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Title: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: spanner on June 18, 2011, 03:22:39 PM +0100
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1952/uktccs5r6.jpg)

All members welcome.

Grid/server capacity: 25

Practice: 20.00 (25 mins)
Race 1 Qualifying: 20:25 (15 mins)
Race 1: 20:40 20mins, then following shortly afterwards with reverse grid
Race 2: 20mins

Track: Brands Hatch GP

Cars allowed: Any car from WTCC06 or WTCC07
Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Weather: DRY
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal

Server: www.simracing.org.uk
Password: see above

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

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.


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: Mark J on June 21, 2011, 08:17:18 AM +0100
woot, brands hatch !  :)...and nobody has posted  ::)

will be there hopefully  :)


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: lazlow on June 21, 2011, 09:29:21 AM +0100
No practice yet and that's why I like this series, there's no need to spend hours and hours thrashing out a setup ;D


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: picnic on June 21, 2011, 09:48:36 AM +0100
It's not Wednesday yet why would I look here  ::) I'd only get depressed when people post quick times  :P


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: Mark J on June 21, 2011, 07:55:21 PM +0100
I just stuck a new thread over at No-grip in the 'Race' section advertising tomorrow nights race. Lets see if it generates any interest.  :)  Shame i didnt see this thread before today as a bit more notice may have got some further notice over there. Worth a punt. TC's are very popular in sim world elsewhere, so it must be our lack of advertising thats affecting turn out. :-\


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: spanner on June 21, 2011, 08:35:28 PM +0100
Err yeah, my practise starts 20mins before i have to restart the server.

Sadly its the penultimate one as these have been brilliant but it is Brands 8)


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: AlbersF1 on June 21, 2011, 10:12:45 PM +0100
Hi Guys, I'm new here :)

Seen the post @ no grip and I couldn't refuse the chance to race Touring Cars, best sim racing around!

Shame I can't make this event as I run my own events and its the final race of the current season at the same time as this event, I will try and make Donington, is it the National version?

If you want to know what I'm like for racing with, here is my stats page at the site I race at : http://www.race2play.com/homepage/show_history/9305 (http://www.race2play.com/homepage/show_history/9305)


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: Mark J on June 22, 2011, 08:17:58 AM +0100
welcome Albers!, glad to see my ad gained at least one fellow sim racers attention  :)

Hope to see you at future events  8)


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: Truetom on June 22, 2011, 09:47:35 AM +0100
Welcome Albers. Hope we can see you here more often and on race track. :)


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: lazlow on June 22, 2011, 09:54:01 AM +0100
Hi Albers, it always good to see new people signing up.
Hope to see you on the track for some close wheel to wheel action 8)


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: Jeffrey on June 22, 2011, 02:13:04 PM +0100
Welcome Kenny :)


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: evert blommert on June 22, 2011, 09:30:41 PM +0100
Was fun while it lasted.
Ctd's in race 1 and 2.
Shame had fun, will try to sort it out again.
Don't think i took anyone with me during my sudden departures, if I did I apologise.
See you next time.

Evert


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: Mark J on June 22, 2011, 09:46:47 PM +0100
ctd ?...is that what you call armco these days?  :laugh:  ;)

Had great close racing action as usual with the TC's at brands, always guaranteed !   

I think i need to try another car next time here (or borrow RR's beemer setup  ;) ) as i feel like i am rinsing every last drop of grip and bhp out the thing but making no progress laptime wise  :P  Was able to do 1:35's offline but online mainly 1:36 in qually and 36/37's in race trim. Rear tyres take a hammering from oversteer but if i induce understeer in the setup its a pig to get around most of those fast rear of the circuit corners.

Race one had a safe 5th place in my hands with a 9 sec lead over the chasers but with about 6mins to go i got a wobble out of dingle dell and spanked the armco. Dragged the car around last few laps with suspension damage and came home 8th or 9th :(

Race 2 was flipping mental all action with the whole pack bunched up for first few laps and continued with a 3 way beemer fight for first half of race with TT and Evert. I finally oversteered out of druids and headbutted the inside armco...race over  ::)

Great fun and congrats to fast guys on the pody  8)

ps....just got a message saying 'Steam has finished downloading Race07'...anyone else get that? is it a new patch?


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: Tibernius on June 22, 2011, 09:49:25 PM +0100
ps....just got a message saying 'Steam has finished downloading Race07'...anyone else get that? is it a new patch?

I got it as well. I can only assume it was another patch. :-\


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: picnic on June 22, 2011, 09:54:27 PM +0100
ps....just got a message saying 'Steam has finished downloading Race07'...anyone else get that? is it a new patch?

Didn't see that but then I quit Steam each time the PC starts, however the game still runs  :-\ It's some sort of voodoo magic.

Really struggle to get the cars off the start, I know the Beamers are quick but I always lose places to other FWD cars as well :( I have similar issues out of slow corners. I either don't seem to be accelerating of I'm spinning up the wheels. As usual manic races and I had to go lie down for 5 mins to recover :) WD to the podiums for both races


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: lazlow on June 22, 2011, 10:19:41 PM +0100
ps....just got a message saying 'Steam has finished downloading Race07'...anyone else get that? is it a new patch?

I got it as well. I can only assume it was another patch. :-\
http://www.raceroom.net/news/race07-1-2-1-9-update/ (http://www.raceroom.net/news/race07-1-2-1-9-update/)


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: spanner on June 22, 2011, 10:41:48 PM +0100
Results and Replay Posted up


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: Truetom on June 23, 2011, 07:51:08 AM +0100
Made a good setup for a change, well, good enough for me, especially compared to the previous race. Made a good start in race one, was able to follow the first group on 5th place at a few seconds distance, hoping for some commotion to grab a place or two. Then put a wheel on the grass and spun, crashed into the barrier. Pitted and drove on for fun. In race two I overslept the start and drove at the back and it was a great tussle with MJ and Evert, swapping places, making mistakes, taking it back. Great stuff. Much more enjoyable than the first one. :)

Grats to winners, great pace there. :)


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: lazlow on June 23, 2011, 12:49:42 PM +0100
Race 1 Analysis Report (http://lazlow.zxq.net/srouk/Race07/UKTCC_S5/Brands%20Hatch/Race_1/index.html)
Race 2 Analysis Report (http://lazlow.zxq.net/srouk/Race07/UKTCC_S5/Brands%20Hatch/Race_2/index.html)


Title: Re: Race 07 Season 5 UK Touring Car Challenge - Brands Hatch (GP) - Jun 22
Post by: purdie on June 23, 2011, 05:16:16 PM +0100
Now RACE is finally working (and i hope this patch helps with the x64 compatibility) it was good to get some testing in this time.

Happy with pace and had a great R1 and a very courteous Picnic for waiting after a small bump. R2 was good to be P2 with the reverse grid but a false start meant a distracted first lap and i was 7th by the end of lap 2!

It was like a proper touring cars! 3 wide into druids and a few harmless bumps.... really really good racing all round.