1. Tasman GP - Adelaide Street Circuit 2. Australian GP - Bathurst 3. Brazilian GP - Brasilia 4. Mexican GP - Hermanos Rodriguez 5. US GP - Long Beach (77 - classic layout) 6. Monaco GP 7. French GP - Paul Ricard (F1 1990 layout) 8. British GP - Brands Hatch 9. German GP - Norisring 10. Belgian GP - Spa 11. Italian GP - Monza (F1 layout) 12. Mediterranean GP - Akrotiri Bay 13. Northern Sea GP - Zandvoort 14. Macau GP - Macau Guia Circuit 15. Chinese GP - Shanghai International Circuit 16. Japanese GP - Fuji (current layout)
*** Things to look up into the future:
- Expanding the series to 17 races /although I don´t really want to, as I think a season would be too long and you already organise some off-season meetings. - Probably eliminating French and Mediterranean GPs to expand into more varied circuits - not including as many fast tracks as we have now. We´ve already got rid of some street circuits and for 2014 we´ll have 5, which I think is a fine number. - The possible inclussion of other historic tracks/events? (remember Gp2´s track lenght is limited to 7.9 Kms.)
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Aerond wrote:The 20 bucks are already in, nothing can make that livery better
Prince Falik wrote:That livery was hand crafted by the great students at the University of Nigeria to reflect the great Nigeria and of course the wonderful Sponsors, including P-Minus, the unofficial energy drink of F1RWRS. Anyway I like the livery, I feel it is very good, yes yes.
Saeed Al Faisal wrote:I have decided to give up waiting for the Arrowtech team to sign their second driver and I have signed a deal with Mecha, but I have a clause that allows me to leave for a better team if we do not get out of Prequalifying. That is all.
<@Ataxia> these people are making a mess of their crepe suzettes
As I was suggested last year; this 2014 season there´ll be a number of Wet Races. As Gp2 doesn´t have Wet Races itself, this is done by simply reducing the amount of grip by an external app. i.e. --> There´s no change in the performance of the cars or Wet graphics, but just a grip reduction of the track.
I´ve been thinking in a formula to "recreate" the randomness of a Wet Race in terms of performance. What If, for a Wet Weekend (yes, it has to be the whole weekend), I randomize a Power reduction on every team between 0 and 120 Bhp? This will be randomized again for every Wet Weekend we have. I will announce if an upcoming race is Wet a few days before. If you have any ideas on how to make this in any other way or to improve it, just let me know, or simply let me know what you think of it.
Note: There´ll be from 2 to 4 wet weekends during the season.
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Aerond wrote:Correct me if I´m wrong; current Pay Drivers are:
The Stig (Phoenix) Fredo Mestolio (Trueba) Darren Older Jr (Tropico) Miko Fakkinen (Tropico) Ron Mignolet (Acuri) Saeed Al Faisal (Mecha)
Ben Fleet, as Foxdale's third/reserve driver alongside Pippa Mann, is still a pay-driver isn't he? In case Foxdale is desperate for improvements again...?
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
dinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
dr-baker wrote:Ben Fleet, as Foxdale's third/reserve driver alongside Pippa Mann, is still a pay-driver isn't he? In case Foxdale is desperate for improvements again...?
Of course, and he keeps stats
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dr-baker wrote:Ben Fleet, as Foxdale's third/reserve driver alongside Pippa Mann, is still a pay-driver isn't he? In case Foxdale is desperate for improvements again...?
Of course, and he keeps stats
He keeps his stats too? Cooooooooooooooolllllllllllll....... I think. Often outqualified Douglas, but often DNFed before him too...
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
dinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
Aerond wrote:I´ve been thinking in a formula to "recreate" the randomness of a Wet Race in terms of performance. What If, for a Wet Weekend (yes, it has to be the whole weekend), I randomize a Power reduction on every team between 0 and 120 Bhp? This will be randomized again for every Wet Weekend we have. I will announce if an upcoming race is Wet a few days before. If you have any ideas on how to make this in any other way or to improve it, just let me know, or simply let me know what you think of it.
Isn't that power reduction window too big, creating a large difference between the teams for a whole weekend?
