TurboSliders.com F1 League 2012 Edition

[Mike Nike]

Ok, i just checked once again on replay. Theres no live stats in what the position concerns! You have it for damage and fuel but not for position! Or am i completely blind??

Hmm, you should notice that TAB button shows 3 types of stats. If you press it once, yeah, it will show fuel, damage and stuff, but if you press it once again it will show the live stats of positions in the bottom of the screen. Amateur.

i think he knows about the tabbing and that he means livestats in terms of ngsp...where you overtake a car and the place/position is immediately updated.

[Tijny]

Well, a race to forget for me, but I can take solace in the fact that I had the speed to compete for the victory. Disconnected in one of the first laps, had to come back and overtake most of the field again, but despite all that the gap to the leaders remained more or less the same throughout the race even though I didn't really have much to drive for anymore. Well, better luck next week I hope.

...and i think the NSGP guys dont like it so much cause it needs some time to get used to it, and who comes from a much slower game like NSGP has a hard time to get used to the speed of TS and to the fact that turns come more quickly!

I think it's more due to the fact that they're not used to braking, period. Flying through tight hairpins at 300km/h = win.

[Afinfas]

nah Alfonso you are right there arent life stats per position, only when you cross the finish line as you said

Ok, i just checked once again on replay. Theres no live stats in what the position concerns! You have it for damage and fuel but not for position! Or am i completely blind??

Hmm, you should notice that TAB button shows 3 types of stats. If you press it once, yeah, it will show fuel, damage and stuff, but if you press it once again it will show the live stats of positions in the bottom of the screen. Amateur.

i think he knows about the tabbing and that he means livestats in terms of ngsp...where you overtake a car and the place/position is immediately updated.

If you´re calling me amateur(which i am), then you are also calling Whiplash one! Is that true? Im still not convinced but i will give another look, cause i still havent found a stats with live position update! As i said, will check it and edit this post when i have the result!

About Mike Nike: Thats exactly what I am saying for a long time but i think they are not understanding. For me its obvious that when you overtake someone, it should update right away the position on the stats! Otherwise i happens like it did to me. I was like wow, im on 5th place, but then when i passed the finishing line it said, not you´re on 8th!
This update should be immediately as soon as there is a take over...

EDIT: Doent work! LOL just tried...even with Lanz. No position update immediately after take over!

[dede]

PS. Is it possible to have standings with the cut system implemented? So it'd be without the 2 worst results of all drivers. Shyguy, I remember, did it so well.

Yeah it's possible and results are already excluding 1 race out of 4. If we complete the whole championship, we'll count only 9 races out of 12.

For me its obvious that when you overtake someone, it should update right away the position on the stats!

Yeah, that's obvious but not so obvious in TS. You are coming from a simulation game, so everything has been developed in a single direction.
To understand what I mean, I suggest you to open a track file with the editor and check out how "control points" work. That's how TS checks if you are driving correct lines or if you are "cutting/cheating".
One possible solutions in order to have live stats would be to update racestats after every control point. Now stats are updated only when cutting finishline.

[Afinfas]

Yeah, that's obvious but not so obvious in TS. You are coming from a simulation game, so everything has been developed in a single direction.
To understand what I mean, I suggest you to open a track file with the editor and check out how "control points" work. That's how TS checks if you are driving correct lines or if you are "cutting/cheating".
One possible solutions in order to have live stats would be to update racestats after every control point. Now stats are updated only when cutting finishline.

Yeah, that would be a compromise that makes sense. And when i say its obvious it should have immediately position update i dont mean that it should be like NSGP. In speaking in general, all racing games i have played that i remember work on that way. You gain one position, it updates right away.
Hopefully comes soon a small update with these little details sorted out!? Would be great! I would be glad to give some ideas as well...

Is there any chance for an update to arrive anytime soon?Who would be responsible for it?

[dede]

Hopefully comes soon a small update with these little details sorted out!?

Nah, we have to live with what we have now, unless Tijny takes over the programming instead of just hacking the executable.

[Afinfas]

Hopefully comes soon a small update with these little details sorted out!?

Nah, we have to live with what we have now, unless Tijny takes over the programming instead of just hacking the executable.

I didnt knew you were "hacking" the executable!

Another parallel question if you have the time/patience for the rookie guy that arrived to TS 3 weeks ago and "invades" the forum with questions and suggestions all the time!
Are the tracks where we play made on the TS editor or its used a third party plugin to make it? Cause some tracks look to clean to be have been made by the simple editor....
If someone can clarify me on this i would appreciate it, cause i was thinking in making some tracks but seems to be a bit "hard"/complicated to them smooth with built in editor.

EDIT: Nevermind...i just saw the thread about the tracks.....photoshop tutorial.
Sorry for my laziness of looking for the stuff. Its so much easier to ask!

[Whiplash]

For me its obvious that when you overtake someone, it should update right away the position on the stats! Otherwise i happens like it did to me. I was like wow, im on 5th place, but then when i passed the finishing line it said, not you´re on 8th!

Hmm, actually all real races works on the TS way. Even real F1 works more like TS than NSGP or Gran Turismo.

One possible solutions in order to have live stats would be to update racestats after every control point. Now stats are updated only when cutting finishline.

Nah, the perfect way would be to create an new type of control points which will be called "sectors". On that way you could have over 50 control points and only 3 sectors (where you could make approximately the same distance between them), which is more natural than to do it with every control point.

Nah, we have to live with what we have now, unless Tijny takes over the programming instead of just hacking the executable.

I was thinking to ask for the source in order to get T or Mike or you analyzing it a little bit. I'm sure some of you could do some improvements to it (especially T). You all shouldn't have any pressure with it. Maybe it's better to have some programmers doing some small changes on the source without any pressure, than just having nobody improving it. So, why don't you just ask Ande to give the source to 3-4 well known TS players (you, Mike, T...). If you guys couldn't to do any changes - no worry, at least you tried. So it would be something like semi-open source.

[Afinfas]

Hmm, actually all real races works on the TS way. Even real F1 works more like TS than NSGP or Gran Turismo.


I was thinking to ask for the source in order to get T or Mike or you analyzing it a little bit. I'm sure some of you could do some improvements to it (especially T). You all shouldn't have any pressure with it. Maybe it's better to have some programmers doing some small changes on the source without any pressure, than just having nobody improving it. So, why don't you just ask Ande to give the source to 3-4 well known TS players (you, Mike, T...). If you guys couldn't to do any changes - no worry, at least you tried. So it would be something like semi-open source.

First point - No way! Cmon, F1 you know right away in which position which car is and its not only updated in the end of the lap! Am i getting crazy and never realized that or you´re not really understanding what i mean?

The second point : Oh yeah! Semi Open source all the way!!!!! That would be fantastic and i think its a great idea! Missing to know if those guys you mentioned are willing to put the effort on it or not!

[Whiplash]

First point - No way! Cmon, F1 you know right away in which position which car is and its not only updated in the end of the lap! Am i getting crazy and never realized that or you´re not really understanding what i mean?

I'm pretty sure you're wrong there. I mean, yeah, real F1 doesn't update the positions by the end of the lap, but it updates it by the end of the sectors.
Otherwise, how could their stats tools know when some car is "in front" and when "behind". Computer can't understand what is "in front" and "what's not" in every moment. Even human being couldn't know it. Every track would must be created by the trillions of virtual control points to be able to understand what's "in front" and what's "behind".

[Tijny]

Otherwise, how could their stats tools know when some car is "in front" and when "behind". Computer can't understand what is "in front" and "what's not" in every moment. Even human being couldn't know it. Every track would must be created by the trillions of virtual control points to be able to understand what's "in front" and what's "behind".

I'm sorry, but you are wrong-o. Have you ever seen the GPS time gaps in F1 broadcasts? Those are updated way more often than 3 times a lap.
In TS though, live standings wouldn't be all that trivial to implement like dede already tried to explain. He left out the most important reason though: clients have no knowledge of when checkpoints are being passed, only the server does.

[shyguy1001]

First point - No way! Cmon, F1 you know right away in which position which car is and its not only updated in the end of the lap! Am i getting crazy and never realized that or you´re not really understanding what i mean?

I'm pretty sure you're wrong there. I mean, yeah, real F1 doesn't update the positions by the end of the lap, but it updates it by the end of the sectors.
Otherwise, how could their stats tools know when some car is "in front" and when "behind". Computer can't understand what is "in front" and "what's not" in every moment. Even human being couldn't know it. Every track would must be created by the trillions of virtual control points to be able to understand what's "in front" and what's "behind".

As Eddie just said, its perfectly possible, Indycar has constantly updating standings using GPS, sometimes it can update twice in one corner if cars are passing, repassing.

[Whiplash]

I'm sorry, but you are wrong-o. Have you ever seen the GPS time gaps in F1 broadcasts? Those are updated way more often than 3 times a lap.

