I'll be there, on time this time.
Presto GP - Pacific Series (RACE 07)
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Hehe Dave, you weren't particularly late last time mate.
it just happened to me steve pitlane is about 1 km long
It doesn't look like I'll make the race, see you at valencia
Anybody pinpointed the issue with the pitlane yet?
nope I can't replicate it... hopefully what ever the outcome is, its the same for everyone... If not we'll have to review the replay and work out how much time is lost and adjust the final times for those people it happen to..
i have testing 10 stop .. no stop and go ..
unfortunately the server name and password have not been updated, so the server name is PrestoGP Hokenheim 67lap and the password is the standard practice race password.
Well that sux....
Had a great qual session, did a PB of 1.13.495 which put me in 2nd behind Christian Ramlow, well done on your time mate, very quick.
Had a poor start spinning the wheels off the line to much and lost 2 positions, also think I held David Street up, sorry mate. First lap I just wanted to warm the tyres up and then go for it, coming out of the hairpin I had better traction than David McCradic in front and managed to slip down the inside going into the next left hand corner. I was now in 3rd and catching Zizzo and Ramlow in front, within a lap I was on Zizzo's tail and for the next couple I was right behind him with less than a second seperating the top 3, we had a great little battle until lap 6 where I had an Nvidia freeze coming out of the fast Turn 1 just sitting there right on the exit point. I had a gap of 23 seconds back to 4th so I was hoping my game would come back before the next lot of cars came around, just as my screen came back to me Mitchell Smith didn't see my car sitting there and slammed into the rear of my car and sent us both off spinning.
My pit crew said I only had suspension damage so I tried to limp back around to pits, the car was so undriveable, but I wanted to get to pits to fix the car and try and retrieve some points.. On the way back I was getting engine over heating issues and pulling out of the way to let cars past, unfortunately for me I wedged myself on some grass and tarmac and because of my damage I couldn't get off and ended up having the engine overheat...
I'm absolutely shattered as I had a good pit strategy and good pace to grab a podium..
Sorry for wrecking Mitchell Smith's race, but there was nothing I could do...
After just looking at my car in pits I'm missing the rear wing and rear right wheel....
Had a great qual session, did a PB of 1.13.495 which put me in 2nd behind Christian Ramlow, well done on your time mate, very quick.
Had a poor start spinning the wheels off the line to much and lost 2 positions, also think I held David Street up, sorry mate. First lap I just wanted to warm the tyres up and then go for it, coming out of the hairpin I had better traction than David McCradic in front and managed to slip down the inside going into the next left hand corner. I was now in 3rd and catching Zizzo and Ramlow in front, within a lap I was on Zizzo's tail and for the next couple I was right behind him with less than a second seperating the top 3, we had a great little battle until lap 6 where I had an Nvidia freeze coming out of the fast Turn 1 just sitting there right on the exit point. I had a gap of 23 seconds back to 4th so I was hoping my game would come back before the next lot of cars came around, just as my screen came back to me Mitchell Smith didn't see my car sitting there and slammed into the rear of my car and sent us both off spinning.
My pit crew said I only had suspension damage so I tried to limp back around to pits, the car was so undriveable, but I wanted to get to pits to fix the car and try and retrieve some points.. On the way back I was getting engine over heating issues and pulling out of the way to let cars past, unfortunately for me I wedged myself on some grass and tarmac and because of my damage I couldn't get off and ended up having the engine overheat...
I'm absolutely shattered as I had a good pit strategy and good pace to grab a podium..
Sorry for wrecking Mitchell Smith's race, but there was nothing I could do...
After just looking at my car in pits I'm missing the rear wing and rear right wheel....
I did see your car. You were rolling backwards as I tried to avoid it. I saw your car after the crash, you lost a rear tyre.
You can say sorry all you want it won't change anything. I was solid in 4th at Hockenheim. You have no idea how much that would've meant to me, the car was literally perfect, my strategy was a 1-stop and I was faster then the guys behind me.
Still can't belive that just happened.
You can say sorry all you want it won't change anything. I was solid in 4th at Hockenheim. You have no idea how much that would've meant to me, the car was literally perfect, my strategy was a 1-stop and I was faster then the guys behind me.
Still can't belive that just happened.
