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F1 2011 |OT| Not bad for a number 2 game
- Thread starter Lucius86
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Can't get better than a 1:30.2 in race conditions. I don't think I'll do well at all this weekend. Will be praying for rain though
Man those first few corners would be a killer in the rain. Looking forward to the race!
The Mana Legend
Banned
Haven't practiced in about a week, but I was running around 1:27 in race, but I was having a lot of trouble keeping my car from spinning at the first few s's.
No worries, I haven't practiced at all for this. Haven't launched the game since last race in fact. At least this is a track I quite enjoy.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Lucius86 hopes he squashed rumours of his 2010 championship being a fluke in Monaco last weekend when dominated the race despite the wet conditions. Red Bull employed a stand-in driver, Dilly, in an attempt to boost their overall constructors points also, however after a lost front wing and the pit crew putting on the wrong tyres he spectacularly quit the team. As a result, Red Bull only got the 25 points from the race and have fired their entire pit crew. Will Lucius86 be able to continue his comeback this afternoon?
Salacious Crumbs was also vocal in the last week about the way in which the rest of the grid dealt with the fact he was an Australian. He branded several drivers "racists, mate" after many complaints on team radio that he was lagging and blocking them. Furthermore, he implored the FIA to look in to their safety car regulations after a bizarre incident which lead to his disqualification. One steward, who wished to remain anonymous, was quoted as saying "cry me a river. I'll buy him a cork hat to make up for it."
Although Red Bull are disappointed they are unable to replicate their success from last year, fans are more excited as ever at the driver and constructor championship are turning in to a close battle between Ferarri and McLaren. However, there was controversy as Ferarri exposed a damning message sent by defending world champion Lucius86. The Italian team claim it was sent to Foliorum Viridum who is one point behind Orgun, however Red Bull and McLaren have both branded it a "blatant photoshop".
Furthermore, due to the success of the league thus far, the FIA have decided to bleed money from more fans by extending the league. The schedule looks as follows:
Jan 28th - Monza
Feb 4th - Budapest
Feb 11th - India
Feb 18th - Catalunya
Feb 25th - Brazil
- Saturday January 21st, 4:30GMT
- Qualifying will take place immediately before the race.
- All drivers are asked to get to the paddock 10 minutes early.
- A Steam chatroom will be open before, during and after for all drivers and groupies.
- Top three drivers are asked to attend the press conference after the race for brief questions.
- Please ensure you have fellow participants on Games for Windows Live, the official sponsor of the NeoGAF league.
Also, I am hungover as fuck today. This might not end well.
Frawdder, nice to see you want to race
I have you on Steam and I think maybe GFWL.Exams are finally over so I can get some F1 practise in hopefully before the race!
Hopefully I won't be too aggressive, fucked off with Dell today. Laptop fan died, their website states their phone service is open on a Saturday but when I call they tell me they're closed.
They'll be getting hell on Monday from me.
Hopefully I won't be too aggressive, fucked off with Dell today. Laptop fan died, their website states their phone service is open on a Saturday but when I call they tell me they're closed.
They'll be getting hell on Monday from me.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Well, feels good to win and get to top of the board, but in kinda sucky conditions. Phleg and Kyaw shoulda had the top spots there for sure.
This game can really kick you sometimes.
This game can really kick you sometimes.
The Mana Legend
Banned
I was satisfied with how well as I was doing at first, and was running top 5 for a few laps, but connection issues (probably mine, since my internet is really bad) really messed me up.
There were so many times when drivers were flying around, debris flying everywhere, and I passed Foliorum several times the first few laps, only to find him in front of me again! Confusing as shit. Punctured tire a bunch of laps in put me in last and I had no sign of life after that.
Oh well, it was fun.
There were so many times when drivers were flying around, debris flying everywhere, and I passed Foliorum several times the first few laps, only to find him in front of me again! Confusing as shit. Punctured tire a bunch of laps in put me in last and I had no sign of life after that.
Oh well, it was fun.
I think a UK host next time would be better. It was stable (no disconnects other than phleg) but really messy.
Happy with my performance. Slow but very constant. Made it through without any crash. But man I need to find out where I loose all that time. I think I need to work at my shifting.
