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Post by KoBo_043 on May 19, 2015 10:40:06 GMT
Pundip: 7 utc, racetime or pre-lobby time? Also, if I do some quick math: 24 laps is about an hour of racing. Want to keep it at an hour, or stick with the 30 laps to keep it 100 miles? That would mean about 75 minutes of racing. (not perse a problem for me, just wondering)
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Post by Duchartre on May 19, 2015 10:55:05 GMT
Pundip: 7 utc, racetime or pre-lobby time? Also, if I do some quick math: 24 laps is about an hour of racing. Want to keep it at an hour, or stick with the 30 laps to keep it 100 miles? That would mean about 75 minutes of racing. (not perse a problem for me, just wondering) I'd be up for the longer race or the hour long one. I should point out though that 30 laps will only be 97.8 miles
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Post by KoBo_043 on May 19, 2015 11:21:47 GMT
Pundip: 7 utc, racetime or pre-lobby time? Also, if I do some quick math: 24 laps is about an hour of racing. Want to keep it at an hour, or stick with the 30 laps to keep it 100 miles? That would mean about 75 minutes of racing. (not perse a problem for me, just wondering) I'd be up for the longer race or the hour long one. I should point out though that 30 laps will only be 97.8 miles About, almost, around, ballpark figure, bordering on, circa, close to, closely, comparatively, generally, in the neighborhood of, in the region of, in the vicinity of, just about, loosely, more or less, not far from, not quite, proximately, relatively, roughly, upwards to, very close to 100 miles. Better?
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Post by Duchartre on May 19, 2015 11:39:39 GMT
I'd be up for the longer race or the hour long one. I should point out though that 30 laps will only be 97.8 miles About, almost, around, ballpark figure, bordering on, circa, close to, closely, comparatively, generally, in the neighborhood of, in the region of, in the vicinity of, just about, loosely, more or less, not far from, not quite, proximately, relatively, roughly, upwards to, very close to 100 miles. Better? Did you swallow a thesaurus? if we did 21 laps it would be the Baytree 69 - although I don't think this would take us to the hour mark. I'm in favour of the Baytree nearly 100 it would be cool if everyone counts their crashes on the downhill section, I'd be interested to know the total
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2015 11:45:46 GMT
About, almost, around, ballpark figure, bordering on, circa, close to, closely, comparatively, generally, in the neighborhood of, in the region of, in the vicinity of, just about, loosely, more or less, not far from, not quite, proximately, relatively, roughly, upwards to, very close to 100 miles. Better? Did you swallow a thesaurus? if we did 21 laps it would be the Baytree 69 - although I don't think this would take us to the hour mark. I'm in favour of the Baytree nearly 100 it would be cool if everyone counts their crashes on the downhill section, I'd be interested to know the total cloudmcshort has figured out how to take the downhill section flat out. Tragically (and hilariously) though, on our practice race yesterday he tried it while catching up to me on the last lap and wrecked himself, handing me the victory. I'm gonna guess that most people can probably do the downhill section flat out but I'm still going to be taking the cautious approach I feel.
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Post by KoBo_043 on May 19, 2015 11:48:13 GMT
I'd love to see cloudmcshort's line on that. As for counting crashes, there's no need to do so for me. 1 crash per lap, so it's predetermined
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Post by Alex_Drastisch on May 19, 2015 12:11:37 GMT
I propose to practice the formation lap in the pre-event practice races. I've just read the update of monday 6pm utc and the whole following discussion (I wasn't tagged in that update.. now where's ma kooky ) and I just wanted to say that the rolling start in the Bifta race was aids just because the leading car had no idea about how it had to be done. Like he never read the instructions in the Op and that would not even be the first time I've seen something alike.. In a formation lap we should keep a 20% pace and even more important keep the same side and that safe gap between each other. The faster the leading car goes the more probable is for the ones in the back to crash or hit the barriers and other stuffs that will slow down the following cars. Now a good way to keep that constant pace is to alternate press and release of r2 without ever flooring it, is easyer then what it looks, if everybody keeps that safe gap that will allow you to get a clear overtake when the field is set to green, or stay out of truble if anyone get stucked for some reason (it happened in the Bifta race, Kobo crashed in the last turn, I managed to avoid him losing all the momentum and Arcmauster took my position because in the meanwhile the pack was set off and well gone maybe 3 cp's before..) It was even in one of Shaggy's videos where he said that keeping enough safe gap helps to get a clean overtake even on race pace, it means that beeing too tight on the rolling start should absolutely not be a good strategy
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Post by KoBo_043 on May 19, 2015 12:38:08 GMT
That's true Alex_Drastisch. The reason I crashed there was because I had to push too hard to keep up because I didn't want to ruin the start for you and Arc, at which I obviously failed. On the positive side, there's no tight chicane on this track, so there's no chance of blocking the entire road. Key is the formation lap speed should be at least 50% or less. (preferably 30%) If we can manage that, I think we should be fine.
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Post by shinx aka MyComingBack on May 19, 2015 12:44:14 GMT
This is the same soundtrack for a bank commercial in my country
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Post by Duchartre on May 19, 2015 12:44:20 GMT
cloudmcshort has figured out how to take the downhill section flat out. Tragically (and hilariously) though, on our practice race yesterday he tried it while catching up to me on the last lap and wrecked himself, handing me the victory. I'm gonna guess that most people can probably do the downhill section flat out but I'm still going to be taking the cautious approach I feel. Really?! I can't imagine doing that without sending the back out. I know using R1 to correct it is good, but it usually ends up being pretty risky when I try I'm going cautious down that bit. Like pathetically slow until I can see that the car is lined up right haha
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Post by Pundip on May 19, 2015 12:57:54 GMT
Ok so, the race distance will stay as 30 laps (including the formation lap). The total time was worked out using an average sports class lap so it would have been an hour but these cars are roughly 30s per lap slower. Unless every really, really wants to keep it as 1 hour then it will remain as it is (roughly 75/80mins). Pre race lobby: 6.30UTC (depending on how quickly I get home from work). Race start: 7.00UTC. Cookies for everyone after the race!
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Post by Dim on May 19, 2015 12:58:41 GMT
cloudmcshort has figured out how to take the downhill section flat out. Tragically (and hilariously) though, on our practice race yesterday he tried it while catching up to me on the last lap and wrecked himself, handing me the victory. I'm gonna guess that most people can probably do the downhill section flat out but I'm still going to be taking the cautious approach I feel. Really?! I can't imagine doing that without sending the back out. I know using R1 to correct it is good, but it usually ends up being pretty risky when I try I'm going cautious down that bit. Like pathetically slow until I can see that the car is lined up right haha I often brake before the first jump and floor it after that, works out 95% of the time
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Post by cloudmcshort on May 19, 2015 13:21:58 GMT
How to floor the downhill section guide:
1. Make sure you have aquired the right amount of speed by pressing the accelerator all the way down. 2. Don't use the brakes. This will slow you down. 3. Use your Left analog stick to turn. 4. Crash into things.
Kappa.
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Post by KoBo_043 on May 19, 2015 13:33:54 GMT
Ok so, the race distance will stay as 30 laps (including the formation lap). The total time was worked out using an average sports class lap so it would have been an hour but these cars are roughly 30s per lap slower. Unless every really, really wants to keep it as 1 hour then it will remain as it is (roughly 75/80mins). Pre race lobby: 6.30UTC (depending on how quickly I get home from work). Race start: 7.00UTC. Cookies for everyone after the race! Yay cookies! and it is the Baytree100, not the Baytree72, so I'm absolutely fine with it
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Post by Alex_Drastisch on May 19, 2015 14:19:49 GMT
How to floor the downhill section guide: 1. Make sure you have aquired the right amount of speed by pressing the accelerator all the way down. 2. Don't use the brakes. This will slow you down. 3. Use your Left analog stick to turn. 4. Crash into things. Kappa. 5. Don't forget to fly instead of driving the second half of the track 6. The line to the left of the tree on the left side of the road works (it did not seem fair to me to keep that secret..)
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