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Kyoto Oval â GT racing
Well where do I start? Eehhmm with start nr. 3 I guess… Qualifying was pretty close but it took a while before everybody was done doing his lap. Still, a big grid again. The boys from SR started in front of a total of 23 drivers.
This time the first lap was without to much carnage, everybody understood you can’t win the race in T1…finally… In lap 3 Drke and Postal clipped each other, luckily everybody could avoid Postal’s spinning car. Ghino, Bambo, Wild and Cooltiger where creating a small gap with the rest of the pack, with 5 XRR’s running close together (Drke, Weefelly, Archanodon and Nisco or DutchShogun I think). Behind them were Shaun and Marzman who nearly missed a first major crash in midfield. Behind them where Postal, Revitupetc.etc.etc, Starbert, Aldous, Oakim, Hans, and Mazdarati (what happened Mazda, you where running in top 5) fighting for positions.
Postal and Revitupetc.etc.etc showed you can run next to each other without crashing, there where mixing it up for a lap or six before Postal took them to the bumper of Marzman. After some more crashing was done (bye, bye Shaun…) Postal and Revitupetc.etc.etc found themselves in 6th and 7th. Meanwhile the frontrunners had there own trouble of lapping backmarkers and so it was Bambo with Weefelly leading the race by the second half of the race.
Some people kept there completely written off car on the track at crawling pace, decimating the field in the process. This affected a whole lot of drivers who damaged or crashed their rides sadly.
By lap 25 it was Postal who arrived at the front, passing Weefelly and lining up Bambo. This battle took at least a lap or 15 before Bambo put his car in the wall and had to pit.
Meanwhile Weefelly passed Postal back when Postal hugged the wall after getting a scare of Starbert’s who was stuck in the T2 grass/corner.
Revitupetc.etc.etc and Michalxo closed in on the front and by lap 46 Postal was back on Weefelly’s case. Weefelly then passed backmarker Hans around the outside, but Postal got squeezed between Hans’s car and the wall. This continued for a whole lap before Postal got on the inside of Hans on T1. Unfotunately Hans was unaware and steered to the inside and got a push from Postal, this sent Hans and Bambo into the wall. Michalxo couldn’t avoid the cars and roofed his car, destroying a solid 3th place.
Postal had to do it all over again, reeling in Weefelly, but again Archanodon was not having anything of his blue flag and held him up. Now Weefelly’s gap was enough to keep him in the lead until the checkered flag. Nice work considering he started from 16th place on the grid. Double success because his setup’s finished first and second in the race too.
All in all a very hectic race, with high’s and low’s. Still , we hope to see you guys back next week at South City with the FBM’s.
This time the first lap was without to much carnage, everybody understood you can’t win the race in T1…finally… In lap 3 Drke and Postal clipped each other, luckily everybody could avoid Postal’s spinning car. Ghino, Bambo, Wild and Cooltiger where creating a small gap with the rest of the pack, with 5 XRR’s running close together (Drke, Weefelly, Archanodon and Nisco or DutchShogun I think). Behind them were Shaun and Marzman who nearly missed a first major crash in midfield. Behind them where Postal, Revitupetc.etc.etc, Starbert, Aldous, Oakim, Hans, and Mazdarati (what happened Mazda, you where running in top 5) fighting for positions.
Postal and Revitupetc.etc.etc showed you can run next to each other without crashing, there where mixing it up for a lap or six before Postal took them to the bumper of Marzman. After some more crashing was done (bye, bye Shaun…) Postal and Revitupetc.etc.etc found themselves in 6th and 7th. Meanwhile the frontrunners had there own trouble of lapping backmarkers and so it was Bambo with Weefelly leading the race by the second half of the race.
Some people kept there completely written off car on the track at crawling pace, decimating the field in the process. This affected a whole lot of drivers who damaged or crashed their rides sadly.
By lap 25 it was Postal who arrived at the front, passing Weefelly and lining up Bambo. This battle took at least a lap or 15 before Bambo put his car in the wall and had to pit.
Meanwhile Weefelly passed Postal back when Postal hugged the wall after getting a scare of Starbert’s who was stuck in the T2 grass/corner.
Revitupetc.etc.etc and Michalxo closed in on the front and by lap 46 Postal was back on Weefelly’s case. Weefelly then passed backmarker Hans around the outside, but Postal got squeezed between Hans’s car and the wall. This continued for a whole lap before Postal got on the inside of Hans on T1. Unfotunately Hans was unaware and steered to the inside and got a push from Postal, this sent Hans and Bambo into the wall. Michalxo couldn’t avoid the cars and roofed his car, destroying a solid 3th place.
Postal had to do it all over again, reeling in Weefelly, but again Archanodon was not having anything of his blue flag and held him up. Now Weefelly’s gap was enough to keep him in the lead until the checkered flag. Nice work considering he started from 16th place on the grid. Double success because his setup’s finished first and second in the race too.
All in all a very hectic race, with high’s and low’s. Still , we hope to see you guys back next week at South City with the FBM’s.
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LeMans – Kyoto GP
Sunday night the scene was set was for a thrilling race on the difficult GP-track of Kyoto. It was again a race for 1 hour. The qualifying grid was pretty big with about 12? competitors, with all but two cars FXR’s. Only Postal and Rielty drove their FZR and XRR. Again some regulars, like WajUk and Weefelly weren’t there, probably due to lack of practice. (Although it was Weefelly’s birthday so he was probably to drunk to be driving) And some decided after qualifying that this track was to hard to cope with without any practice and DNS.
The start was quite messy running into T1 and T2. Michalxo clipped Aid`s bumper due to some lag and there were a lot of people who damaged their cars in the process. Some people could avoid trouble so we found Hans in P3 after half a lap!
Mazdarati, Petr and Michalxo then took the early lead. Behind them there were heavy battles because there were a few fast guys making up places. Postal, Marzman and Aid had a massive scrap for a couple of laps. Aid made it through after a couple of out-braking maneuvers in the last chicane, he had some different paint markings on his car after that…but it was great fun!
Marzman then timed out two times and called it a day unfortunately as did Yuise.
Rielty had chosen the wrong tires and started from the back of the grid for some reason. He got stuck behind Yuise, but made it through to finish 6th. Not the result he hoped for but still a determined ride it was. Postal didn’t pit, so he took 3rd in lap 21 when Petr took his pitstop. But Petr’s lap record last stint took him back to third in the end of the race. Also Aid’s zero stop race was good enough to claim the top spot of the podium fending off the ever fast Mazdarati. Starbert, Revitup and Hans diced it out in the back of the field. These guys are getting faster every race, hope to see them on a podium spot soon! Only Starbert managed to finished the race of these guys sadly.
Sunday night the scene was set was for a thrilling race on the difficult GP-track of Kyoto. It was again a race for 1 hour. The qualifying grid was pretty big with about 12? competitors, with all but two cars FXR’s. Only Postal and Rielty drove their FZR and XRR. Again some regulars, like WajUk and Weefelly weren’t there, probably due to lack of practice. (Although it was Weefelly’s birthday so he was probably to drunk to be driving) And some decided after qualifying that this track was to hard to cope with without any practice and DNS.
The start was quite messy running into T1 and T2. Michalxo clipped Aid`s bumper due to some lag and there were a lot of people who damaged their cars in the process. Some people could avoid trouble so we found Hans in P3 after half a lap!
Mazdarati, Petr and Michalxo then took the early lead. Behind them there were heavy battles because there were a few fast guys making up places. Postal, Marzman and Aid had a massive scrap for a couple of laps. Aid made it through after a couple of out-braking maneuvers in the last chicane, he had some different paint markings on his car after that…but it was great fun!
