Avian Gamers Network

This thread will be used for the Avian Racing Team, which is a competing team for the Yahoo! Racing Manager Game. The game is a simple, yet fun turn-based, internet based race car management game.

The game can be found here: http://uk.racingmanager.yahoo.net/yraci ... rsicht.jsp

If you're joining in, please let us know by posting here in this thread, and after joining the game, join the Avian Racing Team!

Group ID #: 60110

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

So you think I should use cautious or balanced in the next race? My lowest driver stat should be above 50% by then.

Also I will transfer this over from the other forum.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

Chassis is 11 or 12 I ran out of money before I narrowed it down.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

made an application. staalealden is my name apparently...

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Avian Technology & Trade

Wermas Tanares
-Master Weaponsmith-
-Master Pistoleer-

TC Char
Nawa

You're in.

Settings should be finalized today. While we will never get in the money with 8 racers on our team of 50 available slots, we could make a big move this week.

The other new team is my alt, Fred Banks. He is a sunnyboy, and what a blast it was taking my engine from 700 to 805 in my first tuning session.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

LOL.. yeah, but wait until you get to about 70% on your stats. You'll LOVE how long it takes to bump him 1%.

Z's driver is a sunnyboy. 'course he's leadin' the pack in points so I guess I should reconsider that.

As far as your question about how to test the right settings, you've got it right. It's not by anymeans down to a science, but mostly guesswork until you feel you've got it right.

You can probably go all balanced this week and be fine Tobias.

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

It sounds then that considering the speed with which you increase your stats at the lower numbers sunnyboy may be a very viable option.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

Need still more money to narrow this down but I would like anybody to confirm that C E A settings are 12, 13, and 12or greater. Aero I was still making improvements raising, but ran out of cash.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

Ran outta cash yesterday so I gotta wait for the moment.

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Dr. Golga Bolg
SWTOR - Golga
Rift - Gnarlwood: Golgar Golgantua Golgate - Retired
WoW - Dalaran: Bolg Golga Virrok All Retired
SWG - Golga Bolg - Doctor (Resident) Retired
Eve - Edge Finn - Limbo
Section 2 - (Former) Director
What am I playing now?: The waiting game

I got 13 for Aero. Good job on the other settings.

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

I think that the best settings for the England track are, Chassis=12, Engine=13 and Aerodynamics=14. Good luck.

excellent.. thanks Z

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

Found a good forum with some tips and info.

http://www.moonworld.co.uk/gtr/forum/

I was not aware that anything carried over from season to season but they say about 90 percent of your engine power does. They all like to get top speed up as quickly as possible and they say track knowledge gives a diminishing return beyond about 65%.

Lots of other helpful info including their belief that pitting twice per race is best. I will be pitting on lap 20 and 40 at England this race.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

Interesting! Thanks for the heads up Tobias. I'm going to stick with 1 pit this race on lap 40. Let me know if you see a noticable advantage.

Avian Racing is currently the 900th ranked team in the game with 73pts. We could concievably jump up to 850 or so after this week!

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

These guys may know what they are doing. They are ranked 35th.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

Ran a 01:18,402 for qualifying. Should be top 5 I think given I pooched out my last race. So far 1st of 2.

Considering pitting on laps 19 and 40. I'll change to lap 20 if I qualify first.

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Dr. Golga Bolg
SWTOR - Golga
Rift - Gnarlwood: Golgar Golgantua Golgate - Retired
WoW - Dalaran: Bolg Golga Virrok All Retired
SWG - Golga Bolg - Doctor (Resident) Retired
Eve - Edge Finn - Limbo
Section 2 - (Former) Director
What am I playing now?: The waiting game

I am curious as to the strategy. You will be pitting a lap earlier to gain some kind of advantage? How? Just Curious.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

Pitting a lap earlier means I need less fuel in the car at the start, means a faster start.

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Dr. Golga Bolg
SWTOR - Golga
Rift - Gnarlwood: Golgar Golgantua Golgate - Retired
WoW - Dalaran: Bolg Golga Virrok All Retired
SWG - Golga Bolg - Doctor (Resident) Retired
Eve - Edge Finn - Limbo
Section 2 - (Former) Director
What am I playing now?: The waiting game

Good luck with the strategy let's hope it works well.

I just wish they posted more postrace info so you could determine what works at all.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

This is not looking good. I'm qualified 13th out of 15. I'm running 252 km/h. What are you guys running?

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

I am in a much lower group than you... I am currently in 1st in my group running 233.......

