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2021 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX - LIVE THREAD
12/10/2021 | chode

Posted on 12/10/2021 5:44:28 PM PST by Chode

Yas Marina Circuit

First Grand Prix

2009

Number of Laps

58

Circuit Length

5.281km

Race Distance

306.183 km

Lap Record

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: byebyehalfbreed; f1; f1worldchampionship; formulaone; grandprix; greatjobmax; takethatstan
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To: Chode; All

Check out how “realistic” these simulators are. Check the first short lvideo that compares real street course on the left, simu,action of same track,on the right, and notice how almost every bump is represented in the Sim that the real track has. It’s unreal how much effort they put into racing Sims these days, and how “close” (relatively speaking) they are to driving g the courses in real life.

There are some differences to be sure, but the experience is still pretty cool, and fairly close to driving I. Real life, just minus the risk factor z d a few mi or things like smell, changing atmospheric conditions (the Sims replicate it, but it’s not like having rain slap you in the face at 200 mph, things like that)

These racing Sim systems are pretty state of the art, around $50,000 or so. They do centrifugal force pretty well, and the steering wheels have motors on them to replicate the massive torque (you can get some for much .ess, but you would, need a pretty solid desk as it really cranks the snot out of the support znd the driver)

I have just a very basic desktop setup. The steering wheel has force feedback, which again. Is really close to what actual driving would be as you go,over the bumps, and experience gforce,though it’s not as real,as the real,thing of course, but pretty close.

Bu t yeah, watch the vid if interested, it’s pretty amazing how close the pseudo track is to the real tracks. The simulator system in the video the setup rotates, dips, climbs, rocks the person on bumps, etc. Pretty cool i thought

https://www.force-dynamics.com/irdps


21 posted on 12/11/2021 8:30:05 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Bob434

dude, they are six miles from my house...


22 posted on 12/11/2021 8:45:53 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

Who,is? The makers of the Sim system?


23 posted on 12/11/2021 9:44:08 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Bob434

yup... Wiernicki Brothers


24 posted on 12/11/2021 10:08:55 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

Ah cool- do,thy have a display folks can try out? That would be awesome-


25 posted on 12/11/2021 10:30:51 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Bob434

maybe by now, but they are prettymuch all bespoke, so...

it’s been a looooong time since i’ve been there


26 posted on 12/11/2021 10:39:49 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Bob434

if you look, that track is here at the Glen, and it starts right before the bus-stop


27 posted on 12/11/2021 10:48:16 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

which track do you mean? The one in the video? I’m not to god on the glen track- something about it just throws me off- a Few tracks are like that for me- there’s just something about some of the corners that i can’t quite seem to master- i think because i have a tendency to overdrive them trying to make up time-


28 posted on 12/11/2021 11:56:00 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Bob434

yes, the track in the video is Watkins Glen International... ~ten miles from the Force shop


29 posted on 12/11/2021 12:19:49 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

ah i wasn’t really paying attention to the track except for the bumps and comparing the real driver hitting the bumps and the sim machi9ne- it almost mimicked the real driver experiences-


30 posted on 12/11/2021 9:17:56 PM PST by Bob434
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Time to mix-up a batch of Bloody Mary’s (beer snit on the side for me) and watch the conclusion of this most interesting season of F-1.

This is the last time we shall see Kimi race a F-1 car. I recall watching him win his F-1 title on the last lap of the last race of the year. He will be missed!


31 posted on 12/12/2021 4:56:08 AM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: Chode

the hambone appreciation society strikes again


32 posted on 12/12/2021 5:16:19 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode
Hail and Farewell to the IceMan...


33 posted on 12/12/2021 5:42:16 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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MAX..... Here comes a flood of tears. Put your waders on


34 posted on 12/12/2021 6:36:54 AM PST by sweeperboy
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i was actually on the edge of my seat... GO MAX!!!


35 posted on 12/12/2021 6:44:25 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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Pos
NoDriverCarLapsTime/RetiredPTS
133Max Verstappen VERRed Bull Racing Honda581:30:17.3450
244Lewis Hamilton HAMMercedes58+2.256s0
355Carlos Sainz SAIFerrari58+5.173s0
422Yuki Tsunoda TSUAlphaTauri Honda58+5.692s0
510Pierre Gasly GASAlphaTauri Honda58+6.531s0
677Valtteri Bottas BOTMercedes58+7.463s0
74Lando Norris NORMcLaren Mercedes58+59.200s0
814Fernando Alonso ALOAlpine Renault58+61.708s0
931Esteban Ocon OCOAlpine Renault58+64.026s0
1016Charles Leclerc LECFerrari58+66.057s0
115Sebastian Vettel VETAston Martin Mercedes58+67.527s0
123Daniel Ricciardo RICMcLaren Mercedes57+1 lap0
1318Lance Stroll STRAston Martin Mercedes57+1 lap0
1447Mick Schumacher MSCHaas Ferrari57+1 lap0
1511Sergio Perez PERRed Bull Racing Honda55DNF0
NC6Nicholas Latifi LATWilliams Mercedes50DNF0
NC99Antonio Giovinazzi GIOAlfa Romeo Racing Ferrari33DNF0
NC63George Russell RUSWilliams Mercedes26DNF0
NC7Kimi Räikkönen RAIAlfa Romeo Racing Ferrari25DNF0

36 posted on 12/12/2021 6:48:09 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

Karmas a bitch, right Lewis.HaHa


37 posted on 12/12/2021 6:49:21 AM PST by sweeperboy
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To: Chode
the end...

eni


38 posted on 12/12/2021 6:49:48 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

GREAT race! Congrats to Max! Suck it Hamilton you (b)urn, (l)oot (m)urder woke fanboi POS!


39 posted on 12/12/2021 6:56:36 AM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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It is now officially the WWF1. The Wacky World of F1.

I think there were a lot of messages sent. Maybe the strongest to Mercedes from the FIA, stop cheating!

F1 just increased their viewership for next year by 25%!

40 posted on 12/12/2021 7:27:14 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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