well that was weird ended up racing by myself for 6 laps gave up because no one was racing with me , and that pit lane is a doozy 1 km long lol
pewww hard race , but sooo perfect 4 me
my qualy time uiuiui 1:12:799 new pb ...I don´t know where I got the time
my race was pretty normal .. i have a good pace. startet with 100 L and fuel 2 times 60 L .. this was the 25 seconds to win this race. in stint 2 and 3 i have a good control of zizzo and i can save my tyres and p1
very hard for david .. his pace was nice to get 1 2 or 3 fu... nividia with gtr-. have the same **** after 6 month´s. gtr crashed my card complete. so i have a radeon now ,,, and no freezes yet
but never give up m8 u have seen vettel in the last 3 races. I hope we see an exciting final in Valenica be
sry 4 english .... u know im german
i´ll do my best
cu in Valenica
my qualy time uiuiui 1:12:799 new pb ...I don´t know where I got the time
my race was pretty normal .. i have a good pace. startet with 100 L and fuel 2 times 60 L .. this was the 25 seconds to win this race. in stint 2 and 3 i have a good control of zizzo and i can save my tyres and p1
very hard for david .. his pace was nice to get 1 2 or 3 fu... nividia with gtr-. have the same **** after 6 month´s. gtr crashed my card complete. so i have a radeon now ,,, and no freezes yet
but never give up m8 u have seen vettel in the last 3 races. I hope we see an exciting final in Valenica be
sry 4 english .... u know im german
i´ll do my bestcu in Valenica
I had a very hard weekend - 5 gigs in three days & then to top it all off I was roped into helping out at my daughter's school so my day was gone even before I knew what had happened.
Also, I find that I have lost a lot of drive or motivation for this game over the past few months & find myself more at home having the odd play in either presto or public servers. But practicing for a full two weeks solid just to be competitive is just too much at this time of year. Add to that having to deal with the dramas of fellow racers (from around halfway in the season) and it all became a job that I just really had no interest in doing. Racing to me should be fun and the admin side sucked all the fun out of it slowly over time.
I'm really not sure exactly how my role will fit into the next season. I may pass it all onto David, well he's been pretty much running the show from around halfway through the season so it will probably continue in his capable hands. He's done a great job I might add.
Thanks to those who have supported the FPPS to date either by providing the servers, helping others or just by turning up to race. It's a constant battle to keep grids full and a lot of it is recruiting new guys.
Also, I find that I have lost a lot of drive or motivation for this game over the past few months & find myself more at home having the odd play in either presto or public servers. But practicing for a full two weeks solid just to be competitive is just too much at this time of year. Add to that having to deal with the dramas of fellow racers (from around halfway in the season) and it all became a job that I just really had no interest in doing. Racing to me should be fun and the admin side sucked all the fun out of it slowly over time.
I'm really not sure exactly how my role will fit into the next season. I may pass it all onto David, well he's been pretty much running the show from around halfway through the season so it will probably continue in his capable hands. He's done a great job I might add.
Thanks to those who have supported the FPPS to date either by providing the servers, helping others or just by turning up to race. It's a constant battle to keep grids full and a lot of it is recruiting new guys.
I hear that steve, 2 weeks of practice just to get a decent result if you're lucky, it's hard without the full manpower of a real F1 team.
yeah...
actually I think the full length races haven't really beren as good for the racing as I imagined.
And I felt our 2x shorter races from the first season was a better format to be honest - that way if you stuffed your first race then there was always the 2nd to gain back points...
Perhaps we should drop back to the same race distance as the rest of Presto.
actually I think the full length races haven't really beren as good for the racing as I imagined.
And I felt our 2x shorter races from the first season was a better format to be honest - that way if you stuffed your first race then there was always the 2nd to gain back points...
Perhaps we should drop back to the same race distance as the rest of Presto.
thanks for all the hard work steve , you done a great job as boss, and dave will be just as good , i also agree with the 2 shorter races that one long race just about kills me
Well, what a race... I qualified ok in 4th, couldnt put a lap together and ended up 2 tenths of my PB and only .007 behind third so not too bad.
The race started disaterously!!! I got a good jump from the line and closed very quickly to David Noden who had massive wheelspin, I moved to the inside for what should have been a very simple pass, but as I got along side he suddenly vered left (still spinning the wheels I think) and hit me into the wall and spun me into the path of the rest of the field. Luckily everyone managed to avoid me, but I had bad suspension damage. I considered trying to see how far I could continue with the damage, but after spinning in the hairpin, I decided to pit changed tires and fix the damage, I elected not to add any fuel and stay on my initial 2 stop (now 3) strategy.
Once I rejoined, I was almost a lap down on the leaders, and around 50 sec down on the car infront. I tried to push on, looking after the tires as much as I could, since rear tire wear in the practice race was a big issue for me. I was closing nicely on the cars infront, but knew it would take some missfortune to them for me to make up any positions. I had inherited 6th by the time I got to my first scheduled stop, due to a couple DNF's and found myself alot closer to the guys infront.
On lap 33, Mitchell Chapman had a half spin which allowed me to close right in. A lap later at the end of the straight, I hit my brake marker as normal, but closed very quickly to the back of Mitchell, I dove to the inside, mostly to avoid a collision with my team boss, an managed to pull it up on the apex. Since I had locked the brakes, my exit speed was slow, and Mitchell moved up the inside of me, but moved over to the racing line before he had cleared me, clipped my front wheel and spun me into the wall. Luckily the damage was minor and I was able to continue. Mitchell pitted a couple laps later which out on my own again. I spent a brief time up in third due to pitstops, and after my final stop, I was 4th with a 30sec gap to third. I was catching Frank in third quite quickly, at over a 1.5 seconds a lap and thought I was a chance to catch him. I made a couple of silly mistakes due to pushing quite hard, and resulted in me spinning. I got to within 7 seconds of Frank, before spinning again, and then realised there would not be enough laps to catch him, so settled for 4th.
