Bat racer

[Benny boy]

I have started to play bat racer again. Is anybody else playing this game lol.:)

[Fas]

That's a blast from the past. definitely up for getting another league going!

[Chaos]

I played it for most of last year, really enjoyed the LMES series. Still got my login, tho not played for a good 6 mths +..

[styler2002i]

what is this bat racer never heard of it.

[Benny boy]

http://batracer.com/-uH

take a look mate i have just started 2009 f1

[M7ammed]

I wonder if my account is still active :D, wouldn't mind giving it another go :D

[M7ammed]

just joined an F1 public race :)

[Chaos]

http://batracer.com/-cj?&D&42549

DLA game is up. It's the brand new DTM champ, cos I figured even the current guys won't have played that much if at all. Audi v Mercedes - pick a side and grab a car.

Game password is DLAbat.

We need 10 to start. Start your engines! :thumbsup:

[Fas]

Haha, this brings back memories :D I'm in!

[styler2002i]

im in 2

no idea how it works can sum1 fill me in plz

[Fas]

Figure it out as you go along, honestly, it's the best way, by race 2 you'll be proper hooked!

Basically you select car, in this case it's an Audi or Merc, but there's other race styles, including Formula 1.

Once you've selected your car, and assuming you've done basic settings like give yourself a team-name, home location, etc etc., you then go about setting your car up for each race.

At the top of the screen you have a button called "Garage", underneath that is "Car Setup". Go in there, then you'll see a dozen or so sliders. For each race, you will have practice, qualifying then race sessions. Essentially, you are now a team manager. For each and every race, and for each and every session, you refine your car settings, for wet, for dry, and you'll see the level of configurability.

You have 6 practice laps. Play around with the sliders, and adjust the settings to get the best times.

The cool thing about BAT racer is you can setup other factors which will have an impact on the race, i.e. your personality type, if you go for agressive, then if you're lucky, it'll pay off and you'll barge your way through the pack, or alternatively, you'll crash out.

When we get a full squad, Chaos will then begin the season, and every 24 hours, the game will cycle through practice, qualifying and races. Once the race has been over, you can either go directly to the results, OR you can get a lap by lap account of what's happening.

It's a full on race management simulator and very very well put together.

[Chaos]

Nailed that summary big guy. :)

Oz, you've gone for PSK and SD chars, which are two easy ones cos you don't have to actually do anything major to use them to their full! You should be able to run quite high sliders in qualifying (not played DTM before as it's new, but I'm guessing it'll be close to BTCC and LeMans) and the race, but don't get carried away with high sliders in setup cos generally you need specific characteristics for that.

As Mr Frags says, treat the first one as a learning experience, it'll be a giggle (unless everyone keeps crashing into me like one season we had, in which case I reserve the right to throw a piss on :P).


We need TEN minimum to start. With Benny and Mo we'll have 5 - get recruiting, people. I may, depending on workload and things at home, even dig out the old blog and do some write-ups for it. ;)

[M7ammed]

Joined, Team Goat Boy has joined the battles :D :D

[M7ammed]

how many more do we need?

[XKaLiBaR]

which one do i need to join?

[Fas]

which one do i need to join?


Post 8 in this thread bro:

http://batracer.com/-cj?&D&42549 (http://batracer.com/-cj?&D&42549)


Game password is DLAbat.

[Benny boy]

just joined lol cant wait. Im not very good but its the taking part that counts. :)

[Chaos]

Come on ladies, we need FOUR more to start this. Get em in and we can get going. :)

[M7ammed]

damn I'm still waiting on this :D, come on only 4 people

[Saqib]

Is it hard? Do you need to invest a lot of time in to it?

[Fas]

5 mins a day tops.

[M7ammed]

Is it hard? Do you need to invest a lot of time in to it?


its easy once you understand how it runs ...etc , and as Fas says doesn't take a lot of time, so join up :clapping:

[Saqib]

Omg all these setting I haven't got a clue lol. Oh well this will be fun haha. So what do I do now? Have already messed about with all the settings when do we race.

[Chaos]

We need a minimum of 10 people to go. Get your lazy-ass brother online for starters. :P

Once we've done this and people have a feel for it, we'll do a LeMans single-series or something, so people can team up and then we'll get some proper racing. :D

[Saqib]

Have already joined! Aaftab won't sign up to this lol he's hardly ever online anyway, and hates doing those things that make him think! And he's off to France this weekend so won't be around anyway!

[Chaos]

Perfect candidate - that way Mud won't need to worry about coming last! :rofl:

[Mud]

Dan do we actually need 10 people, I know in the old days we could do this with less people.

I think 6 or 7 is the max we will get for this, and if we wait to try and get 10 then the rest of us will probably lose interest.

[Mud]

Perfect candidate - that way Mud won't need to worry about coming last! :rofl:


lol as I remember things I was champion twice and came like third in the three F1 seasons we did :icon_thank:

[Chaos]

You were in the girly cars, Team Fat Boy were rolling presidential in the shitters. :P

We do need 10 to start, but if we absolutely can't get anyone else then I'll create 3 dummy drivers and we'll be off.

Either which way, 8PM START WEDS 1st JULY

[M7ammed]

You were in the girly cars, Team Fat Boy were rolling presidential in the shitters. :P

We do need 10 to start, but if we absolutely can't get anyone else then I'll create 3 dummy drivers and we'll be off.

Either which way, 8PM START WEDS 1st JULY


Good stuff

[Chaos]

Guys I've had to postpone the start. The dummy drivers are in but two drivers haven't yet done their first setups - Oz and Mud (again, and yes I saved you pissing and whining like the last time you did that on Race 1, bitch :P)

Please do your practice laps and setup up your cars, chaps. You can get a rough idea of what to do here: http://batracer.com/-ph?read&1

Game will now start 8PM THURS 2ND JULY - whether laps have been done or not!

[Mud]

All done, sorry I completely forgot about this!

[Benny boy]

Cant wait didnt think this was ever going to happen lol.

[Saqib]

Is the practice laps the 6 that you do when you press test? If so I've done them! I think!

[styler2002i]

done...

[Chaos]

Everyone's done. Even Mud. With his 'Gansta Fucking Bad Boys'..

We're having a vote at work to see if he means 'Ginsters Felching Big Boys' or if he really does belong to a group of gangsters who fuck bad boys....NAUGHTY BOY, BAD BOY, SPANKY SPANKY! :rofl:

It's on tonight, boys, 8pm!

[Saqib]

So do I need to do somthing at 8 tonight or will it just do the qual and race itself?

[Chaos]

The quals will run, then you have 24 hours before every update. That means tonight/tomorrow you can do some more setup, then tomorrow at 8pm the race runs, then setup for the next quals before they run at 8pm Saturday, then warmup/setup for race 8pm Sunday. And so on..

[Chaos]

Gentlemen......start your engines......

GO!

[Saqib]

LOL! I came last :( Have messd about with the settings but in all my practice laps I still couldn't match some of your guys times! Hopefully will do a little better in the race tomorrow!

[M7ammed]

Umm ... Good quali position need to kick your ass in the race though :D

[Chaos]

You came behind one of the dummy drivers with no setup! :D Seriously, that shows you the random element, it's possible for anyone to beat anyone as long as you're close enough for luck to help out.

Give it a couple of races to discover some stuff on your own - really is more fun that way - then if people are still struggling I'll sort out a Netmeeting session and do some one-on-ones. :) This series really is just a warm-up. I'm sure that Fas, Mud, Mo etc will all beef me and there'll be a bit of competition as they've played it before, and almost got within sight of my brilliance before I humiliated them :GrosBras:, but seriously the overall results aren't worth worrying about until the next series - just learn :thumb:.

[Chaos]

Oooo look at Lady Mudella go in warmup!

[Benny boy]

Oh dear I didnt do well haha

[Mud]

Oooo look at Lady Mudella go in warmup!

lets see what the race brings mate, i think i got the pace to win this one.

