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Title: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on November 09, 2014, 03:26:54 PM +0000
Championship standings HERE (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=461&theme=5)

Grid/server capacity: 28

Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (10 laps)

Cars allowed: Ferrari 250 Testarossa Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_ferrari_250tr), Jaguar D-Type (1957 only) Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_jag_dtype), Maserati 450S Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_maserati_450s), Aston Martin DBR2 (includes GTC-65 class fix) Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_aston_dbr2), Ferrari 375 Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_ferrari_375plus)

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Track: Schottenring 1967 Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg187123#post_schottenring_1967)
chsenring67
Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: x2

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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: Start lights are hard to see. Sugget use of in-game countdown. Pit lane entry is very short.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Bob M. on October 20, 2015, 09:36:41 PM +0100
New track for me.  What is a decent time for a earthling to shoot for on this one.  Haven't driven the 57 Jag so that's the chosen car for me.  Am now running 6:30 or a little less but still "Get lost" at least once or twice each lap. Not automatic yet..............

Bob M.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 21, 2015, 09:01:26 AM +0100
Cannot give a baseline time yet Bob as I've not driven the track "in anger" yet. Probably have to wait till the weekend. Probably not getting lost and pitting will be more important than speed here.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Geoffers on October 21, 2015, 09:30:30 AM +0100
May have to give this one a miss, with 6 minute laps it is obviously a long track & I doubt if I will have time to learn it before Monday. If I get time I will give it a go.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 21, 2015, 09:50:17 AM +0100
May have to give this one a miss, with 6 minute laps it is obviously a long track & I doubt if I will have time to learn it before Monday. If I get time I will give it a go.

Your right, it is a long track and I would say pretty impossible to learn fully. However most turns are visible i.e. I don't believe there are any really tricky turns. Much like real life I suppose. I doubt in RL whether drivers had many chances for practice laps on public roads?


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Geoffers on October 21, 2015, 12:30:07 PM +0100
May have to give this one a miss, with 6 minute laps it is obviously a long track & I doubt if I will have time to learn it before Monday. If I get time I will give it a go.

Your right, it is a long track and I would say pretty impossible to learn fully. However most turns are visible i.e. I don't believe there are any really tricky turns. Much like real life I suppose. I doubt in RL whether drivers had many chances for practice laps on public roads?

You are probably right there Tony, I doubt if some drivers had even seen the track before they went out to practice on it.

As I say, I will have a run around it if I get time, but I'm pretty good at going off the road in these cars when I do know which way the next corner goes!  :o


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Erling G-P on October 21, 2015, 05:30:38 PM +0100
New track for me.  What is a decent time for a earthling to shoot for on this one.  Haven't driven the 57 Jag so that's the chosen car for me.  Am now running 6:30 or a little less but still "Get lost" at least once or twice each lap. Not automatic yet..............

Bob M.

I've only tried it with the 250 TR back when Tony first asked about this track.  Best time was 6:23.6, on a resonably error free, but by no means perfect lap.

Have to relearn it with my remaining car choices, which sadly don't include the 250 - a sweet handling car is probably an advantage on a track with so many turns.

Cheers,
Erling


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Erling G-P on October 21, 2015, 07:08:21 PM +0100
Just had my first outing in the Jag.  After 1½ hours of practice, I finally managed a timed lap: 6:15.  Was on my way to knocking 4-5 secs off that on my 2nd timed lap, when I crashed again...  ::)

Tony, track cut warnings seem rather agressive in places, so maybe turning it off should be considered. Don't think there are many places where you can actually gain anything by cutting a corner.  On a track this long which will be very difficult to learn completely, it's frustrating to promptly be issued with a warning, if you set foot outside the tarmac in the wrong place.

Cheers,
Erling


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 21, 2015, 07:10:45 PM +0100
Tony, track cut warnings seem rather agressive in places, so maybe turning it off should be considered.

Thanks for the feedback Erling. Cuts will be turned off.  :thumbup1:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Geoffers on October 22, 2015, 09:42:06 AM +0100
Well, due to crashing out of last night's F1VC race early last night, I took the opportunity to give this track a try in the 250 Fezza. Actually it isn't all that difficult & I managed about 6 laps with only a couple of major 'offs'. Still plenty of time to be found as I get more familiar with the track, but my best time was 6.08.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Erling G-P on October 22, 2015, 01:46:17 PM +0100
Well, due to crashing out of last night's F1VC race early last night, I took the opportunity to give this track a try in the 250 Fezza. Actually it isn't all that difficult & I managed about 6 laps with only a couple of major 'offs'. Still plenty of time to be found as I get more familiar with the track, but my best time was 6.08.

Has anyone ever told you you're annoyingly quick ?  ;D

Cheers,
Erling


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Geoffers on October 22, 2015, 03:12:07 PM +0100

Has anyone ever told you you're annoyingly quick ?  ;D

LOL, err no  ;D. Still not fast enough to challenge Jose & Ati though. My problem is, I can usually go quite fast within a few laps & then spend ages trying harder & failing to go any faster. I suppose it proves that smooth is fast & when you try harder you get more ragged & go slower.

Anyway I doubt I would be as quick as you in the D-type, a car I find incredibly frustrating to drive. Supposed to be one of the best handling cars of the era, yet the GTL one just seems to have really vague steering & a rear end with a mind of its own!  ???


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Erling G-P on October 22, 2015, 03:46:50 PM +0100
Well, Jose & Ati are walking(?) proof that whatever crashed at Roswell in 1947 wasn't a weatherballoon..  8)

Do agree about the smooth bit, although I tend to forget in the heat of the moment.  Years ago when I first ventured online in GTL, I had a frustrating time of trying desperately to improve my laptimes on Imola in the TVR. Finally stopped trying to go fast, concentrating instead on being smooth and staying on track. To my surprise, my laptimes continued to drop.

Hated the Jag when we started this series, but must admit it's been growing on me.  Prefer its handling on vintage tyres, but grip when braking on those is almost nonexistent, so takes some getting used to.

Practiced in the Aston later last night and managed a 5:50, but looks like I'll have to try harder..  ;)

Cheers,
Erling


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: SpecialKS on October 22, 2015, 09:29:26 PM +0100
Nice but unknown track and away over the weekend...

But I'll give it a try.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Erling G-P on October 22, 2015, 10:43:08 PM +0100
Tony, time of day for the race is shown as 04:00.  Just wanted to verify that it isn't a 'printing error' ?   :)

Cheers,
Erling


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 23, 2015, 08:58:31 AM +0100
Tony, time of day for the race is shown as 04:00.  Just wanted to verify that it isn't a 'printing error' ?   :)

Cheers,
Erling
Early morning start for this one


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Geoffers on October 23, 2015, 09:02:50 AM +0100
 I have had my suspicions for some time, but this confirms it, TONY IS A SADIST  :devil:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: phspok on October 23, 2015, 10:54:11 AM +0100
It's hard enough to know where you are going in broad daylight  :o


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Erling G-P on October 23, 2015, 11:09:27 AM +0100
It's hard enough to know where you are going in broad daylight  :o


Yup, preserving one's headlights should be top priority - it's pretty dark in places at 04:00..  :o

Cheers,
Erling


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: hayman3131 on October 24, 2015, 12:57:47 PM +0100
hi

it´s a very nice track, real good looking............
but, i want see it at this racetime.
much more worth, I did test offline, 15 drivers, race start 4:OO.................FPS 18....................
ok, no way for me to do this race without bringing others in danger due to my FPS

perhaps a change to middle of day?
(night race on small track would be ok)

greets hayman


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 24, 2015, 01:05:37 PM +0100
hi

it´s a very nice track, real good looking............
but, i want see it at this racetime.
much more worth, I did test offline, 15 drivers, race start 4:OO.................FPS 18....................
ok, no way for me to do this race without bringing others in danger due to my FPS

perhaps a change to middle of day?
(night race on small track would be ok)

greets hayman

No probs Hayman. The last thing I want to do is hinder drivers joining us. I'll set time of day to 14:00.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: phspok on October 24, 2015, 01:20:48 PM +0100
Not tried 04:00 yet, but on my i5 with a decent Nvidia card it gets stuttery with all those trees in daylight


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 24, 2015, 01:57:58 PM +0100
Flippin 'eck your a tough crowd to please  ;)

I'd suggest turning shadows down a tad


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Bob M. on October 24, 2015, 02:54:02 PM +0100
Thanks for the change Tony.  I too got a little stuttering in daylight but turned down the settings and it mostly went away.  Still a little going around those 2  sharp turns on the cobblestone streets, but a little stuttering is better than a crash in the dark IMHO................

Edit:  I do like the challenge of a night race though.  We used to do them in the old Mini league a couple times a season.  And we have a Mini series coming up---Hint---Hint.

See you all at the track
Bob M.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: hayman3131 on October 24, 2015, 03:36:29 PM +0100
Thxs Tony. Ya da man !

hi

it´s a very nice track, real good looking............
but, i want see it at this racetime.
much more worth, I did test offline, 15 drivers, race start 4:OO.................FPS 18....................
ok, no way for me to do this race without bringing others in danger due to my FPS

perhaps a change to middle of day?
(night race on small track would be ok)

greets hayman

No probs Hayman. The last thing I want to do is hinder drivers joining us. I'll set time of day to 14:00.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: phspok on October 24, 2015, 03:58:36 PM +0100
6:05 best time so far, still haven't got all the sections sorted, but I am not going to go much faster than that.
Tried all the cars. Took 10 goes to complete a lap in the Aston, the Mazzer is too slow in the corners, and eats tyres
like a rabid dog. The Jag is oddly rather nice here, and quite quick, the 350 Ferri is not nice and the 250 is the easiest to drive
though the Jag is not much harder.

Oh, and I have learned how to get out of one the ditches that I kept falling into  :o


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 24, 2015, 04:54:51 PM +0100
Edit:  I do like the challenge of a night race though.  We used to do them in the old Mini league a couple times a season.  And we have a Mini series coming up---Hint---Hint.

Noted  ;)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: EvilClive on October 25, 2015, 12:23:02 PM +0000
Hi guys, back from my holiday and thought that maybe I should take a lap or two around this circuit before Monday's race.

So downloaded the track and fired up GTL.
Everything fine, select track ( Scottenring 67) and watch the "loading" bar creep across the bottom of the screen.
Get to 95% loaded and it stops??
Ctrl-alt-del and "GTL has stopped responding" message.??

Maybe d/load was corrupted?
delete track file and new download.
install and check that track file is in " Game Data/Locations...all OK

fire up GTL
95% loaded and it stops again.

Now tried this 3 times, anyone got any clues???

Even tried with different cars, just in case, but no joy.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 25, 2015, 12:24:24 PM +0000
Clocks change in UK from BST to GMT.

Non UK Drivers should check how this effects them locally.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 25, 2015, 02:21:35 PM +0000
Now tried this 3 times, anyone got any clues???

I have found that tracks generally load ok but bad car mods cause crashes. But as we have used the same cars all season I don't think that can be the cause. I'm struggling to think of what might be causing this track not to load.

Can you try this. Set up for an offline race but select no opponents. You will be the only car in this race. See if the track loads now. If it does, try again with another car.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: EvilClive on October 25, 2015, 02:56:36 PM +0000
Actually I did try some offline practice first Tony, with the same results. Later I tried to join the server, all with same results.

Given the issues I have had with some of the cars previously, I am suspecting that it is likely to be the cars again.

Assuming that it is the car mods and not the track file, where should I have all the car option files.
 I ask this because, I know I made a mistake earlier and put all of the car files into a single "LM55" Folder which totally confused GTL. So I'm wondering if I still have something in the wrong place.



 


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 25, 2015, 03:21:14 PM +0000
GameData/Teams/LM55

In LM55 will be the respective folders for the Aston Martin DBR1, Aston Martin DBR2, Ferrari 250TR, Ferrari 375 Plus, Jaguar D-Type and Maserati 450S

Note: The Merc files live elsewhere and should not be in the above.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 25, 2015, 03:37:10 PM +0000
Maybe this track needs top graphics? Try checking your graphics settings before loading track


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 25, 2015, 03:48:45 PM +0000
Or try this https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=13381.msg241379#msg241379


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: phspok on October 25, 2015, 06:33:37 PM +0000
The track takes a very long time to load for me, but does eventually. It's like Green Hell, very large track, lots of objects


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Geoffers on October 25, 2015, 06:55:24 PM +0000
The track takes a very long time to load for me, but does eventually. It's like Green Hell, very large track, lots of objects

Same here, it sat for about 2 mins near the end of the loading bar before finally completing. Maybe you just need to be patient Clive.  :D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 25, 2015, 07:24:08 PM +0000
Odd, loads quick as any other track for me.

I used this https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=12160.msg218224#msg218224 Maybe it helps?


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: EvilClive on October 25, 2015, 10:20:04 PM +0000
OK guys! I guess the truth is now out there... :-\

If patience is a virtue, I am not very virtuous!!  

Tried the loading procedure again and it stopped, checked  the good 'ol     ctr-alt-del  to see what was transpiring   "GTL not responding"
So re d/loaded track
tried again
stopped in same place...... went for a "comfort break"

 ahem  when I returned track had loaded and all is fine


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: phspok on October 25, 2015, 10:33:01 PM +0000
 :angel:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 25, 2015, 11:30:35 PM +0000
 :lol: ::)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: BillThomas on October 26, 2015, 05:39:44 AM +0000
Maybe this track needs top graphics? Try checking your graphics settings before loading track

Graphic details are v good at this track, my frame rate is about 75 fps, whereas on some tracks it's in the 180 to 200 fps. On Saturday morning I was online and Hayman commented on graphics detail and his frame rate was, I think, about 80 fps. So I guess a good graphic card is required here to race with your normal GTL settings - hope we have no problems racing in the dark!

Track loads at normal rate for me also.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Geoffers on October 26, 2015, 08:52:48 AM +0000
hope we have no problems racing in the dark!

I think Tony has changed it to a daytime race, Bill.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 26, 2015, 09:05:18 AM +0000
Race announcement revision

In case you have not been following the post's here.

The original virtual race start time of 04:00 has been changed. VRST is now 14:00.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: BillThomas on October 26, 2015, 11:17:18 AM +0000
Race announcement revision

In case you have not been following the post's here.

The original virtual race start time of 04:00 has been changed. VRST is now 14:00.

Thanks Geoffers and Tony it's been a frought week been trying to find time for track time hopefully I can get my last problem fixed with a single phone call.

Must go and practice!



Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: BillThomas on October 26, 2015, 08:58:07 PM +0000
Found a lovely little spot on a river bank  ??? and it looked so nice and the river refreshing after all that smoke and tyre dust I though I'd make a day of it and leave you folks to have a race.  ::) :whistling: :yes: :rockon:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: roguk on October 26, 2015, 09:20:18 PM +0000
Grrr cat jumped onto the ffffing keyboard end of my race. >:( >:( >:( :( :( :( >:( >:( >:(

Great sense of speed going past the pits in the Jag.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 26, 2015, 10:02:02 PM +0000
Results and replay now posted, well done all finishers!

Remember to vote (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=13093.msg236004#msg236004) if you want to see this track in next season's series.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: chmichel on October 27, 2015, 07:04:01 AM +0000
Its was fun Race, first time I drive on this track, very little practice on the same race day, should find more time to Practice, had a good start and passed Geoffers then we raced the whole 10 laps together it was fair and square we did some mistakes here and there but it was fun !!

Best result for me this year 4th, the Aston was very good since I didn't have any Prancing horse to ride !!

