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UKGTR SEASON 18 UPPER SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP  - ROUND 4

All members welcome

Practice 1: 20:00 BST (10 mins)
Qual 2:       20:10 BST (20 mins)
Race:          20:30 BST (~ 40 mins)- note: no warm up!

Cars allowed: Any GT1 from the UKGTR car pack (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54519#msg54519) v2.16.0.0
Track: Suzuka (v2.9.0.3) (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg169368#post_suzuka)
Race Start Time: 14:00

Weather: Dry

Tyre wear: Normal.
Fuel consumption: Normal.
Pit Stops: None required.
Server: simracing.org.uk GT1
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=411&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: Track download link added.
EDIT: Link for championship standings page updated.

Track download link added. 1st post updated.

in the 1:53's now dont think it will be good enough though

I haven't got out of the 54's yet :( You'll be fine QS ;)

Jeez I hope that's a qually time? I just spent an hour doing laps online and felt quite pleased until I saw that time  :(. Made far less errors than in gt2 though  :)

Was also pleased to hear the f1 drivers stating it was an unforgiving circuit tonight, made me feel better  ;)

It was a quali time but my race times on other tracks have been consistantly within 1 sec or so from that i am gonna try soft on the rears for quali instead of mediums see if that helps. I dont think the record is gonna get broken though.

The gas pedal is the one on the right MJ :-*

ah that's where i'm going wrong  :P  can I borrow your highheels Legzy?  :-*

I was pinging late 1:55's race pace, seems I need to try harder  :boat:

H@L, what's the lap count tonight?
21 maybe?

Wasn't expecting much, but turned into a great race as nobody could earn their pass past Prof (I knew I should have run with less wing :laugh:). Led to a great fun train with us each taking our turn 8)
Once I did get past when Prof made a rare error, I couldn't pull away at all & eventually (start of last lap) both Spanner & Pete who'd hounded me down slipped past.
Good race all

great race no spins or nothing, towards the end I was strugling with my front tyres. I think softs were a bit optomistic. plus I believe that was my first win in the GT classes in a championship race too so yeh happy :-) see you next week folks.

Apologies to all for spoiling your race tonight. Selecting the wrong tyres did not help my race pace.
I think I shall sit out of qualifying for the remaining races this season and enjoy life in my normal place at the back of the grid.

Not sure yet if I'm gonna dump this ****ty car or stick with it just to prove it's ****ty...  :-X

It's fast through the curves and slow on the straight. So, to make it competitive I have to lower its strong side to make weaker side stronger. Result: ****ty unstable through curves, touchy on brakes and not fast enough on a straight to stick in the slipstream. Who would want to drive a car like this?  :no:  

I had an awful race. Hangover, hot room and Suzuka in a gt1 car just don't mix  :(
Had about 10 mins of enjoyment on the end of the prof train but then just kept making mistakes and with 5 laps remaining and a 20 second deficit I called it a night and retired as felt rotten. Shame as I love this track but not kind to me in either gt1 or 2  :-[

Hang on Prof, its what made the most fun i've had in GT1's for a long while!

Last minute change to the Aston, hoping it would be more fun than the Lister which for some reason aving joined the race server i struggled to drive. I guess i'm stuck with the Aston now... But having an old setup helped. I dont think i had a moment think during the race. Normally i'm counting down the laps, bored but that was some race queuing up behind Prof.

Brilliant, looking forward to the next one for once!

Missed that one due to the problem with my steering wheel ... my AC adapter died and, without ffb I`m crippled.
I did try to drive P&G race but it was horrible even more because of completely wrong set up (good setup with working equipment) ... see you on next race.

What about replay to see what was like the race ...

Is therer any way of keeping the (pre ballenced) car pack lap records but having the realistic one i.e. current records too?

Wow championship is tight for 3rd spot, only 3 points covering 3rd to 9th!

Dont even think about it. Its mine :-D

You can have it, I'm having 2nd  ;D :o

H@L, the link in your first post to the championship standings is broken: https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R;group=4113

You need to replace it with: https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=411&theme=3

Sorted. 1st post updated.

Thanks for the info. Thanks for starting the server on Sunday as well.

Big thank you to Picnic for all the work switching to the new server also. :)

Good race for me on Sunday. I had lots of battles on the track and was doing well for a while until the mistakes started to come. Still, it was lots of fun.

Well done on the dominant win QS. Pole, Win and fastest lap. Good stuff. The pace of some of the drivers behind you was not too bad either. Im impressed. BTW, some of the lap records including Suzuka, were done when aliens used to visit us hear at UKGTR.

Believe. :alien: