Formula 1 2012 (640x480 pixels max width of pics, no text speak please!)

• PARUSA on December 16, 2012 09:50 PM

  what a crash by Andy PRIAULX

• DaMobsta on December 16, 2012 09:51 PM

  Lambo must be regretting entering the ROC...

• logbi77 on December 16, 2012 11:33 PM

  LOL Grosjean beat both Vettel and Schumacher XD

• logbi77 on December 16, 2012 11:42 PM

  Haha, Grosjean is the 2012 Race of Champions!

• PARUSA on December 16, 2012 11:43 PM

  oo nga hehehe... romain won

• logbi77 on December 16, 2012 11:49 PM

  For 6 years in a row, Schumacher and Vettel dominated the Nations Cup but still could not win the Race of Champions XD
  
  Prime Schumacher lost to a young Heikki Kovalainen before in the 2004 Final.

• PARUSA on December 17, 2012 02:46 AM

  frenchmen always beat the germans.

• kenshinflyer_2 on December 17, 2012 05:23 AM

  Haha, Grosjean is the 2012 Race of Champions!

  
  WHAT? What did he do, smash onto Schumacher?

• mangyver on December 17, 2012 07:47 AM

  @kenshin
  LOL
  we know that Grosjean has the speed...wag lang may kasabay sa track or crash ang mangyayari..pero since parallel start naman at may bakod, kaya safe. LOL

• Riesig on December 17, 2012 09:39 AM

  Hey, di siya bumangga, si Vettel Schumi bumangga

• logbi77 on December 17, 2012 11:32 AM

  From what I've read sa mga haka-haka, lagi raw may hangover daw sila Schumi at Vettel pag natapos ang Nations Cup kaya kinabukasan sa RoC natatalo sila lagi xD
  
  Conspiracy theory (before the Belgian GP)
  
  Seb: Hey Romain, I'll let you win the RoC matchup against me if you take out Fernando.
  Romain: We have a deal! :D
  
  -- edited by logbi77 on Dec 17 2012, 11:37 AM

• logbi77 on December 17, 2012 08:23 PM

  The Red Bull Racing story
  
  <click here for link>

• kenshinflyer_2 on December 17, 2012 10:57 PM

  we know that Grosjean has the speed...wag lang may kasabay sa track or crash ang mangyayari..

  
  Oo nga naman. In any case Grosjean was almost always (if not always) faster than Schumi last season.

• Riesig on December 18, 2012 07:38 AM

  If only Schumi's car wasn't always sick. And have tyre temperature problems. And some other problems.
  
  (I swear, mirrored sa game, pag nag palit na ako ng gulong, ang hirap uminit ulit.)
  
  
  Monaco pole parin! Walang DRS masyado, so labanan ng skills.

• logbi77 on December 18, 2012 02:45 PM

  Ironic that he got pole there, considering that Merc actually focused with the DDRS system.

• rodriv on December 18, 2012 02:49 PM

  frenchmen always beat the germans.

  
  Naalala ko tuloy yung WW2.
  
  mabilis si romain favorite ko sya sa GT bago sya ng f1.

• PARUSA on December 18, 2012 04:41 PM

  speaking of Monaco, I still can't finish the race on formula 1 2012 PC game, as I am always running out of fuel, I still need to make proper fuel management. LOL

• Riesig on December 18, 2012 05:35 PM

  OT mode:
  
  Probably associated with overrevving and fuel management. Ako nangagaya lang ng mga setups galing sa net.
  
  
  Then again, hanggang intermediate lang ako
  
  So nag crash si Kobayashi sa exit ng grand hotel hairpin at ganito kami for 4 laps...
  
  
  

• elman on December 18, 2012 09:32 PM

  Shifting up and down at the right time.

• Riesig on December 18, 2012 09:58 PM

  Elaborate natin? O baka todo OT na yun?
  
  

  It uses more fuel to:
  - Long shift (shifting up too late)
  - Excessive engine breaking.
  - Changing gears down before the revs can settle. (Letting the revs settle will result in a longer breaking distance, but will save more fuel, so you have to find a compromise).
  
  You can save fuel by:
  - Short up shifting, especially in the longer gears. It's actually bad for the engine, and fuel consumption to short shift in the lower gears (1,2,3) because the car will be working much harder to get up to speed, where as if you short shift in 5th, 6th and 7th then the engine isn't working so hard because the car has already got a lot of momentum. So in the shorter gears like 1st, 2nd and 3rd, try to shift up just before the final group of lights appear on the steering wheel.
  
