F1 20xx - The Game Leagues (Archive)

[Bram Hengeveld]

Game: F1 2010 - The Game by Codemasters. Click here to buy it directly from Steam
Class: Formula 1
Track: Various Tracks (Ralf Eiden Style = random selection)
Weather: Dry
Opens: 19:00 GMT
Ends: Do we?
Password & Rules: click here

 

[David Ross]

Glad to hear everything's okay mate.

 

[Chris Gale]

9.30 is fine for me

urmm just a thought considering were upping the skill level by taking the assits away would it be smarter for this week to take damage of ? just a thought

i dont no if im the only one but i have never raced with out ABS and Traction Control and i dont want to spin out and take someone with me seems a bit unfair on the driver behind me or infront

p.s please never take Auto Shiffting Off!!

 

[Craig Whitmore]

This race may be a bit late in the evening for me, I might give it a go, will have to see.

 

[David O'Reilly]

If we start at 9:30 maybe we just do Random grid??
Chris- as we are working to more rather than less realism I'm personally not that keen on no damage. It changes the racing too much.
Try to get a practice race in GP mode without ABS and TCS,
ABS has little effect.
TCS, try to feed in the throttle gradually and progressive;y as you straighten the wheel, more care in slower corners due to extra rear wheel torgue and less aero grip.

 

[Chris Gale]

thank you for the reply appreciate it
and i had a feeling you would say that and the more i think about i have to agree to it

cheers for the tips !!

 

[Andy Bonar]

it's true the singapore wet hotlaps were a big performance differentiator (if thats even a word lol). Then again doing hotlaps on selected tracks will always favor some over others. For instance I love racing at Monaco and Suzuka and consider myself quite fast there, I dislike tracks like China and Budapest and am slower. I'll be lower on the grid depending on which tracks we choose. There's always some mismatch, unless we do hotlaps for all 19 GPs lol

Thing is if for instance you were dropped down a league now, you might be dominating there, which in turn puts slower drivers there in the same position you are in now. I see how it must be frustrating for you but it's hard to get around this problem at this instant.

Of course this is the 1st league organized by these guys and it's a learning process for everyone. They've been doing a great job so far but I'm sure for season 2 it'll be easier to reduce the mismatch, perhaps take results in season 1 into account and such.

We all know that 2 flying hotlaps werent ideal for league placement, but it seemed a resonable way to sort leagues out in a fairly short period of time. BUT, thats the situation and we are 8 races deep into the season, the leagues recently enjoyed a re-shuffle and we must move forward from this now.

I understand that the connection drops, the host getting more than one chance, slightly mis-matched racers, racing incidents are all gonna be talking points, but we must try and be constructive with these discussions, realise that we cant go back and change things, only use this experience to improve things for next time. Allowing discussions on these matters to deteriorate into non-constructive 'arguments' doesnt really help the cause, and if anything actually impact the league more negatively than the matter in-hand.
Im also very certain that this sort of thing is likely to make the League Organisers either want to just walk away, or at the very least not do another one, and the majority of racers here dont want to see that happen.

I know that sometimes its difficult to get ones point across on the forum. When you labour a point, it can be interpreted badly, even if you have the best of intentions at the start. It is up to the individual to decide whether they can deal with things how they are now, and where a sensible point to step away from the discussion and drop the matter is.

As flawed as people may think the rules are, they are consistent rules and therefore it is a level playing field.

Okay, Steve/Paul, some valid points in there.
I take them onboard and look forward to the races ahead

I may not have english as my main language but I can certainly read between the lines, read my post again, I said that to me if FELT like your opinion was just that...

And no, I don't live in a perfect bubble, I'm just dealing with the one I got

Anyhow, I have no wish to offend anyone, I'm still having fun driving in this league, so I shut up about this matter now and move on. It's not really my place to do anyway, I'm not an admin of this league. So if you feel offended about what I said I can apologise to you for that, no problem.

No need to apologise Jan, no offence taken. Like Paul said, things can be read in different ways on forums.
Ive said my peice, and got it off my chest, even if it hasnt acheived anything else.

Im looking forward to the races ahead now and if I have upset or offended anyone, apologies for that as it wasnt my intention to do so.

 

[Kaido Parl]

I specially put it a bit later. Summer days are so long, so everybody can finish their daily doings and sit down behind the wheel. Sleep will be better also
I hope to see you there! By the way, in my time zone this race starts at midnight

P.S. I put you on the list. After all, thanks to you I am able to play online. Thanks for helping me out
If you can't make it, let me know and I'll remove you.

 

[Jan-Olov Johansson]

Yeah, neither does it work when your car has no front wheels!

To correct you, it was the BMW Sauber girls that took my attention - wonder who put them there!

Oops, I was hoping their disguise would work...must have been their counterfit McLaren bikinis that gave them away but I know absoulutely nooooothing about it

 

[Matthieu Voets]

I

Matt - how many hard drives do you have? Are you recording onto the same hard drive / partition as your F1 install or O/S?
If you are, it may be worth investing in a new HD solely for Frapsing/Afterburning.
Running O/S, F1 and writing data to the same HD at the same time is fairly demanding.

can someone explain this computer noob what O/S? is?

I have 2 hard drives, but I installed afterburner on the same HD as formula 1, but I'm recording onto a different hard drive? that's the problem??

 

[Michael Cline]

Forum name: Michael Cline
Gamer tag: Guvnors
Car: Reserved

 

[Andy Bonar]

F1 2010 @ Silverstone - Saturday July 2nd, 2011

GAMING PLATFORM

PC
START TIME

19.00 GMT (20.00 BST)

RACE SETTINGS

Participation: Qualification and Race
Race Distance: 50%
Car Assignment: Player's Choice
Weather Setting: Dynamic
Track Selection: Silverstone

SIMULATIONS SETTINGS

Rules and Flags: Realistic
Tyre Wear: On
Fuel Load Simulation: On
Car Damage: On
Car Performance: Equal
Collisions: Full

ASSIST RESTRICTIONS

Braking Assist: Banned
ABS: Banned
Traction Control: Banned
Dynamic Racing Line: Banned
Gearbox: Auto allowed
Pit Limiter: Restrict to Manual
Pit Box Control: Restrict to Manual

SIGN UP FORM

Forum name:
Gamer tag:

SIGN UP LIST

1. Andy Bonar/Bluenoes/Lotus
2. Zoltan Hadadi / Zomacher / Ferrari
3. Lorenzo Silano / xaxaDrakoxaxa / mclaren
4. Dan Holland / TGWulfyn /Mercedes
5. ermanno carofiglio/Italianred/sauber
6. Andrew Moore / HawkEar - Red Bull
7. Joery Rietveld / thejoery / HRT
8. Stefan WOudenberg / joempie / Williams
9. Tracy Booth / tbbassman / Torro Rosso
10. voets/insidemattie/renault

 

[Joery Rietveld]

Is it possible to start at 19:00 GMT?

 

[Paul Lock]

can someone explain this computer noob what O/S? is?

I have 2 hard drives, but I installed afterburner on the same HD as formula 1, but I'm recording onto a different hard drive? that's the problem??

Sorry man, O/S = operating system eg Win 7 or XP.

Its just I have a rig not dissimilar to yours. i7 930, 6gb triple chan, and 2x 4870 (crossfire) and can record Fraps at 60FPS, 50% size, 100% quality setting with all my F1 game settings on max without any real noticable dip in performance.
I have my Win7 installed on a OCZ Vertex SSD (solid state) drive, my F1 install on a regular SATA2 drive, and my Fraps files are saved to another different SATA2 drive.

 

[Bartek Wojcik]

Bartek Wojcik / gootek303 / Renault

 

[Andy Bonar]

Done :wink:

 

[Paul Lock]

Would like to take part, but I have a date with Foo Fighters, Biffy Clyro and Deathcab for Cutie on Saturday

 

[Deane Cockerill]

*fight fight fight*

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[Stuart Gillard]

*fight fight fight*

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No ... lol

Stu

 

[Marvin Ramin]

I may be missing this one as well. Got some stuff to do for university until tomorrow and I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish it in time for the race.

 

[Zoltan Hadadi]

Zoltan Hadadi / Zomacher / Ferrari