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Season 28 - 60fpsV2newmod – 67s Fun Race - Monza 10K

It will take place on the infamous Monza 10K circuit. It’s the traditional Monza track with a banked oval which had been used for Formula 1 until 1961. Much of the race will taken in top gear & there will be plenty of opportunity for drafting.

The race will be run under INT rules and you have a free car choice.
You can do 2x shift+r with a consecutive stop and go in the pits !

We will use the 60fpsV2newmod (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/Replays/Archive/Season27/60fps/) patch.

Race List	=	IGOR
Server	=	UKGPL_8/Privs + UKGPL_9/Works
IP Address	=	look at IGOR
Race date	=	08-02-2015
Qualification Time	=	~20:45  UK time -> 45min
Race Time	=	race starts at 21:30 UK time
Track	=	Monza 10k (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/Tracks/Monza10K/)
Variant	=	67
Damage Model	=	INT
Race length	=	~50 min -> 22 laps
Replay	=	you will get here (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/Replays/Archive/Season28/Funraces/)

Please restrict chat to emergency messages only including at the end of the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Have FUN!

Sounds good, although car choice is really the Lotus or the Eagle.

Just remember...

The 67 F1’s robustness values are:

Brabham = 150%
BRM = 100%
Honda = 100%
Ferrari = 100%
Cooper = 90%
Lotus = 70%
Eagle = 60%

Brabham 150%? Yeah right! :P

Yes, a Braby will survive even if you tread him badly  ;D

The blown Repco units at the side of the tracks I've driven it on beg to differ!

It is Monza so I am sure there will be at least one Ferrari. I was considering a lesser car for practice. I'm not sure if I can race yet (does not look good).

I made statistics with 231 races I started in mod67, here is the percentage of engine robustness I had :

Ferrari = 96%
Eagle     = 92%
Honda  = 91%
Lotus     = 84%
Cooper = 83%
Brabham = 79%
BRM   = 65%

Very different from what you wrote.

These values come from the master of GPL physics...
They are implemented in the gpl.exe and based on the real results in 1967.

This does not mean the engine alone  ;)

You can hit an armco much harder with a Braby than with an Eagle and stay unharmed...

Can we do this in the 69X on Tuesday as well? I think this will be a good one to go for!

Yes we can!

PS
 I just installed the Thomas Laechele version (http://www.thomas-laechele.de/gpl/)...WOW... what a beauty!



And if you dont like the folks in the pits, I upped it on UKGPL_3 ;)

Thanks Axel, and Thomas ;)

Prolly have to delete them, as I already have FPS drops...always at tracks where the lanes inter collide...will come in the BRM, so don't worry about me  :-*

Gutted to miss this but wheel is still bust...

had some setup issues after fiddling with some axes merging program to use pedals in a flightsim. Gl all

Was fun until it lasted, didn't bother to reset again with 110 liters of fuel in the tank...already was sitting duck..anyway got passed a lot, but due to crashes got in 4th before dropping back to 6th or so, and then an Eagle crossed the backstraight towards Parabolica...

Some good racing going on and a lot of action  ;D

sorry robert i hit lestyn and lost control myself....you did well.

I write some more tomorrow...to tired. gn8 all and thx for racing

No worries Bastian, just racing...it was Rusty Iesty taking the Fezza for a spin or two  :P You were carambole-aging between the armco's and hard to miss...

Interesting Dave.. Greg drove the Ferrari when he started as he found that the most reliable. Brabham I know is best.. Honda blows if too hot, so Honda, Lotus, Eagle are the 'fragile' ones. BRM however I did blow up on the starting grid 1 year ago :laugh:.

Today.. took a setup off GPLTD, which meant I had to drive around it on bump rubbers and brake bias, leading to some offs. But a good race on the whole; sorry for spinning at Ascari, which led to Rob's exit from a good run in the tank (BRM). If it was a Brab, you definitely could have done some re-passing :P.

I practically let Ray by thinking he would blow past me in the Lotus, then realised he'd just done a shift-r and was heavy with fuel.. I couldn't then repass, as my car topped out at 195mph! 5th too short! A few times I was close to the fast lap by Cookie too, which made me push (and led to the Ascari spin :().

Last lap, I was right on Bob's tail, passed him into Banking 1, he passed back into Banking 2, and I was so close coming off it that I actually punted him out of it! Apologies.. I should have backed off a bit at the banking 'apex' and tried to then draft out, but I was throttling the red car for everything it was worth, as I knew it lacked top end. I was glad though that Bob could still fly across the line for 2nd (even if upside down) ahead of me! Andreas was a little behind us, so didn't pile into our wreckage, but it must have looked funny from his viewpoint as he closed in. :D

My Race was fun, but somehow also full of trouble.

I Avoided starts crashes for half a lap when i blew the engine shortly before pit entrance.
I Took my pit stop while shift-r. Is that allowed ?

Later i had some good racin when the incident with Iestyn and Robert happend. No shift r needed here.

In the pre last lap i was fighting with greg when we had an horrific accident. I took my second shift/r and got hit
without seeing anything. i was  so confused that I hit shift r again. later the lap i thought it was an illegal move so i just rolled
into finish slowly and let billy pass.

Having taken the Lotus I thought I would give everyone else a chance and filled up with the full 46gallons for the start. Still some, like yourself, seemed to struggle to keep up at times. Unfortunately or fortunately depending on your point of view she blew again and so I retired. Grats to yourself, Axel and Bob for the podium slots.