Happy with my performance. Slow but very constant. Made it through without any crash. But man I need to find out where I loose all that time. I think I need to work at my shifting.
Fun race but such a shame with what happened to Phleg and Kyaw.
I was a bit concerned I was going to be a backmarker but my pace was good when I was hitting the corners right. Had a great few lap battle of sorts with FV but I just kept making silly errors. That's probably due to not being used to the game after a long time off and not enough practice.
Good racing with you guys though and apologies if I got in anyone's way, those proximity arrows show up way too late. Just a shame about the connection issues (although none on my end) and the time difference otherwise this league would be lots of fun to be a part of every week.
I was a bit concerned I was going to be a backmarker but my pace was good when I was hitting the corners right. Had a great few lap battle of sorts with FV but I just kept making silly errors. That's probably due to not being used to the game after a long time off and not enough practice.
Good racing with you guys though and apologies if I got in anyone's way, those proximity arrows show up way too late. Just a shame about the connection issues (although none on my end) and the time difference otherwise this league would be lots of fun to be a part of every week.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
When you were 1.7 seconds behind me for like 8 laps in a row I was so close to making a mistake, Frawdder! Great fun. You really put the pressure on.
Despite winning, I didn't make a single overtake that wasn't a backmarker, so our battle was definitely my highlight
Despite winning, I didn't make a single overtake that wasn't a backmarker, so our battle was definitely my highlight
Picked up this game because I wanted a semi-realistic game I could play on PC with a 360 controller. Was having a blast with it doing 50% races in career mode until it started raining, I went into the pits to get wets and the pit crew put worn out options on my car. Game breaking bug for me, and they're not even going to bother patching it. Oh well.
I agree with everyone else that it was a shame for those with problems.
Was annoyed at myself for missing qualifying, but enjoyed the race a lot, and not just because of the result. It's an interesting tactical challenge having to start at the back, and I feel my race couldn't really have gone much better.
Was annoyed at myself for missing qualifying, but enjoyed the race a lot, and not just because of the result. It's an interesting tactical challenge having to start at the back, and I feel my race couldn't really have gone much better.
Yep, there was a while I thought we could carry Williams, but we have some rotten luck...
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
My race highlights.
Despite winning the race, I had very little action. I span in quali, saw Stop It and Acrid have quite big wobbles and... that was about it. A fun race because I had to be very consistent, but not my most exciting video ever!
Despite winning the race, I had very little action. I span in quali, saw Stop It and Acrid have quite big wobbles and... that was about it. A fun race because I had to be very consistent, but not my most exciting video ever!
The Mana Legend
Banned
Ran a few laps around Monza, got 1:20:131. No idea if that's a good time or not at this track since this is only my second time doing this track, but I lost a shit ton of time on a few of the corners, which are absolute killer.
Salacious Crumb
Junior Member
Sorry guys, I had one of those social life things last night.
I guess someone clicked on the Steam icon when my laptop was being used for music lol.
I guess someone clicked on the Steam icon when my laptop was being used for music lol.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Sorry guys, I had one of those social life things last night.
I guess someone clicked on the Steam icon when my laptop was being used for music lol.
It's a shame you can't see the content of that chat window with me. I thought my song might wake you up (when I assumed you were asleep).
Without you or Lucius in Mumble the race just wasn't the same. At least Stop It was back with his "WOOOAHHH"s
And racing like a complete idiot.
I guess I should practice next time, possibly. Could someone take my place at rugby training so I can do so? No takers? Drat.
Anyway, it's good to be able to actually get into a race AND be able to finish. I think my connection now may work ok. It's only taken 3 months nearly and £40 on a homeplug setup, but hey!
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Thanks to Kyaw for the quick work as always!
It's really weird that last year I didn't get a single podium and that was my goal this year and now I'm top of the leaderboard :S
I don't feel safe at all though. I think there are still multiple people who could win it with 5 races left!
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Kyaw isn't a machine I'll bring it to his attention now. Sorry!
Edit: He put you on twice. One with 8 and one with 4. We'll fix that now
If anyone ever spots an error like that please mention it!