Marzman then timed out two times and called it a day unfortunately as did Yuise.
Rielty had chosen the wrong tires and started from the back of the grid for some reason. He got stuck behind Yuise, but made it through to finish 6th. Not the result he hoped for but still a determined ride it was. Postal didn’t pit, so he took 3rd in lap 21 when Petr took his pitstop. But Petr’s lap record last stint took him back to third in the end of the race. Also Aid’s zero stop race was good enough to claim the top spot of the podium fending off the ever fast Mazdarati. Starbert, Revitup and Hans diced it out in the back of the field. These guys are getting faster every race, hope to see them on a podium spot soon! Only Starbert managed to finished the race of these guys sadly.
An incredible big grid of 19 cars where lining up at last Sundays race. A record number, I’m sure. The pace was red hot, but because of the number of drivers it was also fun for the less speedy competitors. (maybe we should have a league for “I want to play LFS more but my wife won’t let me” drivers?...)
No surprises in qualifying with Mazdarati on pole with WayUk beside him. Everybody was concerned about tire wear, especially the XFR drivers. This was going to be an exiting race.
Turn one was hectic but, surprisingly, everybody survived, although there was a fair bit of paint swapping going on! Mazdarati took the lead with Nisco and Weefelly close behind.
Then Postal, who came through from P10, ran in 4th, with Rielty and Petr in his slipstream.
Unfortunately the race started without Aid, who then had to do a lot of overtaking. Still he finished in the top ten! Drke had no fuel at the start en then crashed and rolled his car after pitting. Frontrunner WayUk spun in the first turn of the race and also had to do a lot of catching up.
The first three cars where dicing for position for most of the race, with weefelly doing the most of the lead-work. Going into the corner after the back straight three cars wide it was a display of skillful driving by those guys. Rielty had to warm up his R4 front tires before he could set a pace with cleared him from Postal and Petr and kept him in a safe distance after Postal and Petr had a bit of a race-accident. Petr, the gentleman he is, waited until Postal was clear of the kitty-litter and rejoined in 11th place.
Further down the field there were lots of nice battles going on and even though the pack was spread out everybody drove like pro’s (yes even real racers spin their cars now and then, just keep practicing!) At the front the guys where really hammering on and their cars didn’t look all that fresh at the finish line. Still, after a few nearly off’s Mazdarati took the lead, leaving Nisco and Weefelly to decide P2 & P3. Congrats to you all.
All in all we can state this was a great race. Fair and square battles and a nice big grid, just how we like it. Together we are bringing this league from strength to strength! Keep it up and see you at The Kyoto Oval next week.
Ohyeah, check the comments at our homepage for more quotes from our drivers about last race, very nice reading that is.
No surprises in qualifying with Mazdarati on pole with WayUk beside him. Everybody was concerned about tire wear, especially the XFR drivers. This was going to be an exiting race.
Turn one was hectic but, surprisingly, everybody survived, although there was a fair bit of paint swapping going on! Mazdarati took the lead with Nisco and Weefelly close behind.
Then Postal, who came through from P10, ran in 4th, with Rielty and Petr in his slipstream.
Unfortunately the race started without Aid, who then had to do a lot of overtaking. Still he finished in the top ten! Drke had no fuel at the start en then crashed and rolled his car after pitting. Frontrunner WayUk spun in the first turn of the race and also had to do a lot of catching up.
The first three cars where dicing for position for most of the race, with weefelly doing the most of the lead-work. Going into the corner after the back straight three cars wide it was a display of skillful driving by those guys. Rielty had to warm up his R4 front tires before he could set a pace with cleared him from Postal and Petr and kept him in a safe distance after Postal and Petr had a bit of a race-accident. Petr, the gentleman he is, waited until Postal was clear of the kitty-litter and rejoined in 11th place.
