PGR F1 World Championship 2016 [HL/Race] [Login]

[Lorenzo]

I've got the feeling that maclape didn't beat my time by a larger margin just to be able to beat it once again soon

[RobertRacer]

In fact Maclape got beaten in the 2015 Pre-Season test by Fiolek by a similar close margin. But Fiolek never came that close again

[RudyOosterndijk]

Week 2 of testing starts now!

I have received your feedback, which was mostly positive. Only a few people didn't particularly like the understeery car in qualifying and the relatively high tyre wear during the race. But overall your feedback was very positive.

So right now we are working on small adjustments to the dry cars and the settings (both fuel mass and tyre wear). Depending on how marginal they turn out to be, I will decide if I put them up for another test or release them with the final pack before Australia.
Concerning the wet weather physics we will come up with 2 different proposals, maybe later today maybe tomorrow. Unfortunately there are so many birthdays these days that I haven't been able to update the car pack.

[Rennfahrer]

Your first dry times so far?

[RudyOosterndijk]

Your first dry times so far?

No times so far. But here are the QF results of week 1:


There weren't too many races, however. So all I can say is: Yankess leads the way with 11mins 1sec, 5 seconds quicker Mszostus and a good minute in front of EA piova.

[RobertRacer]

Kuba, Happy412. How many sandbags do you had in your cars when you made your fastest lap?

[Mszostus]

I have only one xD and my best result only 24,83

[RobertRacer]

was 0.02s slower then you. Not disappointed. I don't like Hungary, too narrow turn combinations.

[Gzehoo]

And my best result was 25.46.

But my main motto is "One people are one-lap masters, others are 20-lap masters."

[EA piova]

I won't take part to the second week due to vacations. Good testing

[Gzehoo]

I'm forced to miss Australian GP :/

Good luck guys

[RudyOosterndijk]

Let's squeeze in another week of testing!

Unfortunately, I didn't have too much time for the physics last week. So it is no surprise that only Rennfahrer (20.42) and Boblopette (20.84) wanted to give it a go on the dry Hockenheimring.

Here are now the wet physics in two very slightly different versions - one for the red car and one for the yellow. I have another one in the pipeline but let's just see how you like them.

[Marcinho]

Where can I find login system? Nevermind.

[RudyOosterndijk]

General Information on the start of the season

For those who have not yet checked their mailbox, this is a short summary of what you might want to know before the first round of the Championship.

• What about the game pack?
  The game pack is ready for you to download. The current version contains the car set for dry weather, 12 of 15 Grands Prix circuits, a new sound pack, all relevant palettes and usefuls tools like SavegameReader and Majortom's Competition Zipper.
  Wet and mixed weather cars will be introduced soon and made available for download. There will also be track updates as Kyalami is still under construction by XYY and Indianapolis and Okayama are in need for optimization.
  Find the game pack here on our website.
  
  What about the login?
  Your nickname and password has already been sent to you via mail. Please keep in mind that we have prepared a test page for you to practice the whole login procedure.
  Here is the login page on our website.
  
  Where can I find rules and settings?
  The Sporting Regulations have been published. The settings for all sessions and weather conditions can be found there. We have also worked on our Grand Prix Preview graphics and added substantial information like settings and circuit information.
  Find the Regulations on our website.
  
  And my driver avatar?
  The driver avatars have been completely remade - no photos or numbers, just cartoon-like profile pictures. If your avatar is missing, just come back during the next couple of days.
  Take a look at this Google album and click on the info button.
  
  What is different to testing?
  The distance in Qualifying has been reduced to 5 laps per attempt. The car physics have been very slightly modified and the fuel mass in Qualifying has increased to 40 kg.
  Qualifying begins on Monday and ends on Wednesday at 22:00 (UTC). Races start on Friday and end on Sunday at 22:00 (UTC). In order to take part in the ongoing session you now have to log in first. Practice tracks including individual grid slots are released on Thursday.

[kuba]

Awful time from me, I wonder id it will be more than 1 second behind leaders... I hate the corner 6 most of all GeneRally circuits...

[Lorenzo]

>the course is considered to be quite fast and relatively easy to drive

I like that line.

[majortom]

Results PGR F1 2016 Round 01
Australian GP - Melbourne - Qualifying



Full Size

First Pole in the new season with very clear gap to Lorenzo - Congrats

Replay of fastest 6 drivers: link

Every Driver with Quali starts from position corresponding to his Quali position.
All Driver without Quali must start from Pitlane.

Special tracks with different startboxes will be created for all Drivers and shall be ready on Thursday.

Login for Race is ready on Friday 0:00 - Good Luck

[RudyOosterndijk]

The individual test tracks are ready for you to race!
You can find them here. Login will be open from 22:00 UTC today.

What's going on Twitter?!

[Gzehoo]

I'll back from vacations in France at Saturday so I won't miss PGR F1 Australian GP

[Mszostus]

Bad race 8s slower for my best training time.

[Buka]

Melbourne isn't the right place to resume career after summer break. I managed to make nice and slow race here with one major mistake, no hopes for points. But good to be back.

[maclape]

Pretty average effort for me too. 5 secs slower than my PB after murdering my tires (and race time) dealing with 2 AIs in the last few laps. First stint felt slow as hell.

[RudyOosterndijk]

I'll back from vacations in France at Saturday so I won't miss PGR F1 Australian GP

Melbourne isn't the right place to resume career after summer break. I managed to make nice and slow race here with one major mistake, no hopes for points. But good to be back.

Good to see you both back!

[Lorenzo]

Race done. Pretty good drive, with relatively few unforced errors, but AIs caused some troubles for me twice - one lucky save after grazing the wall - and naturally didn't allow me to build the pace during the second stint. Around 5 secs slower than my projected race time, but I'm really happy with this since I've never felt particularly good or confident around this track.

[Gzehoo]

OK, don't count me. I didn't expect many traffic jams on the road during vacations comeback and I'm not able to do my race today...