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SW:TOR - Mantison Gunslinger, Ironmant Trooper, Manni Jedi Knight
WoW - Dalaran - Manni 85 Mage, Ironmant 83 Warrior, Mantison 80 Hunter
SWG - Chilastra Retired Mantison, Commando / TKA Master aka Trogdor !!!!

First at 231 and second at 232

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

First with a 236, laptime as above.

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Dr. Golga Bolg
SWTOR - Golga
Rift - Gnarlwood: Golgar Golgantua Golgate - Retired
WoW - Dalaran: Bolg Golga Virrok All Retired
SWG - Golga Bolg - Doctor (Resident) Retired
Eve - Edge Finn - Limbo
Section 2 - (Former) Director
What am I playing now?: The waiting game

I am in 4th with a 234 lap speed, 1:19.001 time

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SW:TOR - Mantison Gunslinger, Ironmant Trooper, Manni Jedi Knight
WoW - Dalaran - Manni 85 Mage, Ironmant 83 Warrior, Mantison 80 Hunter
SWG - Chilastra Retired Mantison, Commando / TKA Master aka Trogdor !!!!

Came in 6th... a little lower than I would have liked, qualified in 4th...

Gotta get my fitness up to 100.... I am becoming exhausted halfway through the races...

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SW:TOR - Mantison Gunslinger, Ironmant Trooper, Manni Jedi Knight
WoW - Dalaran - Manni 85 Mage, Ironmant 83 Warrior, Mantison 80 Hunter
SWG - Chilastra Retired Mantison, Commando / TKA Master aka Trogdor !!!!

Man, I did bad. Placed 13th. Looks like Z did pretty well though. He's up to 37 pts.

Actually looks like EVERYBODY did well except for me.

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

I would suggest you get your high speed up as far as possible, get your kilter up to about 65 and only use the brave setting. I got 3 wins this week following many of the helpful tips at the moon site I linked in a previous thread(albeit in a first race and 2 second races. They have some guidelines on what driver settings to use based on your skill.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

It would appear that Z won his race as I remember he started at 27. Let's post results in thread entitled Racing Manager England Results. The first person to get on here after each race could start the thread using that format.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

I just saw that Avian Racing is now ranked 676, up from 900 or so. Congratulations! We're improving already.

Yea us!

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

Chassis 14 I think for France. Engine is near 13. Out of Health for now.

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Dr. Golga Bolg
SWTOR - Golga
Rift - Gnarlwood: Golgar Golgantua Golgate - Retired
WoW - Dalaran: Bolg Golga Virrok All Retired
SWG - Golga Bolg - Doctor (Resident) Retired
Eve - Edge Finn - Limbo
Section 2 - (Former) Director
What am I playing now?: The waiting game

Try these settings this time around. 15, 8, 6.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

That helped a good amount.....I'm about to break 1:14, but there are lots of people running faster than me in this group. Best is high 1:11s.

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Dr. Golga Bolg
SWTOR - Golga
Rift - Gnarlwood: Golgar Golgantua Golgate - Retired
WoW - Dalaran: Bolg Golga Virrok All Retired
SWG - Golga Bolg - Doctor (Resident) Retired
Eve - Edge Finn - Limbo
Section 2 - (Former) Director
What am I playing now?: The waiting game

I'll be lucky to finish in the points this time. I appear to be the slowest out here. All the other drivers are pointing at laughing at Mr. Sparkle.

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Dr. Golga Bolg
SWTOR - Golga
Rift - Gnarlwood: Golgar Golgantua Golgate - Retired
WoW - Dalaran: Bolg Golga Virrok All Retired
SWG - Golga Bolg - Doctor (Resident) Retired
Eve - Edge Finn - Limbo
Section 2 - (Former) Director
What am I playing now?: The waiting game

Thanks for the settings! I'm running 01:09,554 @ 220km/h.

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

Qing with a 01:12,901. Will be lucky to be top 10 methinks.

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Dr. Golga Bolg
SWTOR - Golga
Rift - Gnarlwood: Golgar Golgantua Golgate - Retired
WoW - Dalaran: Bolg Golga Virrok All Retired
SWG - Golga Bolg - Doctor (Resident) Retired
Eve - Edge Finn - Limbo
Section 2 - (Former) Director
What am I playing now?: The waiting game

I put in to be on Avian's team....

SWEET!

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

I should be able to head over there right after this and get you accepted.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

Qualified 5th with a time of 01:08,660, running 222 km/h.

Unbelievable.

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense