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Title: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on May 30, 2009, 01:58:09 PM +0100
All members welcome.

Grid/server capacity: 28

Practice: ~19:15 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:15 (25 mins)
Race: 20:40 (8 laps = ~70mins)

Track: Nordschleife 2006 (Tourst circuit) download here (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54520#post_nordschleife)
Cars allowed: Any GTC-76 plus GT40 plus Mclaren M1A (Available here (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_mclaren_m1a)) plus Fiat Abarth 131 GT (Available here (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_abarth131)) excluding the Pantera and the Porsche 906

The most popular car choice from this event will be excluded from Round 7


Time of Day Setting: 18:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: 2x

Pit Stops: You must make a minimum of one pit stop during which you must take on at least 1 litre of fuel or change your tyres. You cannot take your mandatory stop at the end of the first lap, or with less than 1 lap to go.

Server: UKGTL Enduro
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

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.
(3) This race will be run using the UKGTL Skin Pack 1.8.0.0 which will need to be installed prior to racing; please get it from the downloads page.
(4) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page
(5) The AI control should be turned off so that you have control of the car at all times, including pitting. Your player file should therefore read
Autopit="0"
Force Autopit Off="1" // Forces autopit always off
No AI Control="1" // AI never has control over car

If you still finding pitting problematic, experience tells us that its less to do with positioning and more to do with approach speed. A slow approach to pit crew chief has proved most reliable.













Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: TinMan on August 14, 2009, 03:07:58 PM +0100
Would like to request that this race is run in daylight conditions,please. This track is difficult enough without the darkness. Any other views?

TC


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Legzy on August 14, 2009, 03:17:56 PM +0100
Have you tried it at 18:00 Tom?
Tony & myself have both looked at it (all the way through to 19:10 race end) & both agreed it was good.
Willing to listen to people's opinions/concerns over this though. :)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Blunder on August 14, 2009, 03:25:20 PM +0100
On holiday  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: TinMan on August 14, 2009, 04:52:53 PM +0100
Yep, tried it. Looks quite atmospheric in the dusk but I had terrible problems spotting my appropriate braking points. May just be my old eyes!!.
However, if you try a race against the AI you will find that the track is very narrow - trying to overtake in the dark is a nightmare.
If everyone else is in favour then so be it, but I can see a fair amount of carnage.

TC


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Ade on August 14, 2009, 05:29:17 PM +0100
I cant run night races :( monitor goes into screensaver mode and goes even darker, early morning getting brighter would be good for me.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer on August 14, 2009, 05:37:49 PM +0100
monitor goes into screensaver mode

Surely there's a setting on the monitor to turn off the 'clever' power saving mode?


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: pribeiro on August 14, 2009, 05:48:03 PM +0100
Would like to request that this race is run in daylight conditions,please. This track is difficult enough without the darkness. Any other views?

TC

I'm with you TC, I rather prefer daylight races.  :)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Legzy on August 14, 2009, 08:23:11 PM +0100
I'm with you TC, I rather prefer daylight races.  :)
I cant run night races :( monitor goes into screensaver mode and goes even darker, early morning getting brighter would be good for me.
Have you guys tested it yet? No sign of night time & you can get away without your headlights (kind of ;))


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Alex vV on August 14, 2009, 09:16:02 PM +0100
Like the atmospheric bit especially in the haunted German Walds but if it's too much of an issue I'll go with the flow..


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Oilseal on August 15, 2009, 02:47:47 PM +0100
Just back from holiday and already a dilemma...........(through gritted teeth)..............I have to agree with my brother Tinman.

Have tried all morning and I'm sick of coming off. For all us non aliens the biggest prob is smashing into the armco and losing the headlights.

Set the time to midday and did my first clean lap.

I have to say that while I love the track I've never been in a good race here. Its mostly been processional after the first few corners and the only excitement is being overtaken by the faster guys recovering from spins. And getting out of the way is a problem here as its narrow and while all you faster guys have the patience of saints (grin) I can't see many making it to the flag

Still if you want to keep the start time I'm OK with that.

But if it all goes awry expect a bucketload of "I told you so" and some custard pies.



Oilseal


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: goldtop on August 15, 2009, 09:30:05 PM +0100
Just a quick tip in case some of you weren't aware:

If you take the left hand gate as you leave the carpark, the lap timer will start as you cross over the start/finish line. Saves having to do an outlap ;)

Love the time setting for this; great sense of immersion with the house lights off, but a shame if it means that others will have difficulties.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: TinMan on August 16, 2009, 09:16:25 AM +0100
If you take the left hand gate as you leave the carpark, the lap timer will start as you cross over the start/finish line. Saves having to do an outlap ;)

Cheers, that's good information to have.

TC


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Oilseal on August 16, 2009, 09:40:53 AM +0100
Thanks 57. As I'm going to be doing a bit of running today I reckon that tip will save me a good 90mins.

Dont let on to Mrs Oilseal or she'll have me hoovering the stairs and doing lunch.

Yes I know I'm a wimp but I'm not as mentally strong as Tinman  LOL


Oilseal


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Oilseal on August 16, 2009, 10:30:12 AM +0100
Hi 57 your tip doesn't work for me or Tinman.

Funny that wonder why.


Oilseal


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: goldtop on August 16, 2009, 11:15:43 AM +0100
OK Oilseal, I just tried it again and it appears that you first have to complete one outlap per session for this to work. This is how it works:

Drive through left gate and complete an outlap through to start/finish line.

You can now continue on your first timed lap or return to garage.

When you leave for your next run, drive through left gate and when you pass through the start/finish line the onboard clock begins and your time will be registered.

This should then work for all subsequent laps/returns to garage, saving you an untimed outlap every time you return to the garage.

I only discovered this after a few laps and assumed it would work from the very first lap. Hope it works ok for you now.

Edit: After further experiments and research, this appears to be a little hit/miss to say the least. It does work sometimes but not always in the same way. Sometimes it works when driving through the right hand gate, sometimes the left, sometimes not at all. I'll let you know if I manage to figure it out. ???




Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Dan Minton on August 20, 2009, 10:51:35 PM +0100
Right ive done a couple of laps in the Arbarth with a best of 8.02 .  Gonna do some laps in the Escort and the Beamer for comparison.
My Arbarth set is in the online folder. "Minton_Arbarth_131"


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: dynosaur on August 21, 2009, 10:11:23 AM +0100
Thanks for the setup Dan! Saves me a lot of guessing time... ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Dan Minton on August 21, 2009, 05:51:08 PM +0100
No worries Dyno , Ive ironed out some of the oversteer on turn in but try not to flick the car about as it hates sudden weight transfer... hope it helps. ;)

Im gonna do some practice tommorow morning if anyone fancies a blast probably about 10am.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Dan Minton on August 22, 2009, 10:54:59 AM +0100
Done 7.55.7 with the Escort but with a few small errors so could be quicker.  Set up is uploaded.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: phspok on August 22, 2009, 10:58:57 AM +0100
Made a brave attempt at getting round in my favoured M1A last night, with my usual rock hard front and
softest possible rear I could handle the corners if carefull, but so much as brush a kerb and it spins
tried a more balanced setup, and it can gently touch kerbs but is like trying to fly an EFA with the
computers turned off. Maybe try something more "forgiving"  :-\


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on August 22, 2009, 11:41:22 AM +0100
Made a brave attempt at getting round in my favoured M1A last night, with my usual rock hard front and
softest possible rear I could handle the corners if carefull, but so much as brush a kerb and it spins
tried a more balanced setup, and it can gently touch kerbs but is like trying to fly an EFA with the
computers turned off. Maybe try something more "forgiving"  :-\

And perhaps a car with headlamps considering the start time  ::) ;)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: goldtop on August 22, 2009, 11:57:43 AM +0100
The view from the back of the grid:

I've run about 30 laps here in the last couple of weeks and know the track really well from previous outings. My best time is 8:38 with race fuel in the RSR and that felt like a fairground ride to me.

Where's the shortcut Dan ;D ;D ;D


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: dynosaur on August 22, 2009, 08:37:38 PM +0100
Thanks Dan, hope I have time to test the setups and tips soon.  I will keep in mind that you did 7:55 with the Escort, that is a good landmark time for me. Now let´s see how far I´m compared to that time.... :P


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: phspok on August 22, 2009, 09:36:20 PM +0100
Headlamps? umm I guess  ;) I can't remember finishin a night race with all me lamps intact, in fact I got
flamed (indirectly) at the last one for driving round without them so I would not get "dependent"  ::)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: dynosaur on August 22, 2009, 09:41:07 PM +0100
Done 7.55.7 with the Escort but with a few small errors so could be quicker.  Set up is uploaded.

I found one setup online, did 8.02.5 with it, but I can´t find your setups from the nos tourist folder... >:(


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: dynosaur on August 23, 2009, 08:44:17 AM +0100
Am I the only one who gets blinded by the setting sun during the run? The sun shines straight through every scenery there is, hills, forests, etc. There is one spot at least where I get totally blinded and can´t see the track at all. If this is the case, there is no point in racing this race at all.

Just tested it some more, and at 17:00 the lighting is just about the same but the scenery doesn´t let the sun shine through and it seems to be working as it should.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Dan Minton on August 23, 2009, 12:42:48 PM +0100
Quote
I found one setup online, did 8.02.5 with it, but I can´t find your setups from the nos tourist folder... Angry

Should be there i will check.

I need to run some laps in the dark ..could be interesting.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Dan Minton on August 23, 2009, 01:58:05 PM +0100
Ok Dyno its there now.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: dynosaur on August 23, 2009, 02:56:23 PM +0100
Thanks! but I still can´t find them, in what folder they are????


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Jeffrey on August 23, 2009, 04:16:19 PM +0100
Thanks! but I still can´t find them, in what folder they are????

I found it in the normal Nordschleide folder.

What I don't understand is why the toe-in and middle gears?


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: dynosaur on August 23, 2009, 08:28:02 PM +0100
Forget what I wrote about the track, I was practising at the wrong version of Nord, which is NoS Tourist... Great... :-[


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Samb on August 23, 2009, 10:05:23 PM +0100
Just taken the Mclaren for a spin and managed an 8:13, a whopping 18 seconds slower than Dan's time!  :o Looks as though I'll have to drive something else for a change  ;D.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: H@L9000 on August 25, 2009, 05:05:52 PM +0100
Hello. :)

I am considering entering this race but, I have a problem. I can not connect to the UKGTL server. I have been on the Gamers crib server and that seemed fine and I have been running the Nord track off line OK.

I just installed the game and registered with the GTL lobby for the first time yesterday. I have al required downloads as far as I am aware.
Both car packs, track, skins, track pack, patch version 1.1, multi player ip update thing and still can not connect.

I get no error message, it just freezes for a sec like it is going to connect but then just returns to the lobby with no error message. :'(

Any ideas?  :(


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on August 25, 2009, 06:56:38 PM +0100
You need (I think) a little bit of code that bypasses the lobby procedure. It's here somewhere. If I can't find it I'm sure someone else will post it for you.

EDIT: This is it.  http://www.filefront.com/14113503/SRou-HostsHack.exe/ double click and start GTL as normal.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: H@L9000 on August 25, 2009, 09:57:50 PM +0100
Thanks mate. :)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Legzy on August 25, 2009, 09:58:40 PM +0100
Few of us on the server now H@L


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Burtoner on August 25, 2009, 10:09:35 PM +0100
I cant seem to login, just says connecting to server, couldnt connect to server, I have ran that patch too.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: H@L9000 on August 25, 2009, 10:14:23 PM +0100
I want to get on line tonight but, only just got in and need some food. :(

I may be a while. Dont wait up. ;D

PS. Nord with the SROU guys, at 6pm virtual time. Awesome. :)

Oh. Does anyone know what the 'direct shifter' option does in the controls options?


