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Title: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on November 23, 2012, 07:08:01 PM +0000
All members welcome.

Grid/server capacity: 28

Practice: ~19:40 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (24 laps)

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

Cars allowed: Ferrari 250 GTO Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_f250gto), Ferrari 275 GTB/C, Ferrari 250 SWB Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_f250swb)


Time of Day Setting: 15:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal

Server: simracing.org.uk FERR
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.

Special Notes: None


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: SpecialKS on May 25, 2013, 07:13:32 PM +0100
On top!

 ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on May 27, 2013, 09:06:35 PM +0100
I had switched my data rate setting to cable/adsl for tonights race but still had a "Lost Connection". Real shame as I was having a great race with QS, who was very quick indeed. Postal and Syd were way up the road having their own battle by the looks of things.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: quicksilver384 on May 27, 2013, 09:41:15 PM +0100
Great race I had 1st after a misshap between postal and Syd I think but I made a mistake with 1 lap to go and postal got ahead but I was still pushing hard then on the last lap went off again. Grats Postal good race and grats to everyone who finished.



Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on May 27, 2013, 09:57:58 PM +0100
Results and replay now posted.

Can Postal please fill in "Location" on his profile.

What Data Rate settings were you guys using tonight?


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: quicksilver384 on May 27, 2013, 10:14:18 PM +0100
What Data Rate settings were you guys using tonight?

I will check but I just left the default one what ever that may be.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: Stefan aka Postal on May 27, 2013, 10:42:49 PM +0100
Well, thanks guys. That was fun ::)  Not going to be my favourite track, but still fun with these cars.

John had a much faster pace, so it was a suprise i could get through to P1 at first. Then i think i was holding up Syd and John a bit, but is was a nice battle though. To my suprise i was still in the leading pack mid race and having to ride all out to keep Syd at bay. After we had a little tangle, John was in the mix again and managed to grab the lead.

Suspected he would vanish into the distance, but i guess he had an off, because i caught up again with 2L to go. I had no answer to John's pace as he was on my case again within a lap. It needed another mistake on his behalf to maintain in the lead. You can imagine i was glad the race wasn't any longer. ;D
To bad the grid wasn't slightly bigger and we had some disconnects. Hope to see you all next week.

P.s. Tony, i did already fill in my nationality in my profile a week ago. You cant see it apparently? Or am i missing someting?
And i was connected with ISDN settings.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on May 27, 2013, 10:48:45 PM +0100
P.s. Tony, i did already fill in my nationality in my profile a week ago. You cant see it apparently? Or am i missing someting?

We should see a flag of nationality against your name in the results table. Possibly you didn't save your settings after changing profile?


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: Stefan aka Postal on May 27, 2013, 11:05:38 PM +0100
Nope. I changed it a few times now. Doesn't want to cooperate so it seems.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on May 28, 2013, 12:26:32 AM +0100
Nope. I changed it a few times now. Doesn't want to cooperate so it seems.

OK, nothing we can do until the Boss gets back of his hols. WE can live with it for the time being.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: BillThomas on May 28, 2013, 05:56:25 AM +0100
Had better race than expected, managed to drive a consistent line without too many errors and reasonable pace.  ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: BillThomas on May 28, 2013, 10:16:12 AM +0100
Some comments on last night.

I have my connection to the server set at ISDN.  I have a good BT connection with a Ping of 33 for our server, almost consistent, in the lobby.

Edit: From here to Infinity - 37.9 Mb down, 8.7 up ping 12.  Hopefully shouldn't have any probs.

For the second consecutive race I've been kicked back into the Desktop with the GTL Icon minimised.  A couple of seconds after clicking the Icon I get returned to the race, luckily my car was rubbing along the Armco and was OK.  We'll see what happens at Goodwood with Real GTL dedicated installation.  Think it could be a Windows 8 problem - it often lies to me

Finally my G25 has started changing up instead of down occasionally - embarrassing losing engine braking and entering corner too fast in wrong gear.  Suggestions to cure it will be welcome - not able, these days, to do much fiddly work though.  :wheelchair:  Guess it could also be Win 8 problem too - upgrade advice from my computer man, which I regret taking.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on May 28, 2013, 10:52:07 AM +0100
Don't know why you went to 8 Bill. Do you have a touch screen or tablet?


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: BillThomas on May 28, 2013, 11:01:39 AM +0100
Don't know why you went to 8 Bill. Do you have a touch screen or tablet?

Bad advice Tony.  Had a problem, called out my man who found out that Win 7 was contaminated and took a while sorting out.  He suggested Win 8 as a more stable system and that it was very good for gaming.  Like an idiot I took his advice and run computer like Win 7 - a cheap option as he was here and he wouldn't charge for time spent on fault finding and rectification.

Need complete start again for Win7 - can't face that.

I'll live with it.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: phspok on May 28, 2013, 06:48:22 PM +0100
Win 8.1 is available as a free bug and design fix of the abomination upgrade end of June
There is rumours that they might give the customers what they want for a change, instead
of what they want to sell you.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on May 28, 2013, 06:49:53 PM +0100
Pigs are fuelled up and ready for take-off


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: BillThomas on May 28, 2013, 06:53:30 PM +0100
Win 8.1 is available as a free bug and design fix of the abomination upgrade end of June
There is rumours that they might give the customers what they want for a change, instead
of what they want to sell you.

Thanks Matt, look forward to it's release.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: goldtop on May 28, 2013, 08:17:18 PM +0100
Pigs are fuelled up and ready for take-off

Oink flap, oink flap  ;D

Disappointed to miss this one as the 275 would have been competetive here.....and it is a wonderful track imo.

Raced home from my weekend at Spa just in time to sneak into quali, but forgot that Mrs. goldtop was at work and big sister was babysitting my youngest  ::) Didn't have the heart to shove her out of the door, although it did cross my mind as grid time approached  :laugh: Consoled myself with some inexpensive Belgian beer and the probability of a last lap disco  ;)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on May 28, 2013, 08:38:14 PM +0100
Agree about the track but you need tidy lines through those slow and quick corners to set you up for the following fast straight.

EDIT: BTW it won't be the last time we are here this year  ;)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 13 Ferrari! - Empoli - May 27
Post by: quicksilver384 on May 28, 2013, 10:50:29 PM +0100
Win 8.1 is available as a free bug and design fix of the abomination upgrade end of June
There is rumours that they might give the customers what they want for a change, instead
of what they want to sell you.

Thanks Matt, look forward to it's release.


IMO your best bet is to go back to Windows 7 or XP