Ross Neilson
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« on: April 27, 2012, 09:24:54 AM +0100 » |
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The season reaches its conclusion at Road America near Elkhart Lake in Wisconsin. This track is one of North America's finest road racing venues, with a challenging mix of corners and undulations. A fitting place to settle the championship battle, which has tightened up in the last two rounds with Phil Thornton and Dave Rainier eating into long-time leader Ross Neilson's advantage. In the teams' standings Antipasti have a solid lead but could still be beaten by Clark-Hill. Race list | iGOR | Server | UKGPL_T72 | IP address | 62.149.202.168 | Date | 29-04-2012 | Race time | Race starts at 21:30 UK time | Qualifying time | Between 30 and 60 minutes, starting no later than 21:00 UK time | Track | Road America | Mod | 67 | Damage model | INT | Race length | 22 laps | Replay | Available here |
Reserve drivers please note; you must leave the server with 35 minutes of qualifying left, for a total of 5 minutes, to allow full timers to join. The red zone will be fully moderated for lap 1 only. For this event the red zone will be from the start line to the exit of turn 5 (the corner before Hurry Downs straight). Other moderation will be on reported incidents only. The chassis token system is explained on the Privateers standings page. Please ensure you choose a chassis that is within your budget, which can be seen by hovering the mouse over your points total in the standings.
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dave curtis
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2012, 12:39:08 PM +0100 » |
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Thanks to a partial BREASTS session the other night, I'm now aware that Road America is NOT Road Atlanta! (hey, surely an easy mistake to make...). Also experienced what I believe to be my first/only GPL Crash To Desktop so far... So, have track now, but it does not look good at all! I swear the number of corners per lap is random & they also change order. There again I have an attention time of a. I'm sure some laps there are a couple of secret corners that pop up from time to time and they collectively change order. From some background reading it appears this track is something to behold, hmm... Also seems that Monaco has more run off! Maybe if I pootle around in 2nd gear, half the field will be missing a front wheel by lap 3 In short, oh dear! Here endeth the ramble. Cheers, Dave.
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2012, 12:54:47 PM +0100 » |
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Lol ! Remember the old saying ..... No pain = No gain Have to admit this track drives me nuts too , think I will be adopting my favourite driving position , bucket seat swopped for armchair & picnic hamper ( plenty of pies ) as for gears , never saw the point in a whole box full of 'em when 3 is just fine , maybe use auto change mode for this one
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« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2012, 08:37:02 PM +0100 » |
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Well, the track is not that hard... the problem is, that the groove is absolutely uselles, and you have to search for some track objects to use as brake markers... but these are definetly lacking. In turn 1, you have ot brake way before you see the brake patch on the ground (about 100 meters after the pit wall), because if you rely on the groove, you go off... also in turn 5 (the one after the fast right\left) you have to brake about 50 meters before the brake patch. The other corners are so-so ok, but dont rely on the groove to find your racing line...
If someone has a .cln of the track, something might be done about it... but i couldnt find .cln.
edit: seems someone already searched for cln...and it can't be done, because it's a converted track. Oh well, we will drive it like that I guess.
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« Last Edit: April 28, 2012, 08:40:52 PM +0100 by s2173 »
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Who is the living, loving city of people without faces? The elevator is screaming in his claws.
The Red City, 43 Novctober 2173.
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bernie
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« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2012, 09:01:48 PM +0100 » |
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Fuel load could be a problem ? or is it just me that shows gas for 999 laps No matter how little or much fuel is in the tank it stays the same
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Ross Neilson
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« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2012, 10:05:07 PM +0100 » |
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@Sky the track is converted from IndyCar Racing II rather than being built from scratch, so the brake markers are OK for late late 90s IndyCars but useless for 1967 Grand Prix cars. I find turn 1 the hardest as you've got that small crest in the road just as you approach the braking zone which leaves you a little unsighted. I enquired on SRMZ about a cln but there is none, and as you stated you can't make them for converted tracks. It was my choice to put this track on the schedule as I think it's layout is great, but the poor groove, graphics and brake markers would put me off other converted tracks in future. @Bernie I did a 12 lap run in the Ferrari earlier and used 8.7 gallons so I reckon 17 gallons should cover it, depending on chassis chosen and driving style of course
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« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2012, 10:54:56 PM +0100 » |
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Ta Ross , best start saving me pocket money for all that gas then
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Billy Nobrakes
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« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2012, 10:58:16 PM +0100 » |
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Had a rather busy week & no opportunity to download let alone practice this one. From the feedback above I reckon my race wouldn't last more than a couple laps even if I had learnt the track. Shame to miss the last race. Best of luck for those that do make the grid - especially Dave who has the chance to win Black Night a drivers championship.
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« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2012, 11:01:28 PM +0100 » |
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Bernie - the first zip from the linked thread has a broken .ini or something... read the posts and you will see. download the zip later on, on the second page I think.
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Who is the living, loving city of people without faces? The elevator is screaming in his claws.
The Red City, 43 Novctober 2173.
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bernie
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« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2012, 05:20:50 PM +0100 » |
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Found a lap of about 2m16s ish in the (I assume) 67 Brabby (cant read the small print ) looks like some track updates I dont have either Looks a lot different here .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRlcOnccfgg&feature=related
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« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2012, 06:05:01 PM +0100 » |
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Best of luck everyone....I won't be fronting for this one. Had my fill of GPL for this season. Plan your drive, and drive your plan Ross..
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« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2012, 06:16:00 PM +0100 » |
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Don't make a stranger of yourself Geoff!
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Ross Neilson
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« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2012, 06:17:14 PM +0100 » |
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Best of luck everyone....I won't be fronting for this one. Had my fill of GPL for this season. Plan your drive, and drive your plan Ross.. The Gundy demands your presence Geoff, to overtake the Pasti boys in the teams' battle
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« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2012, 06:43:02 PM +0100 » |
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My connection caused a problem in Tuesday's 65 race, for contender David, so I'll not risk causing a championship knockout at Road America. This Pasti won't be overcooking it, tonight.
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« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2012, 08:17:59 PM +0100 » |
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Opps, I'd forgotten all about this race. Better get some praccy in!!!
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