10 Dec 09: Laguna Seca

Ready for the next endurance race?

one more challenging race is waiting for you: 150 km at Laguna Seca with the Ftarget.

Please note that this time we will race on Thurday 10 December.

Join chat at least at 20.30 CET to help us starting on time.

Breifing (Chat) : 20.45 CET
30 minutes Prequalification 21:00 CET
15 minutes Qualification 21:45 CET
150 Km Race 22:00 CET


Please update your allocation for the race to help us organizing the event properly.

I am back, was too busy with the studying for a couple of months. Really looking forward to race again with you guys.

nice to have you back on board! One more fast guy to add to the group!

Mitja welcomme back... 8)

Thx guys. Yesterday we did a couple of races at Laguna, it was still some kind of an introduction to F3 car for me - which I`ve never drove it before. Some work will be needed on the setup and then will do it. But the race will be long and that`s why very challenging for all of us. Laguna is that kind of a track, that simply doesn`t let you rest - not even for a moment (ups and downs, left and right all the time). So a bit more stable setup will be needed just for the race.Will we do any practice today as well?

I come back to works 22:00 ..and for sure I m on pratice tonight..see you on track..
and my week end is free for touch 1.26.xxx very hard to get....

I'll be on track for the next couple of hours! I hope to see u there

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Andrea Lojelo wrote:Ready for the next endurance race?

one more challenging race is waiting for you: 150 km at Laguna Seca with the Ftarget.
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su DI wrote:
Giovedi' 10 Dic 09: Laguna Seca FTarget

20:30 Appuntamento nostra chat
20:45 Inizio Breifing
21:00 Prequalifica su server differenti (30 minuti)
21:45 Qualifica su server differenti (15 minuti)
22:00 Race (49 laps ~200 km)

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Qual'e' la lunghezza della gara?

thanks...corrected! 150 km!!
this time we will be all right with only one pit

Andrea, please repair your last post on the rsc forum. You posted advertizer about the Donington race, which was held on 3rd of December, which has already passed. Just noticed that.

thanks! copy and paste error

Since this track has been released twice, please make sure you have the latest version (v1.2).

The track has been remodeled in this version, therefore it's important that we all have the right one, otherwise we will see some cars flying around the track!

When Giancarlo showed us the "Mario Poppins" video he created, we were laughing and laughing ...

I created a new flags.ini for Laguna Seca.
We have now 19 flags, in more visible places instead of 9.

Please make sure you have it for the race.

Code:


[HEADER]
FLAGS=19

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POSX=-338.211
POSY=-14.839
POSZ=0.112
MIN=0
MAX=0

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POSX=-214.447
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MIN=0
MAX=2

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POSX=-292.203
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POSZ=90.997
MIN=1
MAX=3


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POSZ=-0.188
MIN=4
MAX=6

[FLAG4]
POSX=235.477
POSY=-13.761
POSZ=385.607
MIN=3
MAX=5

[FLAG5]
POSX=265.152
POSY=39.289
POSZ=-220.398
MIN=5
MAX=7

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POSX=-92.048
POSY=-11.886
POSZ=-151.054
MIN=6
MAX=8

[FLAG7]
POSX=-337.150
POSY=-14.941
POSZ=-366.633
MIN=7
MAX=0

[FLAG8]
POSX=-346.150
POSY=-17.941
POSZ=-119.633
MIN=8
MAX=8

[FLAG9]
POSX=-328.150
POSY=-6.941
POSZ=175.633
MIN=1
MAX=2

[FLAG10]
POSX=-258.150
POSY=-20.941
POSZ=192.633
MIN=1
MAX=2

[FLAG11]
POSX=-88.150
POSY=-20.941
POSZ=33.633
MIN=3
MAX=3

[FLAG12]
POSX=135.150
POSY=-18.941
POSZ=335.633
MIN=3
MAX=3

[FLAG13]
POSX=405.150
POSY=-2.941
POSZ=290.633
MIN=3
MAX=4

[FLAG14]
POSX=328.150
POSY=25.941
POSZ=-68.633
MIN=5
MAX=5

[FLAG15]
POSX=130.150
POSY=4.941
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MIN=5
MAX=6

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POSX=-138.150
POSY=-17.941
POSZ=-216.633
MIN=7
MAX=7

[FLAG17]
POSX=-270.150
POSY=-13.941
POSZ=-333.633
MIN=8
MAX=8

[FLAG18]
POSX=-144.150
POSY=-20.941
POSZ=50.633
MIN=2
MAX=3


Andrea Lojelo wrote:Please make sure you have it for the race.

How do you do that?

simply copy the code you find in the previous post in the file flags.ini (open it with notepad)

I changed the pitboard position as well:
modify the followint parameters in you server\nkrefs.ini

[PITBOARD]
POS=-332.577362, -20.183096, -125.215302
ROT=90.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000

Chi ha il replay della gara di ieri a Laguna, il mio mi da errore ed esce dal gioco
vorrei controllare alcune fasi della gara

Yesterday my race last only few laps, actually few corners!
I had a brilliant start moving from 6th to 2nd in 2 corners. I had Mario in front of me, and I couldn't understand why, he was so slow.
I supposed he had his car wrecked because I saw Vito going wide at T1. I tried to study his behavior at T3-T4 and T5 being careful, still not sure if he had problems or not.
At T5 Mario was on the inside, and was really slow on exit. I suppose that was a signal to give me road. I decided to overtake in the fast corner T6.
We were side by side in the narrow T6 and we touched. Race over for both of us.

Unfortunately I was mistaken. His car was not damaged (before). He told me after the race he was simply driving carefully for the heavy load of his tank.

I'm really sorry for my mistake. This is the second accident for me in 2 races at the first lap. I apologize with everyone for that.
In both cases was not my intension to harm anyone, but at the end of the day I put two competitors (Stephane in Donington and Mario here in Laguna) out of the race too early.
I will be more careful next time!

mario gilles wrote:Chi ha il replay della gara di ieri a Laguna, il mio mi da errore ed esce dal gioco
vorrei controllare alcune fasi della gara

Io dovrei averlo. se riesco piu' tardi lo posto.
Cmq c'e' un bug nel sistema del replay che a volte si manifesta corrompendo il replay quando lo vai a salvare premendo "Save replay" uscito dalla sessione.
Puoi ovviare andando nella cartella dei replay e rinominando il file cr in qualchecosa.nkr : quando nkpro corrompe il replay salvato noterai una differenza di lunghezza tra il file salvato e il file cr, mentre invece quando tutto e' a posto le lunghezza dei due file coincidono.

(ovviamente se ti accorgi del replay corrotto dopo aver iniziato un' altra sessione ti perdi il replay originale)

About the race : I had a great pace but I did a terrible first lap : I lost some positions and trying to recover them I think to have pushed too much and I collided with someone at T5 : I broke my sospension and I had to go to the box to repair.
I got out from the pit with Mario in front of me : I was almost a lap down from the first (1m10s ) and I saw that I had to pass Mario immediately to hope to recover some positions : I did it and since then I did all the race at a very good pace and without any big mistake.
I chased (and cought) Jose but when I was quite near to him he spun and I could pass without loosing other time.
Then I got 3rd position thanks to Vito and Laurent crash.
It is a shame I did a bad first lap because I could have a great race : my pace was really good (in 41 laps I recovered 14 seconds from the leader : I got out the pit with 1'10'' gap and finished at 56'' and I did second fastest lap during the race).

I didn't yet look at the replay so I don't know if (and whom) I have to say sorry to for my crash (I hope to have not ruined anyone's race but I'm not sure on that...)


Edit (add):

Here's the replay: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YA25LQB1
After looking at the replay I must say sorry to Graziano : I'm really disappointed to have ruined his race (and mine too) with a too much aggressive move at first lap (he leaved a bit too much space and I couldn't avoid to try to use it...)

Maybe the hardest race in my racing life! No time to rest.

I did a good qualy lap (pb) and started in 2nd, but did a bad start. Then I managed to avoid a crash in T5 and took the lead!

Then several laps with Vitaliano pushing very hard behind me, until I did a small mistake and he passed me. A few laps later he spun out.

Then the pitstop. To be honest I reached 82-83 km/h at the entry for a second or so.

Then I take the lead again and the remaining laps were with Stephane pushing very hard at 2-3 seconds behind.

Last laps I was driving very bad because of I was tired but finally I reached the finish laps in first position.

My fastet laps was only the 4th but I was able to keep a regular race pace and did not make any serious mistake.

Very good race!

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