UKGPL Season 22 (2011-2012) Porsche - Surfers Paradise - Nov 11

[tom_g]

OK no problem,

i'm in the team with Stefano.

[Cookie]

OK no problem,

i'm in the team with Stefano.

Great to have you with us ToM.

Stefano and Matti are father and son!

[BadBlood]

OK no problem,

i'm in the team with Stefano.

Ah ok. Server 1 (T7_2) then.

[tom_g]

Impossible to drive in decent conditions for me tonight :

Since few days i have some trouble with my GPL Mods Install ...

I didn't run the GT mod since one week and when i launched it tonight i was horrible :

wheel problem (ffb very different) and No shifer


I tried to play with Paddle ...... i think it wad a bad idea !

Plus i had very very very bad FPS , strange, i have this problem only on your server. I don't know why.


So, sorry to Piero .......... i had 20fps when you  overtake me after my mistake ... hope you'll finish the race.

++
ToM

[BadBlood]

Hmm strange. T7 is a commercial server so it should be OK...

[NickyIckx]

  really hope those heroes never ever will taken part in a real car race as a driver .

congratulations for solid kick out at T1 M.Zampedri .

at least my photograph album do have some stunning pictures more

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XK89ZA0G

[fpolicardi]

Frezzed while I was having a nice battle with Pedro  
I hope my freeze didn't affect anyone.

M.Zampedri avevi una connessione balorda stasera, andavi e venivi in continuazione, impossibile starti vicino. Tu non ti sei accorto di nulla?

M.Zampedri had a bad connection tonight, not easy to stay behind him.

Ciao

[Phil Thornton]

Quite an eventful race for me.  Qualified at the back as expected .  There were some very quick drivers out there!!

First 15 or so laps were steady, thanks to the slipstream I managed to hang on to the back of the freight train.  Then I had a battle with Evil for a few laps.  I suspect there was something wrong with his car because he gradually dropped down the field until he was just in front of me.  I tried a few places to get by but Clive was making me go the long way round and I just couldn't make a decent attempt at a pass.  But then I managed to get a good exit on the last turn and got along side over the finish line.  Clive had the inside line for the kink and I tried to stay wide but it wasn't a line I had practiced and I clipped the grass.  I did about 4 360s and managed to continue with no damage but by then Clive was long gone.

Then I had a dice with Johnny O  .  We swapped places a couple of times and at one stage I passed him under yellow flags, at least I think I did, I didn't see any flags but there was a car stuck on the track just after I got past so there should have been flags.  Anyway I pulled over onto the grass to let Johnny retake the place.  A few laps later I got past again but before long the leaders were on us and I pulled over to let them through.  I didn't realise the third car was Johnny and so I ended up behind him again!  After a while I got past again but ended up going wide on the exit of T5 which caused me to get into a massive "tank slapper" and I couldn't regain control and ended up marooned on the track on the exit of T6.  At that point Johnny came round the corner and had nowhere to go.  A collision was unavoidable and unfortunately I ended up on my roof and couldn't continue.  Thankfully Johnny could.

Grats to the leaders, they were very quick.  Unlucky Arf Arf Arf,  I saw you spin and you must not have been able to continue (I noticed you disconnected slightly later).  Don't know what happened to Fran.  I think Pastit Porsche will do better next time 

[JonnyO]

 Thanks Thornton..... those times was very busy!

  But I took the race the Blito, then do not have much to celebrate, was the beginning of the race and I had to be more careful.
 I'm sorry Blito.

[s2173]

Server 1 is posted second...
Race just as awful as allways... it wasnt my fault this time, which is something i guess...i dont care anymore.

[BadBlood]

Server 1 and Server 2 are just the same. The reason that Server 1 is posted second is that it takes longer for me to download the data from T7. I don't think it is the most important thing in the world.

Would all drivers PLEASE ensure that they read the race posts carefully. There was some confusion about which server was which and what the passwords were but the passwords are different so that you can be certain you are joining the right server - please ensure you know which server you are meant to join (it will change race by race) and what the relevant password is. I don't mind setting this up and modding it but it would be helpful if you could all come prepared. Pens, paper and set square!

[svenvangent]

Hallo guy's ,
first of all a big thanks for the server and the race .
This i would like to say also a big big Thanks for the clean passing we could do lapping the slower driver .
Sometimes it was a bit tricky because of flikkering cars brrrrrrrrrrrrr or some who dansed from left to the right .
The race was good and start to , knew that the first corner would be dangeres but mannegd to servive , in the middel of the race trying to go from 4pl to 3pl was with baab i tinck good battle ended from 6pl to 3place .
Was a little bit afraid that i would not have enough gallons/liters but it was closs i had 0.8 gallons over phoewie was i glad to see the flagman
anyway thanks and see you at Monsanto  greets svenvangent

[Ron-C]

at least my photograph album do have some stunning pictures more

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XK89ZA0G

Hi Nicky,

Where did you get the car graphics from that are in your photo album? They certainly look a lot better than the all white cars 

I found server 1 to be quite good, from here in Oz at least, that was a concern I had when I joined the series, I know how a bad connection can make the racing quite unpleasant, there were only 1 or 2 cars with bad lag, which made getting past iffy.
I'll second Svenvangent's comments regarding the drivers being lapped, they did a great job of letting the guys through, thanks 

See you all in South Africa

Cheers,
Ron.

[Pierre D]

I had a long and quiet race. I don't say as usual because in the past I've had my share of accidents with stressed pilots who don't realize I'm actually moving .
My main concern was to stay out of what most of you guys see as your private Path to Glory. I got exhausted at some time by the endless calculations that come with racing : "considering his speed, mine and the probability to hit a Kanguroo, when will I see him again and how many times  will I have this opportunity ? "

Exhausted, yes, but not completely unconscious.  I do remember completing the race . I did see  Tristan smoke his tires in front of a rather indifferent crowd .
You can imagine the look on my face when I read "disco" on the report table.  I'm still in shock .  How will I stand the look of my children, their eyes getting slowly filled with tears finally overflowing  over the remote control of their Playstation ? How ?

[Cookie]

Exhausted, yes, but not completely unconscious.  I do remember completing the race . I did see  Tristan smoke his tires in front of a rather indifferent crowd .
You can imagine the look on my face when I read "disco" on the report table.  I'm still in shock .  How will I stand the look of my children, their eyes getting slowly filled with tears finally overflowing  over the remote control of their Playstation ? How ?

Hey Pierre
don't bother about that "disco" (disconnected), GPL does this as you were 5 laps down, this does not mean you are disqualified