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Re: GPGSL R3-S14 Italian GP - Monza - 4 years ago
Indeed a quite chaotic race, but if the correct AI errors were used, it's the way it is. However, since there's often a general frustration after such races, it might be a good idea to consider generally lower AI-errors next season. On the other hand, such chaos races often give a chance to backmarkers, so it's not all bad. For the race, it's a pity that Matteo was caught iby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R3-S14 Italian GP - Monza - 4 years ago
Soutsen schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > 16th and 22nd is exactly what I expected from my > guys for the qualy > > Btw, I expected far more boosts to be used overall > (at least for the engines) and that's why I > decided not to send my ones, because I simply > thought it would be no use to waste them with > everyone doingby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R3-S14 Italian GP - Monza - 4 years ago
@Greg You really didn't have to highlight my 15th THAT MUCH! I know I'm growing old, but my ego is still intact! On a serious note, the pace is pretty much what was to be expected. This season is really tough.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R3-S14 Pacific GP - Fuji - 4 years ago
Ok, seriously, who of you guys mixed Matteo some whiskey in the water bottle during the pit stops???!!! I assume this must have been one of the worst races for MTP ever, so I'll refuse thinking about this any further.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R3-S14 Pacific GP - Fuji - 4 years ago
Well, at least the car seems to be good enough for some points, if Carlos and Matteo stay out of the big trouble. Fingers crossed!by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R3-S14 Pacific GP - Fuji - 4 years ago
Oh well, another disappointment, but it was sorta expected with no boost. Hope the big boys can get a little bit more out of the car nonetheless.by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R3-S14 Malaysian GP - Sepang - 4 years ago
Stellar drive by Carlos to recover from the early loss of pace and bring home a well-deserved 2nd. Pity for Matteo, though, that he couldn't make use of the car. It really is a diva this year and we know there's still a load of work ahead of us to make this car better. As for the tables, MTP used a double boost, not a single one. Would be great if this could be corrected when you havby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R3-S14 Malaysian GP - Sepang - 4 years ago
It's a real pity that Matteo got caught in the weather just like Anderson and I did in FP, but Carlos has proven that the car works, so here are fingers crossed for a hell of a comeback drive for Matteo. And Carlos, bringing the car home is top priority. We need the points!by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL R3-S14 Malaysian GP - Sepang - 4 years 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 - 4 years 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 - 4 years 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 - 5 years 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 - 5 years 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 - 5 years 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 - 5 years 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 - 5 years 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! - 5 years 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 - 5 years 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 - 5 years 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 itby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: First shot at making renders, feedback please - 5 years 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'by JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S14 - Team Launch Thread - 5 years 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 - 5 years 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... - 5 years 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 founby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S14 - Team Launch Thread - 5 years 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 - 5 years 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 foby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S14 - Team Launch Thread - 5 years 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] - 5 years 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 tby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPGSL S14 - Team Launch Thread - 5 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 - 5 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] - 5 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 waiby JohnMaverick - Grand Prix 4