That's a good method, but you should stay connected but in the race menu, ideally with chat enabled since post-race banter usually ensues. You should ideally wait until in the in-game chat it says "The server will leave the track in one minute", or everyone starts saying "bye" or "see you in Igor/VROC". This way you'll see the news headlines and be offered a chance to reconnect if the server stays up, or disconnect if it goes down.

On a separate note, it says "I'm a reserve driver." What's the procedure for us reserves, as I don't remember reading about it?

Done and done. I look forward to Sunday.

Does that mean you got a full grid on the UKGPL side of things, or are you still looking?

I shall, I was a bit too pissed to make practice tonight.

Howdy everyone! I'd like to register my interest in signing up to this series. I'm looking to improve my online racecraft, pace, setup directions, and most of all have fun! I understand the next race is this Sunday at Kyalami. The last car I drove was the Eagle, my pace is respectable (if you like, check my GPLRank: Jethro Walters), I'm not brilliantly fast but I'm keen to learn. Is it too soon, or should I wait after Christmas?

Sounds like fun! *goes to install 65 mod*

Was this in response to me? If so, does that mean I can just jump on the server some evenings and join in?

Hi there. First post, so please be gentle!

I've been sim-racing for on and off the last 5 years or so. First it was GP3, then GP4, now it's GPL, though I dip my toes into the other 2 off-line sometimes.

I'm a member of another league (season and a half there) that's more private, but probably just as competitive, and it's there that somebody "politely suggested" that I join UKGPL, amongst other online GPL leagues, and try and hone my racecraft, as I can be a bit erratic, though I did win my first race in that league this year at Monza in the Eagle; albeit everything went to plan, even the engine letting go wasn't enough to stop me, as I was about a second quicker than the next car, which was a Honda driven by a madman.

My GPLRank is respectable, I only recently got it under 0, and that's with lots of time to find at the Nurburgring.

I'd like to join the Novice league and enter a couple races, but with Xmas coming up, there's no guarantee I'll be able to make the races when I go home. Is it worth me starting the process immediately, or waiting for next season? Personally, I'd like to start as soon as, but if anybody else says otherwise, I will of course respect that.