Also, it is said that a wet track is the great equalizer between cars, so how about calculating a power average between the whole grid and then reduce 50% the power advantage of those teams that surpass this average? For instance, team A has 700bhp and team B only has 600. the average gives 650 which gives team A a power advantage of 50bhp over the average. So we take 50% from this advantage team A has, placing them at 675 while team B stays in 600. In a wet race a McLaren will always be faster than a Force India, only less so due to a reduction of aerodynamics influence in the race. Aero being the primary reason for McLaren's advantage in the first place.
Colin Kolles on F111, 2011 HRT challenger: The car doesn't look too bad; it looks like a modern F1 car.
Aerond wrote:- Probably eliminating French and Mediterranean GPs to expand into more varied circuits - not including as many fast tracks as we have now. We´ve already got rid of some street circuits and for 2014 we´ll have 5, which I think is a fine number.
I agree, nobody needs France. If I am allowed to I would like to divert your attention to Wunstorf - a German airport track; not because I actually want a second German track, but because it would be outrageous fun since the AI tends to go derpy on the pitlane entry sometimes. D'Ambrosio memorial spins everywhere.
Also, would you like me to find a wet .jam data to at least have a grey sky?
Aerond wrote:- Probably eliminating French and Mediterranean GPs to expand into more varied circuits - not including as many fast tracks as we have now. We´ve already got rid of some street circuits and for 2014 we´ll have 5, which I think is a fine number.
I agree, nobody needs France. If I am allowed to I would like to divert your attention to Wunstorf - a German airport track; not because I actually want a second German track, but because it would be outrageous fun since the AI tends to go derpy on the pitlane entry sometimes. D'Ambrosio memorial spins everywhere.
Also, would you like me to find a wet .jam data to at least have a grey sky?
Yeah, the jam thing is cool.
We could also switch the Brazilian GP to Rio and putting the track in Slot 1. We could get something similar to that Zakspeed 1-2 I got in Dagnall career.
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Aerond wrote:I´ve been thinking in a formula to "recreate" the randomness of a Wet Race in terms of performance. What If, for a Wet Weekend (yes, it has to be the whole weekend), I randomize a Power reduction on every team between 0 and 120 Bhp? This will be randomized again for every Wet Weekend we have. I will announce if an upcoming race is Wet a few days before. If you have any ideas on how to make this in any other way or to improve it, just let me know, or simply let me know what you think of it.
Isn't that power reduction window too big, creating a large difference between the teams for a whole weekend?
Also, it is said that a wet track is the great equalizer between cars, so how about calculating a power average between the whole grid and then reduce 50% the power advantage of those teams that surpass this average? For instance, team A has 700bhp and team B only has 600. the average gives 650 which gives team A a power advantage of 50bhp over the average. So we take 50% from this advantage team A has, placing them at 675 while team B stays in 600. In a wet race a McLaren will always be faster than a Force India, only less so due to a reduction of aerodynamics influence in the race. Aero being the primary reason for McLaren's advantage in the first place.
Yeah, but some drivers behave better than others in wet conditions, so this doesn´t completely solve our problem. Maybe doing what you say + giving a random variation over driver qualifying and race performance for drivers (plus or minus 500 points - 500 points being aproximately a 1.20% of a laptime)??
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Aerond wrote:I´ve been thinking in a formula to "recreate" the randomness of a Wet Race in terms of performance. What If, for a Wet Weekend (yes, it has to be the whole weekend), I randomize a Power reduction on every team between 0 and 120 Bhp? This will be randomized again for every Wet Weekend we have. I will announce if an upcoming race is Wet a few days before. If you have any ideas on how to make this in any other way or to improve it, just let me know, or simply let me know what you think of it.
Isn't that power reduction window too big, creating a large difference between the teams for a whole weekend?
Also, it is said that a wet track is the great equalizer between cars, so how about calculating a power average between the whole grid and then reduce 50% the power advantage of those teams that surpass this average? For instance, team A has 700bhp and team B only has 600. the average gives 650 which gives team A a power advantage of 50bhp over the average. So we take 50% from this advantage team A has, placing them at 675 while team B stays in 600. In a wet race a McLaren will always be faster than a Force India, only less so due to a reduction of aerodynamics influence in the race. Aero being the primary reason for McLaren's advantage in the first place.
Yeah, but some drivers behave better than others in wet conditions, so this doesn´t completely solve our problem. Maybe doing what you say + giving a random variation over driver qualifying and race performance for drivers (plus or minus 500 points - 500 points being aproximately a 1.20% of a laptime)??
