VWSR S3: Virtual World Series by Renault (F3.5)

[Marco Bijl]

Important NEWS MESSAGE!

There seems to be a problem with the custom skin download / upload. Once selected, it simply freezes your game on loading.

To avoid, please make sure you have the box ticked OFF in your settings screen, like on screenshot below!

 

[Marco Bijl]

Ok, IMPORTANT NEWS MESSAGE!!!!

Copied here from the news topic:
There seems to be a problem with the custom skin download / upload. Once selected, it simply freezes your game on loading.

To avoid, please make sure you have the box ticked OFF in your settings screen, like on screenshot below!

 

[David Turnbull]

hi guys,

this is my first race with you all tonight so id like to ask a couple of simple questions..

the briefing on teamspeak, will it still be happening with ian not here?

the start time of 7pm gmt, that would be 7pm uk time? gmt always confuses me lol

thanks in advance and good luck all

 

[Rupe Wilson]

Hi David,
Yes Marco will be doing the briefing tonight,
yes you are correct with the time 7pm -19:00 GMT

have a great time tonight

 

[Dino Paolini]

@Marco Bijl
Server is working fine for me, thanks
Only thing not quite correct in the settings atm is cockpit view not beeing forced and abs beeing allowed. And also the practice session beeing super short.

 

[Marco Bijl]

Practice was probably running to its end, as its set to the max of 2.5 hours.
I will restart the server when I have a moment and nobody is on, to set the Forced view. Must have missed that.
ABS was ticked for the previous setting, so I assumed it was set on. Will turn it off again, sorry.

 

[Marco Bijl]

Practice was probably running to its end, as its set to the max of 2.5 hours.
I will restart the server when I have a moment and nobody is on, to set the Forced view. Must have missed that.
ABS was ticked for the previous setting, so I assumed it was set on. Will turn it off again, sorry.

Done....

 

[David Jundt]

I'd have preferred no forced cockpit view, imo it's a safety issue not seeing enough

As for the skin issue: Mine doesn't work anyway so not really bothered(sadly).

 

[Matt Sentell]

Done that. New one is in place, and selected. Please confirm if this is the way you like it

Thanks Marco, it looks great. Sorry I couldn't confirm until now. Much appreciated.

 

[Frederic Schornstein]

I'd have preferred no forced cockpit view, imo it's a safety issue not seeing enough

As for the skin issue: Mine doesn't work anyway so not really bothered(sadly).

Just use the virtual mirrors

 

[David Jundt]

It's not really the mirrors. I prefer the lightly higher tv cam position to see the limits of my car better(for example the front wing).

 

[David Jundt]

Something I think is strange: Custom skins seem to have been downloaded, yet they are never displayed. What's wrong with my install?

 

[Rupe Wilson]

guys you need to look in the race thread..

http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/f3-5-round-3-portugal-gp.82331/page-2#post-1645401

this is just general info thread not perticular to each race

 

[Rupe Wilson]

there is a problem with the custom skins working on the server it was posted earlier today in the race thread

Marco was on the server most of the afternoon trying to sort out problems it was also posted the Ian can not make this round to me and Marco were looking after the event

 

[Borja Ori]

Hi guys

Just to say that I will not race more in this Championish.
I was tryingo to make a better set I learn how to drive the FR 3.5. At Mills was 6 second slowers. Today at Portugal 3-4 seconds. So I think did a good job. Running a lot at the server, changing the FFB setup (I had it really bad. Also still have some problems because when I want to put a gear down, sometimes the gearbox go down twiece -from 3 to 1 gear, and had some problems becuase of that)... but I´m still too slow for you.

Today two races, twiece hit on my back and got out of the race. Maybe it happens to me because I´m not fast enough but at least when I.m running always try not to hit anyone even thought others need to pass me.

So... two weeks running, I did more than 200 laps. Really I was happy becuse learned a lot of making setups but the races began and at the first one 7 laps and at the 2nd one only 2. I am very sad.

Really you are doing a good job and me not... But maybe I disturb a lot on the track.

See you!!

 

[Andrew Ford]

thanks for the racing tonight guys.
I spent most of the week overdoing practise for the fsr winter series finale at silverstone and just tried this properly today. even with hundreds of laps, i would probably still struggled at this track.

