Volvo Ocean Race Game 2014

Following are suggested settings to get started in Virtual Ragatta's Volvo Ocean Race Game 2014.

NOAA import grib file

Download params

• Time zone: Click on the to set to your system time zone
  
• Resolution: 12
• Up to: 180 for normal forecasts, 384 for long-range forecasts
• Accept incomplete downloads

Transformations

• game windspeeds (rounded)
• Grid probe resolution: 1.0

Weather Routing

Routing

• Isochrone interval: 0.5 for tracks up to 1000 nm, 1.0 for long tracks
• Up to isochrone: 0
• Show isochrones: 1h

Config

• # of tree branches: 181 (if you are using a "full" polar)
• Max angle to destination: 90
• Boat wake angle: 30
• Iso point spacing: 1%
• Land collision detection
• Add branches at isochrone points
• Use new pruning method

Isochrone display

• Points

Winds Tab

Winds

These are suggestions for an uncluttered display - experiment as you like:

Wind plot mode

• Line

Wind texts

• Wind speed
• Wind direction

Best course to dest

• Nothing
• Show wind grid
• Color gradient (wind speeds)
• Wind arrow in scale
• Size: 1

Wind filters

• show tws >= 5 (This will highlight any "holes" in the wind.)

Wind grids

• overwrite previous wind grid (optional, but avoids confusion)

Polars database

• Simple polars: vor0_pro-full.csv (available from vrtoutoulz.fr)

Selected

• Simple polars

• Boat spd factor: 1
• Interpolate windspeeds

Wind interpolation

• Interpolate winds

In time:

• previous

In position:

• bilinear

• use U/V interpolation for TWD