Friday night 'Tour of .......'

XLR8 · August 09, 2009, 08:19:19 PM

There's an idea. If you feel there's two tiers of drivers how about a handicapping system like getting the faster drivers to choose the lower powered cars and vicky versa? That could be interesting. :g:

Doorman · August 09, 2009, 08:36:13 PM

Quote from: XLR8;285705There's an idea. If you feel there's two tiers of drivers how about a handicapping system like getting the faster drivers to choose the lower powered cars and vicky versa? That could be interesting. :g:

It's not a feeling, it's a fact. But you raise a VERY good point. I do believe you can add weight to selected cheats...doh! I mean faster people than me. :blush2:
/Scurries off to find out

EDIT: I'm back! Puff, puff. YES_YOU_CAN! :norty: :norty: :norty: This'll be interesting :woot2:

XLR8 · August 09, 2009, 11:39:21 PM

Me and my big mouth

Gnomie · August 10, 2009, 06:05:52 PM

Quote from: Mille Sabords;285423(...) I'm not even sure it would run on this overheating laptop...

In fact rFactor isn't more demanding than the other sims if you turn the settings down a bit. For me it's running way better than nKP while still looking pretty good to me.

And, unlike in LFS, performance doesn't drop like a rock in bigger grids.

Hope you guys find a server format that you're happy with by the time I'm back on track!

Toddshooter · August 12, 2009, 02:24:58 PM

Quote from: Doorman;285703In any event I'll try to mix it up as best I can. I'm running out of ideas for the theme though. U.N next

Don't forget Canada. We have a few kick ass tracks. Toronto Indy, Montreal, Vancouver, and I'm sure theres a few others Dave can fill you in on.

PS: And if you do Canada Moose will feel right at home in his native habitat!

Doorman · August 12, 2009, 02:52:22 PM

Canadia, hmm. :g: OK, I'll dig around. I'll mean people having to download stuff though.

I'll be back.

Doorman · August 12, 2009, 05:24:31 PM

Lessee; as far as I can tell Canadia has:

Edmonton. Situated on the apron of Edmonton's airport. The track is laid out by painting lines on the ground... :no2: Sorry.
Toronto. A bit like Monaco without the yachts, rich folk or any elevation changes. Nor, it has to be said, charisma :no2: Strike two.
Montreal. Not unlike Toronto in that it has walls that kill your engine but it has the saving grace of having some runoff areas of grass/sand BEFORE you hit the wall! :doh: It also has scenery that doesn't look like a precast concrete factory store yard. So...:yes2: There are two versions, the 1979 version which you'll have in the GPC79 folder or there's the 2008 version. Your choice. Links to follow
And finally you have Mosport. Situated in Ontario it's got corners, hills, dips, grass and lovely weather! Bring the family for a great day oht. :yes2: :yahoo:
For the rest of Canada's racing scene, if you're into short ovals you're spoilt for choice.
Oh yes I forgot Trois Rivieres located in Quebec (Vive le Quebec libre! Remember that? What a stirrer!) Beautiful version. Just remember to turn left immediately after the archway! :norty:

Doorman · August 12, 2009, 08:59:54 PM

MoSport
Montreal 2008 This would be my pick of the two Montreals
Trois Rivieres

EDIT: Links in main 'Tracks you'll need' thread

XLR8 · August 12, 2009, 10:55:39 PM

Just for info, a couple of useful sites for finding real world tracks, I've set these to search for Canadia tracks

http://www.etracksonline.co.uk/NAmerica/Canada/canada.html

http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Tracks_in_Canada

This is not to say that the tracks will have been converted for rFactor etc.
Check out the Active Mountain Raceway, looks like fun from the Gif, shame there's no sim version :sad:

What about this one for Friday, it's in the HOF and has 5star ratings - http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Trois-Rivieres

Doorman · August 12, 2009, 11:53:43 PM

Quote from: XLR8;286042What about this one for Friday, it's in the HOF and has 5star ratings - http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Trois-Rivieres

If you care to check my posts ^^^ you'll see I've already included Trois Rivieres :flirty:

Good choice Mark. I think that'll do for the lineup. Now for the cars? My initial thoughts are Porsche 914 (the Volkswagen?), the Alpine and Elan. Open to suggestions along those lines

XLR8 · August 13, 2009, 07:58:23 AM

Quote from: Doorman;286050If you care to check my posts ^^^ you'll see I've already included Trois Rivieres

A shame the lottery doesn't work that way too eh :flirty:

Doorman · August 13, 2009, 12:37:01 PM

Quote from: XLR8;286064A shame the lottery doesn't work that way too eh :flirty:

What? What?

XLR8 · August 14, 2009, 10:43:02 PM

Sorry I was late to the party, I was having a meal with some mates in the pub :cheers:

Unfortunately I was then a little over the legal limit for racing

Stu, I watched the replay of my roll from inside your car, that must have had you in stitches, and cleared the road nicely for you

Deetz, I think what you were apologising for was when I zoomed past you under braking, because I had already hit the wall and had a puncture and couldn't stop properly. So it's me who's sorry for that.
A shame because the first 2 laps of that race were superb.

Toddshooter · August 15, 2009, 11:53:49 AM

AHHHHH.... Drunk driving a truly Canadian pastime!!:roflmao:

I'm sure it just made the Canadian trip that much more authentic:D Hope you had fun guys.

Doorman · August 15, 2009, 04:04:02 PM

We were waiting for you then some bright spark worked oht the time difference and figured you've got a lousey boss that won't let you haave Friday afternoons off.

Nice to see your face appear on the nKP server though.