Aerial deathrace

[Gilly]

Well dk, McQ, devilis and myself had a good reccy and a few practice runs on the winter in Stalingrad map last night. We got a pretty good track mapped out that takes between 5 and 6 minutes to do a lap. I think what became obvious last night was the differences in performance of the different aircraft and this would therefore have to be addressed prior to the start of any race. we mulled the idea of having different races in the same type of aircraft as this then eliminates the performance issue. All in all I think we made some good progress and had a pretty good laugh along the way too.

[dkwookie]

Yeah that was good fun last night.

I think if we exclude the jets its a two horse race between the K4 and the TA 152. The K4 looks to do the lap in about 5 and half minutes and the TA about 5 minutes 15 or so. The problem with TA is you really have to slow it down for the corners. It turns like a dog.

I have drawn a rough map of the course we ran in Stalingrad Winter and attached. We were starting parked under the most northern tributary bridge, out into the main river and down a course we marked with crashes before the race. I have traced the route in red and put blue marks where you need to mark with a crash.

Sorry for the poor artwork but once you get on the map it doesnt take too much to work it out.

[haitch40]

Originally Posted by dkwookie

Yeah that was good fun last night.

I think if we exclude the jets its a two horse race between the K4 and the TA 152. The K4 looks to do the lap in about 5 and half minutes and the TA about 5 minutes 15 or so. The problem with TA is you really have to slow it down for the corners. It turns like a dog.

I have drawn a rough map of the course we ran in Stalingrad Winter and attached. We were starting parked under the most northern tributary bridge, out into the main river and down a course we marked with crashes before the race. I have traced the route in red and put blue marks where you need to mark with a crash.

Sorry for the poor artwork but once you get on the map it doesnt take too much to work it out.

ehem the la7 has a good chance against a k4 and ta

[Gilly]

Originally Posted by haitch40

ehem the la7 has a good chance against a k4 and ta

Sadly not, was tested last night. Too slow accelerating and was left for dead on the straights! Would be perfectly suited to a more twisty track as it can really hold speed in the turns though but as I said totally left for dust last night down the river.

[Spitfire23]

nice, i'm liking the look of this.

Gonna see if i can find the course on the stalingrad map to give it a go.

Nice one guys *Thumbs up*

[Gilly]

Originally Posted by Spitfire23

nice, i'm liking the look of this.

Gonna see if i can find the course on the stalingrad map to give it a go.

Nice one guys *Thumbs up*

If you find the tributary on the main river just north of where it looks on the map that there is a bridge you'll find the start just along it under the bridge. From there on it's turn right down the river past Stalingrad, keep to the left fork where the river splits and then follow that until you have a real tight right back around and up the river. Not too difficult. I'll grab a screenshot of the map tonight and post it up if it helps! Will be interesting to see in action with 'equivilent' planes as last night was mainly testing different aircraft as well as creating 'gates' to fly through.

[haitch40]

try and find a good course with lots of tight turns in it
try the bulge a race down the river