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Title: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer on April 12, 2010, 11:35:47 AM +0100
All members are welcome as the season enters its second half.

Practice 1:20:00(10 mins)
Qual 2:20:10(20 mins)
Race:20:30(80 mins)note: no warmup!

Cars allowed: Any GTC or GT3 from the v2.12.4.0 pack (download (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54519#post_physics)).
Track: Zhuhai.
Time of Day Setting: 14:00.
Weather: dry.
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 U12LE
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=242;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.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Truetom on April 12, 2010, 01:41:30 PM +0100
Dry, dry, dry and dry? :(


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Jayblue on April 21, 2010, 10:06:34 PM +0100
Having had some laps here tonight it seems the Vertigo is very far off the pace  :o

Some cars i tried were 1.5 - 2 secs a lap quicker than it. Going to be a tough event i think!


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Legzy on April 21, 2010, 10:31:44 PM +0100
By "tough race" do you mean you might have to slum it with a mere podium finish... rather then lapping 3rd place? :-\ :angel:


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Jayblue on April 22, 2010, 08:41:45 AM +0100
By "tough race" do you mean you might have to slum it with a mere podium finish... rather then lapping 3rd place? :-\ :angel:

 :laugh:

Tough in the sense the car is not competitive, thats all.  ;)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Berger R - 74 on April 22, 2010, 05:00:05 PM +0100
i did 0 laps actual in zhuhai, but i think i will change car now, spyker is a very good car, but i am not big fan of this car and i will drive other cars too,
hope i have understand this correct with 20% points loose if change 2xtimes car, if i do make 3rd place = 10points, then i only get 8 points, BUT next race if i drive same car, then i get all points again.
so only 1 race it do hurt me, sorry for question again, but i am not very good in english and i always must do thinking what information of a letter is.

i like zhuhai :).

servus


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: spanner on April 22, 2010, 05:08:08 PM +0100
That is correct, you will only be penalised for the first race with the new car, the next race with that car you will score full points


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Legzy on April 24, 2010, 10:42:05 PM +0100
Well I've managed to get down to a 37 with race fuel. Not too bad but a whole second short of the last time we raced the GTC's here, when I somehow got the fastest GTC lap of the night :o ;D


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Truetom on April 25, 2010, 02:26:49 PM +0100
You'll get there again after 50 laps of the race. :)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Mark J on April 25, 2010, 09:40:17 PM +0100
m'eh, that was fun for a short while but soon i was again reminded that i dont like Zhuhai and it doesnt like me.Never had a good result there and never felt like ive had a good setup for it, tonight included!

Had some good battles with Nsfast early on whilst chasing Prof hard, and Legzy for a bit. But once my tyres were worn i kept slithering off under hard braking and losing several seconds at a time. Eventually i got the dreaded fps stutters that not had for a while and had to pull off the track as undriveable, with 29mins left  :( I've had this before at zhuhai, dont know why this track.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: ginsters sponsored on April 25, 2010, 10:01:46 PM +0100
Good battle with Berger that he won but my engine blowing 2 corners from home was a little cruel. Ruddy Porsche  :'(

Better turnout which gives me a little hope for the future. Congrats to all and heres to a slightly bigger grid, again, next week. Legzy, build it and they will come :)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Legzy on April 25, 2010, 10:25:51 PM +0100
Sorry about the start people, I was up in 5th & hitting the 'pit speed limiter release button'... only I wasn't :-[ :-[ :-[, I was pressing the wrong darn one ::). That naffed up TT's start & think I recall he caught my rear while I was panicking... I was embarrassed & so had to wait as he'd lost a bunch of places till he was past me, but then I do wonder if I put Pete off who then lost it & span, hitting TT. At this point do you laugh or cry :-\

Anyway, went on to have a quite decent race, came out the pits again right next to TT. It's a shame, I think we were dead equal on pace tonight, but never really got to do much racing together. Was a good last 20 mins though, trying to keep him honest while I was over-driving myself.

Had some good laps with some others too. Did make me laugh a couple of times, trying to out drag GT3 cars with my Fezza. Still, I'm certain it was even harder for the Vertislow & Z4 :laugh:

Hard luck Ginsters, congrats podiums.
Big well done to Jayblue for not swapping cars to suit the track, from what I saw on the map, that meant you enjoyed a very busy race! 8)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: H@L9000 on April 25, 2010, 10:27:31 PM +0100
Great race. :)

Legzy botched the start giving me some breathing space while I try to make a move on JB. It was not to be lol. I tried everything I could think of but, he got the power down so early that the best I could do was get along side on a straight before I was out braked. I did out brake my self and almost took JB out at one point in to T1. Sorry mate. Lucky you saw it coming.

Spanner caught up and all three of us were very close for quite a while. It was excellent. :) I eventually made a mistake after starting a discussion on TS about where best to pass JB. Spanner passed me and seemed to have a much easier time than I did of passing JB. ::)

After that I fell back a bit and TT caught me. I had a little tussle with TT before pitting. Thanks for giving me room to pit there mate. :)

TT and Spanner seemed to have slow stops and I was able to pass them in the pit. JB made a late stop and came out quite a bit ahead of me and I thought I would end the race with the position I had then. JB unexpectedly pitted (fuel I guess) and then I ran out of fuel on the last lap. I just made it to the finish line. Not sure how close JB was by that time but it must have been less than 5 seconds. :-*

Well done podiums. :)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: picnic on April 25, 2010, 10:27:48 PM +0100
Replay and provisional results posted

LapChart (http://www.granum.plus.com/20100425%20U12LE/index.html)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: spanner on April 26, 2010, 03:01:21 PM +0100
Was on the cards to be a brilliant result but ruined it be getting a stop-go >:(

Thanks to Legzy for taking out TT and himself meant i ended up behind Prof and was shocked to just drive by on the staight :o Then slowly pulled up on the back of H@L and Jayblue who seemed to be tripping each other up and slowing me down while i could see Prof starting to gain. H@L tried is umpteenth attempt to get by but only sucedded in letting me past but then worried that i wasn't going to bring the gap back down to Jayblue but after a few laps i saw JB run a bit wide in the last corner and i managed to get past at the first attempt :P and then managed to eek out a few seconds gap so i could relax a bit and calm down!

