UKPnG Season 6 - Jops Siffert - Nov 3

[Mark J]

Enjoyed that last night, good honest fun racing, uncomplicated by pitstops and technical setups 

Was very pleased to be reasonably on the pace and finish the race 5th, considering i hadnt ever driven at Jops before, hadnt done any practise, and hadnt even turned a wheel in P&G for a month or so!  ...plus the top 3 cars were all Mustangs 

Good stuff. Lets hope Tonys new Historic British touring car series works well, should do  ....though my favoured class of cars is still the 60's GT class 

[Sandor M]

Had great fun last night.

First lap was a bit hectic with some paintswapping and something what looked like a hit-and-run .
Then I remembered I was driving the Alfa Grand Theft Auto  , so it was all part of the game. 

So, started from last place and had fun chasing Bill around . Unfortunately he made a mistake and I was on my own again.
Until midrace I had Eifelblitz on close range behind so I couldn't take it easy.

When I finally had enough air between us I ran my car into a barrier and killed my engine 
Race Over......

There goed the hard work, but it was great fun driving around on this track.

[Wiltshire Tony]

Lets hope Tonys new Historic British touring car series works well, should do  

Fingers crossed MJ, but note the inclusion of Mondello Park, just for you  

[SpecialKS]

Curious one for me.

Wasn't able to beat the 1:47 in practice and quali, although I did over 20 laps for evaluating
track and setup. In the end I choose the "red" tyres which for me were the most suitable.

Henry had a short nap during start   so I began race in usual and last position  
During the race I saw Tony twice flying high in the sky , made some own mistakes
but could get closer to Sandor when I lost the car again and very soon afterwards my
virus scanner wanted to update (my new version of avira antivir free tries to update
every one or two hours and I haven't found the way to stop that yet).
Fortunately I stayed connected and could continue racing on my own again.

Towards the end of the race I met Tony again and we had some nice issues caused by ourselves  

At least I was able to set a new PB at 1:46.6 in my best lap.


Thank you all for organizing another funny event, which is very much appreciated.
Looking forward ti the next races.

[Manteos]

I lost the car again and very soon afterwards my
virus scanner wanted to update (my new version of avira antivir free tries to update
every one or two hours and I haven't found the way to stop that yet).

Special, I have Avira Antivirus free version, don't know if it's the same version you have. In this version to deactivate the updates, you have to open the main window of Avira, than push "F8" (Configuration). At this point you should see on the left the voice "update", click on it, and disable the automatic updates. That's all

[BillThomas]

Another fiasco for me.  First time I've tried Time Trials, not being use to it spent too much time concentrating on Clive's car and line - result I hadn't learnt the track adequately.  Got in a good qualifying lap, new PB but still didn't know which of the sequence of right handers were the slow and fast ones.  Got bumped on lap 1 and hit barrier, car wasn't handling right so collected more damage on way to pits.  Not pit stopped with PnG for ages and forgot about the stupid refuelling I didn't need, so had to find ignition switch turn off and then turn back on to fire up engine.  Took slow corner in 5th and wrecked suspension - early shower.

I guess next time I'll have to learn track before I get into TT mode.

[Clive Loynes]

Sorry to cause so much grief there Bill.

I still think that you want to start with TT mode but come out of it before you become too reliant.

I enjoyed the race, even if I did make a mess of the end.

Still can't figure why the Alfas didn't clear off into the distance.

I haven't watched the replay but Tudor and Manteos took care of themselves in the early laps and for a brief minute I thought that I might stand a chance of lifting the silverware.  Then I noticed that Ade had got his act together and was closing on me.  Not by much but enough to make the last couple of laps exciting.

I made a slight error with about two and a half laps to go and lost the lead to Ade.  Then I got a good tow across the line and went up the inside into T1.  I got through but thought that I had probably used more than my fair share of the track and so stayed wide at T2 to let him through.

Then I managed to pass him later in the lap and was leading at the start of the last lap.  I made another small error, with some encouragement from Ade, that resulted in our approaching the tight right-hander at the start of the s/f straight side-by-side.  Sadly I was on the outside and made the decision to try to take him well into the braking zone and then attempt to cut back under him if he went wide.  Well he didn't, and I ended up making a pig's ear of the corner instead.

Congratulations to Ade on a good race and a great battle.

[BillThomas]

Sorry to cause so much grief there Bill.

I still think that you want to start with TT mode but come out of it before you become too reliant.

Not your problem Clive, it's all about my learning experience again.   Also lack of current use of PnG pit procedures, after being use to keeping engine running during GTL pit stops, remembering to select 1st gear and hit pit limiter button before setting off.

[SpecialKS]

I lost the car again and very soon afterwards my
virus scanner wanted to update (my new version of avira antivir free tries to update
every one or two hours and I haven't found the way to stop that yet).

Special, I have Avira Antivirus free version, don't know if it's the same version you have. In this version to deactivate the updates, you have to open the main window of Avira, than push "F8" (Configuration). At this point you should see on the left the voice "update", click on it, and disable the automatic updates. That's all

Thanks Manteos,

my version is 12.0.0.861

It seems that deactivation of updates is no longer possible .

But I made a  manual planning for daily updates at a time I'm for sure not racing - hope that works.

Thanks again.


BTW - today received my G 25 - wow -- complete different feeling.