Round 3 - Surfers Paradise [July 21]

Les vrais ont un rank inférieur à -90 sur GPL  

Oui je sais elle était facile mais bon  

Non ça c'est les vrais aliens  ! Les vrais hommes ont un rank de -40 maxi sur GPL, tout le monde sait ça  

Sorry  , encore absent pour ce soir mais la santé n'est pas en cause, je vais bien mieux  .

Mais bon...  
1° Le tour de France  , je n'en ai pas loupé une, alors bon... aujourd'hui, c'est la der des ders  .
2° Investiture de notre nouveau Roi  
3° Fête nationale Belge  
4° Champagne pour fêter tout ça et apéro  
5° Barbecue  

Héhé... On ne vit qu'une fois...  

Bonne course à tous 

Guys,i cant race today
Festivals in my city!

je vais tacher de mixer entre l'arrivée du tour et la course
je ferai peut etre la qualif en touriste.... 

Frank Verplanken wrote:

Non ça c'est les vrais aliens  ! Les vrais hommes ont un rank de -40 maxi sur GPL, tout le monde sait ça  

 

Today will officially be my final race on weekends at HSO, since yesterday I got noticed that I will be working on weekends till late (around 9PM)  

Tiago Malafaya wrote:

Today will officially be my final race on weekends at HSO, since yesterday I got noticed that I will be working on weekends till late (around 9PM)  

Time to quit that job!!!

DAMN that sucks. I hope your schedule changes back by the time we start 91 F1 again. 

Tiago Malafaya wrote:

Today will officially be my final race on weekends at HSO, since yesterday I got noticed that I will be working on weekends till late (around 9PM)  

That is some messed up you know what!  

Will join in a minute.

Well, this is not what I planned for my last race...

I was getting angrier and angrier at each passing lap, until Ludovic's mistake in T2 causing me to lose the front spoiler was the last drop. Decided to park in the garage. See you in some week races (if there will be any)

Ive almost missed the race, it started 2 hours before I thought it would , duh.
Sorry to see you absent Tiago, things will change soon hopefully.

Those cars are certainly fun, specially this being my first clutch, left foot braking and heel and toe race.
Things were going well and fun till looking for Mike at the mirrors put a wheel on the grass and spin in front of him
Really sorry about that Mike.

Very disappointed. 9th on the road, which would have been my best HSO result ever, but too many mishaps caused me to complete less than 90% of the race, so I won't be classified  

Had a hell of a start and climbed up to 6th place! The rarefied air must have got to me, because I was shoved aside a couple of laps later in a multi-car fracas  Managed to reach a good race pace and was 10th after a while, but Philippe Martinelli effectively spoiled my run by punting me off at turn 3   Lost the wing and lost a minute in the pits. Could have engaged Mike Becnel in a battle for 9th, but I could sense that my car was not 100% and let him go ahead, hoping for more attrition. Then I lost my wing again and decided to stay out (in hindsight this cost me far more time than a pit stop would have).  I'm pretty sure the server docked me a couple of laps for good measure; must have missed a corner somewhere towards the end. Anyway, I suppose I should be glad to even see the checker, given I have had two DNFs so far, but as far as statistics are concerned, this may as well be a DNF

EDIT: Well, the 9th place shows on my drivers stats, but the race results show me as not classified. Big asterisk on this one, as far as I'm concerned

Race results and championship standings are updated on the site

First time I drove this mod, quite a nice one overall.
No idea about setups since this usually takes some testing and experience.

Qualy went decent, no way I could ve done more then third  

Had a really really clean start that boosted me into first. Couple of corners later I went little wide but continued on third position. Followed Placais and Verplanken.

Spun the car two or three times total in T1, my line was garbage, too slow and dangerous. Caught the 360 (no trick points) every time.  
David Jundt was stalking me the whole race and finally took advantage of all my mistakes and grabbed third place. Good one.

Good, first event overall.

