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Title: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on November 18, 2011, 01:06:36 PM +0000
All members welcome.

Grid/server capacity: 28

Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (14 laps)

Track: Monza 10km Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg128898#post_monza10k)

Cars allowed: Shelby Cobra Pack Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_cobraX4), Shelby Cobra 289/427.

Car restrictions: No restrictions. All Cobra's available.  

This race will use the UKGTL Skin Pack 1.8.0.0 (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#msg54518).

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

Server: simracing.org.uk SCC
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

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=331;theme=5)

Special Notes: None


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: SpecialKS on July 24, 2012, 07:22:47 AM +0100
uuuhhh - the steep turns with the snakes...  :o


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: BillThomas on July 28, 2012, 11:09:47 AM +0100
OMG, blend of old and new maintained by our Highway Agency  :lol: - Brit joke, we have miles of traffic cones with nobody working on the road  or even visible.  :cursing: :censored:  Is there a line around the banked corners where you just drive without moving the wheel or is it like my driving - constant minor corrections.  ???  Hope nobody tries overtaking on banking, at least there are good strong crash barriers to throw cars back into path of following cars.  Wreck it, wreck it, wreck it - like frog in old beer (?) TV Advert.  ::)  :whistling: :rockon:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on July 28, 2012, 11:14:36 AM +0100
I've revised the original race announcement.

For this event it's free choice of any of the power outputs available.  :rockon:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: SpecialKS on July 29, 2012, 09:13:00 PM +0100
Already some laptimes for comparison?

Difficult one  ::)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Navin R Johnson on July 30, 2012, 07:28:48 AM +0100
Just did a handful of laps in the 3:07's with a best lap of 3:06.8 in the 427. And hey! Thanks Tony for taking the reigns off for this race 8).


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: BillThomas on July 30, 2012, 12:03:38 PM +0100
Already some laptimes for comparison?

Difficult one  ::)

Yea, driving 289 FIA lapping in 3:15 - 17 bracket after a few laps.  Still need to find best line and braking point for T1. ::)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: SpecialKS on July 30, 2012, 01:39:47 PM +0100
Already some laptimes for comparison?

Difficult one  ::)

Yea, driving 289 FIA lapping in 3:15 - 17 bracket after a few laps.  Still need to find best line and braking point for T1. ::)

That's exactly what I could reach yesterday  ::).

Thanks guys - will try to do some more laps tonight.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: M Cinderby on July 30, 2012, 04:02:38 PM +0100
 :) Would this be the Monza banked track with the bumps that almost break your suspension???  ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Syd Drake on July 30, 2012, 04:41:07 PM +0100
Are we driving the same track? Cause I'm getting sub 3 minute laps with 427. Track is modern Monza except for t1 chicane plus oval. Very bumpy high on the banking.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on July 30, 2012, 06:25:37 PM +0100
(http://www.allf1.info/tracks/monza55.jpg)

LIke this'n but with chicanes at della Roggia and Ascari


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Navin R Johnson on July 30, 2012, 07:21:38 PM +0100
I was on the server setting my times so I hope I'm not 7 seconds off :o. Perhaps I didn't set rpm's at the limit ???  And hey Bill, we have the same problems here. It's crazy.. You'll see 7 guys standing around just looking at the one guy with the shovel actually working ::) ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Navin R Johnson on July 30, 2012, 07:37:35 PM +0100
Or maybe I was using the first set of chicanes(Variante Goodyear):oops:. Which we should all skip if we want a good lap time :whistling:.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: quicksilver384 on July 30, 2012, 07:39:40 PM +0100
Sorry guys but wheels is not steering right properly so not gonna be on till it get sorted.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: BillThomas on July 30, 2012, 07:49:48 PM +0100
Or maybe I was using the first set of chicanes(Variante Goodyear):oops:. Which we should all skip if we want a good lap time :whistling:.

Yea me too initially - who left those cones on track?  ??? :devil:  Had slow drive down there and had look around and realised what I'd been doing wrong.  :oops: :stupid: :rockon:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on July 30, 2012, 09:42:16 PM +0100
Results and replay now posted

Happy Birthday old man Navin  :balloon:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Hristo Itchov on July 30, 2012, 10:08:17 PM +0100
Results and replay now posted

Happy Birthday old man Navin  :balloon:

Oh, Happy Birthday, Navin!

Tony, how come no records for the track from this race? I can't see any old records either, as if this class of cars don't count towards records?


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on July 31, 2012, 12:50:09 AM +0100
Results and replay now posted

Happy Birthday old man Navin  :balloon:

Oh, Happy Birthday, Navin!

Tony, how come no records for the track from this race? I can't see any old records either, as if this class of cars don't count towards records?

Hmm don't actualy know  ??? I'll try to find out for you.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Pelle_B on July 31, 2012, 01:52:44 AM +0100
Damn, not the best way our Team could celebrate the birthday of NRJ  :-\ think we can say that everything went wrong  :o ...but we have fun  ;D

Grats Hristo (Grr) & Mark (Grrr)  :P

Race:
Did the start perfectly & was in front, but wanted NRJ up front (best for points) & was not sure what I could do  ???
Chose to put me behind Hristo & save tires...unfortunately I went too far down in speed & had to use more tires again (doomed) to make contact again with Hristo. Falls a little too hard into the hole in the oval & out in the woods (but no birthday party here) Mark passes. Last lap, not much I can do, but I try a braking duel to Parabolica...went wrong  ::) (Grrrr)
Thanks for an entertaining race - it's not about winning...it's about being with - we say in Denmark (Grrrr)  ;)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Navin R Johnson on July 31, 2012, 05:11:05 AM +0100
Thanks fellas for the Birthday wishes 8). As for the race report I wish I could say it was anything other then another case of brain fade. Lost it on the banking and killed the motor. Simple as that ;) Good fun while it lasted though ;D. Conrats to Hristo for the win. Also grats to Mark for a strong performance today. And good job to Pelle for hanging in there for 3rd. Wish I found that party in the woods Pelle ;) but I made the most of my early exit with a nice trip to the beach with the dog :). Cheers


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Hristo Itchov on July 31, 2012, 10:06:37 AM +0100
Race:
Did the start perfectly & was in front, but wanted NRJ up front (best for points) & was not sure what I could do  ???
Chose to put me behind Hristo & save tires...unfortunately I went too far down in speed & had to use more tires again (doomed) to make contact again with Hristo. Falls a little too hard into the hole in the oval & out in the woods (but no birthday party here) Mark passes. Last lap, not much I can do, but I try a braking duel to Parabolica...went wrong  ::) (Grrrr)
Thanks for an entertaining race - it's not about winning...it's about being with - we say in Denmark (Grrrr)  ;)

You should have known we were the only ones who would battle for victory based on the lap times in Qualifying, Pelle. The only one who was close was Mark and he kept up with us for quite some time indeed, but then unfortunately dropped off. Oh and, it's about winning. ;)  ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: BillThomas on July 31, 2012, 11:02:29 AM +0100
Thanks Tony for that, it was certainly different and required full concentration for virtually entire lap due to high speeds.  Did much better than expected, had the offs but managed to avoid crashing into the barriers and killing the car.  Qualified as well as I'd achieved in pratice and managed a race lap faster than qualifying, must have been Tony pushing me.  :devil: Had 2 big moments coming off the banking,  :eek: :scared: first my fault pushing too had to try and close gap to SpecialKS (only other 289 version racing) the other was Tony assisted.  ::) :no:  :thumbdown: In both cases able to catch car broadside on grass/shrub and scrub off speed without any damage.  :sweatdrop: :thumbup1:

Late Happy Birthday for yesterday Navin, assume you had decent weather for walking dog - after our brief summer we appear to be into autumn.

How about next time we have an oval race, holding it on just the oval part of this track with the post 1955 cars.  Should be interesting.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on July 31, 2012, 01:00:29 PM +0100
How about next time we have an oval race, holding it on just the oval part of this track with the post 1955 cars.  Should be interesting.

We do have an oval race coming next in this series. And we are racing this circuit in the 1955 cars in October. However I don't think that this circuit is available with just the oval track on it's own.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: BillThomas on July 31, 2012, 02:44:57 PM +0100
How about next time we have an oval race, holding it on just the oval part of this track with the post 1955 cars.  Should be interesting.

We do have an oval race coming next in this series. And we are racing this circuit in the 1955 cars in October. However I don't think that this circuit is available with just the oval track on it's own.

Thanks Tony.  Haven't had time to study the forthcoming racing programme. :thumbup1: :rockon:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: SpecialKS on July 31, 2012, 03:13:44 PM +0100
Was in a good shape with the 289 and in comfortable position ahead of Bill and Tony, could slightly
improve my pb and was on my way to another improvement to the 3:12's when - as usual once in a
session at the moment - I lost control about steering and pedals at Rettifilo Centro and had to leave and rejoin the game via task manager ??? >:( :(.
When I came back Bill and Tony had easily passed  :( and I could not avoid a crash in Parabolica but was able to reach the pits for repairing.
After that I was able to do some laps in the 3:13's again when I left the track at the beginning of Curva Nord but fortunately I was able to find a way back on track.
Then I realized that I had to do my 8th lap for a second time due to my crash because the counter did not go on, I lost motivation/concentration and crashed for good  ;D

I assume that the cause of my control problems lies in my reinstall of the G25 after my latest computer crash and I have to make another new install of it if I find the time  :(
Otherwise I possibly will be subscribed for last place  ;)



Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: M Cinderby on July 31, 2012, 05:14:24 PM +0100
 :) Happy Birthday again Navin....I felt a bit guilty when I passed you in the race!!!  :-\  I was thinking should I slow down a bit and give Nav his place back as its his birthday.  ;)  When we both settled into the same lap times with a 5 sec gap I thought Navin will soon catch me up when my tyres go off.....and then you disappeared DNF.  :-\  :(

Pelle and Hristo were then around 15 sec up the road and I started to doze off....zzzzzzzzzzzzz!! 8)  Woke up when I caught Tony and then gob smacked to see Pelle in a cloud of dust in the oval.  :o  I new Pelle would go for broke at the Para so left my braking late and sure enough he spun.  :D Really pleased with P2 as I don't have much luck driving these trucks.  ;D

Cheers Guys.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on August 08, 2012, 08:45:30 AM +0100
Tony, how come no records for the track from this race? I can't see any old records either, as if this class of cars don't count towards records?

Records now showing. I made an error when setting this event up  ::)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 12 Shelby AC Cobra Challenge - Monza (GP 1955-71) - Jul 30
Post by: Hristo Itchov on August 08, 2012, 09:43:01 AM +0100
Tony, how come no records for the track from this race? I can't see any old records either, as if this class of cars don't count towards records?

Records now showing. I made an error when setting this event up  ::)

Thanks ^_^