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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 Lotus from the UKGTR Physics Pack v2.10.0.0 (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54519#post_physics).
Weather: Changeable, seeded from real-world conditions at the start of the event.
Track: Magny-Cours National.
Race Start Time: 14:00.
Pit Stops: No mandatory pit stop is required.

Server: UKGTR Lotus
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=217;theme=3)
(3) You will not be able to join the server without the skin and ballast pack (see link above).
(4) Drivers are reminded that they must select ISDN as their bandwidth, otherwise the stability of everyone's connection will be reduced.
(5) 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).

Not much time to build excitement/interest or try a car I would have thought. Anyways, can't make this one but hope you have fun :angel:

cant make this either, busted hand  :'(

Added car poll. I've no idea which to take!

I'll take Lotus Galllardo.  ;)

I thought you'd be pretty hot on fishy spellings Dave  :P

I don't know what you mean... :wetfish: :whistling:

Exige lacks the first gear... ??? and seems a bit strange to set up. So I'll take the Elise. Though - why does it have bright red tyres? :P  Seriously, softs last two laps, then they melt. :( All in all, two crappy cars to drive. Are they like that for real?

Came under 1 minute in both after a few laps.

anyone know what version of the exige mod you are currently using? I think there is a newer version over at pilsbierbude mod section, comes packed with 16 skins too. Its version 1.2 by Darkdust. Could be worth checking if improvement over current. :-\

Come on then Mark, spill the beans - what happened?

Err i dont know we had both elise and exige! Or is this from the new pack? lol. Go away for a few days and its all change!

We had both cars before, but it seems that we need the new pack v2.10.0.0. I tried to join the server without the new pack and was booted.

Exige = Elise + steroids :)

Hehe, not really - here.  :D

I've decided to switch from mackerel to Exige. 59.4 best lap so far (race-ish fuel).

Best lap times with 10 laps fuel on mediums:

Elise 59.397

Exige 57.469

Likelihood of finishing the race:

Elise, maybe

Exige,  :lol:

I'm going to be driving the Elise. With race fuel I'm managing steady 1:00.3-5s.

What great racing 8)  My best qualy yet 5th 8) The weather conditions were not for the faint hearted :devil:   and it made for a great race...superb battles along the way with Tiberios and Nsfast..but just as importantly I finished in front of my Nemesis Gizmo :ninja:
Pleased with a 5th place finish 8)

Congrats TT Great drive and win for the Legends Team :jumpjoy:

Surprised at the low turnout for the first race of the season :-\

Congrats podium.

Well that was always going to be a tough race for me, but in the rain :eek:

I made it worse by going with hard wets as they never got anywhere near temp. Happy to finish last :laugh:

Just as I was starting to get to grips with the car in the dry... :wetfish: :helpsmilie:

Couldn't make head nor tail of the brakes for the first few laps and had to through it off at Lycee on the first flying lap to avoid running into the back of 57goldtop. :o Really struggled for the first 10 minutes but then started to get into a better rhythm and finally got some temperature into the tyres... right up until I spun coming out of the final chicane and had to sit still for so long before rejoining that my tyres went stone cold.

Despite the small turnout I reckon that would've been fun if I'd been properly prepared. Next time...

Replay and provisional results posted

LapChart (http://www.granum.plus.com/20090707%20U10LC/index.html)

Excellent race tonight...really enjoyed it...my best drive in the wet  ;D

I was very lucky to start this one after a lost connection with a few seconds of qual remaining.  :o

Although, I think starting at the back was a help as it allowed me a couple of clear laps getting used to the conditions. Had great fun working up from 11th to 4th.

Congrats to the podium guys.

Interesting race, some close laps with Jose at first.  :)
Guess dry race will sort the car classes out. :-\

Mugello next - comming, Psuedo? ;)

surprised at the low turn out, thought there would be more interest in a one make lotus series  :-\  i did some one handed  :o laps and thought the cars seemed good fun. Would have enjoyed the race if i could have run.

well done TT and JPS  8)

I think 2nd is a very good result considering all the mistakes I made.
I was running round with race fuel for most of qualifying  :wetfish:
The rear of the car seemed to be very unpredictable and I kept out breaking myself at the penultimate corner.
Was brilliant to be side by side with spanner over the line  :rockon:

Didnt get much time to practise, only had about 30mins before the race. Tried out the exige but it behaves nothing like an elise / exige as i would be horrified if the real car handled as badly as this one. Switching to the elise and it felt amazing and i could actually get it round the track.

Just had a steady race really managing to keep it on the track. Err interesting last corner Jose, admitedly i hit the kurbs too much and couldnt accelerate away well when you came past like a rocketship ??? It was a bit obvious having see the replay, hardly legit! :(

The first part of the chicane does look a bit dubious but I don’t know if it gave me any advantage.  :-\
Having said that the benefit of the doubt should probably go the driver who didn’t levee the track so if you want to submit an incident report I would be more than happy to concede the place.  :angel:

will try to be....but tuesdays are a little awkward just at the mo.