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« on: November 01, 2012, 09:51:27 AM +0000 » |
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WELCOME to the UKGPL S23 Autumn Break second CanAm Fun Race Spa Francorchamps 67, well known... Everybody is welcome! We will do this Race as a test for the import of the new CanAm mod. You will have a free car choice, but we ask you to take a car that is not yet used by the allready joined drivers. We need a grid of all available CanAm cars to fill the database!Unlimited Shift+r with a stop and go is allowed. Please restrict your chat to a minimum! The race will have a traditional grid start! You all know how to behave... Race List | = | IGOR | Server | = | UKGPL_8 | IP Address | = | tba | Race date | = | 02-11-2012 | | Qualification Time | = | ~20:45 UK time ~ 45 mins | Race Time | = | race starts at 21:30 UK time | Track | = | Spa Francorchamps 67 (papy) | Variant | = | CANM71 | Damage Model | = | Int long | Race length | = | ~ 40 min -> 14 laps | Password | = | see above | Replay | = | you will get here | GLA
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« Last Edit: November 10, 2012, 10:28:23 AM +0000 by Cookie »
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« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2012, 10:59:58 AM +0000 » |
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Should be a cracker....these are FUN+ at Spa....See y'all there...
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« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2012, 08:37:44 PM +0000 » |
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Just a thought - but in the interests of close racing wouldn't it make sense to allow only novices to use the Mclaren M8F & Lola T260?
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2012, 08:29:04 AM +0000 » |
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That's not a bad idea Al, but of no use until Novices show up! I don't blame them for staying away, knowing their startline behaviour is to be put under the microscope. Does anyone know of another online league, which does rolling starts for these?
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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2012, 09:00:14 AM +0000 » |
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Hi all As a complete novice I did show up and following Mods request chose a car not chosen by others only to find almost everyone was using the Lola or M8D . I causing a couple of accidents for which I am extremely sorry but all I can say in my defense is that choosing a car not already taken, on the Porsche there is no left hand mirror and both accidents happened by cars trying to squeeze past on my blind side Cheers Boggy
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« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2012, 09:42:28 AM +0000 » |
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I had a quick look myself Boggy and thought it seemed odd so many were in the Lola or McLaren?
Notwithstanding a comment by Martin regarding the need to listen for cars around you, I have to say like the GTs the standard mirrors provided in the CanAm cars are useless for online racing and contact is inevitable.
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« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2012, 12:17:58 PM +0000 » |
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Does anyone know of another online league, which does rolling starts for these? Not sure of any league running Can Ams regularly anywhere. The rolling starts, if we use them, would be to try and avoid accidents in the first few corners. It would also be down to the moderator of the series as rolling starts would inevitably reduce the workload. There will be a poll about rolling starts but it can't be binding. The best compromise would be to have rolling starts on tracks that require it and standing starts on the wide tracks but that would be very confusing within a series context. BTW - These are FUN races only and nobody is under any scrutiny.
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« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2012, 01:36:12 PM +0000 » |
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Was good while it lasted, as for everyone in Mc-D, I was in the F and i'm sure Rioni was as well despite what the results say I was in. I did ask if there was any car not accounted for as i did do a lap and guessed at a setup for each car just in case, didn't get an answer so i kept to my usual car. I didn't practice with race fuel and the car is supprisingly different. In the first lap i almost rear ended Sergio three or four times and i'm sure Axel behind was enjoying my erratic driving and dodgy lines, so appologies for that. I lost it a few times and was back in 8th or so then crossed the line and immediatly was last and a lap behind everyone . Anyway I like Spa and Can-am so all good Also setup says 3.1 gals a lap but it turns out i was using 2.4 so was way over fueled
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« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2012, 02:37:59 PM +0000 » |
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The race results are just the way the export file is. It does not make a difference in any McL or Lola. Yes those cars behave very different with high load of fuel. I took 145 litres with me. Sorry to Dean, whom I took out spinning
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« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2012, 03:21:39 PM +0000 » |
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Was good while it lasted, as for everyone in Mc-D, I was in the F and i'm sure Rioni was as well despite what the results say I was in. I did ask if there was any car not accounted for as i did do a lap and guessed at a setup for each car just in case, didn't get an answer so i kept to my usual car. I didn't practice with race fuel and the car is supprisingly different. In the first lap i almost rear ended Sergio three or four times and i'm sure Axel behind was enjoying my erratic driving and dodgy lines, so appologies for that. I lost it a few times and was back in 8th or so then crossed the line and immediatly was last and a lap behind everyone . Anyway I like Spa and Can-am so all good Also setup says 3.1 gals a lap but it turns out i was using 2.4 so was way over fueled A nice race for me, unespected pole also if several laps I have had good sector times but I've made mistakes that ruined completely my lap times. At last I made a clean lap with a good lap time and that gave me the pole. I started for the race keeping in mind that these beasts are difficult to manage with gas full load so I tried to be gentle on pedals with cold tires and I was surprised about Gareth's overtake in a place I would never used to overtake anyone because in that place usually all drivers close due to the apex. It was just fortune if we both didn't collide making a heap at Burnenville. Immediately after this event and in a few seconds, Gareth make a mistake at Malmedy hitting the armco on the left but remaining on the race line. Probably he broke something in his car and he left me the space to pass along the descent to Masta. From that point on I tried to keep focused trying to drive clean and I've seen from pribluda the remaining drivers have had some problems because the gap was slowly increasing. I went to the finish line with still 3 gals of gas (12 liters) in my tank enough for a full lap more.
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« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2012, 03:46:14 PM +0000 » |
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On reflection is was a stupid place to pass as Masta straight followed and you would have streamed me with or without my kiss on the barrier, i should have waited and applied the same technique. It seems that left alone i can do respectable lap times but have a lot to learn about racing in traffic, wich will hopefully come with experiance.
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« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2012, 05:54:17 PM +0000 » |
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It seems I made the WR at Spa during this event but also if I've uploaded my times, they don't show up, why ?
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« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2012, 06:18:32 PM +0000 » |
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Those WR times do not show imediately in WR "fastest laps", as they look at them first.
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« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2012, 06:36:05 PM +0000 » |
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Ah, ok thx Axel.
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