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Ah crap, the one race I have content for and I'm away.  >:(

Sigh.

Doh! That's a shame Kruger, there's no way around it - you'll just have to cancel your plans :)

Hoping for a good turn out for this one - I know it's not exactly the most popular of cars but around this fairly simple track we all know I'm hoping we should be able to have some fun. I saw some footage of an iRacing league race here a while back and they were swapping places constantly.

Just hope I can learn to change down LOL.

Yeah, right. Supposed to visit mother-in-law... no messing about with the dragon :)

Sorry mate, you should have said. Completely understand :)

I've been really enjoying these Friday events but I'm also going to have to miss this one I'm afraid. Sometimes you just can't avoid real life ;)

Sorry Oily sir.

Apology not accepted - 10 place grid penalty for you at the next one.

What a waste of those Jetta skills - you could have been sipping Moet this Friday night Pete!

There's a fact: in a Fairy Tale as a young Prince on a white horse you battle the dragon and after defeating it you marry a princess. In reality it all gets a bit mixed up: as a young Prince you do a shortcut and directly marry the dragon. :D 

... only to realise you are the horse  :D

Something changed in the meantime so I migth be available for the race - though, if I disappear mid race, its been nice knowing you all  :death:

Just a quick question: Quali is only 5 minutes, right? And, what times should I be looking for with Jetta at Summit?

Nice one Kruger, lets hope you're not dragged away then - yep qually's 5 mins, means you only get a couple of chances to nail the lap which I like!

Very good times are low 1:23's so just a fraction behind the Skippy pace when it was here - I think 22's are possible.

1:23.754 is the best I've managed so far. Turn 3 is a great place to lose loads of time - many laps I went in there .7 or .8 up and lost it all in that one turn.

Not to worry Dave, I'll jump on and show you how it's done a little later  :turned:

Is T3 the tight left btw?

It's the evil left over the crest that'll either roll you off the curbs on the left or send you into the gravel on the right.

Ah yes, that one is seriously frustrating - reckon I've probably found the right turn in point once since I've been driving the circuit!

Not around for this tommorow, which is a handy excuse as i've never got on with FWD cars.

Won't be doing this one, traded my Passat diesel estate for a new S-Max, not buying another one.... ;)

Doh - you guys will be missing out! A little something to wet the appetite...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF9qY6EErcI

No excuse Ross this is not an estate ;)

Mr. Oily, pretty please, I need a small help :)

I've never participated in any hosted session  - I understand, going between quali and race is similar to the official sessions; you enter hosted quali, exit, and then join hosted race? Is there anything else to it?

In case I manage to join ;) did a bit of practice (not enough) and mid 1.24 was best I could come up with so I will stroll in the back probably.

Thanks

It does sound the same though....

It doesn't work like that, you don't need to exit between sessions. There will be separate practice-qualification-race sessions but you stay connected the whole time, it automatically moves between sessions just like GTR2.

Does that explain?

It does, perfectly :)

Thx

Thanks Pops - yep, just one long session Kruger, server's up nice and early too so plenty of time to get some more laps in if you're dragon free :)

Would be nice but doubt it. Will probably join only quali and race :)

Speaking of dragon, here's a good one - don't tell it to mother-in-law!!!

Two graveyard workers talk over a pint and one of them is complaining:

"Man, just today, we burried a bloke who weighed at least 300 pounds, my arms are knackered"

and the other one said:

"Stop complaining, we burried a mother-in-law and we got such a strong applause that we had to bring up three times for an encore"

:)

The track layout looks spot on to the real deal. I'm going to have to jump into iRacing one of these days. Here's a little more footage to get you guys into the mood. I ran this race June last year. http://www.vimeo.com/5299110

Hahaha like it Kruger, you want to make this a weekly comedy slot? :)

Yep you need to be joining us alright Mike - you're the only one who can actually comment on half of these tracks! Cheers for posting the vid, has definitely got me in the mood! Loving the telemetry btw, nice touch ;)

OK JETTA PEEPS, FIRE 'EM UP! YOUR SERVER AWAITS!

That was actually good fun :)

Top 4 in qually were split by less than a tenth  :o  But I blew my chance of winning at the start.  I.... errm... didn't.  I wasn't sure if you could do a clutch start and assumed I could just drive away like every other car.  No, you can't and I was sat on the grid fumbling around to get back to neutral and make a proper start.

