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Practice: 20:15 (15 mins)
Qualifying: 20:30 (20 mins)
Race: 20:50 (22 laps = ~40 mins)

Track: Zolder
Cars allowed: Shelby GT350 (rating 9.0), Austin-Healey 3000 (rating 7.5), Renault Alpine A110 (rating 7.2), Mercedes 300SL (rating 6.8)
Time of Day Setting: 14:00

Server: UKGTL Ladder; in the event that the lobby is unavailable, connect using Direct IP, entering games.avonrise.co.uk in the Add IP box
Password: See this post (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1665.0)

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 (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?pid=7).
(3) General information on the ladder can be found on the series home page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?ind=lm2&group=25).
(4) The season will be run using a UKGTL carpack v1.2 (https://www.simracing.org.uk/downloads/UKGTL-skins-1.2.zip) which will need to be installed prior to racing.

Should be fun, I look forward to this one.

Quite like Zolder, but boy do those heavy braking zones and off camber turns play havoc with these old motors under braking  :o Makes them quite a handful.  :helpsmilie:

Disappointingly I'm going to miss the chance to run the Healey at Zolder, one of my favorite combinations, thanks to a work Grotmas do that was supposed to be just a few selected bodies and has turned into a department full of scumbags. :-\ At least somebody else is driving...

Work dos are stupid, just don't go, you know GTL will be more fun!

I have actually blown out work doodooos before for UKGTL races. :laugh:

Go on Dave, you know it makes sense  ;)

Looking forward to this after a two week GTL break...need my classics buzz  8)

Will probably take an Alpine as i love the real one or maybe try out a Healey hard top.

Hope we have a decent turn out.

Bump...is anyone turning up tonight  ???  :'(

I will be there

I'll be making a return to the series

Too full of a cold to enjoy racing atm unfortunately. Shame, as Healys at Zolder would be a lot of fun.  :(

So 3 of us then ? :'(....oh well, good chance of a podium finish  ;D

hopefully more will arrive  :-\

I would if I could ,I'm nights tonight so the race won't finish in time for me to make it into work in time, rats. If however the races were 30 minutes it would be no problem...*cough*any chance Dave?*cough*  :P

For a low turnout it was a great race.
I drove the 300SL for the first time and was very satisfied with how precise it felt. Was able to get pole position and was quickly away from the start into quite a lead.
Mid race I was starting to make small mistakes as I lost concentration - driving all alone is not exactly exciting after a long workday. Anyhow I was very slow oonto the lapping of Bill and all of a sudden I was in a proper race with Baracus. We changed positions a few times and in the end I couldnt do anything anymore as my tires and brakes were completly dead. I even managed to do a classic mistake of mine in crashing into Baracus on the braking with the brakes that were dead. Of course I waited for him to rejoin and than followed him in second position.
The 300SL was good for a few laps, but not for a longer run. Even so it was very rewarding to drive it deffensivly and to retake position against an Alpine. Real shame that I didnt wait for the straight to take Baracus - I must get more patient in the future.

Replay (http://ukgtl.simracing.org.uk/Zolder_061207_2053.zip) and provisional results (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?ind=lm2&event=238) available.

I thought something had gone funny with Marc, when at the end I had his name selected but it was like his car had frozen. From the exports it looks like the server lost him at the race start. Unless you have an export with all your lap times in Marc, not sure anything I can do cause the server export has no laps for you, just your name with DNF. Maybe Gizmo has ideas?

Had another entertaining race tonight. 10 people, but the first 2/3 of the race was really good fun with battles first with Baracus as he got up to speed in his Alpine, then Mooman and Dan. Real shame more don't turn up cause the standard of driving tonight was excellent again with really close fair battles and thanks to everyone for the fun.

Well done on that win Baracus. Unlikely from your grid spot and in the squished French lemon.

Yeah was a good race , had some good battles with nearly everyone. Found it very hard to put consistent laps in the Austin and ende dropping way back after the first 10 laps or so.
Cheers

Fun race... really glad to be back on GTL again :)

Got back from a late meeting for work almost resigned to not race thinking I wouldnt have time, but I logged on anyway and to my surprise I still had 9 minutes of Q left so I thought I would give it a go :-)

Quick dash to the loo and got my race boots on - then had to make a (very) quick setup as didnt have one for A110 @ Zolder. Pinched a Doni one which I used last time I drove an Alpine - and after 2 laps had to reduced the gear ratio one notch. That left 1 Q lap so I just went for a safe lap and got P7.

Interesting race, in terms of my frame of mind - I was just gonna drive safe and let the race come to me... which it certainly did :D

Had some really good battles with the swarm of AH's infront of me! It was interesting to see the strengths and weaknesses. I could go through the chicanes a lot quicker so had to adjust my braking to not take anyone out! But the Healys would pull away a lot quicker, so I had to make a move stick really throigh the last chicane and hairpin and try to break away. Last half of the race was chasng down Pero and having a jolly good old battle. I noticed he had gone off previously (9 sec gap came down to 6ish) and thought he might be in trouble so tried to stay in his mirrors. I got passed and he re-passed a couple of times with some great moves lasting about 3 or 4 bends - before our coming together. Just managed to get rolling again infront of PR and keep it online till the finish. Now im just gonna have my Pimms and polish my classic ;-) WHATHOO CHAPS

Unofficial Lapchart (http://www.lapcharts.teamshark.org.uk/Lapcharts/GTL Donny 07-12-2006/g_info.htm)

Sorry i missed this one, late home from work...hope it was a good one  8)

gutted I missed this one sounds like it was a good race. Really like GTL damn shift work. Hope to race next time depending on shift. Like Madd said if race was 30 mins would just be able to make it when on nights.

Damn computer threw a wobbly just after half way through. Sorry didn't get to the finish.

Despite my love of GTL i had a frustrating evening  :(

Got in late so had no practise at all in any car. Tried both but had never driven the healey in anger and so opted for the Alpine. I know the track well but just didnt get enough time in qually to get used to throwing an alpine around it for the first time.

Had a good race long battle with Tom Collins in his healey once i'd got past Bill. The problem was i was faster in nearly every corner than Tom and every time i climbed all over the back of him i had to take serious avoiding action to avoid contact and kept dropping back through either lost momentum or holding on for dear life under heavy braking. The Healey was way quicker on the straights too....not sure if my gearing was wrong?
Had one last attack with 2 laps to go but again it nearly ended in tears at the first chicane and i had to settle for a light brush of the barriers under avoidance braking.
The results showed me behind Bill even though i lapped him   ???  Can the mods amend the result as necessary, Ta.

Not unless you can provide all your laps from a client export. The server has no laps for you at all. You're listed as DNF in the export. It looks like it lost you before it even began.
(See my previous post) (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2437.msg39916#msg39916)

Ah, ta Simon. Thats a weird one then. I had noticed my pitboard kept saying 10th even when i got upto 7th at one point  ???

Over to Dave then :-\

Have a check on your PC Mark to see if you have an export of the race yourself cause we could probably take your export and merge it with the server one to get your laps in if it's there. They are located somewhere underneath the UserData folder, in Log, or Server, Results or something like that.

From memory, think the race export is only saved on the client if you have set something in the .plr file. I'll check on my machine when I get home.

Client exports often don't have even the player's own laps.

If somebody can tell me how many laps MJ did and the time in the replay he crossed the line compared to another car I can poke the correct results into the database.

Hi Dave,

i finished on same lap as the winners, about 2 secs behind Tom Collins...if that helps?

edit, found this under 'logs' in user data:-

Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:58.019
LapDistanceTravelled=1385.414185
RaceTime=0:43:07.259

[Slot000]
Driver=Bill
Lobby Username=BillThomas
Vehicle=Austin Healey 3000
VehicleNumber=450
Penalty=0
Laps=20
BestLap=2:03.824
LapDistanceTravelled=2126.217773
RaceTime=0:43:13.421

[Slot003]
Driver=Dan minton
Lobby Username=Dan Minton
Vehicle=Austin Healey 3000
VehicleNumber=121214
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:56.581
LapDistanceTravelled=3893.791260
RaceTime=0:42:23.447

[Slot002]
Driver=[GS]PRibeiro
Lobby Username=PR
Vehicle=Austin Healey 3000
VehicleNumber=450
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:55.141
LapDistanceTravelled=496.485260
RaceTime=0:42:04.255

[Slot004]
Driver=Simon Gymer
Lobby Username=Shark75
Vehicle=Austin Healey 3000
VehicleNumber=200105
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:55.784
LapDistanceTravelled=341.510010
RaceTime=0:42:34.031

[Slot005]
Driver=[GS]ASSASSINO
Lobby Username=ASSASSINO
Vehicle=Austin Healey 3000
VehicleNumber=471
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:55.635
LapDistanceTravelled=358.038269
RaceTime=0:42:22.175

[Slot006]
Driver=[RSms]Pero_Grozni
Lobby Username=[RSms]PG
Vehicle=Mercedes 300SL
VehicleNumber=455
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:54.634
LapDistanceTravelled=551.398376
RaceTime=0:42:03.559

[Slot009]
Driver=[GS]Baracus
Lobby Username=Baracus
Vehicle=Renault Alpine A110
VehicleNumber=580
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:54.763
LapDistanceTravelled=340.879852
RaceTime=0:42:01.642

[Slot010]
Driver=Marc Jonzo
Lobby Username=Mark Jonzo
Vehicle=Renault Alpine A110
VehicleNumber=580
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:57.525
LapDistanceTravelled=2901.519531
RaceTime=0:43:11.052

[END]

Pefect; results (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?ind=lm2&event=238) now updated.

If by 'Tom Collins' you mean me - I never saw you at all during the whole race. In fact after lap 2 the only person I saw at all was Bill as I lapped him on the last lap.I was never in a battle with anybody, so if you could see me and I got in your way I apologise. There must have been something iffy about your connection - if the game saw as much of you as I did it's no surprise that you were not shown in the results.
In a way I'm quite pleased - I can never beat you when I can see you!! LOL

TC

Wow, thats scary Tom !....you mean you never saw my car once !? :o  Haha, jeez i was fighting like a maniac to avoid contact when all over your ass in loads of corners for the entire race distance !  The only time you pulled a gap on me was with a few laps to go when i made one last attempt to get past you in the chicane and i carried so much more speed through than your car that i had to slam the anchors on and brushed the barrier :o....no wonder i thought 'he's driving really coolly tonight without a hint of a wobble under pressure' !  ;D
Never had this happen to me before in any GTL/GTR race, my connection is usually rock solid bullet proof  ???

Wonder if its because i dropped out and in of qually once? Though have done that before with no problem :-\

Thanks for updating the results Dave  8)

I've never seen it happen quite like that before - in the server replay you never lead your grid slot, you just sit there for the entire race. I've seen cars stranded after a big lag but eventually the server always either picks them up again or disco's them.

Henceforth I shall mainly be driving blindfolded - that way I shall be perceived to be driving coolly under pressure. LOL

TC