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Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (6 laps)

Track: 1970's Nurburgring (Nordschleife) Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg128898#post_nordschleife70)


Cars allowed: BMW 2002tii Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_bmw2002tii), Porsche 911 RSR 3.0, Ford Escort RS 2000, Boss 302 Ford Mustang Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_boss302mustang)

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Drivers are reminded that the maximum number of drives in any car is four. Check your status here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuS59xI7-YTLdEplNWdDYkxNZy1rZ0J5dHNtVHlUX3c)

Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal

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Notes:
(1) It's best if all drivers can make sure they are connected before the Qualifying session as drivers on track during qualifying will not see cars that join after they are on track until they go back to the garage.
(2) Please make sure you are fully aware of the SimRacing.org.uk Rules.
(3) The AI control should be turned off so that you have control of the car at all times, including pitting. Your player file should therefore read
Autopit="0"
Force Autopit Off="1" // Forces autopit always off
No AI Control="1" // AI never has control over car
If you still finding pitting problematic, experience tells us that its less to do with positioning and more to do with approach speed. A slow approach to pit crew chief has proved most reliable.
(4) Driver lists can be found on the Championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R;group=330;theme=5)

Special Notes: None

Still nine months to wait  :'(

Great work again - thanks Tony!

lol are you serious? The Ring? In these?

Sure  :eek:

well ok if you really want me to beat all of you the thats fine :-) 
:smartass: :sweatdrop: :jumpjoy: :scared:

Don't mind me a just a bit :wacko:

after i miss last race on 16.july because of totaly forgot,

now i miss this race too, i am in holyday in italy from 6th to 11th august.

good race all

servus

Oh boy! Oh boy!! My most favorite track of all time ;D I knew I was saving my last drive in the 2002 for some reason ;). Then again Tony's set for the Escort really made it a joy to drive. Which one to run  :-\.

Hope you have a great vacation Servus 8)

Don't know which car to take yet.

Pay attention to stay on track, guys - there are some "black holes"
around it, such as at Kallenhardt and Hohe Acht  ;D

Lokking forward to monday's race.

Quick question, are we allowed to use the short-cut in qually to be able to get 2 timed laps in?

It would be rude not to  ;)

Think I'll have to take my last opportunity for the 2002.
Could reach a 9:12 in the iis so far and 9:21 in the BOSS.
Escort and Porsche undriveable for me here (with a lot of
practice maybe I could be able to find a suitable setup for
the RSR for me)

See you tomorrow guys.  ;D

I have not worked out the "shortcut" yet I tried going over the grass to get back on the start finish
but the counter didn't start.

Ok found the shortcut, turn right after a turn 2. so far with some grasstracking 9:12 in Squash Court, and 9:15 in 302
two laps in each. This seems a slightly kinder version than others, some of the nasty cambers seem less
though it does seem to be more or less the GPL one, some of the elevations seem a bit less.

From the pits follow the track around the long RHer (South Curve?) & down the straight behind the pits, around the 90 left, then instead of carrying on around the lap take the road that turns right. Follow that for a short distance until you come to a wall, then right again & it brings you back onto the beginning of the S/F straight. When you cross the line the lap counter will start.

Amen! is strongly recommended to all drivers to keep four wheels on track, just to be sure your race do not end before crossing the finish line. We must be extremely careful about that  :scared:

P.S. btw i'll make this one with the RSR  :shifty:

 :-\ :-\ Sorry guys can't make this one.......Also Nordschleife I do not get on well.  ;)

You can also get to the shortcut by making a right u-turn at the very end of the pit boxes. There is a very small gap between the pit boxes and track fence. Then just drive behind the pit boxes going the reverse direction of the track and you will come to the right turn that leads back to the track :).

Sorry not a version of the track I know.  See I've driven Cobra here but don't remember track at all.  Not had any time for practice and spent 1 1/3 hrs tonight and never completed a single lap.  Got to Caracelle once but that was it.  Hope you had good race.  CYA at Snett 64 tomorrow night.

sorry guys stalled and car wouldnt start even though i got the right button.

Sorry to those who damaged their cars.

This was very disappointing... all the practice gone to waste.

Yes, everything went wrong, start (had damage to the car before I was over the start line) & later froze my PC in 5sec...woke up outside in the grass & had perhaps taken Geoffers with  :o
...& after the race it went wrong again...my replay of the race will not work  ???

Grats NRJ, Geoffers & KS  :thumbup2:

Results and replay now posted.

Sorry that so many had a poor night.  :'(

...& server replay does not work....everything went wrong  8)

My replay will not work either and the server replay does the same thing after loading it goes black and then drops to desktop :(. Didn't we have this problem here before(Cobra race)? Add on track doesn't like GTL or something ??? Sorry to see a few others had problems :(. I had just about a perfect run here with no problems and the last 5 laps all being within 7/10th's of a second of each other. A big congrats to see Kurt on the pody ;D Congrats to Geoffers as well and thanks to all that participated ;). Cheers

I did a good start gaining some positions, but once again pushed too hard with cold tires during first lap. I made a mistake trying to let Pelle overtake me as he was faster than me and spun stalling the engine. In addition i couldn't avoid Hristo's Escort stopped at Adenauer and crashed into him. Didn't give up and pushed hard once tires reached their optimum temp. waiting for a mistake of the drivers i had ahead, but was me who made the mistakes everytime i reduced the gap a bit, and the Ring do not forgive them. But hey man, the most important thing is that i enjoyed every single meter of tarmac with the 911 driven with H-shifter, why the hell i didn't switch before??  8)

Btw, since i switched to manual clutch i noticed that when i stall the engine i need to do the following procedure to start it again, i don't know if it's normal but that's the way it works for me:

-Don't press any pedal, not even brake, and be sure no gear is engaged, otherwise engine won't start.
-Press Contact button
-Press Contact button again
-Press Start button


My replay works well, if needed i can upload it.

Cheers!

Love this track - hope it can be saved and will have a future (STR = Save The Ring).

Had an ideal lap within the limits of my capability during quali and could register a new PB.
Hoped for another improvement to below 9:00 during race but could not maintain that level
of concentration and the Ring does not forgive any fault.
So after a bad start I saw Tony fly away into the green in Hatzenbach ;D and could not avoid
to crash into Hristo - together with Dario - who lay crossways at Adenauer Forst.

Then I had a mostly lonely race after I lost contact to Dario due to a turner. After Phspok, Pelle
and Dario left the race I found myself on third place  8)
During last lap I had my usual loss of steering and pedal control but with an advantage of seven
minutes to Tony that was no big deal at all  ;).
Very glad to have finished here on my hometrack.
Grats to Navin for the win and Geoffers and Tony for finishing.


Hey Bill - I can remember that you were able to finish the race with the Cobras here some months ago - so I
was really optimistic for you for this one too.

One question to the BMW drivers: just before start I realized that there are three options concerning wheels
(Dunlop, Goodyear and Historic) for the 2002, but there was no time left for examination so I stayed with the Dunlops.
Do you have any experiences concerning the other wheel options?

Thanks Tony for organizing this one - see you on track.

Sorry for the road block on top of the hill, but my car had very poor handling after crashing into the stationary cars at the start and I went off spinning there, and the car came to a halt right on the line. I would have retired as soon as that happened but I wasn't aware that my engine has been completely destroyed and thought I could continue.

I've always used the Dunlops, never tried the others.

Not too good a race for me, too many mistakes in the first 3 laps, but can't really complain about 2nd place. Wouldn't have been able to stay with Navin anyway. Tried to keep him in sight on the opening lap & was doing quite well until I had a couple of off-track moments which let Pelle get past.

Followed Pelle for nearly a lap then his car suddenly froze at Steilstrecke & I was too close to avoid running into it & spun off. Matt went past & I spent nearly a lap following him before nipping past at Bergwerk. Now with a clear track I managed to get into a rhythm & went faster with each remaining lap & finally broke 8.40 on the final one.

Congrats to Navin on the win & to Eifel & Tony for making the finish.  :clap: :clap: :clap: