GT vintage @ Laguna seca - wednesday February 16th 2011

Bjorn de Haas · Feb 11, 2011

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Servername: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM
Class: GT Vintage
Track: Laguna seca download here
Weather: dry
Practice: 15 minutes 20:00 gmt
Qualification: 15 minutes
Race: 2 x 16 laps
Notes: Click here to read the password and golden rules

This will be raced in version 1.3 so make sure you download it

Car we use now is the GT vintage

Paul Hamwa · Feb 16, 2011

Last minute change to the Target, I suck at the Target. Sorry for hitting Nigel (I think), don't have a feel for the braking zone in these cars.

Senad Subasic · Feb 16, 2011

Paul Hamwa said:
Last minute change to the Target, I suck at the Target. Sorry for hitting Nigel (I think), don't have a feel for the braking zone in these cars.

Same. Even though I think I didn't hit anyone

Couldn't sort out the brakes, couldn't steer. Not a fun car for me with my current wheel.

Bjorn de Haas · Feb 16, 2011

well guys 1.3 does not work lol

Kamran Choudhry · Feb 16, 2011

Well I'm glad we managed to do this test, it really helped me get a feel for the netcode in a quicker car. I had a few incidents with a few drivers so it was a really good learning experience. I personally found the FTarget very easy to drive with almost default settings on. I only added a click to front downforce, 3 or 4 clicks on the brake balance to the back, adjusted the gears for Laguna seca, and auto clutch disabled. This is with a G25 wheel. I also had linearity set to 50%.(Found in controller settings).

Thanks to Bjorn for hosting a race after the 1.3 crashes we had before it.

Laurent Resende · Feb 16, 2011

you've done this race FTarget! frustration! lol

Claudio Gandolfi · Feb 17, 2011

Bjorn de Haas said:
well guys 1.3 does not work lol

What a pity...:rain:
It is very frustrating to saw one the actually best sim, so penalized;
"Vintage" car is really enjoyable. Hope in a fix from Stefano :star:

Alessandro Gamberini · Feb 17, 2011

Claudio Gandolfi said:
What a pity...:rain:
It is very frustrating to saw one the actually best sim, so penalized;

very strange issue, we kept a server on for 1.5h with its pract, qualy and race stages and no crashes at all
I need another test day but it seems to me a central server issue, I'm only guessing ...

Paul Hamwa · Feb 17, 2011

Guys before you all say it doesn't work 1.3, did you all follow the instructions for compatibilty mode etc? Mine has never crashed one single time after I did that. I've played around in a bunch of the open server races, no problem other than the connection issues. Connection issues are a problem sometimes in 1.3, but I'm sorry to say I've always had high ping on RD races...

I'm totally against running this series in 1.2. Like this the game will never improve. We gotta find a way to test this again.

Andy White · Feb 17, 2011

Paul Hamwa said:
Guys before you all say it doesn't work 1.3, did you all follow the instructions for compatibilty mode etc? .

I tried the fixes suggested in this thread. I ran into problems not being able to join any servers at all with the fix. Went back to running the exe as normal and can connect again. I think we managed about 8 players for about 5 laps before 1.3 decided to crash, and players who had done the fix crashed out of the game too.

I think Bjorn is right to steer clear of 1.3 for the series. I was too late for the sign up to the league so it doen't really matter to me, but 1.3 seems far to unstable to be running a league. It's a massive shame that netkar has got these issues but lets hope a patch is on the way.

Laurent Resende said:
you've done this race FTarget! frustration! lol

At least it gave me a chance to win an event Laurent, lol. Don't think that would have been the case if you were racing.

Paul Hamwa · Feb 17, 2011

Andy White said:
I tried the fixes suggested in this thread. I ran into problems not being able to join any servers at all with the fix. Went back to running the exe as normal and can connect again. I think we managed about 8 players for about 5 laps before 1.3 decided to crash, and players who had done the fix crashed out of the game too.

I think Bjorn is right to steer clear of 1.3 for the series. I was too late for the sign up to the league so it doen't really matter to me, but 1.3 seems far to unstable to be running a league. It's a massive shame that netkar has got these issues but lets hope a patch is on the way.

Someone mentioned here on the forum that in 1.3 there seems there's a problem with hosting a game and playing on that same machine. That's what I read anyway...

Sorry to hear the fix doesn't work for everyone. Even yesterday while we were testing, my game didn't crash, but I did get kicked from the server and then no servers showed up neither in 1.2 and 1.3 for about 10 minutes. Go figure!

Paul Hamwa · Feb 17, 2011

Just a thought, but is there some kind of conflict between 1.2 and 1.3? I think there might be.

Has anyone found out from Kunos if we're even supposed to be running both?

Redvaliant · Feb 17, 2011

1.3 is largely unusable as an online mod at this time. I have the xp compat mode set in vista and have been booted from over half of the races i've been in, usually when someone leaves the server. It is just broke and in need of a patch.

Nigel Atkins · Feb 17, 2011

Paul Hamwa said:
Just a thought, but is there some kind of conflict between 1.2 and 1.3? I think there might be.

Has anyone found out from Kunos if we're even supposed to be running both?

i run both on my pc without any crashes, i use windows 7 64 & xp sp3 compatability with visual themes & desktop composition disabled.

Robert Walker · Feb 17, 2011

I download latest .net framework setup. Even though it's already installed. I repaired the installation and never had a problem after that. Never needed to disable any themes or run in any compatibility mode.

Laurent Resende · Feb 17, 2011

framework very important

Laurent Resende · Feb 17, 2011

marco Massurato home Kunos announced a fix for the problems on the servers for tomorrow, PATIENCE !!!!!! lol, this is a beta!

Kamran Choudhry · Feb 17, 2011

I am running on XP SP3 and tried the compatibility mode and what I assume is the right exe and it crashed game. Funny thing was when I first joined the server without using any fix I was able to drive on track for several laps without my game crashing until I exited on my own. Should be noted I joined when a race was taking place. I think the game only crashes when I sit in the pitbox, could be wrong tho.

I think Bjorn is doing the right thing to stick with 1.2 for now. No one has provided a clear fix that will work for everyone. This is after all a beta. I think we just need to be patient and wait for a more stable beta, and then we can do another 1.3 test. Hopefully a fix comes tomorrow.

Andy White · Feb 17, 2011

Robert Walker said:
I download latest .net framework setup. Even though it's already installed. I repaired the installation and never had a problem after that. Never needed to disable any themes or run in any compatibility mode.

I did a clean install of 1.3 and was still having the same issues. I then downloaded the .net framework and did the same as you rob. All seems to be working ok :doublethumb:

Windows7 64bit running with no compatibility mode or disabled themes etc.

Nigel Atkins · Feb 17, 2011

Andy White said:
I did a clean install of 1.3 and was still having the same issues. I then downloaded the .net framework and did the same as you rob. All seems to be working ok :doublethumb:

Windows7 64bit running with no compatibility mode or disabled themes etc.

interseting

i`ll try that to, what version of .net framework 3.5?

Andy White · Feb 17, 2011

I did .net framework 4. It was already installed the same as Robert, so I re-installed it. Maybe I should do 3.5 too, but I seem to have a working NetKar 1.3 at the moment so don't want to mess with it. Looks like .net framework could be the fix that works for me, so hope it works for others who try it.