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Endurance Race – Le Mans Bugatti

This race is a another chance to experiment with Lee’s refuel patch.
You will need to download the patch from SRMZ - http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=10007&hl=%2Brefuel+%2Bpatch – save to your computer as instructed & activate with the tick box in Gem. Pretty easy. The accompanying text file explains how to go about a refuelling stop.

Race rules as follows. Free choice of chassis for everyone BUT drivers must all make a minimum of one refuel stop. You can take more if you wish.
The race will be run on Intermediate Damage model. Unlimited Shift R is permitted, followed by a compulsory stop & go in the pit lane.

With the potential for different refuel strategies & the closely competitive F2 car set there should be lots of racing. Please take care when exiting the pits & be courteous when overtaking.

This is an endurance race of approximately 80 minutes – qualifying has been reduced to 15 minutes.

Feedback would be welcome.

Race List = iGOR
Server = UKGPL_8
IP = see iGOR
Race date = Sunday 08-01-2017
Time = 21:00 UK time (21:00 GMT)
Track =  Bugatti (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/Tracks/)
Race length = 47 Laps
Variant = 1967 Formula 2
60fps patch used   = 60fpsV2newmod
Damage Model = Intermediate
Qualifying time = 15 minutes

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

Password: see above

Replay - here (https://www.sendspace.com/file/g4peui)

the srmz page that the link refers seems to be dead ???

Mirrored here: http://freeleo.hu/weekly/download/misc/Pitstop%20Patch%20v1.0.zip

Just unzip the xml to your GEM/Options folder.


README:

Thank you for the mirror Jani  :)

I think that the event would be much better served by employing the patch v0.22 with its much slower rate of flow.  Not many F2's out there with dry-break fuel fillers.

I cannot download Bugatti track ...

link in Billy's post not working and when I try to access "gpl track database" I got the answer "working on it" ...

Is there another available site ?

http://www.fileplanet.com/54157/50000/fileinfo/Le-Mans-Circuit-Bugatti-for-Grand-Prix-Legends

try here

Here's another mirror. I think I got this file in the RSC days, it has AI minmax.lp and track.ini updates, and includes the update by Klas from GPL Today in seperate folders included in the download.

http://www.gpldownloads.net/tracks/bugatti_with_addons.zip

Here's the original webpage :) :

https://web.archive.org/web/20050213063514/http://home.swipnet.se/~w-36707/bugatti/

Thank You Gareth and Tom  !

With Tom's help, I managed to download the F2 mod, so hopefully I will join you tonight.  :)

I'm guessing they are all on the same server but SRMZ, Speedgeezers and Track Database are all down just now and have been for over 24 hours  :-\

smrz, ukgpl3, gpltd seems to be all down?
wont make this one :(

Freeze, First lap finish line on Pos 3  >:( >:( >:( >:(

Don't feel that you are being picked on....I got disco'd just a few laps later...also in 3rd place  ::)

This track used to have a history of freezes and discos,  but I thought that it had been "fixed".....................maybe not?

Couldn't find my pit board.  ::)

Computer knocked out with about 17 laps to go... ???

It took me 3 trials to find my pitboard...
Luckily I had enough fuel left.

But with 16 laps to go I had a freeze  ::)

Screen freeze, maybe 18 laps to go, so about lap 30.

I thought this track was 'safe' - have raced here a couple of times before.

The refuelling is a bit of a mystery if you don't have Prib (thanks to Microsoft I can't get mine working). I had a sneaking suspiscion I didn't take on enough gas.

The racing was good while it lasted.

Freeze...

Race was fun. I was on a 3 stopper but Tristan could keep up and take the lead from me! Great racing. I'd done two out of three stops when the computer stopped working.

I'm torn between racing in this league or another one. I really like the racing here but my PC just can't handle 60 fps :( . I'm tired of all the freezes.

But the race was fun while it lasted. Thanks for racing!

Tommie.

screen freeze  :-\

Not sure my system likes the 60fps.  It's certainly not as comfy with it as my older system on Win.7.

It was better with it than at Interlagos maybe as I have tried a few tweaks but not solid.  Particularly coming in to the final turn there was always a stutter.

Kind of putting  me off racing 60fps online.

Anyway. Nice to be back on track.

(p.s. not keen on the refuelling  - and also couldn't see pit board first try)

I think the freezes and discos are more likely down to the Bugatti track, as this place has a long history of such problems. I was hoping that it had been cleaned up as it generates some great battles.
As with all buggy tracks sometimes we get a clean race, and another time 50% of the field vanish.

I wish we had a few more Ginetto's who could sort out some of these unreliable circuits, as there are some fantastic tracks out there that we just cannot use for online league racing because of their faults.

Well, I did a 36 fps race with oAo a couple of months ago and it was fine :).

The pitboard pops up pretty late at Bugatti. I tried it for the first time in the qualifying session and was glad I did :) .

I should have done that. Drove right on past it the first time, and was out of fuel, so had to shift-r and stop next lap. Did a late fuel (~10 laps left) to comply.

Sorry to see so many disco  :(. Was a lonely run.

I am new to the refueling. I was not able to refuel successfully until my third attempt. I had .1 fuel left while in pit lane on my third attempt. Mercifully, it refueled. I felt bad for those that had discos. Better luck next time.

This track did serve up some nice racing. I enjoyed every one of my first 25 laps. This was my first endurance race in GPL. So not bad.

Good race, Congrats Dean, Doni and David!

53m28.290s
Andreas Gebhardt gets disconnected while racing in position 7.

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Tommie67F2 van Ostade gets disconnected while racing in position 1.

53m28.290s
Steve Bird67F2 gets disconnected while racing in position 9.

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Billy NobrakesF2 gets disconnected while racing in position 8.

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Axel Cookie gets disconnected while racing in position 3.

My first endurance race.In the last laps the fatigue was increased but i have done only one error during a breaking.With the help of the disconnection i have gained the 4th position but i have chosen the wrong quantity of fuel(29 laps before the refueling).

Dear me...  :(  Four drivers KO'd at the same instant as per Axel's post above.  Add a couple of others and this has to go down as a non-event.

Canadians top the chart with a 1-2!  Well!  Not unprecedented but rare indeed.  Grats to Deaner on a good drive recovering from early misfortunes.  Fine job by Dave to score a podium but unlucky with an extra stop thanks to a fragged mill and a late off that handed me P2.

Sorry to learn that some had difficulties with their pit stop in not being able to find their stall.  I tested offline and again in qualifying to verify that my board showed.  It did.  I checked my stop time at 9s.  However, in the race, stopping at the end of Lap01 having gassed for the distance, I couldn't see it where it should have been.  No worries.  I simply stopped, counted a slow 9s...replay shows that I was stationary for 12s...and proceeded.  Job done.

I got into some grand duels with Billy, Andreas and Ronnie Nilsson.  That was great fun.  However, my vision pretty much collapsed on Lap02 and I anticipated hitting the showers early.  My right eyeball fogged over horribly and I was essentially driving with one eye only.  Not fun and a lot of guesswork going on behind the wheel.  As we got farther into the race, I decided to try and last to half distance.  As people started to disappear off the leaderboard and I rose in the charts, I decided to stick with it and ended up chasing Dave for a podium spot.  Most unexpected but nevertheless welcome.  Around Lap30, the vision started to improve...tear ducts drained, I expect...and I was able to press an attack on DR.  Not much between us in performance.  A couple of small gaffes on my part...a 360 off the polos late in a lap...seemed to give Dave all he needed to prevail but a missed braking point coming off the main circuit had him in the gravel with just a handful of laps to go and I was through to P2.  Dean was long gone and with my ascending to P2, it became apparent that I had spent all my energies in pursuit of Dave.  Fatigue hit me hard and I started to cruise it a bit and only just held DR at the flag.  Another few laps and I would have been an easy target.

Today, Monday following, my eyes are smarting significantly.  Like having sand thrown in my face.  Must lay off for the rest of the day to compensate for the long race.  The price to be paid for pushing 70...

Ginetto is working on a new Le Mans Bugatti, but I think he will release the new Road America '67 first

I find my pitboard at midle race ... you have to enter slowly ( very slowly ! ) the pit lane and your pit board will pops up.....then you must stop just before it .....not like I do :/...I stop maybe 50 cm after the pit board.....stand up my arm ....but nothing append !??....I try to engage the rear gear, but gearbox stay in neutral !!!.....damned !...I try first gear !...nada !...after 10-15s the game kick me off !!....
....grrrrr !