United States & Canada

[Bob Luneski]

As a prep for the Af3kGPC season (especially for those with little/no experience driving F3000's), I'd like to suggest putting F3000's in the 2/15 or 2/22 club slot??

 

[Eric. K]

As a prep for the Af3kGPC season (especially for those with little/no experience driving F3000's), I'd like to suggest putting F3000's in the 2/15 or 2/22 club slot??

I will have an Euro F3000 event on Saturday feb 7th (early morning PST) at the A1Ring. However, if you guys want we can schedule some F3000 events as well.

Also, a practice server for the league will be going up soon.

 

[Marcel vd Aa]

which classes Marcel?

Sorry Dave, missed this, i used WTCC07, GT-Sport, Production Audi R8 and the Rad.
WTCC07 was as expected, Gt's will be quite the handfull but the setup options seem better then any other class, the production R8 was an absolute delight to drive in the rain and the Rad; well that's the rad...
I need to say that when it comes to the visual effects 80% rain was really nice with puddles and stuff but was noticeably more difficult to drive then 70%.

 

[Bob Luneski]

I will have an Euro F3000 event on Saturday feb 7th (early morning PST) at the A1Ring. However, if you guys want we can schedule some F3000 events as well.

Also, a practice server for the league will be going up soon.

That works fine for me. I know you just had a F3000 event on 12.28.

 

[Eric. K]

That works fine for me. I know you just had a F3000 event on 12.28.

I also had one last Saturday

http://forum.racedepartment.com/clu...-f3000-mid-america-saturday-january-10th.html

 

[Brandon Lawson]

Here is a pic of myself at New Years.

 

[Brandon Lawson]

Nice Keith, cant wait to try that out next time I come up.

 

[Brandon Lawson]

nice videos Eric. I really like the site too. Cant wait to see some highlights of myself racing.

 

[Brandon Lawson]

Those are amazing looking skins. I might try and learn how to do that.

 

[Marcel vd Aa]

Those are amazing looking skins. I might try and learn how to do that.

Cool, if you have any questions, either refer to the skinning tutorial listed here also, or pm me; i'm always willing to help

 

[Dave Stephenson]

Sorry Dave, missed this, i used WTCC07, GT-Sport, Production Audi R8 and the Rad.
WTCC07 was as expected, Gt's will be quite the handfull but the setup options seem better then any other class, the production R8 was an absolute delight to drive in the rain and the Rad; well that's the rad...
I need to say that when it comes to the visual effects 80% rain was really nice with puddles and stuff but was noticeably more difficult to drive then 70%.

no worries mate, what were the time spreads like. all the classes are even-ish in dry but wet is another matter. I was tempted to drive the cats but i think they might be a little too far off the pace.

 

[Timothy Miller]

Cool, if you have any questions, either refer to the skinning tutorial listed here also, or pm me; i'm always willing to help

Ditto that Marcel. If anyone needs help, feel free to PM me, I can help as needed. I am always willing to offer up some info too!

 

[Bob Luneski]

Setup Process

There is a lot of good information about what each of the setup parameters are and what they do, but little about the actual process of optimizing a setup. There is clearly no one way to do it since each driver is different in how they want the car to drive, but there is probably a framework process that a newbie could follow such as:

Starting from the default setup you should:
for 1 to n
Adjust/check this parameter
next n

test drive setup

Then for 1 to n
if your car does X you should adjust Y up(down)
next n

test drive setup
crash car
drink heavily :rotfl:
test drive setup
crash car again
abandon race in frustration
drink more, feel better, try again:rotfl::rotfl:

Anyone care to chime in on how they approach the process of optimizing a setup???

Thanks a zillion!!!!!!

 

[Eric. K]

There is a lot of good information about what each of the setup parameters are and what they do, but little about the actual process of optimizing a setup. There is clearly no one way to do it since each driver is different in how they want the car to drive, but there is probably a framework process that a newbie could follow such as:

Starting from the default setup you should:
for 1 to n
Adjust/check this parameter
next n

test drive setup

Then for 1 to n
if your car does X you should adjust Y up(down)
next n

test drive setup
crash car
drink heavily :rotfl:
test drive setup
crash car again
abandon race in frustration
drink more, feel better, try again:rotfl::rotfl:

Anyone care to chime in on how they approach the process of optimizing a setup???

Thanks a zillion!!!!!!

Bob,

You can try this Excel tool. It does EXACTELLY that (step by step with feedback)!!
Article link:
http://www.race2play.com/forum/list_posts/4303

direct link:
http://files.race2play.com/index.php?path=&download=Race2Play_Setup_Developer.zip

Keith, Yves and Marcel can maybe give you some more info.

Hope that helps a little.

 

[Sean Vohs]

There is a lot of good information about what each of the setup parameters are and what they do, but little about the actual process of optimizing a setup. There is clearly no one way to do it since each driver is different in how they want the car to drive, but there is probably a framework process that a newbie could follow such as:

Starting from the default setup you should:
for 1 to n
Adjust/check this parameter
next n

test drive setup

Then for 1 to n
if your car does X you should adjust Y up(down)
next n

test drive setup
crash car
drink heavily :rotfl:
test drive setup
crash car again
abandon race in frustration
drink more, feel better, try again:rotfl::rotfl:

Anyone care to chime in on how they approach the process of optimizing a setup???

Thanks a zillion!!!!!!

I prefer:
Load default setup
Drink
Spin donuts on any part of the track that's wide enough, and do burnouts down the pit straight
Drink
Race




I actually despise the setup portion of the race. I prefer to either use the default setup or load someone else setup. I can't wrap my head around setups and all the factors.

 

[Eric. K]

Sean,

I feel just the opposite. There is nothing more rewarding than helping someone with their setup and see their times drops right away.

I guess that's my geeky part... Always enjoyed Math and Physics....

I prefer:
Load default setup
Drink
Spin donuts on any part of the track that's wide enough, and do burnouts down the pit straight
Drink
Race




I actually despise the setup portion of the race. I prefer to either use the default setup or load someone else setup. I can't wrap my head around setups and all the factors.

 

[Bob Luneski]

Thanks a zillion Eric!!!!!!!! This is perfect. Way cool spreadsheet. Totally satisfies my engineer's desire for analysis and tweaking. If it's not broke, keep fixing it until it is!!!!!!

How many engineer's does it take to change a light bulb?? A EE to check the circuit, a ME to check the thread, a ChemE to check the glass, a IE to position the ladder, a Process Eng to write down the procedure, a Quality Engineer to validate ISO9000 compliance, 3 levels of engineering management approval for the capital expenditure...... Actually an engineer can't change a light bulb, just call maintenance.

 

[Corey Theman]

Actually, if you hire an EE he can do all of the above

 

[Eric. K]

Thanks a zillion Eric!!!!!!!! This is perfect. Way cool spreadsheet. Totally satisfies my engineer's desire for analysis and tweaking. If it's not broke, keep fixing it until it is!!!!!!

How many engineer's does it take to change a light bulb?? A EE to check the circuit, a ME to check the thread, a ChemE to check the glass, a IE to position the ladder, a Process Eng to write down the procedure, a Quality Engineer to validate ISO9000 compliance, 3 levels of engineering management approval for the capital expenditure...... Actually an engineer can't change a light bulb, just call maintenance.

I am a software engineer... That's a job for the hardware guys :laugh2:

 

[Chris Vick]

Corey,

An EE could do it ...... but he doesn't have time to get to it. :wink2:

Chris