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UKGTR SEASON 16 LOWER ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP  - ROUND 5

All members welcome

Practice 1: 20:00 BST (20 mins)
Qual 2:       20:20 BST (20 mins)
Race:          20:40 BST (60 mins)- note: no warm up!

Cars allowed: Any GT2 from the UKGTR car pack (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54519#msg54519) v2.16.0.0
Track: Portimão (Autodromo Internacional Algarve, v1.1.0.0) (download from here (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54900#post_portimao)).
Race Start Time: 14:00

Weather: Changeable - Based on real world conditions.
- Forecast to be released at 19.30 BST on race day.
- Weather generated randomly using custom UKGTR weather generator.
- The in game ambient temp used will be no lower than 12 degrees C despite the real word ambient temp.
- No heavy or monsoon levels of rain will be used.
- All sessions will use the exact same weather to give drivers an idea of what will happen in the early stages of the race.
- Real world ambient temp readings will be taken from local day time at the real race track but, rain probability readings will be taken from the real race track at 19.30 BST.

 Initial Temp: 29.00

FORECAST
Start conditions:
 Weather: Dry with cloud
 On line: Dry
 Off line: Dry
 Ambient: 29.00
 Track: 28.79
Forecast conditions
 Forecast Temp: 31.00
 Probability of rain: 0%
 Early Conditions:  Dry
 Mid Race Conditions:  Dry
 Late Race Conditions:  Dry


Tyre wear: normal.
Fuel consumption: x2.
Pit Stops: You must make a minimum of one pit stop during which you must take on at least 1 litre of fuel and/or change at least two tyres. You cannot take a mandatory stop at the end of the pace lap, or with less than 1 lap to go.

Server: simracing.org.uk GT2
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

Notes:
(1) Please make sure you are fully aware of the UKGTR Rules (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3349.0) - especially the speed limiter starting procedure and the rules about in-game chat messages.
(2) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R;group=356;theme=3)
(3) You will not be able to join the server without the car physics pack and track (see links above).
(4) Drivers may only change car once in the season without penalty.
(5) Drivers are reminded that they must select ISDN as their bandwidth, otherwise the stability of everyone's connection will be reduced.
(6) Please use the Driver Details (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=profile;sa=driver_info) page to ensure that the league management software has your correct GTR2 'Driving Name' (not necessarily the same as your lobby name).
(7) The server will be set to 26 slots, not 28.



EDIT: Forecast released.

Oh damn, i miss Portimao as well :(

England v Italy in the eurofinals sunday eve at 7.45pm.....any chance of postponing this race?  Will prob be a very small grid otherwise  :-\

I agree with Mark. Sorry to say but I won't be here for this race. I want to watch England in the "hope" that they win.

I agree with Mark, but i disagree regarding quicksilver's hope  ;D ;D

May the best team win!

See you :)

That's why I will be hoping. otherwise the best team will win lol

OK, I will postpone this event.

Good spot MJ, thanks. :)

I will organise a fun race instead for people that will not be watching the football.

Wooho, should be back up and running by the next week.

cheers for postponing H@L, appreciate it as this is a great track for GT racing  :)

..though you do realise the following sunday will be the Euro final ...d'oh!!  :P

That won't matter for us English folk who race here.

"I will organise a fun race instead for people that will not be watching the football."
@ H@L
how about GT1's at Montreal?

I'm not sure we have a montreal track.

but for german driver it is important!!! ;D

big final germany vs. spain.

servus

Montreal is listed in the track downloads section

Sure we do. Great track. GT1s would love it. ;)

This race will be postponed until 22nd July.

im going to miss this race guys off to see my mom in Florida i will be back for the LMP'S good luck to all and have fun.....

Shame, enjoy the holiday!

Looking forward to this race, always enjoy this track.

The server is now running a weather file similar to the one that will be generated for the race.

No chance of rain but, high temperatures.

gonna have to get some practice on this one. I don't think I've raced on this track before? Gonna have to get some sleep first though. good night folks  :yawn: :sleep1:

hello,

is the old rule still active, that i can change 1xtime during season the car??

if yes, then i think i do 430 for this race, last race i did this car already here and i have setup already and i will not have practise before race much.

servus

yes you can change your car once without penalty Berger.

thanks for answear quicksilver384,

other thing.....

i can not download the algarve track...???

not in gamefront and not in hymno (or what name it is).

in other GTR2 installation i have version 1.2    and here is 1.1 needed, so i can not copy from my other installations to ukgtr installation the track.

where can i do download?

thanks and
servus

What browser do you have? I know gamefront doesnt work too well with older versions. I think Clive had an issue before with gamefront.

Gamefront one does work for me with latest firefox, not much help tho.

ok, gamfront do work now.

if i do test 2xtimes in a row, then in 2nd time it works??? strange this is, but ok now.

servus

Ohh ok lol I just sent you a link to it on my server.

Sorry guys but im gonna have to skip this track it runs too choppy on my own so its gonna be really bad when there are people in. have a good one.

Managed to get the track in a usable stare, however the same can't be said for the car. That Ferrari is just awful. It understeers and oversteers at the same time in the end after spinning 2 or 3 time per lap I just gave up to spare some embarrassment and to make sure that I can't be an obstacle to other racers.

P.S. Thanks for the help spanner. I kinda spun a bit and got stucked.

i love this track, very satisfying to get a fast lap. surprisingly i was in the middle of the pack in qualifying and the race which was exciting after usually struggling at the back! managed to not make any mistakes and was catching NSfast over the last few laps but spun under braking for a corner and ended up doing a 3 point turn to get back in the right direction and lost 10 secs and all hope of catching NSF. next weeks LMP2's round this track will need lots of concentration

I was fighting with TT for a few laps early on in the race which was nice but, it was a bit lonely after that. The gap in front kept getting bigger and the gap behind kept getting bigger for a lot of the race.
 
Grats Matteo.

Grats Berger for getting the championship.

Well done all and thanks for racing. :)

I raced in Portimao recently, so I knew this track very well. This Porka 997 is simply easy to drive and very fast.
After the qualif session, I thought that Berger would have been really close to my laptimes, so I started to push a lot by the frist laps of the race, with a great pace. After some laps, I put a small gap between us, and I realized that he couldn't keep my pace in the BMW. At the lap 17 I went to the pit with approximately 15 seconds on him, changing tyres and refueling. This time I put the soft on the front axle, and med on rear. The Pork was immediately faster, and I put 4 fastest laps in row after the pit.
It was strange that the car was still drivable with 120° on rear tyres, but I had no issues, til the track temperatures reached the 37°. Only during the last 5-6 laps I had some difficulties to keep it on the tarmac, but it was due only to the extreme high temperatures reached by the rear tyres. In the final stage I did some mistakes, but without compromizing the result.
To be honest, I guess this car had no rivals in a circuit like this. Easy to drive even with low wings, extreme easy braking, stable cornering. In some stages of the race, I felt like the autopilot was driving in my place.

Grats to Berger for the victory of the champ, H@l for 2nd place, and TT for 3rd, and thanks to all the drivers who joined these races.
I hope to be able to join the last LMP2 race, but I'm not so sure yet.

Cu :)

I've just bought myself a power supply after the last one died :(
At least I can say.....Congrats on the title Berger baby 8)
Well Mants on the race  8)
Well done to all who competed in the Championship.

And thankyou to all who arranged this season 8) 8) 8)

I'll see you in the next one whatever championship it may be :)