rFactor - 2008 Pistonheads Series

[mj04uk]

Pvapour said:

Next week? loved the old BMW 2002s myself, never seemed to get to race them much though, were they not liked?

Can't remember these ones ? - Are you talking about the E320's ?
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=BMW%20...

[rebelstar]

mj04uk said:

stop picking on me

How does this look ?

http://www.mercia.biz/mj/2009%20Season/PH%20FBMW%2...

Where there are multiple layouts - can someone decide what they want to do - 1st post back confirms the layout to be used.

Edited by mj04uk on Tuesday 30th December 11:34

Looks good to me. I like everyone having the same car, and the test race we did at Donington was a lot of fun.

For the layouts, should we just go for the longest variant again?

[Pvapour]

mj04uk said:

Pvapour said:

Next week? loved the old BMW 2002s myself, never seemed to get to race them much though, were they not liked?

Can't remember these ones ? - Are you talking about the E320's ?
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=BMW%20...

yeh thats the ones, road version was the 2002 I think?








From your post I thought you were doing one of these?



Much prefer the Calendar you have done (looks about right to me)

[mj04uk]

Ah yes, you did see the deliberate mistake - 10 points to that man

Which track then PV ? for the BMW's - they are already on the server and can upload a track quickly from work.

Ahvenisto is on the server too and is quite a tricky one - lots of elevation changes

http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Ahveni...

Edited by mj04uk on Tuesday 30th December 14:07

[Marc W]

Layouts for the real FBMW were as follows (For the tracks in your list that they actually used.)

Rockingham - BTCC layout
Brands - Indy or in 2005 they had meetings on both layouts.
Donington - National
Oulton Park - Island Grand Prix (Not the offical name but the name its known by in Rfactor)
Silverstone - National (shortest layout)
Mondello Park - Full Circuit


We could also have Thruxton and Croft from the reall series as well. I can find the link that I got Thruxton from but Croft might take some tracking down as I've lost the link for that one. I'd send it to everyone but its a big file.

Edited by Marc W on Tuesday 30th December 17:15

[Marc W]

mj04uk said:

Ah yes, you did see the deliberate mistake - 10 points to that man

Which track then PV ? for the BMW's - they are already on the server and can upload a track quickly from work.

Ahvenisto is on the server too and is quite a tricky one - lots of elevation changes

http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Ahveni...

Edited by mj04uk on Tuesday 30th December 14:07

I never got on very well with these cars before so with a difficult track as well I may be well at the back. I will try and join in though. I'm still in shock from out qualifying Fwd last weekend! Pity I then messed up both races, particuarly as I felt like I had the pace to take third.

Edit: I just spotted this on the Ahvenisto page;

Rfactorcentral said:

• This track is a FPS hitter, so adjustment to car amount and graphics may be necessary.

Not sure if everyones pc will be up to it?

Edited by Marc W on Tuesday 30th December 17:26

[mj04uk]

Holst can you give it a try - I recall you having issues in the past with FPS hits.

I'll set the server up tomorrow for people to try it out anyway.

Edited by mj04uk on Tuesday 30th December 20:33

[mj04uk]

Calendar updated with downloads

http://www.mercia.biz/mj/2008%20Season/PH_end_of_s...

[FourWheelDrift]

Just downloaded it and driven a couple of laps to see what the FPS is like for me, with just me on track it's between 40-50 fps which is quite low, I usually see nothing below 60 and on most tracks 80-120fps. I think it's all the trees so maybe turning down circuit detail might help.

Ps. the track is almost all 1st & 2nd gear corners and short straights and one long curved straight where I barely get into 4th.

[mj04uk]

FourWheelDrift said:

Just downloaded it and driven a couple of laps to see what the FPS is like for me, with just me on track it's between 40-50 fps which is quite low, I usually see nothing below 60 and on most tracks 80-120fps. I think it's all the trees so maybe turning down circuit detail might help.

Ps. the track is almost all 1st & 2nd gear corners and short straights and one long curved straight where I barely get into 4th.

Maybe best to do a different track then - suggestions ?

[FourWheelDrift]

Ignore last suggestion, I have just re-found the best fantasy track made for rFactor, right up with Toban in quality.

GP-200 made by Mr track and mod genuis MadCowie. Long straight, all types of corners, swooping uphil and blind crests with a roller coaster back stretch

http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=GP%2D2...

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Wednesday 31st December 20:42

[Marc W]

I'm not keen on fantasy tracks personally, they always seem to be a nightmare to learn!

[FourWheelDrift]

Marc W said:

I'm not keen on fantasy tracks personally, they always seem to be a nightmare to learn!

This one is easy.

[Holst]

mj04uk said:

Holst can you give it a try - I recall you having issues in the past with FPS hits.

I'll set the server up tomorrow for people to try it out anyway.

Edited by mj04uk on Tuesday 30th December 20:33

Ahvisto is completely unplayable on my laptop, drops to under 10FPS in some sections.

But as im still on Holiday and im not racing its not a problem for me
Just dont use it for the league.

I wont be racing again untill January the 11th, and I wont arrive home until about 8pm and I will be pretty tired after a long journey.

[mj04uk]

FourWheelDrift said:

Ignore last suggestion, I have just re-found the best fantasy track made for rFactor, right up with Toban in quality.

GP-200 made by Mr track and mod genuis MadCowie. Long straight, all types of corners, swooping uphil and blind crests with a roller coaster back stretch

http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=GP%2D2...

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Wednesday 31st December 20:42

Really good flowing track - should make for an interesting race. I'll get the server changed tomorrow.

Edited by mj04uk on Thursday 1st January 15:50

[FourWheelDrift]

On board lap, right click save as (9mb) - http://www.mercia.biz/rfactor/GP200.wmv

[mj04uk]

Had a 7 lap AI race, managed a 1'25'6 on the last lap

[mj04uk]

Server is up.

don't forget to pick your car and post on this topic for the new season

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[FourWheelDrift]

Put in a little practice to check tyres, they last a long time, don't really heat up too much so need a few laps to get any heat into them.

Best lap of 1m23.1s - 9mb wmv (right click save as) - http://www.mercia.biz/rfactor/GP-200-E320i.wmv



Default setup, only changed the steering ratio to 20:1.

[mj04uk]

That's a bit quick......