Despite this, i really enjoyed the racing. I had to go high downforce and rely on others to make mistakes.
in race 1, martin made a mistake and i outbraked him into turn 1. however, because he clearly had the pace on me, he did a nice return pass. next i had april following me and i was under pressure. somewhere i was fining a bit of pace and increased the gap -think april had her hands full keeping someone behind her and then got tagged.

late on, martin seemed to be slowing (tyres?) and i was right on him every lap. the problem was, the dirty air was killing me and then on the straights, i didn't have the speed or the best exit. i kept closing but in the end, made a mistake which allowed nicky to overtake me. i held on for 9th which was pretty decent in the circumstances.

race 2 was interesting! i braked for turn 1 and got spun out. not sure if it was matt sentell as he pitted later. doesn't matter whoever it was as i returned to track in last place and with all wings in fullworking order! then i had a nice battle with david o' for a few laps. i kept closing in certain places but again, on the last corner, the dirty air was killing me and i just didn't have the speed. i made a mistake and spun on one occasion but came back.
i noticed that every time i had issues with dirty air, david seemed affected too. this seemed to happen yesterday in the fsr race. i can't see why it should happen in reality, but is it possible that in the game, the car in front also gets affected? i noticed that when i got dragged off in the final turn, david went off too. same happened with another guy at copse yesterday.
Anyway, in the end, i overcooked the throttle on turn 3 trying to get on the power. this damaged my front wing and suspension. i crawled back to the pits but even after fixing damage, the wheel was at 45 degrees to work so i retired.

lots of fun and clean, honest racing. i think the group of guys here is starting to resemble the spirit i saw in the f1 2011 league and is perhaps because some of the guys are from Presto GP? i look forward to Bahrain, a track i know well and like . VWEC memories eh @Frederic Schornstein ?

Well done to the winners and well..everyone. see you at bahrain.

p.s. does anyone know the standings in this series?

 

[Andrew Ford]

Hi guys

Just to say that I will not race more in this Championish.
I was tryingo to make a better set I learn how to drive the FR 3.5. At Mills was 6 second slowers. Today at Portugal 3-4 seconds. So I think did a good job. Running a lot at the server, changing the FFB setup (I had it really bad. Also still have some problems because when I want to put a gear down, sometimes the gearbox go down twiece -from 3 to 1 gear, and had some problems becuase of that)... but I´m still too slow for you.

Today two races, twiece hit on my back and got out of the race. Maybe it happens to me because I´m not fast enough but at least when I.m running always try not to hit anyone even thought others need to pass me.

So... two weeks running, I did more than 200 laps. Really I was happy becuse learned a lot of making setups but the races began and at the first one 7 laps and at the 2nd one only 2. I am very sad.

Really you are doing a good job and me not... But maybe I disturb a lot on the track.

See you!!

@Borja Ori i don't think you should quit. we need good guys on track and you are. What you need to do is always practise with purpose. you need help to get you in the good habits. not sure if you have a wheel issue with the downshifts or if you are downshifting too quickly.
if you want a practise partner, i'm not the best but i don't mind trying to help.
let me know. it always seems best to quit when things don't go your way but if you enjoy sim racing and driving...dreaming and watching onboard videos, then keep going and you will improve. driving is an art and everyone has their own style. you are getting better clearly.
when i was getting lapped when i started out, i just kept thinking to myself, "the further i am behind, the more potential i have to improve"

inbox me sometime and we'll practise

 

[Simon Christmann]

...
So... two weeks running, I did more than 200 laps. Really I was happy becuse learned a lot of making setups but the races began and at the first one 7 laps and at the 2nd one only 2. I am very sad.

The second one was me. I'm very sorry. Misjudged the gap and the slipstream effect. For me it looked ok but sadly it wasn't. Hope you stay. And take the offer from Andrew for practice. He develops well .

 

[Dino Paolini]

...Also still have some problems because when I want to put a gear down, sometimes the gearbox go down twiece -from 3 to 1 gear, and had some problems becuase of that...

If you are having these double-downshifts because your paddles on the wheel are triggering twice, you can circumvent that 100% through a line in the player.plr - file

Repeat Shifts="1" // 0 = no repeat shift detection, 1 = detect and eliminate accidental repeat shifts within 100ms, 2 = 150ms, 3 = 200ms, 4 = 250ms, 5 = prevent shifting again before previous shift is completed


Try either "1" or "2" and your problem should be solved. I woudn't take a higher number because you need to be able to shift quite fast in these formula-cars

 

[Sean Greenlaw]

Well done David and Dino and guys who filled podiums and everyone who finished sorry I forget the results (it would be easier to say grats to guys who finished if we had some kind of results)

I haven't had great deal of time to practise with work but manage to get in some practise the sat and today 1st race went fine although I couldnt keep up with guys in front and also never really had anyone to race with after Simon made a small mistake.

Race 2 managed to get upto 4th I think avoiding some incidents t1 but made a mistake on my own while close to April I didn't give enough space in following and got surprised by braking took to inside of t3 but rather slamming on brakes I spun and caused a small road block Sorry to David who I made stand on his nose and anyone else caught up.
I then waited for everyone to pass before rejoining the track. Managed to have some racing with Mat who had his stop n go I presume and I kept behind for a couple laps before he got the run on me into t1.
Was alone again on track just thinking of finishing the race but later just took to much kerb fast right over hill and spun seeing car approach I opted not to move hoping I could be avoided but wasn't possible sorry to Martin again I possibly could have reacted quicker and move more to a side of track.

Great races though and to my surprise not many lock ups now

Presto GP may be one of the reasons Andrew but I also maybe biased

Thanks RD and cya's at Bahrain !!