Wiltshire Tony
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« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2012, 12:42:30 PM +0100 » |
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Not joining the grid is an odd one - did you click the green box before the 30 second countdown had elapsed?
I could have missed that. I was trying to get a traditional shaped steering wheel by re-applying the last car set patch.
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Wiltshire Tony
Director, UKGTL
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« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2012, 12:46:10 PM +0100 » |
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BTW Drivers that don't have little flags against their names in the results table should fill out the nationality part of their profile.
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Geoff65
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Aussie Paul Hawkins. Sitting in Porsche 910
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« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2012, 01:56:21 PM +0100 » |
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Nice to see ya here Tony, great to see you came along to play....get that steering wheel fix in and see you at the next one? Geoff.
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« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2012, 04:12:30 PM +0100 » |
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I’ve been practicing and practicing for this race and I felt like I was getting nowhere. I didn’t expect to be competitive at all here, and was hoping to be midfield pack. So to be 3rd on the grid was a huge surprise, it was a PB for me and I could not expect a better time. Great time again Giovani.
My race started OK, I got away quite well and held station, I was careful into turn 1 and then all hell broke loose in front of me. I managed to zip zag though the wreckage and found myself first. I didn’t have a huge lead and I watch myself get hauled in from Giovani, Johnny and Rob. It was fairly inevitable but I was happy to be leading. We all had a nice 4 way battle going for a couple of laps, some nice tight racing but it didn’t last, as I slid a little and was tapped from Rob.
After my little solo spin, I was behind my teammate Rog, I am very thankful to Rog for moving over for me. You where very quick and I don’t think I would have been able to pass you without your help. I had about 10 laps to reel back Rob who was about 7 seconds ahead. I finally managed it with 2 laps to go, and we had a little dice for 3rd. Rob got very out of shape out of one of the turns, and gave me a great run at him, I pulled out to overtake and we were side by side going into the last left hander on the track. I thought Rob knew I was there, but I was obviously in his blind spot and he turned in and we both collided. After my second spin it was just a matter of finishing the last lap.
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Wiltshire Tony
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« Reply #19 on: October 24, 2012, 07:53:25 PM +0100 » |
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Nice to see ya here Tony, great to see you came along to play....get that steering wheel fix in and see you at the next one? Geoff.
Hi Geoff. Unfortunately due to some upcoming Tuesday night GTL meetings I won't be around till the next season. See you then. WT
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Johnny.P
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« Reply #20 on: October 24, 2012, 09:29:33 PM +0100 » |
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I had a nightmare in qualifying- gpl kept crashing to desktop when I went into the car settings or options. I also got stuck with a square steering wheel that I tried to get rid of but had to persevere with as I had no other car set up. I qualified 2nd a good distance from pole but got a good start in the race leading into the first turn- somewhere on the lap I was tagged from behind and spun out but fortunately there was no damage so I recovered into fourth or fifth. I had a good few laps trying to pass Rob and ran wide letting Giovanni through. I slowly made progress to the cars battling in front and eventually caught Al who I followed for a couple of laps and sneaked through. Not sure where Giovanni was he was in front and now he was behind? He caught me twice and outbraked or ran wide and I escaped temporarily as he was much quicker and when he did finally pass me I had no answer to his pace. Enjoyable race and well done to Giovanni, also great racing by Rob and Al. I was scared I might miss the race with more pc gremlins.. offline is fine but online always gives me grief ...grrr
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Boggy
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« Reply #21 on: October 25, 2012, 06:58:01 PM +0100 » |
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Hi all Well after all that practice and more practice I returned from UK on Sunday ready to go, only to be told by the better half that internet had been off for 2 days and wouldn't be back until wednesday!!! Well its Thursday and just got it back on. Love France but telephone and broadband leave a lot to be desired. Moan over, missed the race but c'est la vie. Well done to everyone sounds like the race after the first few corners was really good and I do hope Phillippe doesn't drop out as I think Novice does mean mistakes will be made. Which version of Zeltweg is the next race? Perhaps a link to each circuit download would be helpful to us newbies!!
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« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2012, 07:12:43 PM +0100 » |
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I had a nightmare in qualifying- gpl kept crashing to desktop when I went into the car settings or options. I also got stuck with a square steering wheel that I tried to get rid of but had to persevere with as I had no other car set up. . . .
You can get squared away with a nice round wheel, by reading Al's post on the previous page. You could instead go for the realistic ride height patch, which has the fix included. Or else why not simply use the lite carset, ready and waiting, which was actually designed especially for online use! It has wheels which remain round at all times - even when detached!
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« Reply #23 on: October 25, 2012, 07:43:45 PM +0100 » |
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Thanks maddog I'll try a fix for the next round. On another note it seems that Wetlegz is an anagram for Zeltweg.... just thought I'd share that little nugget.
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BadBlood
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« Reply #24 on: October 25, 2012, 08:07:21 PM +0100 » |
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Which version of Zeltweg is the next race? Perhaps a link to each circuit download would be helpful to us newbies!!
We missed you Boggy. Zeltweg 71 which is here: ZeltwegThe track is listed in the announcements page with links as well. Good track but careful at T1 and round the Ostkurve. Easy to lose it there.
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Boggy
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« Reply #25 on: October 25, 2012, 09:48:12 PM +0100 » |
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Hi Paul Missed you all too. Found the links page, cheers, will listen to your advice on the tricky bits, they're all tricky bits to me Boggy
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BadBlood
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« Reply #26 on: October 26, 2012, 01:03:30 AM +0100 » |
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Come to think of it, it might not be called the Ostkurve. As you go into the long right hander at the end of the straight (Bosch) as long as you take enough speed off, that is easy. If you don't you will be in the wall on the left. After that the long left hander has about fifteen apexes and it is hard to take without either compromising speed or losing it - it is a tricky balance. Ends at Schikane...
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BadBlood aka Angel Moose GPLRank +71.5ish GPL65Rank +71.1ish Other ranks? Middlin' Slowish
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Philippe Girard
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« Reply #27 on: October 26, 2012, 09:40:57 AM +0100 » |
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Long live rock and roll !
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« Reply #28 on: October 26, 2012, 12:56:48 PM +0100 » |
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Good choice Philippe, I am glad that you have changed your mind.
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Boggy
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« Reply #29 on: October 26, 2012, 01:19:43 PM +0100 » |
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Philippe update your location and we'll have two French flags up there Bon chance Boggy
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