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Re: GPGSL R3-S14 Malaysian GP - Sepang - 1 year ago
Yeah well, although it's a decent team effort, I am a bit disappointed. The car clearly had the pace for much more, but we were on track at the wrong time. Weather radar said there'd be more rain, apparently there wasn't. But at least we see that the updates are working, so hopefully the big guys can gain more from it.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R2-S14 Japanese GP - Suzuka - 1 year ago
Oh well, at least we're not last ... sorry Greg Feel a bit like Ferrari right now. High hopes, crushing reality. The upside is that we were expecting another tough weekend and opted for a solid improval rather than squeezing updates out before they're ready.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R1-S14 Japanese GP - Suzuka - 1 year ago
Oh yeah, gonna be another tough race for us with all those boosts, but I knew why I waited ...by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R1-S14 Australian GP - Albert Park - 1 year ago
senna9194 schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > A race to forget. Everything went the wrong way.. I know ... I promise we'll look into it for Japan. Sorry to your drivers that the engineering team let you down so much.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R1-S14 Australian GP - Albert Park - 1 year ago
Oh man, we'll really have to work on the drivability of the car. It looks like neither of our drivers has confidence, currently, The driving errors are just a logical consequence.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R1-S14 Australian GP - Albert Park - 1 year ago
Looks like MTP's reliability department did its job. However, it also looks like we neglected performance a bit too much for that. Might have to re-evaluate the developtment course over the season.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R1-S14 Australian GP - Albert Park - 1 year ago
Looks like only Matteo is already familiar with the new car. Tough first round so far. Let's see what is possible in the race.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R1-S14 Australian GP - Albert Park - 1 year ago
EricMoinet schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nice to see we're ready to go with the new > season. > Just a question: when will we have our allotted > team boost ? As always, boosts are open from Round 2 onwards.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S14 - Preseason / We're back baby! - 1 year ago
Thanks for the ingame shots. I see the red is still too dark on the livery, so I'll send an update for Round 2.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: First shot at making renders, feedback please - 1 year ago
That's a matter of the skin. To me, it looks like the 'amber' logo was put there with a lightly dark transparent layer behind it. That makes it look a little darker as the rest of the white parts on the car and that's what causes the hard edge. Open the skin and see if you can get rid of this background layer and you should be fine.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: First shot at making renders, feedback please - 1 year ago
That's a really good progress already! The floor mirroring looks a lot better. And the general brightness is also better. Tyres look better, too, but there are still those hard edges between the tyre walls and the treads. Like Tobi said, it looks like these textures don't belong together. I also noticed that you completely removed the specularity. Giving the car object some of it as well asby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: First shot at making renders, feedback please - 1 year ago
Also the specularity or whatever it's called in Blender (the glowing light spots) isn't very nice, yet, at the front wing (too blurred) and too shiny on the sidepot edges. And personally, I'd either reduce or blurr the mirroring effect, because typically, it's imperfections that make renders look more natural. I know this all sounds quite overwhelming at the moment. I've been there in the pasby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S14 - Team Launch Thread - 1 year ago
n00binio schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > Turbo Lover schrieb: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > n00binio Schreef: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > I like the look of my new car, I hope I wont > > put > > > too many scratcby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S14 - Team Launch Thread - 1 year ago
I wouldn't say that's yellow, it's rather poison green and with those red lines, it's easily distinguishable from the MAC. Personally, I would have gone either a little darker or a little lighter with that green, but it surely goes nicely with the red lines.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: I have an idea... - 1 year ago
Sounds a bit like a Michel Vaillant miniseries to me I definitely see a lot of potential. You can do outside commentaries of races or in-cockpit passages where you 'think' about how to pass that damn guy in front of you or freak out when your engine leaks. Between-race breaking news, etc. You could also add series-swaps, have them start in Formula-2 and work them up. I'm a fountain of ideas.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S14 - Team Launch Thread - 1 year ago
natasp schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks a lot to Tobi for the renders, and I would > love if John could make some Minichamps renders > for my cars Send me the files and I'll see what I can do.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S14 - Team Launch Thread - 1 year ago
