UKPnG Season 7 North American Cup - Montreal - Nov 8

[Hotkeys]

i just tried the falcon over at gamers crib lobby and it didnt find it that bad to drive (for a heap of heavy junk)so may venture into the race tomorrow. Im getting used to my stick shift so will use it as good experience building under race conditions! 

Remember to switch back to the Pilsnerbude server Mark !

Stig

[Mark J]

any reason why the pils server is still being used when the normal simbin one is back up and running? Bit of a pita to have to have two different lobby files and rename each time depending on whether i want to race GC or SROUK

[johnw]

This is going to take some getting used to - I'd previously had the Falcon Sprint handling like a reasonable approximation of an actual car, but now it's gone all flobbery (technical term). Should be fun trying to sail it around here tomorrow

[Alex vV]

Oops, trouble at the Mill .......

I can join Adelaide without any problems, but when I try to join Montreal, I get this message:

"Game not available. Host may run an updated or modified game"

I'm using the track from the DL- link in the race announcement.

Any suggestions as to what might be the problem ?

Stig

It may be due to me not having setup the V3 version on the server yet. I'm just about to do that so try again later. I'll post here once I'm done.

EDIT: Please try now and report back

Errr... i've installed Montreal but when I look at the Pils Srou server it says Adelaide88. Cannot join either.
Doing something wrong?

Never mind, was looking at wrong server. Looks like 2 servers are running atm.

duh 

[Hotkeys]

This is going to take some getting used to - I'd previously had the Falcon Sprint handling like a reasonable approximation of an actual car, but now it's gone

I disagree John. IMHO  they now behave much more like real cars. For instance the way they react to counter steering, and the way they respond to the curbs feels more realistic. Notice, thar the default setup is VERY soft!

So far the only car in V3 that seems 'off' IMO is the Lotus Super 7.


Stig

[johnw]

I disagree John. IMHO  they now behave much more like real cars.

I didn't say it was less realistic I'm sure that's how it's supposed to drive!

[phspok]

Pils was kept as the general feeling (mine for sure) was that the Simbin server was more likely to go away for ever
than the Pils one, based on previous events. If most people want to use the Simbin one then we will.

[Clive Loynes]

I have managed a couple of laps in the Mustang online.

Nothing spectacular and it gets itself into a real tank slapper when I put the brakes on.

Don't know how I'm going to race the thing as I don't feel in control of it yet.

[goldtop]

I have managed a couple of laps in the Mustang online.

Nothing spectacular and it gets itself into a real tank slapper when I put the brakes on.

Don't know how I'm going to race the thing as I don't feel in control of it yet.

Have a read of this...

http://gtlw-blog.flyingpig.info/index.php?option=com_idoblog&task=viewpost&id=113&Itemid=109

One technique which helps me is to slightly "lean" into the braking area so the car is already going one way. ie point it slightly to the left while braking for the big rh hairpin at Montreal. You won't get a tank slapper because you know which way it is going to slide, making it easier to anticipate.

I think the Falcons are quicker than the Mustangs 

[Mark J]

not tried the new stangs yet (other than the lairy boss variant) but found the Falcons very easy to drive. Whether thats easy and 'quick' is another matter!
I like the way the new cars are more predictable in their handling like a race car should be (unless its an early 917 longtail down the Mulsanne!)

[Clive Loynes]

I think the Falcons are quicker than the Mustangs 

Good job I have a couple left then!

[Geoffers]

Pils was kept as the general feeling (mine for sure) was that the Simbin server was more likely to go away for ever
than the Pils one, based on previous events. If most people want to use the Simbin one then we will.

Thats why I couldn't join last weeks race! It was a late descision to join (about 8.35!) but couldn't see the server in the lobby. As I hadn't raced P&G here for a while I didn't realise you had changed lobby.

Are there many P&G races/racers on the Pils lobby? If not, then surely using the Simbin lobby makes more sense to attract new drivers, as there seems to be plenty of interest in P&G3 at present.

Anyhow, I won't be able to join tonight so it doesn't really matter to me.

[phspok]

This is a democratic society   so whatever the people want is what we do.
We stayed with Pils probably mostly my idea, because it seemed the most sensible thing to do at the time
And we did create notes on the pages telling people that we were using Pils,
you may be right, and we should use Simbin for PG3. I don;t think we should mess with it today
as people have registered names in the lobby. I take the point about new users who do other leagues
so maybe we can change back to Simbin for next week?

So far two people have complained about using Pils, and no one has complained about using Simbin
if it stays that way then I propose we use Simbin for PG3 after tonights event.
All in favour say "AYE" 

[Mark J]

Thats why I couldn't join last weeks race! It was a late descision to join (about 8.35!) but couldn't see the server in the lobby. As I hadn't raced P&G here for a while I didn't realise you had changed lobby.

Are there many P&G races/racers on the Pils lobby? If not, then surely using the Simbin lobby makes more sense to attract new drivers, as there seems to be plenty of interest in P&G3 at present.

Two good reasons right there why we should be re-using the simbin lobby. One, its confusing and annoying (lobby renaming files) for regular racers, two, we are losing potential drivers who might dip their toes into SROUK hosted races if they can actually see them in the lobby! There were loads of drivers using the GC hosted servers last night (all evening!)
We need to grab their attention whilst the newly released P&G is popular! and bolster our own numbers.

Just to add to the confusion, the 'modern' events hosted on here by H@L are using the Simbin server whilst the 'classic' events are using the Pils server  

[BillThomas]

Third one Mark, I'm totally baffled by the info on changing the LOCAL_IP_LOBBY.TEX FILE.  My two copies, one to use and emergency spare both contain in the file only "gtr2server.gtr-evolution.com" which seems to be a fixed item which I can not add the IP No: quoted.

HELP PLEASE.