UKGTL Power and Glory V2 Mod Wet Test - Donington Park (GP) - Jan 22

[Steve Holmes]

Hehe, sounds good, don't get me wrong, after the quick wet test I did at the weekend I enjoyed the TR4, I just think a 3-second gap between dry and 50% wet is quite simply wrong.  But that doesn't mean it won't be enjoyable. (And I do secretly so enjoy single make races).

Don't make my head hurt though by saying softer means more slidey.....all I know is in the wet make the car as soft as possible.  Gonna crawl back into my 'know nothing' hole now........

[Mark J]

well yeah, softer means more grip but also means more body roll & movement making it more sloppy ! No use those tyres being grippy on the tarmac if you have 1.5 tons of metal trying to drag it sideways through inertia   

[ASSASSINO]

Finnaly i understand how to see full server list, just chaged dificult mode 

In the server i did 2.01 with the soft wet tyres, but i know see they shouldn´t be allowed on the track, will try later with the 970 tyres.

Cant see the tyre manual cause my stupid pdf cant open it right.

Fun car, this mod is making me chage the idea i had abou GTL convertions, the sound is excelent and the handling is demanding.

Noticed that with the ffb patch the FFB is not too strong, i had to change it on wheel to 85% but i think 90 will be ok.

[JPS]

Car choice is not my cup of tea...will give this a miss

[ginsters sponsored]

Err Went to grid and it said waiting for seven cars to join grid but everyone went. Got clattered, joined them but got dq'ed for jumping start Think I joined grid too late or thats a GTR2 bug?

At least my connection is fixed. Trust everyone had fun.

[Truetom]

Dodgy connection all day.    Disco from 4th, hope nobody had problems 'cause of me. 

TT

[Mark J]

phew that was a real blast !

Qually was a disaster for me, had spent couple of hours with modern GT cars at Enna and it completely ruined my 'deft' feel for these cars. Added to traffic and getting bumped i struggled to get a clean laptime in and found myself 13th on grid 

Race was all action from the green lights and thankfully nice and clean on first lap from where i saw. A real jostle in the midfield.

Enjoyed a great battle with first Lazlow for many laps of side by side action, swapping places several times a lap, then had exactly the same with Legzy after that. Great fun and good driving by all 

I kept yo-yoing around the top 10 with a few errors dropping me back each time and it seemed to take me half a race to get my rhythm finally going and then i set a string of 2:01 & 2:02 laps to close on the top 9 but it was too little too late and finished 10th.

The cars were very lively as i predicted !, felt great hanging the back end in big power drifts down through craners or fishtailing out of the slow turns. 
The Tr4s would probably make a cracking little one make clubmens series but i personally prefer the faster cars in the mod.

[jpv]

Sorry Geoffers, totally screwed up after spinning in the old hairpin. Saw someone else spinning right after me in the corner and thought it would be safe to rejoin, but instead I appeared right in front of you. Sadly you couldn't continue, and I didn't feel like finishing either after that incident.

Had a fun race until then though, close racing and managed to stay out of the sand traps most of the time. Also a lot easier to drive in the wet than the normal GTR cars.

[Legzy]

Dodgy connection all day.    Disco from 4th, hope nobody had problems 'cause of me. 

Was well chuffed running in 5th... till TT did his Saturday night fever disco move 
Managed to avoid your ghost just, the 1st time then the 2nd time I had nowhere to go & I got splatted off the track. That's when I told you you were discoing. Not your fault TT, just one of those things that can happen to anyone. Besides I went on to have a pretty decent race. Once I'd worked up through the pack again, I found MJ & for the 2nd race on the bounce we had a few solid laps side-by-side all the way. Good stuff. Managed to get ahead & slowly eek out a gap & pick off a couple more places. Was disappointed that despite pulling in teammate Lazlow closer & closer most laps, I couldn't quite get close enough & as I started forcing it I made my one mistake which cost me about 10/11 secs & was nearly in the clutches of MJ again. Had a final bit of position swapping with Ade, I couldn't really push it as I finished with .2L in the tank mate 
Well done all.

p.s. Turned off special effects (from low) so I had no rain where I was  to help my FPS & just had one period of 'shaky screen'.
p.p.s. Qualified surprisingly well, so even my poor eyes could see the start lights 

[Truetom]

Dodgy connection all day.    Disco from 4th, hope nobody had problems 'cause of me. 

That's when I told you you were discoing.

I didn't see any chat, so I assumed other drivers weren't bothered.    Sorry. 

TT

[phspok]

Qualed poorly, more than  a second of my PB. got passed by Evert, then went on grass trying to keep off his bumper
and lost it, slid over the grass and nudged him. sorry for that, was a midge's wedding tackle quicker than cars in front
as I'd lost places flying off, caught and passed some, hounded Ade, then Tinman, who skillfully avoided my clumsy
pass up the inside into the final turn, ta for that. Fun race
As for wet handling... I have little experience with soft wets or slicks,  but I have sprinted for the past few
years at various tracks and surfaces in a road going class, and the wet model in PG is VERY kind
My experience with hard race setup suspension is that you get less warning and more whip in the wet
with a stiff light car. A heavy TR4 is slower and rollier,and will be more forgiving, but it still feels slllooowwwww
and unnaturally progressive to slide in the wet and dry (as do all the P&G cars to me, more so than GTL)
Donington in the wet is horrible in real life, as the Aircraft from East Midlands airport dump fuel onto the track over time, which is very nasty when wet.

[ginsters sponsored]

As I was dq'ed, I can't be arsed to do the results  

Truthfully, as you probably guessed I can't work out how to import them right now Apologies, will get something sorted asap.

[Paul968]

First part of the race was 'interesting' as everyone seemed able to out accelerate me down the straights. Had a couple of little battles with Jos and Legzy until TT's departure caused the parting of the red sea, leaving me in 4th and the others in the gravel trap at T1. The rest of the race was a case of watching Steve drive into the distance and the gap behind grow steadily. 4th was OK but the cars were not as good in the wet as in the dry and the lonely race was disappointing.

The really interesting bit was when I checked my controller settings afterward - the throttle only got to about 95% max. I had the same experience with the MARA guys last night so at least I know what the problem is now. After a bit of fiddling with DXTweak the throttle went to MAX and I could get well into the 2.00s fairly easily - Re-run anyone? 

[Geoffers]

Sorry Geoffers, totally screwed up after spinning in the old hairpin. Saw someone else spinning right after me in the corner and thought it would be safe to rejoin, but instead I appeared right in front of you. Sadly you couldn't continue, and I didn't feel like finishing either after that incident.

No worries JPV. Mark Jonzo went off in front of me & I was keeping an eye on where he was going & suddenly there you were . I tried to avoid you but it was too late. Killed my engine so race over.

I couldn't really get the hang of the TR4. When I first tried it I managed some 2.03s & after some more test sessions & much playing with the setup I managed some 2.03s I seemed to make the car feel better to drive each time but not faster  Never mind it was still fun.

Cya all next time
Geoffers

[picnic]

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