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Title: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on November 23, 2012, 12:53:06 PM +0000
All members welcome.

Grid/server capacity: 28

Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (32 laps)

Track: Cadwell Park Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg81636#post_cadwell)

Cars allowed: Mini Cooper S KAD Works Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_mini_cooper_s_kad_works), Ford Escort RS 1600 Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_escort_rs1600).

Geoffers has created an alternative default setup for the Mini which I think is better. Contact me if you want to try it or get it HERE (http://www.mediafire.com/download/6h742hka4il6q4u/G%2527s%2520Mini%2520KAD.zip)

Car restrictions: No Restrictions.

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

Server: simracing.org.uk MvE
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=373&theme=5)

Special Notes: None


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Legzy on November 25, 2012, 08:32:52 PM +0000
Nice, love Cadwell 8)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: goldtop on January 14, 2013, 06:48:41 PM +0000
Nice, love Cadwell 8)

 ::)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on November 25, 2013, 10:56:59 PM +0000
Bill -v- Kurt. May the best man win  :ninja:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: SpecialKS on November 26, 2013, 08:03:34 PM +0000
oh-oh  8) tricky track


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: BadBlood on November 27, 2013, 11:00:37 PM +0000
Any idea what is competitive. Offline praccy shows me getting smashed by the AI but I get my own back on the hedges....


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on November 27, 2013, 11:30:01 PM +0000
I haven't tried yet but I'll post times here once I have.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on November 28, 2013, 11:57:08 PM +0000
1:32.7 in the Mini. The Escort I found to be slower but will not wear it's tyres out so bad as the Mini.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on November 29, 2013, 01:09:25 PM +0000
Just want to point out that our quarterly donations are now "requested"  :angel:

Happily we are in a better state than last time when we were carrying a deficit

If you are a regular contributor, thank you  :thumbup1:

If you enjoy racing with us and haven't contributed, please, please do so.  :yes:

This message has been posted on the GTL, GTR2 and P&G forums.

 :helpsmilie:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: SpecialKS on December 01, 2013, 04:29:13 PM +0000
1:32.9 so far in the Mini - but got two cut warnings although I was completely on track
(one at Charlies at left side and the other at Mansfield on the right side)  ???

Trying to check this out edit: can confirm these ??? issues online an offline


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Burtoner on December 02, 2013, 12:14:23 PM +0000
Love this track done a 1:35.2 in the Ford Escort, not sure on times.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on December 02, 2013, 12:40:54 PM +0000
1:32.9 so far in the Mini - but got two cut warnings although I was completely on track
(one at Charlies at left side and the other at Mansfield on the right side)  ???

Trying to check this out edit: can confirm these ??? issues online an offline
This track does suffer from illogical cuts. So I'll turn off cut detection tonight.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: SpecialKS on December 02, 2013, 09:09:33 PM +0000
No idea idea how I came to this fantastic pole - maybe: the smoother the faster  :D

Lousy start - as usual. Nice fight with Robert and then could come back to 4th.
Closing a bit to Matt when a short moment of lack of concentration turned my
Mini into a fireball   :death:

Had hoped for a longer fight for the championship  :tank:


Congratulations Bill to a well deserved championship  :clap: :jumpjoy:  :notworthy:

And a big thanks to Tony for organising this great series  :notworthy:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: BadBlood on December 02, 2013, 09:43:01 PM +0000
Great fun. Slow as anything and I found weirder and weirder places to spin. Tony flashing his lights at me was fun - I showed him the outside and he said "Nope - get over".

Slowed down at the end to try and lap with Rog at the end and found the race leader in my mirrors.... Hopefully I didn't get in anyone's way.

First time I have actually managed to finish a race in GTL.

Loads of fun this championship and I have SHOT up the table! Can I claim 'most improved rookie'?  ;D

WD Bill, Podium and tx. Tony.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Dave Kelsall on December 02, 2013, 10:06:15 PM +0000
Thanks to all for a great race tonight, my first with SimRacing.

Congrats to Postal for a good win, couldn't string enough perfect laps together to get near you, but we seemed to be trading lap times.

Looking forward to racing with y'all again soon.

Cheers


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Stefan aka Postal on December 02, 2013, 10:10:26 PM +0000
Congratulations on the winning the title Bill! :thumbup2:

To bad i wasn't around for earlier races. I did make setups for Istanbul, Monaco, Empoli but never managed to get a race in. However all this setup practice came to good tonight. Didn't did to many practice laps before but i remembered it from the old 98 GP500 game with the BSB mod. Clean getaway and i was expecting a horde of Mini's on my case. That didn't happen, but there was a new radiator filling my mirrors. Could not possibly shake newboy DK for 32 laps, he kept me honest the whole race. Thanks all for racing tonight! And a welcome to Robert and Dave.

See you all next week.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on December 02, 2013, 11:04:14 PM +0000
Results and replay now posted.

David, please fill in your driver profile with your location then you get a little flag next to your name.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on December 02, 2013, 11:09:10 PM +0000
So the Mini -v- Escort championship finishes with a spectacular finale.

1st - BILL THOMAS  :clap: :clap: :clap:

2nd - SpecialKS  :clap: :clap:

3rd - Wiltshire Tony  :thumbup2:

and Team winners are those Kerbies again  ::)

Thanks to everyone who took part. Also thanks to Geoffers for providing that great Mini setup  :notworthy:



Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: BadBlood on December 02, 2013, 11:54:03 PM +0000
Second that about the Mini setup. Just went back and went round in 1:34.9 with race fuel and it wasn't perfect... much easier to control under brakes than the Escort (or maybe it was my crappy setup!)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: BillThomas on December 03, 2013, 11:48:00 AM +0000
Thanks Tony for an interesting car combo and also thanks to Geoffers for sharing his excellent setup with us.  What a night’s racing, by the time we’d finished I was absolutely shattered.  Thanks all for congrats on Championship win, bad luck Kurt.  Oddly enough we have exactly the same points difference between us at Fuji 77 GT Cup 77, so it will be back to a battle again for 3rd in that Championship.  Like you I had hoped for a race like one or two of our previous Mini battles where we swapped places 2 or 3 times for most of the race.  Problem with these cars they’re easy to drive but “bite you” in a moment’s lack of concentration.

It happened to me about mid race, suddenly I took a chunk of time out of Tony; I was about 13 secs behind him with Roger about the same gap behind me. So I put the hammer down and slowly gained a few hundredths of sec, until I out braked myself on one corner running fractionally wide. Instead of lifting and trying to get back on line I kept foot to floor, resulting in a fast long excursion into the scenery, at the next corner, losing about 10 secs.  So concentrated on staying ahead of Roger, finishing ahead by about 13 secs.

With a new PB in qualifying, not being lapped and winning Championship it was my most successful night ever – it can only go downhill from now on.  :devil: :rockon:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: phspok on December 03, 2013, 12:42:53 PM +0000
Congratulations on the Title Bill  :clap: :clap: :clap:

I haven't looked at the replay, but we bashed doors at one point as I passed into Park, I saw you hurtle off into the grass
was not sure whether you just outbraked yourself or I had made a lot heavier contact than I thought
I was thinking I should stop and wait, but was already way behind and struggling with the Escort so left anyway.  :(


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: BillThomas on December 03, 2013, 01:43:41 PM +0000
Congratulations on the Title Bill  :clap: :clap: :clap:

I haven't looked at the replay, but we bashed doors at one point as I passed into Park, I saw you hurtle off into the grass
was not sure whether you just outbraked yourself or I had made a lot heavier contact than I thought
I was thinking I should stop and wait, but was already way behind and struggling with the Escort so left anyway.  :(


Thanks, not so much weight of contact as it was at my turn in point and at racing speed little margin for error. Typical racing incident, main problem was it dropped me back from Tony.  But there again, life's a bitch!   ::)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on December 03, 2013, 07:13:48 PM +0000
Great race for me with loads of incident and good clean racing (and the odd idiot novice in a pink car getting in the way  ;))

Saw Kurt's off which was mighty, no wonder the car exploded into a fire ball  :o

Grats to the Escort guys who were super quick. Nice to see the grid filling up; spread the word chaps , we need more drivers.

Thanks to everyone who took part. It's you turning up week after week that makes all the effort worthwhile  :thumbup1:

PS Check out Burtoners crash on the replay. No wonder he didn't know which way the track went  ;)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: goldtop on December 03, 2013, 08:07:01 PM +0000
Congrats on winning the championship Bill  :thumbup1: Another one for the Kerbies trophy cabinet too  8)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: roguk on December 03, 2013, 08:25:15 PM +0000
Grats to Postal on win

Grats to Bill on Championship win

Did`nt think i was going to make this race, all 3 of my GTL installs worked fine offline but would stall and hang on connecting to server. Enjoyed the race the mini was a great drive and good choice of track, wish i had got Geoffers setup and XD but forgot it in my panic trying to get online. Mid race thought i was going to catch Bill when he went off, but he was driving better than me and soon left me well behind. Lonely race apart from a couple of times seeing a bright pink escort. 


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on December 03, 2013, 08:31:13 PM +0000
Did`nt think i was going to make this race, all 3 of my GTL installs worked fine offline but would stall and hang on connecting to server.  

I use Gamefire to switch off stuff I don't need when online racing. I also turn of the Internet Security. But always do a full scan after the race just for peace of mind.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Mini's -v- Escort's - Cadwell Park - Dec 2
Post by: Burtoner on December 03, 2013, 10:51:12 PM +0000
PS Check out Burtoners crash on the replay. No wonder he didn't know which way the track went  ;)

LOL was hoping no one would notice!  :D