Thank you Frame rate boosts are needed for my PC, sadly.

Quote from lamerr :

Well thats how it is, people would need to manage that after a SC period, also nobody would be driving R4s as R3s are the better race tire(and a lot more enjoyable to drive).

Knowing what I know, I must both agree and disagree. Crashes occur everywhere with the easy to control compound following restarts. Take away more grip on restarts and restarts turn into "false starts" every few laps.

However, R3 and R4 are more enjoyable to drive, and faster when a lesser pace is not going to occur and cool tires.

Bottom line is that from an administrative standpoint it's an easy decision and as competitors we should be thankful that the move is taken most years. If it wasn't, less drivers would finish, more time would be spent under yellow, and the race might take over 7 hours

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Quote from dekojester :

TRIPLE CREDIT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS IF NO YELLOW FLAGS

We only need 2 credits anyways

Sadly, all sessions are to early for me so far other than the one that I did with mouse on short notice (which I'm not accustomed to)

In LFS news: The Kyoto 250 and Kyoto 500 announcement news articles are only five articles apart from one another.

Quote from Mustangman759 :

Well after Dover's pebble they might be a bit cautious

HA, I'd forgotten that already

I watched a pretty good race today in Spain. Not sure if it was live or recorded, but I enjoyed watching it

Still throwing debris cautions for pebbles

I'm still not watching

I came, I crawled 30 laps, I left

Edit: Deko, you may want to take session credit from me. I ran 29 laps not including my outlaps

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Quote from amp88 :

I've got no idea how Briscoe avoided getting a penalty for spinning Sato, considering some of the other penalties given (e.g. Andretti hitting Sato near the end of the race).

edit: Briscoe/Sato incident

North American motorsports and consistency have never been companions

I've chose Verizon over Sprint today

Quote from Mustangman759 :

Will Power is a idiot

I second this notion.

Edit: Hawksworth, speeding in pit lane 10 laps before half way All his fault this time.

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I thought I saw the stewards reviewing the Hinch and Aleshin incident and the result was no action? Was that what they decided? Hinch should have been penalized for that IMO.

Hawksworth will find good fortune... or a new team

Quote from Rappa Z :

Hard to describe how I felt about this. Maybe I can't think of a word positive enough for it? All I can say right now is that it was a very satisfying, well rounded race. Perfect weather, race had a bit of everything and the turn 4 seats were simply mindblowing. I actually teared up as they came by on Lap 1 because it was so beautiful.

The buzz was electric, everyone hoping that race would go the whole way without a yellow after the first 130 laps and we were pissed when it didn't. The anger wore off quickly though with such good racing. The last 6 laps, there were no favorites. Everyone cheered for every driver. As much as I wanted to see Helio win, Hunter Reay kicked ass all day and definitely deserved it. We all cheered for his winning pass.

Pretty much seals the deal for my family. We're making this a yearly occurrence.

I was almost in turn 4 with you today, and I wish I had been. It was a great race

The Indy 500 probably draws a true racing fan rather than the crowd that a NASCAR race does. NASCAR racing sounds better, but the crowd at most races absolutely sucks . Plus, no NASCAR race means half as much as the Indy 500. Only down fall is the view of the track, but that's acceptable when the experience is better.

I plan on attending the 500 next year, and will be at Mid-Ohio (in fair weather) later this year

The only good idea here was the solar panels . Tie in with the energy grid (don't get an expensive battery). You can (in the US anyways) sell the excess energy that you produce in the day time for retail price, and then the energy that you do use at night is already paid for with your day time energy. The difference you'll either have to pay for or you will get paid for. Much better than Bitcoins

http://www.solarcity.com/learn ... standing-netmetering.aspx

If of course you have the cash on hand to finance this. Bitcoins are a good way to lose a lot of money just like the stock market (in the short term. Stock market usually earns in long run, but bitcoin is yet to be seen). Buy something that is close to it's true value (book value for stocks) that are still generating a profit. Gold, bitcoin, ect. don't generate any money, and are well over their true value due to derived value placed on them by society. Money (cash) is the same way actually. Solar panels produce energy which is very valuable (gains value massively in the event of "dooms day" unlike gold, silver, bitcoins, ect. ), and they increase the value of your home while saving you a lot on each energy bill.

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Depending on the times of the races I may be interested in competition, but I'd need to put substantial time into practicing for each round (then obviously the event times free).

Quote from Storm_Cloud :

Not that I'm in favour of oval. I recall the last time I did LFSCART (08 maybe) the driving standards on ovals were appalling. Actually, not the driving standards, but the unbelievable arrogance of oval "experts" - one of whom ran me off the track because apparently I wasn't allowed to overtake two cars in one go.

