Quote from SSNET :

After not ran LFS for several months during the summer, I am back at it.
I seem to have lost quite a bit of straight line speed in my BMW. The AI cars just walk away from me down Blackwoods long straight. I mean just leave me. 3 different setups, all the same.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Jim

The AI's are not bad in the BMW. You are probably exiting the chicane with a lower exit speed.

Where is the 'attached layout'?

Thanx

Quote from Cornys :

I am an idiot... I made the race 52 laps today when it was suppoed to be 54

Paying too much attention to making the race clean and not enough attention to making the distance correct

Maybe was for the better, else race would've ended behind the SC... tyres was just too cold for any further safe racing, IMO.

Quote from Eclipsed :

And finished the race 1 lap earlier than others,as Gerrit failed at turn 3 exit,I tried to avoid,but still I ended with wheels in the air...

Rony, my apologies for what it is worth. I couldn't get lower into the turn due to drivers next to me, my left tyres had no grip and I did a slow slide towards the wall when I hit it and slammed into you. Sorry. I knew I had cold tyres, tried to take it easy, but difficult to take it easy when no one else is. Thus, I ruined your race, very sorry.

I guess the next crash after the S/F line on lap 54 was mostly due to cold tyres too... seemed to be it looking at the way drivers lost control.

- Gerrit

Desired Entry Number (00-99): 45
Driver's Full Name: Gerrit Conradie
LFSWorld Name: Jettascuba
Nationality: South Africa
Team Affiliation: South City Cab Company (SCCC)

Quote from Bean0 :

No worries, here you go.

I moved your name down a little too to stop it overlapping the yellow

Wow! Thank you so much for the assistance, appreciate it a lot!

Regards
- Gerrit

Quote from Bean0 :

You don't have the full yellow thing on the airbox.

I could quickly sort it for you if you want ?

What yellow thing on air box? The thing behind the driver's head? But it is yellow in mine??? Well, if you can sort it out I will appreciate it very much!

Updated skin for #47.

Hope is ok - I don't have a clue about graphical stuff like png overlays!

Admin, hosts - AN IMPECCABLY PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE during this qualifying session!! Impressive!

- Gerrit

Skin for #47

Car 185 - can you please explain what happened when you sideswiped me, car 47, on a straight line with ample space to the left and right of you, in front of the pits? Lap 11, time 13:12.02.

Thanx

Quote from reigga :

Driving left isn't rocket science, these races would be much more entertaining for everybody if everybody just stayed cooler and didn't risk so much, at least not when there's zillion laps left in the race.

Well said!

Practise session 6: My feeling in the beginning of this race was - lots of drivers closed their eyes, foot to the throttle and just went! If I was in a real car, I would have been afraid for my life, as such, even i, the sim, I was scared and seriously rattled.

About passing - yes, there are exceptions, but - passing on the left hand side is a great idea. Passing on the outside is a bad idea! More than once, I drafted a car, passed on the left, tried to get back on the racing line, only to find someone closing fast on my outside - RESULT - I cannot get back to the line, am on the inside, blocking other cars trying to draft me, all the time wondering what the driver on my outside is going to do. Like one guy, forced me to the centre, passed me on the outside, slammed to the inside, hit me, forced me through the pit lane last night.

About the start of the race - my feeling is a lot of drivers, especially the once that qualified at the back of the grid, want to get to the start of the field in turn 1, driving like mad through the field. You qualified at the back, you deserve to be at the back, at least give the field time to spread out.

And damn - stop asking for permission to chat, do what the hosts says and stay silent during the race and concentrate on the track.

Guys.. admins/hosts/safety cars are doing a great job...

A bit of patience on the restarts... wait for field to stabilise... get rythm.. will help a lot, minimise tyre warming during safety cars.. avoid unnecessary yellows...

Was a good practise session, IMO

this race was scary...

Quote from Jettascuba :

I am an LFSCART Entrant: No
South City Cab Company,47,Jettascuba,Gerrit Conradie,South Africa

edited number: changed from 45 to 47

I am an LFSCART Entrant: No
South City Cab Company,47,Jettascuba,Gerrit Conradie,South Africa

Last edited by Jettascuba, Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:42. Reason : Edited number: changed from 45 to 47

I say live and let live.

Cruise and drift servers can be ignored if you don't like them.

There is some great racing servers, well populated on LFS - just know where to look. I am not specifically thinking of cargames. Think OLFSL, think GDC, Redline - mature driving and good racing.

Quote from TFalke55 :

I was like "Deko, what shall I do now? I do have a car infront of my hood!" Be honest: After your flip you did your best to trap me in my little shelter

Weeellll... actually not, but good idea though , I simply couldn't remember what the rules said about what to do after a flip . So, I was just lying there waiting to be advised about what to do... and not sure what you were trying to do either, encircling my turtled car...

Was darn unlucky to touch that barrier forming your little shelter... just couldn't understand why I flipped, yesterday I was trying my best to flip the car to test its top gear speed, couldn't do it without a ramp..

Quote from Cornys :

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I beleive that the passing prior to the start finish line even on the outside should be gotten rid of. It was the cause of my incident on this very restart and it creates alot of unstable and dangerous situations.

I agree with you, it helps to create the typical lap 1, turn 1 mayhem whereas the no-passing before the s/f line helps to spread the pack.

Well, I know I am getting too old at 45 for this - being cautious at the beginning of the race didn't help me a lot... but I'll keep on trying...

Hmmm... was so pissed off after been taken out then flipped by that darn barrier, on T1, lap 1 of the practise race, I drove one LSFW hotlap in fury to get rid of my frustrations, well, 47.94 putting me 6th in the hotlap standings... after trying for 3 days to better my 48.00...

Whatever, but Jonathan Palmer, T Falke... your race control is excellent, Jose, hard work - leaving no room for misinterpretation. Good race, wish I've been there...

Better luck to me next time

Last edited by Jettascuba, Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:09.

Falke, stunning job with the livestream - just watched the video on youtube, great!

Hmmm... Pulin, sorry for that lap 33 or something incident, I slided sligtly on turn 1 and contacted you...

Thank you Corns for the organisation during the previous months, also to the staff for all you did - watching, reporting, pace car, safety car. All of you were needed for this event.

My race wasn't great, LFS minimised due to stupid virus prgram that decided it needed to update. This was just when 2 front runners was on their way to lap me, I hope I didn't interfere with you as all it could do was to slam my car blindly into the wall on turn 3, then unwillingly hit the pitlane when I wasn't prepared to pit. Changed tyres, refueled, but damage repair was off and only realised the extend of the damage when I made a messy pitlane exit. So, had to pit again to repair on next lap, lost 3 more laps due to this fiasco. Luckily I didn't cause any yellow flags and could later do my final pit stop under full course yellow without loosing a lap.

Thank you to all the guys willing to draft with me even though I was laps down, hope I helped you a bit.

1) Blue flagged driver was allowed to draft a single car laps up on him - it would've been a strategic move from the up-lap driver to catch front runners or another group to better racing position.

2) BLue flagged driver was allowed to tag along (catch draft of) behind a group of up-lap drivers, but not to slingshot or bump draft with them.

That is the rules.

Last night I took part in an oval event - full grid, 32 drivers started, 8 finished, half the field didn't survive the first 2 laps out of 200 laps- (FM) Fox Events

The Kyoto 400 way of qualifying is great. A single hotlap does not say anything about your racing abilities, a single hotlap combined with a qualifying race says whether you are fast, experienced and consistent. I had the 2nd fastest hotlap, but I am starting 13th in tonight's race - this is where I belong, it says what my racing abilities are - not great.

What am I saying - if you are at the back of grid, there is a reason for it, decide beforehand whether you really have the ability to win the race. If not, start your fight slowly from the back, run a good race, try to finish and gain experience for next year. Do not barge through the field and take other more experienced and better drivers out within the first few corners.

Falke, thanks for that great post!

Good luck for tonight, race cautiously.

Quote from Cornys :

Actually, I prermitted it due to the fact that he and a few others helped provide the server last week and the same applys to Fast Jarda and VTiRacing who will be added to the list possibly. I can only do this because I highly trust them and there is plenty of room remaining in the grid for them. I've told them that this is a special situation and they know that they won't be able to do this next year. Kid gave them the wrong date (Sunday, during SGT) and that was why they didn't sign-up in the first place. This is a one time deal.

Cool!