Circuit of The Americas today announced that it has been declared ready to host the 2012 F1 United States GP by Charlie Whiting, who directs racing, safety and technical matters for the FIA. Whiting visited the Central Texas racing circuit as part of a scheduled pre-race inspection and approved the circuit for “Grade 1” status, hence appropriate to host an F1 race.
Yes the ungodly free-stack disqualifies this venue as a world class facility.countersteer wrote:Pup wrote:It's official...
"The track design is fantastic, the quality of the workmanship is excellent and I have no concerns at all. This will be a very unique Grand Prix, a lot of types of corners that will provide a lot of overtaking opportunities. " Whiting mentioned after the inspection was over.
Charlie must not have seen that wall !!!
That won't be all bad. Many times they have discussed how different series run different rubber that is not always compatible.Yeah, it looks like the track will be totally green come the first GP weekend.
If I am correct, the GP2 season has ended at Singapore. F1 really will be the first series to hit the track. For the moment, only one other event has been made official for the circuit: the 2013 V8 supercars championship. I expect that many series will apply to race there after the F1 weekend there.strad wrote:That won't be all bad. Many times they have discussed how different series run different rubber that is not always compatible.Yeah, it looks like the track will be totally green come the first GP weekend.
GP2...will there be a GP2 race on the track proceeding F1?
I've been lapping consistently in the 1:41s & 1:42s, not that I think I'm particularly great or anything. I think there's still plenty of time to be found through setup tweaks & just getting smoother, putting it all together for one solid lap, etc. My best so far is 1:41.2. I don't know what others are running. That said, it's just a game. I'd bet they run quicker than the game. I think you're probably right about it being one of the longer races though.n smikle wrote:Nice preview by James Allen. This race is going to be a long one folks. I time the laps to be around the 1minute 47 second mark. So each lap takes as long as a Spa Lap or a Singapore lap and with 56 laps, we are looking at a very long race.
There's an achievement for beating 1:39.395 (I think) in time trials. Have you tried the race with world champions? I had so much fun doing that eventhairy_scotsman wrote:I've been lapping consistently in the 1:41s & 1:42s, not that I think I'm particularly great or anything. I think there's still plenty of time to be found through setup tweaks & just getting smoother, putting it all together for one solid lap, etc. My best so far is 1:41.2. I don't know what others are running. That said, it's just a game. I'd bet they run quicker than the game. I think you're probably right about it being one of the longer races though.n smikle wrote:Nice preview by James Allen. This race is going to be a long one folks. I time the laps to be around the 1minute 47 second mark. So each lap takes as long as a Spa Lap or a Singapore lap and with 56 laps, we are looking at a very long race.
ETA: Just finished a session of tweaking & lapping. Knocked off almost 2 seconds, down to 1:39.4. I think I'm fairly close to the limit of my abilities using a controller.
Haven't tried the champions race. Been concentrating only on COTA in the limited time I have available to play. I got the "Austin Power" achievement for my 1:39.411. Is that the one you mean?beardRage wrote:There's an achievement for beating 1:39.395 (I think) in time trials. Have you tried the race with world champions? I had so much fun doing that eventhairy_scotsman wrote:I've been lapping consistently in the 1:41s & 1:42s, not that I think I'm particularly great or anything. I think there's still plenty of time to be found through setup tweaks & just getting smoother, putting it all together for one solid lap, etc. My best so far is 1:41.2. I don't know what others are running. That said, it's just a game. I'd bet they run quicker than the game. I think you're probably right about it being one of the longer races though.n smikle wrote:Nice preview by James Allen. This race is going to be a long one folks. I time the laps to be around the 1minute 47 second mark. So each lap takes as long as a Spa Lap or a Singapore lap and with 56 laps, we are looking at a very long race.
ETA: Just finished a session of tweaking & lapping. Knocked off almost 2 seconds, down to 1:39.4. I think I'm fairly close to the limit of my abilities using a controller.
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I feel discriminated against.hairy_scotsman wrote:COTA has released their list of Prohibited Items:
Animals (exception for certified service animals)
Apparently not according to the wording. That's the way people are reading it anyway. Do they make SLRs with attached lenses?Pup wrote:I feel discriminated against.hairy_scotsman wrote:COTA has released their list of Prohibited Items:
Animals (exception for certified service animals)
What's with the ban on "detachable lenses"? Is that normal? Could I not bring a standard SLR?
