Print Page - UKGTR Season 6 Upper Sprint - Spa

Practice 1:	20:10	(10 mins)	full time drivers only
Practice 2:	20:20	(10 mins)	reserves may join too
Qual 2:	20:30	(25 mins)
Race:	20:55	(40 minutes)	note: no warmup!

Cars allowed: any GT1 or G2 from the UKGTR Skin Pack v2.6.0.0 (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54519#msg54519) (G2 cars will not score points)
Weather: Dry
Track: UKGTR Spa 2004 (download from here (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54519#msg54519) as part of the UKGTR Track Pack v1.2)
Race Start Time: 14:00
Pit Stops: no mandatory stop

Server: UKGTR Upper Sprint
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

Notes:
(1) Please make sure you are fully aware of the UKGTR Rules (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3349.0) - especially the speed limiter starting procedure and the rules about in-game chat messages.
(2) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=58). Reserves (anyone without a full time spot) should not join until the stated session, regardless of the time.
(3) You will not be able to join the server without the skin and ballast pack and track pack (see links above).
(4) Drivers may only change car once in the season without penalty.
(5) Drivers are reminded that they must select ISDN as their bandwidth, otherwise the stability of everyone's connection will be reduced.
(6) Please use the Driver Details (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=profile;sa=driver_info) page to ensure that the league management software has your correct GTR2 'Driving Name' (not necessarily the same as your lobby name).

Weird cwap tonight ::). Following Pseudo in warm up lap and he suddeny started blooming purple spikes, then car templates started to appear alongside track instead of trees and white flames were emanating from all cars. Then it got weird. Couldn't really drive like that and when I escaped the splash screen was fractal mess. Seems ok again now ???

Looking forward to that as well :'(

ah dagnamit, was on for a great result running 4th and chasing shark hard and only about 5 minutes to go, got a wheel just wide on the fast exit out of Pouhon, car got sucked onto grass, clipped a barrier at high speed and span me across the road into armco...suspension damage...gutted :'(

Had been a strong 3rd place for 25 mins until i bloody double down shifted at Malmedy and sharks menacing bumble of a Corvette got past me as i just about kept it pointing the right way.

Was really enjoying that. Darn. :(

That was another good race. I'd gone over 2 seconds quicker in the Lister in practice but decided to stick with the Vette. Good choice. Put me 8th on grid and I had a nice setup, fairly chuckable and very stable which made for a nice easy ride during the race.

Had a nice battle with EdamSpeed and then Jonzo, shame you caught the curb there. In the end only 6 seconds ahead to FreQ in 2nd and 6 seconds back to Brian behind me in 4th. After 40 mins racing not bad at all to be that close. 3rd position in the Vette at Spa is just amazing as it is really slow compared to the likes of the Lister at this track imho. Although it is very kind to tyres and easy to drive so it has some good points that make it a more consistent drive.

Certainly was a lot better than the Viper here.

Quote from: ginsters sponsored on October 23, 2007, 09:14:45 PM +0100

Sounds like your GPU overheating.

Best race I've had at Spa, in the past I've struggled to stay on for 40 minutes. Was pleased to break into the 2:12s in qual, but that was only good for 11th on the grid. On lap 1 got a run on SBG out of Eau Rouge, and shaped to make a pass. He warped ahead of me, presumably while his graphics card was having it's LSD moment, but lukily he re-appeared just before the braking zone and I was able to take the position. Psuedo made a mistake at Pouhon, and I was able to out-brake him into Fagnes. For the first half of the race I managed to keep pace with Brian, Edam and Simon ahead, without really putting them under any pressure. A recovering Roadrunner made a good pass on me around the outside at Fagnes, but I picked up a few places as people retired. Was 6th on the final lap, but passed a slow Roadrunner on the sprint to the line after the last corner, not quite sure what happened there.

Driving standards were very good again. Dead chuffed with my 5th place and consistant pace. Congrats to the podium.

Could have done about 0.5 a sec faster in qually, but current lap was good enough.

Had a scary moment in Les Combes when Roadrunner shot wide with cold brakes. Luckily I saw it coming and didn't steer in,
Rest of the race was driving to the finish. Lost concentration halfway through race, but near the end I got it back again and did 0.5 slower laps than my racefastest lap.

Team Shark 1-2-3 and Team Shark Jr. 4th and 5th?

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Following Pseudo in warm up lap and he suddeny started blooming ~~purple~~ 'PINK' spikes,

Ahhh..so my newly fitted 'ultrasuperothercardisturbanceray' emmiter works does it. :laugh:

shame SBG, was looking forward to a battle with you.

I want to vote for a 'Spa Only Championship' ;D...that was the best series of races I have had since joining.

Had a good un again tonight. Qually was a PB by nearly 2 seconds better than my best praccy times so I was well chuffed.
Race started ok, lost a place to Roadrunner early on...no way I would be able to keep him behind for long so let him go...then had TT sharing my fuel load for a lap till I ran a bit wide and both he and Gazza steamed through. Spent the rest of the race 3 to 5 secs behind Gazza till he made an error at source near the end. Sneaked passed Backo at the bus stop on the last lap too...he looked like his tyres were shot so I thought why not...same team points regardless ;D

Grats to winner and podiums....great race again.

I had weird problems in qualifying tonight. Cars started going out when my timer still said practice. The gtr pd showed the correct time remaining for qualifying once i left pit. Did nearly a lap then it came up next session! Went back to pits came out again and after a lap I realised i could not see anybody. I quit then came back and all was well. I had a little practice today and was doing high 2.10s qualifying and low 2.12 race set up. As soon as my ballast was added it all went to pot adding about 1.5 sec per lap. That's too much. Found myself way down the grid. I had no pace to make a move on anybody. The car was far too slow. The lambo alreay struggles on the straight and with the extra weight i was getting left for dead. Car would not take eau rouge at any great speed either. The only place I could make time was on the brakes but I was too far behind come every braking zone. Apart from making a move on edamspeed because he ran wide every other position i gained was because the person in front crashed. If they stayed on racing line i would have had no chance. I found myself in 4th place after all the accidents and could see roadrunner catching. He caught up last lap and I could barely fight. His car caught me on the back straight as if I was standing still. My tyres were gone as i had been pushing way too hard to try and keep up. Roadrunner came very close, too close at last corner in fact but I got 4th. I've no idea how. Horrible driving the lambo with so much weight. If anyone gets close i'm a sitting duck.

Was an awesome race for me...3rd on grid was a suprise in its self, never mind briefly having pole. 1st time into Les combes, brakes cant have been as hot as i thought, basically nothing happened :-\. Missed Ruskus thankfully....Ended up way off in grass....got back on in 13th, maybe 14th....was able to get a few of the lower placed guys on straight line speed. Had some good racing with Psuedo & Backo along the way, then again with Aangram, had to be a little adventurous on that occasion, Then slowly but surely started catching Kerr, caught him up into Bus Stop on last lap, no room there, into La Source...THINK, i had him, he`d left room but locked brake a little and slid into him, dont think he noticed ;D, but i ended up pointing wrong way....didnt rush as i still had 7 secs over Aangram, but camber of the road and worn tyres worked against me, and spun into pitwall, at which point it was a case of stick it in reverse...get a little speed up, yank thee old wheel, engage first...floor it an hope, but wasnt enough and lost 5th on run to line :(. But still, was a really enjoyable race!

Quote from: Kerr on October 23, 2007, 10:16:01 PM +0100

Apart from making a move on edamspeed because he ran wide

Hope I didn't get in your way Brian - at the time I was distracted, and couldn't see where you where, so I just kinda slowed a bit until I could see you - you went around the outside of Fagnes I think.

I'm annoyed at myself for becoming distracted, and I'm annoyed at the distractor. This was one of my better races, and I'd finally found some pace and a good setup. Was chasing 3rd, and although I slipped back behind Shark, I felt sure I could stay ahead of Brian.

Then when Brian got past, I really lost it, put my foot down at La Source, and spun into the wall, busting up my splitter. Gutted and angry :(

A very lonely race, always slower than Jeff, but pulled away from MJ at the start. (MJ!?! :o)

Qualy was pretty weird, I spent 16 minutes messing around with my race setup as I wasn't happy with it (doing 2:14's) and only stuck on a modified qualy setup with 4 minutes left...only had one shot at it and was quite surprised to lop about 2 seconds off my best to go 2nd....just ahead of RR. ;D

The start was crazy, I knew I'd be a sitting duck on the straight, and jumped in Jeff's slipstream to try to stave off RR, except he then got a double slipstream and went a bit deep on the brakes....very lucky that Jeff saw it because I thought I was looking at a manslaughter case for a minute! :laugh:
My problem became apparent later on....the setup was quite good but the gears were all wrong; I was bouncing off the limiter with 200m still to go on the long straight, and flat in 6th through Eau Rouge! I got quite worried towards the end and started easing off the throttle down the main straight.....I need to work on my settings before the next Spa race.... :-X

GR peeps, a TS Blue 1-2-3! and Red 4-5!

Qualied well on Brian's setup (slightly modified on soft-med tyres, thanks mate), did a good lap timewise (no idea where it came from, 4 mistakes in it ::) ).

Had a classic Jure moment on lap 1, went off track (reason? like I need one... but OK, was watching the mirrors and wondering "where did SBG go?") and wasn't able to rejoin until everyone went by (or it would be carnage), then realised my "just a slight setup tweak prior to race" was indeed a very stupid one (I've increased front tyre pressure for no apparent reason, running on med-hard, no idea why I did it) which resulted in fronts overheating on lap 3, giving me completely unstable car and a very p****d off mental state.

Not a good combo, accident waiting to happen, thoroughly unstable through L'Eau Rouge, couldn't take it at full throttle in 6th while my attempts to take it at slower speed resulted in even worse problems (got 2 warnings for "cutting", a.k.a. "all over the place" racing line).

Resistance was futile, knew I'd die there sooner or later, finally I've lost it completely (along with my concentration from lap 1 onwards, thinking about the setup during the race, arghh), rolled, armco, rolled some more and, while reaching for escape button, observed a rear-end of a black lambo closing in at maximum speed (no idea who it was but if you lost it due to smoke&stuff from my accident - sorry mate, was a passenger holding a steering wheel, couldn't help it).

LOL at getting 4 points after finishing a mere 9 laps or smthn.

I still love this track though, nothing beats L'Eau Rouge at full throttle. :)

Quote from: FreQ on October 23, 2007, 11:49:21 PM +0100

A very lonely race, always slower than Jeff, but pulled away from MJ at the start. (MJ!?! :o)

hehe, indeed. Spa is my favourite track, a true racers circuit. 8)

Popped in a lovely new PB in qually of 2:11.5? to get 3rd but then some swine (think it was you Freq ?) did a last second storming lap to demote me to 4th..ya bugger :P

Was only a couple of secs down the road from you when after 20 mins or so when i had the cursed double down-shift allowing the shadowing Shark through. Had been chasing him like a mad man for another 10 mins or so when got that exit just wide enough to pull me into the armco and end my race.
Sat shaking my head for about 2 hours after that with the missus looking at me in an odd way ! :'(

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UKGTR => UKGTR Races => Topic started by: Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer on October 12, 2007, 04:50:56 PM +0100