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UKGTR SEASON 17 LOWER ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP  - ROUND 3

All members welcome

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

Cars allowed: Any GTC from the UKGTR car pack (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54519#msg54519) v2.16.0.0
Track: Barber GP (Birmingham Long circuit) Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54521#post_barber)
Race Start Time: 14:00

Weather: Dry.
Tyre wear: Normal.
Fuel consumption: Normal.
Pit Stops:: None required.

Server: simracing.org.uk GTC
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=397&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: Race start time delayed by 10 mins. Practice session extended to 20 mins.

Good track for GTC racing this  8)  Not done a lap yet but looking forward to it  :)

Any chance of the start been delayed 10 mins so i can do GTWeb test race? session dont finish till 8:30  :-\

bit quiet here this time around  ???

anyone got in any laps? Im struggling around the 1:24's race pace, cant seem to make any improvement so far despite some setup changes.

Do like this track though  :)

ok with me. We are usually around 5 mins late starting anyway.

Tried a few laps this morning and I think late 1.24s are going to be best I'm going to get round here. Similar pace to when we last raced here.

Yes, nice track this with a couple of tricky sections just waiting for me if my concentration wanders. Had a few laps and I'm also in the 24s.

Later start ok by me too.

Sorry, I meant to replay to this sooner.

Yes no problem.

1st post updated.

Thnx Guys  ;D

Looks like I'm struggling. Generally in the high 25's with only one lap so far a 24 and that a 24.9. I'll try and stay clear when you come to lap me  :-*

Phew that was fast and furious  :o

Was hoping for a grid top 3 based on the practise times but several guys upped their game and i qualled down in 5th.
Lap 1 I unfortunately caught Apex in the turn 2 sweeper  :( slowed and let the grid past and then carried on from near the back  :'( not what I needed and big apology to Apex, sorry bud.
Took me a few laps to recatch the pack and I then had a great battle with several cars in flat out nose to tail racing, gradually getting past others. After a great fight with Dan I found myself 3rd  after both him and legz made errors on the same lap :)
Kept ahead of Dan for about another 5 laps but then made my own error in the tricky downhill chicane and he got back past....then he was gone!
I was getting unsure how many laps were remaining so eased off to save some fuel and brought the car home a hard earned 4th.

Big congrats to TT who seemed to be untouchable and GT and Dan on the podium  8)

Well that was a stonking race from start to about 8 mins to go :sweatdrop:

Literally battled everyone bar the front two from the off, had a sniff at Spanner in 3rd at one point but Dan & MJ were too fast, caught me & while I did my best to exploit Viper power on them, they rightly earned their passes eventually.
Thought that was probably going to be it for the action but NSFast also in a Z4 managed to catch me & then we resumed the same kind of fight I'd had with the other two. Was really classic stuff until...

NSF seemed to miss his braking point by quite a way following me into the downhill right-left-right chicane & from what I saw in my rear-view shot off grass-ward bound to my right (I figured trying to make sure he didn't take me out), I knew I had to come round to the right into the path he'd have no chance of changing his momentum from, so I pulled up some, just rolling to avoid the otherwise imminent smash. Don't know how he did it, but next I saw was him accelerating away! ??? >:( I instantly planted my right foot & instantly found myself in the barrier, somewhat peeved.

What I should have done, was get my car turned round safely & continue the race.
What I did do was to jump straight on chat & poorly express my disappointment because an oportunity had been taken when I'd tried to show caution. So I apologise to all the other drivers & especially to NSFast, as I assume that is why you quit. That was the last thing I would want :(

So overall a great race, but disappointed with myself.

not a great day for Team Oldie then! I spontaneously decided I wanted to do a race yesterday evening, installed GTR2 (only had a standalone P&G installation on my machine), the track and car pack etc. and surprisingly enough, it all worked out of the box. However, it turned out that I was abysmally slow in these cars. I nevertheless took the start, reckoning that I wouldn't do no one any harm starting from the back. After the start, I slowed down when I saw carnage in front of me at turn 2, and someone hit me from behind. I carried on, but the car must have been damaged because I spun as soon as I hit the brakes for the next turn. With the car threatening to roll back into oncoming traffic, I hit esc rather than trying to rejoin.

Seems I'd better stick to P&G!

Stick with it Nils, its a great race series with good close racing in a nice set of cars  :)

Oops. I Have incorrectly labelled one of the cars.

I will get that sorted soon as.

Unfortunately I was not able to make the race.  :'(

I hope you all had fun. 8)

Very nice track and car combo this which kept me focussed all race. Was very careful in the early laps aware of the Exige's tendency to bite my backside given half a chance, but as the tyres came in I found I was able to push harder and close up on nsfast. Was just about to get intresting when he lost it at that fiddly bit and I was through for 2nd. Gave chase to TT but he had too much pace for me and gradually extended his lead. I eased back a little, but then found that Daniel was closing me down and so had to push very hard for the last few laps to hold on for 2nd.

Put a lot of time into developing the Exige, so it's nice to get a decent result after some silly errors in previous rounds.

Well done to TT for a great win  8)

Crickey I am 2nd in the drivers table after 3 rounds....giddy heights!  ;D

Team legends are número UNO  8) knew that slouch Dan would help the team out  ;) top job teamies  :)