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Drive this one if you dare... To my knowledge we've not tried the Night Mod before so might be fun.
The race is open to anyone and will not be passworded or moderated.


Please be in IGOR UKGPL chatroom by 8.50pm
(You will need to set up a channel called #ukgpl if you haven't already done so)
IGOR and Race passwords: no race password

Server 6.ukgpl
IP address 80.5.200.198

Race date = 30-10-2009, 9.00pm UK time
Track =  Gothnite (Machwerk variant)
Variant = Night Mod - 65 chassis
Damage Model = Intermediate
Qualifying time = 35 minutes. Don't start until 30 mins left on clock to allow everyone to join.
Race length = 5 laps

Chassis assignments: any chassis you like
Track downloadable here; http://gplmz.bcsims.com/sub/ftommi/tracks/gothnite.html (http://gplmz.bcsims.com/sub/ftommi/tracks/gothnite.html)
You will also need to install the Night Mod; http://srmz.net/sub/ftommi/nightmod.html (http://srmz.net/sub/ftommi/nightmod.html)
Installation instructions; http://srmz.net/sub/ftommi/installNM.html (http://srmz.net/sub/ftommi/installNM.html)

Not sure how many of you will be interested in this, especially as it's a Friday. Decided Saturday 31/10 might result in too many divorce proceedings. If I find myself doing it solo at least I'm guaranteed my first ever UKGPL win  ;)
Seriously, post here if it's of interest - no point running a grid of two.

LOL, I'm definitely up for this!  ;D

Would love too, but away that weekend  :(

Great idea Tim. Count me in.

I am serious!

With me its 3 so we meet at 30 okt 10:00 dutch time I think. (I look it up)

Looking forward to it.

Greetings Pedro van den Berg
Member of EOLC

Hi Pedro - we'll definately run it. I've struggled on it so far - going to try Machwerk to get a feel for the track before switching over - I don't mind running at the back, reminds me of those old hammer horror movies  >:D

I guess that of all people I should give this a go!!    :devil: >:D

If I manage to get all this stuff installed and working I should be there.....but do we have to wear appropriate costume?? :death:

Not you, you're a natural!  ;D

Bit of a dilemma here. Was getting rsi on the bumpy track and found an easy way to switch it back to normal surface without changing the look.

My question is do you want it run on a dirt track or not? I know the designer wanted it slippery and bumpy to add to the effect, which I agree with, but will that make for a good online race?
Let me know if you want to run on asphalt, I will not change my track surface if you want the dirt track effect... If you want to see the difference try a run at Machwerk in the 65's.

Hi Vosblod,
1- What can I say, I also get RSI on a normal surface depending on drivingstyle and mindset.
2- I would like to know how you have done that?
    (I've always thought that it was possible to cheat, and this can proof it :( )
3- Its OK by me!  (but can we do both ;-) )

I have been recruiting EOLC people ........... but have only had one reply.


(great option that "Spell Check" :) )

Sure we can do both. Is it a cheat? Guess so if you don't say anything - I like to think, apart from cheating yourself, you'd get found out. On this one I think you would be able to tell.

To clear things, (and make sure I am not understood wrong) ...... its not that "I" want or am going to cheat!
Its more I always thought that if its possible to cheat, maybe some people have done so.

OK.. I am not a saint either.. while completing my monstertotalrank I run out of track or hit the railing sometimes (but to call that a cheat)

Great option the Spell Check, now I must find a " To be understand well check"  ;)

Sorry I've just realised I've shown my newbie colors.
This one's on GPL Rank and we don't want to skew things. We'll run it on the dirt track, the way it's meant to be.

Didn't think I was going to be here, but I am. It's tomorrow I'm away, so will be there.

Well, I left the installation of the night mod for the last moment and spent 25 minutes trying to make it work. First it installed to a wrong folder even though I specified a correct one, then on 2nd attempt it installed well until I got an error during the part where it deals with GEM.

By the time I managed to run it, the race had just started. Didn't expect this night mod to be such a struggle...

Hope you had a fun race.

Thanks for the FUN race!

Really enjoyed it.
I couldn't join through IGOR and I was scared I would miss the fun.
Then I tried it through gpln65.exe and afther setting the internal IP correct I could luckily join.

Although I had been training last week, It felt very difficult eating the dust from Al.
I am very sorry I run into a Lotus (don't know if it was Tim or Steve?) in the opening turns of the race.

Very happy with my win, and very very with my new pb of 9:57.49 :)


This was the 1e time I could race GPL in the dark with real people.
Lover it.
Hope to see u guys again in the Night.

Greetings Pedro.

WD to Pedro, and in fact everyone else who finished in front.  I was pants on the track but it was fun all the same.  Thanks to Tim for sorting it out.

Hard luck Hristo, yeah I had a struggle as well but after a couple of tries it finally worked. There was a GEM error but it sorted itself out when I restarted GEM.

As to the race, not having even tried it beforehand the first lap was rather traumatic, got about 6 corners and realised that a normal set up didn't work. So came back to the pits and softened everything, then finally got a lap in just before the end of qually.

The race was a matter of survival and gradually learning how to drive the car. A bit of a dice with Al on lap 2 until he hit the undergrowth!!

Fun enough but I suppose practice might have helped :)

Grats to Pedro and all who turned out

Congrats to Pedro & Mike. Bumpy dirt track took some getting used to - I'd only managed one lap before the race & it reminded me of one of those dodgy fairground Ghost Train rides. I made the error of not turning off the dust trail effect & that made it virtually impossible to follow another car. Managed to catch Mike up a few times but just couldn't see a damn thing once I got into his dust cloud & ended up driving off into the spooky scenery. Night mod looked good though - would like to try another night race sometime.   

Bit of a low turnout but putting that down to Friday and it being a very scary track  :devil:
Think we will try one more night race, maybe over the xmas break - perhaps Monza...

Anyway well done on the win Pedro.

Tough old race that, great fun though. Traded places with Steve a few times in the race although there were no actual passes, finishing in front really came down to one less spin and I had a few.
It felt like an achievement just to make it to the end, think we can call oursleves the demons of the night for crossing the line  ;)

PS: PLEASE IGNORE REFERENCE TO THE QUALLY TIMES - for some reason the replay didn't record them properly so I had to make something up to allow the import to SROU

I hope that's not the server getting a bit weird again Tim. The race report from my client replay also won't load the practice data which is what it did for the ill-fated Oulton race.

BTW I shall of course be appealing against being stripped of pole position!