[Chaos]

I think you is shmoking da bong! :str8pimp:

[Mud]

Ffs driver error and I was out of the race and I was off the pace as well!! LOL at adood and fas for pitting right after the safety car came in!

[Saqib]

Ah man me too. My first ever race n I'm out :(

[Benny boy]

I enjoyed that haha

[Chaos]

Well that was an eventful first race. :)

For the next one, some pointers:

- Make sure that you check the Engineer Report in the top right of the setup page. I ran my first setup lap for the new race and was half a second faster than 2 peoples' fastest laps, so I'm not sure if people are doing that

- Rain setups need some maths and also the above Eng Rep - check http://batracer.com/-ph?read&186 out for how to do it

- REMEMBER TO GO TO QUALS PAGE AND SELECT WET TYRES - then remember to change them back to dry before the next race or you'll go out on wets again :)

- If you hit 'Easy Txt Share' at the top of the setup page, you can record the dry settings, then if it goes back to dry for the race after you've changed it all to wet for quals, you can see what you had before and pick up where you left off ;)

[M7ammed]

Damn got fastest laps , but was a bit unlucky with SC/pitting thing. BRING IT ON :D

[styler2002i]

YEAH BOOOOOY 3rd place...

[Chaos]

Damn got fastest laps , but was a bit unlucky with SC/pitting thing. BRING IT ON :D
Strategy, fella, it's all about the race strategy. ;)

[Chaos]

I told everyone to choose wet tyres with caps lock on, I may have to use red font next time.. :P

[Fas]

But it said do a setup for bone dry conditions?

[Saqib]

Yeah, it said bone dry??

[M7ammed]

If I'm not mistaken it will say that until you finish all your laps then it switches to what ever the quali/race weather is.

[Chaos]

Ah ok, I see where people got caught.

Setup, which was what you were doing, was bone dry. In the very top right of the setup screen though are the weather conditions for that session and the next, and the next said steady rain for yesterday.

The double-check is that when you're looking at the engineer's report and seeing what you need to do for settings, if there's a list below it of wet adjustments then something's changing on the weather and you need to check. I'll try and give people a heads-up if it happens, then if you're not sure how or why you can shoot a reply and I'll be able to show you.


And in other news, just noticed there's weight penalties in DTM (can see them if you go to Season Standings), like I wasn't fat enough already. :P

[Mud]

Yeah, it said bone dry??

The weather for the set-up laps where bone dry, BUT the weather for the qualifying was for rain, so you have to setup for bone dry and your laps and then check the engineers report and adjust the settings for wet using the % depending on exactly how wet it is.

[Saqib]

I see. So just to confirm I've got it correct, the race tonight is in dry conditions yeah?

[Fas]

Check out Nut Saq with a rookie win :D

[Benny boy]

Good race that.

[Saqib]

Haha what a lucky win. I pipped it in the last lap over taking Mud LOL. Woohoo my first (and probably only!) ever win :D

[Chaos]

Check out Nut Saq with a rookie win :D
Haha quality! :D


Chaos (P1) and Aziz are fighting to be first into Mcdonald’s. - on lap 8 made me LOL! :roule:

[Chaos]

Don't forget to change your qual tyres back to DRY, boys - they'll still be on wets from yesterday ;)

Few setups still to go, but I was fastest on my first lap, so having the biggest weight penalty appears to only slow me down in the races!

[styler2002i]

wounded didnt even remember this, with my son in hospital since wednesday i been lost to the world.

lol

next time bitches im coming for you.

[M7ammed]

Damn I had this one in the bag, and strategy was spot on :(

[Saqib]

The perfect setup lies 1 points beyond the capabilities of the car.

What does this mean? That I shouldn't go for the best settings? Am worried my car's going to fall apart now lol how bad is 1 point above?

[Mud]

that means you cant get the perfect setup, as it says, you still need to setup as best as you can.

[Chaos]

Doodster - it's a marathon, not a sprint. ;)

Saqib - nice work again in pre-race! That means one of your settings is either below 0 or above 100 (-1 or 101 with that figure, obviously). If you have one slider, and only one, that can be 0 or 100, then set it to that as that'll be your spot on setting. If you have two or more that could be the one, you need to see if you're feeling lucky... :)

BTW - I had two bad sessions setting up, even with experience you still need luck, so my setup should be a pitch away from perfect yet and I'm carrying 10 kilos - time for one of you woofters to try and take the champ lead...:neener:

[Fas]

Stupid question:

Warmup is wet, race is dry (obviously I know that this can change during the race)

However, there's no "warmup" setup is there? What are you meant to do with that info, setup the car for warmup somehow?

[Saqib]

i THINK you're supposed to set-up the car as it is, ie under wet conditions, then once done you adjust it for the dry conditions based on the engineers report (which are for wet so you need to do the opposite?) Thats my understanding anyway. If I'm wrong someone tell me before 8!

[Chaos]

OK. All engineer reports are done for DRY (bone dry). Underneath them are the changes to move it to FULL WET (storm).

If a session is halfway between dry and wet, as most are, then you need to apply percentages. http://batracer.com/-ph?read&186 explains in detail, and shows the weather indicators to the right so you can gauge how far down the scale the wetness is...

Does that make sense? Happy to fill in gaps if necessary..

[Saqib]

Right, so since we're going from a wet set-up to a dry race, I need to change my settings 72% in the opposite direction of the engineers report? ..right?

[Chaos]

Dammit, only just logged on and seen this, sorry dude. :( Essentially, yep, take the wet setting and go the other way for dry!

[Benny boy]

Haha one two again dan

[Mud]

ah man, i went for a two stopper and frigged up!!

[Saqib]

Unlucky Adood with crash, you pretty much led most of the race!

Dissapointing start for me with Mud overtaking me right at the beginning :(

Oh well. Am proper getting into this now lol.

[Chaos]

Gambling on stop times is a valid strat, and it would have paid off if it weren't for karma mucking with the high pace setting Moe was running. You can see the difference in decent tyres though - I pushed mine hard and didn't have a good third set, so I ripped past on the fresh second set but couldn't catch at all on the third.

Lots of ways to win or lose. :)

[Fas]

Oh well. Am proper getting into this now lol.

May I be so bold and quote my line in post 11 of this very thread


Figure it out as you go along, honestly, it's the best way, by race 2 you'll be proper hooked!



:D

I'm not giving the setup the attention it deserves due to personal and professional distractions, but I'll be back soon enough :D

[Fas]

Gambling on stop times is a valid strat, and it would have paid off if it weren't for karma mucking with the high pace setting Moe was running. You can see the difference in decent tyres though - I pushed mine hard and didn't have a good third set, so I ripped past on the fresh second set but couldn't catch at all on the third.

Lots of ways to win or lose. :)


I've lost my way around the UI and haven't had a proper dig, but in terms of stop strategy, I only have the option of 2 pits, how do I select to increase or decrease the number of pits I want to do?

Also, on closed wheel racing, what range do the slicks last for? Is 25 laps on one set of slicks too much?

[Chaos]

You can only do a 2-stop in DTM I think, though you'll obviously change tyres etc if you have to pit due to an accident or whatever.

Closed wheel is a big of pot pourri, but this champ seems more similar to the BTCC than the LMES, which means you can run hard for a decent amount of laps. I'd guess at a set of slicks lasting early-20s on 100% slider. Maybe 90% would see you go through a set in 25 laps.. We'll all find out after the next race :D, but for now you could maybe look at what slider you had, then check back to the race tonight and compare your starting condition against your pitting condition (go to the race and click Toggle Data under the lap no for your car and tyre conditions).

[M7ammed]

Damn it again strategy spot on , but the settings keep biting me in the ass

[Chaos]

The settings were the only reason you got out of the pits in front of me, so not all of them are! :P

I've been at work since 0820 yesterday morning, not looking like I'll get home til at least 1900-2000 today either so expect lots of mistakes for tonight's session - tho at least I have a decent excuse! :P

[Chaos]

LOL I joined an LMES game last night for shits and giggles cos that was always my fave. All I did was qualify and I got my old ranking back! So now my stealth-mode attack on the GT class is blown, plus I have to actually perform or I'll slide down from my lofty perch. So much for just mucking about and not affecting my history! :omg:

PS - Oz, do your setup laps dude!

[Chaos]

Well. What a wash out. Quals were craptastic, then I had 2 ridiculously low % crashes in warmup and lost all my laps. Starting from the back with the heaviest penalty and a fkin MILE from a decent setup. May as well go shopping and save tyres for the next race...!

[Saqib]

Dan - Whats the deal with these weight thing we've go? I've got one now too :( How does it affect us and what do I need to do to make it go away!

[Chaos]

Every podium you get - 5kg weight penalty. They go away at the end of the season. ;) It's one of the two main reasons why I chose this champ for the learner-season - figured it would even out the experienced/quicker guys with the newbies as you get penalised more for early-season wins. :)

[Chaos]

LOL pure guesswork on the lap timing in warmup got me the second best setup for the race :D

20kg penalty now - if I get any more podiums they'll sit my ass in concrete...

[Benny boy]

I really deserved a podium there from back of grid to 4th. I would have done it if I would have pitted when safety car was out.

[Chaos]

I would have won if I'd finished first!

Gotta look at those safety car settings - those are absolute race-winners if you get them right. Turned my race around from a fight for a podium into a fight for the front. :)

[M7ammed]

damn it , I don't think I've finished a single race and I've already dialed down on the pace setting :(

[Chaos]

May be bad luck after the event mate. Only other things that really affect crashing out are aggression (which you never used to run that high anyway) and mech symp (likewise).

Maybe stop letting the goats have a play at steering... ;)

[styler2002i]

oh that was bad... very bad

[Fas]

Great race, MAJOR flaw of mine with the safety car out and no pit :( Need to change that setting NOW

[Chaos]

It's cool though, lots of things happening, most of the regular things have already occurred at least once which is well rare 3 races in... People are gonna be well setup for the first 'proper' champ. :)

[Chaos]

Oz, Mud, you need to set up amigos. ;)

[Saqib]

"Unexpected sideways moment." LOLLL

[Saqib]

Ah man I got screwed in warmup!

"Your over enthusiasm was counter productive and it took extra laps to obtain useful data."

3 laps got wasted! Only had my experiment on 70 :(

[M7ammed]

damn I'm going to put the pace slider on 50% and see if I can finish a race then, crashing out is getting boring :(

[Benny boy]

Feel for you pal not having look at minute. Me and Dan finish 1 2 again.

[Saqib]

Ah man, "exceptionally bad start" WTF!? Put me in 4th where I stayed the rest of the race :(

[Chaos]

Well it seems like we've discovered one thing - 20kg is the maximum penalty!

As for the next race, first setup: Crash all but one lap, second setup: Crash again. Not even posted a time and hardly any setup, so now is the time to bust me up, unless I get real lucky with the high risk sliders I'm gonna have to run in quals then I'm gonna be way down the grid!

[Saqib]

Well it seems like we've discovered one thing - 20kg is the maximum penalty!

As for the next race, first setup: Crash all but one lap, second setup: Crash again. Not even posted a time and hardly any setup, so now is the time to bust me up, unless I get real lucky with the high risk sliders I'm gonna have to run in quals then I'm gonna be way down the grid!

Huh? The exact same thing happened to me! My car is pretty much the same setup as the last race :(

[Chaos]

Poppycock, you have a time at least. :P

[Benny boy]

Same thing happened to me I got one lap I think lol.

[Chaos]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA

I have NO idea how I qualified there! :D

[Benny boy]

Back at grid again on my 2nd run I changed to wets no idea why.

[M7ammed]

crap very bad season for me LOL, I think I've got the quickest car though

[Chaos]

Benny, you should know as a 'regular' :P, check in your Quals setup and you'll have selected Wets on your second and third (I think, from last meet's quals) runs for the first meet where it was wet quals. Must have changed the first set back and not the rest. :slap:

[Chaos]

Poxy bastard setup just did it again! 70% ffs and all laps used on one run... :banghead::po::banghead::po::banghead:

[M7ammed]

Poxy bastard setup just did it again! 70% ffs and all laps used on one run... :banghead::po::banghead::po::banghead:

Now you know how I feel with all the crashing :roule:

Glad I finished the race :devlish:

[Fas]

Woop, my first podium! Congrats goatster on a finish :D

[Chaos]

Was a good race between you and the Mudster, though in real life he'd have been toast if he tried that on the penultimate lap... :rofl:

[Saqib]

LOL at 2, 3 and 4 in qualifying!!

[Mud]

Was a good race between you and the Mudster, though in real life he'd have been toast if he tried that on the penultimate lap... :rofl:

I slung a donugh out the window and it caught Fas's eye as it floated by looking all tasty and sugary and what not!, once distracted I knew I was through!!

I cannot believe how poor everyones setup is for this race, that the unmanned teams beat us in qualifying!! lol

[M7ammed]

Another win by Team Goat :D

[Chaos]

It's a marathon not a sprint, and you is running too slow and too late. :P

[Chaos]

Mo's gone all quiet again now I've turned up the wick for the last race and nailed him by half a second in quals ;)

[M7ammed]

Mo's gone all quiet again now I've turned up the wick for the last race and nailed him by half a second in quals ;)

We'll have to see how the race goes ;), hopefully I will win this last race :D ...

Preparation for a new season should begin soon :thumbsup:

[Fas]

nice season boys :) Congrats to moose f*cking annihilating us in the championship :D

I'm up for another season. Open wheel racing this time? F1?

[Mud]

man we got owned by dan this season! If Adood has of dialled it down alittle then he might have got more points which meant less for Dan (hopefully) and it would have been a closer thing

[Chaos]

I wasn't running full pace until the last race, so it could have been worse! :rofl:

Saqib, that was awesome dude, great result for a newbie. Fas had no luck and Benny learnt why you have to be careful with agro sliders - like Mo did with the pace slider!


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[Mud]

i dont mind, I like trying the new series to me as its a learning curve and makes it interesting

[Chaos]

So then. Votes! What next?

We can go open wheel or closed, team or solo - post up your preference and I'll do the stuff!

[Chaos]

I'd suggest MR2 or BTCC for closed wheel (8 to play), Le Mans LMP1/LMP2/GTS/GT class for ultimate closed wheel (12 to play), 8 of the F1 years for open wheel play (10 to play) - all of which are teams of 2 drivers - or BAT7 for a bit of both and teams of 3.

[Mud]

Well we will probably only get 8 players max

[Chaos]

Aye. I can make dummies again, but it's clumsy and I'd rather keep it amongst just us. One or two more would make the options nicer. I'd love us to play a Le Mans season if we could get enough though, they're properly good fun and the races are MAHOOSIVE (opening race is about 396 laps long, from memory) so you get major value for your game! :)

[Fas]

Let's wait a couple of weeks, see if we can convince new members to join up and get them into BAT

[Chaos]

Sure, but those guys that played this time better all be there next time, or Daddy's sending the curried gulls over to do a flypast on the bonnet and roof... ;)

[M7ammed]

In the mean time I don't mind teaming with somebody for a public game ;)

[Chaos]

Lemme win this LMES GT and we'll find ourselves a slot somewhere. :)

Edit: Actually there's just over a fortnight left, so whilst I can't join another LMES we could maybe jump into something else. What do ya fancy? BAT7 is next one up, you like?

[M7ammed]

Lemme win this LMES GT and we'll find ourselves a slot somewhere. :)

Edit: Actually there's just over a fortnight left, so whilst I can't join another LMES we could maybe jump into something else. What do ya fancy? BAT7 is next one up, you like?

