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Quite fancy a race around that time. Haven't raced with any of you guys but my GFWL Id is teddy3578, so the same as my OCUK username. If I were to race with you guys how would I go about finding the session you guys are in?
 
Got an issue here that's starting to annoy me :mad: :mad:.......

Last night I tried playing F1 and it wouldn't start, it just said I was playing "F1 2011" but after 10 seconds i went back to online.... so I verifyed the game cache and it came up with some files that needed to be resolved, after I tried loading it up again, no worky..... so i did a PC reboot still no worky :confused:
Came on a few minutes ago and tried again still "y u know work" ran another verification and it said everything was fine wih the files. Ran the game again ad it doesn't want to load. :mad:

Any ideas as to what might be causing this to happen?

Would do a re install on steam but I have the funny feeling that my 3 seasons in F1 and progress will somehow disappear. Or does a re install not affect game saves?? Ive also heard about re installing GFWL last time i did that my saves magically wet away also :( :(
 
Quite fancy a race around that time. Haven't raced with any of you guys but my GFWL Id is teddy3578, so the same as my OCUK username. If I were to race with you guys how would I go about finding the session you guys are in?

You don't have to find the session mate, you will get the game invite from one of us. See you later then
 
help me out on spa (career, lotus). How do you get a good sector 2 time? I normally get 49 or 50s, but AI are in the 47s range!

Have not driven a lotus around spa but will try. I dont know corner numbers so if its confusing just say. I use 9,10 or 11 aero wings. Will test after patch.

How I drive sector 2 is, brake late at the end of the long straight (there is a sign on the left, safety car sign i think, which is a good brake indicator) and turn in sharp bouncing 1 tyre over the curb on the right. 3rd gear.

Take the right hander flat out then (you can go a little wide here) then drop down the 3rd from 6th as you turn into the hairpin exiting in 2nd.

Take the next left hand turn flat out maybe drop down a gear if your not running high wings. 4th gear.

You might be able to reach 7th gear by the next turn in, but I presume 6th in the Lotus . Take that flat out if you can and get as close to the curb on the left but dont touch it then drop down 1 gear to slow you down and maybe even lift off slightly before you hit the curbs on the right, try not to hit these as you will bounce over them and go wide.

The next 2 corners are tricky and you can take them various of ways. I turn in early. 4th gear.

Down hill for the right hander turn in early clipping the club on the right. 3rd gear.

Ok so I rambled a lot. Hope it helps. If you want a video I can make 1 later tonight.
 
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Have not driven a lotus around spa but will try. I dont know corner numbers so if its confusing just say. I use 9,10 or 11 aero wings. Will test after patch.

How I drive sector 2 is, brake late at the end of the long straight (there is a sign on the left, safety car sign i think, which is a good brake indicator) and turn in sharp bouncing 1 tyre over the curb on the right. 3rd gear.

Take the right hander flat out then (you can go a little wide here) then drop down the 3rd from 6th as you turn into the hairpin exiting in 2nd.

Take the next left hand turn flat out maybe drop down a gear if your not running high wings. 4th gear.

You might be able to reach 7th gear by the next turn in, but I presume 6th in the Lotus . Take that flat out if you can and get as close to the curb on the left but dont touch it then drop down 1 gear to slow you down and maybe even lift off slightly before you hit the curbs on the right, try not to hit these as you will bounce over them and go wide.

The next 2 corners are tricky and you can take them various of ways. I turn in early. 4th gear.

Down hill for the right hander turn in early clipping the club on the right. 3rd gear.

Ok so I rambled a lot. Hope it helps. If you want a video I can make 1 later tonight.

Thanks, that's very interesting! I read some setups that were as low as 3/3, but they were awful for me. I have been using something like 6/4.

I have been nowhere close to being able to take the RH after the chicane flat, or the LH after the wide hairpin flat.

High wings is going to be gruesome for the lotus on the straight and the slow sweeps. Would be very interested in a video!

thanks
 
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10/11PM. Consoles got it first. It's only 33MB.

Codemasters Community Manager
Helios said:
We've been informed that the PC patch should start rolling out this evening.

Helios said:
Yes it'll be evening GMT, roughly around 10/11pm or so.

Helios said:
Yes, but the standalone version will be available tomorrow.

Helios said:
Am planning to get it out in the morning as quickly as possible.
 
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hi mike, I have tried using much higher aero, like you suggest, in some short GPs and found it a lot easier to get to 1.48.xxx. I'm not sure how much lower than 1.47 I could get the lotus. I will have check what I can do with quali times and drs later.

thanks again.
 
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