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

[Clive Loynes]

I think that it's a failing of PnG that it doesn't punish sloppy gear changes.

This version seems to be even more "Arcade" orientated than the previous.

[Alex vV]

I think that it's a failing of PnG that it doesn't punish sloppy gear changes.

This version seems to be even more "Arcade" orientated than the previous.

Think that it is also related to the selected ingame damage settings...

[EvilClive]

It sounds like I need to get more aggressive with the machinery lol. I have been trying to maintain the "%" value in XD unchanged throughout the practice and races I have attempted so far, thinking that a reduction in that figure would reflect in lost performance!!!  So, as long as I still have 10% showing I still have a fully functioning car?

Years of nursing a 67 Honda GP car for 40 laps, keeping all of its V12 whizzy bits connected to each other, and within the engine block, creates a certain mindset and timidity about careless gear changes. Also, allowing that white pointy thing on the dashboard to ever get close to that fixed red line is hard wired as a NO-NO!

Looks like a certain Escort is about to get a rude awakening this evening!!! that does not mean that I will be any faster, just noisier and somewhat less careful. 

[phspok]

I could run the server at 100% damage if that's what you want, but we had some loud complaining    about
P&Gs damage model when it was first released, I prefer to keep it more tolerant.

[goldtop]

Short and not so sweet. Got on the grass at Cascades and hit esc when I realised I was not going to make the corner to hopefully avoid causing mayhem.

Not feeling too great this evening so an early night methinks.

[IvanStanchev]

Great race till my steering wheel decided to unmount Needed lot of time to mount it again so hit esc. See u next time

[Bob]

   Had a really good race, not on the pace in the Grp2 Escort but had a real fun evening, Thx, Bob.

[EvilClive]

Quite pleased to finish my first PnG race, and inside the top ten  

Cannot claim to be a fledgling alien, as I only passed cars that were grass cutting or having a quick BBQ on the infield.  

I still need to be a bit more brutal with the hardware as I finished the race with 90% engine left and plenty of green stuff in the tyre dept, and I had enough fuel for another 10 laps!!! There is such a thing as being over cautious I guess lol.

Really enjoyed the race and tried to hang on to Legzy and his Alfa when he passed me the first time just to see if I could learn where he was quicker, but it quickly became apparent that my ambition might well exceed my ability if I continued to push that hard!!!  So I dropped back into my comfort zone around 1:46 and concentrated on being smooth on the brakes ( still my Achilles heel in these cars, but slowly improving I think).

Great fun and certainly something different for me to get to grips with.  

[phspok]

Results and Replay Posted

[Hotkeys]

On lap 2 I decided the Alfa SA was way too easy to drive, so I smashed my suspension a little :-))

Had fun trying to keep Frex behind me, but he kept coming back and once he got passed, he was gone for good. Caught up with Legzy, almost passed him but was a bit to eager.

Nice to finish a race for once!

Stig

[Clive Loynes]

I could run the server at 100% damage if that's what you want, but we had some loud complaining    about
P&Gs damage model when it was first released, I prefer to keep it more tolerant.

Only from the people who think that racing machinery can be smacked into all the close scenery without sufferring.   

[Clive Loynes]

During practice and qually I was begining to think that I needed to find another hobby but it all worked out well enough in the race.

a) Legzy was a long way behind
b) I had a good scrap with MJ
c) Finished in front of Geoffers (and all the rest of the Kerbies come to that)

I had a nice gap back to Geoffers when I started to encounter some back markers and the next thing that I knew he was all over me like a bad suit!

Still, all's well that ends well!

Ooops! nearly forgot.  Congrats to Federico, Giuseppe and John.

[Mark J]

Great race that, very tough in the nimble but edgy 911 and the race felt like an endurance event to me.

Qualified a great (for me) 5th, fastest of the non aliens!  

Had a decent start and even gained a place from Ivan   .Pulled out a mini lead of a couple of secs over the chasing Clive and Ivan for the first 12 laps and was feeling quite content and hopeful of a top 5 finish. But then my cars characteristics seem to change for the worse as the medium tyres reached a certain wear level and Clive was able to mount an attack. We ding donged well for a few laps which allowed Geoffers and Ed to close a 9 sec deficit and before I knew it I was behind all 3 of them  :'( the car was now even trying to spit me off at Hilltop   and knickerbocker became a tad more dangerous!
I chased on fast as I could but my lap times dropped from 44's to 46's and I couldn't re-catch them. I had a safe 20 sec lead over the rest so finished a decent but also disappointed 6th in the end.

The car group was well matched here, good stuff  

Congrats to super quick podium guys and all who finished  

[frex]

Minimal practice, no qually but massive fun again in the 911..

Spent the first half of the race still getting to grips with the proper lines and didn't set my fastest lap until near the end, when my tyres were well past their best. Some good chases here and there, particularly with Stig - so many times though i would get too close and have to lift off mid-corner (a bad idea in the 911) and almost lose it. Good fun though.

Big apology again to Postal - your braking at the hairpin caught me out but i should have left much more room than that. Took you awhile to get restarted by which time we were a long way behind everyone else - really sorry about that.

Also had contact with Dan later on, but you were already spinning and i couldn't avoid you, so i absolve myself from blame for that one..!

Congrats podium, cyu next time.

[Geoffers]

That was more fun than the first attempt last week, spent most of the race in close quarters with someone.

Had a bit of a battle with Legzy & SuperSwift for the first few laps, managed to get away from them but had AnimalEd close behind as we both chased down Clive & MJ. Just caught up to them as Clive made his escape & after passing MJ I spent the rest of the race chasing Clive's Alfa at 2-3s behind. Didn't think I would catch him as we were both lapping at about the same pace, but when Clive encountered some backmarkers I closed the gap. Tried hard to force a mistake as that was the only way I was going to get past, the Alfa's slight straight line advantage meant I was never able to quite get close enough to attempt a pass & so I had to settle for 5th at the end.

Congrats to the podium & well driven under pressure Clive