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Season 37 MIXED OPEN WHEEL – Round 5 – Watkins Glen
The Mixed Open Wheel series in which we will be using cars from 1965, 1966, 1967 (F2) & the newly released 1968 mod. Drivers entering this series must select a manufacturer group & keep to that group for the whole season. Where more than one chassis is allocated to the group you can select any car. Pro / Works standard drivers cannot use Group 8 or Group 9.
Round 5 will use the new 1968 Formula 1 cars (Early car set). The Mod may be new but the venue is familiar, Watkins Glen the home of the US Grand Prix during the mid to late 60’s.
If you don’t have this mod, go to this site http://68f1.gplworld.de/downloads.htm Save Download 1 & Download 3 - you will need them both. Follow the installation instructions & select the 68 car sets in GEM.
Server = UKGPL_4 IP = 77.102.28.179 Race date = Tuesday 29 September 2020 Time = starts no later than 21.00 UK time. Track = Papyrus original Race length = 44 Laps (50 minutes) Variant = 1968 F1 Early 60fps patch used 60fpsV2newmod Damage Model = Intermediate Qualifying time = 30-45 minutes Replay = Here
The championship will run with Intermediate damage model. Pro / Works drivers are not permitted to take any resets. Amateur / Privateer drivers are permitted one reset. Each reset (irrespective of fault) must be followed by a Stop & Go in the pit lane within two laps of the incident. If a reset is required on the last lap a time penalty will be added. Failure to take a Stop & Go will result in a time penalty. Any driver taking a more than the permitted number of Resets will be disqualified. This season, races are to be run at 60 frames per second – please use the 60 fps patch
Full Driver lists and divisional rules including manufacturer groups can be found here Championship Standings page
DRIVER ALLOCATIONS Alain Maurice – Pro – Group 1 (Eagle) Tobodestroyer2020 – Group 1 (Eagle) Alessandro Issachini – Pro – Group 2 – (McLaren) Doni Yourth – Pro – Group 3 (BRM) Fpolicardi – Pro – Group 4 (Cooper) Phil Thornton – Ams – Group 5 (Matra) Raoni Frizzo – Pro – Group 5 (Matra) Cookie – Pro – Group 6 (Honda) Uli – Pro – Group 6 (Honda) EvilClive – Pro – Group 6 (Honda) Gareth – Pro – Group 6 (Honda or BRM?) AnGex – Pro – Group 7 (Ferrari) Bagrupp – Pro – Group 7 (Ferrari) Francesco – Ams – Group 7 (Ferrari) Magic Arsouille – Pro – Group 7 (Ferrari) PaulV – Ams – Group 7 (Ferrari) Ziu Bacubacu – Pro – Group 7 (Ferrari) Billy NoBrakes – Am – Group 8 (Brabham) Rainier – Ams – Group 8 (Brabham) Dave Curtis – Ams – Group 9 (Lotus) Philippe Girard- Am – Group 9 (Lotus)
Daniel San - TBA
There is no Red Zone. Moderating will be on reported incidents only. Remember that lap 1 incidents carry an additional penalty place.
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« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2020, 04:17:58 PM +0100 » |
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Hello, I'm looking to participate for this race. Tad new here, though, what can I do to get a grid slot?
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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2020, 05:25:43 PM +0100 » |
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Hello, I'm looking to participate for this race. Tad new here, though, what can I do to get a grid slot? Hello You have to register here : https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=20472.0
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Billy Nobrakes
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« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2020, 08:55:02 PM +0100 » |
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Yannick,
Your registration is now processed so you should be able to view the password.
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« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2020, 09:54:04 PM +0100 » |
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The Honda drives like a lawnmower with jet engine, I have never driven such a terrible unpredictable thing before... When the tires get a little grip, the braking behavior changes completely.
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« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2020, 09:54:57 PM +0100 » |
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I didn't bother doing any practice, its an Eagle at the Glen - Iv'e done thousands of laps and I have a very nice old setup. I don't know which brand of thinners I was sniffing when I made that setup but it was terrible...! I only did one qually lap with 20 gals and resigned to be last, Cookie pushed me but I managed it. he he he. Grats to Tris et al, impressive times at the top and grats to all finishers. Thanks for organising... I'm off to Jewsons... PS, Im sorry Dave for the bad rejoin, I assumed I was last.
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« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2020, 10:25:50 PM +0100 » |
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When the tires get a little grip, the braking behavior changes completely.
Incident avoided for a millisec
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Phil Thornton
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« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2020, 11:12:43 PM +0100 » |
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..... I have never driven such a terrible unpredictable thing before...
You obviously haven't tried any of my setups I still have trouble with the braking with this mod so I was trying to be careful. But I got caught out at the Big Bend after about 5 laps (when the tyres were getting warmer???) and I got a snap oversteer and I skidded off. Thankfully I could continue and I had a grandstand view of David and Doni disappearing into the distance. The race settled down and after a while Doni appeared in my mirrors. I was looking forward to a bit of a battle when I noticed my shifter was coming loose. I reached down to tighten it up and promptly drove off the track After a shift-R and S&G I was miles behind so I just tried to bring the car home in one piece to hopefully score some points. Grats to Tris on the win with some scorching fast laps and to Yannick for keeping him honest. A useful podium for Uli which maintains his position at the top of the championship table. Grats to Dave on the Privateers win, the championship table looks interesting.
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« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2020, 11:28:48 PM +0100 » |
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Watkins is always a beautiful track Some misunderstanding in my race, sorry bennet68 (this is nick but I don't know who is ) for the hit but I saw you went wide and I thought you saw me.. Other problem was with Girard, you have slowed down suddenly in the straight so was impossible for me to avoid you 68 mod is good but I hate wings and I buyed GPL for that reason Tried with no wings but the McLaren was difficult to drive, with wings 11-9 it was much better and better lap time also
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Isacchini Alessandro Driver of VDA (Virtual Drivers Alliance)
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« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2020, 11:47:00 PM +0100 » |
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@Mod
After a mistake I have used the reset and relative stop&go, just now I read that was no possible for pro, so please exclude me from this race, sorry
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Isacchini Alessandro Driver of VDA (Virtual Drivers Alliance)
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« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2020, 10:12:53 AM +0100 » |
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Congratulations Tristan on your perfect hattrick, grats Yannick, I made a new pB but had no chance against the Ferrari superiority - to much, to fast I‘m very happy with my lucky third. Consistency could be much better if Yannick didn‘t hit my back at the 90th. THX to the backmarkers, almost all of you made a very good job, even in practice - thank you very much! Nice that there was a full grid and a classic track again. Thanks Admins!
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« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2020, 10:46:43 AM +0100 » |
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The Honda drives like a lawnmower with jet engine, I have never driven such a terrible unpredictable thing before... When the tires get a little grip, the braking behavior changes completely.
RA301 or RA302 (who only did 2 race laps in the real life which ended by Jo Schlesser death)
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« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2020, 10:55:22 AM +0100 » |
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During the race, I made a big mistake on lap 1 at the loop and I restarted on last position ...
Then it was better and I overtook several cars until I rejoined Doni's car. My Brabham was better on braking points but Doni's BRM was faster on straights. I made several tries to overtake Doni but each time I have to brake hard or to go on the grass to avoid the contact. Unfortunately it happened on last turn before start line... Sorry Doni but I had nowhere to go.
I am surprised to see how the Ferrari were so fast on this track.
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« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2020, 12:00:20 PM +0100 » |
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sad to miss another round here due to illness
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« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2020, 12:23:13 PM +0100 » |
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Alessandro, so sorry for taking you out like that. I was so busy watching Alain's blue Eagle swooping down on me in my left hand mirror, I completely missed you in my right one. You made me jump so much I almost pulled the steering wheel off the desk. Please accept my apologies.
This is so much fun! As a newbie to online racing I'm mightily impressed by the speed of you guys - awesome. I'll certainly be watching your laps in the replay to see where I'm going wrong.
I'm also discovering the fine art of being a back-marker. Apologies once again to Alessandro. I'll have to put this down as part of my training. Lesson learned.
Thanks to Alain for a few laps of dicing with each other.
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