Hope to see u all in the next race and Thanks Tony for organizing the races


Have a good week gents




Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 27, 2015, 09:06:04 AM +0000
That was great fun I thought. Took it really easy to start with and had some early battles with Kurt and Roger. Kurt had an incident and dropped back and Roger sped off into the distance. Later on I had a good chase with Clive who was recovering from an accident (I think his car was damaged?) and for several laps we were either chasing each other or side by side. We both pitted together around end of lap 5. I had new tyres and fuel and left the pits before Clive (maybe having damage repaired?). Passed the stricken Roger after his "cat meets keyboard" episode but could not close on Bob. Watched Clive get ever closer to me until on the penultimate lap he was in my mirrors and closing hard. I made a mistake on the twisties just before the start/finish line and my car turned over and took ages to right itself allowing Clive to pass and build up a good lead. Settled down to a lonely last lap but happy to have finished. Like this track now that I feel I have learned it and glad it wasn't a night time race in hindsight.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: phspok on October 27, 2015, 09:59:24 AM +0000
Well that was fun.  ;D I had done some practice on my faster system, and the frame rate was 70-80 ish
so was not happy when I had to do this race on my ancient core2Duo box, which was showing 42 FPS in the pits  :o
The car had been handling really well on the faster tyres but I decided to try the Vintage as they seemed to wear
a lot slower, 1st practice lap last night had been all over the place and had to neuter the setup for max rear grip
to get round the track at all. Wasted ages in the pits fiddling with my arrow keys that were not mapped as expected
so just took the defaults and filled up with fuel and changed all tyres using the same vintage ones, Even though they were all green and only 1/4 worn
the rear was becoming out of control in the fast sections, so swapping the tyres was probably a good idea anyway.
Had one major spin and some damage while distracted reading Roger's cat's messages  :laugh: but car was still handling
fine so off we went. Start went well, could have passed Clive off the line, but there was not enough room for a safe pass, so sat behind
and caught and lost him in the various sections as I was faster in some places and he in others
it looked like his setup was more front grippy than my safe full hard front, full soft rear setup, and he kindly demonstrated
this by getting sideways into a wall of the little town  ::) I guess he took damage as he never got close after that.
managed to keep MC and Geoff far enough behind, and was pulling away a bit up to the finish.
I was faster in the Aston, but less likely to finish so went with the nice little Ferri, don't think I could have matched Erling's
pace anyway, so 2nd was as good as I was likely to get so am well pleased with the result.  :)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Erling G-P on October 27, 2015, 12:18:38 PM +0000
Really enjoyed this track; great choice Tony  :)

Had learnt it with the 250 TR months ago, but forgotten it all, so started over with the Jag.  It was surprisingly nice to drive here, but when I found myself to be quite a lot quicker in the Aston, the temptation was too great..

Much impressed by the 250 TR qual-times by Clive & Matt; certainly much quicker than I was in that car - and quick enough to give me problems in the Aston, if I screwed up just a little.  Start went well and I retained the lead (in reality, it was probably just Clive & Matt holding back, letting me hold the position..  ;))

Had Clive in my mirror for the first half of L1, but when he slipped from view, the race went very lonely indeed.  Only other car I saw for the rest of the race was Hayman, who had obviously been delayed from some incidents.  Thus mostly an exercise in maintaining concentration and focus, and not the most exciting race for me, but stats-wise I couldn't ask for more in a race.  Was on vintage tyres, as they last longer, so I didn't have to change them during my pit stop.

Commiserations to those that met with untimely exits; Bill, Kurt, Roger, Hayman, and grats to Matt, Geoffers and all who finished.

Cheers,
Erling


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Geoffers on October 27, 2015, 01:21:55 PM +0000
Hooray, I actually managed to finish one of these Enduros.  ;D

Took the Ferrari 250 (actually never tried anything else) as it is fairly easy to drive & went with the CR48 tyres.

Got a good start but lifted off a bit as it looked like Matt & Clive were going to have a coming together, they didn't & Chmichel nipped past into T1. Followed him for a couple of laps as I found it nearly impossible to pass on this track unless the car in front made a mistake. This seemed to happen quite a lot to the two of us & we swapped places on numerous occasions as first one went off & then the other. On one occasion I travelled most of the start finish 'straight' upside-down!  :o
The CR48 tyres were losing grip after 3-4 laps so I pitted at the end of lap 5, refuelled & changed tyres. After the stops were over I was just behind Chmichel again & we continued our make a mistake - swap places scenario. Starting the last lap I was in front with a 5s gap so concentrated really hard on not pushing too hard & making a mistake rather than outright pace. This paid off & I was happy with 3rd at the flag.

Congrats to Erling & Matt  :clap: :clap: & thanks to Chmichel for an entertaining race.  :thumbup1:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: SpecialKS on October 27, 2015, 08:23:59 PM +0000

Results (https://googledrive.com/host/0BzUpS2smyYQ_R1dORkVHa2VxWmM?ltmpl/index.html)


Lasted longer than expected but first mistake knocked me out  ::)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Endurance - Schottenring - Oct 26
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on October 28, 2015, 12:46:47 AM +0000
Thank you for the results Kurt  :thumbup1: