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Title: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: vosblod on May 05, 2009, 12:55:38 PM +0100
A bank holiday fun race in the 69’s. East London for an easier turn 1 and plenty off run-offs for those wanting to give the 69’s a try.

Please be in IGOR UKGPL chatroom by 8.40pm
(you will need to set up a channel called #ukgpl if you haven’t already done so)

IGOR and Race password: no password
Server : 6.ukgpl
IP address: tba
Race date = 25-05-09
Time = 9pm (UK time)
Variant = 69F1
Damage model = Int-Long
Qually time = 30 minutes (server will start on 35 minutes)
Race Length = 26 laps
Chassis assignments = any chassis you like

Download the track from here; http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=1079 (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=1079)


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: happyal on May 05, 2009, 01:18:16 PM +0100
Ye splease, I'd like to give this a go  ;D


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: Turkey Machine on May 05, 2009, 04:58:42 PM +0100
Sounds like a laugh, I'd love to attack these 69 cars properly. :D


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: Geoff65 on May 23, 2009, 08:57:06 AM +0100
Yep


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: bernie on May 23, 2009, 09:37:42 AM +0100
I dont do 69's  :(



Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: Hristo Itchov on May 23, 2009, 01:55:05 PM +0100
I dont do 69's  :(



There's always a first time! I might give this a go too.


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: EvilClive on May 23, 2009, 02:48:21 PM +0100
I dont do 69's  :(




Like a wise man once said............."don't knock it, until you've tried it!!" ::)


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: bernie on May 23, 2009, 03:13:01 PM +0100
I have and I did , the bloody things are too fast for me , I cant drive em more than 5 or 6 laps without suffering  "the bends" or whatever the dry land equivalent of embolism is  ::)

I think its a legasy of a miss spent youf,  leaving me with a severe shortage of active brain cells   :'(



 


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: EvilClive on May 23, 2009, 06:49:19 PM +0100
 oh!?   fast??    laps??    oops!!   sounds like you are talking about cars?...... :whistling: :winkiss: 

I must stop working these long 18 hour night shifts, it really screws up the brain. :blink:


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: Clive Loynes on May 23, 2009, 06:59:06 PM +0100
oh!?   fast??    laps??    oops!!   sounds like you are talking about cars?...... :whistling: :winkiss: 

I must stop working these long 18 hour night shifts, it really screws up the brain. :blink:

Stop it Evil!

The children are listening.


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: bernie on May 23, 2009, 09:14:40 PM +0100
Whenever I here 69er I think more of .........   


ICE CREAM


Now I wonder where that can lead to   :P :P :P 



Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: Burtoner on May 23, 2009, 09:22:44 PM +0100
I should be able to make this one, been working soo much lately:/


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: EvilClive on May 23, 2009, 10:03:23 PM +0100
Whenever I here 69er I think more of .........   


ICE CREAM


Now I wonder where that can lead to   :P :P :P 



NO NO NO! Didn't they teach you anything at school??   That's a 99'er and it involves sticking a chocolate flake...................

hmmm, maybe I better not go any further the Loins Loynes thought police are monitoring this.. ::)


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: Hristo Itchov on May 23, 2009, 11:05:05 PM +0100
I have and I did , the bloody things are too fast for me , I cant drive em more than 5 or 6 laps without suffering  "the bends" or whatever the dry land equivalent of embolism is  ::)

I think its a legasy of a miss spent youf,  leaving me with a severe shortage of active brain cells   :'(


You really need a good setup for the 69s or you can become easily preoccupied by the faster pace and actions involved. But with a good setup it becomes much easier as the car just sticks to the road and you can floor it. It's brutal but also forgiving. No ballet dancing like 67s, but rather something like 65s on steroids, lol.

I noticed in our Silverstone race with GBGPL that less wing makes them easier because there's less abrupt change of grip when you lose the downforce if you go sideways or something. Also just run a few clicks less front wing. I seen some people run huge differences in wing angles but that just makes the car snap suddenly, either from understeer to oversteer or vice versa. 2-3 degrees less front wing seems to work most of the time.

If I don't see you in the next 69 race, Bernie, I'll join Clubmans under a fake name and wreck you!  ;D


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: Hristo Itchov on May 23, 2009, 11:07:54 PM +0100
Whenever I here 69er I think more of .........   


ICE CREAM


Now I wonder where that can lead to   :P :P :P 




NO NO NO! Didn't they teach you anything at school??   That's a 99'er and it involves sticking a chocolate flake...................

hmmm, maybe I better not go any further the Loins Loynes thought police are monitoring this.. ::)

Jeez, Evil, could you hold on to that state of mind (and heart?) until our next race? It's a guarantee for delivering good result, I can assure you!  :o


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: bernie on May 24, 2009, 08:18:05 PM +0100
Whenever I here 69er I think more of .........   


ICE CREAM


Now I wonder where that can lead to   :P :P :P 



NO NO NO! Didn't they teach you anything at school??   That's a 99'er and it involves sticking a chocolate flake...................

hmmm, maybe I better not go any further the Loins Loynes thought police are monitoring this.. ::)

Ooops 1

All I know is,  whenever I asked the girl in the ice cream van for a 69'er , she always obliged me  ;D





Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: Storm_Cloud on May 25, 2009, 11:04:08 AM +0100
What's a good time around here?


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: Clive Loynes on May 25, 2009, 03:45:37 PM +0100
Whenever I here 69er I think more of .........   


ICE CREAM


Now I wonder where that can lead to   :P :P :P 



NO NO NO! Didn't they teach you anything at school??   That's a 99'er and it involves sticking a chocolate flake...................

hmmm, maybe I better not go any further the Loins Loynes thought police are monitoring this.. ::)

Ooops 1

All I know is,  whenever I asked the girl in the ice cream van for a 69'er , she always obliged me  ;D





Is that just a Wigan thing or do they make it as far as Preston?


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: bernie on May 25, 2009, 04:56:26 PM +0100
Wigan lasses ae always eager to oblige,  but sorry mate this is Fredericks country they dont frequent that far North and anyway it would be poaching on Glady's territory  8)


just realised , due to RSC being down,  a lot of the newer members (so to speak  ::)) haven't yet witnessed the delights of Glady's very unusual attractions  :P

And before you ask , she gave up going for piano accordian lessons some time ago as it was starting to diminish her finer points .

 :)
 


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: vosblod on May 25, 2009, 05:27:48 PM +0100
What's a good time around here?
Times in practice races were 1.14-17 the other night. My time was slower  ;)


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: b_1_rd on May 25, 2009, 08:27:27 PM +0100
Really?  The WR is 1:15.3  :-\


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: vosblod on May 25, 2009, 08:41:41 PM +0100
Really?  The WR is 1:15.3  :-\
1.14 was a missquote - more 1.16


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: b_1_rd on May 25, 2009, 10:39:43 PM +0100
Ah, no worries Tim.  Just a scary time!  :o

As for the race.....

I don’t remember it happening but I must have been to a hypnotist at some stage who programmed my brain to react to the word ‘race’.

For the first 5 laps my head no longer coordinates with my hands and feet, I immediately forget the braking and turn in points and generally drive like a buffoon!

Once I got going proper it was fun chasing Geoff for a number of laps but he sadly span in the last turn and I passed to try and chase down Al_H who went off up ahead somewhere so got and easy pass there too and ran on my own up until my screen froze, and I was joined in the chat room by Al_H who had the same pleasure.

As Geoff was saying in chat, I couldn’t seem to run the same pace as I had been doing in practice last night, car felt altogether different, but I had made no changes, so that’s all a bit weird. Probably that Hypnotist again!

Good fun though while it lasted.  Grats to all finishers.


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: Storm_Cloud on May 25, 2009, 10:50:27 PM +0100
Fun race. didn't expect to be that quick but after everything shook out I was in 4th and edging tenth by tenth up to the front three. I came across a McLaren on the run to the fiddly bit that must have had a problem as he slowed right infront of me and spat me onto the grass. Somehow, Evil ended up behind me and he homed in over a couple of laps then came down the inside into T1 like a cowboy with all guns blazing. He also had a couple of wheels on the grass so we had a bit of a bump. Next time he caught me I gave him the corner then found I could keep up with him but got two wheels on the grass in the fiddly bit braking zone and clunked something.

Didn't realise we could reset, but nevermind - I'd had my fun by then.


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: happyal on May 26, 2009, 09:02:34 AM +0100
Got to admit that I forgot about this, was looking on the internet and found this page at about 9:15, so quickly joined but I was out of sorts.

Managed to do a lap where I kept it on the track, but I was a mile off the pace, in the race I was a danger so I parked it.


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: Al Heller on May 26, 2009, 03:45:29 PM +0100
Some noobie mistakes from me in my first online race. First I managed to select neutral at the start - Tim (I think) did fantastically well not to crash straight into the back of me. Then at the first corner I was so busy watching a couple of people going off that I promptly joined them and spun across the grass too. After that I managed to settle down & was pleased to keep out of trouble & manage a few overtakes. Was concentrating hard as Geoff was bearing down on me in his evil-handling car but with 7 laps to go my screen froze out & that was that. Steve suffered a freeze-out at about the same time. Had set myself the target of getting to the end without taking anyone else out so was a bit gutted not to finish, but still enjoyed my first taste of racing.


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: EvilClive on May 27, 2009, 10:27:02 PM +0100
Looking at the numbers that turned out for this event we are getting close to a viable grid for 69's. Granted there are some who are still getting to grips with these beasts but that was a good fun race.
Maybe a few more purely fun races for people to become comfortable with the grip etc and next season we could consider a 69 division.

We might also be able to get some crossover from GBGPL to swell the numbers?


Title: Re: Bank Holiday Fun - East London - 69 Mod - May 25
Post by: vosblod on May 27, 2009, 10:34:39 PM +0100
Looking at the numbers that turned out for this event we are getting close to a viable grid for 69's. Granted there are some who are still getting to grips with these beasts but that was a good fun race.
Maybe a few more purely fun races for people to become comfortable with the grip etc and next season we could consider a 69 division.
I'm looking at running some fun races over the summer break - will put up a post when I come up with some dates...