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Track: Road Atlanta 1970 Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/downloads/s3.php/gtl/tracks/SRou_GTL_Road_Atlanta_1970_1.1.0.0.exe)

Cars allowed: BMW 2002tii (not the "S" variant) Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/downloads/s3.php/gtl/cars/SRou_GTL_BMW_2002tii_1.0.0.0.exe), Datsun 240Z (not the "ZG" variant) Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_datsun_240z), Mazda RX-3 (Gr.4) Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_mazda_rx3), Porsche 911 GTU Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_porsche_911_gtu), Porsche 914-6 GTU (not the 914-4) Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_porsche914gtu)

Drivers are reminded that they are limited to only two drives in each car. Check your status HERE (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuS59xI7-YTLdFN5S2tNMGVWUmR0MHBFem1RaWFISEE&usp=sharing)

Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (34 laps)

Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal

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Nice selection of cars Tony!

Here is a read up on the Datsun 240Z used in this IMSA series:
http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/06/70s-spirit-the-imsa-240z/ (http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/06/70s-spirit-the-imsa-240z/)

Great article. I don't know if this car (#47) is included in the GTL pack or not. Have to check that out.

A real classic!

Well, it looks this site has some more nice articles on cars you selected Tony. Maybe not down to the exact car and numbers, but it gives a nice insite!
Have a look:
http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/02/mystery-mazda-the-jtcc-rx-3-found-basement/ (http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/02/mystery-mazda-the-jtcc-rx-3-found-basement/)

We hope to be using this http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=41867 in this series to replace the standard pork 914.

An installer will be created in due course.

EDIT: Installer now available.

Did a few laps with both versions at Goodwood. Very smooth ride - strange to say that
I'm 2 seconds faster in the 914/4 than in the 914/6 ???

We won't be using the 914/4

Tony, race specs mentions a limit of two drives per make, but there are 10 races, 5 cars, but only 4 makes (2 cars are Porsches).

I take it it's two drives per car instead, so we have to use all of them ?

Cheers,
Erling

Your quite correct Erling. It should read two drives per car, as the car roster shows. I'll revise the wording.

Ah sorry, I hadn't looked at the roster - that would have answered my question.

Cheers,
Erling

Just downloaded the cars.

Are both Gr.2 & Gr.4 variants of the RX3 available ?

Cheers,
Erling

Hi guys,

I'll be there this monday.  :)
GO GO GTLDK TEAM!!!  ;)

Cheeers!

Jose (senyorlobo)

Just wondered......

How does Tony select a group of cars, from all of the hundreds available within GTL, that are at least close in performance. Surely you don't actually test the cars to discover their relevant pace?  Or is there a secret code that indicates which cars are similar.

Maybe it is just a wealth of experience?

Hmmm, I have the answer to this but it's on my home PC. I'll provide an answer tonight.

I wish there was a secret code  :(

Mmmmm, think I've just fallen in love with another American track  :wub:  - To think that the Yanks with all their boring ovals, actually have (or had) such great racetracks!  :)

Tony, are you sure the S version of the 2002 shouldn't be included ?  I did some early testing of all cars bar the Mazda yesterday, and the (non-S) Beemer was the slowest for me, with over 2 secs compared to the fastest.

Cheers,
Erling

Yes Erling, as I hinted late last season, the BMW would be present in 2015 but it would not be the fastest car. So no "S" version. I'll check my times when I get home tonight but I'm pretty sure I had the Beemer running comparitive times with the other car types.

Fair enough - it had its moments of glory last season..  ;)

Cheers,
Erling

Quick test:
240Z           = 1:26.1
BMW 2002Tii = 1:25.7
RX3             = 1.25.7

Drove the 240Z first, so would probably go quicker if I re did it.
All with race fuel, and simple basic setups. The 240Z is much more stable
so could probably have given him more front grip, The other two are
slidey unstable beasties, so I had to neutralise them somewhat.

Just the Gr.4 cars Erling. Race announcement revised to reflect this.

In my non-alien track test all cars were within 2 secs of each other.

Hello all:
If all goes well in my world I hope to join you Monday and in the future.  I am a old guy from Iowa/USA and retired so the race time hits me in mid afternoon which is good.  I have raced online for several years and have raced with some of you in the GC races.   Also race some at Nogrip WNR GTL races.  Your series will be a big challenge for me as at GC we race basically the same cars week after week.  On a good day I finish in the middle of the field and have a bunch of last place trophies on the mantle also......I am mostly a "race the track kind of guy" so if you are faster than me I will move over and let anyone by.  All in fun for me!!!
My track name is "oldgeezer" so see you at the races..........

Bob M.///oldgeezer

Welcome Bob  :)  Hope you'll have a good time and look forward to seeing you on track. Race handle is Coyote, as my avatar might suggest.  I'm a 50-year old Danish computer programmer, who's enjoyed GTL online racing on and off since it was originally launched.

Cheers,
Erling

Hi Bob, I think you will fit in here just fine. See you in the midfield  :thumbup1:

Welcome here Bob!
If you are in need of a setup or some tips just give a shout. See you on track!

Senyorlobo hinted that he would be there too monday, maybe Pelle will attend too. Good to see people still enjoying GTL.
(if we are not carefull we are getting bigger grids then P&G and AC.. :P)

 :oops: :yes:

Wow Bob! Good to see you here too! Welcome mate!
Do not be confused, Bob is a fast and consistent driver. Not make mistakes. The problem is that there are too many alien at GC and there are no people in the midfield.

It's correct Postal, this monday I will run too so we can get a big grid this time. ;)

Cheers!

Welcome Bob, always good to have more cars on the grid...more drivers=more fun ;D

This is only my second season in GTL, so I'm a bit of a noobie. A 63 yr old noobie, if that makes any sense??!!  ::) I guess most of these cars were the ones that I watched as a young guy ( was I ever young??) and that is why I enjoy racing them.

But, I do have around 8 years of racing with UKGPL online, and that experience is invaluable when dicing with these guys. Sometimes these GTL cars kind of click and I can make them work, other times I struggle with the different physics and setups, but all good fun.

Looking forward to seeing your tailpipes on track.

Hi all,

My name is Marc and I have three years driving in GC season, my teammate is Senyorlobo, He inform me about this season.
My lobbyname is MaiPor.

I have never raced in Atlanta and I have not tested these cars.
I hope to have a good race on Monday and have fun with good battles.

See you on track

Greats news my friend.  ;)
Welcome!

Also a welcome to you Marc!

This could turn out to be a hard contested championship this way! ;D

Yep, the grid is growing  :)

Welcome Marc; hope you'll have a good time racing here.  The track and the cars are great if you ask me  :)

Cheers,
Erling

I am out on Monday but will make a big effort to get home in time to race. Nice cars, nice track, nice drivers. GREAT FORMAT. I love Historic Motor Racing and being able to simulate it on my PC plus my G27 and online with GTL and P&G. Hopefully more people will join when they find out how good this series is.
 
I am torn between the BMW and the Datsun for this race. It doesn’t really matter what I take as there will be chances to drive the other cars later in the series.

All being well I hope to make an appearance on Monday evening.  :)

Welcome, Bob and Marc  :)  There is plenty of good racing with a friendly crowd here  8)

Nice to have you with us Marc. Hopefully after you have raced with UKGTL you might be tempted to try out some of our other GTL events?

1:25.8 in my chosen chariot but that was wringing the hollyhocks off it. Therefore the :alien:'s will be doing 1:22's?

Hi Tony,

I have made a few laps on the server. (1:22:4 with Datsun).
Is possible to consult the server lap times?

Thank You!

Low 24s is as good as I have got so far, and the Beemer seems to actually be the slowest.

Mmmm, did a few laps yesterday evening. Was getting high 1.24's with a bit to much corner cutting. No idea how sr.Lobo is doing 1.22,4... eeks... Now i am hoping Pelle is not going to show up :P

I did some laps tonight. My lap times:

Bimmer 1:22:8
Datsun 1:22:4
Porsche 914-6 1:22:3

For me , the best car in this track is the datsun cause is more stable than the rest.
But the bimmer is funny  ;D and the race is long... So i dont know. Anyway i think that all the cars are competitive.

Cheers!
Good night!

Jose

Very interesting track which - I think - I never drove before.
No idea yet which car to take. My first laps in the 2002 were
only slightly under 1:30  ???

 Bummer for me cant run here, just installed track and as soon as exit pits all scenery flashes on and off especially trees, to distracting to race.

That's odd? Can you try either increasing your graphics setting (they may be set too low). Or conversely try turning them down. Try adjusting the shadows setting first.

This is from the track read me.

This track is intended for mid to low end computer systems.

Bugs:
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All DX levels have been tested, but work was done using DX9 at full settings except Shadows which were set at medium, so there might be problems at lower settings, not all video cards perform the same.

The shadows have not been activated.

Recommended Settings:
===================
To improve FPS set shadows at Medium.

For best track visuals set Customize\Settings\Display\Texture Detail to Full, there will be a minor reduction in FPS but the improved visuals are worth it.

