Running out of fuel on the last lap is the most embarrassing way to lose a race. I know, because I’ve done it. In GPRO, “guessing” your fuel load is a guaranteed way to finish in the bottom 10, along with not understanding the driver feedback when qualifying. You need precision. If you carry too much fuel, you are slow. If you carry too little, you DNF. This post is in the series of the GPRO posts that I have written, including the GPRO Driver Feedback.
Stop guessing your fuel. Stop doing complex math on a napkin.
In GPRO, the “Fuel Consumption” stat is hidden. Most calculators ask you to find this number yourself, which usually involves a calculator, a formula, and a headache.
The Indianomics Auto-Planner is different. Simply enter the raw data from your Practice Report, and our tool does the math for you. It even rounds the fuel numbers up to the nearest whole liter, so you get a strategy you can actually type straight into the game.
The Race Strategy Planner
🏎️ Race Settings
Provide Practice Data to see Strategy Plan
How to use the “Auto-Planner”
You don’t need to know formulas or track lengths. Just follow these 3 steps before every race:
Step 1: The “Data Run” (In Game)
Go to Qualifying 1 / Practice.
Set up your car and send your driver out for a long practice run (I recommend 8 laps).
Wait for the run to finish.
Step 2: Get the Numbers
Open your Practice Report and look for just two numbers:
Laps: How many laps did your driver complete? (e.g., 8).
Fuel Used: How much fuel did that run burn? (e.g., 12.5 Liters).
Step 3: Plug & Win
Select Track: Choose your track from the dropdown menu. (The tool will automatically fill in the correct Track Length and calculate the Race Distance for you).
Enter Data: Type in your Practice Laps and Fuel Used.
Choose Strategy:
Select “1 Stop” for a standard strategy.
Select “2 Stops” if you are sprinting on Soft tyres.
Select “Auto” if you want the tool to calculate the minimum number of stops required to finish.
Why trust this tool?
It’s Safe: We automatically add a 3 Liter buffer to every calculation to account for engine wear and weather variance.
Formula1 has a new logo. And it is right in a way. The new F1 Logo is an attempt to rejuvenate the F1 style and showcase the future of F1 in the hands of Liberty Media, the current owners of F1.
The new logo intends to signify the heading of Formula One and its future. The change is the only constant, we know. However, at times change is necessary to be induced. Or at least that is what the men and women behind Liberty Media think and have acted now to rebrand F1.
An era that was…
The need for a new image for Formula1 was necessary. However, the logo was not to be on this list. They started off with taking away control from Bernie Ecclestone, representative of previous owners and a father figure (visually).
He had an iron fist dealing with a lot of partners and competitors in Formula 1. His iron fist was also made of sponge for select teams or individuals as well. It made him a negative figure in many corridors all the same.
Decoding the new F1 logo
The logo appears to be a radical departure from the outgoing logo. It is designed to showcase ‘Bold’ and ‘Aggressive’ nature of F1 cars and race tracks. The flowing ‘F’ denotes the race tracks, and red color signifies speed and energy.
The ‘1’ in the logo though, is an odd man out to me. It appears to me as a barrier than anything else to speed. However the way the designers envisioned it, the ‘1’ in the new logo is a finishing line. Many made fun of the way ‘F’ has been designed, some reading it as RR1 instead.
The old logo had a bit of magic going, where the ‘1’ was designed to appear in the negative space. It was damn creative back then and hold true even today. However, the new management did not see it making sense to them and negative space, after all, is negative.
The new typography
The best way to read more about the designs is to visit Creative Review, who had a first hand interaction with the team behind designing of new F1 logo. They have given a detailed account of the reason and the background work they undertook before coming up with the final logo that we see today. They give you an interesting look at the future. Here are a few snap shots from their site.
F1 typography Regular – Image from https://www.creativereview.co.uk
F1 typography Torque – Image from https://www.creativereview.co.uk
F1 typography Turbo – Image from https://www.creativereview.co.uk
F1 visual identity examples illustrative – Image from https://www.creativereview.co.uk
New Era
Liberty has already started bringing many changes after its acquisition. Like the social media exposure of the teams has immediately struck gold. Bernie had a strict policy of social media sharing of relevant F1 content like images and videos of races or its cars. The new regime has relaxed, to no small extent, sharing media on social networks, thus giving more freedom for teams and fans to collaborate.
It was important to let Formula One fans see that we are entering a new era.
– Ross Brawn, Motorsport Director, Formula One
Also, upcoming changes in the engine regulations led jointly by an ex-F1 team boss Ross Brawn (who bought out Honda to make Brawn GP and won a championship before selling out to Mercedes) and other interested manufacturers. Ross Brawn knows and understands F1 as few do.
The logo change does help in a way. I hope they use it wisely.
Thanks to all the social media networks, you are not far from being reminded significance of the day. From crazy dates like 17/01/17 to 12/12/12, to important dates of note. One such day is today, the National Sports Day.
To the generation I belong, it is hard to remember Dhyan Chand. The legendary hockey player who made a mark for himself and our country everywhere we went. Hockey, being the national sport of India, has not take off as it should have thanks in part to cricket craze the country is under.
Men’s cricket overshadowed Hockey like the Clegane clan of Game of Thrones. And it makes a lot of money. Women’s Cricket, not so much. So why I am talking of Hockey?
National Sports Day
Our National Sports Day is celebrated on 29th August every year. The date marks significance since it is the birth date of Dhyan Chand. The man, the legend who won Gold in Olympics in the years 1928, 1932, and 1936. Dhyan and his team traveled in hugely uncomfortable 3rd class, to reach Berlin and managed to win the tournament only by conceding 1 goal in the finals.
It does come to be as a surprise that we do not hear much happening on the National Sports Day. The country is not unite in celebrating the sprint of the Game. National Sports Day is hardly celebrated with much elans as some others. It is high time that we treat a game with much celebration as any other.
There are many sports played in India, some of Indian origin like Kabbaddi, Chess and Kho-kho. Kabbadi Pro League has managed to uplift the sport, and Chess had Vishy Anand hold the baton. Kho-kho has been losing its sheen, and so are many other sports.
Get involved, it’s never too late!
A game helps our mind, body and soul in relieving ourselves from the stress of life. And these games also help us to maintain our physical self, moving every muscle in our bodies or the neurons in brain. I know of a person who plays almost every game, and wins most of them. Sometimes, it makes me wonder – what else can someone do. The possibilities are limitless.
Well, India let’s celebrate this great festival of sports!
Feature picture’s icon credits to Freepik at Flaticon.
Formula1 has been my interest since 2004, the year when Michael Schumacher reigned in his 6th title. He was an ambassador for sport, with his 6 titles and going strong. It was a year when I did not read through much of what the formula was, and how deep the details were.
Access to information related to Formula1 was scarce at that time, but not today. I have been a regular reader after that, reading F1 news and blogs that I know a lot today. I am still not a expert, (more…)
Sebastian Vettel, the four times F1 World Champion, the German driving a Ferrari, gave out a rant to Max Verstappen, the hottest talent on the grid. It of course has to be a news. A click bait, if you will.
Call it a professional sport and denounce Vettel for the rant and offensive abuses he used. But truth be told, no other sport is devoid of it. Just because F1 allows you to read/listen (more…)
Oh yes, so we finally have concluded the first test and know more on how teams spent their winter. This year, the bells and whistles on car launches are far far less and many have opted for a soft, on the test day launch. Gone are the days, when F1 Car launches were a fanfare.
By now, you may have seen the liveries for all the competitors – do you like any of them in particular? Let me know in the comments below.
From all of the liveries, I would love to get rid of the black and greys and replace them with some colors like Blue, Orange and Green. Blue, yes you have Sauber wearing those colors however just one is not enough. Manor went smart with their version of Blue with Red and they look fantastic. While Force India continues evaluation of VJM09 which is more of C-spec version of the B-spec version team brought ahead last year at Silverstone.
McLaren continue to struggle thanks to the Honda engine and it will be really a embarrassing if Haas F1 team outscores them. They are the only ones who have failed to impress at the recently concluded first test at Circuit de Cataluña.
F1 gimmicks being planned this year as well – you have the elimination based Qualifying starting somewhere in the middle of the season which really doesn’t help much – really. I just hope that we see the back of the bosses who made some stupid decisions. The sport continues to be expensive and it is very difficult to get by for smaller teams.
Last year, around the same time everyone was complaining about stepped noses cones of the F1 cars. This year, pretty much the same story, only a bit dirty. If you look at the three cars in the feature image, two of them have ‘anteater’ type noses, while Lotus F1 Team came up with a ‘fork-lift’ type nose never seen before in F1.
