rF2 F1 1994 @ Detroit 88 - Sunday 4th March 2012

[Ivan Mills]

My biggest issue is locking brakes, and shifting TOO fast, which causes my rear to spin.

So,to confirm, I am in

Dewald,Detroit has some bumpy braking/acceleration zones ,so i think everyone will be locking up at some point or another,though braking earlier is better then braking later,until u get comfy with your "sweet spots",but do lower down your brake pressure(i use 88%),which helps with that,also this mod likes more brake to the rear,As for the shifting "too fast"(hopefully i understand you correctly),well that you have to dial out with practice...rear end will "go" when rpms arent "somewhat matched" (on downshift),so you can chiesel that out by starting to shift/downshift earlier therefore alowing more gap between each downshift,as well as adding more wing to the back,even longer gears( 1st,2nd,3rd),ill leave engine mapping for next time,but in general you can bring it up a click to your current if you lose the end easily..engine mapping has to do with the way the engine retards on downshift

edit: also ,this place is hard on the brakes,so be sure to leave adequate cooling ,otherwise they overheat and u will struggle to stop the car..so just leave a greater hole for the brakes to breath trough

I am glad you decided to join us M8

 

[Ho3n3r]

Dewald,Detroit has some bumpy braking/acceleration zones ,so i think everyone will be locking up at some point or another,though braking earlier is better then braking later,until u get comfy with your "sweet spots",but do lower down your brake pressure(i use 88%),which helps with that,also this mod likes more brake to the rear,As for the shifting "too fast"(hopefully i understand you correctly),well that you have to dial out with practice...rear end will "go" when rpms arent "somewhat matched" (on downshift),so you can chiesel that out by starting to shift/downshift earlier therefore alowing more gap between each downshift,as well as adding more wing to the back,even longer gears( 1st,2nd,3rd),ill leave engine mapping for next time,but in general you can bring it up a click to your current if you lose the end easily..engine mapping has to do with the way the engine retards on downshift

edit: also ,this place is hard on the brakes,so be sure to leave adequate cooling ,otherwise they overheat and u will struggle to stop the car..so just leave a greater hole for the brakes to breath trough

I am glad you decided to join us M8

You guys are great that shows that I am thinking in the right way, because I am already working on getting my downshifting as you say - earier, but longer, and to read this now means I am getting the hang of it.

My first flying lap with Martin's setup - 1m 40.834, lol:

Now looking forward to practicing, and getting used to the circuit more, seeing as I am still a crappy driver!

 

[Ho3n3r]

Can I change my car to the 2nd Benetton please? I know the physics/engines are the same, but it's my favorite car, maybe it will help me handle it with care!

 

[James Chant]

Choose whichever car you like!

Remember to change your profile name to your real name! (it's your tag in the screen above), you must use your name in the server.

 

[Ho3n3r]

OK I will, cheers! Down to a 1:39.6 now, right after a 1:40.2 and a 1:40.1, so getting consistent now... It's very much more addictive than driving with aids I tell ya, because there are some things I want to improve every lap, so many more things.

 

[Ho3n3r]

Dewald,Detroit has some bumpy braking/acceleration zones ,so i think everyone will be locking up at some point or another,though braking earlier is better then braking later,until u get comfy with your "sweet spots",but do lower down your brake pressure(i use 88%),which helps with that,also this mod likes more brake to the rear

I think the bad habit I got from driving with aids is slamming the brakes at every corner, which causes the lockups, even if I break early. But getting better...

 

[James Chant]

I will get the server up tonight once the guys are done racing trucks.

 

[Christen Struys]

ok me 2 plz

 

[David Jundt]

Tempting. Give me a reserve slot for now.

 

[James Chant]

Server is up guys!

 

[Thomas Mundy]

My apologies for not turning up to a couple of races I signed up for. Had some computer issues that took a while to fix. Working now though and will be in tonight. As Benettons appear to be taken I'll turn up in Brundle's McLaren. So far managed a 1:35.3

 

[Mark Johnston]

count me in, Irvines Jordan please

 

[Larry Mazadza]

Ill be there for sure

 

[Larry Mazadza]

ill be there 100% sure

 

[David Jundt]

I am not sure if I will be there. I had installed the FSOne 2008 mod on my desktop PC, and about 5 resp. 20 mins into playing, I got 2 bluescreens. Now I try to find out why. Don't know if I can solve it...

 

[Scott Woodwiss]

I'm pulling out of this. I'm just not quick enough

 

[James Chant]

I'm pulling out of this. I'm just not quick enough

It's not speed that counts on this circuit, it's consistency. I predict high numbers of dnfs.

Join anyway - you never know what will happen. Just because some people are fast over 1 lap doesn't mean they can always hold it together for a whole race.

 

[David Jundt]

I think I'll try anyway, maybe to test settings, but maybe it can be very well the card update should be rolled back. But I am not very sure when it comes to things like these, don't want to screw my system:

http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/rfactor-blue-screen-of-death.45792/

So if you should see me losing connection on the server(and maybe TS), it means I've got a blue screen.

 

[David Jundt]

track doesn't load - I just unzipped it and put it that way into the locations folder. Detroit bla bla - F1988 - 06_Detroit?

 

[James Chant]

Did you drrop the whole contents of zip in locations folder?