UKGTL - Season 0-B (GTC65) - Round 4, Nurburgring Sprint - Feb 3

[Simon Gymer]

UKGTL - Season 0-B (GTC65) - Round 4 at Nurburgring Sprint

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Date: Friday 3rd February

Practice 1: 8:30pm (15 mins)
Qual 2: 8:45pm (25 mins)
Race: 9:10pm (35 mins - 20 laps)

Cars allowed: Any GTC65 Class car.
Track: Nurburgring Sprint
Time of Day Setting: 18:00 (Dusk)
Start Procedure: Pace lap led by pole sitter. See this section of the rules on rolling starts. Average speed may need to be reduced from GTR to GTL, but we'll play that by ear.

Server: SimRacing.co.uk (UKGTL)

See UKGTL Season 0 Announcement post for extra information on Season 0.

Race incidents should be reported by PM to Dave Gymer as indicated in this thread...
https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1101.0

[AdrianD]

Out of interest I'm taking the Elite for this one, partly to see if I can avoid being lapped by the entire field and also because I really like it

By the end of the evening I will be able to set the world record too

[[ZiP]Tyf]

Finally got the GT40, might take that out for a spin 1 time . Although I tried it a bit on Donny and it's a 'tough cookie' .

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[Jeffrey]

I might start from the back and see how far I can go. I think 35 minutes is a bit too short to get on podium, especially if there are some aliens driving around.

[Adam Parle]

Hmmm, think I might leave the TVR in the garage after the last race ... may take the Elan given the relatively short circuit, or perhaps the Renault....ah, choices, choices.

[Simon Gymer]

I will be reducing the max number of drivers that can join for this race down to 22, to see if it helps with these warp/lag/connection issues that people are still experiencing.

[Jeffrey]

I will be reducing the max number of drivers that can join for this race down to 22, to see if it helps with these warp/lag/connection issues that people are still experiencing.

Thanks that sounds good. I hope that will kill all the lag and warp. A few races ago the pings were only 170 or 180 when some people left, so I hope that this will be the case from the start.

[Simon Gymer]

It would be helpful if people kept an eye on the ping rates and reported any users that have high pings (around 300ms or more) by PM to me (for analysis purpose, in case there is some correlation with high pings and driver physical location for example).

[Paul968]

And don't forget to connect as ISDN

[Iain]

i thought this was yesterday, when i was not here

good to know it is today, i shall do some practice now

[Jeffrey]

This could have been a fun race for me. I was in the Corvette and was qualified 6th or 7th, with GT40's and Cobra's infront. That would have been no fun so I rejoined.
But at the end of the formationlap I lost connection . Too bad, I was trying to test what this Corvette can do, because nobody drives it.

[JonM_uk]

Hope I didn't cock up anyone's race, lost it going in to turn 1 and thought the car was far enough over to hit ESC so hit it, just hopr it didn't affect your racing. Was feeling quite confident aswell Oh well, catch you all later.

[Iain]

i was doing ok, quali nr1 elan and pulled away a bit

i span a few times cuz im a bit tired

so i was nr2 elan by the end

nice race but my tires went a bit

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Had a great race with Gerald, we were both overdriving slightly but never lost contact with each other. Thanks to all the lapping cars, all vey patient with us as we scrapped it out, especially Pero who lost quite a few seconds stuck behind me. Not sure what happened Gerald, looks like maybe you disco'd 2 or 3 laps before the end? Only excitement after that was going past Adrian's Elite on the straight like it was standing still.

Did hae to keep cooling the tyres a little but unlike the heavier cars I find in the Healey I can cool them and they come back.

[AdrianD]

That puts the final nail in the Elites coffin in GTC65 I think?

I qualified with the second fastest lap in the world!!!  

I saw the rev light every shift for 19 laps and even found myself having to back off behind other drivers in the twisty bits, but I was in a different race in so many ways

I really thought I'd stay on the same lap as Dave

I think the worst of it was the fact I had to drive a pace lap at what was for me full race speed some of the time, frankly dangerous and not to be repeated, not that anyone would

Enjoyed the drive for it's own sake, I love the little plastic fantastic anyway