UKPnG Season 9 British Historic Cup - Oulton Park (Classic) - Jan 23rd

[goldtop]

Arse. Connection lost after 5 laps. Here we go again

Not sure what was going on tonight. Cars lagging all over the place xd with a mind of its own and then everyone disappeared 

[Bob]

  Was going really well albeit near the rear, no problems at all then for no reason changed down instead of up ( a senior moment ) blowing it into eternity.   Will have to try harder, had fun all the same, lovely combo, thanks, Bob.

[Geoffers]

Well looks like it finally went phut. About lap 18 everyone froze, drove on for another lap hoping it may recover but seems like everyone had same problem.

[phspok]

The server system went off line
I have only just been able to reconnect

I Ocould restart it without qual if people want to

OK, I have restarted it. if people have time we could run with no qual. just random grid

[Dave Kelsall]

Shame, going well then saw three cars hovering about ten foot off the ground at Cascades.

[Clive Loynes]

Much the same as Tudor but I made it to half distance.

Had one off when trying to pass Dave Kelsall, who was warping all over the place.  Was slowly clawing my way back to Geoffers and Dave when everybody froze.  I can report that I passed everyone, some of whom were in mid air, and took the lead before PnG finally threw in the towel.

Didn't make it to the server until the last five minutes of qually due to having changed ISP.  I thought that I would switch over after the race but plusnet had other ideas.  I was on the server with Ivan for a pre-race warm up when it went kerplunk!!  I thought that it was my connection problems again but actually my old account had been switched off and it didn't dawn on me until almost too late.

Then I had to try to fit in a qually lap amongst people who couldn't see me.  Postal was my undoing, bless him, but he didn't know that I was there.

However, the underlying problem is BT's manky bit of wire so it really doesn't matter who my ISP is!  They will be getting a stiff email to sort it!

[Mark J]

what happened to everyone? I raced on for the full 23 laps and had a list of 8 drivers at end but nobody was there or replied to chat?  Saw a load of disco'd cars on lap 18 but carried on thinking a few had connection problems.  

Race was awful with lagging and discod cars early on, spoilt what should have been a cracker of a race.  

ps...does that make me the winner?    though officially it showed me 4th in the list of 8 remaining drivers 

[phspok]

Was a server disco, not any one person. I couldn't get back on as admin
I will postpone this event, and make it the next one instead.

The server is up for anyone who want a fun race. It will not be scored.

I call your dodgy bit of wire, and raise you - My wheel broke 15 mins before the race start, I dug out an ancient
sidewinder and plugged it in and joined while the race start was counting down. did a quick calibrate then jumped to grid
had not had time to map views etc. and the pedals were wandering around all over the floor!

[EvilClive]

Well everything was going to plan. My cunning ruse to start steady and save the tyres and engine was just about to bear fruit.

With 6 laps to go I was about to unleash a stream of sub 1:35 sec laps and storm into the lead using all the engine power and tyre rubber that I had so carefully saved throughout the race....and then.... cars appeared to just give up, when they realised that there's was a hopeless cause and they just stopped on the track or floated about aimlessly allowing me to sweep majestically past  
( and through) them. I think I was showing as 3rd before the gremlins caught up with me and forcibly ejected me over the armco and into the ether.  :'(

I am guessing I just witnessed a PnG server crash or similar? and not a moment of alien DNA taking over my reflexes???  

A real shame as I was feeling quite comfortable around the midfield with the Escort and enjoyed a couple of dices with various drivers until I was awarded the "Order of the Alfa" at Lodge Corner ( at least, that is what has been imprinted into my door panel along with a mirror image of the badge ) NP, it was a racing incident but I would have preferred to have had the option of refusing the award  .
 I found myself nerfed onto the inside of the bend and facing the wrong way,  figured that driving out across the racing line just below a blind crest might not be the wisest or most popular move, so I had to reverse back down the hill and spin the car on the grass, so that I could rejoin safely. All of which dropped me back to almost last place  

The next laps were fun as I slowly reeled in a couple of Porkers and eventually got past, but I suspect they were losing connection with the server at that point.............A shame because I was focused on finishing this race rather than setting the world alight, so maybe next time........

[NPP]

I don't seem to have missed much, then ...

Sorry though for those who actually made the effort to race and didn't reap the rewards.

[Clive Loynes]

I call your diodgy bit of wire, and raise you - Mty wheel broke 15 mins before the race start, I dug out an ancient
sidewinder and plugged it in and joined while the race start was counting down. dDid a quick calibrate then jumped to gripd
had not had time to map views etc. and the pedals were wandering around all over the floor!

LOL

Were you any quicker with this setup?


Don't think that your fingers are connected at all!   

[phspok]

Oh heck he's even correcting my typing now! Maybe I can install a Loynes Speel Checker on my PCs...
I was much slower for the first few laps, as the steering angle was too high for the little Sidewinder
managed to get it together a bit as the race went on.
PSU seems to have died on my G25.

[frex]

I don't seem to have missed much, then ...

Hmm, nor me.

Got no net connection at home because the persistent rain has got into the superfast-fibreoptic-internet-superhighway cables and shorted something out would you believe..  They say it will be fixed monday but i think i may have to miss next week's race too.

Sorry for the server problems.

[Giuseppe Reali]

Oh heck he's even correcting my typing now! Maybe I can install a Loynes Speel Checker on my PCs...

LOL!!! if possible I would like to install it myself...

For the race last night I also during the 18th lap I saw all the cars on the track freeze and after a while I lost the connection.
However, if you want to redo the race or keep the results on lap 17 is fine by me 

[phspok]

Ahhh... no. you gonna have to work it all over again G R