UKGPL Season 24 65 Novices TrophyRace 1 KyalamiWelcome to the opening round of the Novices Trophy for Season 24.
We start at 'our home' which is the English translation of the Zulu word 'Kyalami'. One of the original Papy tracks and therefore fairly well known, but not without difficulty. Usually sees some close racing.
The original, sweeping circuit was in use from 1961 until political sanctions eliminated the Grand Prix after the 1985 race. A very quick circuit, it yielded some memorable races. Gilles Villeneuve outfoxed team mate and home driver Jody Scheckter in a wet/dry race in 1979, and Alain Prost raced from the back to win in 1982. By the time the circuit held its last Grand Prix in its original incarnation cars were lapping the track in 1m 02s – 20 seconds faster than in 1967. But the politics of racing in Apartheid South Africa where racial segregation was practised put pressure on F1 to leave the country. Luckily we get to race without any of that and a lap time in the mid 1m 20s should prove very competitive.
*** NOTE***
Ensure that you have the pit wall in place. Those without the pit wall will risk disqualification. Advantage can be gained without it and in particular, drivers should ensure that they know where the pit entry is WITH THE PIT WALL IN PLACE
The standard Papyrus track has a pit wall but there are patches available that remove it. The absence of a pit wall will not stop you from joining the race but anybody seen by the moderators miraculously driving through the pit wall on the server replay will risk disqualification.
Follow these instructions to restore the wall if you have a mod that has removed it:
METHOD 1:
To place a wall between the pits and the track, rename or remove the kyalami.trk and kyalami.3do files from your kyalami folder.
METHOD 2:
To reinstall the original Papyrus Armco, rename or remove the Armco_s.mip file from your kyalami folder.As with the previous tracks, there will be crashes and patience is a must. The first lap will be fully moderated within the red zone. The
red zone will extend to the end of the Leeukop bend on the first lap
Please check the Season 24 pages for
details regarding rules and the
Novices Trophy pages in particular.
There are NO chassis restrictions for this race.
Race List =
iGORServer = UKGPL3
IP address = ping ukgpl3.dyndns.org
Race date = 22/01/2013
Time = no later then 9:00pm UK Time (30-45 mins practice, race starts at 9:30pm)
Track = Kyalami (papy)
Variant = 65F1
Damage Model = Int
Qualifying time = 30 minutes
Race length = 28 laps
Password:
see aboveQualifying may start before 9pm, if so, Reserve drivers should leave the server when 35 minutes of qualifying remains and only rejoin when 30 minutes of qualifying is left. This is to ensure that Full Time drivers get priority in joining.Please restrict chat to pit messages if necessary, and this includes the end of the race, until all running drivers have completed the necessary laps.
The Novice races are run under Int Long rules and all incidents in the red zone on Lap 1, at least, will be moderated. For this race, the
red zone extends to the last part of the Leeukop Bend. There is no limit on the amount of resets but EACH Shift/R MUST be followed by a Stop n Go. The pit entrance can be tricky here so a little practice may be adviasable. Better still, don't requier a reset!
65 Patch: The 2.02 Release of the 65mod can and should be used. You need a working installation of the 65 mod to install the 2.02 Update. All the 65 Mod files can be found
herePassword:
see aboveDriver lists can be found on the
championship standings page