UKGTR Season 6 Lower Sprint - Spa - Oct 16

[Kerr]

I had no idea what actually happened at the bus stop Mark. I just felt a little bump and you were gone. Sorry if I played any part in it.

[Jeffrey]

Unofficial Lapchart

[psuedo]

Great race again that, very very enjoyable  

Did a pb in qualli, 1/1000 quicker   than my previous...still only put me 22nd though.

Race went superb...I reckon it was my best performance consistency wise since joining here...I'nt it good when you stay on track...new experience for me ....Had a great battle trying to keep a big black mossler behind for a few laps (sorry not sure who it was...wouldn't dare hit my 'look behind' for fear of cocking up as usual), great racing though.

Got up to 17th overall through folk falling off the road and was holding it just from Edam Speed on the last lap...he had been hauling me in at over a sec a lap and was only 1 sec behind aproaching the bus stop on the last lap....when my FPS went to hell and I basically stopped letting both Edam and teamie Munkez through....gutted.

Ah well, thats on line racing I supose :'(

Grats to winners and podiums....bring on the Viper  

[Kerr]

Also what I noticed tonight is 30KG ballast is too much for me. Although I understand the reason for it I can't compete against guys who have similar ability and I'm +30KG and they are -20KG. Most of the field seemed to be -20KG tonight.

[Jeffrey]

Totally forgot Paul also overtook me at some time   . Can't even remember how he did it .

Also what I noticed tonight is 30KG ballast is too much for me. Although I understand the reason for it I can't compete against guys who have similar ability and I'm +30KG and they are -20KG. Most of the field seemed to be -20KG tonight.

I had that problem in the Upper endurance race, I was powerless and couldn't do anything. Unable to attack, outbrake, outaccelerate etc.
I also understand the weightsystem, but I don't like the -20kg at all. Around 80% of the drivers had -20 kg, which seems useless to me 

[picnic]

Replay available, I'm sure by now you've all worked out the results are above and so is the link to the league table

[Adam Parle]

ps...i also forgot to change my race setup and had an hours worth of fuel onboard.....D'oh !

Only an idiot would do that ...... no, I'm not going to tell you how much fuel I finished with .....

[Jeffrey]

... and so is the link to the league table

I am blind, where is it?

[Mark J]

hehe, i must have had extra ballast in the form of 20minutes too much fuel onboard    I was a sitting duck for the Ferraris for the first half of the race up through Eau Rouge and Kemmel  

Totally no fault of yours Brian at bus stop , i think my car only spun as i had inside wheels on the kerb and the side scrape was enough to flick it around.

[Simon Gymer]

Had a good battle with Gizmo, Priberio for a long time, but with same wing setting as me Gizmo was still a little faster on the straights somehow and it was impossible to pass without a mistake. He didn't oblige seemingly driving much smoother with his G25 now. With 8 minutes to go my soft fronts went to pot and that was that, was barely drivable. It was dire with 20+ wear onwards eventually finishing just below 30 wear (when the little man tells you to change them). Spoiled a good, fight, but I was half expecting it after opting to not run mediums on the front. Running softs at least gave me a chance to fight with them for most of the race.

Then at the end going through bus stop FPS went down very low as finishers were doing dougnuts a mile away at Eau Rouge. Then come to La Source and it was literally undriveable diong about 0.5fps, eventually subsiding as people stopped doughnuts and I could drive again to finish. Unfortunately by that time I had lost a place with my car probably freezing on track. Jeff told me afterwards that is probably "Simple Debris Collisions" bug, which I didn't know about, so I will have that turned on from now on.

P.S. -20kg did me fook all good.

[picnic]

... and so is the link to the league table

I am blind, where is it?

Serious?

Look under Series, in this case U6LS

Don't know what U stands for, but rest is Season 6, Lower Sprint

[EdamSpeed]

Firstly, sorry to Jan Duijs for the start - I got a moment's lag, and it slowed down the release of the rev-limiter.. Sorry

Then I was chasing Darren's splintery wooden ass for quite a few laps. Backo ran wide at Pouhon, but it wasn't long before he was in front of me again and I was chasing two splintery wooden asses Meanwhile Ossie in the the gruesome greenie had chucked it sideways into the Bus Stop, and I nearly went off from laughing so hard How you avioded me and Backo - was a miracle 

Carried on for a few laps with Jan in hot pursuit, then I got distracted when the phone started ringing. The inevitable was a spin at the top of Eau Rouge, and dropping loads of places. Rejoined behind Madd RIP and chased him for a few laps, driving erratically as I was still distracted and had busted up front end aero. Then Dan Minton spun at Bus Stop, we briefly touched (sorry) and then I chased him for a few laps, although he was a lap down on me at this point. Madd RIP fell off a few laps later, and then after a while so did Dan. This left me chasing Psuedo, although it looked like I wasn't going to make it past him before the end. Munkez briefly joined the fray, after going wide at Pouhon, but slid wide at La Source, letting me past to chase down Psuedo.

On the final lap, Psuedo had a 'low framerate issue' at Stavelot and went off into the barriers, and moments later, I found Shark asleep at La Source - sorry about robbing you of that place so close to the end..

[psuedo]

Then at the end going through bus stop FPS went down very low as finishers were doing dougnuts a mile away at Eau Rouge. Then come to La Source and it was literally undriveable diong about 0.5fps, eventually subsiding as people stopped doughnuts and I could drive again to finish. Unfortunately by that time I had lost a place with my car probably freezing on track. Jeff told me afterwards that is probably "Simple Debris Collisions" bug, which I didn't know about, so I will have that turned on from now on.

Exactly the same thing here :'( cost me two places...so does turning on 'simple debris' cure this? coz it's happened frequently recently.

[Kerr]

Totally forgot Paul also overtook me at some time   . Can't even remember how he did it .

Also what I noticed tonight is 30KG ballast is too much for me. Although I understand the reason for it I can't compete against guys who have similar ability and I'm +30KG and they are -20KG. Most of the field seemed to be -20KG tonight.

I had that problem in the Upper endurance race, I was powerless and couldn't do anything. Unable to attack, outbrake, outaccelerate etc.
I also understand the weightsystem, but I don't like the -20kg at all. Around 80% of the drivers had -20 kg, which seems useless to me 

It might manage to make the season championship table a bit more compressed but in terms of close action at the front, it does not always help.

I've benefited in other classes. Suffer a disco and you are last and have light car next race.

In this class I have missed a race already this season but my ballast carries over from two other positive results.

I'm just trying to add up why so few drivers actually have positive ballast of any note, apart from me and you.

[Jeffrey]

Serious?

Look under Series, in this case U6LS

Don't know what U stands for, but rest is Season 6, Lower Sprint

I know how to get there from the homepage, I just thought there was a link to that page under the results in the forum. That's the one I couldn't find, probably as it isn't there  .

Exactly the same thing here :'( cost me two places...so does turning on 'simple debris' cure this? coz it's happened frequently recently.

Yes it will. Having it turned off will make the game calculate exactly how every bit of debri flies off the car. And as people like to finish with a bang after the finish, it will overload your PC. No matter what kind of PC you have, it will always cause HUGE FPS drops.