C'est la vie mate!  C'est la vie !

Or as we would say in Wigan


Oh Shit !


 

Art had a bit of a struggle and made a lot of mistakes allowing Phil to capitalize. On the very last lap, Phil made a costly mistake and spun at the small Karussel, allowing Art through - Art then seems to move over for Phil being aware of a hefty time penalty for two Shift Rs that were not followed by stop and go. Very gentlemanly but as it turns out, not very wise:
Art in fact finished second and is awarded 60 seconds penalty which now puts him in fourth, behind Jack - Art will be scratching his head as he would have still held on to final podium position as the time penalty puts him no more than three tenths behind Jack, had he only been a bit more efficient in letting Phil through.

Well nature decided to unleash her fury just as qually began. I think I was on my third lap when lightning hit pretty close and the power zapped. (It was the first time I've ever heard the power saver strips pop. ..a very eerie sound indeed). Power came back on after about 5 seconds so I got rebooted just in time for the race. Then as the race started, that electrical "pop" sound got me thinking about the rest of the house and "should I check it out or just keep racing"...so naturally I carried on but when I forgot to even slow down for Flugplatz, I knew my day was almost over. Shaken and stirred, I carried on only to crash going down the hill at the beginning of sector 2. At this point the enire field was past but I wasn't going to give up...as I started back down the hill, the GPL Gods decided it was time to quit as a bolt of lightning nearly hit the house and the power was cut for the next 12 hours. The joys of living in the country. As it turns out, only the fax machine blew up.

As it's only my first disco ever in UKGPL, I can't be too upset but I truely missed racing y'all at the green hell.....where anything can happen on any corner and usually does as was the case in the first sector yesterday. LOL

Looking forward to reading the results. Grats to Phil!!!

Will
C'n'B
 

Well that was a bit of a disaster! My PC froze as I crossed the finishing line at the end of qualifying and by the time I'd relaunched everything it was too late to rejoin.

Yet another stunning victory that might have been


MT

The usual medeocre performance from me ( at least I'm consistant) My only problem (apart from staying awake for 35 laps ) was GPL wait , I pressed the P in key and nothing,  made my scheduled stop,  pressed the Go button ......... and ,   ............Nothing ....... zilch ........ nowt !  in fact F'all happened so there I was , sat in me car trying to count the seconds but can't for the life of me remember how long the Brabby pit stop time should be , durr ! stupid or what ? After an age I re join the track and resume "racing" as normal and waiting for the inevitable "alien attack" so I can get out the way promptly.

Was a bit sick after the race to find my Pit Crew had taken nearly  2 minutes to change 4 tyres, wipe my visor and fill her up. No bonus money for that shower this W/E , in fact if they dont get there ass in gear for Nurbs they will all be for the flugplatz 

Rumour has it they couldnt get the wheelnuts done up for laughing 

     

Ive been downloading settings off the internet and taking it from there ,but some setups just don't feel right ,i think most of them are how the driver drives and what feels right to the driver. Ive only been playing gpl for 6 months and from other Sim racing games manly motor bikes,iom tt,motogp 3, gp500it is a differant kettle of fish .iam getting used to braking with a bit off throttle to take the pressure off the clutch to prevent the back end from locking up [just like on a bike]and turning it in before the bend and getting the power on but it is a very fine line to get it right and crashing .so iam going to try the cooper next to see how i get on with that,and thanks for all the support guys i realise its my first season learning new tracks so i will perceiver learn the tracks learn to drive and be consistent thanks for the input guys

made a complete mess of it got lapped a few times struggled with the car when moving out of the way when getting lapped i either clipped the grass or span out when letting off the gas  and for the next race ill think ill drive the safety car stay out of every bodys way