Often times oval experts expect everybody to follow the "rules" of LFS oval racing, which read more like a manual on how to draft quickly. (No passing on the outside, don't attempt overtake unless you can complete the pass off of the corner, ect.) Fact is that these won't happen, and they don't have to. They often disobey the true rules of racing (running into people, ect.), because they feel as though they are not being driven against fairly and out of aggravation that they are being slowed down, which I find rather disappointing.


Also, they cannot truly be penalized due to their driving. They are not invested in the series, and many of them are not invested in any aspect of NDR either other than the oval events. Any penalties levied against them are practically a waste.

Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

He is. But being fast on your own is one thing(especially since with the current aero package, it's easy flat all the way), being fast in traffic is another. Let's see how he does in the race.

Arguably, Kurt may have more experience with racing on an oval in aerodynamic traffic than most of the drivers in the field, but just how similar is a stock car and an Indy Car in aerodynamic traffic? Stock cars cannot hope to pass at Indy unless they get a huge run off of the corner, and we know that in Indy Cars it's much easier to pass.


I can see it being less of a problem for him than others, but it still could present quite a problem. If he's quick enough to hold down the front of the field though (top 5), it may not matter as much.

Hawksworth is very impressive, but who the heck was calling race strategy for him? Let's pit with 37 to go with a pit window of 27 - 29 laps Genius. It lost him the race most likely.

I will be doing some testing on some tracks in the next month or so in hopes of running this series sometime in the near future. I'd look towards early August perhaps, but this is just speculation at this time.

Quote from Eclipsed :

Why don't you take your conspiracy theories somewhere,where some still believe that The King is still alive?

Then he's come to the right place.

http://blacksportsonline.com/h ... 2014/02/Richard-Petty.jpg

Thanks for the comments on engine power and torque. Basically, I'm trying to either prove my thesis correct or incorrect which was this:

Quote from Cornys :

The lower powered motors (as I'd expected) do seem to improve the quality of racing.

Then I received this response:

Quote from JackDaMaster :

They have more ultimate horsepower and 4x more torque than last year

I'm not really sure who to believe at this point. My assumption about torque is that it's essentially only useful when wheel spin doesn't occur prior to full throttle (which in F1, makes it almost irrelevant in low - lower-mid speed corners).

Quote from PhilS13 :

The can of worm comment was more about people usually refusing to accept they have been wrong about this their
whole life.

For future reference use "confirmation bias". That's what you're describing, and it's much easier to understand when stated that way. It's an epidemic by the way

Quote from englishlord :

reminds me of this video http://youtu.be/khA67-r5lSQ

That's great. Thank you for sharing

In regard to other matters, I guess I brought up a sensitive subject, but I'll contribute once more. I feel that Vettle has a particular skill with regard to absolute pace and consistency of it relative to the car which is under him. However, the way that he gets pace out of the car seems lesser when he is behind another competitor (aero-understeer). Also, it seems to wear tires (tyres) more so than others in equal equipment.

Perhaps Riccardo's style allows him to pull very similar speed from equal equipment while being easier on tires (tyres). I do feel that Vettle will adapt slowly, but I also feel that Riccardo will maintain an advantage over his more experienced teammate in tire (tyre) management. Natural talent and understanding in a racing area is almost always able to out pace adaptation skills.

Also, correct me if I'm wrong. I'm attempting to gain an understanding of this year's engine chages:

1: More power and torque from the engine with approximately the same weight.
2: Lower top speeds and lap times.

I loved hearing and watching the Red Bull teammates battle even though it was short. I've never liked the idea of team orders, but in the end it cost Riccardo a podium I believe.

Vettle's driving style doesn't suit the new regulations, or he has yet to adapt to them. Riccardo has hardly driven in formula 1, so he has nothing relearn. It's easier to learn than relearn, and I think that's showing. Riccardo beat Vettle in China simply by maintaining better tire (tyre) wear. At the start Vettle did have better pace than his younger teammate.

China wasn't close to Bahrain, but it wasn't bad.

Quote from JackDaMaster :

They have more ultimate horsepower and 4x more torque than last year

Wow, I guess I was not aware of that.

I watched the first half and the last quarter of the race. This was the best F1 race I've seen (I've not been around the sport for very long, sadly). There were battles all race long for almost every position. The lower powered motors (as I'd expected) do seem to improve the quality of racing.

Hard to believe how dominant the Mercedes team is, but that's fairly common. Hopefully somebody will be able to catch up to them by the end of the year.