Got the game last autumn, but it took some time before I got my wheel and everything set up right, so I only really started playing after Christmas (when I discovered CTRA).
Nowadays I have to force myself to not play as much though, because of exams. And then I'm going home for the summer, so I won't be able to play for over two months. That's going to hurt badly..
What about cambers? I always get scared when I see that the inside of the tires warm up significantly faster. Therefore, for long races I lower the cambers to get a more flat temperature profile. But then my "problem" is that no part of the tyre ever gets orange/red, they all stay green until they get so worn that they go blue at the end of the race. I don't think this is optimal, either.. (I've only tried long races with the RAC/LX6/XRT/URF/FO8)
I think of all the tracks, Aston and KY should be smoothest, as they seem like the highest end, newest circuits. A club circuit like Westhill or Blackwood should be bumpier I think (although Blackwood has been recently repaved with the update I guess ), and Fern Bay should be MUCH bumpier IMO.
Completely agree. I'm guessing they're working on this for the next patch. Westhill and Fern Bay are the ones which are most in need of a severe facelift IMO, particularly the road surfaces.
I tried that, and multiple combinations of calibrate-lock, lock-calibrate etc etc. This was in patch X but I don't know if that would make a difference. I tried DXtweak and IIRC the same sort of thing happened. I gave up in the end and I don't have much problem shifting . . . most of the time . . . *thinking of excuses* . . . ermm only when my legs start aching for example
Thanks for your help though.
Hm... that's very weird. For me it works nicely. What I do when calibrating is:
1) Enter the Controllers section and push the clutch / brake pedal as far down as I want them to go
2) Press "recalibrate" and then release the pedals and calibrate the steering and throttle as usual
3) Click "lock calibration", and I'm done.
It stays fine even after exiting/restarting LFS. I don't understand why it works for some people and not for others..?
I'm not a setup guru, so I mostly have only two sets for each car -- one "fast" set with strong brakes and high gear ratios, and one "slow" one (for more winding circuits). The only thing I tweak is the camber + pressure based on what track it is. Only takes 30 seconds before a race. I never touch the suspension or anything like that -- that's best left to the experts.
From within LFS? I tried that a while back and it worked for a bit but would reset its self back to the original full distance of travel upon restarting LFS.
Just click "lock calibration" or whatever it's called when you're done calibrating.
Thats the race setup I used, I know it says qual and it was actually Hannus qualifying setup, it has more psi than any set i'd made and lower cambers, so it worked pretty nice for the race.
I think "pretty nice" would be an undertstatement. Good racing.
Thanks folks! I'll start practicing tonight. At least now I can't blame the setup.
I just watched both races. Very high quality of racing (as expected)
You know, I think I'd like to practice this combo for a while now. Just to get some indication about where I'm at compared to the best. I guess the result will be disappointing, but I'd like to try anyway.
Would anyone of the racers in this event care to share their setup? Any one will do.
the biggest pluses of being on a team for me were mostly from them sharing setups since most people are stingy. and 2nd was it helped w/ race strategy a bit. sometimes a teammate wouldn't have time to figure out how tire performance would change over a race or other aspects of race strategy, and other teammates will share that information with eachother.
Agreed. I'm not in a team, but I participate in a free-for-all league. We do races every two weeks, with all kinds of cars and tracks. One of the biggest advantages, besides what Gabkicks said, is that I've learnt to drive many different cars. Normally I mostly race the LRF and TBO classes, so the league offers a great way of "forcing" myself to race other cars once in a while. It provides an incentive for learning new stuff. This way I've come to appreciate many cars that I normally wouldn't really touch.
I think the shifter is the most fragile part, and apparently many people have had problems with them. But I thought Logitech had made some improvements since the G25 was first released to the market? I don't know. Mine works fine still.