kedy89 schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lovely work John > > A few remarks/questions > - did you leave that tiny winglet in front of the > cockpit in yellow on purpose? yes, that's on purpose > - car1 doesn't seem to have the inside of the > headrest painted, it's still white this I noticed too late, will be fixed for the psd filesby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S14 - Team Launch Thread - 1 year ago
MTP S14 Team Launch Due to the ongoing restrictions linked to the current Coronavirus pandemia, MTP today reveils their S14 contender in a mostly empty warehouse based on the team factory area. Team principal Maverick: "It is with a strange mix of sadness and joy that we present to you the next evolution of our GPGSL endeavour. Truth is, in times like these, the sports and the competby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S13 - R14 British Grand Prix / Silverstone - Stay safe and enjoy some quality virtual racing [S14 track voting open, details p. 114] - 1 year ago
I'd rather have taken 5th in constructors, both because of one boost more and because I wouldn't have had to change the numbers on the livery Tough race for MTP, as expected. It's good that the season is over now so that we can analyse what went wrong and hopefully fight for a top 3 next season. The championship fight was, in the end, a lot closer than I anticipated. Good thing that I gotby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S14 - Team Launch Thread - 2 years ago
MTP S14 Sneak Peek MTP is confirming its S14 contender is in the final stages of development and will be ready for the start of next season with a Sneak Peek purposely leaked to the media. Stay tuned for more to come soon.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S14 - Team Launch Thread - 2 years ago
natasp schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > Macca25 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Turbo Lover Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Greidanus Grand Prix S14 Launch > > > > > > With much excitement we present oby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S13 - R14 British Grand Prix / Silverstone - Stay safe and enjoy some quality virtual racing [S14 track voting open, details p. 114] - 2 years ago
Team-wise, it's quite an expected qualifying result. One decent, one not so well with no boost against quite a few heavily-boosted teams. If it stays wet, anything can happen. I just hope for some points to finish the season. Championship-wise, I fear it's going to be quite tough for Pedersen, even in wet conditions. If it was the other way round, I'd get the popcorn out and wait for a champioby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S13 - R14 British Grand Prix / Silverstone - Stay safe and enjoy some quality virtual racing [S14 track voting open, details p. 114] - 2 years ago
Frustration over focus, that pretty much sums up my end to this race. In the end it didn't make much of a difference. Big congrats to Nathan and MAC, however, he's a well deserved championship winner and since the engine held on, there was no way to beat him today.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S13 - R14 British Grand Prix / Silverstone - Stay safe and enjoy some quality virtual racing [S14 track voting open, details p. 114] - 2 years ago
Ok, it was clear with those boosts that my chances for the WTC title were slim but now I really need a miracle from the Racing God. Looks like it's between Glen and Nathan. Maybe Gareth and I can have a good fight for P3 in the championship.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S13 - R14 British Grand Prix / Silverstone - Stay safe and enjoy some quality virtual racing [S14 track voting open, details p. 114] - 2 years ago
Dear Racing-God, please make those +8 boost cars blow up. If you do, I promise free virtual Swiss-chocolate for 2 years. Amen.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S13 - R13 Portuguese Grand Prix / Estoril - Stay safe and enjoy some quality virtual racing [FP/Quali online p. 107] - 2 years ago
Officially, it's dung. In vulgar speech, it's crapby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S13 - R13 Portuguese Grand Prix / Estoril - Stay safe and enjoy some quality virtual racing [FP/Quali online p. 107] - 2 years ago
Well, that went amazingly well, especially compared to my expectations before the round. Dunno where the speed of the car came from, but finishing 2nd and Matteo winning came completely out of nowhere! The greater is the happiness, of course. The real thing to complain is how Carlos' race was ended since he was on a good way to even some more points. But this shall not ruin our team celebrations.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S13 - R13 Portuguese Grand Prix / Estoril - Stay safe and enjoy some quality virtual racing [Next boost deadline 8pm GMT Sunday 26th April 2020] - 2 years ago
Oh man, that's gonna be a tough and painful round ...by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S13 - R13 Portuguese Grand Prix / Estoril - Stay safe and enjoy some quality virtual racing [Next boost deadline 8pm GMT Sunday 26th April 2020] - 2 years ago
Turbo Lover schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > Please, don't pick Porsche. So far we haven't been informed about a second team being supplied with Porsche engines. But then again, after Audi's DTM retreat, it seems everything is possible in this corporation.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S13 - R12 EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX / Spa-Francorchamps - Stay safe and enjoy some quality virtual racing [Next boost deadline 8pm GMT TUESDAY 7th APRIL 2020] - 2 years ago
Stoopid schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > Charrel Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Just in: Charrel Jalving announces retirement > > GPGSL! > > > > Just before Charrel left the track, a > journalist > > managed to catch Charrel at the gates and ask > him > > abouby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4