In my previous post, I wrote about Force India’s new livery, however FI only had released the picture of the car from one side and left everyone guessing how their nose has been. Though Andrew Green let it out in an interview that it looks more like an ‘anteater’. There you go, most of the cars (barring Lotus I guess) will have similar noses in 2014.
As the weekend starts, we will see more car launches and more disappointed fans with their favorite F1 car’s nose cone, often considered as the face of the car. Many are of the opinion that we all will get used to it. But with the amount of jokes people are making, I think it would be rather too difficult.
Force India broke its own record earlier yesterday when they launched their new livery. On the outset, this is by far their best looking car since they started in 2009 and this is a long way coming.
“The VJM07 looks stunning and the new livery reflects the way Sahara Force India is evolving,” says Vijay Mallya. “I’ve always believed our cars have been the most eye-catching, but adding black as a main color gives us a fierce new look”. The new livery brings a fresh trackside image for the team with the introduction of black alongside the traditional colors of saffron, white and green. (Reports FIF1 website)
The new livery is really attractive, and looks really aggressive unlike any of the previous editions. The predominant White has been replaced with Black, while retaining Orange and a slightly brighter green color.
Add to this an all new driver line up with one of the sought after pairing, it all looks positive for Force India. They have been consistently improving and are a very strong midfielders who, many across the world, not only in India, look up to. Everyone is expecting a podium from the Silver stone based team with such a strong setting, time will only tell how they would stack up against formidable competition.
The new design is based on the 2013 car VJM06, and looks a lot similar except for the odd nose design (to meet the new regulations). However, Andrew Green, Technical Director at Force India explains that the new car is different compared to its predecessor.
“Almost every single part is a new design, from the front wing right back to the diffuser. The genetics of the VJM07 still lie in the 2013 car, but we’ve had to achieve the same results in a slightly different way.”
The news floated around last year (2012) when FIA conceived the idea of a racing series based on Formula 1, albeit with Electric engines. It spread to soon and many firms got immediate interest in setting up a team for themselves.
And one thing I personally loved of this development was there was an Indian team among them.
Mahindra Racing has been putting a commendable effort into the Moto3 series since 2011 and were the top 3 team. With their Indian bike business not starting off on the right note, Mahindra started to get involved in high-tech motorcycle races to get their R&D prowess in-house.
They also have a distinction of being the only Indian motorcycle manufacturer providing their vehicles to other racing teams. Like the Renaults and Ferrari’s of F1. For me, that definitely sounds volumes of how much Mahindra is dedicated to prove itself as a global manufacturer. (more…)
Two of the most famous champions in F1 are Germans. And that speaks something about Germany. Both drivers dominated the world of Formula1 but never with a German teams. But outside of F1, some of the world’s best cars are also made by Germans.
While Michael achieved his record of 7 championships of which 5 were back to back, Seb has 3 back to back and currently leading the championship tables by 39 points. Commendable. Sebastian had seen Schumacher as his idol while growing up and even has competed against him, a feat very few of all Schumacher admirers have achieved.
Why am I writing about Germany and F1 now? Well, in a way it has to do with Mercedes’ recent improvement in performance and me liking towards Nico Rosberg. I liked Nico ever since he was at Williams, and the reason why I paid attention to Williams F1 was in part due to Royal Bank of Scotland’s sponsorship – my then employers – and followed him to Mercedes F1 team. I also started liking another German, Nico Hulkenberg, after he raced for Force India F1 (my current favorites). (more…)
Chances are that you came here searching for tips to understanding driver feedback in the online simulation racing game, GPRO or Grand Prix Racing Online. However, if you are not, lets quickly get familiarized with GPRO. Though this article was written way back in 2013, the tips, and tricks written here are still valid in 2020. I have been an on & off players at GPRO myself.
Grand Prix Racing Online
First a bit of the background for those who do not know GPRO (Grand Prix Online Racing). It’s an online racing game site which is akin to Formula 1 racing, however, this is not your typical animation-based game. You don’t use a keyboard to race – the race itself is a simulation.
GPRO Simulations help you challenge yourself into an indulging experience, technicalities, and strategies. It is a pressing game as well and mimics the Formula 1 game in a best manner.
Since your race depends on various parameters of how your car performs, the driver becomes the critical factor, as is in F1. Hence it is essential to understand driver feedback for you to set up the car. It is unlike your racing arcade games you play on your phones.
GPRO Logo – Understanding Driver Feedback is very important if you want to improve your performance.