I think I bumped Mike Becnel while lapping, sorry bout that. 

Good race Vadim, it was very tough to stay remotely close to you  

TBH, the Matich lacks some power on the straights, it is more, if there's even something as that, a grip&handling car in comparison.

No chance to challenge for the win like at Oran Park, where handling was more important.


Luckily a knew the track, I already raced with the Bathurst Legends mod here.

WD Yves and Frank for their performances.

Tiago Malafaya wrote:

Today will officially be my final race on weekends at HSO, since yesterday I got noticed that I will be working on weekends till late (around 9PM)  

But does this mean you can now race on Wednesday nights ?

I didn't post here early enough, but I have serious problems with my pedals. I found that it was spiking all the time on both pedals and it developed a massive deadzone in the accelerator. With the help of my brother, I was able to crack it open and remove the dust from inside the casing and around the wiring before replacing the pedals into the correct place (this was about 30mins before the qualifying session). I thought that it would be done and completed, but I put the pedals back into the computer and immediately I notice that the brake pedal works perfectly, with no spiking or anything. However, when I check the accelerator there is still spiking and the deadzone is still there. While attempting to lap around in some smaller, slower tracks I barely have the ability to control the acceleration. So, if anyone is able to help solve my problem with the pedals that would be excellent, otherwise if anyone could suggest any pedals (that would be compatible with a Logitech Driving Force GT or works on it's own) I would appreciate that greatly. 

I had the same problem with my brake pedal a couple of years back and I solved it using a software called DXTweak IIRC

I had the same problem with my G25 accelerator pedal and I solved it by throwing it into the bin and buy a G27 (the spiking and deadzone was so huge, I couldn't get into 5th gear with a 6 geared car).

JP Campmajo wrote:

I had the same problem with my G25 accelerator pedal and I solved it by throwing it into the bin and buy a G27 (the spiking and deadzone was so huge, I couldn't get into 5th gear with a 6 geared car).

Unfortunately



and any money I do have I am saving up for a car  

I'll try your DXTweak method tomorrow Frank, thanks

Frank Verplanken wrote:

Tiago Malafaya wrote:

Today will officially be my final race on weekends at HSO, since yesterday I got noticed that I will be working on weekends till late (around 9PM)  

But does this mean you can now race on Wednesday nights ?

yes  

Alessio Campigotto wrote:

JP Campmajo wrote:

I had the same problem with my G25 accelerator pedal and I solved it by throwing it into the bin and buy a G27 (the spiking and deadzone was so huge, I couldn't get into 5th gear with a 6 geared car).

Unfortunately



and any money I do have I am saving up for a car  

I'll try your DXTweak method tomorrow Frank, thanks

I disassembled my pedals completely... the pedal assembly itself; cleaned the pot.... everything, it works fine now

Andre Cunha wrote:

Ive almost missed the race, it started 2 hours before I thought it would , duh.
Sorry to see you absent Tiago, things will change soon hopefully.

Those cars are certainly fun, specially this being my first clutch, left foot braking and heel and toe race.
Things were going well and fun till looking for Mike at the mirrors put a wheel on the grass and spin in front of him
Really sorry about that Mike.

The old saying "aim for the smoke" worked BADLY this time. Man I nailed you dead on. It just seemed to break the wing though and my pit crew changes those wearing blindfolds.

No worries on the spin. Was great racing with you.

Fun race overall, there always seemed to be somone nearby as fast...ummm...slow as me.

Looking forward to the next track. Watched some youtube footage. Wow what a hair pin.

Had a good race, Was running ok, Made the odd mistake while following David, so eventually i dropped about 10-12 seconds behind him, So decided to settle for 5th, My engine was fine (For a change!) And then i made a silly silly error and ran into the wall at turn too after sliding off at turn 1, Lost the wing and damaged the suspension, Pitted to repair but the car was still undriveable.

Enjoyed it though after finally getting used to the track.

Thanks all involved for setting up and hosting