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RACE TWO

Practice/Car change: ~21:00 (5 mins)
Qualifying: 21:05 (10 mins)
Race: 21:15 (14 laps)

Track: Monza, Italy (Standard GTL Track)

Cars allowed: BMW 2002tii (not S) Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_bmw2002tii)
                     Ford Escort RS1600 Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_escort_rs1600)
                     Nissan Skyline GTR2000 Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_skyline2000gtr)
                     Opel Commodore GS (Not 3000) Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_opel_commodore_gs)
                     Porsche 911S Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_porsche911s1972)
                    
Car restrictions: Four drives maximum per make. Check your status here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FPooSLD493GghZZzv4KblgCSy_iTljKpYhY5ZI2YEpc/edit?usp=sharing)

Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal
Pit stops: Not required

Server: simracing.org.uk Monday
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: None.

Is the "Standard GTL Track" the Monza 88? or the GP? I have both in my tracks folder, but nothing marked Standard.  ???

It's the GP Clive. Standard means it's a track that came with your original GTL download/disk. The load screen has a picture of the track plan with a Shelby GT350.

Thanks Tony.

Results and replay now posted.

Simply not competitive in both races  :(  :P . Need more time for practice and setup.

Sorry about my absence guys.  Still have severe back problems, and on top of that, I learned Saturday that a friend through almost 30 years, is terminally ill with cancer.  Just couldn't muster any enthusiasm for practice and racing.

Real life can dish out some really awful stuff mate. You were missed but in the circumstances, totally understandable.

Very sorry to hear about your friend Erling  :(, as Tony said life can be a bitch sometimes. Also hope your back gets better soon.

On a happier note, my PC is now fixed, graphics card had expired, so hopefully I should be back racing next week & as I am retiring from work tomorrow I will now have no excuse for not having time to do any practice, lol, some hopes!!!!!!!!!

Grats on the PC fix and your up-coming retirement. I'm loving semi-retirement and am really looking forward to that final step to full time no work.

Sorry to hear about your friend Erling.

As for Geoffers, I can thoroughly recommend retirement. But, if you think that it will allow you more time to "play" GTL......think again. These days I wonder how I actually found time to go to work!!! and I certainly cannot get in more simracing practice  :-\


The races last night were great fun, but Ziu was simply a distant memory after around 30 seconds!! In the past I have tried to master the Porker and failed miserably, but from somewhere I conjured up a setup that ( sort of) worked. Well when I say "worked", it did not try to kill me at the first corner and was OK provided that I was gentle on the gas out of corners.
I deliberately chose the Porsche for this track as it does not have too many corners  ::) hoping to use up the drives and save cars I am more confident about driving for other circuits.
But in both races that Porsche was simply waiting for me to get confident, and then when I pushed just a little too hard on the gas it instantly stuffed me into the nearest barrier.  :(
I lost places in both races when the Porsche curse took me out. In race 1 (we will ignore the start to preserve some dignity), I was fending off Bob in his Nissan for many laps before a tank slapper out of Ascari got rapidly uncontrollable and I said "Hello" to Mr Armco.
Race 2 I was enjoying chasing down Fulvio in his Commodore and the Porsche got me again  :-\

Still very enjoyable and some great racing.

Result (https://www.avonrise.co.uk/srou/kurts/MonzaGP_26022018R1)

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Thanks Kurt  :thumbup1:

Lucky guys  :rockon:

Thanks guys; life is indeed a bitch sometimes  :'(

Glad to hear that you got the PC fixed Geoffers - and hope retirement will become you well  :)