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Sim: GTR Evolution (Add on for Race 07)

Grid/server capacity: 25

Practice:20:00 (10 mins)
Race 1 Qualifying: 20:10 (20 mins)
Race 1: 20:30 (40 mins)

Track: Imola

Cars allowed: Any car from the GTsport class

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

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.

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Notes:
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(3) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R;group=283)

Special Notes: The grid procedure for Race 07 events is slightly different from GTL/GTR2. Upon joining the grid, you won't be able to rev your engine until all drivers are present on the grid. Do not attempt to esc back to garage or you will be DQ'd.

Sport class! YAAAAY! 8)

Hello peeps !

It's been years since I've raced here... am I qualified for this ??
I mean, in a official way  :)

Your more than welcome to join us, your only qualification is that you want to race!

Aye thanks !

How many drivers are taking part in theses ?

We'll find out on the day!


Managing mid 1.35's at a push in most cars after little bit of fiddling in the setups.

I'm a bit of a pesimist about this, my Steam decided not to run Race. Hoping to fix in time, but not very much.  :( Sport class, damn. :hammer:

First Evo test race tonight...I hope as many people as possible can make it!!

I hope to be there but, I am also suddenly experiencing problems with Race07/GTR Evo. It is trying to load the configuration and crashing every time. If I can get this problem sorted then I will be there.

 

These start times are no good for me. I'm planning on making a slightly later PnG event this evening, but even that will be touch and go.

Have fun.

I'll try and show up but havnt turned a wheel in Evo  :-\

i'll be there hopefully. Not driven the sport class (GT2) in anger other than using some offline a while back.

Well no point in me turning up then, AI were 4.5 secs a lap quicker than me & I can't get below 1:59.7 :'(

Err, that that should be 1.55's but my pace is more in the 56's

I'm sure people are happy to share their setups...it's only a test race after all.

Managed to get the game working, but actualy didn't do a thing, lol. As suggested somewhere, I made a guest profile, run the game, didn't work, back to admin, run and it works. Will never understand the thing. All the while I'm still waiting for Steam Support to make sound. ::)

I'm hoping to be there in some capacity just to see how Evo will compare. Please excuse me if I park my car for a bit mid race as I'm on my own with 3 kids and the shopping is due to be delivered as well. Rock n' roll...

would have joined you guys but after re-formatting my HD and reinstalling steam, evo doesnt work :( ... i hit Play and it flashes up and nothing happens  >:(

think it is because i downloaded and installed evo before Race so deleted both and installing Race first this time... next week it is then!!

hope i'm not joining TT in the Steam support queue....!! (which MJ reported as pretty dam poor!  :-X)

wow, that was a cracking first race! Really enjoyed myself. Even the frustrating cut warnings didnt dampen my fun too much as knew every human was going to get a stop and go at some point here! hehe And at least they are proper stop and go's  :)

Qualied 3rd or 4th  :) after great session battle with top few guys throughout.

Race start was hard getting a fat vette off the line with cold tyres, but all seemed clean and good into first few corners. Had a great first 20mins or so battling top 4, swapping places and chasing very hard.
Got my stop and go on 21 mins in, pitted quickly and dropped to about 11th from 3rd  :( got past some who got their own s&G's and a couple of ai cars.
But then spent last 10mins or so behind a 4 car AI train that were very quick but then also held me up in some corners.
Eventually my tyres got more and more warn down to about 70% or so and TT caught me like a rocket! He got justice in passing me the same place i got him early in race, with 1 lap to go and nipped ahead of me.

Bizzarely not sure where i finished as my final placing seemed different to where i had assumed i was but not sure who was a lap down ahead of me  ??? Was i 5th?

Great result for Lazlow who drove stonking race  8)

Great first race i think, but could have done without the cut warnings. Not had a single one of them at RD season so either they turned them off or this track is too strict for them. :-\

Enjoyed my first race on GTR Evo tonight. Thanks for organising this event. It was good to have a decent turnout.

Maybe with some practice next time I can avoid the stop & go's. ::)

Can't see the appeal myself :( If I've got to learn a new sim to be remotely competitive then this ain't it. Sorry

From what little available time I did have to race tonight I thoroughly enjoyed Evo - it felt more polished and fresh.  No time for any prep, which was reflected in my result:), and I was rear-ended into a wall by the AI so my car was hanging, but it was still good fun.

Please please, instead of running test GTR2 races on Sunday with the familiar "standard" cars, can we run a 1 hour or more endurance test with Evo? It seems quite a few of us have Evo and the numbers for the GTR2 test race last Sunday were minimal. Sunday evening is much better for me - I don't get interrupted.  

Results posted ^^^^^^^

huh? what you expect to race in a brand new sim with minimal praccy and go great guns? Did you use default setups? they are notoriously 'safe and understeery' but not quick enough against other competitive animals like us  ;) Most are set too stiff i found.
 Me, TT and Lazlow struggled in our first few races against the RD crowd using GTRevo, coming from years of GTR2, but we have now got up to speed a bit better with more seat time.  :)

Not necessarily but then I can't say I've approached this any differently to the TC races we've been doing on Wednesdays either. I'm doing ok there ;)

There simply hasn't been an instant connection between me and these cars, I don't see why they are so much better than the stuff we've been running. Given the need to learn this or that other stuff the other stuff wins out I'm afraid.

Haha! ;D I've been saying this exactly about iR. I hear you, brother. ;) Whatever floats your boat, though I'd like to see you with us. :)

all i would say is driving Touring cars or even the caterhams is a lot easier to pick up and race than proper GT cars..as it is in the real world ! and as it is in any racing sim, and should be.

A tough track was picked for a first race, very unforegiving and technical. Maybe we should have used the GT club (GT3) class as a starter to wean you kiddies off your TC's  ;)

Cracking race, marred only by the ridiculous cutting detection. Got two stop&go's and had one spin, else I'd be battling with Donald. :P
Great class to race. 8)

Looks better, sounds better, more polished  ???  sorry but im just not seeing this. IMHO GTR2 is so much better than this. Evo looked like a step back to me, maybe it doesnt like my pc but it looked horrible on my setup.


I know i havnt done much GTR here for a while so maybe i shouldnt put this but i didnt like it.

Damn, how did I miss this.  :oops:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs2xUrz6ELU

You should be >:(, Leuven. :D

 ??? you must have something wrong with your gfx settings ! it looks great on my rig. Its also got far better ffb, much better graphics and the sounds for all the cars i've driven so far have been fantastic, though thought i heard a pony sound coming from the GT2 beemer on replay last night?...which would be odd as their BMW touring car sounds are spot on. Knowing simbins past record they probably blagged a few sounds somewhere.

You also shouldnt forget there are some very tasty mod packs about like the FIA GT set of cars that add some very nice GT cars into the mix in both GT1 and GT2 should we ever go the evo route here, like the F430 and 997 for GT2 for instance.  8)

Tried, F430 feels  :wub:

Sorry that I missed the race, I could not sort my problem in time. :(

I think I'm ready for the next one now though. :)

That is a good turn out for a Wednesday race. More drivers than if it was a GTR2 race race I would say.