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Title: UKGPL Season 15 - Pre-season test - 66 mod - Spa - Feb 17
Post by: Steven Foster on February 12, 2008, 10:52:35 PM +0000
Pre-Season Test 2 - Season 15 this Sunday at 9:00 p.m. London UK time (GMT).

Please be in IGOR UKGPL chatroom by 8:55 p.m.
(You will need to set up a channel called #ukgpl if you haven't already done so)
IGOR and Race passwords: see above

Server 3.ukgpl
IP address  87.194.135.42

Race date = 17-02-2008
Track = Spa
Variant = 66mod
Damage Model = Intermediate
Qually time = 30 minutes.

NO chassis restrictions or pit stops.  However to ensure a competitive race please take a chassis commensurate with your GPL rank. This announcement will be updated with the suggested self-handicapping in a day or so.

NO chassis restrictions or pit stops.  However to ensure a competitive race please take a chassis commensurate with your GPL rank.  We'll re-use the bands from the Watkins Glen test:


Chassis                            GPL Rank
Brabham BT19 Repco          10 or greater
Ferrari 312                         5 to 9
Cooper T81 Maserati            0 to 4
Brabham BT11 2.7lt Climax   -5 to -1
Honda RA273                   -10 to -6
Brabham BT11 BRM           -15 to -11
BRM P261                        -20 to -16
BRM P83                          -25 to -21
Lotus 43 BRM                   -30 to -26
Brabham BT11 2.5lt Climax  -35 to -31
Ferrari 246                       -40 to -36
Lotus 33 BRM                   -45 to -41
T1F Eagle Climax               -50 to -46
Mclaren M2B Ford              -55 to -51
T1G Eagle Weslake             -60 to -56
Lotus 33 Climax                 -61 or less

Password: see above (#post_event_password)
(2) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R;group=64;theme=6)


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 15 - Pre-season test - 66 mod - Spa - Feb 17
Post by: Bully on February 15, 2008, 12:09:39 PM +0000
Hi,
    I put the server up for an open practice on iGOR. It has Spa on it, jump on in and get some practice.

Server name: UKGPL__3
Open Practice:  No password.
Mod: 66mod
Track: Spa 67

I left the server open for practicing. If there is any problem with wreckers joining (i dont think there are many in GPL nowadays) then I will start pass-wording it. Otherwise I think its better to have some random people join in now and then, maybe they might like to join UKGPL.

Also I am trying some new bandwidth settings, you shouldnt have to do anything your end iGor will do it all for you. Let me know if anyone has problems connecting. I am hoping with these setting to have more cars visible ahead and behind. See how it goes.

See you all soon,

Bully. ;D


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 15 - Pre-season test - 66 mod - Spa - Feb 17
Post by: Bully on February 16, 2008, 12:15:27 PM +0000
I have now added Paul Jacksons loose grids. Hopefully that will give us all an easy start!



Title: Re: UKGPL Season 15 - Pre-season test - 66 mod - Spa - Feb 17
Post by: Syd Drake on February 17, 2008, 10:03:10 PM +0000
News page:

 (http://img144.imagevenue.com/loc1105/th_85679_news66_ukgtl_s15_t2_spa_17_02_08_122_1105lo.JPG) (http://img144.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=85679_news66_ukgtl_s15_t2_spa_17_02_08_122_1105lo.JPG)


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 15 - Pre-season test - 66 mod - Spa - Feb 17
Post by: Kruger Enge on February 18, 2008, 01:51:47 PM +0000
Syd, could you please post the link to the GPLRA Text report - I left the server quickly and forgot to save the replay.

Grats for another win.

EDIT: Also, if you can, please post the text report of the Glen race - I'm struggling to find the link you gave me earlier.


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 15 - Pre-season test - 66 mod - Spa - Feb 17
Post by: Steven Foster on February 18, 2008, 06:25:16 PM +0000
That was good fun - had a great battle with Amal, Derek and Mr. Sikes, brought to a premature end by a recovering Lotus on L3. Reset and then got towed around by Mr. Sikes' Honda for the rest of the race. Marvellous  :)!


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 15 - Pre-season test - 66 mod - Spa - Feb 17
Post by: EvilClive on February 18, 2008, 07:09:58 PM +0000
Not sure if the recovering Lotus wasn't me Steve :-\

I seem to have made more mistakes in the 3 laps I completed than I would normally in a whole race...and that's a considerable amount!! :o


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 15 - Pre-season test - 66 mod - Spa - Feb 17
Post by: Syd Drake on February 18, 2008, 08:50:21 PM +0000
Here are the links for Spa and Glen text reports:

http://grandprixlegends.com.ba/ukgpl/s15/ukgpl66_test2_spa_17_02_08_Complete.txt
http://grandprixlegends.com.ba/ukgpl/s15/ukgpl66_test1_glen_10_02_08_Complete.txt


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 15 - Pre-season test - 66 mod - Spa - Feb 17
Post by: Kruger Enge on February 19, 2008, 08:56:45 AM +0000
Thx Syd.


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 15 - Pre-season test - 66 mod - Spa - Feb 17
Post by: Brendan on February 19, 2008, 09:23:25 AM +0000
This 66 mod is a bit of alright. 8)

Had a great slipstream battle with Amir on lap 1, with me him and Clive going 3 abreast into Masta :o

As for the rest of my race, well.......... :-\


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 15 - Pre-season test - 66 mod - Spa - Feb 17
Post by: Kruger Enge on February 19, 2008, 03:25:02 PM +0000
I agree Brendan. 66s are great fun and it allows better handicap for leveled racing - only, we have to get it spot on to achieve full effect.

As soon as the Brands race is through, we will analyse the results from all three events and see where everyone is in terms of pace. Some people are at advantage, others at disadvantage so we'd want to get everyone on as much the same level as possible.

My race in Glen was a tad bit compromised by lack of quali laps (PC problems) and at the start, due to warp I got rear-ended but I'm sure I would have finished higher up and the pecking order pretty much looks similar to what it would been in a regular 67 race.

In Spa, I got 5th in quali and managed to get into 4th by the end of race. I had some nice duels with faster cars, mainly Lotus 43 which on paper is quicker than Ferrari 246 a bit less than 6 seconds. You could tell at the straights that they were more powerful but as far as entering and going through the corner is concerned, they had to brake much earlier so even in Spa, there were some duels - I cannot say I was disadvantaged to the point of not being able to race and have fun.... Which is more than I can say about the two fastest guys, Oliver and Lorenzo, who were in a Lotus Climax - there was little they could do but this disadvantage luckily is limited to Spa (and other tracks where full throttle moments are dominant).

I'm very optimistic that it will be a great division to compete in and it could easily be full grid so, be amongst the first to register once the registration is open ;)

Kruger