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Post by Jan Kowalski on Feb 19, 2023 19:28:06 GMT
there was a big lag/syncronisation when lights were gone green, i already passed someone on the right, and then the car jumped in front of me. Same issue anyone? Maybe it was on my end (connection)?
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Post by John Thim on Feb 19, 2023 19:54:49 GMT
Does the correct track version have no tire barriers in the chicanes, like in the live stream? Cause my version had tire barriers and I had no missmatch issues.
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Post by Alberto Ibanez on Feb 19, 2023 20:09:52 GMT
The correct has the barriers, they are off in the broadcast due to visual detail from outside.
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Post by Ruben Fernandez on Feb 19, 2023 20:22:47 GMT
Hi, the same Runtime Error. How can I upload an image to show you what is the real problem? I uploaded the image in imgbb website, copy the url and paste it into the dialogue box of the reply section and nothing appears. Please, help, I am desperated with this issue. I did a new installation on windows 11 so everything is new. On windows10 I had the same issue. Thanks in advance PS: I could put the image in the link below, please help Runtime Error
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Post by Grant Riddall on Feb 19, 2023 21:16:59 GMT
Well done Jules, Juha and Dad Great results. This one hurts I can’t lie but my own doing. I missed my gears a few times and that killed the engine. Throughout the week I heavily invested in setting the car up to save fuel to the extreme. Other than that. I stuck the fuel in and stuck it on max boost and lift and coasted around each lap keeping within fuel. Hurts but it’s encouraging to know this car has potential indeed I have some work to do as there’s a few areas I wasn’t comfortable with setup wise! Thank you Gabriele too for the advice and insights! Well done on your finish! Thanks for the broadcast guys
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Post by Michael Drechsler on Feb 19, 2023 21:26:40 GMT
That darn thing could have held up for another two laps for goodness sake! There's a reason I didn't sign up for the championship...
Other than that, a race mostly on my own. A decent Q session which got me in 16th, some late setup changes in line with what I cobbled up for Q, and off the race went.
Start was awful, falling from 16th back to ... 23rd? 1st gear was probably a bit long, and I couldn't find the right spot of the clutch between choking off the engine and crashing the engine into the limiter, and the car rolling downhill distracted me as well.
First laps were a bit wild, got a position, lost a position, all back and forth, was eventually 18th or 19th, could close the gap to the two cars in front of me, gained a few positions by other people's mishaps, but also lost out due to my own problems of regularly losing track of my rhythm. In lap 15, I hit one of the tire stacks in the final chicane without causing significant damage, and by lap 20, I had already amassed three strikes of track cut warnings owing to my difficulties slowing down for Acqua Minerale. Took me quite a while unil I was able to confidentally attack the chicanes again. I eventually lost my position to my team mate when I had another smallish off, but could finally find a rhythm again to fetch up to him. 30 laps in, the tires showed sign of wear, and I decided to pit, after the stop, I was able to quickly get closer to Alan, lost out again with a half spin at Rivazza I, and a while in, quickly closing the gap to Alan, I realised the math wouldn't work, I was over my fuel allocation, and I had, so I went one click down with boost, but still was faster than him. Then the front runners were all over me, and going to Acqua Minerale, there was a yellow flag and I was past Alan. To bad, I'd prefered to fetch him on track. One lap down to the next car and another ahead of the other, I considerably slowed down and saved some fuel. I went up to 10th position due to other people dropping out, and I increased boost again for the last few laps to get back into a more involved rhythm, because I was going a bit to slow overall, with my focus waning and the tires being too much on the cold side. And I wanted a sub 1:45 race lap. I was on the best way of doing so, when suddenly the engine went quiet accelerating out of Variante Bassa. Oh dear...
I was probably running a bit to much wing, but overall, the car was pretty nice, though transitions were a bit rough and edgy, a bit to tight turning in and a bit to loose on exit. But okay for four days preparation. The most important aspect of the race was being a great moral booster, though. After that dreadful experience with the M1, which remained completely unaccessable to me, it was really good to have a car at my hands which I had control of, where I would aim at a point on the track and the car would end up, where setup changes would have the desired effects on the car. I was starting to doubt myself over my driving...
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Post by Bruno Chacon on Feb 19, 2023 21:58:34 GMT
A storm started, lightning and thunder and the electricity was gone.
