SimRacing.org.uk

Grid/server capacity: 22

Track: Silverstone

Cars allowed: Alpine A364

Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (25 laps)

Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal
Pit stops required: No

Server: simracing.org.uk Mondays
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

CAR RESERVATIONS

#63 - Wiltshire Tony
#84 - Bob M
#50 - SpecialKS
#77 - S.Cargo
#9 - Roguk
#51 - Geoffers
#17 - phspok
#223 - EvilClive
#10 - Suti
#34 - Erling G-P
#62 - seniordan
#27 - Luis Mesquita
#28 - _osnikniess_
#79 - Ziu Bacubacu
#18 - nocatu

Is this Silverstone 70?

Yep. It was included in your download.

Ahh, understood, so the Monaco is the Monaco 67, Ta for that.

I'm away again for this & the Wednesday races at Pukekohe, have fun guys, cya at Monaco.

Hope to step in coming Monday . Tony could I have car number 62 please.?

Cheers

Done

We may have a new driver joining us  :clap:

My name Luis Mesquita I am a virtual driver in leagues in Brazil and recently found SimRacing.org.uk and was especially interested in the GTL championships, which is no longer in leagues in Brazil.
I wonder if it is possible for me to participate, either racing or 4Funs here with you GTL? and how can i get the mods. (especially 1972 French Formula 3) and tracks to be present on the server.
Grateful for the attention.

Be great to have you join us Luis. Our season finishes in December so all of our series are reaching their end but please, don't let that stop you from joining in any of our forthcoming races.

Thank you !!! Tony!! :thumbup2:

Welcome Luis.........Great bunch of guys to drive with, even if I say so myself.  Got some aliens and then there's me and other earthlings too!

Bob M.

 ;D


Welcome Luis  8)

Welcome Luis  ;D

Be interesting to see what ping Luis gets from Brazil, assuming you are in Brasil  ::)

Is it likely to be any worse than say Bob in the US?

FWIW

...and I know that we are talking different servers but, we have quite a strong Brazilian cohort in UKGPL and generally there are very few connection issues. Even allowing for the fact that all of UKGPL servers are actually older PC's that have been pressed into service in member's houses both here in the UK and in Germany, our connection and ping values are very good.

So I am presuming ( which is a dangerous thing to do when dealing with the interweb  ::) ) that whatever internet infrastructure there is between here and Brazil is pretty robust and Luis will have no problems........it might even attract a few more frustrated GTL fans from South America to join us??

Be nice to see some target times for this one, which will be my first drive in this series.

Luis may have a good conn but typically Brasil is nearly double U.S

All I have done is a 10 min checkout run to test the track/car combo offline. I see that it is the 67 GPL track layout, so I know my way around and after a couple of "excursions" I managed a 1:35 lap.
If ( a big "if") I can find the time and skill to tame the setup from the last race, I would expect hope to shave maybe a second off of that time in race trim.

Thanks guys
I really am in Brazil, I live in the state of Minas Gerais.
As it turns out, a "mismatch" message is coming to me as I enter the 70Silverstone track.
I run normally but the times the lap times are not recorded.
Any idea what it might be?

Tony, could I have car number #27 ?

33.5 after two laps with the Nogaro setup. 31.6 with a few setup changes and taking some liberties with the track limits  ::)

I am unable to help you as I am flying back to UK today so my laptop is packed away. I'll see what I can do on Sunday morning. I've probably put the wrong version of the track on the server. Anyone else getting mismatch messages?

Done.

I've just been on the server and I don't get any messages.

Perhaps you already have an older version of the same track?

I will delete the track folder and put it back.
Thank you

Solved guys
Problem with SIM_GTC.gdb file.
I believe that at installation it was not replaced.
I reloaded and it worked. :clap:

Vamos acelerar então.. :scooter:

At first: fortunately no pit stop issues here (offline) - so it looks like a Nogaro related thing. However it don't look logical  ???

And for the sake of completeness: pb so far 1:31.9 (AI 1:28).

Then checked the ABB hdc and tyr file for comparison reasons: pb 1:37.7 only. Far more slippery due to other tyres and with brakes jamming.

I don't understaznd the tyre thing? I have goodyears, is there another one?

I think Kurt is talking about a version of the mod available at Altbierbude.

Yep - sorry for confusion. ABB tyre is called "1972" and obviously a different one.

Hello everyone. I would like to sign up for the F3 championship.
Could you give more details?
I already have the GTL, the cars and the tracks.

Thanks.

Just done a few hot laps with Osni.. err, he is quite quick  :o
As in we both got under 1:30, and he was a tenth faster than me  :notworthy:
His ping was ~200 so quite good, and should not be a problem  :thumbup1:

I would like to drive car # 28

I came by indication of Luis Mesquita, here from Brazil too!

150/5000
Is there any place where I can see the fast laps logged on the server?
I ask this so that I can have a reference in my practices.

Looks like your all sorted. Welcome to UKGTL.

Done

Sorry but we do not have that facility here.
But if your faster than Phspok your doing OK.

Is Phspok the pilot MattR8?

Yes

The previous race where I won,  https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=16162#event6962 (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=16162#event6962)

does not show the more normal pace of other drivers, who are usually a second or more faster than me.

Can you tell me if I can configure to display the dashboard, as displayed on the car's external cameras (See Image 1), at the camera cockpit? (See image 2)


IMAGE 1
(https://i.imgur.com/Clbs9WB.jpg)


IMAGE 2
(https://i.imgur.com/TS8bkDm.jpg)



..

Use the "2" key to toggle through dial options.

EDIT: That's the 2 found under " (UK Keyboard). Not Numpad.

Hi osnikniess & welcome.

Strange but maybe have a look at your plr-file and search for the line "Allow HUD in cockpit" under [ graphic options ]:

Should look like this:

...LOD Multiplier Multiplier="1.00275" // Multiplier applied to vehicle and track LODs (< 1.0 higher FPS)
Allow HUD in cockpit="1"
Allow Swingman in Pitlane="1"...

Not quite sure but I have always the HUD activated.

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edit: Tony was faster with another solution  ;)

Kurt, I changed the tyre name from 1972 to GoodYear, for our series, as all the cars are shown with GoodYear tyres. I did not change any of the tyre related data. Whether ABB did, is something I do not know.

IMPORTANT

Race distance has been reduced by one lap.

So this event will now be 25 laps long.

Just finished my first offline praccy session and quite pleased to get my time down to a 1:30.7 in race spec.

That front left tyre is a bit of a concern tho  :scared:

Looks like I will be last in this one  :o

 :scared:  Geeeez guys, some of the times that you are posting are very disconcerting!!!
I must have been doing something very wrong during my short test earlier in the week!!!  :-\ You guys are all 5-6 secs faster than my pathetic effort!!! 
I only did around 5 laps to check that the circuit was loaded correctly, but I think I need to get involved in some serious practice and search for those elusive 6 seconds  :o :o

I have managed a lucky 28.9 on qual fuel so far, But I can't repeat it easily. Race pace is low to mid 1:30

lmao!!  Is that news supposed to make me feel better Matt?? ??? ::)  You seem to have unlocked the sweet spot with these cars, whereas I am still fighting the handling problems and waiting for the inevitable trip into the scenery at each corner.

I will have to try and find some time before tonight's race for some practice and discover where I am going wrong.  :-\

I am strapped for time, because I have another race on Tuesday evening in GPL on a new city circuit, (which I have not even downloaded yet!!) From posts on the UKGPL forum this is a long tricky/technical street circuit with a lot of potential for race ending contact with hard stuff??!!

I will be there for the race start tonight...how long I survive will depend on how productive any practice is later today.  :sweatdrop:

Tony, car 79 for me. Just i want see if it s possible beat Matt  ;)

Done

Ha! The idea of Ziu trying to beat me is something "unexpected" More likely he will lap me  ::)
Also these Brasilian chaps are jolly fast  ;D

Setup for here is quite different to what I had to do at Nogaro to make it driveable
Default setup works ok here, I just made some adjustments for tyre wear.

What setups ? Just use your rabbits !

(https://phspok1.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/StunnedRabbit1.jpg)

Thanks for the info.
I've changed the file now and HUD is OK for me.

In the same file remember to set Front wheels visible in cockpit to 1

It was the first thing I did! Thank you for the tips!

Question: Is it mandatory to use pit limiter? 40 mph

YES when actually race pitting. NO for everything else

Race server now up

I have to skip todays race.

I got distracted because I got a call from my wife on my cell phone !!!

I do not deserve this...
  >:(   >:(

Very nice guys
it was really fun.
See you next time :thumbup2:

First off big sorry to Dan, just lost my rear grip and went to the wall and then hit you.  Secondly,,, big success,,, finished the race and only got lapped once!!!  These cars are way beyond my capabilities, I just set it up as docile as I could like I would for a endurance race.  Grats to the podium and all the finishers.  Sorry to the guys who had problems.......See you all at Monaco, I know I'll never finish there!!!

Bob M.

Results and replay now posted.

No problem Bob. I should have braked earlier. Made it to the pits and they repaired everything except the front right that had gone ! Ah well. Followed you for quite a number of laps, very good pace and it looked like your laptimes were very consistent. So no worries about Monaco I'd say.

Cheers, Dan

Grats to the podium and welcome to the new drivers .

First of all thanks to Osni, for sharing his setup with me. I had managed to wrestle the car sub 1:30 with my own setup, but it was hard work and worked the tyres much too hard. Osni's setup achieved the same speed at much less cost  ;)

I was still around 1.5 secs + off the pace of the front guys but more than happy with the improvement. However I was less pleased with the SnG for 2 track cut warnings ( I always thought it was 3??) I served the SnG and rejoined approx. 35secs behind the field. 2 laps later "DQ for failing to serve SnG"!!!  ??? ???

Also, while I am in moaning mood  :D. Every time that someone joined the server my car would freeze for 2 secs, but the game kept rolling, so I would lose approx. 2 secs for each person who joined??. Obviously this was not during the race and only impacted my practice and quali runs, but did anyone else have similar issues??? or is there something amiss with my install?

For future reference............

Third party tracks are notoriously bad at correctly predicting the correct No. of laps/Fuel quantity.

Get this invaluable add-on to GTL called XD which provides loads of in-race information in HUD format. Things like race position, fuel used, tyre wear, fastest laptime etc are displayed for your information. Get XD here http://www.vitumo.de/ and drop the downloaded files in to your GTL main folder.

I seemed to take a long time to load into the game so I don't think it was anything faulty at your end (bar the usual  ;) ).

Sorry for leaving qualy several times. I was getting an intermittent sound loss issue, which seems to be getting worse.

So, by XD the forecast of laps (Silverstone 70) for a 60 liter tank was 27 laps ...

Well perhaps.....
By my reckoning (and this can be affected by drivers setup and style) I had it at 2.28 litres per lap so that equated to just over 26 laps. I therefore revised the lap count to 25 to avoid anyone running out of fuel. However I have to say that Ziu told me by pm that he was getting a higher fuel figure and wanted to have the race further shortened.

My Brazilian is zero and I'm always impressed by others ability to have English as a second language and use it so well but.........

Luis, Good Night means Bye Bye, Good Evening means Hello.

I hope no offence is caused by my petty observation, none is meant.  :smartass:

My car's fuel consumption was at 2.18 per lap

my english is translated by Google translator :lol:

:lol:

:notworthy:

Very content with process of practice and quali improving to slightly under 1:30 by just refining my Nogaro setup
and after I learned that Woodcote can be done in 5th full  ;D
But in race ironically I lost the car in that particular corner.   :P

Nice turnout. Cannot imagine what would have been possible with Geoffers, Erling and some others around  ;)

Results to be posted tonight.

Thanks Tony and all involved for organizing this addon series.

Monaco will be a different thing ...  ???

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Enjoyed that a lot. Something about that old Silverstone with it's sweeping turns and long straights brings a big smile to my face. Didn't actually care where I finished, I just enjoyed the feeling of speed and unlike Clive, I love that rasping engine note. Nice to have a good grid, thanks to everyone for turning out. Always makes the effort required to set up one of these "extra" series worth it. If we had the four missing drivers we could have had a fifteen car grid  :o
Next is Monaco which is typically a crash fest  ::)
Oh well, here goes  :scared:

Really love "OLD-Silverstone" too and also like the carsounds which here imo fit a lot better than in the Alpine A110.

Here some information about Alpine F3 cars: http://www.f3history.co.uk/Manufacturers/Alpine/alpine.htm?LMCL=UZTYYR (http://www.f3history.co.uk/Manufacturers/Alpine/alpine.htm?LMCL=UZTYYR)

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Apologies to Luis, as, after falling off I caught him up and hit it from behind as I misjudged his braking  :o
My fault entirely.

Started well, outdragged everyoone into T1, then couldn't quite match the pace of the chasing hounds

I had done some practice for this, and was looking forward to it. But, I had practiced on a different system
with a different wheel. Felt ok in qual, but in the race I kept turning early or late, and had a few offs
the final one killed the engine though it looked ok in XD, dam thing would not start. I tried to roll off track
aas far as I could, but ended up quitting as I was something of a hazard  :hang:

All right
Racing accident :thumbup2:

Same story here! a bit strange...  I also noticed that it took a long time to load each player when I joined, not sure if there is any link.

Apart from that it was one more good racing evening!
Not that I spent too much time fighting with anybody, but at least I was able to run consistently throughout the race. My pace was not quite fast enough to keep company to Roger, not to mention the aliens, but not that far off either.
I was afraid that the tyre wear would make my life miserable at the end of the race, but it was not so bad finally. Also the race being only 22 laps did help ;D (I was prepared for a 25 laps race)
Very good to see more people joining these races, it became rare to have 10+ drivers grids.  :)
And that will add some company for Geoffers & Erling as well...  ;)

Result (https://www.avonrise.co.uk/srou/kurts/70Silverstone_14102019)

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