Yeh but you're already on pace. I was talking about trying to get somebody who is off the pace a bit, up tp speed. I often don't practice3, but it becomes quite obvious that I didn't practice.Severe danger of sounding like "I am an expert and very quick". With the exception of a couple of club races back in May 2020 (or whenever me, Joakim and Roy joined the fun), I don't really practice for club races. I just show up on the evening and floor it.
Which is why I always do better in Race 2
Great to have you back Roland. I won't practice I promise.
Very impressive, yet a bit daunting as well...
If I were to do this much preparation for a club racing event, I'd be able to do about 2 races a year...
Please sign me up, Denis.
Hopefully I'll have time to do some practice laps tomorrow, as I don't think I know this Silverstone layout yet.
Otherwise I'll just take my chances at seeing everyone else disappearing into the distance...
Oh my what did I start here
Very impressive, yet a bit daunting as well...
If I were to do this much preparation for a club racing event, I'd be able to do about 2 races a year...
Please sign me up, Denis.
Hopefully I'll have time to do some practice laps tomorrow, as I don't think I know this Silverstone layout yet.
Otherwise I'll just take my chances at seeing everyone else disappearing into the distance...
But honestly, I do like 2 times 2 hours of practice a week at max, mainly while working on the setup. Only data I look at is suspension histogram and this rolling map. Which is why I'm still far away from alien-like speed.This is my usual procedure as wellSevere danger of sounding like "I am an expert and very quick". With the exception of a couple of club races back in May 2020 (or whenever me, Joakim and Roy joined the fun), I don't really practice for club races. I just show up on the evening and floor it.
Which is why I always do better in Race 2
still in meeting. R2 was only slightly better; I still got lapped but only by the leader this time. And I think I wasn't even in last place either
Roland we both know that you are more than capable of holding your own in club races. Your life situation atm isn't helping you get back up to speed, but hopefully that'll change. I 'm hoping @Jack Smith will be hauling his boat out of the water soon (no euphamism implied) and getting his rig repaired. If so, the hope is that the 2 of you will chivy each other along and enjoy your racing a little more whilst getting back up to pace.Well... for me this event was a mixed bag
First of all, upon arriving on the server I found out that neither Crewchief nor Discord was making ANY sound and all I heard were the in-game rF2 engine sounds. Hadn't noticed that before as I use neither of them for anything else other than the rF2 club.
Nor was it something I could quickly fix
Second, results-wise this event went even worse than expected... and it was a crystal clear reminder that currently my racing skills are not at an acceptable level to justify showing up at a race virtually unprepared with just a few quick recon laps with a borrowed car-setup.
In R1, I finished last and got lapped by the WHOLE field minus one..
On a single lap, I wasn't even that far off the pace.. it's just the overabundance of missed apexes and other mistakes that ruin my chances of being even slightly competitive...
So now for the upside:
I LIKE this car; I like older tintops in general, cars that put up a good fight with their driver - even if I suck at driving them.
And I really like multiplayer races; Somehow mentally it makes a whole lot of difference if the other cars on track are controlled by humans as well. Even if they are so far ahead that I can't even see them
No idea why, but I can't be bothered with racing against computer-controlled opponents.. I certainly don't like being overtaken by a human, but I SERIOUSLY HATE being overtaken by a line of code or by some sort of algorythm.
And hotlapping.., well that's not for me either; I just can't stay focused for more than a lap or two. And currently my life is such a busy mess that i don't have time for it either.
So if it's allright with all of you, I'll just stick around here and seize the opportunity to be utterly humiliated by some real humans every now and then..
Thanks Denis for the event! CYA soon.
Couldn't wish for 2 nicer guys in our club. Please stick with us, we all go through a rough spell with sim racing occasionally (well most of us mere mortals) but it tends to work out in the end.
Got in some nice drifting, a pass that probably looked cooler from my PoV than it was and had some spins when the tyres got slightly worn, but quite hot! Honestly nice to experience more people having interest in old racing footage, even the obscure one, I mean this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_British_Saloon_Car_Championship is slightly niche!Was great fun the one race I had time to do yesterday
I hope @Lennart Groessl and @Redvaliant had fun watching some of the old racing footage I streamed on Discord post-race as well
One fun thing I can see there, was the TWR run Audi 80's with Martin Brundle and Stirling Moss racing the full season!
sorry, I didn't mean to. I'm positive next time will be better. And it's a complete mystery to me how back then I managed to do 2 or 3 Club races every week, and sometimes some League racing on the side as well...
I guess I better hop in my Celica and head for Latvia now for some testing.
Oh and I too love old racing footage.. although I have never heard of a Talbot Avenger ever before.
Aw rats, is that a different place then????I hope both you and @Denis Betty go to Lithuania not Latvia, if not you guys will end up far behind (and away)
