atheist mantis

 

And we are back to Formula One with Racin Nexus F1 1995 Championship. I'm gonna run with the Ligier Mugen-Honda. So far, testing has been terrible. Out of the box I was 6-8 seconds slower per lap compared to the fast guys. With a happy go-lucky approach I have managed to bring the gap down to 2-3 seconds. I don't think I will challenge for podiums in this series. We'll see if I can improve my pace as the series goes along. At least, I am familiar with all the tracks on the schedule as they are all standard F1 venues. 

Danger Creek Desert

 

The first series to open up this year will also be the last rFactor series hosted on SRO. Dubbed Hasta La Vista rFactor, we will race with Formula BMW cars by iDT Simulations on some of the famous race tracks that come bundled with the rFactor 1 program. 

It's funny how I've never driven on any of the tracks on the schedule (except for Montreal). These places have been on my hard disk for years and years and I've never visited any of them. I find that these rFactor default tracks have a consistent visual tone or flavor, a certain mise-en-scene that I've never seen in any of the countless other race tracks that I have run on in rFactor.

I have had a fuzzy and relaxed time with the car during these early testing days. Only certain aspects of car setup can be manipulated, and mostly it is all about fine tuning the performance of the rear suspension. I find the default setup a bit twitchy so the current objective is to find the setup that will plant the back on throttle input but not understeer during high speed sweepers.