First BATRacer league complete.. FOFC IndyCar BatRacer League Started - Page 2

DanGarion · 06-28-2007, 09:15 AM

Ok guys, RWBL Motorsports has one last spot open. With three drivers we will really have the opportunity to shine!

bbor · 06-28-2007, 10:54 AM

We are all in trouble....those french-canadian drivers are crazy

FrogMan · 06-28-2007, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by bbor

We are all in trouble....those french-canadian drivers are crazy

oh yeah, and I plan on driving my car the same way Jacques Villeneuve used to drive his snowmobile. I mean uncle Jacques (*) here so beware...

FM

* not sure anybody know him from his nephew though

Alan T · 06-28-2007, 11:04 AM

I think there is 1 spot left to fill before the league kicks off. If anyone wants it better grab it fast.

FrogMan · 06-28-2007, 11:09 AM

can't people stuck in a one man team simply quit their team and rejoin another one?

There are three one driver teams and one two driver team at the moment...

FM

SirFozzie · 06-28-2007, 12:16 PM

Looks like the advance point will be around 1 AM Eastern each day

FrogMan · 06-28-2007, 12:18 PM

okay, help me out here. This means that qualifying and races will automatically run at about 1am, right?

Since I've done my practice runs, I only need to make a setup that will be automatically used for the qualifying when it runs at 1, right?

FM

Breeze · 06-28-2007, 12:20 PM

Damn - too late again to sign up...

Mizzou B-ball fan · 06-28-2007, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

okay, help me out here. This means that qualifying and races will automatically run at about 1am, right?

Since I've done my practice runs, I only need to make a setup that will be automatically used for the qualifying when it runs at 1, right?

FM

That's correct. Each day, you do testing and then save your setup for either a race or a qualifying session. Wash, rinse, repeat.

SirFozzie · 06-28-2007, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

okay, help me out here. This means that qualifying and races will automatically run at about 1am, right?

Since I've done my practice runs, I only need to make a setup that will be automatically used for the qualifying when it runs at 1, right?

FM

Correct.

bbor · 06-28-2007, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

okay, help me out here. This means that qualifying and races will automatically run at about 1am, right?

Since I've done my practice runs, I only need to make a setup that will be automatically used for the qualifying when it runs at 1, right?

FM

Then you go out and eat a smoked meat sandwhich and poutine.

Mr. Wednesday · 06-28-2007, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

That's correct. Each day, you do testing and then save your setup for either a race or a qualifying session. Wash, rinse, repeat.

The setup work is somewhat mechanical. The interesting strategizing is in setting your driving style and your race strategy for each race.

FrogMan · 06-28-2007, 12:26 PM

cool, thanks to both of you. That's the kind of schedule I can easily live with. Will be getting the Kool Tools tonight. Looks like this game is my new Hattrick...

FM

Mizzou B-ball fan · 06-28-2007, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Wednesday

The setup work is somewhat mechanical. The interesting strategizing is in setting your driving style and your race strategy for each race.

I usually just leave my driver on the 'go real fast' and 'run drivers off the road if they get in the way' settings.

FrogMan · 06-28-2007, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bbor

Then you go out and eat a smoked meat sandwhich and poutine.

aww man, you really know how to speak French Canadian bbor...

FM

Mr. Wednesday · 06-28-2007, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

can't people stuck in a one man team simply quit their team and rejoin another one?

There are three one driver teams and one two driver team at the moment...

No, they're stuck in one-driver teams. Hence my comment earlier. I hope they stick with it, but they're probably going to be at a significant disadvantage the entire season on setups. (It can still be interesting to simply try to steal results when you're in a non-competitive team... I've been in that situation in F1/86 before.)

DanGarion · 06-28-2007, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Wednesday

No, they're stuck in one-driver teams. Hence my comment earlier. I hope they stick with it, but they're probably going to be at a significant disadvantage the entire season on setups. (It can still be interesting to simply try to steal results when you're in a non-competitive team... I've been in that situation in F1/86 before.)

Steal results?

I'm glad I got a full house. It helps a lot.

Alan T · 06-28-2007, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by dangarion

Steal results?

I'm glad I got a full house. It helps a lot.

I think he means that its always fun to run as an underdog and try to sneak into the points and see if you can keep up with the big guns even with a sizable disadvantage.