Passed one car without much bother and homed in on Shark and Oily.  As I got close to striking distance on Shark, he obligingly dropped a rear wheel on the grass and took Oily with him on a trip to the grass.  That left me chasing down Andrew, outbraking him into T1, then the chase was on to see if I could catch Dave for 2nd.  Not quite, but I had fun trying :D

Crikey that was hard work.

Having set a PB in practice and topped the time sheets throughout, I was really frustrated in qualifying not to be able to put a better lap in, only managing third and seeming to give Mike a tow that I really thought he would use to outqualify me, but forunately not.

Got a reasonable start and managed to get alongside Adam Covell into turn 1 and hold it with a good exit from turn 2; had almost cleared him as we headed for turn 3 but the "Clear" call from the spotter hadn't arrived as I needed to turn in, and it was too late to back out and concede the place, so I had to take a massive risk and turn in anyway, knowing there was a good chance I'd get turned over his nose. He realised what was happening and tried to back out but unfortunately either clipped the curb, a bump or another car and spun out, I think taking Ade out in the process. I felt bad about it :'( but I'm not sure what else I could've done under those circumstances. :-\

After that it was mostly a matter of trying to put some pressure on the leader, but that didn't last long as after a few laps I was struggling to get the car stopped for turn 7 and ran wide several times, losing any hope of picking up his tow.

The gaps to James in the lead and Mike in third remained pretty static after that at around 3 seconds. Really struggled with the tyres in the last few laps and Mike got to within 2 seconds at the end, but mostly it was just a case of keeping concentration levels up and not making any silly mistakes.

Bah, the dragon won  :hang:

Woo a lap record. ;D

Unlucky Kruger - I thought that was awesome I have to be honest!! Usually can't stand FWD cars but that was the closest I've come to some wheel to wheel to action...well a little too close actually but what a giggle.

Wasn't expecting much of a turnout for this one but there were enough for some decent racing from where I was sitting/ spinning :). Good to see some new faces in any case and well done James....far, far too fast.


Macros working beautifully there Dave!  ;D

No event this week because of the clash with iRacing's Petit Le Mans - we'll be returning the week after (8/10/10).

If it crosses your mind sometimes when planning one of the future races, I wouldn't mind if you did a car/track combo of something that I own, and I do own most of D licence content (until I get some more).

I've updated the inventory list some time ago and I'd love to rub with you guys... ok, that didn't come out too well  ::)

It was all going so well until the second sentence :).

No i hear you mate - the purpose was to use these fun nights as a way to dust off some of the less used content and get some close racing going but that doesn't rule out the class D cars by any means.

Just a hunch but rumour has it you should be good for the next race (08/10/10) ;).

Great :)

Told my wife and the dragon, we ain't gonna be travelling anywhere for a long time. Looking forward to actually staying home for a weekend :)

I keep following the forum but didn't see any friday events taking place? Did I miss it?

Sorry Kruger - no you didn't miss it don't worry :)

We took a short break for iRacing's Petit Le Mans etc but there'll be an event posted this eve as it's business as usual on Friday!

Good to hear that. I was too busy on Friday getting screwed by the bank and its administration and it just dawned on me that something was supposed to happen on Friday :)

Yeah I should make it more obvious which day I run these things on hahaha  ;D

No worries anyway bud, you haven't missed out - hopefully you can make this one...

https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=8494#event2434

Oh, bugger mate. Don't have that track yet. Its in my cart for the next purchase but don't know when that will be.

Would have bought it but I'm switching bank so had to cancel the card (mentioned the conundrum with them yesterday).

Sorry mate, I know you did your best.

Dammit - sorry that's my fault Kruger, I've actually got an inventory list too!

For some reason I assumed everyone had this one but that was a little bit stupid with hindsight.

Really is a great track, if you can find a way to get hold of it you won't be disappointed.

Its definitely on my shopping list for next round of purchase, along with Star Mazda, Ford Falcon, Brands, Road America, Mosport and Silversone.

Then I will only be missing Infineon, Sebring, Phillip Island from track directory, and Indy, Riley and Radical on the car side.

Baby steps :)

If only i could pass my content to someone with more enthusiasm :angel:

Very kind of you Mark  :)

... if you were talking about me  ;D

I don't think you'd have to look far Mark :lol:

You up for these Spec Racers on Friday?? Only a handful of corners and no Gizmo - this could be your perfect moment! *cue Martine*