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Kilonum posted:Ugh, WEC app keeps dropping the video to my Chromecast every 5 minutes. Hopefully it doesn't do this poo poo during the race itself. From experience I'm inclined to blame Chromecast. Google had a novel idea but Jesus Christ I've never had a smooth good user experience with that thing.
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1500quidporsche posted:From experience I'm inclined to blame Chromecast. Google had a novel idea but Jesus Christ I've never had a smooth good user experience with that thing. This is my first issue with it. Been using it since I got it for Netflix with no problems. Also, just went 20min between drops.
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Jun 16, 2016 19:23
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My current menu for 24 Hours of Cooking/Father's Day Celebration Green flag: Hashbrowns stacked with sausage, egg and avocado Early afternoon: Shrimp/pork tacos Evening: ??? Snacks: Pizza bagel bites(I did these two years ago I think?)
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Jun 16, 2016 19:41
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That Tracy Krohn spin 
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Jun 16, 2016 19:50
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Kilonum posted:That Tracy Krohn spin They still let him drive?
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Jun 16, 2016 20:08
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track day bro! posted:I bought the subscription through the website. it works on my laptop and phone. Thanks. Just set up my account and am ready to roll.  e: Of course I get it set up and today's session is over. 
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Jun 16, 2016 20:21
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Nah there's another session in ~36 minutes from this post.
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Jun 16, 2016 20:24
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Hope to see good poo poo from the Fords! Stoked for this weekend.
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Jun 16, 2016 20:38
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Oh speaking of Ford, lot of people are super pissed after yesterday of the BoP for Ford and Chevy. Chevy was quickest .2 sec or so and got hit with an air restrictor decrease and while Ford got a 25 kilo weight drop so now Ford as of last night was 1, 2, 4, 5 while Corvette is dead last 3 sec. behind with Ferrari magically gaining 3 - 5 sec from testing... 2 weeks ago. Already conspiracy theories of forcing a Ford vs Ferrari battle 50 years after Ford's win.
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Jun 16, 2016 20:48
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It's pretty much been an open secret that Ford and Ferrari were sandbagging to get favorable BoP for LeMans, I don't know how Chevy was suprised by that.
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Jun 16, 2016 20:53
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Surprised to see Audi so far behind not only Porsche but also Toyota. They better hope to make up for this with reliability because they actually have to be faster than Porsche in the race to make up for their shorter stint duration.
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Jun 16, 2016 20:57
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Jun 16, 2016 21:16
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CactusWeasle posted:It's.............wet https://twitter.com/Kilonum/status/743538308488232960 Also, https://twitter.com/Kilonum/status/743538982663892992
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Jun 16, 2016 21:27
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OK the safety car driver is either bonkers or just very very good
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Jun 16, 2016 21:28
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Hell yes that safety car rules On replay that totally looked intentional
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VikingSkull posted:To be fair, it's all a bit clinical in the modern cars. Blundell and those guys did it the hard way, straight up, 1,000 on the ground with lag and all that poo poo. Big balls. Trust me, having seen the 919 Hybrids launch out of the final corner at COTA and rocket up to turn 1, you're wrong.
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Jun 16, 2016 21:42
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jammyozzy posted:Nah there's another session in ~36 minutes from this post. Just realized that thanks to the app. Love this thing, absolutely worth the $15 or whatever USD it is. It' frigging making GBS threads rain right now, wow.
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Jun 16, 2016 21:56
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drgitlin posted:Trust me, having seen the 919 Hybrids launch out of the final corner at COTA and rocket up to turn 1, you're wrong. Those things fly like barely caged lightning, they're hitting speeds that weren't sustainable 20 years ago, iirc all of the LMP Hybrids are at least part time AWD so they have double the contact patch to put power to the ground through once they get out of a corner. Sure a Nissan R90CK with a stuck wastegate was an animal but this year in free practice, every single top Prototype team with the exception of Team Bykolles beat Blundell's pole time. In the case of the Hybrids, they're consistently lapping 10s faster.
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Jun 16, 2016 21:58
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Apparently privateer LMP1 teams are gonna be allowed DRS in a few years. That should be interesting.
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Jun 16, 2016 22:06
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Current P1s have tons of launch power, but also tons of grip and electronic help. In early Group C/GTP, you're talking similar power levels but no traction control, no electronic dif, no anti lag, basically no engine drivability to speak of, H-pattern boxes, 2 wheel drive, vastly more primitive shocks, floaty tire compounds, etc. Some of those onboards of the era are straight scary.
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Jun 16, 2016 22:37
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lol ACO just pulled the rug out from under the IMSA teams and told em they can't even run their DPi engines at lemans. Basically have to buy a whole new car to run the 24, after years of saying they wouldn't have to. Ban the ACO and FIA.
