UKGPL Season 25 (2013) Novices and Intermediates Trophy (65) - Rouen - Jul 16

[Wiltshire Tony]

I wouldn't change a thing based on the turnout for one race. If things don't improve over a season, then perhaps a rethink would be best.

[Boggy]

Hi
Yes hopefully a better turnout next race. I could not get to grips with the ferrari and could not find a decent setup at all, may have to return to the trusty Brabham for next race, see you all (and hopefully a lot more) in Oz

Boggy

[BadBlood]

I wouldn't change a thing based on the turnout for one race. If things don't improve over a season, then perhaps a rethink would be best.

To be clear, Season 25 will continue as is but we might re-jig for Season 26. I think more will turn up later in the season.

[Wiltshire Tony]

I've always had some good racing at this circuit and last night was no exception. Felt that I had a really good flow and was driving quite smoothly throughout most of the circuit. The parts that caught me out occasionaly were the approach braking to Nouveau Monde and Scierie and the correct speed to take the turn two left hander.
Didn't realise our cars made contact at Nouveau Monde Paul but my line into the hairpin was never consistent so you must have been unlucky. Mind you it's a risky place to try a pass. Apart from our second coming together the race was fairly uneventfull. The best part was the last ten laps when I was slowly reeling in Boggy. Eventual passed him after he had a huge off and then with about three laps to go I slid off onto grass and as I was rejoining he whizzed pass. Later I caught him and took the place and he must of had another accident as he disappeared completely.
Looking forward to the next one now.

PS Boggy, you were lagging quite a bit which made close racing with you a bit scary as you would disappear and then appear again a second later.

[Johnny.P]

I did some practice for this one and always had trouble stopping at the end of the straight- the car was eager to spin around. My race was ok with only a couple of minor offs but losing time at the end of the straight trying not to bin it. I put a pass on Billy into turn 1 who I saw go on the grass- I was careful to not touch him and hope that his off was more over exuberance than contact. Arf was too fast to catch and drove well for the win. Well done all see you next time.

[Wiltshire Tony]

With the GTL digital download now only £2.49 from Steam why not give it a go?

Our next race is this Monday, at this track, and racing some great cars from the 1950's including D Type Jag's, Ferrari Testarossa's and Aston Martin DBR1's

https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=11300#event3394

What are you waiting for?

[roguk]

Grats to the Podiums

Well i had my first race in the 65 lotus and was great fun, my set up not quite on and for fear of blowing engine set the gearing to long, but that is no excuse for not being very competitive, you 2.06/2.07 guys were way faster than me and no way could i reach those times, i think i need to be demoted.
Al what happened to you coming down to Scierie it looked like you was going to fly past me, then you was no were to be seen?
Will the replays be uped some time?

[Wiltshire Tony]

I downloaded the replay late last night

[Billy Nobrakes]

I did some practice for this one and always had trouble stopping at the end of the straight- the car was eager to spin around. My race was ok with only a couple of minor offs but losing time at the end of the straight trying not to bin it. I put a pass on Billy into turn 1 who I saw go on the grass- I was careful to not touch him and hope that his off was more over exuberance than contact. Arf was too fast to catch and drove well for the win. Well done all see you next time.

No problem Johnny - I ran wide all by myself,

[roguk]

Your right Tony lol iwas looking at season 24.

[happyal]

Al what happened to you coming down to Scierie it looked like you was going to fly past me, then you was no were to be seen?

Just another case of me being really rusty with online racing.

On the straight, during the curve I was  focusing more on your car than my own, I ended up running wide and hitting a tree sideways, which didn't end well for me as you can imagine.

I have always liked this track but it's another one where I've never done well at and this race was no exception. I was chipping away in qualifying but couldn't hope to get a 2:05 that was needed to be truly competitive. I was still happy and relieved to be 3rd on the grid.

I got a OK start, I bogged down a little but it was OK, and much better than Ivan who really bogged down. I got past his on the run to the first corner, and was behind Arf. I was doing pretty well at this stage, I was getting everything upto temp, I was keeping Arf just about in sight and I was keeping Ivan behind me, and all 3 of us where pulling away from everyone else.

After a few laps Ivan picked up his pace and I was under quite alot of pressure from him, he got a good run on me on the main straight but I was brave on the brakes and just managed to shut the door, but it couldn't last. Ivan tapped me at the hairpin, on my reply he was a little hot and tried to abort but just tapped me and I span and got caught on one of teh polo's. I had to wait for an age before there was a space to Shift+R into and I think I ended up about 10th.

I was closing in on Rog, but had to take my stop and go, after that Rog and the rest of the field where all quite a bit up the road, and I was in a huge gap with no other drivers around me. I started to push a little to try to catch up and after about 10 laps or so I started to see a car just ahead of me. I got into his slip stream and as I said above I'm a little rusty and made a silly mistake. I needed another Shift+R and a stop and go. By this time I was miles behind the group.

I knew that my chances of catching anyone was now zero, and Badblood was getting close behind, so I just try to calm myself down a little and cruise home. That was working great until I came up to lap a couple of other drivers. They behaved brilliantly and kept to there side of the road, but the problem is that I'm a idiot and got distracted again, I managed to spin a couple of times trying to lap these guys but luckily didn't need another Shift&R. I noticed that Badblood was really close now so I went for a couple of fast laps. That worked great and it was race end before I knew it.

Overall I'm pleased to be back racing, but a little disappointed with my performance, next race I hope to be a little more stable.

[BadBlood]

Didn't realise our cars made contact at Nouveau Monde Paul but my line into the hairpin was never consistent so you must have been unlucky. Mind you it's a risky place to try a pass. Apart from our second coming together the race was fairly uneventfull.

I wasn't really trying to overtake there but I thought you had pulled wide, the second one is worth looking at in an overhead view. That needs new camera files which I can send you if you are interested.... I was disappointed that I punted you off track as I was actually trying to be cautious but reasonably agressive at the same time. It is quite a good illustration of the limitations of the GPL collision model.

PS Boggy, you were lagging quite a bit which made close racing with you a bit scary as you would disappear and then appear again a second later.

Yes it was scary!

[Boggy]

Any suggestions to improve would be much appreciated

PS Boggy, you were lagging quite a bit which made close racing with you a bit scary as you would disappear and then appear again a second later.
Yes it was scary!

Boggy

[BadBlood]

There isn't much you can do really. It is the quality of the connection that is the biggest factor and that is down to your ISP.

[happyal]

Any suggestions to improve would be much appreciated

PS Boggy, you were lagging quite a bit which made close racing with you a bit scary as you would disappear and then appear again a second later.
Yes it was scary!

Boggy

Are you using wireless, or wired connection?