well another week and another missed hr race:sideways:
this wk it hits home more than most as i have a thing about racing the bf1
some might say its sadistic but i like the challenge
will just have to hope that i'm free next time it turns up:crying:
gl to all tonight :)
Quote from: delankster;250905gl to all tonight :)
Pity you cant make it.
If the wind is more than 10 kph we're going to need all the luck we can get... :blink:
Awww, sorry you can't make it tonight, Kev :sad: You're pretty fast in that combo, that's for sure. I haven't seen Moose on this week, so I don't know how you compare to him, but I'm sure you would have at least got podium tonight if you were able to make it.
Then again, if there is one thing for certain on this combo, it's that it ain't over 'till it's over. I feel that literally anything can happen. An hour is pretty darn long in the BF1 :)
Quote from: obsolum;250913An hour is pretty darn long in the BF1 :)
Damn right. I cant see me making it for an hour without spinning off in this one.
Just did a bit of full fuel load testing and the car feel horrible :blink:
Some in race ARB and Brake balance setting adjustments are going to have to take place, and i hate fiddling with buttons in a race, especially with the concentration needed to drive the BF1:sad:
think i'd bet on a moose win :flirty:
have fun all.....
Quote from: delankster;250915think i'd bet on a moose win
Your more confident than I am ! I certainly wouldn't put any money on it.
Quote from: The Moose;250916Your more confident than I am ! I certainly wouldn't put any money on it.
didn't say how much thou :narnar:
For those who don't want to get depressed, don't read this post:
If you want a 75% chance of finishing unharmed, you would have to be able to do 994 clean laps out of 1000. :blink: (0,994^48 = 0,75)
Gaah! :help:
Hi
can I get the pw to race?
I was practecing with u but cant get in to the server
thx :)
Quote from: Ihab Abbas;250937Hi
can I get the pw to race?
I was practecing with u but cant get in to the server
thx :)
The password is amongst those found here (http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=60).
Please do not make this password known to others. Instead, ask them to register here as you have kindly done :thumb:
Good, but frustrating race.
I put up no resistance to Andy and John getting past at the start, i just wanted to take it relatively easy and see what effect the wind had (more than 10kmh was my worst fear, and it came true).
I made a stupid mistake very early on at the chicane and dropped to 8th, but made it back up to 1st fairly quickly.
Then i had to try and avoid a spinner at the chicane, and spun myself in the process, allowing John to come flying past. My tires were buggered because of that so i had to slow down for a couple of laps to let them cool.
Then i got into a rhythm and started firing in some good laps, only to put a wheel on the grass just before i was going to pit. I hit the wall and suffered a lot of damage. The pit stop ended up taking around 50 seconds. John lapped me on the next lap, but then made his pitstop, so i knew i would have to find at least 30-40 seconds to catch him.
I just went for it, putting in fast laps when i could, but traffic made it difficult.
I pulled a lot of time back, but never had enough in me to catch John, eventually finishing 16 secs behind.
Grats to John on a fine race:yahoo: and thanks to everyone being lapped for making it easy to pass. I couldn't thank you at the time because i didn't want to loose and focus at all pressing chat keys.
I confess to being the least enthusiastic person around as far as this car is concerned. :angry: But wouldn't you know, I enjoyed it! :lmfao: Now as you all know I take my successes where I can and I'm going to call tonight a success! Finishing is king! :yahoo: Some great little battles on the way round too.
EDIT: The replay is up if ya want it
Well this certainly was an interesting race. I decided not to qualify and start last, so I could take it easy. After the first few turns I had already moved about 8 positions up, and settled in behind Ron. More drivers went off the track in the next couple of laps - because of the wind, no doubt :D - and me and Ron were moving nicely up in the field.
I settled into a rythm, passed a few guys and found myself quite comfortably in 5th after my pitstop. But then my monitor went black... Bloody Vista power saving :ranting2: Argh, I was so mad I think my blood was boiling. Especially because I had the same thing happen last thursday as well! Anyway, I went on to the grass during the few seconds the blackout lasted, enough to lose 2 positions. I was so frustrated because of that, that I lost all my focus and rythm, making frequent tiny mistakes and one big one which resulted in a badly damaged car. So... an extra pitstop for me to repair damage, and a lot more frustration.
