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Grid/server capacity: 28

Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (18 laps)

Track: Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg187123#post_yasmarina)

Cars allowed: BMW 2002tii Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/downloads/s3.php/gtl/cars/SRou_GTL_BMW_2002tii_1.0.0.0.exe)
                     Ford Escort RS1600 Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_escort_rs1600)
                     Nissan Skyline GTR2000 Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_skyline2000gtr)
                     Opel Commodore GS Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_opel_commodore_gs)
                     Porsche 911S Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_porsche911s1972)
                     Mini Cooper S KAD Works Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_mini_cooper_s_kad_works)

Get Geoffers Mini setup HERE (http://www.mediafire.com/download/6h742hka4il6q4u/G%2527s%2520Mini%2520KAD.zip)

Car restrictions: Three drives maximum per make. Check your status here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuS59xI7-YTLdE81OG1jQUtIb2lGYUZrNUNIY0VRZmc&usp=sharing)

Time of Day Setting: 18:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal
Pit stops: Not required

Server: simracing.org.uk Monday
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.

hi there Tony. I noticed something about server problems with the Simbin one. Do we need to switch over to the ABB version for this event?

Yes please. Until further notice, all future races will be using the Altbierbude lobby. Any problems, shout out.

OK Tony, I believe i have my former install of GTL with the ABB lobby still on my PC. I reckon if i install the required cars and track i would be ready to go?..

P.s. do you know if this lobby switch is needed for PnG too? Do not see it in the announcement post, still mentions the Simbin lobby.

Just GTL as far as I'm aware. P&G uses the GTR2 lobby.

solved

Sorry folks e-mail playing up again need to sort out again - need to confirm telephone complaint  to regulator. Not had chance to practice.

Pleased Hamilton had convincing win today on this track.  ;D   8)

 

Help needed!
used the first install of GTL for the ABB lobby. So far so good, as i can see the lobby.
Made a new profile to select and buy the cars, but i seem to have no force feedback. Did a kalibration with the Logitech profiler. Tried my other Simbin install and all is fine. When i go back to my new game, still no force feedback.  :(

Any advice would be welcome.

Copy the force feedback info from your old .plr file into your new profile .plr file?

Sorry folks - have to miss this one due to severe problems with my computer
which lead to a weekend full of work but which are still not solved  :( .
So I had no time for practicing on a track I do not know.

CU next week and have fun, guys!

Replay and results now posted.

Sorry for the delay. Admin malfunction  :sleep1: :sleep1: :sleep1:

So we finally finish UKGTL's longest ever Championship. Thanks to everyone who took part, particularly well done to all those who managed to last the whole season.  :thumbup1:

1st - Erling G-P  :clap: :clap: :clap:

2nd - EvilClive  :clap: :clap:

3rd - Postal  :clap:

That was a tough, but entertaining race.  Quite liked the track, and the Nissan was a wonderful drive here.  It really handles well, once you get the setup tweaked to your liking.

Race start was somewhat hectic for me, as I was still trying to improve my qual-time, when 'next session' appeared.  Just had time to load race setup - and notice that Clive had claimed 2nd on the grid. Very impressive in an Escort!  :o

Dunno what happened at the start, but Clive was absent and I slipped into 2nd. Dimetrio disappeared like the Roadrunner, and I soon had Tony's Beemer looming in my mirrors. He powered past on lap 3 or 4, but fell off on the following one, returning 2nd to me.  Not about to get lonely though, as Matt seemed intent on keeping me company, some 2-3 secs behind.  Did my earnest to increase the gap, but it went agonizingly slowly, with 0.1 sec per lap. Around midrace, it suddenly started shrinking rapidly.  Don't believe I had slowed, so apparently Matt had found a quicker way to get round.  Gap seesawed a bit over the following laps, but just as he was getting real close, he was suddenly gone.  Didn't see what happened, but with empty mirrors, I could breathe a sigh of relief.  Pit board confirmed a gap of around 7 secs.  It dropped on some of the following laps, but with less than 1/3 left of the race, I could hang on to 2nd, if I could keep pushing reasonably - and not do anything stupid  :)

Grats to Dimetrio on winning. Very chuffed with 2nd myself under the circumstances - in my mind it almost counts as a win, as Dimetrio is obviously stranded in the wrong quadrant of the galaxy..  ;)

Proud of having won the series too - it wasn't easy..  :)

Thanks to Tony for organising and keeping it all together.

PS: Tony, did you forget to change the time setting for the race ?  Announcement states race time as 18:00, which is what I used in offline practice.  Looked quite good with the 'artificial' light, but in yesterday's race, it was most certainly daylight.

Cheers,
Erling

Sorry that I was absent from the grid for the final round  :-\

 Especially as I had finally found the sweet spot in the Escort setup to claim 2nd on race fuel, but a phone call at the wrong moment ended any dreams of a great final race.

Congrats to Erling on the championship win, and to Dimetrio on being in a league of his own with those lap times!!

Thanks to Tony for organising and for bring patient with me as I struggled to get myself up and running in GTL.

Maybe next season I can join in again and hopefully offer some competition to the fast boys.

Awful night for me. Great track, fantastic car, carp driver. Way too many unforced errors. One to forget I'm afraid.

@ Clive, what happened?

@ Roger, never, ever, quit out unless the admin tells you to or other drivers are complaining about a lag problem etc. If you are able to join the track and your lap times are being recorded accurately there is no problem. There was a possible track file miss-match issue but these usually vanish as soon as the race starts.

@ Erling, yes I forgot about the time.

Thanks guys.   ;)
It was good champ with great cars. Personally, I very like Nissan and can say that it's one of my favorite cars from all GTL cars. Last period I was quite busy with other endurance championships in rF. But I pre-planned race at Yas Marina, because I wanted to compare my abilities with my own version of driving exactly 2 years earlier. In november 2012 I drove same Nissan on same Yas Marina circuit. It was one of the races of the great RaceDepartment Historic series championships which I really miss. I can say that this two years have not gone to waste. My best laps could be better for 3-5 tenths. This is I call Progress.  ;D

Thanks guys for the opportunity to ride on these great cars!