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Cygni posted:Current P1s have tons of launch power, but also tons of grip and electronic help. In early Group C/GTP, you're talking similar power levels but no traction control, no electronic dif, no anti lag, basically no engine drivability to speak of, H-pattern boxes, 2 wheel drive, vastly more primitive shocks, floaty tire compounds, etc. Particularly since they had to take a hand off the wheel frequently to change gear! The current cars have a lot more downforce even in Le Mans spec though, compared to Group C etc.
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Jun 16, 2016 23:27
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https://twitter.com/FIAWEC/status/743559539069444096
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Cygni posted:lol ACO just pulled the rug out from under the IMSA teams and told em they can't even run their DPi engines at lemans. Basically have to buy a whole new car to run the 24, after years of saying they wouldn't have to. Ban the ACO and FIA. Did they even have any IMSA P teams there? If they didn't have any then it's pointless, but yeah I guess if you want to kill off your P2 bracket, that's the way to do it. None of the IMSA teams are going to buy new cars for 1 race if they have no plans of running full time in the WEC.
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Cygni posted:Current P1s have tons of launch power, but also tons of grip and electronic help. In early Group C/GTP, you're talking similar power levels but no traction control, no electronic dif, no anti lag, basically no engine drivability to speak of, H-pattern boxes, 2 wheel drive, vastly more primitive shocks, floaty tire compounds, etc. Yup, this is exactly what I mean. Just because a car is faster doesn't make it scarier or harder to drive. GTP and Group C cars were absolute beasts, wild loving animals. They bit hard, often and with deadly effect.
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Jun 17, 2016 01:22
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TORC is on FS2 right now. Arie Jr. Is driving in it.
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Jun 17, 2016 01:47
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Are we likely to get rain during the race or is it going to clear up? I always love the races where we get rain during it.
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Jun 17, 2016 03:18
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Man, I wanted Ford to win, but not like this. Hope ACO fixes their BoP before Saturday, or all those turbos blow 
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freeranger posted:Are we likely to get rain during the race or is it going to clear up? Yes, it's extremely likely to rain during the race.
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drgitlin posted:Yes, it's extremely likely to rain during the race.  Mixed weather, the best weather.
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Jun 17, 2016 05:18
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drgitlin posted:Yes, it's extremely likely to rain during the race. Hell yes!  Hopefully it's not during the couple of hours I will miss.
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:Man, I wanted Ford to win, but not like this. Hope ACO fixes their BoP before Saturday, or all those turbos blow I assume they can't, otherwise Ford would not have been so stupid as to show their hand. That said, don't worry there's no way the GTs are making the end at full speed.
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I dunno, you really only get one shot to game the BoP with a brand new car like this, and I'm sure this has been part of Mike Hull's strategy from the day they first talked to Ford. Kinda proud of em for nailing it. Now they just have to keep one running until the end...
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Tokyo Sexwhale posted:Did they even have any IMSA P teams there? If they didn't have any then it's pointless, but yeah I guess if you want to kill off your P2 bracket, that's the way to do it. None of the IMSA teams are going to buy new cars for 1 race if they have no plans of running full time in the WEC. ESM run in some of the IMSA rounds, Schank came over for this year's Le Mans and rumor had the current DP Visit Florida team visiting this year in advance of running next year. As well, it's a major slap against any of the manufacturers who wanted to run P2s in IMSA and try to jump over to Le Mans with them (Mazda, Cadillac, potentially Bentley or others) because while they could run the same chassis, it wouldn't be with their bodywork or engine.
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It's even worse because IMSA is an ACO customer. They pay for licensing rights for rules and such nonsense and now get told to gently caress off.
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It was fairly obvious this was coming once IMSA announced all the alterations they were making to the formula (which they originally proposed to the ACO), at least it spares us any more bitching about BoP between P2s and DP(i)s. Besides, as long as the Detroit round exists no-one is going to be running the same physical car in both IMSA and Le Mans anyway. They'll just rent a stock P2 from their DPi chassis provider like Shank did this year. Edit: Showed their hands too early quote:The Ferrari 488 GTE has been handed a 15kg weight increase, with the Ford GT given 10kgs of additional weight and a slight reduction in boost pressures. Xisticide fucked around with this message at 12:59 on Jun 17, 2016 |
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Jun 17, 2016 12:56
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That looks pretty fair to me, should make for a more even and interesting race.
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Yep ACO couldn't have the GTLM class like that unless you want to burn a few more bridges with GM and piss a lot of people off. I'd have to say it's the BoP is better though Ford and Ferrari should've been smarter to not show their cards in practice and qualifying.
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I don't get BoP. Just make it a spec series if you're so worried about equalized performance (this is not a serious suggestion, please don't lynch me)
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