Maybe some younger technical folk can help with this question - I set Sky Q F1 to series link F1 and I get a b s o l u t e l y every second of all their coverage stored which is far too much for a casual fan like me.
I want quali and the race no add ons - how do I do this?
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:37 am
by Gavin
Delete the other stuff straight away. I have no idea if I am younger than you but I did ask a techy mate who reckoned that was the best way. It just seems to be linked to the series link no matter what.
Mito Man wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:46 am
Unless it backfires spectacularly. We know the Mercedes engine is the most reliable and most fuel efficient so imagine it can safely run on a higher engine mode as standard compared to Honda or Ferrari which can do a few laps before going bang.
Basically this is what I’m expecting- if full fat qualifying mode is 3 and standard race mode is 1, I’m expecting them to just run at 1.5/2 permanently. They’ll be slightly slower in qualifying but I expect them to be faster in the race.
The telling thing about what this will do is q1 and q2, where Mercedes don’t usually use the party mode, saving it for q3 only- they are still consistently ahead in those sessions so not sure what this will change
Yep, the quali turbo nutter boost will be dialled down but I’m sure they can still change the throttle pedal characteristics and make the shift lights change at lower rpm to preserve fuel and the engine itself.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:48 am
by Mito Man
Gavin wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:37 am
Delete the other stuff straight away. I have no idea if I am younger than you but I did ask a techy mate who reckoned that was the best way. It just seems to be linked to the series link no matter what.
Yeah, I don’t leave it on series link as it’s so hit and miss too. Just go on the planner a day before and pick what I want it to record individually.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2020 3:48 pm
by duncs500
Shame the rain never came, a few good overtakes, so about as much as we can expect from Barcelona.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2020 5:08 pm
by McSwede
duncs500 wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 3:48 pm
Shame the rain never came, a few good overtakes, so about as much as we can expect from Barcelona.
Great start from Stroll and great drive from Lewis. Barcelona is a rubbish track to have F1 at though isn't it?
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2020 7:14 pm
by Mito Man
Yeah you know the race is bad when half the footage is the cameraman showing grey skies
Caught the end of the Indy 500 quali just now - the Alonso curse is well and true. He switches from Honda to Chevrolet and this year the Chevy is crap The top 9 cars are all Honda powered apart from one.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 9:50 am
by Delphi
Broccers wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:41 am
Maybe some younger technical folk can help with this question - I set Sky Q F1 to series link F1 and I get a b s o l u t e l y every second of all their coverage stored which is far too much for a casual fan like me.
I want quali and the race no add ons - how do I do this?
The programs are tagged with metadata that gets added to your account for things you like. Unfortunately, the data isn't fine enough yet to allow distinction between the different kinds of programming within a type, so if you like F1 you'll get all the F1 stuff recorded. There's some new stuff coming from Sky that I'm not allowed to discuss here that may make things better but I'm not 100%.
Broccers wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:41 am
Maybe some younger technical folk can help with this question - I set Sky Q F1 to series link F1 and I get a b s o l u t e l y every second of all their coverage stored which is far too much for a casual fan like me.
I want quali and the race no add ons - how do I do this?
The programs are tagged with metadata that gets added to your account for things you like. Unfortunately, the data isn't fine enough yet to allow distinction between the different kinds of programming within a type, so if you like F1 you'll get all the F1 stuff recorded. There's some new stuff coming from Sky that I'm not allowed to discuss here that may make things better but I'm not 100%.
Thanks - I thought it was me being old and not doing it right.
Indy500 stream if anyone is looking for one. May get shut down of course.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 7:24 pm
by Zonda_
Watching it, interesting to see the cars are almost closed cockpits.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 7:56 pm
by Mito Man
Always interesting to see how the F1 rejects perform
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:15 pm
by jamcg
They can’t get out quick can they? Must be scary when you can see flames and can’t get a quick exit unaided
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:50 am
by Pete_
Watched the second half of the race last night. F1 is better, the safety car periods seemed to last a very long time, but as a once a year event I can see the appeal. The crash at the end looked nasty, high speed side on impact into the start of the pit wall
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:10 pm
by Mito Man
Turkey, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi added to this years calendar. Turkey will be cool!
Edit - Abu Dhabi will be on the 13th of December. Surely that’s as much as they can fit in and it’s always been the final race of the season so I imagine that’s this year all planned out.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:54 pm
by duncs500
Turkey is a great circuit which was supposedly only let down by the lack of fans, so it's the prefect circuit for these times!
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:04 pm
by Alex_
Glad Turkey is back, it's a great circuit. Remember when Vettel and Webber collided?
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 5:52 pm
by Jimmy Choo
duncs500 wrote: Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:54 pm Turkey is a great circuit which was supposedly only let down by the lack of fans, so it's the prefect circuit for these times!
And the political maneuverings of Turkey putting "the president of the Turkish republic of northern Cyprus" as one of the prize givers.
Turkey is a great circuit which was supposedly only let down by the lack of fans, so it's the prefect circuit for these times! 