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Track: Imola (Standard GTL track)

Car restrictions: Check your car allowance here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13nCol9gG1beAiQmQ9hgzWg7dBJSYjK14huvGz2CtmPc/edit?usp=sharing)

Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (30 laps)

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

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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

IMPORTANT

I have increased the fuel tanks for the Porsche and the De Tomaso.

Download these and extract to correct car make folders allowing files to overwrite existing.

Porsche https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YdjVMP_j8iX3-dEZJlEtvI6itiRH6EqF/view?usp=sharing

De Tomaso https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DrRzAWAXbVLIyUyoFnglCq6lN5dcx37b/view?usp=sharing

The download Porsche file needs to be put here

GameData/Teams/GTC-TC-76/1976 Porsche 934.

The download De Tomaso file needs to be put here

GameData/Teams/GTC-TC-76/1976 De Tomaso Pantera.

I don't get this. Is the Porker supposed to be able to complete the race without a stop?  I have downloaded and installed the update for the umpteenth time, but I still fall short 1-2 laps, even with a tall gearing.  That is if XD is to be trusted after 10 completed laps - I haven't done the full distance.

In my test's yes, but I don't drive the same as everyone.

Results and replay now posted.

Made a few ( too many!!) dumb mistakes by outbraking myself and also managed to collect an SnG.

I did the pitstop and for the first time ever I felt that I had nailed the stop with minimal wasted time. After the stop I was in last place, but the car was quick and I soon caught the tail end of the field and passed Tony...only to outbrake myself yet again and almost spin.
But during my recovery I got DQ'd and no idea why, so that was the end of my fun.

Grats to the podium and all finishers...see you next time.

Had hoped to use one of my looming Porsche drives here, but the damn thing is just undriveable. In addition I'm unable to complete the races without pitstops, despite the modifications, in both this & the previous race. Don't know how others are capable of this  ???

Turned instead to the trusted Lancia, as it was the only other car I had had time to test. With a sub 2-min banzai lap in qual, which I'm not quite sure how I achieved, I even beat my best offline Porsche lap.

Getting the Lancia off the line is hard - it's either total bog down, or excessive wheelspin.  Thus no hope of keeping superstarter Dan behind me at the start. I should probably consider myself lucky that aspiring superstarter Matt didn't overtake me too.

Quickly stretched the gap to the cars behind, while chasing Dan & Clive. Passed the latter when he spun at Rivazza. Worried he would stage a comeback in the faster Beemer, but initially the gap stayed around 6 secs, and later increased in large chunks, when he apparently met more trouble.

Thus could focus on chasing Dan. He can often be relied upon to start out like lightning, only to deflate later in the race.  When you most need this however, he sometimes pulls a consistent race out of the hat, like last night.  When we reached about 19 laps, my moderately worn tyres seemed to lose all grip. That handed Dan a few secs, until I adapted to the new situation. Was closing towards the end, but too little too late - another 5 laps would have been interesting.  Late in the race, I caught and passed a slow driving Daz.  Not sure what was wrong - couldn't see any damage on his car; fuel maybe?

Grats to Ziu & Dan; commiserations to the retirees.

No, there was damage front and rear, but you passed on the right and they were both on the left.....

Result (https://www.avonrise.co.uk/srou/kurts/_2022//17082022_Imola)


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Thanks Kurt  :thumbup1: