I won my first GPRO race ever! This was super exciting stuff 
My first ever GPRO Win!
Posted by Hemal Shah on April 3, 2013
http://hemalshah.net/blogs/2013/04/my-first-ever-gpro-win/
GPRO Grand Prix Online Racing – Understanding Driver Feedback
GPRO (Grand Prix Online Racing). Its an online racing game site which is akin to Formula 1 racing, however there are no animations. You don’t use keyboard to race – the race itself is automated. The game is loosely based on past gaming experiences, incorporating the concepts, knowledge and experience of previous (classic) F1 manager games. Blending this knowledge with a high degree of innovative concepts 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.
Drive Feedback for Qualifying.
Tip: Have a driver with good technical insight, which helps in getting good driver feedback while qualifying and testing.
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Based on your Driver feedback, understand the level and make changes accordingly.
+3 – Extreme: you need to reduce a lot around 170 – 300
+2 – Intense: you need to reduce by 90 – 170
+1 – Higher: you need reduce by 40 – 90
-1 – Low: Increase by 50 – 100
-1 – Lower: Increase by 100 – 150
-3 – Lowest: Increase by 150 – 300
Wings
+3 I am really missing a lot of speed in straights
+2 The car is lacking some speed in the straights
+1 The car could have a bit more speed in the straights
-1 I am missing a bit of grip in the curves
-2 The car is very unstable in many corners
-3 I cannot drive the car, there’s no grip on it
Engine
+3 No, no, no!!! Favor a lot more the low revs!
+2 The engine revs are too high
+1 Try to favor a bit more the low revs
-1 I feel that I do not have enough engine power in the straights
-2 The engine power on the straights is not sufficient
-3 You should try to favor a lot more the high revs
Brakes
+3 Please, move the balance a lot more to the back
+2 I think the brakes effectiveness could be higher if we move the balance to the back
+1 Put the balance a bit more to the back
-1 I would like to have the balance a bit more to the front
-2 I think the brakes effectiveness could be higher if we move the balance to the front
-3 I would feel a lot more comfortable to move the balance to the front
Gear
+3 Please, put a lot lower ration between the gears
+2 The gear ratio is too high
+1 I cannot take advantage of the power of the engine. Put the gear ratio a bit lower
-1 I am very often in the red. Put the gear ratio a bit higher
-2 The gear ratio is too low
-3 It feels like the engine is going to explode. Put a lot higher ratio between gears
Suspension
+3 The car is far too righ. Lower a lot of rigidity
+2 The suspension rigidity is too high
+1 The car is too rigid. Lower a bit the rigidity
-1 I think with a bit more rigid suspension I will be able to go faster
-2 The suspension rigidity is too low
-3 The suspension rigidity should be a lot higher
Posted by Hemal Shah on February 28, 2013
http://hemalshah.net/blogs/2013/02/understanding-gpro-driver-feedback/
Tracking Mr. Santa Claus – List of all places he went in 2012
Updated on an hourly basis (till I sleep 
)
Ever since I knew that Google teamed up with NORAD to come up with an online tracker, I wanted to see it. But it always has happened I have missed it. However this time, I had someone special remind me about it.
The program began on December 24, 1955 when a Sears department store placed an advertisement in a Colorado Springs newspaper which told children that they could telephone Santa Claus and included a number for them to call. However, the telephone number printed was incorrect and calls instead came through to Colorado Springs’ Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Center. Colonel Shoup, who was on duty that night, told his staff to give all children that called in a “current location” for Santa Claus. A tradition began which continued when the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) replaced CONAD in 1958. [From Wiki]
This year NORAD choose to partner with Bing instead of Google to track Santa and Google instead has its own Santa Tracker.
Below is the list of places Santa has already delivered presents according to the Santa Tracker.
Google’s Santa Tracker has flawed many times on the time so I had to check up the local time of the city and update it accordingly. I cant check for the presents though I found that many cities received 2138 gifts according to Santa Tracker.
And yes I am manually doing this, and have enough time to recheck what I have typed.
Click to check the last destination.
The list is prepared based on Google Santa Tracker.
PS: I could not complete the list because I fell asleep.
Posted by Hemal Shah on December 24, 2012
http://hemalshah.net/blogs/2012/12/tracking-mr-santa-claus-list-of-all-places-he-went-in-2012/
Tracking Santa: Combined List of Countries
Since I was tracking Santa’s path through the world using Google Santa Tracker, I had this data collected in an excel sheet and in a true corporate style, I created Pivot table / Charts using the data to bring to you an interesting information. This post has been tagged to show below my current post, however this data will be updated all the way.
Below is the list of countries, with total cities and total gifts being delivered. The Google’s version of Total gifts would be difference since Google failed to provide the correct numbers in many of the cities.
| Country | Number of Cities | Presents delivered |
| Afganistan | 1 | 64915 |
| Australia | 16 | 32453110 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 83463 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 1 | 4636 |
| Brunei | 1 | 44513 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 1 | 370948 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 3013955 |
| China | 7 | 183983477 |
| Christmas Islands | 1 | 1600 |
| Fiji | 2 | 64944 |
| Georgia | 1 | 108965 |
| Guam | 2 | 14025 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 2318 |
| India | 5 | 20093810 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 26323428 |
| Japan | 11 | 54300819 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1533638 |
| Kuril Islands | 2 | 4636 |
| Laos | 1 | 1738820 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 857817 |
| Maldives | 1 | 878684 |
| Mangolia | 1 | 8114 |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 60278 |
| Micronesia | 2 | 27820 |
| Nepal | 2 | 475276 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 2918896 |
| North Korea | 1 | 292121 |
| North Pole | 1 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 28546646 |
| Palau | 1 | 25502 |
| Paupa New Guinea | 3 | 852484 |
| Philippines | 3 | 4958378 |
| Russia | 14 | 12835501 |
| Sakhalin Island | 1 | 90418 |
| Singapore | 1 | 12055824 |
| Soloman Islands | 2 | 143741 |
| South Korea | 1 | 55410426 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 97373 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 6955283 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 183155 |
| Tasmania | 1 | 507735 |
| Thailand | 2 | 28168897 |
| Tibet (China) | 1 | 275892 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 204021 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 150697 |
| Vanuatu | 2 | 32457 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 8578182 |
| Grand Total | 119 | 489797638 |
Posted by Hemal Shah on December 24, 2012
http://hemalshah.net/blogs/2012/12/tracking-santa-combined-list-of-countries/
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