RDSTL S1 - Super Touring League (GTR Evolution)

[Yoeri Gijsen]

Post your questions here!

• RDSTL question only
• Stay on topic

 

[Michel Salvador]

Tomorrow the second race will starting. :skywalker:

Do we get a official result of the Zhuhai race or are there bigger problems with the GPCOS system ?

And second, whats with the new skinpack which was announced ?

the skin pack v2 is on barcelona thread http://forum.racedepartment.com/rd-...elona-250-saturday-september-19th-2009-a.html about gpcos idk

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Guys please can we for once leave those laptimes out of the race report threads. Its not a hotlap competition.

Just did a 1:03.xxx so there you have it

 

[Michel Salvador]

Guys please can we for once leave those laptimes out of the race report threads. Its not a hotlap competition.

Just did a 1:03.xxx so there you have it

sure and if ppl wanna c the laps time they can go the leaderboard and check from there

 

[Andreas Löffler]

Tomorrow the second race will starting. :skywalker:

Do we get a official result of the Zhuhai race or are there bigger problems with the GPCOS system ?

And second, whats with the new skinpack which was announced ?

Ok, found the GPCOS information there too. All claer now

 

[Frank Herfjord]

Bram:

members obviously like to talk about lap times in regards to preparation for a race, since it happens every time. It's not a competition, but part of the socializing that happens in a league. Why on earth would I brag about my 1:36 times otherwise? If it is not to be allowed in the race report thread, I suggest that the report thread remains closed until the race is completed, and we get a separate thread to discuss preparations.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

I find it very annoying to always read those laptimes. It doesn't help people at all imo. Only scares off the less "alien" drivers from participating as they think you need to be extremely fast to compete in a league, which is not the fact.

For laptimes we have a leaderboard where all times are nicely displayed (yes also for the extremes): http://timing.racedepartment.com/race07/statsWTCCExtremeAllLaps.php

 

[Yoeri Gijsen]

It can scare people off, but it can also motivate them to push the egde a bit more. I guess the information is there to be read for those who are interested. This thread shouldn't be a hotlap competition thread, but I'm fine with people keeping eachother updated on their preparations and progression.

 

[Yoeri Gijsen]

Replace the old skinpack with the new one. As pointed out, it contains all previosu updates with some important changes that make it as bugfree as we can make it without having SimBin over to fix their side of the bugs.

 

[Dan Coldrick]

Roll on tonight, can't wait for this!

 

[Scott Malcolm]

It can scare people off, but it can also motivate them to push the egde a bit more. I guess the information is there to be read for those who are interested. This thread shouldn't be a hotlap competition thread, but I'm fine with people keeping eachother updated on their preparations and progression.

I got to admit that it sometimes scares me off , I can never do the times that alien's do and I start thinking that I might get in everyone elses road, especailly if I'm 4-6 secs off the pace.

I can only dream of doing times like these:struggle:

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Personally i can't be bothered about the position i finish a race. As long as i have proven to myself i gave the maximum from start to finish i am satisfied.

Don't be scared off Scott. Not all 25 drivers can drive at P1 during a race, and basically in every race 24 drivers are off the pace

Try to enjoy your racing moments and have a nice ride tonight :thumb:

 

[Rob Goldthorpe]

Just remember, you can set the fastest time by 5 seconds, but then again you can come off and ruin your car then be behind by 5 seconds!

 

[Glenn Petersen]

It doesn't scare me off. It frustrates me, sometimes, though. I know my desire and enthusiasm exceeds my talents, so when I can't come close to those times, I want to rip my steering wheel off it's base. :joking:

I have trouble getting these cars stable enough where I will be confident I could even finish a race. I'm not giving up, though.

 

[Ries Notenboom]

Just enjoy the race and the battles you get involved into as Bram said.
Every race there is ****loads of loosers and only 1 winner. If you enjoy your own race and give it your very best you can still feel a winner anyhow.

Thats what I intend to do every race anyway eventhough like many others I hate loosing especially if I don't live up to my own expectations or achieve the times I trained for. Not the case tonight shamefully, busy week no sleep no time no setup hell hope I remember the track Will be fun anyhow in the big field we got.

 

[Freddie Besems]

every one have a great race.


about the times, you just can see that how many work you still have to do. Or to set a goal what you can achieve in the race.


This evening im driving with a default setup. im still wrestling with my steering setup, i think it is also most important with these extreme cars.

so ill give it a try with steering on 50%, throttle at 35%, and brakes on 30%, deadzone on steering 1%. further standard setup for forcefeedback, settings GTR evolution.
and finally rotation on 360 degrees.


Enjoy.

 

[Dave Gardner]

certainly scott,don't worry too much about being off pace. take the last race at zhuhai, i was up to 5th or 6th place and then i lost it coming out of a corner and ended up plumb bob last, but i drove to the best of my ability and changed my pit strategy and managed 12th eventually.

i am 2-3 seconds off the aliens pace, but my car seems stable enough to do consistent 1:36-37's so i'm happy with that.

just do your best, and above all, enjoy it.

Dave

 

[Rob Goldthorpe]

Exactly what Dave said, drive to the best of your ability. If you keep pushing yourself over your limit you'll keep coming off and getting nowhere!

About the Aliens, there will ALWAYS be people who are a few seconds faster than you

 

[Ben Buitendijk]

TBR3 is not in the skinpack?

 

[Philip Antonia]

At the last round at Zhuhai I saw lots of quality driving from all the drivers who took part regardless of how quick they were or where they were running.

These cars in particular are very tricky especially if your setup isn't helping you, so just taking part and finishing is a very good acheivement and as has been said b4, it's your race to win with yourself.

Good luck 2nite to everyone and most importantly enjoy yourself:good:.

 

[Ivo Simons]

Indeed Philip. I am also not a hotlap driver (always start round place 13th in a 25 car grid). But because driving a consistent race with no major incidents i always finish round 6th place. And to drive a stable car is more important then a very fast car in a 60 lap race.

Have fun guys.