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Title: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Legzy on September 26, 2010, 10:07:28 PM +0100
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Practice 1: 20:00 (20 mins)
Qual 2: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (25 Laps ~40 minutes) - note: no warm up!

Cars allowed: Any GT2 from the v2.13.0.0 car pack (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54519#post_physics)

Track: Hungaroring v1.0.0.2, download HERE (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54521#post_hungaroring))
Race Start Time: 14:00

Weather: DRY.

Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal

Pit Stops: None

Server: UKGTR2 Fun
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) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R;group=245;theme=3)
(3) You will not be able to join the server without the car physics pack and track (see links 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 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Legzy on September 26, 2010, 10:07:52 PM +0100
At the start of the season, I scheduled this week to be a physics pack update week.

In my humble opinion the physics pack is "more or less right" at the moment & so I've decided I'm not going to make you all download a new physics pack & test it... etc.

So I figured we'd have some fun in the GT2's that we're not using at the moment, on a famous track that's not been used for a good while.

Hope that's OK with all, if not, I'll see you at the race after this one  :laugh:


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Truetom on September 26, 2010, 10:14:53 PM +0100
 :thumbup1: :thumbup2: :clap: :jumpjoy:


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Mark J on September 27, 2010, 07:04:53 PM +0100
why not make it a championship round? Fun races are almost pointless these days as hardly anyone turns up  :( at least some points up for grabs 'might' make the regulars make the effort, including myself. Its a good track for a GTC race too. Just dont see the point in wasting a decent sunday race slot with numbers dwindling as they are lately.

Still waiting for some kind soul to paint us a Legends vette and F430 if anyones bored? Maybe we could fit that in this break?  ;)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: ginsters sponsored on September 27, 2010, 07:15:56 PM +0100
I should be able to make this one  :) Nice that you've laid on my fave class here.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: goldtop on September 27, 2010, 07:29:20 PM +0100
I was just thinking...I bet Ginsters will be up for this one.

Just had a blast in the RSR and it's almost too much fun to be legal.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Truetom on September 28, 2010, 10:32:28 AM +0100
why not make it a championship round?

It's a GT2 race, MJ.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: spanner on September 29, 2010, 11:09:49 PM +0100
this definately deserves more than 40mins, 60 would be good!

Nice track version as well, good to see we are using some addons which are finally looking as good as the rest of the game.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Legzy on September 30, 2010, 10:58:06 PM +0100
Well I've managed 1:35.6 so far. Reckon I might sneak into 34's in qually if it goes very well :-\

It really is a nice driving track, seems well made too. :)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Busi on October 01, 2010, 12:47:17 PM +0100
I should be there in the Panoz :)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Busi on October 01, 2010, 03:22:33 PM +0100
Warning: this track has the typical race lenght/number of laps bug. A race set to 40 minutes will finish in around 35, so I would suggest setting it to number of laps. 40 minutes = 25 laps ;)

Mid 1:34's is my race pace.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Legzy on October 01, 2010, 05:57:54 PM +0100
Cheers for the heads up, I'll check it out


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Mark J on October 02, 2010, 12:39:26 PM +0100
only tried race fuelled setup here so far and getting low 1:37's. Seems way off your qually times posted so far  :-\ Perhaps i need more laps in ! First time ive driven the 997RSR in ages and it felt sluggish and wallowy, not sure if it got meddled with in last pack update? 1st and 2nd gear are at lowest i can get yet its like pulling away in too higher gear, not revvy enough.  ???

Great track conversion though, full of detail and looks the part...why isnt Hungary a champ round rather than used as a fun race? Certainly better than that shite Jap track we used a few weeks back !


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Legzy on October 03, 2010, 01:18:58 PM +0100
Race announcement updated to avoid event ending too early:

Quote
Race: 20:40 (25 Laps ~40 minutes)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: spanner on October 03, 2010, 04:50:37 PM +0100
Just got the PC back up and running with the new PSU. Just in time 8)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: spanner on October 03, 2010, 09:18:28 PM +0100
Just got caught out by people slower in the corners, braking earlier but yet would leave me on the straights ??? Dont get that. Why run with low wing on a track with this many corners?

Tried going up the inside of the semi-fast right hander before that fast chicane of GT as he kept going wide through there but got caught out by the curb and grass and speared into the barriers ending in a ball of flames!


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Busi on October 03, 2010, 09:29:41 PM +0100
Bah computer freeze! It had been a very long time since the last one I suffered. Had used a driver cleaner so it looks like it worked well. Gonna do it again right now.

Was having fun. Started 3rd, passed API thanks to the top speed differential, although it was nearly impossible to keep up with the Ferrari in the corners. Ginsters was faster in front of me, so he slowed down after the halfway point and let me through to push me from behind. Thanks for making this fun race, funnier sbg ;D I just hope my frozen car didn't affect you, as you were right behind me :-\


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: ginsters sponsored on October 03, 2010, 09:35:31 PM +0100
Thanks for making this fun race, funnier sbg ;D I just hope my frozen car didn't affect you, as you were right behind me :-\

It did scare the bejeebus outta me :) Tough break as that was shaping up to be great fun. Any passing on that track is as tricky as hell but it would have been great to have carried on dicing. We'll do that again :)

No problem with the track, which does seem far better quality than the add on norm to me. Be fun to race on with the ickle cars, GT1 would be hard work and it must be shockingly hard work in F1.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Mark J on October 03, 2010, 09:36:33 PM +0100
tough tough race, just couldnt get any more pace out the 997, which seemed to be outgunned here by the Fezzas and strangely even by the Panoz !? :o

I had to have stiff suspension to cope with the constant direction changes but needed 10wing to stop it oversteering!...hard 'kin work even for 40mins ! Never felt like a good balance all eve, perhaps i needed the car even stiffer  :-\ It never wanted to turn in tight enough either.

Amazing pace up front again, couldnt keep with the pack even from the starting lap. Enjoyed a good chase with H@L and Nsfast for first 14 laps with a constant gap between the 3 of us. But on lap 15 i got speared off the road when a rear wheel got on the kerb on that tricky blind left crest turn and i lost my place to H@Ls panoz. Finished an un-excitable 8th.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: goldtop on October 03, 2010, 09:42:05 PM +0100
Just got caught out by people slower in the corners, braking earlier but yet would leave me on the straights ??? Dont get that. Why run with low wing on a track with this many corners?


That might be me and my carpy driving :-[ I'm always slow in and even with wing at 2-8 it was a struggle for me in some of the corners. By the time you caught me, my soft left front was on 28 wear which didn't help matters.

Had a nice battle with Apextech, seemed like we were quite evenly paced but I didn't quite have enough to get close up to him.

Note to self: remember to put enough fuel in ::)

Congrats to Ian for the win, the pody and all.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: picnic on October 03, 2010, 10:05:52 PM +0100
Well once again I proved am totally incompetent at doing a setup. Ended up taking hards but even those were overheating on the left :( I also have no idea how to get the tyre pressures sorted so the middle isn't several degrees cooler than the outsides. I kept upping the pressures but that didn't help. Was giving up anyway but then found a hole in the scenery..... game over.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: phspok on October 03, 2010, 10:25:17 PM +0100
Limited setup time, gave it 8 rear wing and was a nice balance so went with that. Sorry my inappropriate setup
meant I kept thumping your nose with my rear and spinning Spanner  :whistling: I think the Porch turns in later
and faster than the M3 whatever setup I had use. Had been racing Apex and Goldtop, but afterwards was tail
end charley getting in Spanner's way for a while after he fell off, until I went wide once too often and he was away
Tried to keep up with Goldtop but kept making mistakes on worn tryes.
I probably should have taken the 430, but I like the M3, and sometime it works.


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Legzy on October 04, 2010, 12:29:36 AM +0100
Looks like a few people twigged this track must have been designed with the F430 in mind :laugh:

Well I had a really great enjoyable race again, that's been a few in a row :)
Shocked myself with a qually time that was right out of the blue early on & so was able to go back to looking at my race setup.
Clung onto the fastest boys for quite a while, but not able to challenge them. Then swapped places a couple of times with Lazlow as we both made big errors ::) & then had a great chase with TT for the 2nd half of the race.

Congrats to SBG & the other podiums (I'll assume our API was up there ;))

Roll on the season proper again now, see you all at the A1 ring next week 8)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Truetom on October 04, 2010, 08:38:58 AM +0100
GT2 is the real stuff for me. Enjoyed the race like nothing before. :) Grats to sbg for the pace, bad luck for X. Had a chase with API in the first half and with Legzy in the 2nd. S14 has GT2s, right? ;)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: ginsters sponsored on October 04, 2010, 09:00:46 AM +0100
Looks like a few people twigged this track must have been designed with the F430 in mind :laugh:

I originally jumped in the 996 RSR but I would say something is badly wrong with either it or the track/car combo. I had my hands full keeping it on track as there was little/no grip. On the odd occasion it went around the whole track without me making a mistake, it was just as fast if not slightly faster than the Fezza but I couldn't get pass the fact it just didn't feel right.

I didn't try the 997 version as, for me, its nowhere near as good to drive as vanilla porkas (on other tracks anyways    ;))

I mention it cause I like the GT2 class as well, especially over the GTC, and would like to see a return :)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: lazlow on October 04, 2010, 09:40:34 AM +0100
I was happy this morning to see I was the only car to get in amongst the Ferrari domination last night 8) which made the race only a tiny bit better for me.
A lack of practice and setup made for an average driving experience in the Gallardo....don't think I'll be using it again, unless I spend some time setting it up. Nice track though. (always end on a positive ;D)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Legzy on October 05, 2010, 12:17:22 AM +0100
Just noticed that my 4th place here was my 250th event at SROUK (in all Sims & GTL ;))


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: picnic on October 05, 2010, 07:39:27 AM +0100
Good one Legzy :)


Title: Re: UKGTR Season 13 - Fun Race - Hungaroring - Oct 3
Post by: Legzy on October 05, 2010, 05:50:29 PM +0100
Maybe in another 250 I'll be able to get on the podium :-\ :laugh: