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65s Funrace Santas vs Elves at Siverstone

By semi-popular  demand Santa vs the Elves returns to GPL.
As a wind down from the Christmas delivery there is nothing more that Santa & the Elves like more than to go racing 1960’s style.  
This year Santa has challenged the Chief Elf to race at Siverstone.

The supporting cast (drivers) are asked to assemble in the UKGPL chat Room in IGOR.
Chief Elf (Cookie) & Santa (whose identity will be revealed on the night) will take turns to pick teams from those present.
Please listen carefully for instructions (but this doesn’t mean there is no room for a bit of pre-race banter).  
The password will be announced in chat.

As tradition has it the Elves get to race the british green machines – Lotus 33 or BRM ,
Santa’s get a choice of the red sleigh (Ferrari) or the sometimes red Brabham BT11.

Drivers will score points according the standard system.
At the end of the race team Santa & team Elf will have their points added together to declare the winning team.
The event is unmoderated – but the usual high standards are expected.
 
Unlimited Shift R is allowed & there are no Stop & Go’s BUT each Shift R will cost your team 3 points.

Race list	iGOR
Server	UKGPL_8
IP address	look at IGOR
Date	27-12-2015
Race time	Race starts at 21:30 UK time
Qualifying	30 minutes, make sure to be in IGOR chat ~ 20:45 UK time
Track	Silverstone Papy
Mod	65 with 60fpsv2newmod
Damage model	INT
Race length	28 laps
Replay	Available here (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/replays/Archive/Season29/FunRaces/)

GLA and have FUN

Guess I'd better download the 65 mod, then.  I've never tried it.

You should! And as a surprise gift you will get the carsets for Tasman Series :)
http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=5015


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This race sounds interesting. I'm definitely in! :)

You've only been missing the best part of GPL.

Hmm... tried out a few laps.  It's ok.  Much prefer 69s.  :)

For hotlapping, sure, but online is a different game. Get in a pack of these at Monza running inches apart, side by side for the entire lap... that's what GPL dreams are made of.  :D

65s are the best, you don't need to be a setup guru to be competitive.

Looing forward this

merry xmas to all  ;D

Looks like I won't make this one - Kate has a friend staying over.
Guess which room has the PC in it?  ::)

Looks like I won't make this either unfortunately.
I have last minute customers arriving around 9pm (uk) so they will more than likely force my retirement from this race before I even get there ;)

GLA & enjoy :)

PW = xmas

Joined the server ,no wheel  :o had to re boot re connect wheel and re join race then no  lotus set up  :o then missed the start due to faffing with gears and stuff , started from pit lane already 1 lap down , after a very lonely race and many many spins got to see the chequer waved .

The End  ;D

Grtas to the podium boys and to the winning team ( Elves? ) whoever it was could not possibly have won without me  ;D

Merry Xmas each & all  :wheelchair:

Struggled in the Ferrari, the balance was not good and overheated my rear tires at times. Lost touch with Tristan and Axel, also had a lot of stuttering mid race which didn't help for my laptimes, then the Evil Elf helped to get back my focus, before making more mistakes towards the end and dropping back...ran out of fuel and had to settle for 6th...sorry to let my team down...

Having some messy races lately, hoping it's not going to be a trend  ;)

Also a tough break for Tristan who led much of the race.. Great job Dean saving the day, as you say not bad for a 5th pick  ;D

Grats Axel, very consistent and well done Dean and Clive! :) Grats to the Elves who obviously won  :o

Lucky to be able to join this race & glad to have done, it was great fun :)
I managed to set a qualifying time good enough for 11th on race fuel & got away cleanly from the line, passing a couple of cars down the straight.
Jani went wide into Stowe & I took the inside, but Jani came back to the inside & we collided.
I could carry on without any apparent damage but lost some places. I lost a couple more at Club when I selected 1st gear by mistake.

I gained places due to others' mistakes, lost one due to my spin at Abbey, but I had loads of fun chasing Greg, Clive & Robert for what seems like most of the race :)

Grats podium & winning team :D

We used to have team races in Groundhog league but this was really different. Having three or more team mates around and sorting out who is the fastest in the group and where should you go is really strange but still great fun :D  Thanks all for the race!
Congrats to Axel and podium!

I did some math and have a provisional result without resets counted

Elves 193  :  Santas 151

WOW what a race, I allways stayed in 50 - 100m distance to Tris making little mistakes but had consistent good tire and engine temps.

So I waited for Tris to get problems, but he kept the pace til the penultimate lap when he blew the engine, shame!
Tris should have made a reset to gain more points...

Thanks for running the race guys, sorry I didn't show better for the Santas...got our a$$es whooped!

I had a reasonably fun time, but was struggling in the Ferrari.  I only drive 65s occasionally and even then generally not the Fez, but I chose it over the Brab since I thought it'd be quicker.  I didn't have a setup so downloaded a 'Dark' one which while a bit understeery are generally a good place to start.  This particular setup was okay handling wise but I seemed to be between gears in 3 or 4 corners and revving out down the straight.  I only had about 10 mins to qual (got a newborn at home) and didn't fettle the gears to ensure I made the start.  Most of the race I was somewhere near my team-mate Andreas, we swapped places a time or two but a roll and a reset left me with a gap I couldn't close.  My pace was well shy of the top guys, around 1.5 secs off, which I'm not too happy with, but perhaps I can content myself somewhat with a compromised setup  :P  Gotta have the excuses!

Cheers,

Bob

I did not see the message about my "wrong car" until there was only 10mins quali left...lol  I actually thought that I had selected the Lotus and just did not notice the shiny Brabham logo on the steering wheel  ::)

So, once I had the Lotus I could only practice with race setup and guesswork.
Starting 9th did not look very promising, but I was surprised to find myself on the tail of the leading group of 6 cars after only a couple of laps :o.
 Great fun chasing down each car, until I made a serie of small mistakes when I was pushing too hard to catch Robert and things got very sideways at Stowe allowing Dean through with only about 6 laps left and no time to catch him.

Then Robert ran off the track and Tris blew his engine!!! very bad Santas!! promoting me from 5th to 3rd in about 1.5 laps. Very Lucky for the elves  ;D ;D


This is always great fun and last night was no exception. fantastic racing from start to finish.