Season 13 - General Discussion

[Nelson Ullinskey]

@David Turnbull So you got everything sorted out? What a relief! I look forward to racing with you (Edit: trying my best to keep up with you).

Quick question: Over in season 12 general info I see start time is 19:00 British time. I also see that area is undergoing updating, is that still the start time?

 

[David Turnbull]

everythings good to go

the start time never changes, its always 19:00 british time.

 

[David Turnbull]

just noticed something nico, when you reset the track order for page 1 on the presto site (laptimes) youve added silverstone twice, next one needs replaced with melbourne

 

[Julius Fahlbusch]

there is a crashkid on the server destroying everything. the public people are not even able to vote him off.

jjf is his name. is anybody able to ban him?

thx in advance

 

[Valter Ostman]

I'm sorry, I can't compete tonight. I have got a mega cold.

 

[Jan Sramek]

hello, i need some help guys where to find server password? is teamspeak required?
sorry for my bad preparation, couldn find this on info on forum

 

[David Turnbull]

hi jan,

teamspeak is not required, the server password is in your messages on the prestogp.com site

 

[Jan Sramek]

thank you david

 

[Peter Decker]

hm, maybe the last 24h before race we could have password again - now people are putting the practice server in quali mode, and serious q-practice is sort of impossible with public racers around

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

Yeah, on race day we need one password protected server, like a drivers lounge or something.

 

[Nelson Ullinskey]

I just thought of this earlier today, but maybe that TSV fellow who joined the race was one of the new comers and they were unaware of the real name rule or something. Just in case new guys do not know, it is a must for you to use your real name in the servers.

 

[Sean Greenlaw]

I think what Peter originally was asking for is our practise server's to have our password, as with alot of public people on its sometimes difficult to put in serious practise.

 

[Bob Luneski]

I don't see Melbourne on the PrestoGP timing page(s), am I missing something??

 

[Nicolai Nicholson]

I don't see Melbourne on the PrestoGP timing page(s), am I missing something??

Thats right, an error that David spotted that I haven't corrected yet.... I'll get on it

I think what Peter originally was asking for is our practise server's to have our password, as with alot of public people on its sometimes difficult to put in serious practise.

Now that we have a not-ingame-track it will be different. But let me know if it is still a problem.

 

[Nicolai Nicholson]

Oh, okay thank you David, I thought I had heard somewhere tyre wear was really bad here. Guess I heard wrong.

I think that the difference between the least and most rough track does not seem to be very significant (here at PrestoGP). Bottom line is that I agree with David, both strategies should work in all races, it is just a matter of which will be quicker (or wiser strategically).

Personally I am surprised about 2 stoppers getting tyre warnings, I didn't get them when I did 19 laps on the 32 min server. But then I'm not the fastest dude either

Also I am surprised that with 62 min race 90% are 1 stopping, 3 minutes longer and 90% are 2 stopping. Makes me think we shoudl have gone for 63 minutes instead (is it too late to change?)

 

[David Turnbull]

its never too late to change, with the upcoming tracks that might actually be an inspired idea, places like shanghai, sepang and the way you wear the tyres by hard turn ins and high traction zones causing lots of wheelspin, it could give a perfect balance, but just to throw in another idea, what about a track to track basis, nothing else changes, only race length, 63 and 65mins?

 

[Nicolai Nicholson]

but just to throw in another idea, what about a track to track basis, nothing else changes, only race length, 63 and 65mins?

Personally I am a fan of same length for all races. It is much more simple and I like the variation that each track creates. What I want is a race length that makes 1 stop slightly quicker on some tracks, and the opposite on others. At the moment it seems that magic balance is somewhere between 62 and 65 minutes. But it could also be that Istanbul was a particularly 2 stop friendly track. And Jim's stellar preformance on 1 stop do raist the question how much slower 1 stop could be.

To complicate matter further it can also be that what strategy that is theoretically faster depends on the driver.

 

[Richard Hill]

I personally don't think we need to change the race length.
I struggled with tyres but I also had a huge amount of understeer when the race started for some reason and that just compounded my tyre issue that was with the front tyres.
But I look at looking after the tyres a good challenge as in we went to x2 tyre wear so that we will get more variety in pit strategy which is what we now have pluse if your setup is more aggressive on tyres or such doesn't that hurt tyre wear?
I think that everything is good as it is at the mo personally.

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

IMHO, Istanbul is not the best place to measure tire wear. It's bumby and requires good grip due to the compromises made on aero. When i pitted, i could've easily staid on track for few laps longer in Monza or Spa. Didn't yet have undriveable car and i did no tire saving at all, pushed pretty hard on them.

I'm pretty sure that Istanbul just is 2 stop track, few minutes more or less race lenght and there won't make a difference. Just like things should look like when having sample size of 1

 

[Bob Luneski]

Personally I am surprised about 2 stoppers getting tyre warnings, I didn't get them when I did 19 laps on the 32 min server. But then I'm not the fastest dude either

Driving style also has a big influence on tire wear. As with you, I'm pretty easy on tires, others I know wear them much faster on the same track in the same conditions.