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As this is a FUN race this is a hand printed announcement.

The annual fun race between teams of Christmas characters is back and we have 3 teams of drivers, all in fancy dress, ready to do battle.

The cars have been allocated to the Teams and the drivers were selected, in order of application, against a random number list.
The track is to be the SNOWGLEN, but without the icy surface ( that might have been a step too far ?). So we all know the circuit.

PASSWORD = RUDOLPH


Race list   =   iGOR
Server   =   TBA 60fps
IP address   =   see IGOR
Password   =   see above
GPL Mod   =   66
Damage model   =   INT
60fps Patch   =   60fpsV2newmod
Track download   =    http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=3662
Track directory   =   SNOWGLEN
Qualifying starts   =   20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts   =   ~ 21:30 UK time
Race length   =   43 laps.
Replay              =     Here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/12AUbJsOKmL580HMxLLldXmPq6hvBBhhl/view?usp=sharing)

Currently we have 15 names for this race which will give 3 x teams of 5 cars. If we get another 3 names today they will be added to the teams. If we have a spare driver there is a special role reserved for them which will be announced if that happens....watch this space  :shifty:

Santa's Cars:
      AMS                                           PRO
      Ferrari 312 V12 3lt                    Ferrari 246 V6 2.4lt
      Ferrari 246 V6 2.4lt

Santa Drivers

TRIS
AXEL
BASTIAN
DONI
VIRTUAL DEMISE



Elve's Cars:
      AMS                                           PRO
      Brabham BT19 Repco V8 3lt      Brabham BT11 BRM V8 2lt
      Brabham BT11 Climax S4 2.7lt   Brabham BT11 Climax S4 2.5lt
      Brabham BT11 BRM V8 2lt
      Brabham BT11 Climax S4 2.5lt

Elf Drivers

LEO
EVIL
DAVE CURTIS
JPETTET
BERNIE



Snowmen Cars:
      AMS                                           PRO
      Cooper T81 Maserati V12 3lt      Lotus 33 BRM V8 2lt
      Lotus 43 BRM H16 3lt                   Lotus 33 Climax V8 2lt
      Honda RA273 V12 3lt
      Lotus 33 BRM V8 2lt
      Lotus 33 Climax V8 2lt

Snowmen Drivers

YANNICK
ANDREAS
DAVID RANIER
PHIL
BILLY





Special Rules for this race. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

All PRO drivers are allowed a single SHIFT/R which must be followed by a STOP and GO in the pit lane
All AM drivers have unlimited SHIFT/R and no requirement for any Stop 'n Go

THIS RACE WILL NOT BE MONITORED FOR INCIDENTS, EXCEPT FOR STOP and GO's. Not that we would expect anyone to cheat !! ::)

Scoring will be from 18 down to 1 for all finishers, so making it to the flag is important for ALL team members.

Cool! Lets do this and use and use Paul Skingley's 10% less grip addon  http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=3662&st=20#entry130216
:clown:

Now, seriously, is there a password?

Go Elves!  :devil:

I'll certainly be using the slippey settings.  I'm Canadian and if I can't handle a little snow well, then, for shame!

Doni will be playing Crinkle Fender the Canadian Winter Sport.......keep well clear!

Just to prevent any confusion, I see you've put Kalevi/Virtualdemise down as two drivers - they are the same person  ;D

LOL!!!  I hope that he can drive 2 cars at the same time!!

Thanks JP  I will adjust the teams  ::)

BERNIE is now an Elf........something that I never thought that I would ever say  :-\

If you want to make the Glen appear a bit more like a winter scene, add these lines to your track.ini file (or track66.ini file if you are using mod specific track.ini files) in your tracks\snowGlen folder. It will add fog and make the brown dirt kicked up look like dirty snow.

I had to leave to mess with my FOV, and now it's saying "race full" in Igor
 :(

Same here, I cannot enter either.

10 mins qually remaining. There are 13 drivers on the server. What is iGOR showing as the max no of drivers?

13

OK we'll have to restart the server.

Great, will you give us lads who couldn't get in some time to set a time?

somehow the ferrari team is driving more against each other than with each other...

Well that was an eventful race. I got into a tangle with a a fellow Snowman on lap 1 so I ended up dead last. I gradually worked my way up through the field but I got stuck at 5th place and I couldn't make anymore progress, the Lotus BRM 2L was a bit slow on the straights. Dave C was in 4th and pulling away every so slightly. So I concentrated on defending my position. Dave Rainier and Bagrupp were having a battle behind me, but they were quicker than me and catching. With about 4 laps to go Dave R, a fellow Snowman, caught and passed me. I didn't fight for the place, I was more concerned with keeping ahead of Bagrupp, a pesky Santa, who was just a further 50 metres behind. The plan was working well, the draft from Dave R was just enough to keep me out of Bagrupp's clutches. But on the last lap at The Loop we had to lap another Santa. I didn't want to slow down because I would have lost momentum and I would have been a sitting duck for Bagrupp on the Back Straight. So I took a tight line in order to give Dave enough room on the outside. But unfortunately not enough, Dave clipped the snow on the exit and lost the rear which caused him to half spin and contact was made. Unlucky Dave, we were on for a good points haul there. I managed to finish so hopefully some points were salvaged.

Sorry Phil and Bastian for the big contact on the last turn.
I was trying to take a lap to Doni ...who was not very helpful at the braking of the Loop and at the exit.

No problem David, these things happen.

Doni was driving his normal racing line and speed, he was within his rights to do that. He didn't have to pull over and give way. He didn't have to be helpful, in fact he was right to stick to his normal line and play the team game. If he'd tried to block us, then arguably that would be unsportsmanlike, but I don't think he did. 

It certainly made that last lap exciting, Bagrupp was all over me  :eek:.

Apologies to all for the screw up on the server re driver numbers, That was down to my error when I remotely launched UKGPL4  :-\

Thanks to Phil for rescuing the situation.

Preliminary unofficial points from the race :-


Santas -      42
Elves   -      64
Snowmen - 57

All subject to confirmation



Is there any interest for another round at Winter Rouen??

Only if we have a snowball fight to decide grid positions  ;D

How about keeping the same teams but swapping the car sets - Team Santa get cars the Elves used at Watkins Glen, Elves have the Snowmen cars & the Snowmen get the Red cars?
It does depend on the same drivers being available ??

I hope you liked the 66 mod Bernie  :)

 :thumbup1:

Sounds good to me, we didn't stick to santa in red cars only, snowmen in white cars only and elves in green cars only so it won't matter if we swap cars. I'd prefer not to swap the drivers around. I found it hard enough to remember who my team mates were in round 1.

I'm down for another race, also in favour of swapping roles.

Up for another race for sure :)

The provisional points may need to be amended  :nono: :nono: :nono:

At least one driver in the PRO ranks a) took 2 S/R's  and     b) failed to do a SnG for either :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

Review of the CCTV evidence is ongoing.....................................

On a brighter note, 2nd race for Rouen is posted for Friday. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR CAR GROUPS HAVE CHANGED ALTHOUGH YOUR TEAM MEMBERS STAY THE SAME.

Some good fun dashing about in the snow in the Finger Lakes District.  Near as I can tell, I was the only runner to use the slippey trk file.  Lap times don't lie.

Bravo to Evil Clive for scoring a fine win!  Good jobs by Yannick & Leo to score podium finishes.

I can't hardly believe that after just three laps, I was the leader in the Santa brigade.   ;D  That couldn't last, of course, as all but J. Pettet put me in their mirrors by race's end and that only because he had a late-race off.  Only a couple of dramas along the way.  Santa team mate Bot thought it appropriate to short-brake me coming off the back straight on Lap14 to the point that I couldn't avoid drilling him in the tail.  With my limited traction, he next-to-asked for it.  Honestly.  I was able to recover without a reset needed.  Rather extraordinary considering the wild ride.  Next lap, J. Pettet roared by going into the Loop but surprised me by slowing drastically to the point that I couldn't avoid.  The biff had me off the road briefly but only cost a handful of seconds.  He got away scot-free with only a tap in the bum.  Sorry 'bout that, JP.  From there on in, it was just keep it on the white part.

I had a great race thanks , I was up to P4 with all the mishaps close racing with vermulen ? and Dave R , that is until lap 9,  when T Bot (recovering from his own misadventure) rear ended me going into the loop !

The de fault setups didnt work for me , so I cobbled my own but it wasn't too great escp under braking but managed a fairly clean run to the flag with a bit more racing on the way .


 

Too bad, then the pro driver wouldn't have been standing there in the loop, so I had to swerve and my car was damaged. My little Lotus has a measly top speed anyway, but after that it was even more pathetic. At 225 km/h, it was just a little faster than my road car. It cost me about 2-3 seconds per lap.

And if it was only that... The guy doesn't play by the rules, never. No respect, racing like it's a 5 lap sprint always. Why??!! Dive bombs at least 5 others, driving too close, driving in reverse, no care joining back on track, and the list goes on.

It's like it is not even fair because if he is behind, you just let him go like you are being lapped or else you are going to be bumped off track.