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All members welcome.

Practice: 20:15 (15 mins)
Qualifying: 20:30 (20 mins)
Race: 20:50 (37 laps = ~40 mins)

Track: Limerock (no chicane) v1.1 (download from here (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?pid=27))
Cars allowed: Shelby Daytona Coupé, E-Type, Chevrolet Corvette, AC Cobra 289 (see note 5 below), TVR Griffith 400, Lotus Elan 26R
Time of Day Setting: 15:00
Start: Rolling

Server: UKGTL GTC-65 Cup; 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=2686.0)

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 series can be found on the series home page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?ind=lm2&group=46).
(4) The season will be run using the UKGTL Skin Pack 1.3 which will need to be installed prior to racing; please get it from the downloads page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?pid=27).
(5) We cannot restrict the choice of Cobra on the server to the slower 289 model; if you join with the faster 427 model expect to be kicked!

does anyone have a track write up for this track anywhere? I've been doing the whole track in 2nd gear on my TVR, lol. Need a rough guide of Gear/Speeds for each turn so I can start to fine tune the car itself

For what's it's worth, the best advise I have had since I started this in November basically came down to, ' Get on with it' ! ( In the nicest possible way ! )
This was related to the fact that I was very slow to start with and spent hours on tweeking the set up with little improvement.
Our good friend Purdie told me I should load the std set up, tweek the basics, gear ratio's and tyres pressures etc. and then concentrate
on learning the circuit. I have to say he was right!
( BTW, I'm still slow!! but am improving!!  ;D )

Hope this helps!!

M.

Yeah I think i Got the hang of the track now. My setup is down pat for my driving style, and I can wrestle the TVR with little resistance.

I thought Lime park was way bigger than it is, so luckily I didn't have much to memorize

Hi,

does that mean I can join the race as well, just now having signed up on the board? Read the post on rscnet, which suggested this was all that was neccessary.

I assume I need the UKGTL Car Skin pack v1.3, as well as the tracks? Anything else?

I can't keep up (at all :'() with guys like Grozni, Baracus or StuFoster that I see are driving in your league, (at least not yet ;)) but I do try my best to drive as clean as possible.

Cheers,
Mike Hammer, aka hAMMER

Hi Mike,

Glad you can join us. Yes you need the skin pack and the track (available on our downloads page) and to have read the rules, especially about the start procedure (rolling start), there's no specific series registration like there is for our GTR championships.

Don't worry about not being as fast as the aliens as there's plenty of us old duffers too. :)

See you on Thursday!

Cheers.

Simon.

Hi everybody, I tried to download the track Lime_Rock_1.1, but I always get an error saying the file has an unexpected end. ???

I had errors unpacking.

So download this one:

http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=1113

BTW, your avatar is kinda big  ;D

Thanks, and I know. Just updated it.

Cant make this one this week i'm afraid, sorry gents.  :'(

Duty calls....slurp  ;)  (we need a smiley for having a beer!)

I've re-uploaded the track now so it should be ok from the UKGTR location again.

the track still works fine, you'll notice that it was just the track preview picture that was broken.

Lost connection on outlap (reckon I wasnt wisable trough qually and the start anyway as GTL was acting strange).
Hope you had a good race

Bugger.

Nice big lead, pacing myself, around 10 laps to go. All looking good.

Then, BLACK SCREEN!! ***!!  Followed by a message saying that GT Legends has had a problem. I'd say!

Damn. WHy does it only ever crash when I'm winning? Must be a "No win" virus. :(

Hope the rest of the race went well for the rest of you.
Stu

First half of the race was text book muppet driving from myself. Kept spinning through turn one. Sensibly decided to take it a bit slower about 1/2 the race. Don't know why It took me that long. Anyway from the longer braking zone I ended up having a problem with my rears locking up. Eventually managed to get into a rhythm and progressed up a few places. I only glad I didn't collect anyone during my idiot phase of the race :)

Race was fun for. First one with H-pattern shifting and heel and toeing, and it showed ;D. I had 3 offs the whole race and finished in 7th :D.

But most were due to "Dave Gymer and the curse of his grey pearl" :P

Wow, what a race!
Equalled my PB in Qualie for 6th!
Had a good scrap with Hammer? after a few people dropped out for 3rd.
Steady race and then all of a sudden , I'm 2nd, that scared the s*** out of me!
Steady racing with a few people close behind.
Finally I was in the clear with a reasonable gap only 10 to go! Then
Of course the tyres start going off, a couple of minor unforced offs and Simon was right behind me!
Hope I was driving ok when you caught me Simon?  ???
I was very nervous for a while but held it together for 2nd!
Best result by a mile!
Go Team Oldie!!
M.

 ;D

Sorry to see those 2 technical problems.

Was a funny old race, ding donging with Priberio's 'no-warp' car :) and a few others too. Had a mare on the last lap when for the second race in a row my power went off on my monitor. I knew what was happening this time so was very quick to get off my arse and get the cable pushed back in. When I got it back on I was just ahead of Priberio again who was lapping Gizmo, thankfully last lap and I just hung on for third when Priberio spun it over the crest.

See you next week for some more fun.

Hey Ruskus, Don't know how you held on to that thing round the corners!?
I was behind you in Qualie and you were sideways through every corner!
Great to watch!!

 ;D

I only really got to 'race' people who'd gone off from ahead - my only line of defence was to go into drifting mode and take up the entire width of the track in all the corners - tyres were shot by 2/3rds distance but that's normal in the TVR. :laugh: Slid off once or twice - once whilst going slowly trying to let Ruskus past. :-[ :D

I do like that track but the TVR was just a bit too wild for it. :o :taz: :surrender: :yes:

Provisional results (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?ind=lm2&event=317) available, as is the replay (http://ukgtl.simracing.org.uk/) and updated provisional standings (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?ind=lm2&group=46).

Haha, I love this class, best one in GTL for me. More power than grip, can't be better ;D. I have some drift videos, but they are quite old, but I can upload if you want.

Don't forget, another add-on track next week, this time moving onto the TC65 Cup at Tsukuba. (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2765.msg44731#msg44731)

I'm quite happy with my first ever race online in GTL. Don't think I hindered you guys much, and I managed to stay on the road most of the time, no major spins. So next time I can probably push a bit harder, not much though.

Had a decent start and beginning of race.
Lost contact with the lead group pretty quickly, but settled in third position (I think?) trying to keep two Elans at bay.
Sorry for slowing you down guys ;-)

Had some nice pressure for a good while from a yellow Elan.
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/822/pressurehs7.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)


But then he spun

(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3312/spinmg5.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

and I started thinking I'd have a lonely race for a while, probably being more then a second off the frontrunner pace and having gotten a decent lead when the two guys behind me spun.
This put me offguard and I lost concentration not more then a few measly turns later :-(

Putting a tire outside at a bad spot
(http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/9638/tiregt6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)


Which lead to me putting a signpost through the front of my bumper.
(http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5479/wrappedla9.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

Bwaaaah. :'(

Oh well, car was still okay to drive and I had a few good close races with several people.
The little cobra was fun to drive, and quite competetive indeed at this track. I felt a little sorry for holding up the Elans, them having zero opportunity to get past thanks to my little V8. But that's racing.

Thanks all, I had a great time, and will surely be back for more, if I may.


Ps. are posts this big allowed?

Like the screen shots!

I was that yellow Elan!

Good close racing eh!

Excellent fun!

M.

Yep, that's why I force people to host the images elsewhere, so it doesn't become a problem to us.

I really enjoyed my first race :) Though I was at back, being lapped repeatedly. Its been a long time since my last league race, and I'd forgotten how nice it is.

Think there's something wrong with my rev-limiter. at the end of the formation lap you guys were just getting away from me. I know you had your limiters on cos your lights flashed. But I had to turn mine off to catch up. Hope I haven't broken any rules here?

I have to apologise for stealing somebody's Lots skin. Its just that my interpretation of the rules was that you HAD to use the skinpack, if one existed for your choice of car. I didn'r realise the skinpack were for team-members only. sorry

Had to retire midway, think I'd got some serious damage cos I was starting to weave all over the track, and was afraid of taking the race-leaders out as they came to lap me (again :) ).

all in all a real nice time :)

I wont be here next week cos go on holiday from wedsday. Hope to see you guys again week after next
Hapy racing

Apologies for being "absent on parade".  Had to travel from Burnham on Sea to Aylesbury for a meeting, which of course overran.  As a result had to drive home during the rush hour.  By the time I'd had meal, I'm afraid I just couldn't psyche myself up to get behind a wheel again.  It’s my age you know.