Time scale/compression explained

[another_jakhole]

Oh god, just as I posted it. Thanks for showing me. I was just off, I AM off.

I got tired of waiting

On season where we've done a 9-hour 24-hour race, we set it 2.6(9 x 2.6 = 23.4)

done. bravo for meee lol. THAT WAS STUPID AS HELL OF ME. Anybody got a knockout punch they can throw me? hahahaha

No one has ever done a 9-hour 24-hour race with this type of time multiplier because it cannot be done. Low numbers make changes that are too big.

Partially my problem. The rest is plain blindness. Also, this time it's incompetence and ignorance. I haven't set up any specific speeds besides the "basic" ones.

Live and learn. If there were more people, I would have learned earlier.

 

[chriz00]

algebra! algebra! algebra!



^^anyone remember that commercial from the 90's? lol

@OP; Good Job! I've always wondered what the #'s meant.

 

[another_jakhole]

algebra! algebra! algebra!



^^anyone remember that commercial from the 90's? lol

@OP; Good Job! I've always wondered what the #'s meant.

I aced both algebra's in high school. I hated every second.

x24 - 1 hour

I thought of the multiplier (x24) as seconds and the 1 hour as "minutes".

I converted too far!!!

I know this I'm right of, my calculations were right but obviously not for mattcwell. This is why I needed confirmation sooner. I knew something was off and it could have been either me or Vol Jbolaz, because he never really got it down to a precise number.

I re-read, I just couldn't piece it together.

Off to be selfish and not help anybody for the next 1,000 years. Woooohooo. What good is it for, anyway?

I deserve this, by the way, for now. It fits so perfectly with how I screwed up.

 

[Vol Jbolaz]

I leave the thread for a little while and you finally figure it out.

And see, I was right.

 

[TheDabbinDave]

in other words
1 - 1 = 1min for 1min
1 - 60 = 1min for 60min
3 8 minute laps of nurburgring = 24min race time.
set at 1 this will be 24min of day/night cycle.
set at 60 this will be 24hrs of day/night cycle

The day night cycle is regardless the amount of laps? No matter what it will go through one complete cycle? What if you want the race (1 lap, 2 laps or 50 laps, whatever) to start in the morning and finish at night? Say 12 noon to 12 midnight? Or 7 am to 12 midnight?

 

[Vol Jbolaz]

The day night cycle is regardless the amount of laps? No matter what it will go through one complete cycle? What if you want the race (1 lap, 2 laps or 50 laps, whatever) to start in the morning and finish at night? Say 12 noon to 12 midnight? Or 7 am to 12 midnight?

You just need to know, roughly, how long a lap is. If you are doing La Sarthe, and you are doing 4:30s, then if you want a 1-hour 12-hour race:

Set the time multiplier to 12. It will run 12 hours on track for 1 hour of chair time.

Set the number of laps to about 13. 13 laps at 4:30 a lap, will give you 58.5 minutes. But, you'll probably have to pit, so it'll actually take you a little longer.

Keep in mine, the clock is running during qualifying, too. So if you want the race to start at noon in game, and you are going to race for an hour, then you may want to set the game clock to start at 9:00, and have a 15 minute qualifying session.

That way, the race starts at noon, and runs until midnight.