Onwards to America!
Round 2 of the amateurs trophy becons and we find ourselves on a slow boat to California. The slightly relevant password should help our budding cryptologists (is that even a real word?) continue their search for this seasons theme.....
Race List =
IGORServer = UKGPL_T7_2
IP address = 62.149.202.168
Race date = 26-10-2010
Time = 21:00 UK time
Track = Pebble Beach
Variant = 65F1
Damage Model = PRO
Qualifying time = 35 minutes. Don't start until 30 mins left on clock to allow everyone to join.
Race length = 50 minutes (laps
33)
Password:
see above65 Patch: The 2.02 Release of the 65mod can be used.
Driver lists can be found on the
championship standings pageThe track can be downloaded from :
Jim Turley's website Add-on’s available at : No addons available (That I know of at least)
Please be in
IGOR UKGPL chatroom by 8:50 pm UK Time
Reserve drivers should not join the server(s) until there are only 30 minutes of qualifying left. Please restrict chat to pit messages. Moderating will be by reported incidents only, however the moderators reserve the right to review any incident with a particular emphasis on lap one. The aim is to review the race the following weekend so incident reports should be submitted within five days of the race (ie the following Friday). We're hopeful most incidents can be resolved amicably and recommend a days deep breath with a replay review before posting. A sorry in the forum won't be taken as an automatic admission of guilt by the moderators.
The race will be run on PRO Damage.
NOTE: Please ensure you join the correct server, due to the way we import if you start the race on the wrong server your result will not count.
Chassis assignments can be found
HERE**NOTE**
Whichever chassis a driver begins race 1 with is the chassis he must use for the remainder of the season unless a change has been agreed with the moderator.
About the TrackThe annual "Del Monte Trophy" was run on the streets of Pebble Beach beginning in 1950 and ending in 1956 after driver Ernie McAfee died racing his Ferrari into a tree. Over the winter the locals made arrangements for some local government land to be set aside for a purpose-built race track. The next year Laguna Seca ("dry lagoon" in Spanish) was opened. Road racing forever shifted from Pebble Beach to Laguna Seca, which is barely five miles away and a far better facility, as any modern racer will tell you.
In its first year (1950), the Pebble Beach Road Race was run on a shorter course than the one you see here. It was 1.8 miles long and cut off the sharp left-hand turn and the hairpin of the newer course, T3 and T4. You can see in the GPL track where the dirt trail leaves the track at T3 and rejoins it at T5, the beginning of the long downhill straight. This portion of the track was actually packed dirt; it was never paved and is still not paved to this day.
This 1.8-mile short course was used only once. For the six subsequent races (1951 - 56) the track was extended to 2.1 miles by adding the turns mentioned above. The road immediately following the hairpin (T4) was not paved during that time. In fact, much of that road is still not paved today. However, the decision was made to cover this portion with asphalt to make it easier to race on. Forgive the minor technical inaccuracy.s track layout has remained mostly unchanged from its original form.
(Taken and slightly modified from the Authors notes on the circuit)