1 sec from my lap time yesterday, 2:20.7xx. Also watched your replay Tourni, your driving doesn´t differ much from mine, but I quess your style is just smoother...Like I said, there are corners where I either succeed or not...Too bad all of those possible failing points are before long straights, so I don´t just lose time in corner, I lose time on straight too!
Teme i expect you to be faster than that in the race, i should think you'll be sitting around the 2.20.200's. :) Try a little slower in and more power out.
Finally, Finally managed a dirty high 20 but the best clean I can do is in the 22's. It is that last corner before the straight. Get that wrong and you loose 1-2 seconds on that and the next lap, get it right and all of a sudden you are there.
Thanks again for the pointers Mr T, can I ask was that in the proper Stang or the plastic one?
Dankerts shot shows me doing that in the 70's one. I did it in the plastic one lol
Your welcome Dawg, you managed to get that corner right a good few times so it is just a case of getting the rhythem. The exit is crutial there :) I could see you getting faster with each lap - but 2/3 corners is where you lost it all and brought you back down. You can hit the low 20s if you put it all together :)
Ok after a bit more practice managed a 2.20.7 am in the top 1000 leader board!
It just goes to show how sad my life has gotten that I am actually getting a buzz out of that! Anyway, I think tomorrow is going to be an interesting one to say the least, I would hope that the 'Stangs will take the plastic pretenders but only time will tell.
My chest hair is now sprouting proudly over the top of my shirt collars and Medallion is sparkling like the stars in the heavens.
Well done Dawg, that is a HUGE improvement. From 2.23's to the 2.20's is a real uphill struggle on this track, the harder it gets for each 1/10th you get faster.
I would say that will make some of the aliens nervous :D
I see for aliens under 20 easy. I did 21.3 with my thumb in big dressing as i cut big hole in it.
Damn, I start my practice right now! There´s few corners where i loose too much time, I just can´t get them right for some reason...
i'm not going to make this sundays race :(
good luck everyone
Hello,
nice practize with Knight and later with Steviegers. Thank you!
Here is the actual leaderboard:
[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7080/7164293539_9a5aa4c738.jpg[/img]
The good news is: I make little steps and progress. Today I made a 3 seconds step.
The bad news: Maybe I am overambitious. I am not satisfied with my performance.
Good nite!
JDANKERT
Your getting there mate, sorry for dropping out without disconnecting, but I had a minor crisis and had to rush off and forgot to log out. One word of advice from watching you, don't try so hard to be faster than the person behind you, drive your own race and defensively, you tend too push too hard under pressure and give the position away by sliding wide or going off. You can hold off a faster driver by sticking to the racing line and forcing them to go out of position to overtake. Ambitious is good, always wanting to be better will keep you focused. Consistency will win you a race :-)
First thing we have to do is convince him to actually get the Porsche's. He's being all anti-DLC this time around
Yeah - the DLC's haven't really gotten much interest from me yet :)
I was going to Sign up for this one after my week of but I dont think me or Hyper are going to be back from the BTCC in time.
I won't make the race this Sunday, Ireland are playing Croatia at 7.45 in Euro 2012 that's Soccer for our American cousins. Also my work schedule will have me working a lot of Sundays till late. I will run the races when I can but I will only make maybe 1 in 3.
You might as well race Fitzy. Dont see Ireland doing much
You never know with this team, anyway can't see England doing much either. Always the same go into a big tournament lots of expectations then they play crap.
Seems we might be short on numbers this week :( really great track for these cars.
Poidsly - I already have some thing lined up for EUSL4 but i might be changing it, got to work out the details.. Should be good fun i think.
Hello,
offtopic, but: In German Media you can see and hear people, who are believing, that the German's can win the Euro. On the streets you see nothing. Until now there are no flags, no colours and so on, like during the last championships.
Mostly the people to whom I spoke, don't believe that Germany can win the Euro. Bad pre-phase for the team, 6 players with a extrem bad experience (Bayern) and no winning-gen. There is only one chance and hope: The German Team is able to play better match after match. Is a tournament team. Saturday is the key game of the whole Euro for Germany.
If I would have money I would bet on other nations for winning this tournament: Poland, UK, France, Spain.
As Gentleman-Racer and 2O4F-Member I say: May the best team win! But ..... would be great, if Germany will get the Cup. First title after many years.
JDANKERT
You must be joking - Poland win ????? I shouldn't say that but i know Polish team... We got really great players who play TOP football in foreign teams but in our national team they don't want to do the same ...... is really sad.
Still off topic but when I was filling out my sheet for Euro 12 I was shocked to find Germany and Netherlands in the same group. Who was the nimrod who came up with that idea?
Just buy the Porsche-pack and that´s it
Shaved off 1 sec from my lap time yesterday, 2:20.7xx. Also watched your replay Tourni, your driving doesn´t differ much from mine, but I quess your style is just smoother...Like I said, there are corners where I either succeed or not...Too bad all of those possible failing points are before long straights, so I don´t just lose time in corner, I lose time on straight too!
The 2.18's are possible :)
Teme i expect you to be faster than that in the race, i should think you'll be sitting around the 2.20.200's. :) Try a little slower in and more power out.
You do know we all hate you dont you....
Finally, Finally managed a dirty high 20 but the best clean I can do is in the 22's. It is that last corner before the straight. Get that wrong and you loose 1-2 seconds on that and the next lap, get it right and all of a sudden you are there.
Thanks again for the pointers Mr T, can I ask was that in the proper Stang or the plastic one?
P.
LOL
LOL some use it as a benchmark for their performance :)
Dankerts shot shows me doing that in the 70's one. I did it in the plastic one lol
Your welcome Dawg, you managed to get that corner right a good few times so it is just a case of getting the rhythem. The exit is crutial there :) I could see you getting faster with each lap - but 2/3 corners is where you lost it all and brought you back down. You can hit the low 20s if you put it all together :)
Dont forget to get your signs up in guys - Missing a few of the regulars!
Ok after a bit more practice managed a 2.20.7 am in the top 1000 leader board!
It just goes to show how sad my life has gotten that I am actually getting a buzz out of that! Anyway, I think tomorrow is going to be an interesting one to say the least, I would hope that the 'Stangs will take the plastic pretenders but only time will tell.
My chest hair is now sprouting proudly over the top of my shirt collars and Medallion is sparkling like the stars in the heavens.
Come on!!
P.
Well done Dawg, that is a HUGE improvement. From 2.23's to the 2.20's is a real uphill struggle on this track, the harder it gets for each 1/10th you get faster.
I would say that will make some of the aliens nervous :D
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No problem Poidsly - Glad to see you back :)
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