Well that was a huge annoying mess from my perspective. Apologies to anyone who tripped up overtaking me.

I did a Hispania F1 effort, turning my first wheel during qualifying and tweaking the setup to get a slow but improving performance. What I didn't do, though, was set my practice setup as the race setup. Therefore I got lumbered with the default setup at the start of the race and had full fuel tanks and horrendous gear ratios. The race was a joke and I nearly gave up there and then.

Fortunately, being a little bugger, I decided to continue, reasoning that a) someone might drop out, gifting me points, and b) the mileage on the car would pay dividends in future.

What a dick I am.

Sounds like the kind of thing someone has saved in a replay somewhere - any chance of it being provided for my entertainment/education? 

Actually, Clive, I never noticed that at all. That's class, well done. Palindromic Clive. Oh dear, now I've made you sound ill.

Normally I pride myself on my powers of observation, so I'm well dischuffed right now.

I've been driving in the UKGPL 67s for a couple of seasons now, alternating weeks with the GBGPL 67s. Only, last season I couldn't do the Thursdays needed so I changed to the 65s.

As far as I know there are several people who (at least occasionally) work both sides of the fence, but I often get confused with names, sorry. Mostly I forget whether someone is primarily known to me through GBGPL or UKGPL so I shut up rather than commit a faux pas...

Don't ask me why I'm signing up to the 65's instead of my usual 67's - truth is I don't really know. Perhaps it's just to get some inspiration after not even loading GPL since before xmas.

I took part in the last 65's season over in the GBGPL and drove the BRM in every race, mainly because I didn't have time to go and really learn the cars. I'll take whatever you throw at me in this championship, but please bear in mind that I drive using the keyboard, so one of the more stable chassis' would be a better starting point for me.

Cheers!

Well, I loved that race. Easily my best ever performance. I didn't finish, nor did I qualify high up. What I did do was put together lap after lap of consistent times - a huge improvement for me. It was just disappointing to lose it and rip two wheels off within seconds of thinking "I'm doing fine here - I can make it to the finish".

Spent much of my time actually racing too! The bright blue of Maestro closing in then falling back was mesmerising and I actually fended him off and pulled away at times, boosting my ego enormously!

This was so much fun compared with my usual races, where I tend to spin once or twice early on (not always my own fault), lose touch with everyone, and then trundle to the finish watching for the leaders coming up behind.

Excellent stuff - thanks everyone. I want more!

Oh. My. God.

You did NOT just quote Winton. Jeez.   :p

Funky little track. I'm well familiar with the modern one (via Gran Turismo) but the old '67 version is sweet. Reminds me very much of Zandvoort but with bigger gradients. Lovely.

Anyone else notice the upside-down car behind the infield fence on the straight leading to the last corner?

I'm here but late - again. Oh well. I'm always keen but never fast, so I guess if I'm allowed to run, I'll be a Group B competitor.

I love the idea of long races without the Shift R - it's the way racing is supposed to be. Pass cleanly and stay on the black stuff or else. Also, I can never quite understand why so few people use the 67s. To me it's the 'core' game.

Looking forward to some of these tracks - they're new to me. Hopefully my little old graphics card can handle them...

I'd like to play but since I downloaded the track a few months ago I can't get my old graphics card to run smoothly all the way around. I drop to 24 fps on the run to turn 3 and again coming down the steep hill half-way around.

I'll have to skip it because I can't imagine how bad it'll be with other cars on track. Tough little circuit though.

I'd like to join in again but have obviously completely failed to register my interest until now - the evening of race one. I'll turn up in the chatroom tonight and ask permission to race there, too.

In my defence, rubbish as I am, I'm a regular attender and faster than I was when I joined last season.

I think the easiest way would be to re-write the following page to actually show a diagram and explain the tiers of the divisions and the rules to which they run. I'd happily do that if you want. As a relatively new starter, perhaps my observations on what I needed most a few months ago would be good.

https://www.ukgpl.com/index.php/starter

Actually, I think that much of the content of that site should be looked at again to try and make things a little clearer.

Re: Division systems
I was new to this league this year - new to GPL and online racing too. I only raced in the Clubmans because I thought that it was the lowest division I could find here. Clearly, from the descriptions quoted above, I was wrong and theoretically all divisions are open to me. I really think that a lot of thought needs to be put in by most leagues about how they present and explain themselves to newbies. It's so complex.

That said, I'm happy to stick with the Clubmans Cup in the short term - at least until I get some real speed and start dicing with a few people.

Re: Tracks liked or not
Actually, I recently discovered the full-length Brands Hatch and am in love. Always hated it on TV but it's beautiful to drive. I usually prefer tracks that have significant elevation changes. Also like Albi a lot even though it's flatter than an ironing board.

Dislike Spa but that's probably cos I suck at it. Same with the Glen. Oh, and Monaco.

Re: Race length
Longer is usually better in my opinion because it's more of a test and this is supposed to be a sim.

I have a question. Since I started online racing, first with the GBGPL and now with you guys, I've pretty much been getting away with not knowing what I'm doing because I'm rubbish. Rubbish but eager so I guess that gets me some brownie points. Anyway...

Every online race I take part in, I always show in the results as disco-ing. This happens even when I finish the race with no issues. So far (I guess because I'm rubbish) I've still been classified and given a few minor points for the place I did actually finish in. However, what is it that I'm doing wrong to get listed as "disco"?

I suspect that I'm disconnecting from the server too soon after the chequered flag, but I don't know the post-race procedure so can someone tell me?

My natural inclination has always been to do what happens in real life and do another full lap and pull into the pits. Should I then sit in the car until the server shuts down or should I quit to the menu but stay connected? Until when? What do I do?

Cheers.

Really sorry that I missed this one as I had downloaded that track only last week and I love trying new tracks. Oh well. It seems a popular circuit so I'm sure it'll come back around.

Talking of new tracks, the Clubmans is due to visit Brands Hatch in a few rounds' time. I've downloaded it and like it but I see there are a couple of versions with differing lengths (~50m). The shorter version is the oldest and is the one from ChallengeRank. Unfortunately I've grabbed the longer one and I'm betting that I need the shorter one for our race, yes?

Cheers.

P.S.
I see that there are also two versions of Snetterton Heath available - '67 and '64. Which were we supposed to use?