Am fairly happy with 4th, considering the way the first lap panned out. Maybe 2nd would have been possible, had I got through the first lap, but I think Christian was simply untouchable here, had amazing pace here. Well done Guys.
The race started disaterously!!! I got a good jump from the line and closed very quickly to David Noden who had massive wheelspin, I moved to the inside for what should have been a very simple pass, but as I got along side he suddenly vered left (still spinning the wheels I think) and hit me into the wall and spun me into the path of the rest of the field. Luckily everyone managed to avoid me, but I had bad suspension damage. I considered trying to see how far I could continue with the damage, but after spinning in the hairpin, I decided to pit changed tires and fix the damage, I elected not to add any fuel and stay on my initial 2 stop (now 3) strategy.
Once I rejoined, I was almost a lap down on the leaders, and around 50 sec down on the car infront. I tried to push on, looking after the tires as much as I could, since rear tire wear in the practice race was a big issue for me. I was closing nicely on the cars infront, but knew it would take some missfortune to them for me to make up any positions. I had inherited 6th by the time I got to my first scheduled stop, due to a couple DNF's and found myself alot closer to the guys infront.
On lap 33, Mitchell Chapman had a half spin which allowed me to close right in. A lap later at the end of the straight, I hit my brake marker as normal, but closed very quickly to the back of Mitchell, I dove to the inside, mostly to avoid a collision with my team boss, an managed to pull it up on the apex. Since I had locked the brakes, my exit speed was slow, and Mitchell moved up the inside of me, but moved over to the racing line before he had cleared me, clipped my front wheel and spun me into the wall. Luckily the damage was minor and I was able to continue. Mitchell pitted a couple laps later which out on my own again. I spent a brief time up in third due to pitstops, and after my final stop, I was 4th with a 30sec gap to third. I was catching Frank in third quite quickly, at over a 1.5 seconds a lap and thought I was a chance to catch him. I made a couple of silly mistakes due to pushing quite hard, and resulted in me spinning. I got to within 7 seconds of Frank, before spinning again, and then realised there would not be enough laps to catch him, so settled for 4th.
Am fairly happy with 4th, considering the way the first lap panned out. Maybe 2nd would have been possible, had I got through the first lap, but I think Christian was simply untouchable here, had amazing pace here. Well done Guys.
Hi Guys,
I have one incident that I'm going to review.
Still waiting for the Replay to be posted to the Presto Auto-Updater.
If you have any you would like me to look at please let me know.
I have one incident that I'm going to review.
Still waiting for the Replay to be posted to the Presto Auto-Updater.
If you have any you would like me to look at please let me know.
It's there Steve, downloaded it and our Euro league ones earlier today.
FPPS Round 9 Valencia Practice Races
Last practice races for the season
Details are as follows, POST UP if you're able to attend, we're not limited to 10 drivers its just to show roughly who is going to turn up..
Date: Saturday 5th December (21:30PM GMT)
Time: Qual 8:30AM AEST, 10:30AM NZ and 21:30PM GMT
Format: 57 Lap race (Qual - 30 mins, Warmup - 10 mins)
Weather: standard
Server: PrestoGP Valencia Pracitce Race
Password: normal PrestoGP server password, either check PrestoGP.com or PM myself or Steve if unsure of password.
Attendees
1. David Noden
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Date: Wednesday 8th December (8:30AM GMT)
Time: Qual 7:30PM AEST, 9:30PM NZ and 8:30AM GMT
Format: 57 Lap race (Qual - 30 mins, Warmup - 10 mins)
Weather: standard
Server: PrestoGP Valencia Pracitce Race
Password: normal PrestoGP server password, either check PrestoGP.com or PM myself or Steve if unsure of password.
Attendees
1. David Noden
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Details are as follows, POST UP if you're able to attend, we're not limited to 10 drivers its just to show roughly who is going to turn up..
Date: Saturday 5th December (21:30PM GMT)
Time: Qual 8:30AM AEST, 10:30AM NZ and 21:30PM GMT
Format: 57 Lap race (Qual - 30 mins, Warmup - 10 mins)
Weather: standard
Server: PrestoGP Valencia Pracitce Race
Password: normal PrestoGP server password, either check PrestoGP.com or PM myself or Steve if unsure of password.
Attendees
1. David Noden
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Date: Wednesday 8th December (8:30AM GMT)
Time: Qual 7:30PM AEST, 9:30PM NZ and 8:30AM GMT
Format: 57 Lap race (Qual - 30 mins, Warmup - 10 mins)
Weather: standard
Server: PrestoGP Valencia Pracitce Race
Password: normal PrestoGP server password, either check PrestoGP.com or PM myself or Steve if unsure of password.
Attendees
1. David Noden
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