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by **TankSlapper** » Mon May 15, 2006 7:21 pm

FMBL5 - Round 5

Sunday May 21st (F1 time-1 [13:00 CET])

Belgian Grand Prix - Spa-Francorchamps
Distance: 9 laps

Time to turn the wings down for the long straights at Spa-Francorchamps. Please post your preference for the race time; we will start with F1 time (14:00 CET).

Note: We plan on running the 1969 mod part 2 for this race and beyond. So make sure you install and run it before the race!

by **Edu** » Mon May 15, 2006 7:42 pm

I'll be co-driving in a rally on saturday until late at night, so the later on sunday, the better. 14h CET would be quite okay.

by **NooDle** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:40 am

Edu wrote:I'll be co-driving in a rally on saturday until late at night, so the later on sunday, the better. 14h CET would be quite okay.

a REAL rally or an online one?

by **Travis Daye** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:41 am

I might actually make it for this race.

Beware everyone!

by **Edu** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:06 am

NooDle wrote:
Edu wrote:I'll be co-driving in a rally on saturday until late at night, so the later on sunday, the better. 14h CET would be quite okay.

a REAL rally or an online one?

A real one, but it's an event for beginners, it's not like we'll be driving a Subaru or anything like that

by **Mawerick** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:16 am

I've been having serious understeer problem with the new physics, dunno what's causing them so far.

Anyway, F1 -1 again for me if possible, F1 +3 would be okay too.

by **Marcel** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:32 am

Arrr not sure if I'm going to make this - Belcar at Zolder.
Depends on the weather and saturday night I guess :wink:

by **Gazork0** » Tue May 16, 2006 12:55 pm

Hoping to make this one

by **NooDle** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:14 am

Edu wrote:
NooDle wrote:
Edu wrote:I'll be co-driving in a rally on saturday until late at night, so the later on sunday, the better. 14h CET would be quite okay.

a REAL rally or an online one?

A real one, but it's an event for beginners, it's not like we'll be driving a Subaru or anything like that

nah Subarus are for teh n00b
I hate you btw

by **TankSlapper** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:17 pm

Ok, so I guess we'll go with F1 time -1 for this one. (13:00 CET)

by **Mawerick** » Sat May 20, 2006 3:49 am

Only 3:19 lap times for me. Dunno what's wrong, if anything

by **Marcel** » Sat May 20, 2006 4:45 am

RRrrrr... Zolder or Spa? Zolder or Spa?
*thinking noises*

by **Gazork0** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:25 pm

ARSES!

I won't even be in the house when the race is taking place! :evil:

by **John Potter** » Sun May 21, 2006 4:32 am

Sorry guys no can do - computer has just knackered, and now I've got to go out. Have a good one!

by **Marcel** » Sun May 21, 2006 4:33 am

So, Spa it is!
Not that I'm fast though. To cure the huge understeer a bit I've been running some wing but I haven't found the right balance yet. 3:22 so far on my first and only "flyer"...

by **Mawerick** » Sun May 21, 2006 6:21 am

I had a mediocre race, got up to 2nd after start but then messed up in Blanchimont. And spun in Burnenville on 2nd lap. And hit Craig on penultimate lap. Other than that, I'm fairly satisfied with my driving

by **little_jpm** » Sun May 21, 2006 6:23 am

sorry guys for my well,n00bishly crap driving

by **TankSlapper** » Sun May 21, 2006 6:47 am

Well, didn't get much practice to set up the car before hand. Also with no basis for comparison, I didn't know if I was fast enough on not. Not quite. Maybe the Matra has inherent drag that can't be dialed out. I was pretty much maxed out, and handling well through the corners, while only using slightly more than neutral wing. Seems like Urban got it figured out! You were really fast man! Maw and Howard were also slightly quicker than me. I drove a steady race and was lucky to come home in second, after others had misfortune.

Race Stats

We had a few good battles, but we were hoping we'd have a few more racers. Especially those eager to try the 1969mod part 2 online. Anyway, if you are unable to race because of the time, please specify a time (or time range) in the race threads the week before an event. We will try and race at the time where the majority are available.

4 weeks until the next round, this time at the green hell!

by **Edu** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:58 am

Arh, I was feeling really exhausted and needed to sleep. If I woke up earlier and drove with my eyes half shut, I'd be a menace for everybody

We had a great rally yesterday, but a puncture cost us several minutes and we ended 26th out of 51 crews. Besides that we'd have a good enough pace to finish in the top 3. Ack. Next time, maybe.

Hopefully I'll be there for Ze Ring! F1-1 shouldn't be too bad for me, as long as I don't go out the previous saturday

by **Travis Daye** » Sun May 21, 2006 9:44 am

I am a poop.

I really really wanted to race today, but I hadn't noticed we would start at 13:00... Of course we've been racing at 'Maw time' before, but this time I thought no one had a problem with F1 time...

I was quite confident I could have a good race (I might have had Craig to race with

) but I stuffed it again. But I'll try to make it for the Ring, even though I'll crash out loads!

by **Mawerick** » Sun May 21, 2006 10:00 am

I'm really sorry about the time guys... Maybe F1+3 would work better then? :oops:

by **Dr Tooth** » Sun May 21, 2006 10:56 am

I had a fun race, a bad start got me down to 2nd and was soon pased down to third, and had to work from there. The Brabham Bt26 has a lot of drag so it was rather slow on the straits, so I had to back down a couple of times. Fun to race and I am looking forward to the next race!

Urban

by **Marcel** » Sun May 21, 2006 11:27 am

Same story as always for me - practically unpractised, not up to speed. I was running 1 degree of wing to cure the understeer. That handeled much better but it probably was the wrong choice.
It gave me that little edge at the start though, so I could get ahead of Nishi. But it didn't take him too long to get back past and after that it was a pretty lonely race. Made a few mistakes without damage, but then I crashed at Eau Rouge and didn't really see the point in continueing. First few laps were fun though!

by **Howard Gregory** » Sun May 21, 2006 12:50 pm

It was fun to lead for a couple of laps

but I knew it was only a matter of time until Urban overtook. He then eased away at a rate of about 3 seconds a lap.
I was set for second place until I hit Craig at Malmedy on lap 7, I was too impatient to get past knowing Nishi was only a few seconds behind - though it didn't make any difference in the end because the engine let go soon after.
Anyway, I reckon this part 2 mod is really good, and I hope we get a better turnout at the next race.

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