UKGPL Season 26 - Borovaya TEST - Jan 7

[garethhall]

this is a funny one. I manage to get down to 1.23 using the 'eyes closed and hope' method. There is a very strong cross wind at the braking point for t1, I didn't know that could be done  .
on the far right I just get pushed left into the middle of the track, should make for some fun

[Iestyn Davies]

Modded a Monza setup (flipping the cambers), and got to the 1:20/1:19 boundary in the Lotus (but got too much load on PC at practice race start. Lost a lap). Fun track! As stated, you really have to concentrate on the exits and not overdrive. Sticky tyre sections are tight! I think the camber around 0.25/-0.25 with 20 psi might be good, and possibly I was getting scraping on the ground with the minimum ride heights and bump stops, making steering hard on the long straight (or it's slightly bumpy).

Would love to race but cannot - have fun tonight! 

Rob - nice job making a light version and fixing it up!

[Robert Fleurke]

Rob - nice job making a light version and fixing it up!

Thanks, it's 1:1 to the original only some less detailed mips/srb's. Had to fix a few own mistakes in the mip/srb settings. Anyway, it doesn't seem to help me online. Even at lower resolution/turning down graphics detail I keep having FPS drops and shaky screen...I'm appalled all this work and effort has helped me nothing.

Maybe the lighter version is an idea for dedicated servers, and I think it still saves a few FPS in a AI race with 19 cars for lower end systems. But online I'm at a loss so far...

Have installed standard cars now with 2D wheels and helmets, maybe it helps...

[Arf Arf Arf]

This track is a f****g farce

[Robert Fleurke]

Still having the same problems, FPS drops, shaky screen, makes it hard to go fast and consistant, pretty much unraceble. Tried, but after 12 laps I decided to retire. Was a messy race up to that point...

Already have light version of Brands67 where I have a history of FPS drops...fingers crossed 

[garethhall]

too many mistakes and blown engines. gave up after 4/5 resets. carnage everywhere.

[Walter Conn]

Nice size grid! I sat in the iGOR chat room and watched the server fill up. Probably better that I let someone else race this time. I'm looking forward to the season opener on Sunday.

[dave curtis]

Well, thanks for the test event!   I had stripped down my shifter this afternoon to investigate my 2nd gear going to either 2nd/4th/neutral issue;  this event was just the ticket to give my 'handiwork' some punishment.

Unfortunately,  that's what I also did to that poor Ferrari.


Back to the event itself,  no FPS/stuttering issues or disco for me,  although getting a DQ in qually put me way at the back come the start & I then pretty much didn't see many other cars at once.


If you have the time (& the inclination to go back!)  I can recommend driving around the building complex & investigating the slippery slope with the magic glass walls just past the hairpin.  Very picturesque.

Cheers all,
Dave.

[Billy Nobrakes]

Personally I didn't find the track too bad - requires lots of concentration & discipline on the barking points. I suspect passing is difficult but I'm not fast enough for that to be an issue. Got my lap times down to a passable 1.22.
Might be better to suited to 65 Mod or F2 but I would have no objection to a 67 race here.
Quallifying was busy & took a while to get a clean fling lap, Sorry to Jethro - at the end of qually I was parking on the main straight & stupidly drifted to the wrong side of the track.
 

[Robert Fleurke]

Mark Jones' Rocketship

BTW congrats Tommy and podium, and well done finishers!

[Mark Jones]

Mark Jones' Rocketship

Ahh, fame at last.  LOFL!!  Nicely done, Robert.


It's a pretty nice track.  I'm not overly fond of the hedge I understeered into on lap 2 that caused a real mess for those following cars - sorry to youse guys (especially Robert).  But apart from that, the track seems solid and I think you can race on it.  Congrats to Tommy and commiserations to Axel.

[Tom van Ostade]

After a last minute dash to get back from work in time, install the track and get my wheel to work right, I only had a handfull of laps left to create a setup, learn the track and set a decent quali time. I only succeeded in the first so I had to start from the back of the grid hoping to keep it on the track in the race. At the first corner there was carnage unlike anything I've seen yet except perhaps Monza pickup races, and I had to wait a good two or three seconds before continuing, but left the scene unscathed. I was overtaking stricken cars left and right until at the end of lap three, the track was completely blocked and I couldn't avoid Doni any more and gave him a nudge. The person behind me did exactly the same, and I found my car pointing in the right direction still so I popped the clutch and I was in 4th . I was still learning the track so after a while Pedro caught up to me and passed me. I tried following him until we found the two Ferrari's of Dave and Andreas locked in a battle. I was able to overtake Andreas after a few laps and Dave made a mistake so I was 3rd, which became second after Pedro disappeared. Cookie was a good 15 seconds in front and with Mark coming ever closer, I was hoping to just hang on when with a lap to go, I was suddenly on the tail of a recovering Lotus. Not quite realising it was Axel, I was in a hurry to overtake as Mark was hot on my tail. I outbraked the Lotus going into T1 and it was then the realisation set in it might be Axel and I was fighting for the lead! Couple of corners later the finishflagman arrived and I was P1 .

Bad luck to Cookie and also to Mark, who was much faster than me but had a couple of incidents holding him back. This was a fun race, hope it's retained on the schedule even if it is a bit tight.

[Arf Arf Arf]

Well after my short rant last night, let me try and be more forthcoming..

This was a stability test, and I think the track seems stable enough. I know Robert has FPS drop, and he might not be alone. All I noticed was that my lag bar was quite a bit higher than it ususally is, and stayed there for the whole race. Initially I thought it was causing me to put in higher lap times than I was used to getting, but right at the death I managed to get the pole I thought I had a chance of, so I'm not overly concerned with the lag.

Still concerned with the track though. Being on pole and getting good getaway I only became aware that there had been an incident at T1 when I fell off the track at T4 on L1, and was able to rejoin without any major issues. However over the course of the race the last two corners ruined it for me. Time and again I fell foul of someone else's issue at the second last corner and having no where to go (or the person behind hitting me if I managed to stop), and I got taken out at the last corner a couple of times. T4 is also difficult, and I made up lots of places as I watched others do what I did on L1...and I also misjudged my braking once and rear ended someone - apols whoever you are. I finished L1 in P5 and just kept going backwards. After my 3rd reset I just couldn't be bothered anymore.

At the end of the day this track is no tighter than e.g. Monaco. Maybe because it's relatively unfamiliar that we have so many issues. There are a few different ways of getting through T1/T4/last T, and maybe this will settle down in time. In the meantime I won't look forward to returning here, and I suspect I'll take the zero-token BRM if we do....

[Doni Yourth]

I found the track quite satisfactory.  It was only my driving that was under par. 

I'd have no reservations about having this circuit on the schedule.  In fact, I quite like the layout and flow(?).

[BadBlood]

Seems to be a bit of a Marmite track. From my POV last night's test was perfect. Full grid, couldn't join, had to watch telly and had an excuse to keep the kids off the 'net "I AM HOSTING A RACE HERE!!!!"