"This is another realistic new setting which is fab IMO!

Hitting a bump or driving over rough ground (and curbs) in real life would cause everything to shake, including your head, which would obviously make your view shake all over the place!

Add's to the character of the track IMO "


But in a real car Rob. it wouldn't be as bad as you would move up and down with the car and so cancel some of the vertical movement out.
I Think!

Thanks Everyone,

I set the Head tilt option in Views to 0 and it fixed it.

Cheers

Just wondering if they where altered in any way.
When driving the Fox around S01, I was getting a bit dizzy with the bouncing up and down of the car.
I can't remember feeling like that before. Can the vibration of the cockpit be reduced? It was giving me a headache.
Maybe it's my eyesight.

Cheers

That could be him Mike. That name seems to ring a bell.
Very fast. A lot faster than the 2 girls who overtook me...oops....
......It just gets worse.
I think a lot of drivers are regulars at these experience days.
These 2 girls overtook nearly all the drivers.... Honest!
One bloke who had driven a course in Bedford came up just to drive at Oulton Park and he told me he done a lot of trackdays, oh yeah, he overtook me as well....
I think I'd like a race with some real crap drivers, just to feel a sense of victory. I could always pay for my wife to have a go.

I'm signing up for a karting race soon. £35 and a lot of time on track.

Hi B,

You were very close to what I remember of the track, but in the faster corners, they made a chicane out of cones to slow us down and that threw me off a bit.
I took me 2 laps to realise where I was in relation to a certain upcoming corner.
The cars drive much better than they look. In fact, that picture flatters them. My car reminded me of a go-kart but bigger. Great grip and brilliant acceleration. They fit like a glove and the steering wheel is nice and small. Just perfect.

I think it's £125 for the same thing in the Three Sisters circuit, Wigan.

Don't tempt me. I'm likely to get obsessed. I nearly bought a microlight once.

Nice way of seeing things mate.
Many Thanks

Hi Tristan,

Finding a gear was a bit of a lottery so I really had to concentrate.
We were told to use the clutch but I doubt everyone did. Your method makes sense.
I said to the steward afterwards that I was just getting into it, on the last lap and he said like you, that's the reason they only do 5 laps:-)

Yes, maybe a peripheral vision thing is what makes Rfactor seem faster.

Once I was in the car, I felt very safe. But like you say, I suppose if you did step over the limit, or make a mistake you could lose the back end quite quickly.

I'm so glad it was dry as I really can't stand to drive in the rain.

I'd like to try the rally session next and maybe it would be good to do it in wet weather as I'm a bit wary and need to find out what kind of grip you can get on the road.

Well I drove my first proper race car.

Nice dry track. Great instructor.
Clio Renaultsport 197 bhp wow, was beautiful to drive. So much grip and torque. Didn't realise you could drive around a corner so fast without sliding or rolling over.
5 laps and couldn't stop grinning.
Got 81 out of 100 marks which I think is very average.
Formula Renault single seater was well worth the money.
No paddle shift. H gears, Acc, brake and clutch. Gears are hard to engage sometimes. I asked ( cos I'm a bit thick) if there was a clutch or pas earlier and everyone burst out laughing, which set me up to be the jester of the day.
Starting off in an F3 car is different to what you are used to in your normal car. Keep the revs at 2000 and slowly let the clutch out, but DON'T let it right out as soon as you feel it bite. Very gradual.
I know because i managed to stall it 3 times in the pits along with 4 other newbies.
Coming out the pits, I stepped on the gas in 2nd gear and the car shot up the straight. Struggled to get it in 3rd then 4th and then changed down to 3rd twice a lap for the sharper corners.
I wasn't that bad out on the track and I got a couple of quick laps in but for safety reasons there is a rev limiter and I heard it a bit on the straights and longer bends. I think this is a good thing as you can only get quicker by improving on corners etc.

I love LFS and Rfactor but I think it's easier to drive for real as you can feel the whole car and get a better sense of speed and available grip, and there's tons of grip. I think LFS needs more of a feel of speed before you start sliding, especially in the Fox. (I can't drive the bloody thing :-)
Rfactor seemed closer to the speed and grip combination.
I don't mean to slag LFS as I think it's a brilliant sim. Just my opinion.

In the middle of it all I just kept wondering why someone would be so foolish to let me loose in one of these cars.
It's amazing that anyone can just turn up and drive a Formul 3 car.
Oulton Park has got to be one of the best tracks and so interesting to drive.
If any of you live live nearby and don't mind spending the cash, I don't think you would regret it.


PS When in the Clio, I got overtaken by someone called something like M'grath or similar. He was also in a Clio.
The instructor said he is, or was a champion driver. He expected me to know him but I didn't. Any ideas who he is?

Cheers

I booked mine here
http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/

This Sunday B,

I'll let you know what it was like.
I forgot about it the last couple of days.

My girlfriend made me take out life insurance so she can pay the mortgage off.

Bye for now.

Great advice Venus.
Thanks to everyone.
It's good that I can come back and read all these tips.
keeps me interested in the sim.
Gettting in the 1:02's a bit now, so something is happening.
Gonna check out that chicane again.

cheers

Thanks guys,

I'm taking note of both your comments and gonna try bits of both to see what results i get.
i just got a couple of 1:02's in a row and i never done that before.
I'm changing down quicker into 2nd before the turn and hugging the apex which makes for a faster and smoother exit.
Your both right of course. i need to get on peddals quicker.

Need to solve the 1st chicane cos if I turn in any later and don't ease off the throttle, Im onto the grass.

The world record holder seems to turn the wheel a lot but I would spin if i done that.

I'm gonna practice in tomorrow.


I need to get a 1:01

Cheers

Can any of you look at my laps and give me a clue how to get faster as i feel stuck in a rut.
My best lap at aston club in the Fox is 1:02 something but usually i get 1:03:50 ish or worse.
The car feels very slow after playing Rfactor in the RF1.
It's very frustrating.

Any tips would be appreciated.

Cheers

Thanks B,

Read your description and watched a vid of guy wrecking his car on youtube on the Fosters circuit so I have a small idea of it now.
I'm gonna do this as a starter and then in a couple of months i may try an easier track like the 3 Sisters in Wigan which I know, as I tried a Kart day there last year. Brilliant fun.

Many Thanks

Well that's what the girl in the booking office said.
I've never even seen an F3 car so i know nothing.
I'll let you know.

It's Paddle shift.

No idea. Think I'll give them a ring.
Cheers anyway.

1 Do the Formula Renaults have paddle shift?

Blueflame.

2.Is the Oulton Park circuit undulating and does the direction of the track change as you drive over the crest of the road. Such as Dear Leap and Cascades? ..Yikes.

Sorry,
been answered. Didn't see your post.
Cheers.

Hi Blueflame,

Your like that little devil in the back of my head that I try to keep under control. :-)
Do you think the Rfactor Fosters track is close? It's like a roller coaster on Rfactor.

I found the Oulton Park track on Rfactor and have tried it with the F3 but I think I'll try a bit with the FO8 on LFS.
I just hope it doesn't rain.
I'll let you know how it was. (If i have a good time)
Thanks Tristan and Kev.

Have any of you ever paid for one of these experiences at Oulton or any other track?
I'm going in a few weeks.
The day consists of 20mins driving in a Renault Clio race car with an instructor to find your lines around the track and then 20mins in a Renault F3 single seater, just lapping.
I've been doing some Karting and getting good lap times at the local indoor track but the thought of getting in an F3 car is making my hands shake as I write this. :-)
Is it any good?
Cost me £145 but hope it is a day to remember.

Just making sure that i didn't have a seting that was handicapping me.
So i'm getting lapped because I'm just slow.
I'm using a WR setup so I don't think it can be the car.
Never mind, I just need to hunt down some cornering tips now.

Thanks again

Hi,
Would anyone know why my max MPH is lower by about 10MPH when online in any given car.
The Fox at the moment for instance is 141 MPH offline and only 132 MPH online.

Cheers