The game is created with past gaming experiences, incorporating the concepts, knowledge, and experience of previous (classic) F1 manager games. A mixture of expertise with a high degree of innovative thoughts and ideas, the game is unique in the world of F1 management games.
I have been participating in GPRO for some years now and it is always challenging to understand the driver feedback for qualifying and to gauge the settings. I have also added a fruitful conversation from the forum in terms of expenses (virtual) each track in GPRO costs in terms of cost towards participating in the race in any season. You will find it below the driver feedback for qualifying list.
Understand driver feedback from Qualifying
PRO Tip: Have a driver with good technical insight, which helps in getting good driver feedback while qualifying and testing. Based on your driver feedback, understand the level, and make changes accordingly.
Driver Feedback
Your GPRO Driver will give you different feedback, and it is crucial to understand what your driver is saying and how you need to tune the settings in the car to get the fastest lap possible in Qualifying 1 and Qualifying 2, and also setting the settings for the entire race.
You can have different setting for Q1 and Q2 and a third setting for Race as well. It all depends on how best your driver can make use of the car settings you chose to input.
Response to Driver Feedback
Extreme: you need to reduce a lot around 170 – 300
Wings play a vital role in balancing the aerodynamics performance of your car. Wing settings define what the downforce and grip your car will get on a specific racetrack.
Driver Feedback
What you need to do?
+3 I am really missing a lot of speed in straights
Extreme: you need to reduce a lot around 170 – 300
+2 The car is lacking some speed in the straights
Intense: you need to reduce by 90 – 170
+1 The car could have a bit more speed in the straights
Higher: you need reduce by 40 – 90
-1 I am missing a bit of grip in the curves
Low: Increase by 50 – 100
-2 The car is very unstable in many corners
Lower: Increase by 100 – 150
-3 I cannot drive the car, there’s no grip on it
Lowest: Increase by 150 – 300
Engine
Your engine is the critical element of the car to move forward and defines raw pace. However, with an incorrect setting, your engine can blow up during the race and you will end up with DNF (Did Not Finish) and cost of engine repairs.
Your driver will judge the best setting for your engine and will give you feedback and all you need to do is adjust the settings.
Driver Feedback
What you need to do?
+3 No, no, no!!! Favor a lot more the low revs!
Extreme: you need to reduce a lot around 170 – 300
+2 The engine revs are too high
Intense: you need to reduce by 90 – 170
+1 Try to favor a bit more the low revs
Higher: you need reduce by 40 – 90
-1 I feel that I do not have enough engine power in the straights
Low: Increase by 50 – 100
-2 The engine power on the straights is not sufficient
Lower: Increase by 100 – 150
-3 You should try to favor a lot more the high revs
Lowest: Increase by 150 – 300
Brakes
Just like F1, the concept that GPRO is based on, is a high-speed sport and every fast car will need the best breaks to slow down and stop. Especially in GPRO and F1, brakes play a vital role and is often a “random” that hits you in GPRO.
Getting it right helps your driver take a corner faster, aiding overall speed and a faster lap time.
Driver Feedback
What you need to do?
+3 Please, move the balance a lot more to the back
Extreme: you need to reduce a lot around 170 – 300
2 I think the brakes effectiveness could be higher if we move the balance to the back
Intense: you need to reduce by 90 – 170
+1 Put the balance a bit more to the back
Higher: you need reduce by 40 – 90
-1 I would like to have the balance a bit more to the front
Low: Increase by 50 – 100
-2 I think the brakes effectiveness could be higher if we move the balance to the front
Lower: Increase by 100 – 150
-3 I would feel a lot more comfortable to move the balance to the front
Lowest: Increase by 150 – 300
Gear
In racing, Gear changes make the difference between how fast you are starting from the grid to how you are able to slow down during corners (engine breaking) and making the most of what the engine has to offer.
All racing cars are tuned with a gearbox that helps quick shifts at the most optimum RPM. Much the same in GPRO as well, your settings will define how well the driver is able to extract the maximum potential from the engine.
Driver Feedback
What you need to do?