Even though my tyres were pretty fresh and my car completely repaired, I had difficulties in the second and third sectors since then; in the fast turns the back end would step out ever so slightly. So I had to take it easy there. I gave up hope of catching the guy in front, who had a 30 second lead on me, and decided to just settle for 7th.
So yeah, this is the most points I've scored so far, but it still left a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth because I could have been 5th had it not been for the stupid power saving thingy.
Congratulations to everyone who finished the race!
Next week should be very fun, I think :)
Moral of that story is: Power saving sucks! Turn it off. my power saving works like this; When I've finished with my PC...I turn it off. Tzimple. :)
Well that was the worst LFS race in my career. :( I made so many mistakes that I lost count. The first one came on lap 1, when I had to let Spuddy pass before the chicane. I must have kept my focus on his car rather than the corner, because before I knew it I was off the track. Lost my composure completely there, and from there on the mistakes just kept rolling on.
I knew this was going to be a difficult race.. but still I was very disappointed with my own performance. Wednesday night online I drove with 100% fuel, and I also did a 30 lap offline practice run the day before with no mistakes. So I'd have thought I'd do better in the race. Well, everyone has bad days. :) Congrats to John for taking the lead in the 4th quarter ranking!
I wonder, can the wind really make that much difference?? It seemed like I just couldn't go as fast as I normal on the last two sections.. Was wind enabled on the server the days before?
Well, time to forget this race ASAP and look forward to next week.
Quote from: Gnomie;250975... Well, time to forget this race ASAP and look forward to next week.
Thanks. That saved me from writing my own report :D
i really liked this combo, had a good qauli and a good start to the race, around lap 20ish monitor screen went blank hit the barrier then bounced back onto the track and into the path of crazy R1(sorry mate:sad:) i then had to race with lots of damage (steering wheel at 45 degrees) and engine damage(no 7th gear) sean caught me up and passed with ease. so in the end really lucky to get 4th. hope we can have the BF1 more than once a year:g:
well done John Rees:clap:
well done all that finished :)
Sounds like a race n'arf
Congrat's to john , moose and seany :)
Quote from: Doorman;250962Moral of that story is: Power saving sucks! Turn it off. my power saving works like this; When I've finished with my PC...I turn it off. Tzimple. :)
Done :)
Well..... I was looking forward to this one as i actually felt i had a chance of some points that didn't come from disco's.
I was running light on fuel at the start with the idea that damage was so easy to come by that only doing 1 stop would be a dream. I was right. I had lots of damage.
I started around 15th and by lap 7 i was 3rd with space behind after avoiding the carnage. The master plan is working i thought just before someone span in front and i was off at around 170mph, Doh! It was only 3 corners from the pit but took about 3mins to get there and repair. I put lots more fuel in and off i went, uneventfully bar the odd trip on the grass. At about 45min, i was behind Door's for about 4 laps although a lap down and about to put a move on him when .....
Thats it, nothing, i ran out of damn fuel:ranting2:.
Well done to all that made it,:clap:
Slider.
Quote from: Slider 46;250997At about 45min, i was behind Door's for about 4 laps although a lap down and about to put a move on him when .....
Thats it, nothing, i ran out of damn fuel:ranting2:.
Haha, oh man that's painful :roflmao:
Quote from: Doorman;250962Moral of that story is: Power saving sucks! Turn it off. my power saving works like this; When I've finished with my PC...I turn it off. Tzimple. :)
Yeah, really. These stories of works of Vista pit crew are dreadful. I once got the power cable to my display loose in 1h race, and that was bad, but it was easier to accept than a power saving blackout would be.
Had an awesome get away from the line 3rd to 1st, dropped it twice in the early laps so I ran the whole race with damage but I ran 100% at the start and 100% in the pit stop, I had no intention of ruinning out on this one. :doh:
I Lapped the whole field, Including moose, "sorry moose I had to get that in as I wont ever happen again" I ran the whole thing on 1 set of R4's which was fun as they cooled at the end but it all went to plan.
I have to say the standard with the blues really has been 1st class and I thank you all again for watching your mirrors. God knows my eyes were sore after this race. The 1st 3 laps were hell on cold r4's but I felt confident it was the right direction.
Thanks for having me, I look forward to getting my ass whopped a little next week though, deetz was flying in the uf1 and I'm sure he has some nice pay back in store in pure performance, It's due deetz, a whooping from you, I know it :D :taz: I think it could be more than deetz flying this week though.
Peace
John
Quote from: Gnomie;250975I wonder, can the wind really make that much difference??
It really does make a huge difference tbh, especially in the winged cars once its more than 10kph
With all due respect, if your not taking some of the corners as fast as is possible anyway, it might not seem like it.
It's not so much the strength so much as the fact that the wind changes direction over time, so your never quite sure of the limits on any given corner. Obviously you have to be more cautious because of wind, and I'm certainly not making excuses, i wasn't cautious enough :doh:
I had to push like hell to try and catch John (i never settle for second place if there's a chance of the win) and i personally pushed too much at times.
My fastest lap was a high 1.12 i believe, on low fuel. I was doing 1.11's in practice with the same amount of fuel but no wind.
The two worst corners were the two where you can gain most of that extra 1+seconds...That bloody chicane :narnar: and the left hander 2 corners later. Get that chicane right and the left flat in 7th and that's where the time is :)
Congrats John Rees :yahoo:
I came just to watch, decided to at least start the race then spec when crashed or at the first blue flag. I put in 100% fuel and R4's on and did a few practise laps. I started cautiously and picked my way through the carnage, near the end of the first lap I glanced at my position and saw I think 7th, stunned at this I threw myself into the gravel and let nearly everyone past before taking them again as they fell off the track again and again.
Bored at my cautious strategy, I looked at the time and saw we still had 40 mins to go (yawn) so stepped up a bit, crashed and got damage, checked how much fuel I had, pitted and added 10% fuel, crashed avoiding a Moose in the road (1 all) pitted-crashed-pitted-crashed-pitted and changed to R3's, on my out lap Obsolum blue flagged me and I let him past, half a lap later I was all over him, he let me past and I started putting in Pb's :D then ran out of fuel on the last lap. :rolleyes:
Well...
I had some time to practice this week, which is rare, so I tried the 1 hour race.
Unfortunately I had 2-3 glasses of wine with dinner, and a broken set due to my multiple foolish attempts to tweak it.
This is how I scored a new pb: 3:45' out of 60:00! Oh and I forgot to blame the wind as well :D
I enjoyed watching the race, Doorman was always in good fights, congrats to Obsolum for the driving - a lot of progress in a week, and of course to all who finished.
Special mention to Gnomie, you kept fighting till he end when I would have retired.
The worst initial 2 laps of a race for me....ever :). Had a really bad start, 7th to last on the first corner. Then I had another couple of off's, getting bad damage, whilst I adjusted to the wind (which in fairness was the worst I think I had seen it for any race for the whole week). Turn 10 (I think it is) was nasty, had to be taken like a completely different corner. So I pitted on lap 2 fixed all the damage and got a new set of tires as a bonus :doh: . After rejoining a lap down I got myself into a groove and started moving through the field, unbelievably making it to third place :g: . Mostly thanks to every one else's misfortunes :D
Well done to John and Moose.
Quote from: Mille Sabords;251036... congrats to Obsolum for the driving - a lot of progress in a week...
Thanks man, I appreciate that :)
Quote from: Mille Sabords;251036Well...
Special mention to Gnomie, you kept fighting till he end when I would have retired.
Well I try to avoid aborting races, even on bad days. (As my CTRA stats show (http://www.raceauthority.com/stats/?licence=gnomie)) And yesterday I even salvaged a point in the end! :D
Quote from: Gnomie;251074Well I try to avoid aborting races, even on bad days. (As my CTRA stats show (http://www.raceauthority.com/stats/?licence=gnomie))
Wow, a 100% finish ratio :blink: That really is impressive!
Considering I had very little practice & qualified 17th I am very happy to have finished in the points. I drove a cautious race, only went off seriously on one occasion & decided to take a risk on the the last lap trying to catch Vobler - this I just managed beating him by inches on the line.