I had one F1 2007 season with a stryker that I loved trying to beat out the ferraris or mclarens when I could. Made me feel like I was acomplishing that much more.

At least thats what I think he meant.. i dont think he means to cheat and take someone else's setup somehow.

Mr. Wednesday · 06-28-2007, 03:33 PM

Exactly. In F1/86, only the top six places earn points, so it's a huge accomplishment to even get points in the backmarkers. Basically, you're running with every slider pegged hoping that you can stay on the track.

Alan T · 06-28-2007, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Wednesday

Exactly. In F1/86, only the top six places earn points, so it's a huge accomplishment to even get points in the backmarkers. Basically, you're running with every slider pegged hoping that you can stay on the track.

I have a zakspeed 1986 game right now that has been a bit frustrating

Lathum · 06-29-2007, 01:29 AM

qualified in fitth for my first ever race, pretty happy with that

FrogMan · 06-29-2007, 07:19 AM

my first qualifying ever happened in a mid-season game I signed up for right after I signed up for the FOFC IndyCar series. It's an F1/2007 series and I'm with Toyota Racing. Qually ran last evening. I didn't even finish my first lap, bleh...

Now, that's an interesting change in weather for our first indy race though...

FM

SirFozzie · 06-29-2007, 08:11 AM

just for the warmups. I'm not gonna even do my warmup laps, because you'd have to change your settings for warmup and then move em back for the race.

Alan T · 06-29-2007, 08:27 AM

Yeah, what Foz says is good advice for newer players. If you had your car locked in fully for qualifying, leave it alone and don't mess with it in warmups as the Race day will be the same weather as Qualifying. The warmup weather is monsoon and that means your car setup will be a good bit different then what you experienced in qualifying and practice, and you would then just have to unset all of that before the race.

Learning how to convert from dry weather to wet weather is important to learn, and this could be a good time to play with it some if you're interested in it. However before you change around too much, make sure you keep track of where your car was for qualifying, so you can set it back that way for the race.

FrogMan · 06-29-2007, 09:04 AM

oh, good to know, thanks for the info guys. I had tweaked my qually setup to run the warmup laps, but a good thing that I had written down my qually setup in an excel spreadsheet before getting kool tools. I'll go back to that one

FM

DanGarion · 06-29-2007, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Alan T

Yeah, what Foz says is good advice for newer players. If you had your car locked in fully for qualifying, leave it alone and don't mess with it in warmups as the Race day will be the same weather as Qualifying. The warmup weather is monsoon and that means your car setup will be a good bit different then what you experienced in qualifying and practice, and you would then just have to unset all of that before the race.

Learning how to convert from dry weather to wet weather is important to learn, and this could be a good time to play with it some if you're interested in it. However before you change around too much, make sure you keep track of where your car was for qualifying, so you can set it back that way for the race.

How does the built in tool for converting weather work? I was sort of able to narrow down the right # to about -47 but that still didn't see perfect.

bbor · 06-29-2007, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

oh, good to know, thanks for the info guys. I had tweaked my qually setup to run the warmup laps, but a good thing that I had written down my qually setup in an excel spreadsheet before getting kool tools. I'll go back to that one

FM

Frogman and his spreadsheets

FrogMan · 06-29-2007, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by bbor

Frogman and his spreadsheets

yeah, you had to know I would have one for that too...

FM

Alan T · 06-29-2007, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by dangarion

How does the built in tool for converting weather work? I was sort of able to narrow down the right # to about -47 but that still didn't see perfect.

This link is helpful in figuring out weather changes:

hxxp://batracer.com/-ph?read&186

If you have the cool tools, its a bit easier as you don't have to do the math. Basically to go from full dry (0%) to full wet (100%) you need to move the wet/dry tool slider to +50 (or 1/2 of the difference). If you want to go from full wet (100%) to full dry (0%) you would move the slider to -50. To go from bone dry to monsoon (90%) you would move the slider to +45.

If you don't have the KoolTools , you don't have this wet/dry tool to help, and you have to just do the math in the URL i listed above. You'll end up with the same number however as the tool. Just with a bit more math work involved.

