TRD3: FPA Round 3 Barbegello

Round 3 takes us across Australia to Barbegello near Perth. The Barbegello circuit is a very short track so traffic will be an issue for much of the race.

Round 2 at Oran Park saw Adam Sloma make his debut and what an impact he made, qualifying on pole and would have won if he haddent run off the road on lap 19. This hadded the win to Muz who had ripped of his toenail before the event.

Muz now has an 18 point lead over fellow Aussie, Peter Vuko. BobZee is third making it three Aussies in the top three of the championship. RaikkonenRules is the first non Aussie in fourth with Lugnut and Adam Sloma just behind each on 20 points.

Lugnut and Jon Brown had to miss this round due to finance issues but with a bit of luck they should make it this time.

Can Muz make it three form three this time? Or will Peter Vuko or Adam Sloma get the better of him. Find out in two weeks time.

Race Rules:

Laps 24
AI Difficulty 100%
All race rules turned on.

Deadline is Friday January 26 20:00 GMT

Good Luck :up:

Entry List: 18
#4 Nick Tallon Vorsprung Durch Czechnik (England)**
#5 Foxystoat V8 Thunder Racing (England)
#7 Lugnut Lugnut Racing (USA) (PC)
#8 RaikkonenRules Team Triple R (England)
#11 Jon Brown Prodrive (England)*
#13 Micheal Booth (Scotland)
#17 Rickupinoft Audi Sport (England) (PC)**
#19 Adam Sloma Slomek Racing (Poland) (PC)
#21 Bobzee BZR (Australia) (PC)
#23 El Sween Team PSR (England)
#39 Muz ZOOM Racing (Australia)
#44 Alfa Fan Team Kit-Kat Racing (Scotland)
#51 Peter Vuko Team Aussi (Australia)
#82 Johnny Shell Kentucky Fried Racing (USA)
#88 Craig Nayler Siennar Sports (England)
#124 Neil Adams Team CBA (England)
#131 Crutts CruttSpeed (England) (PC)
#666 Real Illusions Mobile Chicane Racing (England)

* Jon Brown Unconfirmed
** Nick Tallon and Rickupinoft will be deleted from the entry list if they don't compete this round.

Fingers crossed for a bigger grid this time. :up:

I'm after practise round at Barbagallo and set a new time on HOF :D .

http://www.codemasters.co.uk/halloff...er=72&pageno=1

The last turn at Barbagallo is a nightmare. It is posible to turn without using a break, but its difficult to do that 24 times. If you turn to early, car jump and land upside-down on the grass and the race is over. The other problem is traffic. I catch up last car on the end of 6 lap.

I hope this time I reach the finish without any collisions. Wish you that same.

Cheers

yeah it appears to be possible to do the entire lap flat-footed.

but I wouldn't recommend it!

hey - I have times that are good enough to make the hall of fame, but I've never seen a code to enter as I'm playing in time trial mode.

I play on PS2. anyone got any ideas?

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Originally Posted by Adam Sloma

I'm after practise round at Barbagallo and set a new time on HOF :D .

http://www.codemasters.co.uk/halloff...er=72&pageno=1

The last turn at Barbagallo is a nightmare. It is posible to turn without using a break, but its difficult to do that 24 times. If you turn to early, car jump and land upside-down on the grass and the race is over. The other problem is traffic. I catch up last car on the end of 6 lap.

I hope this time I reach the finish without any collisions. Wish you that same.

Cheers

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I catch up last car on the end of 7 lap. Sorry for this mistake.

Just done my race. Ran semi consitant 41 sec laps. Bet Muz, Vuko or Adam Sloma can get sub 40s.

I think that any time under 17 minutes wouldbe an excelent time.

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Originally Posted by johnny shell

hey - I have times that are good enough to make the hall of fame, but I've never seen a code to enter as I'm playing in time trial mode.

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Johnny, go to the 'championship details' section, in the same panel as setups, race and retire etc. Then go to lap records and you will get times and a 12 digit code.

After the 1st day of practice at Barbagallo Raceway, the Polish speedster Adam Sloma is again showing the way, but the Aussie duo of Peter Vuko & Muz are close behind. Only Sloma & Vuko were able to break the 40sec barrier today. The top 3 times were : 1. A. Sloma 39.72s 2. P.Vuko 39.93s 3. Muz 40.03s. The British & US teams are expected to arrive tomorrow to try & stop the Aussie & Polish domination.

