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Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (54 laps = ~50mins)

Track: Mallory Park Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg81636#post_mallory)
Cars allowed: Jaguar E-type, Aston Martin DB4 Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_aston_db4), Austin Healey, Austin Healey Roadster Download this (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3358.msg54518#post_healey3000roadster)

                     Lotus Elan available only to new drivers and anyone placed 10th or below in the Championship standings

This race will be run using the UKGTL Skin Pack 1.8.0.0 (http://www.humyo.com/9240347/SimRacing.org.uk/UKGTL/Cars/SRou_UKGTL_Skins_1.8.0.0.exe) which will need to be installed prior to racing.

Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal

Server: "www.simracing.org.uk"
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

Notes:
(1) It's best if all drivers can make sure they are connected before the Qualifying session as drivers on track during qualifying will not see cars that join after they are on track until they go back to the garage.
(2) Please make sure you are fully aware of the SimRacing.org.uk Rules.
(3) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=265&theme=5)
(4) The AI control should be turned off so that you have control of the car at all times, including pitting. Your player file should therefore read
Autopit="0"
Force Autopit Off="1" // Forces autopit always off
No AI Control="1" // AI never has control over car

If you still finding pitting problematic, experience tells us that its less to do with positioning and more to do with approach speed. A slow approach to pit crew chief has proved most reliable.

Special Notes: None

Is the highlighted bit a typing mistake Tony?
If someone like Oily/Lazlow/Ginsters/Pele was to attend the next race, they could use the Elan?

p.s. looking forward to this again :)

No mistake. New drivers get to drive anything.

So I'll grab one of the Elans ;D

very strange. ???

Well I hope that any faster drivers that missed the 1st race Can see that them jumping in the élan will basically remove any possibility of them racing others & would just be a less fun Glory night

My viewpoint is that new drivers will already be at least one race down so as a perk they get their full choice for their first race.

This will hopefully make the top of the table more crowded.

And not "very strange". Just a different way which may prove to be popular.

Let's just see how it pans out eh?

yeah yeah, no worries Tony, I'm sure you've got it sorted :)

Some times from Altbierbude's best laps database

E-Type Roadster 00:52.81

Lotus Elan 00:52.38

Have you got a link to that Best laps thing please Tony? Sounds quite useful.

http://www.altbierbude.de/component/option,com_gtlreporter/Itemid,53/lang,en/

(He said that without moving his lips)

Not to mention he was able to throw his voice, so it looked like it came from Germany! :o

Just had a quick poke round... excellent tool. 8)


Have you considered a drop week? (no need to answer that, more thinking out loud then asking a question) :)

Well my best race time from last time we were here was 53.8 in the Aston, so will be interesting to see what
non Aliens get in the Jag and ELan

Haven't had the time to race both P&G and GTL lately.  :(. Would really like to do this one . . . . .   arrghh.... my cd / dvd drive is KAPUT  >:(
Damned . . .  it's only 1½ years old  ?

I''l be back sometime though, and I hope you guys wil keep the league alive till then  8)

I really enjoyed keeping Ade in my rear mirror till the very end at Roskilde ring in the minis. Maybe I could repeat that stunt at Ring Djursland one day  ::)

Stig / Hotkeys

http://www.altbierbude.de/component/option,com_remository/func,fileinfo/id,5

This one's looking doubtful for me  :(. It will be a last minute thing if I'm able to join you.

Does it means that I can pick the Elan aswell?  Cool!

I can confirm that under the current series rules, yes you can turn up driving that & cruise along for the win far too easily with no one for company (in what would surely be a very dull race for a man of your driving talent) taking away the chance of others getting the chance to partake in & enjoy a fair fight for the win drive the Elan PR.


Hopefully that came across as quite subtle to anyone reading ;)


 

Well. I am so far just 0.3 secs quicker in the Elan than the Aston after 9 laps each.
I expect that would be a bigger gap with practice, but I like the Aston, not tried the Jag
though It is probably better than the Aston, for most people.
Tyre wear may be a factor, but if Mr Brown doesn't use tyres too much I will be driving him whatever the pace.

Maybe a little teaser:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkxxpMI__5o

The real track seems to be a bit more bumpy than the GTL version.

Yes it did  :lol:

As I didn't race last Monday I assume I can use the Elan as well. :devil:

Yes, but don't tell Legzy  ::)

Thanks Tony.  :thumbup1:  No need to worry Legzy et al - I can only do a 55 in the Elan, compared to 57.6 in the E Type and 57.9 in the Healey 3000.  I'll be going faster through the dangerous sections so more likely to write off the Elan than either E Type or Healey.  ::) ???

I can't see the practice server, even though it appears to be running if I log in to it
If there's no one on it, I will restart it.

EDIT: Ok, restarted UKGTL session and now it shows up fine.

Thanks Matt

53.2 is my best in the Neal

:D

Well, you guys know me better, I usually pick the 'supposed' slower cars to race.
Call it a challenging for me, so no Elan for me.  ;)

Oh go on PR, I'll keep you company in the Elan, need the points as I missed the first race. ;)

54.3 in an E-type to 54.5 in the Elan - so it will be difficult decision for tomorrow's race  :)

For me:
Elan = 53.0
Jag = 53.5
DB4 = 53.9
Healey's = Sorry, ran out of time

Interestingly, if I was able to drive both the Elan & DB4 in this race, I'd lap myself in the DB4 on the very last lap :laugh:

Really good track this.
 8)

Looks like i will joining KS at the back then best in the E Type is 54.4

Only if I can better my 55 in the Elan. ;D

Best so far is 53.9 in the Aston with race fuel, I am slightly slower in the Elna.
Might give the Jag a whirl later. Nailed my broken G25 wheel back together last night (literally)
hoping it doesn't snap mid race....

Don't worry Bill we will have fun at the back my 54's are few and far between with offs at exit of Gerrards/Esses and the long route round the hairpin. :scooter:

Btw, I see that two British cars are missing in this GTC series.
Triumph TR4 and TVR Grantura 1800  :)

Got my GTL working again ;D so I'm ' back on the chain gang'.

I'll try to stay out of everybodys way.

Stig / Hotkeys

Hmmm..... very strange indeed !

I could join the server with no problems for a while. Suddenly I could only load the track and some 8 or 9 players .... and wupti got me a CTD !

I looked as if it was every time I was trying to load Bill in the game.

I have no ideas as to what is wrong with my GTL Installation  ???

Stig / Hotkeys

just want to say: thank you guys
very fair from all of you to let me pass so quickly after i was 2laps back:)

enjoyable race thx tony

Results and replay now posted

Started 5th, finished 5th.
But that doesn't really tell the story!

Had one of my best ever drives in GTL & managed to creep up to 2nd after a couple of very generous donations of position ;D. Sqter in 3rd was definitely quicker over a lap & would keep reeling me in, but never got close to have a chance of thinking about making a move, before he'd go wide or suffer some other minor set back before he'd start chasing me again.
As i crossed the line with 6 laps to go, I was 'quite' comfortable/confident of easing home in 2nd... when I realised i just had 5 laps of fuel left :o :o :o
I literally had to coast for 5.5 laps & it cost me 2nd... 3rd... 4th... & I finally crossed the line in 5th with 0.0L of fuel left >:(

What an unexpected rookie mistake. Grrr.

Great drive by PR, unbeatable start to finish :'( ;)

Seems like you were not the only one with this problem HK. Pelle was at the server before me without any problems and then after I joined he got the never ending loading thing with my name :-\ Then he left to try and fix a problem that didn't exsist.. When he tried to rejoin he couldn't get back in :(. Weird for sure..

Congrats to Paulo for a great win :D Also grats to Sqter for 2nd and Geoffers for 3rd :)

The race was alot of fun in the always sideways Aston. The first corner was perfect for a long 4 wheel drift.. I had some decent battles early but then was in no mans land for much of the last part of the race. Either way was a lot of fun sliding the big Aston around ;D

I made a fair start but at the esses lap 1 it went wrong i was behind Phspok with Phil s E behind in my mirror and a distraction which meant sadly i made contact with the Aston, my apologies sir. This caused mayhem behind and i crawled away next to last having made sure the Aston was away first.

So for the second race running i have this attraction for Astons's and had to pick my way through traffic and pass cleanly .
All the race i was chasing an ever smaller dot of the Aston.
Let the leaders through when they caught me including  Jagen till i saw that he was actually several place behind me ,lol, no point chasing and throwing away a good place which was now 10th due to retirements.
The gap now to the Aston was coming down  and i wondered why till i caught Phspok and saw that he was having trouble with the front end and sure enough he went wide at Gerrards giving me 9th, however 4 laps later my fronts were showing signs of wear and i had trips to the out side of Gerrard/esses/and the hairpin and was grateful to see the flag.

Good race all.
 
Decamps to south Wales and the Gower peninsula.

With 18 drivers taking part last night & at least 2 more not able to get in due to technical difficulties....

Tony's latest series is in danger of making UKGTL the most popular Sim @SROUK 8)
Well done mate. :)

p.s. iRacing who? :P ;)

We did have a few problems a few years back with the ukgtl db4.
Usually, it was linked either the person not able to join not having our db4 installed (ie they got the db4 from nogrip) or someone was using the red #33 db4, that always seemed to cause a problem :-\

I wasn't aware of that so thanks for the heads up. Do you know when this occured and I'll see if the past post's through up any info. I can always remove rogue Astons from the server to prevent selection.

The cream always rises to the top  ;)

Following some truly excellent praccy and not too shabby qually I well and truly embarrassed myself by forgetting to select 1st gear on the start grid  :oops:

And my race went downhill after that. Numerous mistakes meant that by half race distance I was two laps down and driving a very 2nd hand Lotus. It took one final clout of the armco to kill the thing and I was left a spectator. Great track to race at and also to watch racing at. Amazed to see Legzy slowing and letting drivers by with a flash of his lights. But to drop from a certain 2nd to 5th must have been galling to say the least, tough break mate. Wouldn't a splash and dash have been a better prospect? or is that the wisdom of hindsight.

Oh well it's on to Pembrey and I don't even get a Lotus drive this time  :(

Thanks to everyone who turned out and made this race so MONSTER. And special mention to those racing heroes who choose to take the Aston and Healy, respect guys.

Excellent series Tony, great mix of cars. :thumbup2: The Elan didn't dominate as some expected. I'm sure it is capable of doing 51s laps but I couldn't get the handling right particularly through Gerards & the Esses.

Race was great, got 4th on the grid & held onto it on lap 1 despite Legzy trying to claim it. I wasn't quite able to run the pace of the front 3 so just tried to keep it neat & tidy. Got into 3rd when Spter had on off before the Hairpin, but only held onto it for a couple of laps as I ran slightly wide at Gerards lapping Eifelblitz & spun. Dropped to 7th behind Syd & Navin, caught them after a few laps & found it easier to get past than I expected.

Was now up to 4th as Jaqen H'ghar had pitted. Legzy was around 8s ahead but try as I might, I couldn't close the gap. Had settled for 4th until Legzy suddenly slowed (bad luck with the fuel Legzy) & I moved into 3rd, which very nearly became 2nd when Sqter too slowed in the last couple of laps & I was right on his bumper across the line.

Congrats to PR & Sqter  :clap: :clap:

Cya all at Pembrey.  ;D

Last time we were here I did quite well in the Aston against the Ferri250 and the Healey. Jag and Elan
are that bit quicker though, so struggled to match the Jag drivers pace consistently this time
Started well, passed a couple of people 1st lap and half, then my race became chase when I had
a misunderstanding with Pete Stenning, not sure it was all your fault, if I'd have realised you were
so close I would have stayed left rather than cut accross on the line. I did something similar a few weeks
ago with Lazlow in GTR2 not realising he was so close. After that I slowly got dropped by Phil and Ade
tyres went off badly, though I could still do a good lap now and then, managed to keep Pete behind
for a while, but went straight on at T1 letting him by. Special K didn't quite catch me, though he was closing
Probably should have taken the Jag here, I prefer to chuck the Aston around when it's competitive
though it can be a bit agricultural.
I'll do some testing at Pembrey and see, as I now will be here for next week. I will miss Cadwell
which is a huge shame as it's one of my fave tracks, and I will be away for Brands.
Aston will probably work well at Castle Combe unless it's the one with the silly chicanes.

Sorry Matt

https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=8148.msg154099#msg154099

Ughhh, bummerrrrrr

This means its the first track i wont have seen in this configuration so plenty of practice will be required, looking forward to Cadwell as i know it well , but i will keep quiet on that score . 8)

I've had a bit of a search, the only thing I've found is this Tony https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6225.msg110226#msg110226
It was related to what I was trying to get Dave to look at, but I never explained it there at all :-[
I remember discussing it in 'in game chat' with SBG who was running the show at the time, but if it's on the forum, I can't find it. :(

Think your idea of deleting that one UKGTR DB4 from the server, would likely help, but people still need to make sure they've got the UKGTL version of any car Tony posts that we're racing with, there are sometimes subtle important differences i believe :-\

Another disappointing night.  Got below 55 sec in practice, just but couldn't match it in qualifying.  Made a good start and took advantage of other people's errors got up to 10th I think.  Had a few laps trying to fight off Matt in his Aston, got a bit ragged at times and eventually did what I'd been dreading all night - mounted the kerb on the inside of the hairpin.  I spent almost exactly one of Matt's laps to get off eventually cycling the up and down gear shift paddles as fast as I could to try and rock it off.  Went up in front of Matt and got off just as he approach it again.  After that it went from bad to worse.  Tony got hooked up on the kerb as well I think and I started to catch him and another driver who I passed.  Almost immediately I almost spun but held it stopping in the process a couple laps I spun again and went to outside of the hairpin where I had to wait for a gaggle of racing overtakers.  Later I did almost a repeat right on the apex facing back the track with another gaggle of cars approaching, so I quit post haste.

Last finisher - as usual - lol.

The pitstops are killing me. Planned one stop for fuel at least because I was sure that there would have been some damage to repair. So I had to pit for fuel.

But even without pitting I would have finished on last place.

It's not that serious on tracks i know better like the Nordschleife and Bathurst but
I'll have to improve my driving skills during the next races and also have to work
on my concentration.

Also my equipment is not very professional - don't know what you guys use.
I have a (cheap) FlashFire Wheel which cannot be fixed right and sit in a normal office chair.
Maybe a better equipment could bring some better laptimes and so on......

But - the main thing is: fun!

And it's very funny driving with you online. Thanks for that.

See you next week.

It's not the equipment, it's how you use it  ;)