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May 12, 2014, 08:42:03 PM +0100 - Barcelona (GP) - UKGTL Season 14 Motorsport World Cup
Driver
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Nat. Make Model Class Qualifying Race
Tyres Pos Time/Gap Pos Time/Gap Laps Stops Best Retirement
reason
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Stefan aka Postal
 Legends Racing
Porsche 911S (#0) GTC-TC-76 1 2:04.229
83.463mph
1 50:57.869
81.378mph
24 2:04.900
83.014mph
Goodyear  
Wiltshire Tony
 Toyland Racing
Austin Mini Cooper S KAD Works (#58) GTC-TC-76 4 +1.525
82.450mph
2 +8.632
81.149mph
24 2:05.870
82.375mph
Avon  
EvilClive
 Blue Moose Racing
Opel Commodore (#7) GTC-TC-76 2 +1.408
82.527mph
3 +26.397
80.682mph
24 2:05.352
82.715mph
Avon  
Erling G-P
 TEAM-GTLDK
Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R (#99) GTC-TC-76 3 +1.472
82.485mph
4 +32.000
80.535mph
24 2:06.751
81.802mph
Dunlop  
roguk
 Clark-Hill Racing
BMW 2002tii (#105) GTC-TC-76 6 +4.697
80.422mph
5 +1:23.473
79.216mph
24 2:08.265
80.836mph
Dunlop  
SpecialKS
 TEAM-GTLDK
Opel Commodore (#35) GTC-TC-76 5 +4.021
80.846mph
6 +1L
77.557mph
23 2:06.623
81.885mph
Avon  
BillThomas
 Kerb Crawlers
Opel Commodore (#75) GTC-TC-76 7 +9.260
77.673mph
7 +1:08.176
75.875mph
23 2:12.366
78.332mph
Avon  
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« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2014, 08:04:01 PM +0100 »

Concerning the result not an unusual one for me.
However it was great fun and a great fight against worsening handling of the car.

Registered new PB's in free practice and quali each and another two during the race
 - improved over more than three seconds from Sunday to raceday.

Bad start as usual, then I could pass Roguk throughout the slipstream on main straight
but dropped to penultimate spot again in the big shuffle - no prob, Erling.
After that I made some slight mistakes and from around lap ten the handling of the car
worsened and became unpredictable. So I shortly dropped to last place when Bill was
able to catch me. Needed some time to adjust myself to the new behaviour of the car,
but then had some steady laps which made me quite content. Towards the end of the race
handling and especially the left front tyre worsened once more and I had my special
problems to see the finish line (sorry Tony  Roll Eyes )

The fun is that counts!

Grats to the podium.

Hope to see some more turnout during the next weeks  Sad Great series!
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« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2014, 08:55:52 AM +0100 »

Clive and me were in hot pursuit as we followed you guys into Wurth. The smoke was dense and I was convinced I would collect one of you. The replay shows that I had a very, very lucky escape. Thought I might actually win this one! But a mistake by me, also at Wurth, left me crawling out of the kitty litter and Postal took the lead. Never had a hope of catching him after that and the remainder of my race left me trying to fend off Clive's huge motor. I only kept second place due to Clive's mishaps under braking. Great racing and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Monaco next which is one of my least favourite circuits so I don't expect to do so well there.

I confess that I had no time to do any preparation for this race, although I knew the track ( except for that last chicane!! which caught me out on the very first lap!!) and only selected the beefy Commodore as a car that I thought was my least favourite thus far and would be no great waste. Real Life is proving to be very time consuming lately and my GPL racing has suffered because of commitments so I am getting my sim racing fix here when I can.

As it turned out, I think I am beginning to understand the handling of the GTL motors and I was pleased with my pace in qually.

The race was great fun with the thundering Commodore against the screaming Mini of Tony, I don't think Tony knows how close he came to being steamrollered on a couple of occasions when my car started to lose directional control under braking  Roll Eyes The contest between the brute force of my car and the nimble Mini was magic. I really had to attack those corners to keep the mini within range for a lunge down the straight and that ruddy last chicane proved a real headache  as I tried to carry speed through there without bouncing over the kerbs or running wide onto the gravel.

It was the brakes that proved my undoing in this race. Am I right in thinking that the braking is something that the game "adjusts" if they get hot or badly worn?? Maybe it was just my heavy left foot or downshifting too early?
On another positive I managed to use more of my tyres in this race...I got to about 50% used which still means I am not pushing hard enough I guess.

Grats to Tony and Postal and I could send Mabel and Arnold over to see Erling and help with the tuning of that Nissan.......if he feels he can cope with them  Wink


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« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2014, 09:40:44 AM +0100 »

Clive and me were in hot pursuit as we followed you guys into Wurth. The smoke was dense and I was convinced I would collect one of you. The replay shows that I had a very, very lucky escape. Thought I might actually win this one! But a mistake by me, also at Wurth, left me crawling out of the kitty litter and Postal took the lead. Never had a hope of catching him after that and the remainder of my race left me trying to fend off Clive's huge motor. I only kept second place due to Clive's mishaps under braking. Great racing and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Monaco next which is one of my least favourite circuits so I don't expect to do so well there.
Am I right in thinking that the braking is something that the game "adjusts" if they get hot or badly worn??

You can adjust brake pedal "sensitivity" under the controls section in game. Bill has said that the latest version of XD shows brake wear though I've never felt my racing has suffered due to it.
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« Reply #18 on: May 15, 2014, 08:35:31 AM +0100 »

I took the 911 for this one. Made a setup which was somewhat stable during the whole race. Had a bad start after it tried to spin, then shifted up one to many. So i was suprised only Erling overtook me.

Thought i could out pace him on the long straight, but suprisingly his noisy Nissan was pretty darn fast. As it took me two laps to get any temp. in the tires i decided to just keep the pressure on. He was sideways on the exit of the tight lefthander, so i drove up the inside. And Erling; i did not lose patience, you just didnt had a great exit. I am sure i passed you almost completely into the braking zone, so i don't feel i have done you wrong mate. To bad it spoilt our races a bit, as it was shaping up to a very good race.
Nice to see all different makes on track too. Had a hard time reeling in Tony and also his Mini was quick enough on the straights to keep me behind. Too bad you ran into the gravel later on Tony, great racing.
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« Reply #19 on: May 15, 2014, 06:05:34 PM +0100 »

No worries Postal - you were on an ackward line for the corner and I could have backed off earlier; just a racing incident. At least it didn't cost you any positions in the end this time  Wink

Collision detection isn't exactly perfect btw:  Grin



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« Reply #20 on: May 15, 2014, 06:29:16 PM +0100 »

Wondered where that bruise on my right elbow came from  laugh
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