Still a second off the leading pace. :( But still i'm 4 secs faster than Alfa Fan :p

Hi guys , Steven Vuko here, thought i would make a comeback to car racing this year.

Team Name : Team Grunt
Team Number: 15

Thank you..See you at Barbagallo

The Vuko boys started getting serious at practice at Barbagallo today taking positions 1 & 2 . Vuko Snr went out & posted a 39.69s to take current pole from the Pole Adam Sloma. Then young Steven Vuko making his comeback to racing caused a sensation posting a blistering 39.54s lap. This young boy can drive!! Watch out for him in the race this weekend. The English & US drivers have been very quiet so far - can they match the pace of the Aussies??

Entry List: 19
#4 Nick Tallon Vorsprung Durch Czechnik (England)**
#5 Foxystoat V8 Thunder Racing (England)
#7 Lugnut Lugnut Racing (USA) (PC)
#8 RaikkonenRules Team Triple R (England)
#11 Jon Brown Prodrive (England)*
#13 Micheal Booth (Scotland)
#15 Steven Vuko Team Grunt (Australia)
#17 Rickupinoft Audi Sport (England) (PC)**
#19 Adam Sloma Slomek Racing (Poland) (PC)
#21 Bobzee BZR (Australia) (PC)
#23 El Sween Team PSR (England)
#39 Muz ZOOM Racing (Australia)
#44 Alfa Fan Team Kit-Kat Racing (Scotland)
#51 Peter Vuko Team Aussi (Australia)
#82 Johnny Shell Kentucky Fried Racing (USA)
#88 Craig Nayler Siennar Sports (England)
#124 Neil Adams Team CBA (England)
#131 Crutts CruttSpeed (England) (PC)
#666 Real Illusions Mobile Chicane Racing (England)

* Jon Brown Unconfirmed
** Nick Tallon and Rickupinoft will be deleted from the entry list if they don't compete this round.

Excellent that's 19 entries. :up: Welcome to the series Steven

Johnny Shell hit the track today in preparation for the upcoming FPA race at the Barbegello circuit in Australia.

The young (37) American's smooth style paid off at the fast circuit with Johnny turning in a fast lap of 40.87, good enough for 15th in the codemasters hall of fame. (thanks for the help Muz!).

Johnny did better than usual at this circuit because little breaking or throttle control is needed here. His background in american oval track racing leaves him pretty deficient in those areas as he's used to just being smooth and keeping the pedal to the metal.

He's not considered to be a podium contender because not only does he completely lack consistancy, but also because he is still over a second off the pace of the leading contenders.

But his respectable time in practice here will help satisify his sponsors, as he continues to work towards finishing in the upper half of the results in this, his first ever open wheel championship.

The lure of some of the world's best road courses inspired him to make the move to Europe last year, where he competed in the British GT series before being forced to drop out as his sponsors withdrew their support due to poor results.

He won the GT Cup race at the first stop of the championship at Donington Park, but hasn't been able to regain that form since. He has a steady girlfriend now however, and is more focused on his racing and less focused on partying and chasing all the beautiful European and Aussie women around.

He even hits the pause button now before lighting up, or opening a fresh beer, during a race.

Nice times Vukos!! Would like to say I've spent the last 3 hours challenging them but I bought Tourist Trophy today and spent my times throwing bikes (including the one I ride for real) down the road! Has any else got this game?? (Sorry this is off topic)

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Originally Posted by Peter Vuko

The English & US drivers have been very quiet so far - can they match the pace of the Aussies??

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not me! lol, way of cant even do 43s!

Times from Neil Adams :up:

i think i was doing 48's or something in practise a while ago...although i cant remember exactly now.

been busy recently with a new job and several other things.

hopefully get round to some practise the next couple of days and maybe the race next week.

:)

I got a 40.42 :D

less than a second behind THE Peter Yuko on the codies HoF!

time for me to stop playing around and start to practice my race set up now though.

