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Practice 1:	20:00	(10 mins)	Don't forget that British Summer Time, GMT+1, has begun
Qual 2:	20:10	(20 mins)
Race:	20:30	(80 mins)	note: no warmup!

Cars allowed: Any GT1 or GT2 from the v2.12.0.0 pack (download from here (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54519#post_physics)).
Weather: dry.
Track: Valencia GP.
Race Start Time: 14:00.
Pit Stops: You must make a minimum of one pit stop during which you must take on at least 1 litre of fuel and/or change at least two tyres. You cannot take a mandatory stop at the end of the pace lap, or with less than 1 lap to go.

Server: UKGTR U12UE
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=241;theme=3)
(3) You will not be able to join the server without the car physics pack (see link above).
(4) Drivers may only change car once in the season without penalty.
(5) Drivers are reminded that they must select ISDN as their bandwidth, otherwise the stability of everyone's connection will be reduced.
(6) 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).
(7) The server will be set to 26 slots, not 28.

Hello everyone, and can run with you? When I go into session to receive a "cheat" and then throw me out.
Thank you all.
Regards .

Marco Casadei

Make sure you've got the correct car pack installed. Valencia should be ok as it's a standard track.

Sometimes it takes a few goes to get in too - GTR2 can be a bit wobbly at times.

Can someone please restart the UKGTR & PnG servers? They dont seem to be running at the moment. Thanks

All restarted. Seems there was a lobby issue at some point & so the servers were still running just not visible till restarted. :-\

No matter, all fine now.

Am i right in saying that there is a week break next week (4th) and we resume on the 11th in U12LE?

Not sure if i am racing tonight yet  :(

gutted, that looked like it was shaping up to be a brilliant Legends v team oldie multi car fight. But only a few laps in all the cars around me disapeared then reapeared half a lap later but then 'lost connection' came up  :'(

A rare disco for me and bloody frustrating, always happens in the good races !

Lazlows car was warping in front of me from the start whereas everyone else was fine. Dont know if thats what caused it. Such a shame as 3 legends v 4 oldie cars in that battle, looked great on track and was enjoying a fine dice with Lazlow. :'(

Yeah I only lasted a lap or two longer then Jonzo... got a fantastic exit to T1 behind TT & just got over excited on the kerb. Race over.

Was gutting as like MJ said, there were about 7 maybe 8 in a line :-\. I'm sure I'd have had to wait for MJ's pit stop to get past too ;D

Got my quali time on the night down to a respectable mid 34... sadly that's a full second of my qually time in the same car here 6 months back where even my race pace on mediums had been a 33.7 :'(

Don't know what's up with me lately, I can't get back into sim racing since S10; my enthusiasm is gone and tonight I was rubbish. I didn't fight Busi when he had a couple of slides on lap 1, when I made some mistakes I didn't really mind losing time. After a big mistake which put me down to 5th, I didn't really care about closing the gap back up.

After another lazy mistake at Turn 1, I thought I'd just ruin other people's races, so I quit. I'll have to figure something out but at the moment I don't think I can race unless I'm really up for it, otherwise I'm a bit of a liability.

Damn, blown engine :'( Not had one of them for a while but it just had to happen when I was driving the Bitty rather well.

Not good to see lowish numbers but GTR seems a bit of a rudderless ship at the mo. I feel we need a Director soon to carry on Daves great work.

Congrats to all :)

Missed this as I thought I had a race at R2P, but that got posponed, so now I was left with no races at all  :D

Driving the Bi-T around here is a bit like juggling ferrets. Good fun, but you know you're going to get bitten in the end :)

Managed to gain a few places from a lowly quali, but only due to others mistakes/offs. Was desperately hanging onto the back of TT's fezza for a few laps, almost getting within reach by the end of the straight, but all that sliding around meant my tyres were beginning to suffer and I was reeled in as I had to back off.

I clipped a kerb going through the twisty bit in the middle section which spun me in track hitting Peter. Apologies for that and hope it didn't cause you damage.

Decided to quit out after that :(

I've been struggling with GTR2 and have been thinking about giving it a break for some time. I seem to have hit a brick wall in my progress and I think because of this I'm just not looking forward to these races like I used to. So time for a break.

On a positive note, I plan to spend more time on GTL/PnG so I'll still be seeing most of you lot there.  ;D

Yes JB. No race next week. Lower Endurance the week after.

Replay and provisional results posted

LapChart (http://www.granum.plus.com/20100328%20U12UE/index.html)

There will be a race, it'll be a fun/test one though (I believe).

 ;D

Fun race.

I had a great fight with nsfast for the first half of the race. I could not find a way past as I seemed to need to make the move under braking or going into a corner which is a bit beyond me in the Lambo at the moment. I had to stay close as well to keep up so that I could use the slipstream on the straights. We pitted at the same time but nsfast had a much quicker stop. Did you take on fuel and 4 tyres nsfast? I possibly could have replaced only the rears, but it would have been a bit too marginal for my liking at the end if I had. I filled up to 95L, so I took on about 70 - 80L I think.

After the stop nsfast was way ahead and within one or two laps he had his lead up to 12 seconds. Towards the end I started to make many mistakes and was probably lucky to get 4th.

Well done podiums, see you all next race. :) Super Alien lap times at the front again. :D

It was a hard race, qualified in 2nd and stayed in 2nd for the whole race lapping as if it was quali :o

As FreQ said I had a difficult first lap with cold tyres but as soon as I was up to speed I tried to follow Berger closely. But I was on soft fronts and they started to wear badly (ended the first stint on 31 wear despite pitting earlier than expected) and Berger pulled away. It was 6 seconds before the pitstops, 9 seconds after them.

Started to cut back the gap in the first laps of 2nd stint and thought I could catch him but then he started to put some 1.28's which killed my aspirations :laugh: decided to settle down for 2nd before I was gonna lose the car big time somewhere, as I said I didn't stop pushing very hard all race until the final laps where I was exhausted.

Grats Berger and all podiums :)

Was 3rd, then left with no juice... :death:
Couldn't get anywhere near the pace of RSRs, any of them got 0,5 sec on main straight alone. Had to work my butt off to keep enough distance before it. I feel this car's been downgraded a tiny bit too much. :(

Massive discos, two Legends among them. :(

H@l, did you eat green mushrooms again? :P

Didnt enjoy that at all.

Quallied second last and seemed to only just keep on the tails of those ahead but that quickly changed and after going off twice having locked up into the last corner was about 13 secs to JPV ahead and wasnt able to make any impression. Was struggling to stay interested but thought i'd wait till i needed to pit before deciding. After calling the pit far too late i tried cutting into the pitlane but it didnt register me entering it so wasted a few mins trying to get the pit crew to do anything. Realised i needed to go around again but coming out of the pits i seemed to get confused and mistakingly switched the engine off! By then i'd just given up!

My only hope is around Portimao the Beemer should be better suited. 

that was a little bit manic.... mainly because of me!

Had a great race but it was ended 20 mins before the end.... start was fun as a train of of gtr2 cars from Jose back. I was quicker than Jose but he was driving a wide car very well! After hassling him quite a bit I took an opportunity to pass, but it my eagerness I floored the throttle too early to get out the corner and spun.... after all that?!?! lol

A bad rejoin saw Peter have an off-track excursion (i think it was me, not seen replay?) so sorry mate, I slowed down the next corner when I saw it in my rear-view and let him pass. Ended up almost last in class and had fun driving back up through the field before my tyres felt like canvas  :P

Pitted and after too many iRacing hours, I had forgotten my engine-off button.....I had even forgotten I needed to turn-off the engine! So sat there for 10 secs at least before my engineer started telling me off  ::)  :laugh: Came out back at the bottom of the class, TT was just behind me before the stop and was now 15secs up the road  :-[

Grats API... a patient and quick race! :) Very unlucky SbG.... engine in the bi-turbo is a rare too  :-\

Can't wait for the next one.... will try for more than 30 mins of practice this time!  ;)

I don't recall you doing anything to put me off. When you let me passed I thought your car must have been damaged with what ever incident you'd had. But then you started chasing me and hassling me to make a mistake. Tyre wear and lack of talent allowed you passed and then I never saw you again. Damn you were quick in clear air.

I also wondered what happened in your pitstop, same car but you probably lost 20 secs to me. I had a decent one for a change but not that good.

Perseverance also paid off for me last night, I was quicker than TT on new tyres but not once they had worn so the gift of a podium was welcome but totally undeserved. Thanks TT :)

Lol, you're welcome, Pete. ;D You scared me big time by staying as close as you were. I knew if I let you within 0,5 sec in last corner exit it would be enough for you to overtake. Was hard work and shown on tyres. Beer felt ace. :D

Gotta get my G25 repaired, hoping to use my warranty to get G27 with adding some small amount of €.  :)

 I thought i would not do to well tonight when i saw the GT1 qually times,
 as i had had only managed a 1.30.88 pb in my pre race practise so no surprise
 that i was last on the grid of GT1,s.
 Played my captain sensible card,slow but steady and benifited from Freq and
 David dropping out gaining 2 places to 5th.

 Congrats to Berger and Busi,blistering pace! and Adam(nsfast) good to see you
 on the podium,well done and congrats to GT2 winners and alll who finished.
 

 Team Supersonic was Supersonic tonight! (but i think i only just cracked the sound barrier).

Usual 4 tyres and fuel for me. The Supersonic pit crew were in good form last night. I must of had Jayblue's expert team in his absence.  ;D

I really enjoyed last night race despite the thin GT1 field. Whilst I had no chance keeping up with the top 3, with the sniff of a podium I was determined to avoid mistakes and make a race of it with H@L. I slowly managed to build up a small gap in the first half but as my tyres started to go away H@L was back onto me. I was lucky that traffic managed to favour me which allowed me to stay in front when we pitted.

A great performance by the pit team sent me out about 6 secs in front for the second half which increased to around 12secs after a few laps. It was the a case of looking after the tyres to the end. Great racing H@L

Congrats to the podiums and all who finished.

Thanks. Congrats to Berger on the win, Busi second and Nsfast on third. I will be back into the routine after our weeks break!

It was the red ones with white dots this time. :D

Yer, I put my car in the gravel after TT let me pass. I was trying not to slow TT down, but I went a bit wide and could not make the corner. ::)


Indeed. :) Shame I could not keep the pace up after the stop. Next time. ;)