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Tibernius on August 25, 2009, 10:15:24 PM +0100
I cant seem to login, just says connecting to server, couldnt connect to server, I have ran that patch too.

That's happened to me before. One way round it that some of the other Team Prodigy drivers have used before is to make another lobby account, then use the new one.
I didn't do that and it came back on its own after a couple of weeks, if you do it's supposed to work instantly. Haven't tried it myself though.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: BillThomas on August 26, 2009, 12:27:28 PM +0100
I won't be here, I haven't practiced sufficiently and after last night I lack motivation to try.

Bill


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Legzy on August 26, 2009, 01:26:56 PM +0100
FYI - There will be a few of us on the server from 8:30pm+ if anyone want to practice in company  :)

(Come on Bill, we'll soon have the spring back in your step)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Jeffrey on August 26, 2009, 01:57:30 PM +0100
Not gonna be bothered with this track.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Alex vV on August 26, 2009, 08:54:47 PM +0100
I won't be here, I haven't practiced sufficiently and after last night I lack motivation to try.

Bill

Don't leave me alone with all these aliens in those scary German woods!

.. and I am more than one minute slower than Magic Dan Minton...

Hope to see you at the start  8)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Sandor M on August 26, 2009, 09:42:03 PM +0100
Did a 9.35 tonight (with a few big errors) so i'm still behind you  :)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Madd-RIP on August 26, 2009, 11:58:15 PM +0100
Down to a 7.54 in the Capri, was going a bit quicker but had a BSOD, I hope its not an omen.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: dynosaur on August 27, 2009, 08:04:48 AM +0100
Could you tell me where is the pit entry? Does the fuel consumption times 2 mean that if you want to drive say 4 laps and then fill it up, you have to start with fuel for 8 laps and then take the same amount after the 4 laps?  ::)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Geoffers on August 27, 2009, 09:00:06 AM +0100
Could you tell me where is the pit entry?

Pit entry is on the right at the exit of the chicane at the end of the long straight. It isn't at the tourist centre where you start from.

Did a few laps in the Capri & did 8.04 in daylight & 8.10 in the dark. Both laps had 3-4 mistakes so could probably knock 4-5s off that. We'll see tonight  :o


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: pribeiro on August 27, 2009, 09:41:50 AM +0100
As I don't like to race GT cars at a rally stage road,  ::) I will try to be there at least
to set a quali time for race, that allows me to get points for the team.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Legzy on August 27, 2009, 09:47:43 AM +0100
Does the fuel consumption times 2 mean  that if you want to drive say 4 laps and then fill it up, you have to start with fuel for 8 laps and then take the same amount after the 4 laps?  ::)
There is an option under your 'Realism' settings that you can set it to '2x Fuel' for offline testing (That's GTR2 :-[)). If you've been testing offline & have not changed that setting, then yes... just double the amount of fuel you were using.
If you have been practicing online, the server has been set all week to '2x Fuel', so the consumption would have been correct while online.

Hope that helps  :wacko:


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: dynosaur on August 27, 2009, 10:16:05 AM +0100
Thanks guys! Sooooo the fuel consumption for 8 laps online is going to be 8 laps, no matter what is in my realism settings?


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Legzy on August 27, 2009, 10:21:45 AM +0100
Thanks guys! Sooooo the fuel consumption for 8 laps online is going to be 8 laps, no matter what is in my realism settings?
That sounds right  :)
If you go online now & drive for 8 laps without running out... you'll be able to do it again in the race tonight ;D

I'm far more concerned about trying to fit some kind of force-field around my car in the hope I'll survive a few scrapes with barriers :-\.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: dynosaur on August 27, 2009, 12:06:52 PM +0100
I have no intention to drive 8 laps practise sessions at Nord. Two or three laps are more than enough in practise  ;D. But thanks for clearing this out for me!


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Legzy on August 27, 2009, 12:19:13 PM +0100
Could you tell me where is the pit entry?
Pit entry is on the right at the exit of the chicane at the end of the long straight. It isn't at the tourist centre where you start from.

Yup, please all racing tonight make sure you are familiar with the correct mid-race pit entry is!
Like Geoffers said, pit entry is on the right just after the chicane at the end of the long long long straight. (not in the car park half-way down that straight, that you come out of in practice/qually sessions).

Also, try to look after your headlights on lap one as it'll make your driving a lot quicker later in the race! :)



Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: phspok on August 27, 2009, 12:36:58 PM +0100
Pits! Had not read the 1st page. My garage says 3 laps on a full tank in online prac. is that 2x already
or is it really 1.5 laps? so that will be either 2 stops or more. and 8 laps! nice one Legzy
I expect there will be only a few cars still limping round on lap 8. anyone who stays intact
and has the patience to keep going is likely to be a high place finisher whatever their pace is.

Ahhh, ok, ta for the update Legzy. what I get online is already x2


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Burtoner on August 27, 2009, 02:01:02 PM +0100
and please leave more slots open so EVERYONE can join :P


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: TinMan on August 27, 2009, 02:34:03 PM +0100
You can't get x2 fuel offline, this is a server only function. This means that ,until the actual race online, you do not know how the tyres are going to wear. Another recipe for disaster???

TC


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Burtoner on August 27, 2009, 07:20:05 PM +0100
I cant seem to connect to the server list?

Any suggestions...


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Tibernius on August 27, 2009, 07:23:48 PM +0100
You have installed the lobby patch?
http://www.filefront.com/14113503/SRou-HostsHack.exe/

If that doesn't work, try registering a new lobby account and see if it works with that.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Legzy on August 27, 2009, 07:27:17 PM +0100
You can't get x2 fuel offline, this is a server only function. This means that ,until the actual race online, you do not know how the tyres are going to wear. Another recipe for disaster???
The server has been up all week for practice & tyre wear would be exactly the same on or off line.

& when was the last recipe for disaster? ???


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Spadowski on August 27, 2009, 08:48:52 PM +0100
Not sure what happened but I had nothing above 3rd gear. Going into 4th and 5th did nothing. Revs just kept rising.

Thought it was a sound issue, but nope, changing back and forth from 4th to 5th and back again at high speed did nothing.

Waste of time.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Sandor M on August 27, 2009, 08:50:49 PM +0100
Got stuck behind the barriers in lap1 :-(
better luck next time. Hope the rest had a good race


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Geoffers on August 27, 2009, 09:07:50 PM +0100
Apologies to Dynosaur & whoever it was in the Capri I got in the way of on lap 1  & also to API who I ran into on lap 2 & I think put out of the race. Was not enjoying this at all so quit before causing anyone else problems.

Hope the rest had fun, cya next time.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Samb on August 27, 2009, 09:12:08 PM +0100
Same old story. After the promise of my previous PnG race, I thought my internet problems had been rectified somewhat. Sadly I kept disconnecting during practice and so moved the router about in vain hope it would help. It did suprisingly, and I went through the qualifying session without problem. Then the race began and I made a good start into 3rd place by the end of it all. Then everyone on track dissapeared and I disconnected off teamspeak. Game over I thought, but miraculously 30 seconds later everyone appeared again! For the next lap, I enjoyed a quiet run through the Nordschleife, unable to catch Prib & Madd, but was pulling away from the 4th placed man. A lap later, this time I did disconnect  :'(, another game ended prematurely.

