F1 2011 Time Trials - Summer 2012!

1:05.818



Just for fun

So glad you won't be able to do that in '12. Lol you're gearbox would have exploded just from T1. Haha. But apart from the downshifting, that was a really nice lap!

@Tom Endres Could we not just photo the leader board. some of us Boxers dont have recording devices.

1:06:532:



Not as quick as Motion_Blur yet but will ruthlessly spend the best part of the day tomorrow (well, when I wake up ) trying to edge closer and closer to that time. Keep an eye out for updates to this post!

1:49.987



Finally broke into the sub one minute fifty second mark but still plenty of room for improvement.

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Previous PB times:

1:50.571



1:52.158

Haha, there you go Alec; 1:50.999

AMAZING LAP mate! just AMAZING LAP!

We got on with it! Further improvements to be expected..

Hey Tom, do you know of any other good recording programs that are free? Because i've tried Fraps, but it only lets me record 30 seconds, coz i dont want to buy it, and i tried DXTory and it's video quality was terrible..

I could try uploading from my Ipad, however it will be off screen.

I have used MSI Afterburner before with an EVGA graphics card no problem. While I usually use FRAPS, this program is great as it is much less taxing on system resources while recording. There are also lots more options for you to choose in regards to video quality, for example you can choose higher video compression which means the quality is not quite as good as the original footage, but the filesize is much much smaller - on the other hand you can also push everything for max quality at the expense of massive file size, but even then it doesn't tax the system too much I found.

You will want to edit the footage once you have "shot" it to a. reduce file size again and b. crop it down to only show what you want to be seen (eg. the hotlap).

Windows Live Movie Maker is a good simple editing tool - but I do usually find the colours change after rendering the finished video. If you can get your hands on Sony Vegas - that is an excellent tool for editing clips however there are lots of buttons so it will take a little bit of playing around to work out what to do.


Hope this helps!

I recommend MSI Afterburner too. The screen and video capture work on any machine and graphics card, it impacts game performance less than FRAPS, gives you more control over resolution, quality etc., records with smaller file sizes than FRAPS at even the highest quality settings, still gives close to lossless recording quality (which will be reduced on uploading anyway) and is completely free

With my ATI HD6870 I can record at 1080p 30fps with 90% quality (mjpg compression) and the game runs at above 50fps all the time, miles better than with FRAPS.

Anyway, I'm going to try the time trial now (I could only manage 1.05.9 at Brazil), sorry for the off-topic


Update: Spent half an hour or so messing up in the wet at Spa But got down to a 1.48.049 - video:

Here's my first try at Spa. It's 3 AM so it's not my best but I don't have any energy left to try and improve it but low 47's are definitely possible.







Also, can I make a lap at Brazil and put it here because I didn't have video card back then?


UPDATE: Today I did a few more laps, but my first one was the best. 46's are definitely possible. With a bad sector 2 and 1 corner from sector 3 I could still get into low 47's so.. if I wasn't so lazy I could try a 46.