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Tuning: Yes or no?

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That's what I mean, it's too hard to tell what all can or does change between things in GT5, so I favor the simplicity of running the same room type every time.
 
CSLACR
I've never found a difference between lounge and lobby personally, but I prefer everyone do qualifying in the same type of room just in case the said differences are real at times or for different players.

Anyone that wants to qualify shouldn't really have a complaint for having to make a room, so it works for me.
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The difference is real. I found out the Lounge is always "fixed host". So if you have a junky upload every car in the room is going to add lag. Distance to host is also important then.
But you can get the same 'feel' by running fixed host on a public room.
 
CSLACR
I've never found a difference between lounge and lobby personally, but I prefer everyone do qualifying in the same type of room just in case the said differences are real at times or for different players.
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I bring this up because last week, Wardez had an issue within my Lounge and asked me to come to his public room to qualify. Afterwards, I did some practice in his room and my car, which was fast but funky in my lounge, ran smooth as silk. I eked out an extra .1 second off my PB in my lounge and it felt so easy. Wasn't the case the entire race yesterday, though and I could literally see myself struggling on the replay like this.

Turn Right

Nose does this: --> :)

Then this: <---, --->, <---, ---> :grumpy:
R1600Turbo
Did you think I only stopped twice?
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Yes! :lol: :dunce:
 
Dr_Watson
The difference is real. I found out the Lounge is always "fixed host". So if you have a junky upload every car in the room is going to add lag. Distance to host is also important then.
But you can get the same 'feel' by running fixed host on a public room.
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The research and testing the folks at 3D3 have done makes them believe it's not fixed host.
I'm told it's a "mesh" environment.

Either way, whether I join a lounge, join someone else's, make a public lobby, or join someone else's, the only difference I've ever experienced, is the few times I got the online bug. The most noteworthy time, was with you, Turbo, TA, and a large group in the 86's the day after 2.02 came out.

So basically idk, cause I've never experienced it.
 
CSLACR
The research and testing the folks at 3D3 have done makes them believe it's not fixed host.
I'm told it's a "mesh" environment.

Either way, whether I join a lounge, join someone else's, make a public lobby, or join someone else's, the only difference I've ever experienced, is the few times I got the online bug. The most noteworthy time, was with you, Turbo, TA, and a large group in the 86's the day after 2.02 came out.

So basically idk, cause I've never experienced it.
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well, their testing was a bit of a time waster.
The first time you join your lounge and it asks you to chose connection settings it's right there. Fixed is on and can't be unchecked. which = star topology.
 
Dr_Watson
well, their testing was a bit of a time waster.
The first time you join your lounge and it asks you to chose connection settings it's right there. Fixed is on and can't be unchecked. which = star topology.
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That's actually pretty funny, I'll have to let them know.
Now of course, most of us set our lounges up long before we worry about these things, but still amusing.
Perhaps GT5 labels it incorrectly? I'm not sure if there's any way to "prove" what type of connection it is, apart from going with what the game has grayed out listed as 'on'.
 
CSLACR
That's actually pretty funny, I'll have to let them know.
Now of course, most of us set our lounges up long before we worry about these things, but still amusing.
Perhaps GT5 labels it incorrectly? I'm not sure if there's any way to "prove" what type of connection it is, apart from going with what the game has grayed out listed as 'on'.
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I noticed it when spec2 came out, it made me re-define my lounge the first time I went to go into it.

Verifying network configuration is pretty straight forward actually we'd just need to run a packet sniffer on everyone's connection and then compare the traffic that was captured to analyze flow data (the hard part).
 
Initial tune that I came up with.

Aero: 35/60

LSD: 25/10/10

Height: 25/22
Springs: 14.0/13.0
Dampers (E): 6/6
Dampers (C): 6/6
ARB: 3/3

Camber: 2.5/1.2
Toe: -0.10/0.00

Brakes: 5/7

Gears: Set to 217, Adjust Final to 4.240.
 
Nevermind, can't make this series, it would clash with another and I think with the FMSC it would be too much.
 
Room Open:

1472-6399-8494-1423-2952
 
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Dr_Watson
well, their testing was a bit of a time waster.
The first time you join your lounge and it asks you to chose connection settings it's right there. Fixed is on and can't be unchecked. which = star topology.
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If its fixed host why doesn't it behave like a fixed host lobby and kill everyone when the host DCs? Because it's not fixed host and a UI checkbox that is grayed out is not going to convince me. It's mesh and thus will survive the host leaving without much of a blip.
 
WRP001
If its fixed host why doesn't it behave like a fixed host lobby and kill everyone when the host DCs? Because it's not fixed host and a UI checkbox that is grayed out is not going to convince me. It's mesh and thus will survive the host leaving without much of a blip.
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For the same reason I can join someone's lounge while they're not there. It's a special case. Only way to know is to packet sniff a fixed host, packet sniff a p2p , then do it to a lounge and compare.
The packet formats are probably different but there's definitely something different in the traffic flow if there isn't an obvious give away with header similarities. Any other "testing" is just speculation.
 
So uh MULE, how 'bout those points?

And the other graphics that shouldn't take more than 2 minutes to insert. :sly:
 
I'm more interested to know how many laps will the Enduro be. I'm guessing around 25~30 laps?
 
I think 23 laps is good. That's just under 200 miles. Not too long.
 
Shoot me an E-mail with access and I'll do the rest for you if you want. I'll also make it readable D:
 
MÜLE_9242;6607113
I think 23 laps is good. That's just under 200 miles. Not too long.
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Based on my lap times, that's around an hour and half, maybe a tad longer.

Looks like a 3 stopper atm. Have to check the wear and times on the hards.
 
I think if MULE doesn't have the time to fill out all the Docs sheets, maybe other people should have access so that we can get them done quicker?
 
Ok. I'll be online tonight at around 6:30 PST. Anyone wanting to Q can create a public room and I can hop in. I'll keep it open afterwards.
 
carracerptp
I have yet to do any laps, what's a good lap time?
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I ran a 3:50.7 but I have nothing to compare that to. My gut tells me that's too slow.

Now, might as well make this clear now. Be wary of using too much track at the following spots.

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- Exiting the first chicane
- Tertre Rouge
- Both Playstation and Michelin Chicane
- Exiting Maison Blanche
- The Ford Chicane Complex

IIRC from another series, if anyone used too much track, lifting off the throttle for 2 seconds would be sufficient to keep the lap green. Not sure what we're doing here but unless I get told otherwise, that's how I'm going to police it.
 
Practice room:

1472-6118-3658-4758-5582

Edit: Left to outlaw, not sure if it's still open.
 
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yeah I'm pretty sure we're using the same track boundary rules as always. I'll post a video of me running a clean lap in a past series around Sarthe so it's easy to see the limits. I'll post it up when I have time in between shows.

btw I'm surprised no one's brought this up but, isn't the super bowl this Sunday?
 
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