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Practice 1:	20:15	(10 mins)
Qual 2:	20:25	(20 mins)
Race:	20:45	(40 minutes)	note: no warmup

Cars allowed: any GT1 from the UKGTR Physics Pack v2.9.5.1 (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54519#msg54519).
Weather: Dry
Track: UKGTR Potrero de los Funes v1.0.0.0 (download from here (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54900#post_potrero))
Race Start Time: 14:00
Pit Stops: No mandatory pit stop.

Server: UKGTR Fun
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) Standings and schedule can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R;group=200;theme=3)
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Details now posted.

Decided not to bother with Spa - this might be fun if I'm back in time

I'll need some racing after one of those damn final exams at university :cursing:

I was just looking for a picture with the layout of this circuit... is it just me or this circuit is VERY long?? :blink:

EDIT: Ok it is not VERY long but still 6.235 Km, nice!

Had an hour here last night after crashing out at Spa. If you've not raced here before you'd better make time for some pracci :)

Setup here is difficult IMO - I Managed a 2:15.xxx in the MC12 but plenty left on track.

I seem to be having problems installing the track from the .exe downloaded from FileFront. I've downloaded the file twice now without success??
I'm just going to try getting it from Humyo....I'll let you know how it goes.

UPDATE:
The .exe file on FileFront seems to be currupted (for me anyway). I've just downloaded it from Humyo and it installed without any problems.

Laz

Never seen this circuit before, the twisty last third of the circuit maybe GT1 hell...I need to get alot more praccy in :o

Same for me.

Same

Managed to get some laps in tonight...got my time down to 2:06.4.
Considering my fatest lap at the start was a 2:10.5, i'm a very happy bunny :thumbup1:

Laz

For hotlapping at least, this is a very good track :yes: Hope its just as much fun to race.

Tried the Saleen and its a quick/pleasant drive. Ideal for enduro I'm thinking but, the MC12 excitement factor just blows it outta the water :)

Its dawned on me as soon as i drove it, its the Argentine track from last years FIA GT champ.

After about an hour practise i'm down to 2.09.0 but that was in the rather devilish MC12 which SBG tempted me with. No idea what to take for real tho.

Oops, cockup in the announcement, skin pack should be 2.9.5.1, not 2.9.5.0. I'm sure you all knew that.

Loving that track after the first few laps. I was down to the 2:08 but still lots of time to make I think

Gonna be a great race :laugh:

FileFront link should be fixed now.

I don't know, it's difficult to attack because of the kerbs. But it's definately different and nice and fast, which I really like.

Thanks for the variety Gizmo  8)

I'd like to echo what FreQ said & I'm gutted I can't make tonight  >:(

This track has really caught me on the hop, need alot more praccy, fearful I might get in someones way..see how I get on before I make a decision :-\   

PC froze while in the car setup screens with less than a minute to go till the race >:( Just heard a bit of static or interference on the headphones which i'd not heard before.

Have fun guys, love the track but more for hot lapping. Not sure i'll ever learn the track properly.

Had to grab the phone but still tried to drive I was enjoying that so much ;D I wasn't good enough to do both and crashed out.

Race with Busi was just about to begin so I've no idea what its like to race on that track. Gotta say that I found those hairpins with braking zones around corners a real test and rather exciting. No problems to report, although cut detection in T2 is a little wonky, and I enjoyed the test there more than Oschers for example. Nice find Dave :)

Touch and go as whether I was going to race tonight, but glad I did, Titantic battle with Gizmo, you got me in the end Dave..on the last lap :ninja:

Brilliant race, started 3rd and followed sbg closely till he crashed.

FreQ was stunningly fast, Lister must have been better round here otherwise I can't find an explaination to that speed lol Lazlow was also catching me in the other Lister, I was struggling with worn fronts and overheated rears, I was all over the place in those slow corners in the last sector, so much fun ;D

I must say I quite enjoyed that!! :euro:
I can't wait to try out the Lister again!! It could be a contender for me to drive in the up and coming season.
Well done  :alien:'s (Freq, Busi and SBG)....where do you get that un-earthly pace from. ;D

Laters

Laz

Good fun race with Ade and Picnic for almost all the race. started as Ade  - me - Picnic, ended as me - Picnic - Ade
both were a tad faster when they did tidy laps, but the straight line speed of the 550 seemed to keep them at bay

Provisional Results available.

Really enjoyed that. Installed the track a whole 30 mins before race start only for the phone to go, so P1 was the first time I'd ever done a lap here.


Enjoyed the battle, but my faster was 0.001 on fastest laps ;) Fortunately for me JPS did a Vettle on lap 1 and went wide letting me through. I then managed to find a bit more pace over the quick lap I did in Q1. I suspect a setup may have been useful but I just raced the default C6 with too much fuel and a change to the gear ratios. I was eating the engine some what so the last few laps I was short shifting.

What an exciting track for GT1s.

I found it extremely difficult controlling it through those downhill braking zones into the chicanes and spun the MC12 3 or 4 timesearly on. I tail ended Smokey during one of these and spun him round, but at the time I didn't feel any contact. Apologies again Smokey and hope it didn't cause any damage. :-[

I eventually clipped a curb and put it in the wall at a point where I'd never been off before, which meant a long pit for repairs. I eventually got it home for a top 10 finish :clap:

Excellent battle despite my continuing struggle to really get to grips with the track. As usual you managed to pick a car which was desperately fast down the straights despite being dreadfully slow into, through and out of the corners and as usual I had to wait until my tyres had gone through their off balance phase to really attack in those few laps. :fencing:

Sorry about the contact on the penultimate lap. I was just thinking about where I was going to have a go on the last lap and totally missed my braking point - hoped you might see it coming and let me just run off but it all happened rather quickly. :o

Track seemed to work fine and I don't think we had any issues with 'magic catapult' curbs and the like. 8)

No worries Dave, it was tight racing..you did well to drive the entire race virtually on my rear bumper :fencing:

That track is fun, interesting and I was learning and improving my lines as the race wore on, usually a sign of a technical or difficult to master track. It's certainly not a "learn it in 5 laps track" like Monza. It's varied and rewarding to drive though, I hope we can use it again.

It looked like it was going to be close between me, SBG and Busi, only 1 tenth in qually and the first few laps were close. But I don't really know what happened, I just learnt some new lines, especially a new way to take t1 which lopped about a second off my practise times on the race fuel and the gap grew from there. Sorry if that was boring  :(

Funny SBG, I'd have been off in a second. I can't talk and race  :D

I was planning to take the Lambo for this. It's a fun race and I last used the Lambo in S4-6 which is quite a while ago now, but trying to practise with it meant I was relearning a car and learning a difficult track and it wasn't working, I was spinning everywhere! I think my best lap was a 2:18 until I decided to stick with the Lister and concentrate on learning the track. I'll likely do the same with Edmonton now.

Saying that though, I'm 90% on taking the Viper for S10, so making these setups is going to do naff all  :D

Oh and T1 cut detection? I haven't had a warning in any session, online or off. I must be doing something wrong  ;D

I lasted three corners in total :)  

Really enjoyed that track as it has a bit of everything. It was great fun battling Busis Lambo which was far better into big braking zones but the MC12 was much better through the fast corners. Fighting a Viper, if i can get close to Freq, will be equally as exciting. Mention it cause I'm mildly excited about S10 GT1 and dreaming of racing them at Lemans  ;)

Very strange, I think it was something to do with the track. Tried starting GTR2 last night, first time since tuesday, and the screen goes blank and a windows error box appears saying it had an unexpected error even before reaching the splash screen. Ended up deleting the track folder and the hat files and it would fire up properly.