Don't mind any, just not F1

[Chaos]

For some reason I keep missing replies.. :(

Right, leave it with, we'll aim to set something up when a good series arrives. In fact, better yet, change your password to a generic one and PM me it, I'll join us both up and you can change it back afterwards - easier than trying to get us both online. ;)

[M7ammed]

PM sent :)

[Chaos]

We're in. Managed to snag a Caterham in the new BAT7. :)

Mud's in for a full 3-team too, not sure if he wants to play or not but I'm gonna bully him into it. :P

[M7ammed]

We're in. Managed to snag a Caterham in the new BAT7. :)

Mud's in for a full 3-team too, not sure if he wants to play or not but I'm gonna bully him into it. :P


Top Work :thumbsup:

[Chaos]

Gonna post the tutorial stuff here, partly to stop it dropping off the end of the page before Mud sees it (if he's in), and partly cos it may be interesting for others later on - obviously read from the bottom up!:


On the previous note about setting weather and tyres to 100%, you seriously have to remember to change it every race, cos if you drop your luck in an enduro it's SO bloody annoying!!

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Tyres

Slick - use in the dry, obviously
32R - used when it's not quite bone dry, not too common
21R - think of it as an intermediate
Wet - duh... http://batracer.com/-i?59

Usually set mine to:
0
-off- (or 10ish)
32
70

NOTE: If you have your tyres set to whatever and your weather slider to 100% (never come in), if you stop for any other reason IT WILL PUT YOU OUT ON THE RIGHT TYRES FOR THE WEATHER ON THAT LAP! This can be a bonus to offset a bit of bad luck with a good side-benefit. :)

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OK, races make a difference here.

If you look over the season, you alternate sprint and endurance at every track.

SPRINT
Set your tyre sliders to 100% - burn them down, they'll last
Set your wet weather slider to 100% - never come in, it pays off about 90% of the time

ENDURO
Set tyre sliders to 50-75%, see what suits you
Set wet weather to 10-20%, which will usually be 2 or 3 laps. Any less and the weather could change back meaning 2 stops in 2 laps and race over..

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forgot the tire choices for this whats the difference between them?

I'm put tire use on the high side , around 80ish

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Aggressive is one of the 3 chars you'd use for 7s, helps you barge through the pack early on, which is a damn sight easier than trying to pass later. http://batracer.com/-i?61

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what does aggressive give ?

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OK - TACTICS

BAT7 is a setup qualifier. The times we do in setup will determine our grid. Thus, we have to be smart.

- NOBODY does more than 2 laps before we've all had a chip in. If you use extra cos of a mistake then no sweat, can't be helped, but only hit the button twice.

- I'd suggest Mud does a couple of 100% runs early, as he has Thinker, if not I'll play his and do them. Once we all have some times on the board, Mud start the next session with a couple more. That should get us close.

- TWO LAPS LEFT IN SETUP is the time to stop. At that point you run ONE 0% lap and set your time to try and get to the top of the grid, then LAST LAP is a 100% attempt for everyone to nail a spot on setting at no penalty.

So, on a 7 lap setup like this one:

7 - normal run
6 - normal run
- wait -
5 - normal run
4 - normal run
3 - normal run
2 - 0% qualifying run
1 - 100% setup run

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LOL only 2 of us in the top 400!

Team Weave should be the guys to beat on paper, one quick guy plus Jeff Wilshire who's def quicker than WR500ish..

[Chaos]

Also of note, cos I saw you mentioning stubborn sliders, BAT7 is notoriously hard to set up, cos it's ramped up to cater for 3-man teams. That's why teams not full have a hard time of it, and why it's important to get at least one Thinker and some experience. :thumbsup:

You'll see once we start getting through the races that our setups will be up there with the better ones. ;)

[Chaos]

I you or anyone else wants a muckabout on the Le Mans series to see how it goes, there's a private game running with another clan and only a few people in it:

http://batracer.com/-cj?&D&43479
Game ID: 43479
pw: sfclemans

[Chaos]

BAT7's underway guys, races are at 01:15GMT, which should suit us all nicely. :)

[Mud]

Just seen all this what the blud clat is going on man???

[Chaos]

You're in a Caterham and you've done all your setup runs. Well done, you were great. (Forgot to mention it earlier, but cheers anyway :P)

[M7ammed]

Just seen all this what the blud clat is going on man???

Quality :roule::ohthedrama:

[Benny boy]

dam only just seen this let me know when next one starts lol