Earlier Admin Messages
| Error messages due to PHP upgrade | 2004-12-17 05:59:49 |
| Author: Ed Hut | |
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After an upgrade of the PHP version that we use for GPLRank, an error message is shown when you first access the website and select a menu option. After that first error you can just try to select the option again and everything is well (at least, as far as I know). I think I know what is happening, but it'll take some time to fix it properly. Till then, sorry for the inconvenience. | |
| New shift method - H-stick with clutch | 2004-12-12 08:45:14 |
| Author: Ed Hut | |
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On request of several drivers, a new value for shift-method is added: H-stick with clutch. This value is added to differentiate drivers that do real shifting with a clutch, probably including heel-and-toe action to blip the throttle when shifting down the gears, from drivers that use a stick with automatic clutch. I've been told that the heel-and-toe drivers prefer to be called 'men', whereas the auto-clutching drivers should be called 'boys'. Being a paddle shifter myself, I guess they would call me a baby... | |
| GPL65Rank version 2 is on | 2004-10-23 15:31:17 |
| Author: Ed Hut | |
| The wait is over, version 2 of GPL65Rank has just gone live. The benchmark time for Clermont Ferrant 65 is set at 3:22.238. Next update of this rank will be if (or should I say when) the 65-version of the Nurburgring is released. | |
| Database maintenance | 2004-10-19 16:41:24 |
| Author: Ed Hut | |
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Earlier today (October 19) the database ran into trouble and messed up some of the indexes. Because of this, uploading laptimes resulted in 'duplicate key' error for the laptime history. The laptimes themselves have been stored, but the handicaps weren't recalculated. I have done a full recalculation of all handicaps. There were close to 100 handicaps that were updated by this recalc. | |
| Even more criteria in MCH !!! | 2004-09-18 08:01:25 |
| Author: Ed Hut | |
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Multiple Choice Hell has been enhanced with even more selection criteria. You can now also choose shift method and brake method. Furthermore, the buddy selection is now extended so that you can also select drivers of the leagues that you are part of. Of course these extra criteria will only be usefull if as many drivers as possible enter these fields in the account information, so everybody is hereby invited to do so with the edit account option. | |
| GPLrank downtime | 2004-09-13 13:51:54 |
| Author: Brian Wong | |
| I'm going to have to take down the server today at about 3:30 PM Eastern time, possibly for the rest of the day. We should be back on the air late tonight. | |
| GPL65Rank is here! | 2004-06-04 18:33:02 |
| Author: Ed Hut | |
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The first version of 65Rank is here! Note that it is a 'first version' because there are changes
foreseen. For example the Nurburgring didn't have the chicane just before the start/finish line
in 1965. When a version without a chicane is released it will replace the 1967 version in the
GPL65Rank. In addition, a very much-awaited track is GPLEA's Clermont Ferrand, which has been in development for a long time (I can assure you that the project is still alive and work on is still ongoing). For now, GPL65Rank will include Charade Clermont-Ferrand 1970. In an earlier announcement we wrote that we would start without Clermont, but we think that the 1970 version of Gilles Sauthon should keep you busy for a while and according to the ratings in the GPL Track Database the Charade 1970 is pretty good. Congratulations to Welf Mandelkow for being the first driver to top the GPL65Rank! | |
| Support of GPLRank for GPL65 | 2004-04-29 05:00:45 |
| Author: Ed Hut | |
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Here's some essential info about the support of GPL65 by GPLRank.
Uploading laptimes There are two ways to upload your laptimes:
We will introduce a 65Rank soon, but before we do we will collect laptime data of the times that are uploaded by GPLRank users. We expect this to take a few weeks, depending on the number of laptimes that are uploaded. We need sufficient data to perform analysis and determine the benchmark times, so please upload your laptimes and don't stick to just one or two tracks. The rank will consist of all tracks on which the real 1965 F1 season was run. When compared to the original GPLRank, that means that Kyalami is replaced by East London, Clermont-Ferrand instead of Rouen and Mosport will not be in it. Clermont Ferrand is still under development, so initially that track will not be part of the 65Rank. We will add it once it is released. We know that there is a 65-version (without the chicane) of the Nurburgring in development, but we will start with the 1967 version of The Ring (unless the 65-version is released before we introduce the 65Rank). We may introduce more ranks in the future, but nothing has been decided yet. Big Brother Several dedicated GPL servers automatically submit laptime data for GPLRank Big Brother. At this moment it is not yet possible to identify for which GPL-version the data is being uploaded to GPLRank, so we cannot register any 65-times to the proper chassis. However, this will be possible in the near future. We are currently working on support for it and will announce it when it is available. Questions? If you have questions or remarks, please post them in the GPLRank forum of RaceSimCentral. That way other people can follow the discussion and the GPLRank admins don't have to answer the same questions more than once. | |
| Major enhancements to Show Buddy Activity | 2004-03-15 18:09:04 |
| Author: Ed Hut | |
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For those of you that want to keep an even closer eye on buddies and fellow league racers, the Show Buddy Activity page has become even more useful. From now on it doesn't only show handicap updates, but laptime updates per track as well. You can now also filter on active buddies only. Because the gathering of all that data is quite intensive, the page will show as much data as it can gather in about 12 seconds. If not all your buddies or league members are shown in one go, you can use hyperlinks to navigate through the pages. | |
| Steer method added to MCH | 2004-02-22 06:43:54 |
| Author: Ed Hut | |
| In Multiple Choice Hell you can now also use the steer method to select laptimes. This has been requested by numerous people, but it was gamepadder ZAR that gave me that final push to implement it! | |
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