GPL 107%

Hi there, just thought I would announce that I have finally got under 107% on all circuits now :-) The last few days I have been trying to get my Nurb time into the 107% but just couldn't do it. I seemed to be stuck at 9:14. But I stuck with it, and went through all the chassis, picking the slowest PB and running that chassis until I improved it, then picking on the next worst etc. My last 4 runs were:- Brabham - 9:07.116 Lotus - 9:06.060 BRM - 9:00.080 Eagle - 8:56.778 My next target is the Cooper then the Honda and finally the Ferrari. Sorry to post this but I am just soo happy :-))))))) All the very best, Nik http://www.balldesi.demon.co.uk/

Congrats! You da man today! J. Janasov "Nicholas J Ball" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi there, just thought I would announce that I have finally got under 107% > on all circuits now :-) > > The last few days I have been trying to get my Nurb time into the 107% but > just couldn't do it. I seemed to be stuck at 9:14. But I stuck with it,and > went through all the chassis, picking the slowest PB and running that > chassis until I improved it, then picking on the next worst etc. My last4

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> runs were:- > > Brabham - 9:07.116 > Lotus - 9:06.060 > BRM - 9:00.080 > Eagle - 8:56.778 > > My next target is the Cooper then the Honda and finally the Ferrari. > > Sorry to post this but I am just soo happy :-))))))) > > All the very best, > > Nik > > http://www.balldesi.demon.co.uk/ > >

Excellent work Nik! GPL will eat your soul, but it's sooo fun, aint it? :-) -- "Racing! - Science for the action minded." mark "Nicholas J Ball" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi there, just thought I would announce that I have finally got under 107% > on all circuits now :-) > > The last few days I have been trying to get my Nurb time into the 107% but > just couldn't do it. I seemed to be stuck at 9:14. But I stuck with it, and > went through all the chassis, picking the slowest PB and running that > chassis until I improved it, then picking on the next worst etc. My last 4 > runs were:- > > Brabham - 9:07.116 > Lotus - 9:06.060 > BRM - 9:00.080 > Eagle - 8:56.778 > > My next target is the Cooper then the Honda and finally the Ferrari. > > Sorry to post this but I am just soo happy :-))))))) > > All the very best, > > Nik > > http://www.balldesi.demon.co.uk/ > >

Nice one, Nick! ;-) I'm in EXACTLY the same position you were, trying to make 107% on all tracks, with only the 'Ring to go. Stuck at 08:58.60 in the Ferrari at the mo...I'm sure I can do better in the Eagle soon though (he said hopefully!) Jonesy GPLRANK (F1): +65.95 "Nicholas J Ball" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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> Hi there, just thought I would announce that I have finally got under 107% > on all circuits now :-) > > The last few days I have been trying to get my Nurb time into the 107% but > just couldn't do it. I seemed to be stuck at 9:14. But I stuck with it, and > went through all the chassis, picking the slowest PB and running that > chassis until I improved it, then picking on the next worst etc. My last 4 > runs were:- > > Brabham - 9:07.116 > Lotus - 9:06.060 > BRM - 9:00.080 > Eagle - 8:56.778 > > My next target is the Cooper then the Honda and finally the Ferrari. > > Sorry to post this but I am just soo happy :-))))))) > > All the very best, > > Nik > > http://www.balldesi.demon.co.uk/

I have now got down to 8:42.179 in the Ferrari with the Lotus and Honda not far behind. I have to go back to the others and get them down from around 9:00 to under 8:45. BTW my Eagle time is 8:56.778 at the moment, but I hope to get it down this week. I have not been on any other track for 5 days now. I can almost imagine a lap! Jonesy, if you want me to send you my Eagle setup and replay file, jst let me know. Thanks for all the comments people. Nik Ball GPL Rank 44.62 :-) Monster Rank 555.07 :-))) http://www.balldesi.demon.co.uk/ "Jonesy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Nice one, Nick! ;-) > > I'm in EXACTLY the same position you were, trying to make 107% on all > tracks, with only the 'Ring to go. > > Stuck at 08:58.60 in the Ferrari at the mo...I'm sure I can do better > in the Eagle soon though (he said hopefully!) > > Jonesy > > GPLRANK (F1): +65.95

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Jonesy) writes:

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>Nice one, Nick! ;-) > >I'm in EXACTLY the same position you were, trying to make 107% on all >tracks, with only the 'Ring to go. > >Stuck at 08:58.60 in the Ferrari at the mo...I'm sure I can do better >in the Eagle soon though (he said hopefully!) >

Do you think it's better to start with the highest, or with the one most likely to beat whatever benchmark you've set? Meaning would you try to get your N-ring 109% time below your Rouen 108%, or would you try to get your Silverstone 101% down to 99%? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Obviously its whatever you want, but I usually try to work on the worst offender. 1> It offers the greatest possiblity of rank improvement. 2. Gotta do it sometime.... -- Biz "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and the....." - Ash EldredP <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] (Jonesy) writes: > > >Nice one, Nick! ;-) > > > >I'm in EXACTLY the same position you were, trying to make 107% on all > >tracks, with only the 'Ring to go. > > > >Stuck at 08:58.60 in the Ferrari at the mo...I'm sure I can do better > >in the Eagle soon though (he said hopefully!) > > > > Do you think it's better to start with the highest, or with the one most likely > to beat whatever benchmark you've set? Meaning would you try to get your > N-ring 109% time below your Rouen 108%, or would you try to get your > Silverstone 101% down to 99%? > > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPLRank - under construction... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <Lg6C7.84229$[email hidden]>, "Biz" <[email hidden]> writes: >Obviously its whatever you want, but I usually try to work on the worst >offender. > >1> It offers the greatest possiblity of rank improvement. >2. Gotta do it sometime.... > I was just wondering how much reaching a goal helps. Meaning, does going -ve on a track or under 107% give a better sense of accomplishment than simply lowering one track's %age lower than another.<g> Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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> In article <Lg6C7.84229$[email hidden]>, "Biz" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >Obviously its whatever you want, but I usually try to work on the worst > >offender. > > > >1> It offers the greatest possiblity of rank improvement. > >2. Gotta do it sometime.... > > > > I was just wondering how much reaching a goal helps. Meaning, does going -ve > on a track or under 107% give a better sense of accomplishment than simply > lowering one track's %age lower than another.<g>

My best results seemed to come from an organised sequence of tracks, from Kyalami to Zandvoort (or the other way, for variety ;-). I'd have a session at a track, play with setups (which for me is much of the fun) and see what I could do - and if I didn't improve, I'd shrug, have a break then move on to the next track. Variety (tracks, cars, sims, whatever) seems to be of huge benefit; the other thing is that this approach means you can't put off the tracks you hate (I still dislike Mosport, but I've got some reasonable times at it). Over-focusing on one track *doesn't* seem to help, for me. Jonny