Yes, but that thing is irrelevant. It's made just to give some recent infos to the audience even they aren't correct sometimes. The only relevant times are those ones captured from the static lines, not from the dynamic spots. It's many times questionable what spot belongs to "in front" and what to "behind". Those infos can't be something official; they are always made for audience in order to make them be much more oriented to the recent race events, nothing more than that. At least I saw it nowhere be used on different way. Teach me if I'm wrong.

In TS though, live standings wouldn't be all that trivial to implement like dede already tried to explain. He left out the most important reason though: clients have no knowledge of when checkpoints are being passed, only the server does.

That's why we would put some white or yellow lines there. It would be the best if editor would combine one sector's "virtual" line with one track's "physical" line.

[pablinho15]

nice race.

[Afinfas]

In TS though, live standings wouldn't be all that trivial to implement like dede already tried to explain. He left out the most important reason though: clients have no knowledge of when checkpoints are being passed, only the server does.

That's why we would put some white or yellow lines there. It would be the best if editor would combine one sector's "virtual" line with one track's "physical" line.

I know nothing about programming but...the checkpoints define the positions of the cars on the track or? That should be enough to make the live position update!
Trying to explain:
Car A passes checkpoint 8 (for example) before Car B, so in the standings it shows Car A 1st and Car B 2nd! If until next checkpoint (nº 9) Car B makes a takeover on Car A, then when Car A (now 2nd place) passes checkpoint nº 9, the position is update to 1st: Car B 2nd: Car A or?
Confusing??? For me its kind of clear!
I just dont know if its so easy to make this on programming...

[arsen36]

can we start today 15 mins later?

[dede]

can we start today 15 mins later?

No, but we have warmup in first 10 minutes.. so hurry and you won't miss pre-quali.

[Etmil]

Yeah I'll be running to get home, too. Please wait me out, I'm definitely coming!

[dede]

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[Pingu]

Lol what a race.. The beginning corners I had huge framedrop somehow... I dont think it was lag, beginning was really cars everywhere and a pink once forcing a lot if i remeber correctly. That car later was also the reason i had no chance to defend Etmils attacks. Well 12th to 5th still kinda nice but I think 4 was possible

[Whiplash]

Blah. I touched the grass in first turn and ruined my whole race by that. I decided to continue anyway. But after I visited the pit for the 2nd time I realized I'll probably miss 1% or 2% of fuel to finish the race.
I also made few mistakes while fighting with Scud cause my eyes started hurt a lot (btw, that wasn't bad battle) and then just decided to stop. I fucked up Mike there pretty much too. Sorry.

Track wasn't too bad.

[Jaykoq]

Hi again ... seems that I'm back
And I want to participate in this league 'til end

C'ya on Sundays

[Scud]

Race was good but car was bad... Nice battle with Whip and Mike. One big mistake in last lap and last corner cost me 7th place but it´s ok, s*it happens.

[Afinfas]

Hmmm...i know it was hard to beat the excitement i had last weekend but still i was expecting a little bit more of it. Hopefully not sounding as an excuse but...i felt there was a lot of agressive driving today!
I was trying to be fair but cars were pushing me like #$# Entering on the turns not caring if there was already a car there or not, or if he had already the position or not!

Anyway...14th was what i could make after starting 17th. I felt very slow today. Had the feeling that on the long turns or the big sequence of turns, everyone could make it full gas and i never made it. I think i didnt made a single clean lap!
Also made 2 stupid consecutive mistakes going to grass on the upper 180º turn letting everybody pass and then run away. Was a pretty lonenly race! Not so much fun but i know racing games are like this so, i´m already waiting for next weekend!

Altough track was looking clean and nice and simple, it wasnt! I think was the hardest track i ever raced on this competition!

BTW: Is there any Race Control where you can make appeals?

[Etmil]

Bad qualifying (9th) for me.. also wondered why only 5 laps there - weird.
Race was better though. Having realized I was half-way through my tyres at the end of the 1st stint, I decided to go for another stop, changing from 2 stop to 3 stop strategy. Which was a daunting decision at first, seeing as I needed to be constantly fast throughout the rest of the race and really drive aggressively, yet avoid mistakes. Calculating the fuel for the changed strategy went well and I was hoping for 5th-6th place finish. In the end, after my last of 3 stops, I had a nice good Vettel car designed by Newey himself. With that, I overtook 2 random dudes quite soon and then realized I was basically going just fine for 5th. Pingu was in front though and so I decided to attack and somewhere just 2-3 laps before the finish, I sandwiched myself perfectly through him and some lapper, even though at the end of the final stint I was too nervous and lost the rhythm. Thought I couldn't make it, but I did! So overall - very happy with 4th, but I know Mike might've had a poor race so it's a little due to that, as well