I agree. We can go with that as it seems to be a good solution. We can also adjust the reduction percentage if 50% reveals itself to be either too much or too little...
Colin Kolles on F111, 2011 HRT challenger: The car doesn't look too bad; it looks like a modern F1 car.
The "sun" one is simply the original file. You might want to test every track, because some user-made GP2 tracks have seperate files for the sky, so this might not work for some. This is what these rain clouds look like in the game. Adding wet tarmac is possible but won't be too easy because user-made tracks have, even more so than custom skies, own tarmac files which would reduce the number of events that could be properly wet significantly.
As far as the wet performance goes, I'd simply say: take 5000 points of every driver's grip and then add again a random value of 0-500 points. The cars itself don't get slower in rain, they just have less grip and an adjusted setup.
DanielPT wrote: Isn't that power reduction window too big, creating a large difference between the teams for a whole weekend?
Also, it is said that a wet track is the great equalizer between cars, so how about calculating a power average between the whole grid and then reduce 50% the power advantage of those teams that surpass this average? For instance, team A has 700bhp and team B only has 600. the average gives 650 which gives team A a power advantage of 50bhp over the average. So we take 50% from this advantage team A has, placing them at 675 while team B stays in 600. In a wet race a McLaren will always be faster than a Force India, only less so due to a reduction of aerodynamics influence in the race. Aero being the primary reason for McLaren's advantage in the first place.
Yeah, but some drivers behave better than others in wet conditions, so this doesn´t completely solve our problem. Maybe doing what you say + giving a random variation over driver qualifying and race performance for drivers (plus or minus 500 points - 500 points being aproximately a 1.20% of a laptime)??
I agree. We can go with that as it seems to be a good solution. We can also adjust the reduction percentage if 50% reveals itself to be either too much or too little...
The bhp variation wont be too big but it should be quite realistic
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AndreaModa wrote:I'd support the wet races idea, and what Daniel and Aerond have raised, that seems like a good solution.
Wizzie wrote:Finally, when asked about his goals for the season, he simply said "The F1RWRS Championship."
Sammy Jones wrote:Good luck son, that's the kind of attitude I like to hear. The CJR-103 will win races this year!!
I also support the wet races idea, although I will admit Melrose can be either incredibly quick or a massive accident waiting to happen when it starts to rain (Hungary 2007 is a classic case of both )
And the last time I was in a determinator mood was after the 2008 season... and we all know what happened next.
Biscione wrote:"Some Turkemenistani gulag repurposed for residential use" is the best way yet I've heard to describe North / East Glasgow.
This time however you cannot adjust the dif- no, that joke is too old. - you have to beat the Best In The World™ at what he does, so it won't be like 2009.
The Daily Blueshell (again) wrote:THE FOX SLIGHTLY FURIOUS AT F1RWRS COMMITTEE - AGAIN The Fox, having already declared Daniel Martins a pay-driver, is slightly furious at the F1RWRS committee for not allowing Martins to become a pay-driver. He said in a brief interview "Although I am against Pay-drivers in every way, Daniel has done something that I could not do and decided to become a pay-driver, and I for one respect that. However, for the committee to flat-out reject that, I can't believe they would give no real reason for turning it down. Even if they turn it down again, if at all they give me a good reason, maybe I'll back down and stop being such an arse. The committee hasn't been making any great decisions lately, hopefully they shall be better as the season continues.
In other news...
Autosport wrote:MIRKO BOSEVIC TO BE SIGNED TO ARROWTECH - REPORT According to the local sources, the former F1 driver Mirko Bosevic is expected to sign with the team to a 1-year deal. The Croatian has driven five races for Arrows, and has driven successfully in other series. The Fox was interviewed briefly about this and responded that "I think that Bosevic is a very talented driver. I think he'll make the best of intentions to the team and it'll be a great fit for the season. All there is left to do is for him to sign the papers." Bosevic was not available to comment.
Question: If there is going to be pre-season tests, when are they going to be?
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It's obvious why you can't make Martins a pay driver, if you did then I'd just go out and make Sammy Jones one too, as I'm sure everyone else would, and gain the credits from it, completely negating the point of pay drivers.
AndreaModa wrote:It's obvious why you can't make Martins a pay driver, if you did then I'd just go out and make Sammy Jones one too, as I'm sure everyone else would, and gain the credits from it, completely negating the point of pay drivers.
Derp. Good point there.
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It's suitably rejectful (done in Paint) and, of course, sponsorless. The grey bit is an accident due to me, rejectfully, saving it as a 16-colour BMP and losing some of my colour. I hope the colours are ok for GP2 Aerond.
Nico Rosberg wrote:Break me down mentally? Good luck with that one.
the Masked Lapwing wrote:Aerond, how many credits do HRT have right now? Because I lost track after the chassis debacle, and I need to decide on how spend what remains.
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Warren Hughes wrote:I hope I'm not too late for this.
It's suitably rejectful (done in Paint) and, of course, sponsorless. The grey bit is an accident due to me, rejectfully, saving it as a 16-colour BMP and losing some of my colour. I hope the colours are ok for GP2 Aerond.
It won´t work, I need the shape intact and 256-colour BMP (or a PNG, and I convert it later)...
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The Daily Blueshell (again) wrote:THE FOX SLIGHTLY FURIOUS AT F1RWRS COMMITTEE - AGAIN The Fox, having already declared Daniel Martins a pay-driver, is slightly furious at the F1RWRS committee for not allowing Martins to become a pay-driver. He said in a brief interview "Although I am against Pay-drivers in every way, Daniel has done something that I could not do and decided to become a pay-driver, and I for one respect that. However, for the committee to flat-out reject that, I can't believe they would give no real reason for turning it down. Even if they turn it down again, if at all they give me a good reason, maybe I'll back down and stop being such an arse. The committee hasn't been making any great decisions lately, hopefully they shall be better as the season continues.
It says it in the 2013 rules and it hasn´t changed... Let´s see, Pay Drivers have their own random stats, which can even be better than those of a Race Driver, and these stats are locked and can´t be changed. A real driver doesn´t change his abilities year to year (a driver can improve over them -that´s what developments credits are for-, or can have a bad year -that´s what the high Inconsistency is there for-), and, to add to this, Martins has already invested credits in him. The only thing is that a Pay Driver can become a Race Driver by scoring 10 points or more within a season, but there´s no other way around because it would be simply idiotic.
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Simpson worried about this season's prospects Dave Simpson is quite worried about the fortunes of the Prospec team, which was recently acquired by the Pemberton Group. Simpson has recently reported to have said "The team are lacking sponsors, and we're simply going into the season with performance upgrades to an uncompetitive car. Hopefully the high attrition rate that we saw in the first few races of last season will return, otherwise we'll be mired in Pre-qualifying." A spokesperson for the team said "Prospec remain the most successful team in F1RWRS, with two constructors championships and a Drivers championship. Our driver line-up is the most experienced on the grid, with both Gary and Dave competing in the series from the first ever race. We're sure that the team will improve over the following season, hopefully back to the heights of the 2010 and 2011 seasons."
Autosprint wrote:Unequal treatment for Trueba’s drivers? Sources close to the Trueba Racing team confirmed that Trueba members have jointly decided to focus their efforts exclusively on the newcomer Fredo Mestolio. Giovanni Roda, one of the team owners, has also confirmed these rumours: “I myself I advanced this proposal to our chairman Scaglietti. We will wait for the first race to see, evaluate Fredo and decide whether to reserve the best parts we have to him, so that he can show as much talent as possible with our mediocre material, or not”.
Aerond wrote:It says it in the 2013 rules and it hasn´t changed... Let´s see, Pay Drivers have their own random stats, which can even be better than those of a Race Driver, and these stats are locked and can´t be changed. A real driver doesn´t change his abilities year to year (a driver can improve over them -that´s what developments credits are for-, or can have a bad year -that´s what the high Inconsistency is there for-), and, to add to this, Martins has already invested credits in him. The only thing is that a Pay Driver can become a Race Driver by scoring 10 points or more within a season, but there´s no other way around because it would be simply idiotic.
I would say that transforming race driver in a pay driver is much more than idiotic. It is downright rejectful!
Colin Kolles on F111, 2011 HRT challenger: The car doesn't look too bad; it looks like a modern F1 car.
The committee hasn't been making any great decisions lately, hopefully they shall be better as the season continues.