My turning that 40.42 is like a dart player who can throw a bulls eye like 1 out of 100 times. yeah, sure, it's a bulls eye... but if I can't do good laps consistantly then so what.

all I wanna do is finish in the top 1/2 of the grid!

i'm confident of a position between 1st and last place..if i manage to finish behind last position then i'm driving an f1 car in the next race ;) :p :

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Originally Posted by real_illusions

i'm confident of a position between 1st and last place..if i manage to finish behind last position then i'm driving an f1 car in the next race ;) :p :

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:cheese: Cheesey yet true analysis :up:

I might make an effort to do the race tonight but I've got lots of revision, Work (till 8) and a marathon darts match against by brother :erm:

With one week to go nearly all the drivers have tested the Barbagallo track. The top 6 times in practice so far are: 1. S.Vuko 39.54s 2. P.Vuko 39.69s 3. A.Sloma 39.72s 4. Muz 40.03s 5. BobZee 40.28s 6. J.Shell 40.42s. Most drivers will now prepare their cars for race trim but there will no doubt be one or two drivers trying to improve their grid position. The race again will come down to negotiating traffic - Muz has proven to be the best at this so far this season & this is why he remains the bookies favourite. The one to watch is young Steven Vuko - he has consistently broken the 40sec mark in practice but the youngster has been caught out in traffic before!

i cant get past the 44 second mark on race setup...

dont know how you guys do it...although muz has offered me a few tips..might try them tomorow or saturday..

Johnny Shell moves into 5th on the practice grid with a lap of 40.21, a lap that put him in the top 10 in the HoF on the codies sight... however, he's not expected to be able to translate that practice success into race day success.

So far I've only managed a 42:50. :( I think its time to start using my steering wheel.) How much of the track can you guys take flat. I can only do turn 2 flat :mad: There is no way the car will turn-in enough to take other corners flat. Maybe my set-up is pants.

i've kinda given up on this round...i'm going to be about 2 laps down by the end of the race.

You might as well compete. Points go down to 15th place

Vuko is 1st and another Vuko is 2nd? Give me some time's, and I show you what I can do:-) Maybe not tonight, because I'm after a few beer, but tomorrow I'll be at pole position!
BTW its awfully live on the village, without internet acces!

I did it! 39.44s :-)))))))

JB I take the whole track flat out, except the last turn before the start/finish straight.

my set-up is full-stiff and pretty much all the way to the ground. I only set my roll bars at 50% though, which helps keeping it from flipping when I hit the curbs.

turn in also might be helped by running some camber.

and I think in race trim I'm in the 41 range.

Looks like Johnny's goining to be rivaling me this time. :) I got 41s in race setup.

my focus is going to be 1) turning fast laps consistantly and not having a bad corner here or there that costs seconds per lap 2) not running into the back of traffic I'm lapping!

I've run a couple of race-legnth practice sessions so far and I get DQ'ed for rough driving or corner-cutting every time... or at a bare minimum I get black flagged. I may have to be more conservative during the race than I like.

I don't expect to be challanging you just yet kimi fan, but I am pleased that I've found some speed!

I'm expecting you to get under 17 mins Johnny. :up:

With 4 days to go the top 6 qualifying times are :
1. A.Sloma 39.44s
2. S.Vuko 39.54s
3. P.Vuko 39.69s
4. Muz 40.03s
5. J. Shell 40.21s
6. BobZee 40.28s

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

So far I've only managed a 42:50. :( I think its time to start using my steering wheel.) How much of the track can you guys take flat. I can only do turn 2 flat :mad: There is no way the car will turn-in enough to take other corners flat. Maybe my set-up is pants.

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Looks like I'm good for top Brit again. :D

I ran some laps with the wheel. I improved my time slightly but there is still no-way I can to the most of the lap flat out. :mad: I'd end up in the graval trap with no wheels. I have to take the 1st turn in 2nd!!!

if you can just get the car to turn in, the cornering forces slow the car down A LOT with-out actually lifting or using the brakes.

What simulation are you guys playing that lets you do Barbagello flat out with no brakes? It can't be very realistic because that would be pretty much impossible in real life.

And I have no idea whether you're running the short track or the long track but even a Lola F3000 car can only do the short track in 47 secs. Long track in just under 52 secs. Sub 40 sec laps? Ermm..

Toca Racedriver3 In a Formula Palmer Audi. It isn't the most realistic your right but you gain a second or 4 by taking risks that you wouldn't in real life for fear of killing yourself ! my times are more in the 44 second bracket so a little nearer the mark. Oh and I have to lift or brake on quite a few corners .