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Title: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Simon Gymer on March 14, 2007, 08:39:14 PM +0000
All members welcome.

Practice: 20:15 (15 mins)
Qualifying: 20:30 (20 mins)
Race: 20:50 (49 laps = ~40 mins)

Track: Nürburgring (Müllenback)
Cars allowed: Mini Cooper
Time of Day Setting: 13:00
Start: Rolling

Server: UKGTL TC-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).


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer on March 15, 2007, 06:16:32 PM +0000
Ooh goody, not done the Mullenback in ages. Short-track-tastic!


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Simon Gymer on March 15, 2007, 07:28:37 PM +0000
Thought about making this a Mini Cooper race, but not sure there are many Mini fans (that's fans of Minis not short fans ;D).


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Nevski on March 15, 2007, 07:49:30 PM +0000
The mini is good as fwd cars go, but sadly, it is still fwd  :-\


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: MortenS on March 16, 2007, 11:01:08 AM +0000
I actually had the same thought the other day. A mini race would be great, at least it would maybe include us beginners more, as it's a bit slower and not so easy to overturn. :clap:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Mooman117 on March 16, 2007, 02:29:23 PM +0000
I quite fancy doing a mini race, maybe the week after one with the 70s monster cars in for a change.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: BillThomas on March 16, 2007, 05:38:18 PM +0000
I also fancy a Mini race for a change.  Good close racing, well for some.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Mr.BMW on March 16, 2007, 06:28:45 PM +0000
I wouldn't mind a Mini/Arbaraithathaiathathh 30000000 race


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Simon Gymer on March 17, 2007, 02:18:49 PM +0000
If we're going to have a Mini race, then this is the ideal track for it.

6 votes for it so far and 1 not and 1 not bothered (me, I just want to race :)).


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Adam Parle on March 17, 2007, 02:38:59 PM +0000
Yep, I'm happy for a Mini/Abarth race too, be nice to have a play in them for a change.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Zacari on March 17, 2007, 02:48:08 PM +0000
I may dust off my GTL disk for this one!  (especially if it's minis ;D)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Simon Gymer on April 05, 2007, 10:00:48 PM +0100
I've changed this very cute little track to a Mini Cooper challenge due to the weight of popular demand.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: MortenS on April 05, 2007, 10:05:26 PM +0100
Looking forward to take out the mini ;)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: zarker on April 06, 2007, 06:44:52 PM +0100
well - it cant be any worse than "GP2 CHAMPIONSHIP" game that i found inside a kitkat easter egg.  ???


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: pribeiro on April 06, 2007, 06:52:21 PM +0100
Excellent idea the Mini´s race, but please can we have a no kart track? :P
Even the Mini´s deserve a cool track, right?
Lets do it at Cristal Palace, Cadwell or Knockhill
Intense short tracks also but with much more layout fun ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer on April 06, 2007, 09:06:46 PM +0100
I like the Müllenback!


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Nevski on April 07, 2007, 08:43:39 AM +0100
Should be there in the Abarth  ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Mr.BMW on April 10, 2007, 06:27:54 AM +0100
so who's running the 30 second laps?  :laugh:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: 1p on April 10, 2007, 11:28:15 AM +0100
30 second laps?  omg i,m gonna come last again ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Splintheter on April 12, 2007, 06:00:25 PM +0100
Evening Guys, I may be going mad  :o but I cant find the practice server in GTL.............

Is the server down?? or am I insane ??


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Mr.BMW on April 12, 2007, 06:13:39 PM +0100
yeah it looks like the practice server isn't up atm.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Splintheter on April 12, 2007, 06:41:39 PM +0100
Ahh Good, as I was about to book myself and my car into the nuthouse down the road!!


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer on April 12, 2007, 07:04:29 PM +0100
Not sure why no servers were running - possibly the box has been rebooted. I've started the GTL one.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Splintheter on April 12, 2007, 07:04:58 PM +0100
Guys, Is the server going to be up for the race  ??? i dont want to be ripping this poor little Mini's guts out for nothing  ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Splintheter on April 12, 2007, 07:06:15 PM +0100
wohoooo, Enjoy your holiday sir. thanks  :laugh:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Simon Gymer on April 12, 2007, 07:44:42 PM +0100
Not sure why no servers were running - possibly the box has been rebooted. I've started the GTL one.

Hmm, I hope that means we'll get the replay and exports. Should at least get them into the wrong directory I think.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Nevski on April 12, 2007, 08:20:49 PM +0100
Can I take a Jag MK 2 instead? Much more fun than the silly fwd mini  ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Mr.BMW on April 12, 2007, 09:11:43 PM +0100
Arghhhhhh stupid Anti Virus did it to me again. I knew I should have turned off auto updated before hand.

Oh well, it's been taken care of for next week :D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Jeffrey on April 12, 2007, 09:11:48 PM +0100
Sorry, disco-ed. And also made a nice stupid mistake in lap 1.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: 1p on April 12, 2007, 09:14:33 PM +0100
aaarrrgghhh my piece of crap thrustmaster wheel stopped working again while i was leading.Time 2 invest in a new wheel me thinks
Had a good race with stuffy and mad-ripp but theres allways next week


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: will16v on April 12, 2007, 09:47:53 PM +0100
Good race guys, that was pretty tight. I quite enjoyed that  :)



Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Simon Gymer on April 12, 2007, 09:49:20 PM +0100
Provisional results (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?ind=lm2&event=321), replay (http://ukgtl.simracing.org.uk/) and provisionally updated standings (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?ind=lm2&group=48) available.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Simon Gymer on April 12, 2007, 09:59:15 PM +0100
That was quite fun. Some windows down elbows action in these cars, to be expected, but it was all in good spirit. The really tight right hander with the armco was so easy to brake too hard get the back out and simply slide sideways across it.

Had a great scrap with Pribeiro for the latter part of the race. I was very slightly faster, but finding a way by was really really hard. I enjoyed working out how or where to pass as Pribeiro you were very wise in your driving. Thought I wasn't going to do it, but eventually managed it. Was a great fun battle thanks!!

Well done finishers and podium, looked like a great scrap for the win between MaddRip and Baracus there on the last lap to which I got grandstand seats for as I was lapped with 2 to go.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer on April 12, 2007, 09:59:45 PM +0100
Good race guys, that was pretty tight. I quite enjoyed that  :)

That was bonkers, as is traditional for a Mini race.  :wacko: Bit too 'elbows out' for my liking but I was just as bad as anyone else. :-\ :clown: Stupidly took team boss out when I missed my braking point for the bottom curve. Never did find a braking point for it - sometimes I could brake at the end of the tarmac on the right and still make the corner, other times I would brake at the start of the same piece of tarmac and still run in far too deep. ???

Had ding dongs with a bunch of folks, but most notably Will who I finally started to get past and break away from before I stupidly spun at the tight hairpin. I'd half spun there a few times already, but this time it was threatening to become irrecoverable and I had the sudden realisation that in a Wrong Wheel Drive car you're supposed to apply throttle as well as counter steering, so I did. And it worked... right up until the moment I should've released the steering lock, but missed the boat and it snap spun back the other way and into the gravel. D'oh! ::)

Please please please can we have a Abarth race instead of Minis next time? ;) ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: Madd-RIP on April 12, 2007, 10:14:28 PM +0100
 :clap: What can I say!
A pb by over a second in quali and then an absolute amazing scrap with Baracus, 1P and Stuffy for the whole race, Stuffy was very unlucky and will no doubt be quite gutted as will 1P but it was pretty clean up front with only minor rubbing in some of the corners, with a few changes of position to make it interesting.
I just could not get past Baracus in the end, I just didn't have the acceleration in the final chicane to get near enough but was able to drag him in in the rest of the lap.
I did get along side once or twice but as we were so close to the Armco I didn't want to push the issue and make contact, possibly ruining our race.
Amazing quali time Stuffy  :punk: and excellent race Baracus :notworthy: .
I would also like to thank the people we were lapping, most courteous all of you.

PS Another excellent track/car Combo, much like the Silverstone/Yank tank one recently.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: pribeiro on April 12, 2007, 10:16:03 PM +0100
Was a cool, fun, but hard race.
I really enjoyed.
Simon did a great race, i had 7 seconds advantage for him, but he
recovered and made me sweat for (15 laps, i believe).
Very fair driving Simon as you only overtake me when was safe, thanks. ;)
If Dave didnt spun, i believe i will be in double (sweating) trouble. ;D
Congrats to Baracus. Well done all podium.

An aplause for your car choices, been quite fun.
Can we have some more addon-tracks (there are some great out there) pleeeeeeeeeease 8)

Cheers ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: MortenS on April 12, 2007, 10:30:45 PM +0100
Had a terrible race. Raced okay, but I'm still too slow. I can't believe how you guys can go that fast, my car will not go any faster. :-[ It was still fun, but would like to be faster.

Thanks Mad-Ripp about overtaking.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 2 (TC-65 Cup) - Nürburgring (Müllenback) - Apr 12
Post by: RealMrPot on April 13, 2007, 09:30:48 AM +0100
Great racing everyone - not easy to have such a clean race on this crowded track!

Quali was OK - I still reckon there is a 47... lap in the mini around here, but that will wait for another day. :)

The race went well for the most part, with a great battle with 1p, Baracus and Madd_RIP. I started to pull a bit of a gap at first, then 1p did a couple of great laps and was right on my tail again. He had a good run into the bottom righthander, and this early in the race there was no point defending, so he took the lead. I followed him for a couple of laps, trying to decide where best to try a move, then he appeared to spin the the real tight left hander - I came around the bend to find him nosed into the barrier in front of me - I bashed into his rear quarter sending bits of mini flying, then he disappeared (and we learnt later that he had controller problems - very bad luck 1p, it would have been an even better battle with you in it to the end!).

Baracus was now behind me, and true to form slowly closed the gap. Into the tight right-hander I ran a bit wide and had to keep off the gas while the front wheels hauled the car round, and BA took the inside line and the lead. I followed BA for a few laps, and he would regularly run deep into the bottom right-hander. Next lap, kept it tight and retook the lead at that bend. A little bit of door bashing as BA hit his late apex, but hopefully nothing contentious ;)

We were now closing on a group racing hard amongst themselves. I closed up on Ossie, and tried an overtake into the tight right-hander by keeping inside, but I missed my braking point and locked the fronts - off into the barrier :( Down to third.

BA and Madd_RIPP were now 5 seconds ahead, and that's pretty much how it stayed. Well done chaps!

Bring on more tight 'n twisty tracks - they always give good racing. (Cadwell, anyone?  :)  )

Stu