Quote from EliteAti :

Use atleast Mouse for every race you are in. KB sucks for most of the ppl, but theres then some aliens Mouse is alot better and stabler

My opinion - you've got to be alien to use mouse I've tried and found it impossible for me to use. I've got good wheel(MOMO), and I'm using it when driving any car except for FBM. For example, I'm now practicing with FXR on different tracks. But I have bought a wheel recently, before that I was driving FBM @ BL1 with KB for about a year, and I'm still slower with wheel compared to KB.

Quote from Nitrous13270 :

Check out SetupGrid - www.setupgrid.net

Thanks a lot!

Can someone please share good setup for 40 to 50 laps race? Tyre saving is critical for me for I'm not a good driver and I'm planning to use KB for this race.
Thanks.

Quote from hazaky :

Okay, sorry boss :bowdown: I hope that, it made u feel like "boss" now xD

No, it didn't. Don't worry

Quote from PioneerLv :

You can watch some videos in youtube, just how other people drive with momo and so on...

I wish I could, I'm on dial-up, 3 KB/sec max

Quote from hazaky :

Wait wait wait.

Dont talk like that, i didnt meant my comment as "offensive" as u maybe understood. Why should i mean something bad with it? I dont have a wheel myself - so theres no problem.

Nobody forces you to post here or read this theme. So post something meaningful or don't post at all.

Quote from Byku :

Damn Mate... You're better than Me . Keep up the good work

You mean my lap time? Are you driving FBM, too? Then let's train together Maybe, we can create a demo-server, call one of these pro-driver-guys and learn some tricks

teedot - Thanks for support There are many inadequate people, sometimes it's better to just ignore them. BTW, Dmt is OK, he gave me some advices, we met online...

Last edited by _@lex, Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:28.

I didn't say I can't drive.
And leave this style of conversation for talking to your family.

Hello again!
I've made some minor improvements in my driving style, and this is my typical lap for now:
_@lex_BL1_FBM_11635.rar
I would be grateful if someone will look this and give me some tips, for example where I can improve time more easily.
I'm feeling especially slow and unstable in sector 1, and last turn is quite tricky for me. I've watched many replays, and it helped but now I don't know which part of track to concentrate at.
Thanks in advance.

Can anyone please post .smx file for Blackwood? I don't want to download a huge pack for all tracks via Dial-Up

Quote from SilverArrows77 :

lol yes i know i said KB because you said you uploaded a KB lap

Good Luck!

But now, when I got my MOMO, I don't feel like keeping practicing with KB

Quote from SilverArrows77 :

you now have a new goal to aim for, higher placing in KB rank drivers.

No, I want higher place among wheel drivers
That's what I bought wheel for (and started this topic).
Thanks again for help!

Thanks a lot, man!
I did use google, but found nothing. Shame to say, I didn't know that's called "hotlap"
I've even added my own KB replay, so I'm now in honorable 549'th place
And 33'th among the racers with KB

Can someone please post BL1 FBM replay? I expect lap time 1.14.5 to 1.13.5 so that I can repeat in in near future
Thanks in advance.
Lateralus - sorry again for I can't watch your replay.

What view do you usually use? I've always driven with the view from outside the car, but when I've installed the wheel, after 10 laps of spinning in every turn, I changed the view to the cockpit, and now I can do many laps without going off; but my trajectory changed dramatically. I tried to race with KB and cockpit view, I'm loosing about 1 sec. I need to search for points where to break and to turn the wheel, my previous experience doesn't work with cockpit view...

Quote from SilverArrows77 :

Happened to post this today - maybe it will help with the settings side of things?

Thanks, I'll read it right now

Quote from Andrei221 :

No problem , maybe we will meet on some server so i can show you some things

I'd like to... But, llike I said, I'm demo So, it's unlikely that we'll meet untill I'll buy S2(which is unlikely, too while I'm a student).

Quote from Andrei221 :

Tips:

1. Be consistent

Easy to say...

Such tips are easy to understand and realize, but hard to implement in practice. I know that from learning to drive real car. maybe I'm too stupid. I'll try... Thanks for advices!

Last edited by _@lex, Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:18.

Quote from Lateralus :

No, I mean in terms of driving, not in the options. Turning the wheel causes the car to become unbalanced, and scrubs off speed. The less you turn the wheel in the corners, the faster you can go.



Opposite lock means to counter a slide by steering in the other direction. Watch me take T1 in that replay. On the corner exit as I apply the throttle, the back of the car starts to slide. I counter this slide by steering left, even though the corner is a right-hander. Driving fast is about anticipation - predicting events before they happen. With practice you'll be able to feel a slide happening very early, so you'll be able to countersteer for it more quickly.



It just takes practice. Practice on a single track with a single car and do many laps in it. Learn the braking points so that you just do it without thinking.

Thanks, I understand now
And sorry, I'm demo, so I can't view your replay It's FXR, right?
That's why I only use FBM - the only fast car in demo.

Last edited by _@lex, Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:16.

Quote from _@lex :

So there's not much difference between situation here in Ukraine and the rest of the world

BTW, my mother's former colleague now lives in SAR, and he says crisis doesn't affect this country much, because they try to produce everything they need to reduce import. And they try to control the rotation of foreign currencies within the country and across it's borders.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

You should always bring yourself to the level of the WR holders by practising and going up in speed one stage at a time. If you try to get near the WR times without first learning the car and the track at those kinds of speeds you'll only crash and find it harder. Work up in small steps and always be thinking about what you're doing and how it affects the car.

So, seems like I should just practice, searching where I can improve my result bit by bit, and trying to feel the car and the track.

Quote from Lateralus :

Try to use less steering lock.

Steering lock is max, 20 degrees.

Quote from Lateralus :

Be prepared to use opposite lock on corner exit at T1.

Sorry, I don't understand this sentence Could you say in other words?

Thanks for advices, I'll try to be more smooth and make less moves. I'm really turning too late, but I can't find points where to break

Quote from easyed :

My retirement account is worth about half what it was a year ago and I'm 59

So there's not much difference between situation here in Ukraine and the rest of the world I hope things will get better, but it may take years...

My scholarship was >$100, now it's <$70 (And it didn't change in national currency).

Quote from easyed :

My superfluous verbiage is habitual ... I'm in therapy for it, really

Continue then, looking forward to your next replies! Thanks for spending time.

Can someone post his replay for me to watch and learn?

Last edited by _@lex, Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:32.

Quote from easyed :

just have fun, "toss" the car around, play with the lines, do things like it was "Bump and Jump".

Thanks for advice and for spending your time to write such a long post.
Really, it's not so hard to drive, let's say, 100 laps a week, and it helps. But It's difficult to make yourself experiment on the track, search and test another approaches and so on. I think, this way one can lern quicker and more effective than by simple driving lap by lap.

P.S. BTW, 2 cents equals to 0.17 hryvna The worldwide crisis shows itself, in summer it was 0.1, so everything that is priced in dollars became much more expensive. I hope, those of you who live in western Europe or across the ocean do not suffer so much as we do here from the crisis.

Quote from Dmt :

Why? You cant even race standart race line...

True, but standart seems... uhm... strange in some places.