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Season 39 – 1968 EARLY – Round 1 –  Kyalami  

Welcome to the first full season of the 1968 Early Mod – when racing cars evolved to grow wings. We will be using a selection of tracks from the original 1968 season. For each race drivers will be able to select from a group of 4 cars that have relatively similar performance levels.

There is no handicapping.

For the opening round we start with the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami. The car set is

BRM P261 V12      Brabham BT20
Brabham BT24        Brabham BT23B

Full time drivers can start to practice as soon as the server is available.  Reserve drivers can also join as soon as the server becomes available but must leave the server with 35 minutes of qualifying left, for a total of 5 minutes; this will allow any remaining full timers to join.  If there is enough space on the grid, the reserve drivers will be able to rejoin when there are 30 mins of qualifying left.  

Please read the season 39 general rules on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=1531&theme=6).

Please read the specific rules for 68 series on the 1968 Early championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=1591&theme=6).

Race list	iGOR
Server	UKGPL04_60fps
IP address	86.6.125.152:32766
Date	07-09-2021
Track	Kyalami (Papyrus Original)
Mod	68E with 60fpsV2newmod
Damage	Intermediate
Race time	~ 21:30 UK time
Qualifying	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race length	36 laps
Replay	here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/12iHq-HO8ZwW0NMPjAXtaMZrVnHiVcuMc/view?usp=sharing)

If you don’t have the 68 Mod, go to this site http://68f1.gplworld.de/downloads.htm
Save Download 1 & Download 3 - you will need them both. Follow the installation instructions & select the 68 car sets in GEM.

Unlimited number of Shift-Rs are allowed with no need to make Stop & Go.

Drivers are reminded that Lap 1 incidents carry an extra 1 place penalty.

Only reported incidents will be moderated.

Please, excepting emergencies, no chat until Session Completed in qualification. No chat in the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

For the 68E, the Serveur show only group IV ? that's meen Kyalami will run whith this group #IV ?....right ?

Yes.  :)

Hi Phil ;)...
....and is it possible to have the list Group/Tracks for the season .... to test all the cars !?

Group I / Track 1_        Group II / T1_         Group III / T1_            Group IV / T1_ Kyalami
            / Track 2_                     / T2_                       / T2_                          / T2_

From the registration thread:



So this would appear to be:

Date	Day	Time	Mod	Track	Folder	Laps	Download
07/09/2021	Tuesday	21:00 BST	68F1 (Early) - Group 4	Kyalami	kyalami	35	Papyrus Original
21/09/2021	Tuesday	21:00 BST	68F1 (Early) - Group 3	Monaco	monaco	33	Papyrus Original
05/10/2021	Tuesday	21:00 BST	68F1 (Early) - Group 2	Spa 67	spa67	14	Link (http://srmz.net/index.php?s=448c71de31d5af327ee46f7dfc1fde15&showtopic=10443)
19/10/2021	Tuesday	21:00 BST	68F1 (Early) - Group 1	Zandvoort	zandvoort	33	Papyrus Original
02/11/2021	Tuesday	21:00 GMT	68F1 (Early) - Group 4 (car#2)	Rouen	rouen	24	Papyrus Original
16/11/2021	Tuesday	21:00 GMT	68F1 (Early) - Group 3 (car#2)	Brands Hatch 1967	brands67	30	Link (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=6810)
30/11/2021	Tuesday	21:00 GMT	68F1 (Early) - Group 2 (car#2)	St Jovite	stjovite	28	Link (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=121)
14/12/2021	Tuesday	21:00 GMT	68F1 (Early) - Group 1 (car#2)	Monza 67	monza67	31	Link (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=13537)

Cheers,
Dave.

Thanks Dave, you beat me to it  :thumbup1:

thx Dave & Phil ;)

Please don't test too much  ;D

Having some good fun in the 4-banger Brabham til DaveR ran short on talent and on the straight directly in front of the pits no less.  Geeezzz...

Resets?  Only for the lame at heart.

The standard of 'driving' I witnessed up to the point of my demise was lamentable on many counts.

Very sorry Doni.
I don't know what I did ... probably some of my neurons were disconnected.
I thought I had enough room to overtake but ...

That was fun squeezing every bit of performance out of the privateer Brab.

It was great to have a full grid. I got a reasonable start, I did loose one place into T1 but I settled down and picked up 2 places due to a couple of drivers applying too much power on cold tyres and spinning out. After that I just had to drive carefully and not make any mistakes, which I managed this time. I couldn't quite get on terms with Ziu and Evil but in my efforts to keep up I just had enough pace to hold off Alain. Another lap and I'm sure he would have caught and passed me.

Grats Magic, Yannick and Uli.  ;)

With a good time at the end of the practice I was in a good position to keep in contact with the leaders but from the start I lost 2 places because I was careful and in addition I was hit at ClubHouseBend in the first lap when it was impossible to overtake at this place especially in the first lap, suddenly still last.
I won't hide from you that I find this very annoying.  :(

I managed to regain a few places to finish just behind Phil who drove very well.

Thanks for the organization.  :)

Great to see a full grid for this new mod and it looked like everyone had tested the cars and decided that the Brab BT24 was the favoured car. Phil was brave with the BRM and respect to Leo. Doni and a couple of others for opting for the less powerful chassis. They will have that in reserve for other tracks, so maybe a cute move ??

Lap 1 was congested and tight but from where I was sitting everyone appeared to be leaving room for each other ( good to see  ;) ) Once the race had settled down I was running in 5th or 6th place and was discovering the limitations of my setup. I could push hard for 1 or 2 laps but then the tyres would creep up in temp and the handling became a little random, so I had to go gently for a lap to recover.
I could see Phil and Ziu behind and Phil did a good job of holding back Ziu for a few laps, but once he was released Ziu started to eat into my lead. I was probably watching Prib more than I should and as a result made a series of small errors that allowed Ziu to close the gap far too quickly.

Once Ziu caught and passed me I half expected him to ease away, but instead I found that I could match his pace. There were a couple of times when I might have pushed to the limit as we braked into T1 and taken the place back, but with so many laps to run I opted for safety. After many laps of close racing Ziu made a mistake and I was just able to squeeze past. By the time Ziu had recovered I had a considerable lead and all I had to do was bring it home to claim 5th.
But in typical old fart fashion I managed to miss braking points, fluff gear changes and generally slow myself down so much that Ziu was able to catch me with 3 laps to go and Phil was getting within striking distance too!!
 On the last lap I was preparing for a drag race to the flag, but in trying to squeeze an extra 10kph through the penultimate corner I put a wheel on the grass and that was the end of my challenge, so I cruised over the line in 6th.
Some magic racing with Ziu, finally I feel that the new wheel and pedals are close to where I want them, and my confidence in being able to place the car is coming back.
looking forward to the next round already

The 68e seem to be more difficult to drive than 67 cars, especially fueled.

I was in need of the full road sometimes. Sorry to anyone who's race was affected by me.

engine explosed on the first lap  ;D

I could not remember for the shift-r   ;D ;D

Thanks for such a great start to the season. Kyalami is my least favourite PAPY track as I seem to take a different line every lap; I just can't get it right. I was happy to qualify in 12th in the BT20 but I was still a second off Leo's time. I managed to avoid the L1 incidents and managed to keep it on the grey stuff for the rest of the race and I didn't run out of fuel. That's all I want this season - slow and steady with a focus on consistency. The 68 cars certainly seem to encourage close racing. Love it!

My first race with the G27, after a decade with my venerable xbox controller. I was worried of not being competitive enought as i lost nearly 2 sec on my PB in the first attempt with the wheel, but after a few tweaks on the setup, i really enjoied theese cars. The default setup is pretty good and i just needed to tune the diff and the shocks to suit my driving style.
My target for the race was to drive as clean as possible and i'm satisfied with the result. On first lap i managed to keep the third place and i had the illusion that i could stay with  the front guys, but on lap 3 i went too wide in T1 and i lost my position. I think was Yannick in front of me, he was constantly 2/3 tenths per lap faster than me and in 10 laps he was out of my sight. Tremendous pace in the front, they could keep a qualy pace for the entire race!
So for the rest of the race i focused on keeping constant lap times , and driving clean and smooth, the only thrill was when i suddenly found a lapped braby that was rejoining the track on the Esses, and i nearly dived into as he was transversal to the road, but i managed to avoid ::)

I hope we could have a full grid for the entire season for races immersive and fun like this ;)