A BIG THANKS Tony ..... have put general detail on full and track runs perfect. See you all race night. Looks like i will be at the back again just done a few laps in all cars and same times in all cars 1.26, will hope to do more praccy this evening.

Glad I could help. Wouldn't be the same without overtaking you  ;)

Thanks for the warm welcome guys.  I have a tree flashing problem also, but it clears up after a lap of running.  Will check my video setting and tinker a little bit with it.  We raced Muscle/TA cars on this track at GC and I remember the same thing then.  It's a great MC track, so nice and wide, but the last down hill turn can really bite you in the big iron....Will attempt to drive the Datson as it seems the most balanced and easy to set up.  

Bob M.///oldgeezer

Update:
Did as you guys suggested plus turned down  the distance draw thing one click and all is well,Thx

Nice one Tony (Wouldn't be the same without overtaking you) and prob true for most of the grid.

Hi to Jose, Bob and Marc.


Bob in video settings putting General Detail on FULL stopped the trees flashing.

ditto here !

Haaahaaa! no flashing trees here for a change.
However i was busy fixing my pc until 1 o clock last night. Got me a 19 inch screen to replace my current 17 inch one. Hooked up the cables and was just wondering if my old rig could run the higher resolutions. Well it did! But instead of flashing trees i got a annoying micro stutter. Remembered i had something similar a year or two back. So went to play with the graphic settings, with no results. Then decided it probably was down to old graphic drivers, so installed the latest version.
Now it just CTD 'ed before loading the track. Now it was getting from bad to worse!
Had to tinker with the ATI settings for AGP write/read and adjust "compressed textures" in the .PLR file which seems to have fixed the problem. So it looks like i will be able to race tonight with my newish monitor!

Thanks all for your welcome. RACE DAY !!!!

I also have the same problems with trees, this afternoon I try to change resolution.

I never driving in Atlanta track and I love it, wide and fast track.

My lap times:
Datsun: 1:23:170
BMW. 1:23:450
Also try Porsche (911, 914) but not like it, atmospheric engine  :thumbdown: makes me nervous, I need a turbo engine  :laugh:

The BMW is great, is very funny to drive but Datsun is more estable, I think it is the best choice.

Now I remember also drove in F1 championship in NoGripRacing two times

Hi again chaps!

I'm in tonight  :), hopefully i will be able to join more races.

Cheers

Welcome back De Martini

Having a problem with flashing screen when trying to enter game. I cant go into chat or garage screen? Will keep trying.

Similar problem, track loads then various drivers load and then I get stuck in a loop running through names and the screen pulsating.  Managed to get device manager couple of times to end GTL but each time I loaded Atlanta flashing drivers names.  Eventually gave up.

Tried rebooting etc still same result with GTL.

Usually log on early but last week had picture freeze and then when I rebooted and got back in time for end of qualifying.  It froze half way through lap 2.  Thought I'd switch on computer and get on for qualifying and race - best laid plans of mice and men. ::)

Never let me click flag to join start, said i am DQ, Hope you guys had a good race see you next time.

I don't know what the problem was. I had just bettered 1: 24 in practice offline yesterday and was hoping for a fun race.

Firstly every time I tried to join I got a dimmed out background and a flashing driver's name loading screen. I made half a dozen attempts to join but with the same result every time so I came out of the game and reloaded it. Same result. I tried some things offline and joined again, same problem.

By then qualifying had started. I had found that I could go on track but no sound. I joined again. Other cars had sound but not me. Pretty useless to try to race I supposed but being an idiot I did, after leaving and rejoining I was then at the back of the grid for the race. The problem was I could not join Chat or load setup from the garage. I found that if I timed my mouse click with the flashes I could make very slow progress. I had to do that to leave the game.

This time I had sound but my gear change seemed to be malfunctioning ( or maybe it was me, I don't know). I decided to follow at the back of the field for the first lap and see if I could make my way up the field a bit.  I noticed that phspok was driving a Mini. I knew that that must be wrong but carried on.  Suddenly I lost all my timing and car position information. Just then two cars span in front of me and I ended up on the grass and then in the armco trying to miss them. With no info and no cars in sight I began to wonder if I was on my own. Then something locked up and I was in the barrier again. I was not alone because someone passed me. However I had had enough so I quit. I tried it offline and everything seems to work fine.

Some kind of weird corruption? If anyone has any idea as to what happened please let me Know. I will have to check it out. I think it might be connected with that Mini.

I been looking forward to this race but wish I hadn't bothered rushing home for it now. I guess I’ll have to hope for better luck next race.

Nice to see the field getting bigger.

I hope all enjoyed their race.

Results and replay now posted.

Guys who had the loading error (drivers name constantly flashing). 99% of times this indicates that you do not have a car loaded on your PC. Matt was in a Porsche 914GTU so misnoimis is missing that. If you download and try to play the replay the missing cars should be apparent as they will be substituted by something else e.g a Mini. Or cars will be missing so you can check the results and see what they are.

Fantastic to see a good mix on the grid. Hope we see the new/returned drivers more often.

Looking forward to reading the write ups.

Roger, if your car does not show up on the start line in the replay you will not be counted as having driven a car in the roster. Don't know why you had the greyed out flag. Sounds like a disco.

Many thanks, I obviously had not installed the 914-6. :whistling: I guess by selecting "Drive" and crashing into the qualifying and race it caused the loss of engine sounds, loss of race data and all the other problems I had. I have just downloaded the replay and see Porsche's and not Mini's now... I wont watch it though, too painful.  Must make sure I install every car in future.  :oops:

BTW, grats podiums.  

Good race yesterday. The Datsun is glued to the asphalt. Very easy to drive.  ;)
The qualy was really good but the start not was good. My teammaate Marc overtook me without problems, but in the first corner he went to the grass and I went to the top 1 again. After that, tried to keep a good pace and little by little my gap with Bill, Coyote and Marc was growing slowly, second to second. I didn't lose concentration throughout the race and all went well.
Happy for my win  ;D

Grats Bill and Coyote for the pod!
Thanks all! I hope see you all in next race. I will try it.

Cheers!

Jose (senyorlobo)

Sorry to whoever was behind me on the startline. I forgot to select first gear so when we started I had loads of revs but no forward movement  :oops:

I knew that the Mazda wasn't going to be the fastest here but I wanted to save my fast cars for later in the series. It's also a little B*gg*r to setup up as at slow turns it has a tendency to want to face the direction you just arrived from.

So with the poor start and numerous spins it wasn't long before I was plumb last and by some distance. Still made it to the finish line and received some points so not to bad. And I only have to drive the Mazda one more time.

I was pleased to get 4th spot on the grid and got a good start when the lights turned green. I found myself in P2 and tried to keep Jose in view. His pace was relentlessly faster than mine and he pulled away but I was not allowed to relax since Erling was right on my tail. I managed to keep Erling at bay and later in the race he must have been caught up in a dice with someone because a bit of a gap opened up. Eventually the chequered flag appeared and I was mighty pleased to finish in P2. Congrats to Jose on a commanding drive and also to Erling for the podium place  :)

I was seduced by the Mazda when I tried these cars for the first time and spent far too long trying to make it understand that any steering input should be interpreted as an indication of direction. Not an order to perform a 360 degree spin!!!

After that, I did not have much free time left to try the others. The Datsun was undoubtedly quick and stable, but I did not have the time ( or the ability !!) to get down to the times that Snr Lobo was posting. The BMW was good and solid but, again I did not have the time to make it handle like I wanted.
Usually I find the Porkers, and especially the 911, very tail happy. But, when I drove this one at Atlanta it felt quite stable until it was pushed hard.....................then its true nature came to the surface!!

A few tweaks to the Roll bars and dampers and things improved. But what really got my vote was that it did not appear to use any rubber!!! 10 laps and no wear showing. OK lap times were around the low 1:24's on race fuel but that would get quicker.
The race went well apart from a couple of spins when the tail tried to get out of the corner first. It seemed that once the rear lost traction there was no way of allowing the tyres to regain their grip, and the car just went around in a long graceful slide??!! :-\ :-\....or maybe it was my driving ::) Tyre wear at the end was minimal so maybe I should have pushed harder, but that might have invited more spins.

Grats to Lobo on a dominant win and to the podium finishers. Great to see more drivers on the grid and a good selection of cars.

Thoroughly enjoyed this race.  The track has gone straight to my favorites list. Love the elevation changes, the downhill zig zag and the fast curves  :wub:

After some initial indecision about which car to use, I settled for the Datsun.  Have done a 22.6 lap offline, but try as I might, I couldn't repeat it in qualifying.  Thus had to settle for a somewhat disappointing 5th on the grid. Got an ok start and managed to pass De Martini.  Clive shot ahead, but ended up on the outside of Bill's Beemer, so I could squeeze in front of him on the inside.  Slipped into 3rd when Marc ventured onto the grass.

Chased hard after Bill for the first half of the race.  Got close enough to pressure him a couple of times, but he quickly extended the gap in both cases.  Eventually he edged away.  Behind me, I had a 5-sec gap to Marc, but then I tossed it all away. Bungled up my downshift at the end of the long straight, and entered the curve in 4th, rather than 3rd. That was too fast and I ended up on the grass. Gap was now 2 secs, but further errors reduced it to nothing!   When I went wide again at T1 the following lap, Marc was past.

After some laps, it seemed he would slip away. However, I hunkered down, focused and got some fast laps in (well, fast for me.. ;)).  With that, I started to reel in Marc again.  Was shaping up to be quite a fight, but then he spun in the zig zag section, making it easy for me.  It was late in the race, so if I could keep myself from screwing up too badly, 3rd would be in the bag.  Some 6 secs up ahead was Bill, and I got some tantalizing glimpses of his orange Beemer in various spots on the track.  Started to get greedy - could I possibly get him too ?  Nope; some less than stellar laps brought me no closer ;) - and I then ran out of race to chase him in.

Very chuffed with 3rd though, considering the company. Grats to Jose and Bill on most convincing drives.  Great to see such a large grid, but sorry that so relatively many had problems.
I had my by now seemingly regular problem, of disappearing tyre mark textures.  All looks normal in off- and on-line practice, but come qualify and race, all bar the start- and end blotches disappear, except for maybe the odd one in between.  Anyone else have this ?  (I can illustrate it with a couple of screenshots, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, as the problem carries over to the replays too).

Cheers,
Erling

Yes Erling ... I noticed that the track had fewer tyre marks for the race

This is a issue normal in the most of tracks. I don't know why happens.  ???

Grats to Jose on win
Grats to Podium

Tony ..... was not discoed sat waiting for flag to light up so i could join start grid, could hear the cars on grid very frustrating but just one of those things poss my pc.

Rog ... this once happened to me when I forgot that GTL only allows a very short time to join the grid. I was assuming it was the same as P&G where you get 2 minutes and was messing about with the fuel level before joining the grid only to find that the race had started and I got DQ  ???  All the more embarrassing as I was admin for the event  ::)

if someone wants to look the results table:

Results Road Atlanta (http://googledrive.com/host/0B0VLrTJJX8K-fnUtU1FGU2RzVG5MWXVyckdPcFl3SkNrUFlHa0k4Qmc4Y3g2OC1DaEE0eTg/index.html)

Hi Bill .... you could be right, i was in a rush as late home, tried to do a couple of laps and got stopped and maybe missed the button.

Hello Guys:
Good fun for me, bad results but fun anyway.  Grats to the podium watched you all blow by me two times!!!   Had cut problems with the track, had 4.  3 of them were going to the grass on exit of corners to avoid a spinner.  One was on me exiting the S's and got into the grass.  First penalty was quick and painless, second time I guess I was too close to the pit man and the clipboard wouldn't come up, took a couple of back and forthes to trigger it up.  Also had one accident, T-Boned a 240Z I think it was.  Coming down the S/F hill, popped over the hill and their he was crossways on the track.  No time to react, Sorry to whoever it was, must be tough cars as everything was OK and it was a good solid hit...As I said "good fun" and will be back next week.  Will drive the Austin as I have a good set up from a NoGrip race from a couple of months ago.  Hope the drivers that had problems can get it fixed...

Bob M.///oldgeezer

Hi guys,

I am a disaster man, should it be my lobbyname (DisasterMan)

A quilify was perfect, my best time in this circuit.
And the starts of the race, perfect, 1st position, but The first corner I went to look for mushrooms  :sweatdrop:, why ?? I don't know, cold tyres...

After this mistake my position was 5, and I can overtake Clive in the straight because Datsun is more fast than 911.
After a few laps and Erling mistakes can overtake him.
At lap 30 in zig zag my big big mistke, I went down two gears by mistake and lost control of the car and Erling overtake me.

Great track, great car and enjoyable race.
Datsun is the most stable car that I use in GTL.

Thanks all and pod !!!

That was an enjoyable race guys. Due to some problems installing another monitor i did not had much time on setting up the 240Z and had to dial it in during qualy. Setup was ok but gearing turned out to be a bit off and to much rearbrake bias en diff settings made for a few scary moments during the race.
Off-line i seemed to have no problems, but when the lights went green it was stuttering en lagging during the first 4 laps or so. I nearly quit the race.

From then on it went better and i could concentrate on my battles with Oldgeezer, Eifelblitz and DeMartini which lasted almost the entire race! Great fun!

Yeah real fun - two or three offs but lots of fights with you guys.