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Post by David Sabre on Feb 19, 2023 22:31:22 GMT
In testing I couldn't get a good feeling for this track, all the braking and chicanes are not good for me. Had a really poor qualy and even got blocked on one lap by a car on a outlap. 14th a poor effort. I made a good start to the race and got up to 10th which was where I spent most of the first stint. After my pitstop I was still about 9th or 10th chasing after Anders when I think think that I downshifted into 1st gear which locked the rear wheels sending me into a tyre stack knocking off the front wing, at least it was at the final chicane therefore only a short drive to the pits for repairs. Then it was just drive as fast as possible to the end of the race. I'm not sure how the leaders were going that fast and making the fuel, I thought that they might have fuel issues towards the end of the race but they seemed to be ok. Congrats to Jules, Juha and Ray. Thanks for the broadcast.
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Post by Jules Bouchard on Feb 20, 2023 0:17:16 GMT
Really difficult race, especially compared to the first two rounds. The car was nowhere on the straights but somehow I was able to get a decent draft late in the race behind Juha which allowed me to pass. Had some close calls but made it out okay. I really enjoyed the close dicing with Ray, Grant, Juha, and at least for the first lap, John. Horrible luck with that disco! Thanks for the broadcast and congrats to all finishers/podium!
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Post by Bruno Pagiola on Feb 20, 2023 0:53:33 GMT
It was great come back to ISO grid and took at last time a Haas seat, instead with Hart engines, but anyway, was Good. Del Piccolo helped me a Race setup which worked on (I make some changes, but ok). And I took a safe pace, but I had a fuel consumption problem because I expected be lapped just 2 times and the fuel level indicates just for 55 laps, and I put the boost at lowest pressure and a lift the pedal, but at 54th lap the engine blew approaching the Tosa Corner.
I expect get one more seat at Monaco.
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Post by Richard Wilks on Feb 20, 2023 1:03:26 GMT
Hi, the same Runtime Error. How can I upload an image to show you what is the real problem? I uploaded the image in imgbb website, copy the url and paste it into the dialogue box of the reply section and nothing appears. Please, help, I am desperated with this issue. I did a new installation on windows 11 so everything is new. On windows10 I had the same issue. Thanks in advance PS: I could put the image in the link below, please help Runtime ErrorYou need to lower graphics details, thats a out of memory error, reduce the detail of the opponents, that helps.
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Post by Gilles Taux on Feb 20, 2023 6:23:27 GMT
The Osella is a lot of fun to drive, but a 75 km/h top speed handicap and staggering fuel consumption kept me in the role of a moving chicane and made the race a bit frustrating. Anyway, I made it to the end and that was my goal.
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Post by Jonatan Acerclinth on Feb 20, 2023 8:22:11 GMT
Well, that was not the home-race I was hoping for...
Working as a teacher along with refereeing floorball is making me no favors in giving me time to practice, but I'll be back stronger for Monaco, if I can qualify...
As we went to the grid, I went to turn the ignition on, but the timer ran over and just as I pressed it, it instead turned the engine off. With no way to restart it, I was forced into a Pit Lane start.
I then made a steady approach to the race, improving my pace as the race went on and made a few positions along the way.
Come near the time I crashed, I had nearly 10 litres over the projected "lowest amount needed" to make the finish, so started driving it a little harder.
Sadly I overdid it with 17 or so laps to go and I couldn't save it.
Happy to see Juha with a good finish and I hope we'll both have good finishes at Monaco.
Also congrats to all finishers, this track was taking no prisoners last night.
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Post by Ruben Fernandez on Feb 20, 2023 8:26:07 GMT
Hi, the same Runtime Error. How can I upload an image to show you what is the real problem? I uploaded the image in imgbb website, copy the url and paste it into the dialogue box of the reply section and nothing appears. Please, help, I am desperated with this issue. I did a new installation on windows 11 so everything is new. On windows10 I had the same issue. Thanks in advance PS: I could put the image in the link below, please help Runtime ErrorYou need to lower graphics details, thats a out of memory error, reduce the detail of the opponents, that helps. Thanks Richard for your answer. That is what I did when I was running windows 10 and again I had the same problem. I’m running a powerful machine. I will do your tips for the next Grand Prix. Any other possible advice? Thank you
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Post by Richard Coxon on Feb 20, 2023 8:30:11 GMT
The machine has nothing to do with it unfortunately. AMS is limited to only accessing 4gb of ram. So on Reiza tracks that is stretched to the maximum so reducing the mod details helps stay below this limit. Monaco shouldn't as much of an issue as the track isn't as detailed.
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Post by Jacob Fredriksson on Feb 20, 2023 12:02:29 GMT
Woop, that was an interesting night. Race went as good as I hoped but not without incident. Lots of hardware issues in this one!
First of all, qualifying was a lost session for a multitude of reasons. When I first joined, AMS didn't want to detect my shifter, so I had reboot, lost about 5 minutes there. Then, I wasn't prepared on just how bad cold qualifying tires where under braking, so binned it at Tosa - 16(!) minutes of repairs. Then I finally get a lap going, but that's when Pagiola had his space shuttle moment at Rivazza and t-boned me hard - another 5 minutes lost there! So I only had 4 minutes to get a lap in at the end. Gambled on using Matthew's gearing setup, which worked fine in qualifying but there was no time to get a rhythm going.
Reverted to my own gearing for the race, but then during the warm-up lap my wheel somehow got decentred! It tilted about 30 degrees to the left, no way I could race like that. I knew how to fix it quickly, but that meant I had tab out of the game, so I parked at Tosa, got it fixed in the Fanatec control panel, and caught up with the field again. Sorry about that confusion!
Then the race finally got going, had a good start, gained maybe 6 spots going into Tosa, but had a brain fade coming out of Piratella and spun it, thankfully without anyone collecting me. But after that I had a good race going, quickly caught up with the tail enders, noticed that my low-DF setup worked well both regarding low speed stability, top speed, and fuel mileage. It always give you confidence when you see that you are catching your peers on track. So coming into the pits at lap 25 I thought this race was under control.
But wait, there's more hardware drama! Game had frozen on me slightly at a couple of times before the pit stop, so when I stood still I tabbed out and shut down Chrome and couple of other programs in the background. Lo and behold, when you do that evidently your force feedback dies! Noticed that as I left the pits and had to frantically find the right button to reset it, finally did that when doing about 250 on the grass just after Tamburello. That was a very close call, no idea how I saved that.
After that I could finally settle down and focus on just trying to make the finish. Just finishing would be above expectations, and it was not to be. Trying to stay out of the leaders way at about lap 50, I overrevved slightly in 4th gear on the hill towards Piratella and blew the engine. In any case, I am happy that the race pace is much better with this car than in qualifying and that Tyrrell now has a car that is not made out of rubber bands.
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Post by Ruben Fernandez on Feb 20, 2023 13:36:10 GMT
The machine has nothing to do with it unfortunately. AMS is limited to only accessing 4gb of ram. So on Reiza tracks that is stretched to the maximum so reducing the mod details helps stay below this limit. Monaco shouldn't as much of an issue as the track isn't as detailed. Thanks Richard, so I will do that. I will hope it work
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Post by Anders Nilsson on Feb 20, 2023 14:07:17 GMT
Q. Went better than expected. PB with a couple of thousands happy with that . Race: Due to Jonatans misfortune i had a clear road ahead of me . Got an excellent start was up to 5-6 th, then further down the straight my lack of bhp was shown . Had some really nice laps with Mr Coxon always a pleasure to race ya mate . After the pitstop it was just to bring it home, 7th in the end not bad at all . Grats to Jules ,Juha and Ray and to Gilles who got the the Osella all the way wd Broadcast team ty for streaming
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Post by Alan Santo on Feb 20, 2023 15:01:33 GMT
It was better than Jerez, which I already enjoyed until engine failed. This time even, I managed to cover more race distance.
I did a good race start but had to lift heavily to avoid crashing a slow car in front of me. This dropped me to last. It was not long until I reached again cars ahead, overtook an Osella and a Tyrrell. Then went wide after taking too much kerb at exit of Piratella. Luckily, managed to avoid any contact but lost positions. So overtook Osella again and chased down the Tyrrell for a couple of laps until I managed to overtake it again. And that felt really, really good!
For race management, I reduced my missed gears, short-shifted much more than in Jerez, but boost 3 or 4 at the beginning most likely took me relevant engine life. Still, it was necessary because I went on Hard compounds, and was good for not stopping, but on low or no boost it was quite challenging to keep tyre temperatures.
That was a real joy racing yesterday, Imola never disappoints. Congratulations to Jules, Juha and Ray.
And as always, thank you to admins and broadcasting team!
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Post by Juha Bos on Feb 20, 2023 17:57:16 GMT
Well done to Jules on the win, Ray for taking the final spot on the podium and Gilles for qualifying that Osella way above where it should be, and finishing the race as well.
Qualifying went better than expected and I nailed the start. Not enough to take the lead, but a lap later there was a Ferrari in front, in Italy, with Alboreto's name on it. I couldn't get any better, except possibly if this were to occur on lap 60 instead of 2.
I held onto it for 7 laps. Sure I'd been in the lead at Jerez, but this time it was on pace, not strategy, so this felt much better. By lap 10, Jules and the Brabham team decided I'd had my 5 minutes of fame and turned up the boost, relegating me to third. I decided to stick to my fuel numbers.
Around lap 25 I recovered second, I think due to Grant's stop, but not realising he had pitted I lost focus on him. My own stop was good, but Gabriele's was better so I had another Brabham to do battle with and I even dropped to 4th at one point, with Ray's McLaren right behind me.
I kept trying, hoping the chicane cutting and boost-filled overtakes of the opposition would eventually play into my advantage. I got ahead of Gabriele, Grant eliminated himself, and there was only Jules left. I had to wait until the very last lap for the Lotus to be short on fuel, whereas I had enough to go for broke. I reduced the gap massively, but it was too late. Should have tried harder earlier, but second is still a good result.
Next is Monaco. I'm obviously hoping to go one better, but it definitely won't be easy. The barriers are close, the Ferrari isn't the quickest and it has to keep going for 2 hours.
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Post by Ruben Fernandez on Feb 20, 2023 19:13:40 GMT
Q: I did a bad qualy, almost 1 second above my PB, anyway, P15. Race: Normal start and try to make my pace, saving fuel and engine (Zakspeed’s engine doesn’t like racing too much ) Pace of 44’s 45’s was the objective, no fight for position and finish the race, my main aim. I planned to pit on lap 32-33, and low the pace to 40’s if the fuel was good enough to finish, even if the engine had permitted me, make 39’s. But again the Runtime Error. I put the 4gb patch as Sibanyoni told me, this time I did not low the details but the other times I raced with low details and again the same error. If the error persists, I will give up the races, because I will never could finish one and I prefer left my car free for other pilot to enjoy this amazing mod and championship. The level here is amazing. Congrats to Jules, Juha and Ray, and so sorry for Grant he was doing an amazing race with the Brabham. And obviously thanks to all participants specially Gilles, finish with the Osella is a great great victory! Thanks for the broadcast Jason and Alberto, you made pleasant and lowered my anger with my computer Anyway, I hope fix this issue in Monaco, the best opportunity for the Zakspeed
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Post by Richard Coxon on Feb 23, 2023 13:14:43 GMT
A tough race, great start from 7th to 4th. Then slipped back to 7th, then I had a great (but tough) battle with Anders, decided to pit early to create a gap on fresh rubber. Cleared Anders so thought I could relax a bit, but Luciano R had other ideas, had him trying his hardest to overtake and he kept me on my toes. He managed to pass me but made a mistake and cut the next chicane and did a very sporting gesture by giving me the place back. A great sportsmanship move, huge praise.
He managed to find a way past with 3 laps left, I though my chance at a point had gone, but the Grant retired so I was back in. Tried one last attempt to pass Luciano but I couldn't close enough due to fuel restraints.
Great racing all round, nice and clean.
Thanks to the broadcast team. Well done to the podium and all finishers. Was a tough on.
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Post by Gabriele Del Piccolo on Feb 24, 2023 10:29:24 GMT
Finally got points for the first time this season.. Bad Q laps but enough to place myself into 3rd row. At the start i menaged a good sprint ( thanks Grant! ) and after 2 laps i got 3rd place. I let Grant by, he was on a more aggressive strategy. Did my pace without forcing too much and quite saving fuel. Looking at Jules struggling with worn tires i decided to pit 2 laps after Grant (my target was an overcut strategy) and suddenly overtook Juha who did his pitstop thanks to BMW boost. Fun buttle with Juha but had no legs to stay in front of him , unexpectedly had troubles with gearbox and brakes, so had to let him by without any chance to compete again. Last 15 laps i only cruised car home , worried about BMW fragility. Sorry for Grant , you did a superb race mate, you deserved the win, the Hero of the Day indeed! Not the result i expected after all the test sessions, but 4th is not something to despise.
Great job on the booth, fantastic race to watch! Well done to podium finishers!
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