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Title: UKGPL Season 23 (2012) - Watkins Glen 69X 60fps - Aug 28
Post by: Cookie on August 25, 2012, 10:09:37 AM +0100
WELCOME to the UKGPL Season 23 Summer Break 69X Fun Races 60fpsV1  

We will do 3 Races on well known Papy tracks Monza, Spa and Watkins Glen.

14.08.2012 Tue - 69X 60fps Monza
17.08.2012 Fri  - 69X 60fps  Spa
28.08.2012 Tue - 69X 60fps Watkins Glen


Everybody is welcome but we use the PW 60fpsV1 for security
You have a free car choice but there is only one shift+r with a stop and go allowed.

Please restrict your chat to a minimum!


Race List =   IGOR
Server = UKGPL_8
IP Address = tba
Race date = 28-08-2012
Qualification Time   = ~20:30  UK time -> 30-45 mins
Race Time = race starts at 21:15 UK time
Track = Watkins Glen
Variant = 69 Xtra with 60fpsV1 patch!!!
Damage Model = Int long
Race length = ~ 45 min -> 38 laps
Password = see above (#post_event_password)
Replay = you will get here (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/Replays/Archive/Season23/FunRaces/)


GLA
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P.S.

For the guys with the underpowered PCs we will do a final 69X 36fps event at my home track ;)

31.08.2012 Fri - 69X 36fps Hockenheim


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 23 (2012) - Watkins Glen 69X 60fps - Aug 28
Post by: Rotaxmax125 on August 26, 2012, 02:58:27 PM +0100
Does anyone know where other than srmz that you can get the v1 60fps files, for some reason srmz won't let me reset my password


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 23 (2012) - Watkins Glen 69X 60fps - Aug 28
Post by: Cookie on August 26, 2012, 03:23:27 PM +0100
I just copied the files to UKGPL3 (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/../Replays/Other/)


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 23 (2012) - Watkins Glen 69X 60fps - Aug 28
Post by: bernie on August 28, 2012, 09:56:19 PM +0100
P4 no idea how many laps to go , a lonely race then just getting to the exciting bit ( the only exciting bit) , catching and trying to lap Billy , then BINGO  :'(


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 23 (2012) - Watkins Glen 69X 60fps - Aug 28
Post by: AnGex on August 29, 2012, 12:33:34 PM +0100
Hi there,

another great Race. Congratulation to the Podium and all Finishers!

On which Hockenheim-Track is the next 69X Race? Hope its the good old 67 one. 

So long
Andreas

 


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 23 (2012) - Watkins Glen 69X 60fps - Aug 28
Post by: Cookie on August 29, 2012, 12:56:04 PM +0100
Yeah, Andreas a great race with you!!!

Just one little mistake made me the winner...

Hockene is of course the 67 version ;)


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 23 (2012) - Watkins Glen 69X 60fps - Aug 28
Post by: EvilClive on August 30, 2012, 12:51:39 PM +0100
I was looking forward to some close racing in this race after I surprised myself with a qualifying time only a couple of tenths off pole in the BRM.

All that expectation was ruined by a poor start !!! :-\ 

I should have practised my starts, because I did not give the car enough revs and it just bogged down allowing Bernie to shoot past and into 3rd spot as Andreas and Axel started to pull away. I was hoping to get past Bernie in the first lap and maybe close up on the leading duo before the gap got too big, but Bernie had other ideas and defended his line leaving no opening.
On lap 2 I could still see Andreas and Axel and thought that there was still a chance to catch them if only I could bi-pass Bernie.
I got a good exit from The Loop and hooked up the slipstream as we approached The 90,  but I was totally caught out when Bernie braked far sooner than I was expecting and on a line that left me no room to attack. I had to run wide to avoid rear ending Bernie and into the ditch on the outside. The whole field had passed before I could rejoin  :( and any chance of getting onto the podium looked very slim.
The next laps were a great exploration of the limits of the BRM, as I caught the field and slipped past a few cars. That BRM engine sounds like a Citroen 2CV with a turbo and Nitrous Oxide when it is being pushed hard and although I was trying to protect the engine as much as possible I was certain that it would give up before the end of the race under such pressure.

I eventually found myself in 4th spot and closing on Bernie again..but I was ready for his braking point this time and stuck the Big BRM down the inside to make the pass  ;)... 3rd was as good as it was going to get unless one of the leaders made a mistake...and they didn't!!! :-\

The chase back through the field was good fun and I might take that BRM again for Hockenheim, just to see how fast I can hustle that great big tank around against the more exotic cars and anyway at least the engine sounds different  ;)


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 23 (2012) - Watkins Glen 69X 60fps - Aug 28
Post by: bernie on August 30, 2012, 01:14:40 PM +0100
So sorry to have interupted your progress Clive , if I had known it was you in the BRM I would have braked earlier  ;D

I had a small practise in the Lotus 49B to get the set up ssomewhere to my liking,  but when I joined the race I was suprised to find myself in the "high wing" car and my set up wasn't there , (I think this could be a problem with iGOR cos its happened to me before ) so cobbled a quick set up during qually and went to the grid with an unknown quantity not knowing how the handling would be on race fuel , hence the caution in the braking dept.  :-\

Another point was the high wing blocked most of the pit board so I had no idea who was what or how many laps to run  :(

Not had much experience of the 69x mod due to a lack of practise time , but have enjoyed the few recent races , though friday racing is doubtful so will probably miss out on the Deutschland bash.

Have fun and a big danka schoen  to Axel for organising