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Title: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: phspok on November 18, 2012, 03:09:48 PM +0000
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Practice: 19:20 (GMT) (60 mins)
Qual 2: 20:25 (20 mins)
Race: 20:45 ~ (19 laps)
Cars allowed: Ford Capri 3100, BMW 24v '74 MODEL ONLY, Porche RSR 3.0

Track: Albert Park (Melbourne) Download and install this. (https://www.simracing.org.uk/downloads/s3.php/gtr2/tracks/SRou_GTR2_Melbourne_1.1.0.0.exe)
Time of Day Setting: 13:00
Weather: Dry
Start: Standing

Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal
Pit-stops: None required

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Championship Standings (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=351&theme=34)

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Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: phspok on November 19, 2012, 12:37:59 PM +0000
Season finale!!!!!!!!

After testing different years of different cars, how I drove made more difference than the car
My best time was in the Capri, but the others are close enough that Aliens will probably
find the RSR (the slowest for me) quickest for them.

WOuld like to avoid another discussion about having half the tyre on the track
and half of the outside wheel up the inside kerb,etc etc ad nauseum. So please keep two wheels
on the track surface, painted or not. If the little orange cone disappears inside of the 5th to last
then I will trawl through the replay to see who hit it. If it was two cars abreast or someone
getting a bit wild on one lap no worries, if someone is regularly driving completely up the inside
of the kerbs, and there are several places you could, then a plague of locusts followed by
boils and sores will be visited upon thee. Possibly you will simply be removed from the results
as that is less painfull. Not much point in asking for moderation as the last one I saw took 6 months
to get to trial.  :o And if anything does get changed it would be best if we do it before the results are
posted. Sorry if it sounds a bit draconian, but it's just a question of everyone following the same simple rules
as we usually do.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Mark J on November 19, 2012, 12:52:24 PM +0000
hmm, i think you will find the RSR is the slowest of those 3 cars selected but i will still be in one  :) As much as i am itching to also have a blast in the other two cars, i still havent driven the new 3.0 RSR in anger either.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: phspok on November 19, 2012, 02:31:57 PM +0000
I think the RSR will be a dark sheep. I ran the 2.8 originally as a match, but then went a lot faster
in the Capri, so made it the 3.0. (also the tyre wear seemed a lot better thab the other two)
My experience is that some people can get the RSR round a track more quickly than me compared to
the difference in the other cars. with a good porka driver you can get round the corners wayy faster
than the other two that understeer horribly, The Capri is particularly horrible under braking
I was fastest but most variable in it. The BMW is similar but not quite as horrible
the porka even in my hands was easily the most stable which I found surprising.
I managed a low 2:12 in Capri, 13's in the BMW (with less practice) and 14's in the Porka
(with a "safe" setup)
I was not impressed by the capri in PG3 it is even more horrible than the GTL one which
just understeers round like mad, this version either locks it's fronts or locks it's fronts and then
swaps ends with engine braking.  :-\

Usually in the past when I have added a "slower" porka, someone does amazing things in it
A bit like the Arbarth in the hands of Italians.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Manteos on November 19, 2012, 02:46:50 PM +0000
VDA chaps are engaged in the VDA champ on that date, so will not be able to race with you. Howerver I wrote something about the BMW vs Capris in the other thread, and I don't know if Matt noticed it. Which BMW did you try Matt? It was the Schnitzer?

https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=11213.msg202341#new (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=11213.msg202341#new)



Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: phspok on November 19, 2012, 03:00:00 PM +0000
Had not seen that one, but I remember you saying the BMW was a bit faster. I may do some more
testing as originally I had limited the BMW to the 74 model, or even the 12v one, but I seemed
a lot faster in the Capri so left it as any 24v. If someone want to post some alien times
the car choice can be altered slightly if required.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Manteos on November 19, 2012, 03:25:34 PM +0000
These are my setup for quali/race in the Capri 3100 for the LimeRock mountain race of ROTW P&G champ 2012 => http://vda.forumfree.it/?act=Attach&type=post&id=512613433 (http://vda.forumfree.it/?act=Attach&type=post&id=512613433)

Other 2 setup for the Capri 3100, used in the 2011 race of the ROTW champ at Jerez 88 (P&G physics were just slightly different... it was a v2.5 beta) => http://vda.forumfree.it/?act=Attach&type=post&id=519393084 (http://vda.forumfree.it/?act=Attach&type=post&id=519393084)

These are my setup for the BMW 24v (Schnitzer) at Hockenheim => http://vda.forumfree.it/?act=Attach&type=post&id=517956864 (http://vda.forumfree.it/?act=Attach&type=post&id=517956864)

Setup for the Porsche 3.0 I'm using at Anderstorp on GC public server => http://vda.forumfree.it/?act=Attach&type=post&id=517010815 (http://vda.forumfree.it/?act=Attach&type=post&id=517010815)

Now, I can confirm that the Capri are a bit understeering in cornering, and you'll need to go into the corner at the right speed to avoid that drawback. Another important thing is to adjust the brake bias and duct, cause if you push too hard on the brake pedals, brake temperature will go up very easily! If you have a lot of troubles with locked tyres when braking, could be worth to adjust the brake pedal sensibility to a value in a range of 25%-35%, and you will be helped to lock the brake less. Take a look at the xd when you're in a hard braking, and take a look to the temperatures, especially with BMW and Capris. You won't be surprized if they go well over the 700° celsius... that is too much. Braking is the most difficult thing to do with capris and BMW, so you need to understand which is the right pressure when pushing on the pedal, to avoid the overheating of disk brakes. Sometimes it happens to me that I have to release the pedal for a bit, and then pushing it again during the same braking. You need some training on this aspect I guess.

We will race again in Mont-Tremblant, and we will miss this race and that of Silverstone. I'm waiting for Gianluca's setup for the pack of Silverstone 88 cars, cause as you know, I'm not really a fan of the american tanks, and I have no setups for them :(. I just tried for 20 mins the Mustang BSCC Gr.2 at silverstone on your server with full tank, and I was on the 45.0 at the moment, with the chance to go down a bit. Thrustmaster isn't a big help in driving these cars with 270° of rotation, so I expect John to be a lot faster in it.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Mark J on November 19, 2012, 03:55:58 PM +0000
Nice work manteos, very helpful with setups and useful information :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Manteos on November 19, 2012, 04:03:54 PM +0000
Nice work manteos, very helpful with setups and useful information :)

I do the best I can Mark :)

I forgot to mention an obvious thing. remember to adjust the steer lock, cause most of these setup are meant for a 708° degrees of rotation with the G25. That means if you're with 900°, you have to increase the steer lock (usually to the max value), at the opposite, remember to decrease it a bit. With 708° rotation I usually drive in a range from 25 to 27 degrees of steer lock ingame.

Same thing is needed for the brake bias and duct, cause we all have different braking style.

cu :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Mark J on November 23, 2012, 07:09:44 PM +0000
Got some laps in here just to test the waters. There are some great corners here and despite the modern looking environment, it's great fun in these classics.

2:10 pb for me so far in the glorious RSR, with 10laps fuel, offline praccy.

Anyone else got some times for comparison?


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: goldtop on November 23, 2012, 08:13:36 PM +0000
Not driven these cars much before now and so far the only one of the three I like is the RSR. Had a couple of laps in each with race fuel and meds just to test the water....

RSR 2:13
Shnitzer 2:10
Capri 2:08

Not a fan of Albert Pk tbh...too many hard braking zones for me, but I'd probably enjoy the cars on a more flowy track.



Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: phspok on November 24, 2012, 06:40:33 PM +0000
Noting Manteos' comments about the BMW, and more testing myself, I have limited the BMW to the '74 model only
The Capri is still 2 tenths faster for me, but the '75 24v Beemer is just that bit too fast in my hands at least
I am getting high 12's in Capri and 24v '74 Beemer, and a second or so slower in the Porka. All with 40 mins fuel
How MJ gets into the 10's in it is beyond me.

