Rfactor2 Test Season : Calender and General Discussion

[Valter Ostman]

regards parc ferme settings, i think thats a problem at my end, ive just noticed that all the changes i saved have been defaulted in the plr, it wont save at all for some reason, ive even changed setting then set it to read only yet as soon as i start the game it changes back to normal and defaults the settings, its quite funny because for the last few weeks my graphics settings need reset everytime i go on the game so thats a problem i need to sort out, once i have parc ferme should be easy to turn off

what id like is that all the real life things that are available to us in rf2 get used, i.e formation lap, parc ferme, speed limiter, all these things would add a great deal of realism and im all for that, as others have said these tests are a good way to get everyone used to that.

like tim i think we will have loads of fun with rf2 in future, but for now its back to melbourne practise for race07

If you have Win7 there are hidden places where your files or registry changes can be saved. Have you checked in "C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\VirtualStore"?

 

[Dino Paolini]

Do you think we will be able to do the whole race on one tank Tim?

110L will be enough on any track for up to ~70 minutes


I will also make the case in future for mechancal failures. Since the cause for the 2 failure-types (engine and brakes) can nicely be controlled by the player without much randomness in my experience. And this gives the brake-duct and the engine-radiator settings a proper meaning

Speed-limiter should be a no brainer and parc-ferme I'm neutral about

 

[David Turnbull]

If you have Win7 there are hidden places where your files or registry changes can be saved. Have you checked in "C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\VirtualStore"?

aint got anything at all in virtualstore theres a .rfactor folder in appdata/roaming but thats just name files and stuff.

think my best bet is to wipe it and start again, ive not had a reinstal for 2 builds now only used the autoupdate in the launcher, maybe its caused problems with my cfgs.

 

[Frederic Schornstein]

110L will be enough on any track for up to ~70 minutes


I will also make the case in future for mechancal failures. Since the cause for the 2 failure-types (engine and brakes) can nicely be controlled by the player without much randomness in my experience. And this gives the brake-duct and the engine-radiator settings a proper meaning

Speed-limiter should be a no brainer and parc-ferme I'm neutral about

I really do like the mechanical failures. VWSR@Mills was really interesting as to the end several drivers suffered from brake problems due to aggressive duct settings and brake usage. As we are using offical ISI content these failures are well implemented.

 

[Anthony Ishak]

I enjoyed the race and the driving of the car for 19 laps . .

Pitting was a bit of guessing, there was no metered sign to direct the driver to the pit box as in race07 , but that was solved by walking up and down the pit lane until I noticed a higlighted area on the ground showing the spot where to stop .

2 laps after I pitted something happened to Valter and a huge message popped up on the left corner of the screen the moment when i was flat out on turn 8- 9 , my eye wondered there for a split second but that was enough to send me right into the wall , ( do not worry Valter it was not your fault )

Thank you David for organising this race , was good fun

 

[David Turnbull]

theres big red arrows pointing at your box anthony just theres so much more visuals in the pits and your so carried away with whats going on its hard to see them but they are there

 

[Valter Ostman]

I enjoyed the race and the driving of the car for 19 laps . .

Pitting was a bit of guessing, there was no metered sign to direct the driver to the pit box as in race07 , but that was solved by walking up and down the pit lane until I noticed a higlighted area on the ground showing the spot where to stop .

2 laps after I pitted something happened to Valter and a huge message popped up on the left corner of the screen the moment when i was flat out on turn 8- 9 , my eye wondered there for a split second but that was enough to send me right into the wall , ( do not worry Valter it was not your fault )

Thank you David for organising this race , was good fun

Please forgive me Anthony! I left the game. Next time if I crash out I will stay on.

 

[David Turnbull]

Test server now running Build 590

PrestoGP Test Server

Melbourne - http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/resources/melbourne-gp.391/

Rfmod - http://www.mediafire.com/download/i0s5xicbjivlzww/PrestoGP_Test_Melbourne.rfmod

Hopefully now the problems with joining are sorted, The server is set to what next weeks race will be, Hope to see some more folk next week

 

[Valter Ostman]

Test server now running Build 590

PrestoGP Test Server

Melbourne - http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/resources/melbourne-gp.391/

Rfmod - http://www.mediafire.com/download/i0s5xicbjivlzww/PrestoGP_Test_Melbourne.rfmod

Hopefully now the problems with joining are sorted, The server is set to what next weeks race will be, Hope to see some more folk next week

Thanks David

 

[David Turnbull]

Hi guys, so tomorrows race should happen like this......

7:00pm GMT - Practise
8:00pm GMT - Qualifying
8:20pm GMT - Warmup
8:30pm GMT - Formation Lap + Race

All Times UK

Race Length - 65mins
Parc Ferme - Off
Mechanical Failures - On (Time Scaled)
Fuel Usage - Normal
Tyre Wear - Normal
Flags - Off

Anything else ive forgotten?

Hope to see a few of you there to make it worthwhile

 

[Richard Hill]

I'll be there probably not going to be on pace but will be there

 

[Dino Paolini]

Can't race today. I'll try to do the next one again

 

[Nicolai Nicholson]

Sorry for crashing out so early. But on the bright side it is going in the right direction, and it was uplifting to more or less keep up with the crowd the first laps

 

[Valter Ostman]

Crashed out a few laps after Nicolai. My brakes was not set for the weight and distance I guess. Sometimes felt like the brakes didn't work at all.

 

[David Turnbull]

dnf for me too lol had a bit of suspension damage after a collision with richard when he spun ahead, fought to catch up with nicolas, too hard eventually lost the car and engine dead, wings everywhere, gave the marshalls a hard time anyhoo

 

[Richard Hill]

Yea I crashed out too lol sorry for the damage David I had only just stopped spinning then looked and you were spinning in my mirrors. Had great fun though and seems to be a good base game. just need more practice on long runs in these cars. have you thought about GT cars for the league? I'm good in them only joking.
I crashed heavy into T14 also gave the marshals lots to do lol

 

[Anthony Ishak]

how would the tires last the entire race???? my front right had 30% left on lap 15 !!!! i had no front grip at all, and for the rest of the tires I had 67% grip left !! ...(I used your setup David).

after I pitted for fresh tires I came out and pushed a bit on cold tires and broke the front wing, I pitted again for repair then 4 laps later I lost concentration and hit the rear tire and broke the suspension. dnf.
nice to drive these cars but man cant blink at all, one need to stay AWAKE for the entire race

Thanks David for setup and race

 

[David Turnbull]

i didnt mention them lasting the whole race, that was april and nicolas

but my tyres were actually all still in the 80%'s when i crashed out on lap 13 or something? i think your just driving the tyres too hard anthony, youll learn to stop that, sliding, wheelspin, lockups all take tyre life away, lockups being a huge part of it.

 

[Nicolas Rouge]

Front right between 55% and 60% when I pitted lap 19. It could have been more but I attacked a lot. I have less wings than most, but use front tires more than rear (rears were at about 70%). I'll post my setup in the setup thread..

 

[David Turnbull]

Next race on the calender is Malaysia

Rfmod - http://www.mediafire.com/download/zelun4grp83dptk/PrestoGP_Test_Malaysia.rfmod

Track - http://www.mediafire.com/download/qb6illalr9nw7li/ISI_Malaysia_2007-v142.rfcmp

Malaysia is an ISI track so you may have already got it from the rf2 downloads page, if so you dont need the one above