I'll bring it to his attention now. Sorry!Edit: He put you on twice. One with 8 and one with 4. We'll fix that now
If anyone ever spots an error like that please mention it!
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Updated!
Kyaw isn't a machine
Edit: He put you on twice. One with 8 and one with 4. We'll fix that now
If anyone ever spots an error like that please mention it!
The only error that I see if that you are above me in the table!
Kyaw isn't a machine
Thanks. Sorry if it came across too strong.
Confident for Monza. Got a 1:20 yesterday. And I'm starting to see I'm attacking corners all wrong (turning in too late) and loose a lot of time accelerating out of them. I'll have a lot of time to practice this week so I hope I get better.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I did a 1:19.5 in race conditions yesterday on fresh options.
The Mana Legend
Banned
This is a really stupid question, but are we allowed our own setups for the races?
I'm just wondering because the last two races I would load my setup and use the exact same tires and race conditions, but I wasn't nearly as fast in either qualifying/race as I was in my practicing in qualifying/race before. I was just wondering if there was a restriction put against that that I didn't know about, or if I was just sucking really badly in league race/qualifying.
On default setup, I am running 1:19.899 or something like that.
I'm just wondering because the last two races I would load my setup and use the exact same tires and race conditions, but I wasn't nearly as fast in either qualifying/race as I was in my practicing in qualifying/race before. I was just wondering if there was a restriction put against that that I didn't know about, or if I was just sucking really badly in league race/qualifying.
On default setup, I am running 1:19.899 or something like that.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
You are absolutely allowed your own setups!
Generally, in qualifying, you'll be better because the track is warm and so are your tyres. You need to let the rubber get laid down, your tyres warm up, etc etc in race conditions.
That's why I never practice in TT - I always do an online race or do a race with AI so I know what the conditions of the track will be like etc.
Generally, in qualifying, you'll be better because the track is warm and so are your tyres. You need to let the rubber get laid down, your tyres warm up, etc etc in race conditions.
That's why I never practice in TT - I always do an online race or do a race with AI so I know what the conditions of the track will be like etc.
The Mana Legend
Banned
Okay, I guess that's it. I have been a racing fan for years, so I understand track temperatures and rubber, but I am not at all familiar with F1 and the multiple types of tires, and this is my first F1 game (not to mention these two league races are the only two online races I've done), so I'm still getting used to all of it. It sucks growing up in a country that only watches NASCAR and nothing else!
The Mana Legend
Banned
Nope, you were fine from what I could tell. I went into it a bit too fast in, had to slam on the breaks, and hit the dirt and lost it.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Monza MADNESS
I know some people find Monza a boring track, but this is why I love it. Last year we had so many great races there and just look at our first practice session! So much side-by-side racing.
I think the way Monza is designed it encourages close racing like no other track. It's so easy to be right behind a guy, or even next to them. There will be lots of close calls and probably lots of contact in our race, but I love that. We all kept back giving back positions tonight when we pushed too hard which was nice to see! Due to the high speed nature of the track if someone has a different braking zone to you it means you can either zip past them, or go right into the back of them, haha.
I'm looking forward to this Saturday more than any other race on the calendar.
Some great racing there lads.
I know some people find Monza a boring track, but this is why I love it. Last year we had so many great races there and just look at our first practice session! So much side-by-side racing.
I think the way Monza is designed it encourages close racing like no other track. It's so easy to be right behind a guy, or even next to them. There will be lots of close calls and probably lots of contact in our race, but I love that. We all kept back giving back positions tonight when we pushed too hard which was nice to see! Due to the high speed nature of the track if someone has a different braking zone to you it means you can either zip past them, or go right into the back of them, haha.
I'm looking forward to this Saturday more than any other race on the calendar.
Some great racing there lads.
Foliorum I take it you're using a wheel for that?
So much more control compared to using a controller, comparing it to how I just drove it tonight myself in a GP offline there is just so much more finesse, little wheelspin and far more control over breaking.
Might invest in a wheel sometime.
So much more control compared to using a controller, comparing it to how I just drove it tonight myself in a GP offline there is just so much more finesse, little wheelspin and far more control over breaking.
Might invest in a wheel sometime.