Cytat: Napisał
MaXyM
To niech sobie trenuje offline... ahh. iR nie ma offline? moze jest jakas praktyka w singlu?
Jest offline (powiedzmy, żeby odpalić tor trzeba mieć połączenie), jest TT w singlu ale practice po prostu daje jednak więcej funu, jako, że wbijają się na sesję we dwóch (Atze i Max) i razem trenują.
Jeszcze tłumaczenie google translatora z fajnego artykułu (ponoć poważanego holenderskiego serwisu)
Zelf racen tegen Max Verstappen? Het kan online, waar hij winterse verveling verdrijft op een simulator | De Volkskrant
"Verstappen in his simulator has been 'up to everyone' for weeks, says Atze Kerkhof, who earned his money with online racing and owned a race simulation company. He is the online racing companion of Verstappen. Kerkhof: 'He even makes world-class players, so the boys who are sponsored, sometimes at half a second. That is really special. "
Verstappen has grown up as a driver in the simulator, which can no longer be ignored in the training of the modern Formula 1 driver. Just like the aspiring pilot can not do without a flight simulator.
Perfect circle
In no sport, the advance of technology has left its mark as in racing. Drivers can now learn circuits by means of simulators, where they have never been. They practice virtually with keeping their tires at temperature and even have the possibility to adjust their cars in detail, to the sensitivity of the brake pedal. All essential in the hunt for the perfect round.
Formula 1 teams have state-of-the-art tens of millions of simulators in their plants that can mimic everything except g-forces.
Verstappens simulator set consists of a powerful computer, race chair, steering wheel and three screens. According to Kerkhof he possesses the best material that a private person can buy, to make racing as realistic as possible. iRacing is praised by online racers for its authenticity because of the tracks copied to the millimeter and the realistic behavior of the cars.
Sixth Sense
Kerkhof states that Verstappen on the online circuits has a sixth sense with which he trumpets his virtual competitors. Just like on real asphalt, where he is regularly praised for his inborn racing talent: 'He is one with that simulation car. He has a kind of fingerspitzengefühl that can not be copied. A meter before the wheels block, he already feels that they are going to block. '
The lessons he has learned in recent years in Formula 1 he puts into practice in the simulator. For example when it comes to adjusting the car on the track.
Kerkhof recognizes that he is increasingly in charge of Verstappen. 'The software with which we race requires constant fine-tuning', explains Kerkhof. "Toppers need around two hundred laps to find time for the last tenth of a second. In one way or another, Max manages that within thirty laps. No idea how he does that. He has a unique feeling for adjusting the car. That was always my strong point. Now he is overpowering me. "
They have spent hundreds of hours on virtual circuits. They talk about the headphones about things such as adjusting the car, how best to take a turn, or where the last can be braked.
Verstappen is joining Kerkhof in a new iRacing championship this winter. His car is similar to the car in which he drove in Formula 3 in 2015: a popular car in online racing. They attempt to set the fastest lap time on replicas of existing circuits.
Every week there is a different circuit on the program. They always have six days. Who then has the fastest time, is world record holder. That time has to be put in a public session, because time is not officially different.
Verstappen, who drives in iRacing under his own name, regularly pops up between unsuspecting players. The presence of the five-time F1 race winner, in a bright orange car with his fixed race number 33 on the nose, leads to excitement.
Frustration
On Youtube there are dozens of movies in which the makers proudly show that they have driven the Red Bull driver or have had it with him. For example, a video appeared last week that shows how Verstappen frustrates and deliberately hits someone off the track, because he drives him in a fast round in the road. It was corn on the mill for Verstappen critics, who reprimanded him in reactions under the video.
According to Kerkhof, the context is lacking in such a film. "If some people know that Max is there, they'll wait for him. They want to fight him. Of course everyone wants to be able to say that they have caught up with Max Verstappen. That is not always fun for Max, but he generally does not care much about it. He just loves racing and sets his ego aside by publicly racing online. He wants to beat everyone. "
Kerkhof sees Verstappen getting better and better. His three fastest times, of which he only scored one on a circuit where he also drives as F1 driver (Montreal), are proof of that.
More stable
According to the entrepreneur Verstappen has an almost perfect driving style. "You see that when you analyze his telemetry (race data, ed.). It is right down to the smallest details, making it even more stable than average on such a high level. In principle, he can always set a top round and then the chances of you driving that one round of the world are also relatively greater. '
Whether Verstappen of all these virtual racing kilometers will benefit in the winter on March 17, when the new Formula 1 season starts in Australia? Kerkhof finds it difficult to give an answer. He does not get much more out of Formula One than another enthusiast.
Kerkhof: 'Max primarily simulates entertainment. But if, for example, you are figuring out the ideal set-up, you are still analytically involved with the sport. That way he keeps himself sharp in that area."