That's enough GTL for me. I hope to return, but only if my internet is up to standard. I may try another Internet provider in the next few months but we'll see. I'll be back for the PnG race though, because at Daytona I was actually not having a bad connection so there's promise there. Thanks to everyone for their never ending patience. See you all soon  :).


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: API on August 27, 2009, 09:13:55 PM +0100
Apologies to Dynosaur & whoever it was in the Capri I got in the way of on lap 1  & also to API who I ran into on lap 2 & I think put out of the race. Was not enjoying this at all so quit before causing anyone else problems.

Hope the rest had fun, cya next time.

No problem, Geoffers.  :)

Not too good race for me. Failed to get a legal qualifying lap and I had no idea, how much that Escort uses fuel on one lap in The Green Hell. Maybe this was better way to finish the race than having no fuel in the middle of Nordschleife.  :D

And I noticed also that my engine was going in bad shape very quickly. I wasn't expecting that.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: phspok on August 27, 2009, 10:17:17 PM +0100
As usual for me in an Enduro, had a good 1st half. followed Geoffers for a while with Ade patiently following on
Not sure whether it was just "eratic" driving or warp or both Geoffers but you were all over the track  :-\
When you went onto the grass I decided I had to go past, bad idea as it happened. Went in the pits in 3rd
wasn;t really looking at the times, and let the crew fix the slightly bent suspension..... ohhhh now that was
a REALLY bad idea 120 sec stop, and from the way the car was slidin around and losing the rear under braking
I don't believe they changed the tyres,, lonely 2nd stint then with lot sof banging into barriers.

Well done top few


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: H@L9000 on August 27, 2009, 10:18:33 PM +0100
I really enjoyed that. :)

The first half of the race was incredible with a good fight between me and Lazlow and a couple of others.

My GTL inexperience got the better of me during the pit stop and I was so intent on making sure the tyre were not changed that I did not notice the fuel. To used to GTR2 and just hitting ENTER. ::)

Thanks legzy for pushing me for almost an entire lap. ;D

Great fun. When are you racing on that track again? :D

Well done podiums. Mad was insanely fast. :o


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Alex vV on August 27, 2009, 10:19:24 PM +0100
Got stuck behind the barriers in lap1 :-(
So it was you in the Porsche behind the barrier.. though luck, we could have had a good fight at the back of the grid  :D

Good but though race to keep the concentration up. Had some minor skirmishes with the admins and had to wade through the Burton smokescreen  ;)
Then I tried to be smart and , in good F1 style, passed teamie Tim in the pit by not repairing the suspension... and I suffered for it.
The back of the Escort was walloping like a 2CV. Sorry Tim if I caught you out with my early braking. Not intentionally but had to brake, waited till the car settled again and brake for the second part...

Loved the battle at the last lap! Gave a little wave when you raced past me at the end... I was no match for the German machine  ;D

Good show!


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Madd-RIP on August 27, 2009, 10:38:10 PM +0100
Managed to get pole with a pb, but expected Pribeiro to harass me in that Beemer of his in the race.

He didn't dissapoint!  :o

He was all over me like a bad suit for the first lap as I tried to get my tyres up to temp whilst still pushing, he almost got past a couple of times but in the twisties there's almost no chance if the other driver covers the line.
From the second lap on I slowly started to make a gap as the tyres came up to temp which gave the front end some more bite and with the 3rd and 4th laps I made a real push to make a good gap before pitting.
Pitstop went fine and left with a good gap to that pesky Beemer and just nailed it to the end of the race.  ;D

Grats to everyone who finished and also to Pribs and Lazlow.  ;)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on August 27, 2009, 10:47:51 PM +0100
Replay and results now up

And no Ford Capri's for Monza  :'(


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: TinMan on August 27, 2009, 11:10:36 PM +0100
You can't get x2 fuel offline, this is a server only function. This means that ,until the actual race online, you do not know how the tyres are going to wear. Another recipe for disaster???
The server has been up all week for practice & tyre wear would be exactly the same on or off line.

& when was the last recipe for disaster? ???

No it wouldnt, cos you can't drive with 24 gallons for 4 laps and then put in another 24 gallons on the same tyres offline (or even in online practice). The last recipe for disaster was racing this track in the dark. Just my opinion - you dont have to get sensitive lol.

TC


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Au
Post by: Tim Robey on August 28, 2009, 12:15:31 AM +0100
That was a fun race, good job I remembered the track from my GPL days!

Early on I was battling with Burtoner, he stayed on my tail for a while, he passed me a couple of times but I soon passed him back, until he lost it.... and built up a 30s gap to Alex behind.

I lost concentration on the 4th lap and damaged the car so I decided to pits for fuel & repairs, only replaced the bodywork as suspension was going to take 120s! But Alex passed me in the pits, but wasn't too worried.

That was the right decision, the car handling was back to normal  :) passed Alex after he span and built a 35s lead with one lap to go, but got sloppy and damaged the car again  >:( then span again on a high speed section and Alex zoomed past  :(

I spent the last half of the lap battling Alex, I was caught out by you braking early and gave you a tap in the rear near the end that nudged you into the barrier. I waited for you and used the BMW powwwwerrr on the long straight to beat you to the line.

Loved the battle at the last lap! Gave a little wave when you raced past me at the end... I was no match for the German machine  ;D

Me too! :clap:




Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: dynosaur on August 28, 2009, 08:14:49 AM +0100
Apologies to Dynosaur & whoever it was in the Capri I got in the way of on lap 1  & also to API who I ran into on lap 2 & I think put out of the race. Was not enjoying this at all so quit before causing anyone else problems.

Hope the rest had fun, cya next time.

No problem, Geoffers.  :)

Not too good race for me. Failed to get a legal qualifying lap and I had no idea, how much that Escort uses fuel on one lap in The Green Hell. Maybe this was better way to finish the race than having no fuel in the middle of Nordschleife.  :D

And I noticed also that my engine was going in bad shape very quickly. I wasn't expecting that.

No problemo, Geoffers. You were warping in front of me quite badly, I tried to be close to overtake, got too close a few times because of that warping but gladly no contact as I saw it.

API, I finished just like you said, out of fuel at the second carroussell during the last lap! What a finish! Tried to gamble and skipped my second pitstop, miscalculated the fuel because I made my first stop after the third lap which was a mistake. I just trusted the fuel meter, shouldn´t have. Could´ve maybe kept my third position but no luck.

Grats podium boys and everyone who raced bravely at the "Green Hell"! Hoping that my luck turns for the better some day... ;)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Geoffers on August 28, 2009, 09:29:25 AM +0100
Sorry about the warping guys  :-[ If I had realised I would have quit earlier. All seemed Ok on my screen except for Sam who was warping a bit on lap 1.

Having raced the Nordschleife 3 times recently, I have to say that while I love the track as a challenge to drive it is an awful place to race as there is nowhere (apart from the long straight) to overtake if the car in front sticks to its line. Any attempt at an overtake often ends in contact & if someone makes a mistake they usually bounce off the barriers straight back onto the track causing problems for those following. To me, races here are only satisfying when you get to run by yourself.

Congrats to the podium
Cya all at Cadwell


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: goldtop on August 28, 2009, 09:31:28 AM +0100
Wasn't sure whether to go with the fun RSR or the boring BMW. Made the wrong choice :(

RSR felt great except bad understeer in 2 or 3 corners which I couldn't sort out. Sure enough Aremberg caught me out on lap one and I ended up facing the wrong way on the inside of the track. I decided to let the field go but was hit. I continued for a while but the car felt awful and I didn't fancy dragging it all the way back to the pits with no lights.

Hope others had a better time and congrats to the pody :)


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: pribeiro on August 28, 2009, 10:11:28 AM +0100

And no Ford Capri's for Monza  :'(

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D



I really don't like Nords.  :whistling:
In fact, I did attend because of team points (4 points behind Oldies before race, 2 points now)  :yes:
and to try to stand in 3rd in championship.
One lap qualifying didn't count, I had cut the track before the second carrousel.
Just managed to qualified in time before it end.
3rd spot on grid, gave me some confidence to keep myself near to Madd and as I thought,
better power on CSL allowed me to overtake dynosaur at the start.
First lap I tried to stick right close to Madd, hoping for a mistake from him... :shifty:
however his consistent and perfect driving kept me on my place.
Sorry for the litle tap on the left hairpin, by then I was really trying to scare you.  :D
From 2nd lap, CSL front tires ran almost all track in red.  :o Made a setup too stiff I believe, albeit
the fantastic way that Beemer was cornering due to that.
Kept the gap to Madd always between 10 and 15 seconds for most of the race, a few times
it went to 19s.
Pit stop went well, gap was then 9.9. On the second half of the race made a few minor mistakes,
nothing serious. Just tried to stay and keep the 2nd place untill the end, Madd was uncatchable.
Congrats for your pace and your win Madd.  :)

7 laps of loneliness for 8 minutes per lap (at least in pit stop I saw other drivers) :P
Wasn't very fun to be honest, but more because I just don't like Nordscheleavemealone.  :lol:

Well done to Lazlow and to all finishers.
Bad luck your fuel issue dyno, you deserved a good final place.  :(

Cheers


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: dynosaur on August 28, 2009, 11:21:34 AM +0100
I gambled with fuel and lost, that´s it. Didn´t do my homework. I made an awful start because the Escort didn´t move, it had the first gear so long that the revs were too low to get it going, and once again the homework was left undone because I didn´t make any practise starts and the long first came as a total surprise to me.

I love this track although the overtaking in many places is impossible and you can lose a lot of time by getting stuck behind a slower car.

The gearing in the Escort was off, the first gear was too long and the 5th gear hit the red at least half distance of the long back straight, and if I tried to put the 5th longer, there was not enough power in the Escort to ever hit the red at all. So it was a compromise by someone, who had made the setup.


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Burtoner on August 28, 2009, 10:48:32 PM +0100
I have to say i actually enjoyed that race, 1st few lap battles with Tim, I was actualy looking quite bit faster than last 5-6 cars on the grid, plenty of smoke flyng around off my tyres.

ONE major problem i forgot was to configure my lights for car and i didnt know what button it was and that called quite few awkward moments lol  :'(

I think top 10 was defaintly possible, So I think thats a massive step forward for me in terms of GTL, having only had a few races under my belt...

Be interesting to know what rest of you lot thought..


Title: Re: UKGTL Season 8 Endurance - Round 4 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife), German - Aug 27
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on August 31, 2009, 11:35:11 PM +0100
Same old story. After the promise of my previous PnG race, I thought my internet problems had been rectified somewhat. Sadly I kept disconnecting during practice and so moved the router about in vain hope it would help. It did suprisingly, and I went through the qualifying session without problem. Then the race began and I made a good start into 3rd place by the end of it all. Then everyone on track dissapeared and I disconnected off teamspeak. Game over I thought, but miraculously 30 seconds later everyone appeared again! For the next lap, I enjoyed a quiet run through the Nordschleife, unable to catch Prib & Madd, but was pulling away from the 4th placed man. A lap later, this time I did disconnect  :'(, another game ended prematurely.

That's enough GTL for me. I hope to return, but only if my internet is up to standard. I may try another Internet provider in the next few months but we'll see. I'll be back for the PnG race though, because at Daytona I was actually not having a bad connection so there's promise there. Thanks to everyone for their never ending patience. See you all soon  :).
Change your mind mate. It's your race up next in GTL land so you have to be there. It's in the small print.