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RACE ONE

Practice: ~19:25 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:25 (5 mins, One attempt at a timed lap only)
Race: 20:30 (14 laps)

Track: Manfeild Park Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg203765#post_manfeild)

Cars allowed: Isuzu Bellett 1600GT Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_isuzu_bellett)
                       Mazda RX-3 Gr.2 Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54520#post_mazda_rx3) (Exclude car #41CY)
                       Toyota Corolla KE30 Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54520#post_corolla)

                       To fix the Mazda, so that it shows up in-game, download this http://www.mediafire.com/file/so9a37x756n5j2y/Mazda_TC-65_cars.zip/file
                       and overwrite the existing car files.

                       To fix the Toyota, so that it shows up in-game, download this http://www.mediafire.com/file/24k2r01heel0xgl/Toyota_TC-65_cars.zip/file
                       and overwrite the existing car files.
        
Car restrictions: One drive maximum per make/per night. You decide which race you enter which make in.

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

Server: simracing.org.uk Wednesday
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: Note early race start.

This is the 1.724m layout and is not reversed.

Hi all SORRY for lack of communication but had to have another op on eyes okay now. Re steering problem have cured with new install of windows and my back up copy of GTL. Hope to be home to race tonight if not will be back next week.

Great news Rog!

Hi Tony Thanks,  just trying gtl online to see everything my end works, track not set to Manfield Park?

Thanks Tony all working fine online.

Results and replay now posted.

Simple track, but found all the cars tricky to drive here.

Race 1:
Kept 2nd after the start, but just as I had a tiny gap back to Clive, I screw up in the final corner, running wide into the gravel.  Clive & Dan past, and Patrick too, when he carried more speed down the start/finish.  Reclaimed that position next lap and chased after Dan. Couldn't hear myself think behind his infernal Mazda, let alone my engine or tyres.  He had a moment where I made my mistake, so I could repay the favor.  Getting in front of him didn't help with the noise...  Soon after Clive made a mistake and I got him too.  Damn near repeated my own mistake on the penultimate lap, making the final lap more exiting that it needed to be.  Grats to Geoffers on the win and Clive for 3rd.

Race 2:
No friend of the Mazda, so how on earth I landed pole with it is beyond me - only plausible explanation must be that the rest of you sucked bigtime in qual..  ;D
Dan squeezed into the lead through the first corners, and I ran wide in the hairpin on cold tyres, leaving the door open for Geoffers to breeze through.  He soon took the lead, and I followed Dan. He had a few wobbly moments, so looked like an opportunity might present itself, but then he played an unexpected trump. Suddenly his car started laying down a dense smokescreen. Couldn't see neither where I was going, nor my brake points, so had no choice but to stop racing him and drop back - far back. Even 5 secs behind him, I still had problems. Also meant I slipped back into Patrick's clutches, so I not only couldn't challenge for 2nd, but also risked losing 3rd.  Waited for Dan's engine to blow, but never happened, it just smoked for over half the race.   Grats to Geoffers on yet another win, and to Dan for 2nd, even if his methods were questionable..  ;)

Race 3:
Surprise pole. Thought Geoffers had refrained from setting a time, to make his race less boring, but he claimed to have tried and spun.   Kept the lead at the start, and then had Clive for relatively close company for most of the race.  5-sec gap towards the end, when he spun and Geoffers finally made his presence felt - biting huge chunks out of my lead, so relieved when the race ended.  Grats to Geoffers on 2nd and a most impressive recovery drive, and to Clive for completing the podium.

This one was not a frustrating evening, but rather a pleasant but tiring one!  :)

First of all whoever (Tony? alone or with some help?) chose the cars and the tracks for this series made a really great job!  :thumbup2:
I am still amazed to see how different these cars feel and however produce very similar lap times. And I think that the tracks fit these cars well (or is it the opposite ?)

Race1:
To my liking Roger was quite a bit too big in my mirror for many laps but I finally managed to create a decent gap (if not a comfortable one).
After that I managed to get close to a fighting trio that became a duo as Erling eased away from it. Thanks to Dan visiting the lawn the duo was then limited to The Evil One. I tried to attack him for the few remaining laps, but without success if not without fun. P4 as a result.

Race2:
The Toyota is the easiest one of the 3 cars for me, but this race was a bit dull.
I could not quite stay with the top three guys, but was able to stay around 2 sec away from Erling for most of the race. I had a bit more cushion on my backside without it being really comfortable...
Not as badly as Erling, but I also "benefited" from Dan's engine resilience  ;D ... P4 as a result.

Race3:
It's Mazda time, and I don't really like this car so I was surprised to be on P4 on the grid (Oh, yes Geoffers did not quali, that helps  ;) )
Roger missed his start so I was P3 for a few laps, managing to avoid any big mistakes whilst Tony, Roger & Bob kept themselves busy (and slowed down a bit).
But around lap 7 I realized that in P4 was now Geoffers  :o and all hopes of a podium finish now disappeared... I could resist for about one lap but then he passed me easily (he gained nearly one second on me in T1 alone!  :surrender: ).
On lap 12 I had the pleasure to see Evilclive coming out from a garden party  ;D and was able to pass him... but not for long  :-[. We had a quick interesting  :fencing: and I got P4 as a result.

So I went back home with three "chocolate medals", which is a pretty good result for me, and a big grin on my face!
Thanks all for a good racing evening.  :punk:

All me  :-[

BTW the next track in this series is Pukekohe which I think is a great track, with a long back straight terminating in a devilishly tight hairpin.

Result_Race 1 (https://www.avonrise.co.uk/srou/kurts/Manfeild_14082019_R1)

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Thanks for doing these results Kurt  :thumbup1:

Still struggling with the handling of all of these cars, especially some unexpected reactions with breaking before and accelerating behind curves - but
I could watch that I wasn't alone with this matter.

So Race 1 and 2 were for the most part lonely ones at the back of the pack.

In Race 3 I was hoping for some fun with Dan who was cruising not far behind me in the Bellet but I spun due to a missconnection and lost so much time
that there was no further action to be expected anymore. So I quit.

CU next week.

Then, "Chapeau bas !" Monsieur Tony  :)

Did you try the setups shared by Geoffers a few races ago? They helped me a lot by making the cars (Isuzu & Toyota most notably) a lot more stable.

Like others I found the cars a bit tricky to drive on this track, think it must have a lowish grip level. Only the Corolla felt good here so it was the one I was most confident with!!!!  :whistling:

Race 1, not much to report really, just had one moment where I got too much kerb in the final turn, had a wobble, overcorrected & took a trip through the gravel trap.

Race 2, beaten to pole by Erling who had the inside line for T1 which also let Dan nip past too. Got 2nd back from Erling at the turn onto the back straight & grabbed the lead from Dan a lap or two later. Proceeded to make my escape while rear-gunner Dan gassed the opposition. :lol:

Race 3 in the Corolla (easiest car to drive!). Had to start at the back as I spun it at T1 on my qually lap. Gained a couple of places at the start but then changed down too many gears for the LH hairpin & promptly spun again ::). Got my act together after that & slowly worked my way up the field to be finally gifted 2nd place when Clive spun 3 laps from the end.

Congrats to Erling on race 3 victory & to Clive & Dan on their podiums.  :clap: :clap: :clap:

just a few quick remarks: Sorry about my smoking engine guys, from where I was sitting I didn't realize how miserable I was making life for drivers behind me ! It certainly compensated for my lack of driving skills!
By what Geoffers wrote about low grip level and adapting to it, I suddenly realized that one of my common mistakes is that I want the car to behave the way I want it, whereas  it should be that the driver behaves  the way the car allows him to ! So many  times ,too fast in, power on too early, unable to deal with understeer, caught by unstable braking and what have you……..! Back to driving school and learn to listen to and feel a car.   Aaaarrrgh….will I ever learn?


Not all is gloomy though….because I'd like to thank everyone for a very entertaining racing evening 
(Kurt I should have waited for you for some extra racing fun)

Cheers, Dan