  - Using the brakes to slow you down more than the gears. It's okay to use a bit of engine breaking, but the best fuel consumption will come when you downshift once the revs have dropped to the threshold of the next gear (this will vary depending on your gear ratios).
  
  - Apply the throttle smoothly because you use the most fuel generating momentum from slower corners and trying to get up to speed. If you stamp on the throttle, you'll get a tonne of wheel spin, and this is terrible for the tyre life. And the fuel you could use later in the race (i.e Rich mix), will be wasted in sending 750bhp through the rear wheels, only to spin them up, and you'll accelerate slower, even though your revs will be through the roof.

• Riesig on December 19, 2012 09:04 AM

  Let it snoooow!
  
  
  
  
  
  Kaya pala walang F1 pag December

• PARUSA on December 19, 2012 03:16 PM

  saw this on codemaster's fb page as well. parang ang sarap mag slide dyan sa eau rouge hehe.
  
  ot, finished monaco with +2 fuel. intermediate difficulty as well.

• gavqbogs1227 on December 21, 2012 01:40 PM

  - Excessive engine breaking

  
  

  - Using the brakes to slow you down more than the gears. It's okay to use a bit of engine breaking, but the best fuel consumption will come when you downshift once the revs have dropped to the threshold of the next gear (this will vary depending on your gear ratios).

  
  
  wow, nagulohan ako dito. how to slow down using the gears? and engine braking nakaka taas ng fuel consumption? enlighten me. so bale I need to use the brakes and the clutch para hindi mag engine brake? posible ba sa F1 yon?
  
  and hindi ko magets yung point na "the best fuel consumption will come when you downshift once the revs have dropped to the threshold of the next gear", ibig sabihin makakatipid ako sa konsumo ng fuel kapag ni-revmatch ko sa powerband ng lower gear when downshifting? AFAIK I will do an engine brake in order for me to match the revs of the lower gear.
  
  ganon ba ginagawa nila sa F1?

• Riesig on December 21, 2012 01:54 PM

  Na copy pasta ko lang yan.
  Take it with a grain of salt.
  
  http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/fuel-management.56387/
  
  
  TBH, vague ang fuel ng F1 ng codies. Once masanay ka nang hindi bumunggo bunggo, fuel management is barely existent

• logbi77 on December 21, 2012 05:07 PM

  Kimi Funny moments 2012 (well, not all really)
  
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  part 2 (and something very interesting at the end) <click here for link>
  
  part 3 <click here for link>

• Riesig on December 21, 2012 06:35 PM

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• Riesig on December 21, 2012 11:47 PM

  Wow, just got my Mercedes Petronas Team Shirt! YEHEY! Ako na maiiba sa puro Ferrari na nakikita ko.
  
  2011 yata, Pirelli na naka lagay eh.
  
  Pero may malaking difference yung Puma at Henri Lloyd, mas superior yung HL dahil embroidered imbis na printed ang mga branding niya, and mas maraming lining / silvery stuff.
  
  
  Satisfied!

• gavqbogs1227 on December 22, 2012 01:58 AM

  @Riesig
  
  

  Na copy pasta ko lang yan.
  Take it with a grain of salt.
  
  http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/fuel-management.56387/
  
  
  TBH, vague ang fuel ng F1 ng codies. Once masanay ka nang hindi bumunggo bunggo, fuel management is barely existent

  
  
  I really do not see the point of conserving fuel while engine braking. . and what the hell is "using the brakes to slow you down more than the gears".
  
  if you've tried it in real life then you tell me to take it with a grain of your salt. otherwise its just some lame theory from a racing game that is not even realistic at all.
  
  -- edited by gavqbogs1227 on Dec 22 2012, 02:20 AM

• Riesig on December 22, 2012 09:56 AM

  That's the only thread I could find that specifically discusses fuel management in the F1 2012 game by Codemasters, hence yun lang basehan ko.
  
  It's just a game, no need to argue between how games and reality works.

• logbi77 on December 30, 2012 08:06 PM

  F1 Official Season Highlights
  
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  -- edited by logbi77 on Jan 08 2013, 08:30 PM

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