Round 6 - Gran Premio de Mexico [April 7th]

JP Campmajo wrote:

~ 3h30

Thank you JP and Thank you Carl. Working on it now... keep your fingers and toes crossed...

I would like to take the lotus 102B number 12 if that is okay.

Ok Jay

SUCCESS! Internet explored was the culprit.
GUI, should i log on as a spectator or as a car?

I don't remember why but Ben joins as a driver.

I'll be watching good luck Jason

Je peux prendre celle-ci, Guillaume ? (si oui, peut-être peux-tu me fournir ton set, stp ? )

#7 Brabham BT60Y (upgrade 1) : Free

Je t'ai mis mon setup sur le site

Guillaume Siebert wrote:

I don't remember why but Ben joins as a driver.

Ben joins as a driver because he uses a plugin that displays various informations such as the standings, laps covered, ...etc. If you don't have one I think you can join as a spectator Jason

Jason will have to do a lot of explaining then.

Laps, positions, gaps, etc.

Absent, désolé, j'aurais du prévenir beaucoup plus tot. J'essaierai d'etre là pour la prochaine avec un nouveau volant

pourquoi y a une limite a 180 kmh dans les stands que sur certains circuits ? ca n existait pas en 91 non ? faut la virer cette limitation

Bad news. My computer apparently does not even have enough memory to run Livestream, let alone Livestream and rFactor at the same time. The desktop capture crashes almost immediately, so until I get a new desktop computer, it looks like my broadcasting career will have to wait sorry, guys. I tried my very best.

The only broadcast that made it on the site lasted 5 seconds and features a clear view of my desktop. Whoop dee doo.

Sorry for messing you guys about, but I'm not going to race afterall. Not meaning or trying to sound disrespectful at all, but I'd rather let someone who is slower than me get to race, as I've just not had the time to prepare for this one. Wasn't even aware it might be possible to race until this morning. Sorry again, and I'll be back and well prepared for Magny. Good luck all.

Jason White wrote:

Bad news. My computer apparently does not even have enough memory to run Livestream, let alone Livestream and rFactor at the same time. The desktop capture crashes almost immediately, so until I get a new desktop computer, it looks like my broadcasting career will have to wait sorry, guys. I tried my very best.

The only broadcast that made it on the site lasted 5 seconds and features a clear view of my desktop. Whoop dee doo.

Guillaume Siebert wrote:

Je t'ai mis mon setup sur le site

Merci Guillaume !

And I guess HSO can't offer their livestream which Jason could comment on? Or maybe I don't exactely know how it is done here?

But since nearly everyone drives...

Greg Goissen wrote:

pourquoi y a une limite a 180 kmh dans les stands que sur certains circuits ? ca n existait pas en 91 non ? faut la virer cette limitation

Oui c'est vrai ...c'est un peu juste pour rentrer dans les stands 180 ...
470 ça serait mieux hein
Gregui president du GPDA pour la securité des pilotes ...qui vote pour ?

First things first... Really sorry Phillipe, again was caught by surprise with early braking

I really need to get a more performant car... starting at the back gets into my nerves because even if I try to be careful, things tend to get nasty pretty quickly (When I mean at the back, it's just because I can't run on Saturday). I really don't have the same references as other drivers who are used to start at the back

The positive thing is that if you watch the replay, you'll see something you get only in Hollywood movies

Really sorry again Phillipe

Uggh, David barely touched me (no blame David, stuff happens) at the start and the damage made the car super loose under acceleration. I finally lost it on lap 8 or so and took off two wheels in the process. Best of luck to the rest.



Arrgh - was a good chance for points.

643 as of next race

Well..... Had a Ok start but that was it, Had no confidence in the car. Should have run more wing probably, Car didnt want to turn in and i was so slow on the twisty section (Sorry to everyone i held up!)

Anyway i shall go in search of another drive now since Mr Jordan has told me he isn't taking up the option of signing me on a longer deal

Thanks for hosting as usual, You do a great job!!

Mike Becnel wrote:

643 as of next race

Prost got Pole with it 1st time out....Maybe an omen???

désolé Eric d'avoir été la cause de ton crash
j'essaiyais de laisser passer les voitures dès que possible partout sauf dans la parabolle pour éviter ce genre de catastrophe.
ayant fait une petite erreur qui gèna une ligier j'ai décidé de laisser passer pour pas abuser et on connait la suite.

Fait chier je mange le panneau à l'entrée des pits en rentrant trop fort. Quel con.

First of all, my apologizes to Samuli, whom I caused to crash and abandon the race. We went into the main straight close behind David Jundt, and since the Williams was faster I was preparing to overtake, when we came upon a lapped car who was making room by going right. Knowing that the main straight admits three cars wide, I went out in an attempt to box Samuli behind David and try to keep the nose in front. We went really, really tight through and it all happened so fast that I'm not sure exactly if Samuli also exited from David's slipstream or they were too close to teh centre of the track, but in any case Samuli took the worse part and crashed. I was going to wait for him, but rFactor hud showed abandon, so I continued. Even if watching the replay it turned out that I had no responsability and it was just a racing incident -which I doubt- I'n terribly sorry for that Samuli. Again accept my apologizes.

As for the race: Made the usual crappy start but once the tires got warm I had confidence and was fast enough to fight my way up. Had some nice fight with Mike and was 4th following David when I had to go out to avoid him under the braking of a slow turn (T5 I think). I have no idea why it happened, but it didn't happen with anyone else so it seems I will have to be careful when tangling with him. Point taken.
The incident threw me back again, and again I made my way up the ladder, I managed to be 3rd after David pitted and then, seeing my laptimes didn't improve anymore and we were well past 1/2 race, I finally pitted. My crew decided to make repairs for 19 seconds and I exited the pits exactly those 19s behind Anders, instead of fighting him. From that point I was really angry and lost concentration making the only driving errors of the night. Lost position 6th to Yves after spinning when lapping a car, then went behind the leaders in a furious charge with excellent laptimes, following Greg all the time closely at his pace. But it wasn't to be, and I got distracted before the last turn and exited, bending the suspension.

Sad evening for me in a track I like and where I was certainly fast, as I noted when following Greg comfortably.

But the saddest thing was the incident with Samuli. I'm really devastated by it, sorry again