Key to the Capri and Beemer seems to be as Manteos says - the brakes, I reduced brake pressure to 88% and things were
much easier.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Manteos on November 24, 2012, 08:15:29 PM +0000
Noting Manteos comments about the BMW, and more testing myself, I have limited the BMW to the '74 model only
The Capri is still 2 tenths faster for me, but the '75 24v Beemer is just that bit too fast in may hands at least
I am getting high 12's in Capri and 24v '74 Beemer, and a second or so slower in the Porka. All with 40 mins fuel
How MJ gets into the 10's in it is beyond me.

Key to the Capri and Beemer seems to be as Mantoes says - the brakes, I reduced brake pressure to 88% and things were
much easier.

Good move Matt ;) I forgot to mention the chance to reduce even the brake pressure in my previous post. It's really important what you said, and is another good solution to apply for a good braking. Usually when I experience a lot of wheels blocking during the braking, I just prefere to lower the the brake pedal sensibility (as I said in my previous post), and that makes almost the same effect of lower the brakes pressure. They're both correct solutions for this kind of issue. 

I will try to make some laps tomorrow (at most on Monday) with all these cars in Melbourne, and then I will able to tell you if I was wrong. What I said before are only assumptions based on my past experience, but I could be surely wrong, considering I never tested these cars in a circuit that looks like Melbourne. We will see :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: goldtop on November 24, 2012, 08:27:52 PM +0000
Update after a few more laps, all with meds and 80L race fuel...

RSR 2:11
'74 bimmer 2:09
Capri 2:08



Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: phspok on November 25, 2012, 11:54:03 AM +0000
Times are good. GTs times were similar to the relative times I was getting, but with a bit of
setup I found the 24v '74 was easier to drive on the limit than the Capri which was for me at least
a bit more "wayward" and my times were very close with Capri and 74Beemer. The 75 was nearly a second
faster for me.

I do hope you gentlemen are all keeping two wheels on the track as requested? I can go a couple of seconds
faster if I just drive inside the kerbs with gay abandon  ::)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on November 25, 2012, 12:30:10 PM +0000
Times are good. GTs times were similar to the relative times I was getting, but with a bit of
setup I found the 24v '74 was easier to drive on the limit than the Capri which was for me at least
a bit more "wayward" and my times were very close with Capri and 74Beemer. The 75 was nearly a second
faster for me.

I do hope you gentlemen are all keeping two wheels on the track as requested? I can go a couple of seconds
faster if I just drive inside the kerbs with gay abandon  ::)

Who's Gay Abandon, new driver?


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: phspok on November 25, 2012, 01:50:37 PM +0000
Yes, It's that new girl from Moonbase with Purple hair
Oh, I took some trouble to try to use the same tyres for all cars.
I always took one that was mid range, not the softest.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Clive Loynes on November 30, 2012, 06:42:48 PM +0000

I forgot to mention an obvious thing. remember to adjust the steer lock, cause most of these setup are meant for a 708° degrees of rotation with the G25. That means if you're with 900°, you have to increase the steer lock (usually to the max value), at the opposite, remember to decrease it a bit. With 708° rotation I usually drive in a range from 25 to 27 degrees of steer lock ingame.

Same thing is needed for the brake bias and duct, cause we all have different braking style.

cu :)


You must have your elbows tied in a knot!


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: goldtop on November 30, 2012, 06:52:21 PM +0000

I forgot to mention an obvious thing. remember to adjust the steer lock, cause most of these setup are meant for a 708° degrees of rotation with the G25. That means if you're with 900°, you have to increase the steer lock (usually to the max value), at the opposite, remember to decrease it a bit. With 708° rotation I usually drive in a range from 25 to 27 degrees of steer lock ingame.

Same thing is needed for the brake bias and duct, cause we all have different braking style.

cu :)


You must have your elbows tied in a knot!

You've spent too long driving go-karts Clive  ;)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Clive Loynes on November 30, 2012, 06:59:34 PM +0000
You can never spend too long driving karts.   ::)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Hotkeys on December 02, 2012, 10:45:00 AM +0000
Damned ..... can't make this one  >:(

Have a good one guys


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Clive Loynes on December 02, 2012, 02:26:40 PM +0000
That's a shame Stig.

