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RACE ONE

Practice: ~19:25 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:25 (5 mins) Drivers must not leave qualifying to change car make. One attempt at a timed lap only
Race: 20:30 (18 laps)

Track: Lakeside Download this (http://www.mediafire.com/file/v0lq2upbzu2k9e0/Lakeside.zip/file)

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)
                       Hillman Imp Download this (http://www.mediafire.com/file/frcfxv9nswocduv/GameData.zip/file) (Cars 131 & 172 only. Cars downloaded for previous series will be Ok here)
                       Ford Cortina Mk.3 (pm WT for download link)
                      
                       To fix the Mazda, so that it shows up in-game, download this http://www.mediafire.com/file/enf9cr3zrsl8o81/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/fn73n5uhzxlzlmu/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 Wednesdays
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.

Appears the two download links for the track are defunct Tony.  :(

Thanks Geoffers, try it now.

Works now.  :thumbup1:

On top - as the track & Imp downloads only work with the Race 1 announcement  8)

Yeah, I figured everyone would get their downloads from the Race 1 thread.

So how does this 5-car / 3-race a night work?  I can't see any links to a spreadsheet with total # of drives per car, so can we pick any 3 out of the 5 for each event - and in principle never drive up to 2 of the 5 cars, or do we have to drive all of them ?

Just pick any three from five, no limits, no restrictions, except you must drive a different car in each race per evening.

Ok thanks.  Would the Sunbeams be ok too ?  They seem to have the same specs as the Hillmans.  Btw, I have a # 131 & #171, but not a #172 - do I need to download again, or should 172 have been 171 ?  :)

Yes, same here 131 & 171. There were only the 2 cars in the download I think Erling, both Hillmans, no Sunbeams.

No Sunbeams please.

The 171/172 car is due to a modder brainfade. It's called 172 in the Imp folder but it's 171 when you view it in the showroom (or is it the other way around).

Sorry guys, looks like no race for me, Dom's car is shown as Cobra & continually trying to load, so something awry with my install, will try new downloads & try later.

Dom is in a Cortina #55

Is my install OK then or do I leave?

Can't re download the Cortina, link Tony supplied me is dead.

Just checked my Cortina download, I don't have a #55 Cortina! Only have 9,18,25,50 & 58.

Never mind guys cya next week.

Geoffers - you have pm.

Only #50, 55, 58 & 117 included in the DL (432mB)

Fuel issues in Race 1 & 2  :(

Skipping Race 3 - too late for me  :sleep1:

Results and replay now posted.

Fun races as usual with these cars.  Grats to the podium.
Have a strange problem that started a few months ago on these double and triple races were you exit to change cars.  Seems like when I exit and come back into the short practice I get disconnections after entering and while I'm on the track during practice.  No message, just do a couple of laps and come into the pits with no cars.  The status board has all your names, just no times except mine.  If I click on one of your names and your ontrack I just see the shackey hood view.  Now to make it even weirder it never has happened between R2 & R3.  Any ideas out there?
Also want to ask is there any way to change cars without exiting the track and going back to the lobby and going through that bit again?  It's not my PC connection because when I have lost connection I have left GTL via Alt-Tab and went on my brouser to check the modem connection. No problem there.  Very annoying!!!!!!!!!

See you all at Laguna
Bob M.

Result_Race 1 (https://www.avonrise.co.uk/srou/kurts/_2020/08012020_Lakeside_R1)

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@ Bob, AKAIK you have to exit to lobby to change cars.

Thanks for all the results Kurt  :thumbup1:

"When the cat's out, the mice play on the table" - rough translation of a Danish saying :)  Rang true yesterday, where I made the most of Geoffers' regrettable absense. Had our resident alien been present, there's no doubt things would have looked very different.

Loved the track - fast sweeping curves and elevation changes, and I'm a happy camper  :wub:

Race 1:
Good start, but still jumped by Clive - the traction of that rear engined Imp is no joke  :o  Better acceleration of the Toyota gave me back the lead before the hairpin though.  Clive in hot pursuit over the following laps, but then, with a gap of just under 3 secs, his car vanished from my mirror, and the pit board showed a gap of 20 secs. Eased off a little, but next lap, the board showed a 2.6 secs gap, still with no car in my mirror. Wondered if someone had hit escape and jumped straight to the pits, but it was the same the next lap.  Had to keep pushing then, just to be sure.  Could seemingly also hear another car, but still the mirror was empty.  Finally looked behind me, and there was Clive, not far back. Why he disappeared from my mirror, I don't know (you're not a vampire, are you Clive ?  ;D).  Had to keep flogging the Toyota for the remainder of the race - any slackening and Clive would close the gap.

Race 2:
2nd on grid, but now in Imp, it was my turn to jump the pole sitting Clive  :laugh:  When we reached the hairpin though, I was about to become the meat in a Dan-Clive sandwich  :blink:  Held my ground and somehow emerged from the hairpin still in 1st. Had Dan in close attendance for a few laps, before he fell back a little.  Could see him dicing with Clive in my mirrors; now if the two gents could keep each other busy, while I slipped away..  :)  After a while, Clive got past though. Looks in the replay like Dan waved him through - err Dan, that's not quite what we agreed to over that brown envelope..  :whistling:  Thus another hard chase by Clive for the rest of the race, so had to push hard.

Race 3:
Screwed up my one hot lap and had to start at the back of the grid, alongside Dan. This was going to be tricky. As per Geoffers' brilliant suggestion, I start with auto clutch off, and then activate it once under way. With the Imp, it wasn't critical when - upshifts from 1st to 2nd were as smooth with or without auto clutch.  The Cortina on the other hand, was like a bucking bronco with auto clutch off - copious amounts of wheelspin during the shift, and threatening with fishtailing out of control, so had to activate it before the shift. Not too soon though, as that would result in wheelspin and ruin the start, but it went through 1st quickly, so difficult to time right. Add to that, that if I got a better start than cars ahead, I would have to try and steer around them while doing this - with one hand on the wheel! Talk about multi tasking..  :sweatdrop:  Did play out exactly like this; I gained a few places ending up 4th, behind Roger. Looked for a way past for a few laps, but we were in similar cars, so I had no clear advantage anywhere, until he overshot at the hairpin.  Next Clive spun off at the pit entrance, and I found myself in a familiar place chasing Matt. Not as tough as Monday however; he went off at the hairpin, which closed the gap between us. Next lap he went partially off again, and I partially followed him  :) Had just a little more momentum and eked out ahead.  Kept the lead to the finish with a concentrated drive, scoring an unlikely 3rd win for the evening.  Grats to Clive, Tony & Matt for their podiums!  Commiserations to Geoffers for not being able to join.

Tony, the lap records shown for the track are all over the place - Race 1, 2 & 3 all show different laptimes - and none of them are correct  ;)

Thanks Tony.  Going to try a new load with my current Gamedata as it is new with the new season for this year, see what happens then

Bob M.