Further down the field there were lots of nice battles going on and even though the pack was spread out everybody drove like pro’s (yes even real racers spin their cars now and then, just keep practicing!) At the front the guys where really hammering on and their cars didn’t look all that fresh at the finish line. Still, after a few nearly off’s Mazdarati took the lead, leaving Nisco and Weefelly to decide P2 & P3. Congrats to you all.
All in all we can state this was a great race. Fair and square battles and a nice big grid, just how we like it. Together we are bringing this league from strength to strength! Keep it up and see you at The Kyoto Oval next week.
Ohyeah, check the comments at our homepage for more quotes from our drivers about last race, very nice reading that is.
Racereport â FO8âs on Westhill
On forehand it was clear that this was going to be one of the hardest races of the season. The fast and flowing nature of this track can easily trick you into pushing a bit to hard and ending up damaging your wheels or getting stuck in the gravel-traps.
In qualifying almost everybody was struggling to keep their wheels on the tarmac, so expectations where not to high for me. Surprisingly I managed a third grid position and considering Drke and WajUk where a good second faster, I was hoping to battle it out for third with Marzman and Weefelly.
At the start me and Drke went side by side into T1, hugging wheels. Drke kept a good line into T2 with me running wide over the grass. Also WajUk, leading the pack, spun it on his own. It was clear this race was about keeping it together.
Drke was now leading with a good 5 second lead. Weefelly, me and Marzman close together and Starbert and Hans dicing it out behind us. WajUk now 1 lap behind, running a fast pace to gain some positions.
Weefelly made a small mistake in the chicane and I could pass him on the next straight. Lap after lap Weefelly and Marzman kept pushing me. In the meantime Drke was stretching his lead with his fast pace. I little bit too fast, because he did a “verstappen” and couldn’t get out of the gravel-trap, handing me P1. Weefelly then lined me up for a pass into the final turn, but the extra speed in my slipstream made him clip the grass and sent him off track.
All I had to do was bringing it home (easier said then done, making all kind of small mistakes) and Marzman attacked Weefelly for second place. Starbert and Hans couldn’t fend of WajUk, who came in 4th.
Next race will be the Kyoto-Oval with the GTR’s. Looking forward to it!
In qualifying almost everybody was struggling to keep their wheels on the tarmac, so expectations where not to high for me. Surprisingly I managed a third grid position and considering Drke and WajUk where a good second faster, I was hoping to battle it out for third with Marzman and Weefelly.
At the start me and Drke went side by side into T1, hugging wheels. Drke kept a good line into T2 with me running wide over the grass. Also WajUk, leading the pack, spun it on his own. It was clear this race was about keeping it together.
Drke was now leading with a good 5 second lead. Weefelly, me and Marzman close together and Starbert and Hans dicing it out behind us. WajUk now 1 lap behind, running a fast pace to gain some positions.
Weefelly made a small mistake in the chicane and I could pass him on the next straight. Lap after lap Weefelly and Marzman kept pushing me. In the meantime Drke was stretching his lead with his fast pace. I little bit too fast, because he did a “verstappen” and couldn’t get out of the gravel-trap, handing me P1. Weefelly then lined me up for a pass into the final turn, but the extra speed in my slipstream made him clip the grass and sent him off track.
All I had to do was bringing it home (easier said then done, making all kind of small mistakes) and Marzman attacked Weefelly for second place. Starbert and Hans couldn’t fend of WajUk, who came in 4th.
Next race will be the Kyoto-Oval with the GTR’s. Looking forward to it!
Results & screenshots of the race
Result of this race (by Starbert)
he new results and standings are online. We have had some very thrilling races. Especially the Oval race was very nice.
In this race Weefelly was the fastest, follewed by Postal. The fight about the 3rd place was very nice. Marzman, Drke and Starbert fought lap after lap, but Marzman finished 3rd, Starbert 4th, drke was fifth and Hans de Vries ended in sixth place. He had to come in to change his tires after a blowup.
Thanks Starbert.
In this race Weefelly was the fastest, follewed by Postal. The fight about the 3rd place was very nice. Marzman, Drke and Starbert fought lap after lap, but Marzman finished 3rd, Starbert 4th, drke was fifth and Hans de Vries ended in sixth place. He had to come in to change his tires after a blowup.
Thanks Starbert.
Well guys, it looks like the stutter/lag is gone after I updated the drivers for my Logitech steering-wheel.
I tried running on an empty server and the problem didn’t occur. Then I joined another host and did a race with 4 other players witch ran rather smoothly! And I left everything else on this time, Firefox, AVG antivirus, XP firewall, PC Alert, etc.
I must admit this smoother gameplay allows me to run closer to other cars without effort, i was already used to the presumed fact my internet was causing problems.
I will still need to have some feedback on my connection from you fellow racers to see if i can improve even more and that the lagging is really gone. But I’m looking forward to running many, door to door, races the coming months!
I tried running on an empty server and the problem didn’t occur. Then I joined another host and did a race with 4 other players witch ran rather smoothly! And I left everything else on this time, Firefox, AVG antivirus, XP firewall, PC Alert, etc.
I must admit this smoother gameplay allows me to run closer to other cars without effort, i was already used to the presumed fact my internet was causing problems.
I will still need to have some feedback on my connection from you fellow racers to see if i can improve even more and that the lagging is really gone. But I’m looking forward to running many, door to door, races the coming months!
Mmm, it only occurs when playing online. Normaly i don't have this issue when i'm racing the AI. Does MP ask so much more of my memory/cpu?
Yes, I read the clock related story’s. That is something that’s not possible to fix, so I do not hope it is this causing the problem.
The problem only occurs when racing online indeed.
I’ll start updating my drivers for the ACPI and my Logitec Wingman wheel, I can understand that my older drivers are causing problems.
I don’t think my harddisk is too slow, it’s running 7200rpm and I think 512mb should be sufficient memory, although it could have something to do with the cpu using harddisk space. I’ll have a look in my BIOS if I can change anything.
The problem only occurs when racing online indeed.
I’ll start updating my drivers for the ACPI and my Logitec Wingman wheel, I can understand that my older drivers are causing problems.
I don’t think my harddisk is too slow, it’s running 7200rpm and I think 512mb should be sufficient memory, although it could have something to do with the cpu using harddisk space. I’ll have a look in my BIOS if I can change anything.
Faster internet but still lagging
I am in need of some help guys. I had my internet upgraded from 1,5 mb to 6 mb. (UPC/Chello Power). Also the upload is 6 times faster. But I’m still having problems with a laggy connection!
On Speedtest.net I’m getting about 5700kbps download, 1440kbps upload and a ping of 34 ms, so I assume that is ok to play the game online?
I’m running a Athlon XP1800+ cpu with 512mb RAM and a GeForce 9600 Pro with 256mb. Normally I have my Windows XP Firewall on and my AVG antivirus off running it from my Linksys WRT54GL router witch I run wired to my PC.
When I’m racing online the game just freezes for a split second about every 10 seconds, not very annoying to me, but I seem to be lagging for everybody else.
What can the problem be? Software like Limewire etc (not downloading anything though)? The Firewall? My router settings? My cpu? I hope someone can help me in the right direction.
On Speedtest.net I’m getting about 5700kbps download, 1440kbps upload and a ping of 34 ms, so I assume that is ok to play the game online?
I’m running a Athlon XP1800+ cpu with 512mb RAM and a GeForce 9600 Pro with 256mb. Normally I have my Windows XP Firewall on and my AVG antivirus off running it from my Linksys WRT54GL router witch I run wired to my PC.
When I’m racing online the game just freezes for a split second about every 10 seconds, not very annoying to me, but I seem to be lagging for everybody else.
What can the problem be? Software like Limewire etc (not downloading anything though)? The Firewall? My router settings? My cpu? I hope someone can help me in the right direction.
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