Going to be a tough race.  Wouldn't expect many to actually finish it!

The Capri wants to reverse into all the corners and then go back and have another look at them on the way out!


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: phspok on December 03, 2012, 02:38:59 PM +0000
Capri is for me the hardest to keep on the track, and potentially the fastest if you can tame it.
BMW is similar but less of a nutter under braking.
Reduce brake effect as Matteo suggests, and it will become easier to drive
It's a bit like the catehams in Race07, you set the bias reasonably, and the fronts overheat
so the bias changes to the rear and the rears lock spinning you off.

I might be tempted to run a Porka, even though I am quite a bit slower in it, but I have
more chance of finishing the race. If you take the Capri and stuff it into a wall, you will
receive no sympathy  :P


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Mark J on December 03, 2012, 05:38:18 PM +0000
im only 50/50 i can make this  :'( blooming typical when i get a rare chance to race a porka in P&G, it always seems to coincide with real life getting in the way....grrrr  ::)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Clive Loynes on December 03, 2012, 05:44:51 PM +0000
Just found out that I can't do this either. 

All that practice for nowt!   :cursing:


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Jules™ on December 03, 2012, 07:44:13 PM +0000
Looking forward to joining you again for this, I have tried to get as much practice in as I can and think I'll be going for the RSR, as I find the Capri harder to keep on the track. My best time so far is a late 2:12.  :)



Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: SpecialKS on December 04, 2012, 08:20:55 PM +0000
Prefer the CSL but until now I'm faster in the Capri  ::)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: purdie on December 06, 2012, 06:33:34 PM +0000
good about the corner cutting bit. I fall into bad habits on public servers at the moment (Doni chicane and almost every corner of Enna) by too often getting 4 wheels over the white line!

Good version of melbourne as well  :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: johnw on December 06, 2012, 08:59:03 PM +0000
If anyone has quit - we're restarting. Get back in  :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on December 06, 2012, 09:53:30 PM +0000
Nice race until my tyres went off, after about ten laps! Then the Capri became very unpredictable under braking/turning and I lost loads of places. Had meds on the front too but to no avail. Had some nice scraps with some but the main memory of this race will be how such a nice car became so bad to drive in the space of 19 just laps.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: phspok on December 06, 2012, 10:09:43 PM +0000
Results and Replay Posted

I need to tidy up the data a bit. Please could DRAGON (58?) create an account so he won't be "unknown" thanks.

Well I enjoyed it. I took meds front and rear on the capri, and it did get squirelly towards the end, some good dicing
with GT and Jules.  ;D

Grats to John for the champ win   :thumbup2:
Clive for 2nd place and a well earned 3rd for Kurt  :clap:


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on December 06, 2012, 11:47:35 PM +0000
DRAGON was in a '75 car  ::)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Legzy on December 06, 2012, 11:57:25 PM +0000
Hello, it's been a while.... but PnG is back on my PC. I've just done a handful of laps in the Porka & it felt good & my times were acceptable :-X

I thought I'd join the lobby to see if I could see the server, but when I clicked 'Internet' it asked for a "serial number". Now I would have just dug out my GTR2 disk & used it, but I've got a niggling feeling I'm meant to leave it blank? Please can somebody confirm & tip me off for any other pitfalls i may like to avoid?

Felt good to be behind the wheel & the even the Mrs (who was shocked to see me sat in my race seat) seemed pleased (she's probably had enough of sharing the tele :-\) 8)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: phspok on December 07, 2012, 12:00:18 AM +0000
I had to use the on line code - serial number to get mine working.

Dragon was being naughty then. No matter he left early, hopefully he will join us for other events
Please read the race announcement carefully (Tony always does  :D  ) particularly with these
PG3 cars where there are big differences between the years.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on December 07, 2012, 12:06:14 AM +0000
Matt, you will need to tell Dave that P&G3 now has a proper 70's class rather than a "Special" which was how P&G2 considered the Bonus 70's content.



Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: phspok on December 07, 2012, 12:11:16 AM +0000
Yep. Sorting out the classes is on my list of things to do, Dave helped with Adelaide, but I need to sort out the groups
and what cars are what for the new ones that weren't there in PG2


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on December 07, 2012, 12:12:26 AM +0000
Perhaps also think about breaking that down into their categories e.g. Group 2's, Group 4's and IROC's. Be usefull if in the future you ran mixed group events.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Geoffers on December 07, 2012, 09:37:53 AM +0000
These cars were brilliant fun around this track, even better when you have a superb battle.

Went with the BMW because it was fairly easy to drive, I haven't yet sorted the Capri despite doing a fair bit of practice in it & I'm usually carp in Porsches. Qually for the aborted race was a bit frustrating, did an average lap at the beginning & then kept messing up when being significantly faster. Was on for a mid 2.06 on one lap but spun with 3 corners left!  ::)

Went with the soft tyres as the wear rate was only slightly more than the mediums & they were over a second a lap faster. Rubbish start, far too much wheelspin, but thanks to the BMW's straight line speed I managed to get to the front on lap 2. John had already made his way through from the back of the grid & was soon into 2nd  :o. Now I'm not usually too good at driving under pressure but the Bimmer is so fast on the straights that I could afford to be a bit conservative in the braking areas & not push too hard & try to ignore the Porsche large in my mirrors in the twisty bits.

Seemed to work well & I held a narrow lead until about half distance when John had a minor off & gave me a 3.5s cushion. Gradually this got whittled down & with about 3 laps left John was right behind again. Last lap & I thought I had thrown it away when I ran wide onto the grass exitting the fast esses (Waite) only to look in my mirror to see John even further off the track  :laugh:. Finally had to negotiate Jules Porsche in the last couple of corners, sorry about the slight bump Jules, I know you were trying to keep out of the way. So just manged to cross the line first.

Thanks John for a great race & congrats also to Daniel in 3rd.  :clap:

 


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: purdie on December 07, 2012, 11:22:14 AM +0000
I turn off the HUD and just use XD so ended up going on the green light in race one! Thank god we restarted because I entered sulk mode after that s/g  :P in the second restart I waited for all lights to go out and for someone to move!

Started 3rd and Dan in 2nd where we qualified anyway so that worked out  :) He ran wide in T3 so I ended up running a lonely 2nd, Geoffers pulling away in the distance. Over the course of the race, John flew through the pack and overtook me (great drive mate btw  ;)) and Dan soon did the same. I ran 4th for most of the race and out of boredom of being on my own I started making small mistakes and SuperSwift had caught up and then demoted me to 5th  :-[  :laugh:

I've definitely noticed that after doing 7 lap sprint races on GC, it makes me realise I need to work on proper race setups for a 40 mins race rather than just putting mediums on a quali setup.

What happened goldtop in the 911? You were flying in quali and was waiting for you to creep up through the field!

Great track and grats to Geoffers and podium!  :thumbup1:


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Mark J on December 07, 2012, 12:01:10 PM +0000
Was a bit gutted to miss out on this race. :( pacewise looks like I would have been fighting in the top 5 so even more annoying to miss out.
Glad I got my p&g fix at gc Tuesday at least. Ah well will have fun in the iroc next week.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: SpecialKS on December 07, 2012, 12:49:52 PM +0000
Early knock out for me due to a turner with subsequent slight crash into the barrier which
immediately led to 0% - damage seems to be a thing to be
improved in P & G V3.
Nevertheless great fun to drive these cars on this track, I felt almost competitve and hoped for
a new pb below 2:10.
Had a nice battle with Alex and Tony within sight, but ...

Confusing start of the first one. Got a stop&go and went into pits after first lap so I was able to continue.

Glad to finish this series in third - never hoped for that as still one of the slowest drivers in the field  ::).
Was sure that Matt would be able to surpass on last occasion.

Thanks to all involved in organizing this series and congratulations to John and Clive.
Looking forward to next season.
 8)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on December 07, 2012, 01:00:43 PM +0000
Well done Kurt, great result


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: SuperSWIFT on December 07, 2012, 01:09:12 PM +0000
Joined at the last moment on the server, just to be able to do 1 lap in Q but without a time => last place on the grid, so no big hopes.

I planned to take things easy during the first lap or so, but the green light itch really turned things around :o  Within 3 laps I found myself in 2nd position behind GoldTop, I think we were the only ones without a S/G or DQ. Good thing the server was restarted though.

Then with random grid in R2, I found myself at the first spot! That put some pressure on me and my Dutch blue 911 ::)
Start was good, but Geoffers beamer and the two 911’s of John and Purdie soon came close and passed me as I tried some “experimental” moves (too much pressure?).
Also, I’m no regular contender in this championship, so I didn’t want to ruin anyone’s race.

Then, as Purdie stated above, I too was in no man’s land and tried for several laps to lower my lap times, which went OK. The RSR really is a pure racing machine! In the end Purdie did some less consistent laps and I could just steal the 4th position from him.

Nice race guys, thanks for organizing.

See you next!


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: johnw on December 07, 2012, 03:58:39 PM +0000
Great fun yesterday :)

Used my RSR setup from PnG 2.1 as I didn't have much time to tinker with a new one. It worked well enough but I didn't feel as at home in it as I did in the old version of the car. I was surprised by the lack of Capris on the grid, I'd given it a quick go beforehand and it was very fast. Was everyone put off by the brakes?

Got a great start from the back and made up most of the places by following Tony up through the order to T1. Good racing on the way up to P2, then tried to apply pressure to Geoffers but he was driving well. There were only a couple of places I'd have been able to get by, but wasn't close enough for most of the remaining laps. Annoyingly, the only time he made a mistake, I followed him off as well :D Oh, for a few extra laps...

Grats to Geoffers for the win and Daniel for 3rd  :thumbup1:


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: goldtop on December 07, 2012, 05:25:53 PM +0000
Had the RSR going nicely in pracci and quali and was looking forward to a good battle up the front end in race. Was one of the few not to be caught out by the lights in the aborted race....I always watch for the countdown on the HUD precisely for this reason and then usually switch it off to use xd in once the race is underway. Restart was the only call with so many caught out though.

For restart I was right at the back with John, but unfortunately Mr. Dragon must have stalled (or fell asleep  ;)) and I piled straight into the back of him as John managed to swerve to avoid us  :wetfish: Tried to chase back, but with slightly askew steering and handling a bit iffy I made too many mistakes. Had some good fun racing with Tony, Matt and Alex but wasn't able to take advantage of the RSR's speed in the corners thanks to some good defensive driving. At least I beat Jules  :sweatdrop:

On a less happy note, I seem to be suffering from mid corner graphics stutter  :( I've had a play with nvidia inspector and lowered some of my ingame settings, but fear an upgrade will probably be necessary soon.

Congrats to the Soggies for the champ win. Hopefully the Kerbies will be making it a bit tougher for them in the next installment of this great mod  8)



Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Clive Loynes on December 07, 2012, 09:54:57 PM +0000
Thanks Tudor, on behalf of SBRC, better luck next time,.......but not too much of it. 

I was miffed at having to miss this one but glad that good fun was had by all.

There would have been another Capri if I could have made it but I was stuck down in London overnight.

Perhaps that nice Mr Phspok will give me another chance to drive it.  I think it's good fun.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: phspok on December 09, 2012, 12:33:00 PM +0000
Shame you weren't there Clive, it was a good race for all I think.
These cars will be used again of course. Still not entirely sure about the Capri 3100/BMW 24v 74/75 times
I have conflicting times from what I and some others get and what Matteo had, I trust his times more
than my own though.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 7 Antipodean GT Challenge - Albert Park - Dec 6
Post by: Alex vV on December 09, 2012, 08:06:43 PM +0000

Unofficial LapChart (http://www.justanotherpage.nl/Srou/PnG/GTR2_ukgtr_melbourne_2012_12_6_21_3/)

Great race. Loved the BMW/track combo. Great for learning to drive the racing line.
Nice battle with GT's wounded 911.

Already did all the congrats last race. Thanks to Matt for setting up the series.