So I tried a full race and it seems it is just the track's Magic Data that is causing the problem. On rookie mode it's easy to get pole. At the start of the race I was 1 second faster then anyone else but they started coming back at me because the AI tyre-wear is set much too low (=1000), whereas the Player tyre-wear is set to a fairly normal value (=15453 - the same as the original 2001 track).
Try this instead, it seems to work fairly well for me:
Magic Data for "Melbourne 2012 by F1 Virtual".
[GP4 magic file]
15 ; desc1= front wing [AI DRY SETUP]
14 ; desc2= rear wing
22 ; desc3= 1st gear
28 ; desc4= 2nd
35 ; desc5= 3rd
42 ; desc6= 4th
49 ; desc7= 5th
56 ; desc8= 6th
17 ; desc9= front wing [AI WET SETUP]
17 ; desc10= rear wing
21 ; desc11= 1st gear
27 ; desc12= 2nd
34 ; desc13= 3rd
41 ; desc14= 4th
48 ; desc15= 5th
54 ; desc16= 6th
15 ; desc17= front wing [PLAYER DRY SETUP]
14 ; desc18= rear wing
22 ; desc19= 1st gear
28 ; desc20= 2nd
35 ; desc21= 3rd
42 ; desc22= 4th
49 ; desc23= 5th
56 ; desc24= 6th
5750 ; desc25= dry brake balance
16 ; desc26= front wing [PLAYER WET SETUP]
17 ; desc27= rear wing
21 ; desc28= 1st gear
27 ; desc29= 2nd
34 ; desc30= 3rd
41 ; desc31= 4th
48 ; desc32= 5th
54 ; desc33= 6th
5750 ; desc34= wet brake balance
55 ; desc35= softer tyre [52 Hard, 53 Medium, 54 Soft, 55 Supersoft]
53 ; desc36= harder tyre [52 Hard, 53 Medium, 54 Soft, 55 Supersoft]
100 ; desc37= >= 50 AI chooses softer tyre, otherwise harder
16384 ; desc38= unused
16384 ; desc39= unused
16384 ; desc40= unused
16384 ; desc41= unused
15882 ; desc42= track grip
16384 ; desc43= unused
16384 ; desc44= unused
24 ; desc45= downforce (17 - 31)
1018 ; desc46= ride height (926 - 1022)
16975 ; desc47= air resistance
7833 ; desc48= fuel per lap
384 ; desc49= Slipstream. Subtracted from diff between field_e2 of 2 cars and then compared to speed of first car. Player only??
19200 ; desc50= Player tyre wear (see also desc72)
64768 ; desc51= ai race grip (always 64768) (added to car.field_108. related to cc grip factor)
512 ; desc52= ai grip fine tune
500 ; desc53= ai power factor ace
512 ; desc54= ai grip factor ace
500 ; desc55= ai power factor pro
500 ; desc56= ai grip factor pro
490 ; desc57= ai power factor semi-pro
490 ; desc58= ai grip factor semi-pro
475 ; desc59= ai power factor amateur
475 ; desc60= ai grip factor amateur
460 ; desc61= ai power factor rookie
460 ; desc62= ai grip factor rookie
512 ; desc63= ai random performance range min
2048 ; desc64= ai random performance range max
24 ; desc65= ai chance of errors
1 ; desc66= ai recovery sectors
2 ; desc67= sectors to pit in begin
19 ; desc68= sectors to pit out end
20480 ; desc69= pre pit speed limit
16300 ; desc70= fuel consumption player
15000 ; desc71= fuel consumption ai
4800 ; desc72= ai tyre wear
128 ; desc73= track sector after which AI cars stop being cautious on 1st lap (flag 0x80 in car.flags_ce is not cleared)
86890 ; desc74= timing factor? (dw)
0 ; desc75= timing factor finetune? (dw)
15400 ; desc76= helps decide if a tyre set needs changing (dry to wet / wet to dry). Higher values = quicker reaction
21000 ; desc77= same as above (dry to wet, wet to dry)
10 ; desc78= rain chance
6 ; desc79= segment nr (start of some range)
6 ; desc80= segment nr (end of some range)
256 ; desc81= ai race grip (always 256)
20000 ; desc82= unknown (AI Tyres??)
136 ; desc83= unknown (Player related??)
10000 ; desc84= Black Flag penalty (ms)
2048 ; desc85= Black Flag severity?
240 ; desc86= unknown
115 ; desc87= unknown
110 ; desc88= unknown
13 ; desc89= unknown
0 ; desc90= Handbrake. Stop car moving in garage.
1814 ; desc91= Car depth in garage (Player car)
896 ; desc92= Car depth in garage (AI cars)
0 ; desc93= Car Garage Orientation
0 ; desc94= Pitstop stall depth from pitlane (Player + AI)
0 ; desc95= Pitstop stall depth from pitlane (Player + AI) finetune
16384 ; desc96= unknown (always 16384?)
16384 ; desc97= unknown (always 16384?)
16384 ; desc98= unknown (always 16384?)
16384 ; desc99= unknown (always 16384?)
16384 ; desc100= unknown (always 16384?)
16384 ; desc101= unknown (always 16384?)
0 ; desc102= pitstop group 1 %
25 ; desc103= stop 1
8 ; desc104= pit window 1
0 ; desc105=
0 ; desc106=
0 ; desc107=
0 ; desc108=
0 ; desc109=
50 ; desc110= pitstop group 2 %
16 ; desc111= stop 1
8 ; desc112= pit window 1
35 ; desc113= stop 2
8 ; desc114= pit window 2
0 ; desc115=
0 ; desc116=
0 ; desc117=
50 ; desc118= pitstop group 3 %
11 ; desc119= stop 1
6 ; desc120= pit window 1
26 ; desc121= stop 2
6 ; desc122= pit window 2
40 ; desc123= stop 3
6 ; desc124= pit window 3
0 ; desc125=
744 ; desc126= failure chance : suspension
744 ; desc127= failure chance : loose wheel
744 ; desc128= failure chance : puncture
1488 ; desc129= failure chance : engine
2488 ; desc130= failure chance : transmission
344 ; desc131= failure chance : oil leak / water leak
744 ; desc132= failure chance : throttle / brake
744 ; desc133= failure chance : electrics
16384 ; desc134= unused
16384 ; desc135= unused
16384 ; desc136= unused
16384 ; desc137= unused
19968 ; desc138= bump factor
13 ; desc139= bump shift
[bumptable]
41,1
73,0
274,1
293,0
329,2
361,0
864,2
880,0
600,0
659,1
683,2
743,0
759,1
798,0
610,1
647,0
715,2
740,0
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Intel NUC 8i3, 8GB RAM, MS Sidewinder Wheel
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/2013 04:08AM by TomMK.