Having not practised the pit entry i made sure i slowed down early but didnt look as i pressed the limiter button and i must have pressed a different one as the rev display didnt flash and i wasnt slowing down at all >:( After two laps i came in a served the stop-go and came out behind prof by about 12 secs, dont know if he had problems? So i got my head down and tried concentrating to bring the gap down putting a string of fastest laps in. I think it helped though with lapped traffic going past as with a bout 5mins to go i ended up on the back of Prof but my suposed straightline speed advantage from earlier wasnt quite so apparent as we ran bumper to bumper and i couldnt even get close to making a move. Brilliant race though, came away shattered lol.

Seems that the fields are getting closer and closer which is definately making the racing better up( or down) my end!



Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Prof on April 26, 2010, 06:06:54 PM +0100
Strange race for me. My Z4 is not good here, slow on the straights and very thirsty which cost me at pit stop time. I gained a couple of places on the start as Legzy missed his limiter button causing contact with TT. Spanner soon caught me and went past on the straight as if I was standing still. Truetom later caught up and effortlessly nudged his way past. After that, things were relatively quiet with the thankless task of lapping GT3 cars no slower than me on the straights until I noticed Spanner stopping again and rapidly catching me. In the space between the first two right hand hairpins I was setting PBs for the sector and still losing a second whilst making a bit up in the twisty part. As seventh place seemed about to become eighth, I fought hard to make my Z4 as fast and wide as possible and undeservedly gained a place when SbG ran out of fuel.
I don't like the mix of GTC and GT3 this season for the reasons stated above. I would drive GT3 and GTC classes if possible so I can only race every other weekend this season as I have no interest in driving GT1/2. Something for Legzy to consider when planning future seasons?


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Truetom on April 26, 2010, 10:26:46 PM +0100
Race full of things. ;) Had a pleasure to have some close laps with various gentlemen, mostly Legzy, H@l and Prof. BTW, MJ, you were very fast, so your setup must have been ok. :)

After "The Start" ;) I lost two or three places, then lost some more after Prof was spun around and his car slammed into mine and took me to gravel. Had 12th place then and was quite nervous, though it was just a wobbly start, nothing else. :-\ Anyways, tried to be as consistent as possible and slowly gained places. Took me only 40 minutes to get back to 6th, where I started in the first place. ::) Later on was just trying to be smooth and fast, no more overtakes. Spanner's and sbgs' bad luck gained me two places, though I didn't deserve it pace wise. :)

@ Prof: made a report of the "nudging".
@ H@l: that TVR was quite quick on a straight! :o Couldn't get into position to get by, really. I could come close, but could never pass without your mistake. Might be tempted to make some laps in the next Season. :yes:
@ Legzy: a beachslap! ;D Ok, you made it up with your mistakes brilliant last 15 minutes that forced both of us to drive on the very limit of us and our cars. Good stuff! :thumbup1:

Tough, lovely track where I won my one and only Marcos podium. :clap:  Oh, sorry. ;) Tough track which evens out class differences and demands your constant attention or it bites you in the butt. GT2s would be great here. :wub:

Grats to podys. :)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Prof on April 26, 2010, 10:48:43 PM +0100
then lost some more after Prof was spun around and his car slammed into mine and took me to gravel.

@ Prof: made a report of the "nudging".
I don't remember being spun round and making contact with anyone. Are you sure it wasn't Picnic? Us BMW Sharks are easy to confuse when rotating.

As explained more fully elsewhere 'effortlessly nudged' refers to the overtaking qualities of the Z4 and makes no suggestion of contact whatsoever.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Truetom on April 27, 2010, 12:12:48 AM +0100
Might be possible, Prof. If you and Pete were using same car / skin ... I only looked at cars in replay, not names. Shark Z4 was spun by a Viper in T3, turned and slammed into me and I was flung into the gravel. Was a bit crowdy there. :D

Good chase on later, Prof. :)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: picnic on April 27, 2010, 07:08:41 AM +0100
Shark Z4 was spun by a Viper in T3, turned and slammed into me and I was flung into the gravel. Was a bit crowdy there. :D

That was me in a Z3. The skins may be pretty much the same but the silhouettes are different ;)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: Truetom on April 27, 2010, 07:54:10 AM +0100
Sorry Pete. Your speed through that corner was amazing, so I thought it must be Z8 for sure. :P


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Zhuhai - Apr 25
Post by: H@L9000 on April 27, 2010, 06:05:13 PM +0100
@ H@l: that TVR was quite quick on a straight! :o Couldn't get into position to get by, really. I could come close, but could never pass without your mistake. Might be tempted to make some laps in the next Season. :yes:

Its great fun, but a real challenge on the tighter circuits. You would probably love it. ;D

Nice engine sound as well.