FrogMan · 06-29-2007, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

my first qualifying ever happened in a mid-season game I signed up for right after I signed up for the FOFC IndyCar series. It's an F1/2007 series and I'm with Toyota Racing. Qually ran last evening. I didn't even finish my first lap, bleh...

I just had my first race, well it was simmed about an hour ago, but I just watched it lap by lap and woah, what a load of fun that was!!! Even if I only started 22nd, dead last, I was still all psyched everytime I passed somebody. Finished the race in 15th place with a total of 8 passes on the race, 3rd in that category for that race. Not bad, felt I would have been able to hang in there if I'd started from a better position.

FM

FrogMan · 06-29-2007, 06:11 PM

dola, and I have now entered the A1GP season representing Canada, anybody from FOFC up to represent the States?

No teams, no excuses, identical cars, one driver per country. Are you up for it?

FM

FrogMan · 06-29-2007, 06:12 PM

double dola, forget it, I see the States have been taken already...

FM

fjvieane · 06-29-2007, 06:13 PM

man I wish I would have joined a team, going it alone is tough. Oh well, its just for one season. LOL

FrogMan · 06-29-2007, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

dola, and I have now entered the A1GP season representing Canada, anybody from FOFC up to represent the States?

No teams, no excuses, identical cars, one driver per country. Are you up for it?

FM

and now I've turned this thing into a dynasty:
http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...ad.php?t=59509

Should be fun

FM

FrogMan · 06-29-2007, 08:23 PM

and apparently, you don't have to be from the country you want to represent, so if any other FOFCer wanna join the party, feel free...

FM

Alan T · 06-29-2007, 08:30 PM

I'm in. I like A1GP. its challenging.

FrogMan · 06-29-2007, 08:44 PM

cool, I also see that SirFozzie has signed up.

FM

SirFozzie · 06-30-2007, 12:12 AM

Not bad!

Spoiler for those who haven't seen it:

Spoiler

Lathum · 06-30-2007, 11:38 AM

sweet, second place in my first race!!!

SirFozzie · 07-02-2007, 01:26 AM

Man what the fuck happened? We had a great setup :?

vex · 07-02-2007, 07:37 AM

That was pathetic

Alan T · 07-02-2007, 07:52 AM

From last place qualifying to the points.. Gotta love champcar

Lathum · 07-02-2007, 09:07 AM

woohoo, second again!!

FrogMan · 07-02-2007, 09:14 AM

The way you can view the race lap by lap is simply awesome, seriously, I was sitting on the edge of my seat the whole time...

FM

MrBug708 · 07-02-2007, 09:00 PM

So who is the third car in the Ford team?

SirFozzie · 07-03-2007, 11:34 AM

What a qualifying session for the Wombat Motorsports team 1-2-3 for the green flag.

bbor · 07-03-2007, 12:09 PM

Woohooo!

vex · 07-03-2007, 05:46 PM

Damn, we're really good....at qualifying

FrogMan · 07-03-2007, 07:22 PM

that's what I was gonna say, no worry, Vex will smack it into the wall before the end of the second turn

FM

vex · 07-03-2007, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

that's what I was gonna say, no worry, Vex will smack it into the wall before the end of the second turn

FM

QFT

06-28-2007, 10:54 AM	#52
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	We are all in trouble....those french-canadian drivers are crazy __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

06-28-2007, 11:09 AM	#55
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	can't people stuck in a one man team simply quit their team and rejoin another one? There are three one driver teams and one two driver team at the moment... FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

06-28-2007, 12:16 PM	#56
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Looks like the advance point will be around 1 AM Eastern each day __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

06-28-2007, 12:18 PM	#57
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	okay, help me out here. This means that qualifying and races will automatically run at about 1am, right? Since I've done my practice runs, I only need to make a setup that will be automatically used for the qualifying when it runs at 1, right? FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

06-28-2007, 12:26 PM	#63
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	cool, thanks to both of you. That's the kind of schedule I can easily live with. Will be getting the Kool Tools tonight. Looks like this game is my new Hattrick... FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

06-28-2007, 11:04 AM	#54
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	I think there is 1 spot left to fill before the league kicks off. If anyone wants it better grab it fast.

06-28-2007, 12:20 PM	#58
Breeze Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL	Damn - too late again to sign up...

06-28-2007, 03:33 PM	#69
Mr. Wednesday Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South Bend, IN	Exactly. In F1/86, only the top six places earn points, so it's a huge accomplishment to even get points in the backmarkers. Basically, you're running with every slider pegged hoping that you can stay on the track. __________________ Hattrick - Brays Bayou FC (70854) / USA III.4 Hockey Arena - Houston Aeros / USA II.1 Thanks to my FOFC Hattrick supporters - Blackout, Brillig, kingfc22, RPI-fan, Rich1033, antbacker, One_to7, ur_land, KevinNU7, and TonyR (PM me if you support me and I've missed you)

06-29-2007, 01:29 AM	#71
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	qualified in fitth for my first ever race, pretty happy with that

06-29-2007, 07:19 AM	#72
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	my first qualifying ever happened in a mid-season game I signed up for right after I signed up for the FOFC IndyCar series. It's an F1/2007 series and I'm with Toyota Racing. Qually ran last evening. I didn't even finish my first lap, bleh... Now, that's an interesting change in weather for our first indy race though... FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog... Last edited by FrogMan : 06-29-2007 at 05:59 PM.

06-29-2007, 08:11 AM	#73
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	just for the warmups. I'm not gonna even do my warmup laps, because you'd have to change your settings for warmup and then move em back for the race. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

06-29-2007, 08:27 AM	#74
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Yeah, what Foz says is good advice for newer players. If you had your car locked in fully for qualifying, leave it alone and don't mess with it in warmups as the Race day will be the same weather as Qualifying. The warmup weather is monsoon and that means your car setup will be a good bit different then what you experienced in qualifying and practice, and you would then just have to unset all of that before the race. Learning how to convert from dry weather to wet weather is important to learn, and this could be a good time to play with it some if you're interested in it. However before you change around too much, make sure you keep track of where your car was for qualifying, so you can set it back that way for the race.

06-29-2007, 09:04 AM	#75
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	oh, good to know, thanks for the info guys. I had tweaked my qually setup to run the warmup laps, but a good thing that I had written down my qually setup in an excel spreadsheet before getting kool tools. I'll go back to that one FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

06-29-2007, 06:11 PM	#81
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	dola, and I have now entered the A1GP season representing Canada, anybody from FOFC up to represent the States? No teams, no excuses, identical cars, one driver per country. Are you up for it? FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog... Last edited by FrogMan : 06-29-2007 at 06:11 PM.

06-29-2007, 06:12 PM	#82
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	double dola, forget it, I see the States have been taken already... FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

06-29-2007, 06:13 PM	#83
fjvieane Mascot Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: California	man I wish I would have joined a team, going it alone is tough. Oh well, its just for one season. LOL

06-29-2007, 08:23 PM	#85
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	and apparently, you don't have to be from the country you want to represent, so if any other FOFCer wanna join the party, feel free... FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

06-29-2007, 08:30 PM	#86
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	I'm in. I like A1GP. its challenging.

06-29-2007, 08:44 PM	#87
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	cool, I also see that SirFozzie has signed up. FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

06-30-2007, 12:12 AM	#88
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Not bad! Spoiler for those who haven't seen it: Spoiler Team Left Turn and Wombat Motorsports take five of the top six positions __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

06-30-2007, 11:38 AM	#89
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	sweet, second place in my first race!!!

07-02-2007, 01:26 AM	#90
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Man what the fuck happened? We had a great setup :? __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

07-02-2007, 07:37 AM	#91
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	That was pathetic

07-02-2007, 07:52 AM	#92
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	From last place qualifying to the points.. Gotta love champcar

07-02-2007, 09:07 AM	#93
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	woohoo, second again!!

07-02-2007, 09:14 AM	#94
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	The way you can view the race lap by lap is simply awesome, seriously, I was sitting on the edge of my seat the whole time... FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

07-02-2007, 09:00 PM	#95
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	So who is the third car in the Ford team?

07-03-2007, 11:34 AM	#96
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	What a qualifying session for the Wombat Motorsports team 1-2-3 for the green flag. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

07-03-2007, 12:09 PM	#97
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Woohooo! __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

07-03-2007, 05:46 PM	#98
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Damn, we're really good....at qualifying

07-03-2007, 07:22 PM	#99
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	that's what I was gonna say, no worry, Vex will smack it into the wall before the end of the second turn FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

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