Yeah, it sounded like Anon was roughing you up a bit. It must have been fun (if you're a masochist LOL)
thanks for the series emmo it was good fun, really helps the lower divs racing against the faster guys to help them improve. good job to Sparklehead and Closey for their 3rd and 2nd places last round.
Thanks again emmo46 great organising getting cars for us writing reports . making sure i new what to do and how to do it. and to all the other drivers thanks for making me welcome. & to be able race against you good guys.
Great series emmo, enjoyed measuring up with the quick drivers and prepares you for the following season. Hope season 12 is not too far off
Thanks for the wonderful season emmo, I certainly did not bring my A game to it, and I'm gutted on missing out on 3 of my favourite tracks Congrats to all who participated and especially Mustafur, the true standout. And finally, after my State of Origin race this Friday we can look forward to what will hopefully be the penultimate season for GT5... Cheers, Jono.
I just watched the replay of the ring, Musta, how did you do that?, I can understand how you bump drafted Joe and yourself past Anon the sitting duck but how in hell did you get it to stop like that at the right hander before the pit entrance?, you sure sucked poor Joe in beyond the point of no return. You have my full admiration, going into that complex at that speed would have seen me and the car flying over the fence!!!
I use the handbrake as well as the normal brake in heavy braking sections, i have only tied it in the last few weeks and it definetely improves braking performance but you will spin if you use too much handbrake. I got the idea from Mclaren(idea from newey) in the late 90s when they had a third pedal for the rear brakes, a big reason why they won the 98 and 99 titles came down to that.
Hmmm.... I personally find using the handbrake to be useless but I guess I need more practise then....
Very interesting, before long I will have to learn to do that and move to manual transmission as well. That may help me get closer to the front.
Having looked back at that replay I didn't actually use the handbrake that time, as im pretty sure I set the rear brakes a bit higher on the M3 making the handbrake useless, i got to admit though i did that overtake in a do or die fashion though. This technique works best if you have a strong front bias setting with a weak rear brake, and you have to quickly tap the handbrake making sure not to hold it longer then a quarter of a second or you will be looking backwards in a hurry.
Man did I end that season poorly. Monaco was a very interesting race though and had an awesome battle for most of the race with Sparklehead83. Monza and Nurb were going to be my times to shine but a miscalculation at Monza and an absolute internet failure at Nurb put paid to those hopes. Oh well. More to come...
I used to be rear stronger but a stronger front bias gives better consistency especially in longer races.
Manual is a requirement if you wont to be fast as you can use engine braking which increases braking performance, it also helps in weather races as you can upshift to increase grip. I have seen some people that are fast with auto but they use controller and really it isn't realistic to judge on that basis as controllers can make up for it with the much more sensitive steering.
[table] [tr] [td] CENTRAL EUROPE RACES RESULTS MONACO RESULTS 10 laps FERRARI CALIFORNIA Posn Driver Race Time F/Lap 01 Mustafur 17:32.128 1:41.605 1st ** 02 S_Close -19.326 1:43.372 4th 03 Anon666 -23.261 1:42.131 2nd 04 TTR_Joe90 -24.991 1:42.335 3rd 05 emmo46 -35.228 1:44.194 6th 06 Sparklehead83 -39.055 1:44.775 7th 07 ad2mny -39.167 1:44.010 5th 08 bjh1012 -1:02.785 1:45.822 9th 09 Overdrivve - 1 lap 1:45.588 8th MONZA RESULTS 11 Laps FERRARI 458 ITALIA Posn Driver Race Time F/Lap 01 Anon666 19:35.848 1:42.457 2nd 02 Mustafur -.535 1:41.012 1st ** 03 Sparklehead83 -14.203 1:42.864 5th 04 emmo46 -16.759 1:42.821 4th 05 S_Close -23.419 1:43.105 7th 06 ad2mny -25.647 1:42.970 6th 07 TTR_Joe90 -26.783 1:42.788 3rd 08 bjh1012 -1:28.450 1:46.492 9th 09 Overdrivve -1:40.880 1:45.32 8th NORDSCHIEFE RESULTS 3 Laps BMW M3 '04 Posn Driver Race Time F/Lap 01 Mustafur 23:27.513 7:41.905 3rd 02 Anon666 -.816 7:38.328 1st ** 03 TTR_Joe90 -8.802 7:38.938 2nd 04 emmo46 -57.874 8:05.922 5th 05 Sparklehead83 -1:25.297 8:08.172 7th 06 bjh1012 -1:39.077 8:07.245 6th 07 S_Close - 1 lap 7:57.510 4th 08 ad2mny - 3 laps DSC [/td] [/tr] [/table]