+3 Please, put a lot lower ration between the gears
Extreme: you need to reduce a lot around 170 – 300
+2 The gear ratio is too high
Intense: you need to reduce by 90 – 170
+1 I cannot take advantage of the power of the engine. Put the gear ratio a bit lower
Higher: you need reduce by 40 – 90
-1 I am very often in the red. Put the gear ratio a bit higher
Low: Increase by 50 – 100
-2 The gear ratio is too low
Lower: Increase by 100 – 150
-3 It feels like the engine is going to explode. Put a lot higher ratio between gears
Lowest: Increase by 150 – 300
Suspension
Track racing is a sport where you go around a pre-defined lap, in loops. Though the tracks are smooth visually, driving a sensitive car like a F1 machine will help you differentate how rough it can be. Plus, given that tracks are a loop, the corners are almost always (just like normal roads and highways) have a bend.
Your suspension setting will help you driver corner faster, and give a consistant downforce performance irrespective of the virual bumps on GPRO tracks.
Driver Feedback
What you need to do?
+3 The car is far too righ. Lower a lot of rigidity
Extreme: you need to reduce a lot around 170 – 300
+2 The suspension rigidity is too high
Intense: you need to reduce by 90 – 170
+1 The car is too rigid. Lower a bit the rigidity
Higher: you need reduce by 40 – 90
-1 I think with a bit more rigid suspension I will be able to go faster
I create a scale to see How Expensive are the 60 tracks of GPRO
…so, calculate the scale with this Data & parameters:
-Driver Skills: CON=200, TAL=150, EXP=175 +50% Clear Track Risk.
-Level of Parts 6. (all)
-Scale (0,1,2,3,4) like usual.
-I Put the Scale Number first (in 0,00 form) and then a point, the Number of the tracks and the track
Its Easy Now to see How Expensive is the Season.!!!
…just we add the 17 values of scale and have a Total Number to Compare.!!!
GPRO racing is a challenge, which often is not easy to understand. It is complicated, if not as real world as Formula1 is, enough to whack your brains!
After the recent announcements about the car launches at Jerez, the new design of the Formula 1 car that I saw didnt force me to make a Wow! epression. Further, the formula1 cars started looking ugly. Except for the McLaren’s MP4-27, almost all cars started to look ugly. More so our own Force India F1 (do you really want me to call them Sahara Force India F1???) with heavily revised side pods. They are appearing prudent. This is the first year I ever went this detailed into the look and feel of the car but this year, the lookers have turned ugly.
McLaren’s car is the best looker among all 2012 cars that have been released so far. Its far more identical to its predecessor, albeit the nose is placed lower lot to comply with this years regulations. “This is a beautiful car,” commented Button. “Many of them that you will see will not be!”. Well I could not agree more Jenson, but F1 cars are not build to look good anyways, right? Which brings me to the question about the performance difference the McLaren car may have as compared to others on the grid. On the first day at Jerez, Lotus topped the charts with Kimi showing no sign of rust after a gap of two years away from Formula1, followed closely by Paul di Resta for Force India. McLaren were placed a distant 8th.
The other car everyone was keen to know how it comes up was the RB8. The Red Bull challenger with the magical touch of Adrian Newly has its stakes held up higher as they are preparing to defent their title they hard earned last year?
Unofficial Tuesday test times from Jerez:
1. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, 1:19.670, 73 Laps
2. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:19.772, 101 Laps
3. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:20.219, 56 Laps
4. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:20.496, 53 Laps
5. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, 1:20.694, 57 Laps
6. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, 1:20.794, 41 Laps
7. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:21.353, 106 Laps
8. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:21.530, 60 Laps
9. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:22.815, 69 Laps
10. Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, 1:23.178, 28 Laps
11. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:23.371, 25 Laps
12. Pedro de la Rosa, HRT, 1:23.676, 44 Laps
Unofficial times as quoted from the Formula1.comwebsite.{EAV:233f5cc7c5e94067}
Narain on his twitterverse said that he is “Back in F1 in 2011. Signed a deal to race for HRT. I’ve always maintained that my time in F1 was not over and now making good on that promise”
F1 has been springing come backs after Micheal Schumacher made one last year.
This is a news that I was expecting very much since Bernie Ecclestone was so much pressing for an Indian on the grid during the inaugural Indian Grand Prix this year. Bernie also landed a seat for Karun Chandok, son of Vicky Chandok who ruled early Indian Motorsports, in HRT for 2010. However the youngster couldn’t compete in every race thanks for a financial backing crunch with his sponsors. Why Bernie was not keen on having a Korean on the grid where for the first time last year a F1 race was held is every one’s guess? F1 is surely going places in Asia and with a superb Singapore Night race, its all going to get more and more exiting for sure and by a great measure.
