UKGTL Season 15 Fifties Sprints - AVUS - Jul 6

[Wiltshire Tony]

Sweet, more cars for LM55 

[senyorlobo]

just for your information, guys:

AC Ace mod for GTL by DonPanoz released over at NoGrip:

http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=42435

Can be used in the LM55 mod to compete with the Austin Healey 100S.

 

Thanks Kurt!

I love this cars! 

[EvilClive]

Yes Tony we have this track in GPL.

But, there is a slight difference at the far end of the track where there is a slight right hand kink and a bump right on the braking zone for the hairpin and the entry to the banking has a notorious bump.

That bump into the banking is so severe, that if you have not got your ride height and suspension set up correctly and you are a fraction out on speed and line, then you will need to deploy your parachute as you descend to earth within the paddock area!!! 

This version, from the 3 laps that I did to prove I have it d/loaded correctly, is a pussycat in comparison!!! I'm guessing sub 2:00 laps are possible with some slipstreaming......if the engines don't over rev themselves??

[hayman3131]

Hi

2:00 or less???
heaven&hell..................I did 2:17.4xx with merc 300..............

greets hayman

Yes Tony we have this track in GPL.

But, there is a slight difference at the far end of the track where there is a slight right hand kink and a bump right on the braking zone for the hairpin and the entry to the banking has a notorious bump.

That bump into the banking is so severe, that if you have not got your ride height and suspension set up correctly and you are a fraction out on speed and line, then you will need to deploy your parachute as you descend to earth within the paddock area!!! 

This version, from the 3 laps that I did to prove I have it d/loaded correctly, is a pussycat in comparison!!! I'm guessing sub 2:00 laps are possible with some slipstreaming......if the engines don't over rev themselves??

[EvilClive]

LOL Hayman. I did say "with slipstreaming"  !!!  I doubt that any of the cars will get down to 2:00 running solo, but 2 or 3 cars working the draft together might slingshot themselves to a much faster time. These straights are so long and the potential to gain bucket loads of time is there.

From my experience in GPL the biggest issue is braking for the first hairpin. The speeds around here are so high that even 0.5 secs later on the brakes will enable the driver to collect about 5 cars ahead and once contact is made, everyone becomes a passenger  for the resulting crashfest.
Then there is always the guy who is convinced that he can brake later then everyone else........... and slots it down the inside to prove his skill, except that he drops one wheel onto the grass.................I think you get the picture?? 

This could be entertaining

[Wiltshire Tony]

And some of these cars don't do braking in a straight line. Fun indeed. Roll on a "normal" track 

[Wiltshire Tony]

just for your information, guys:

AC Ace mod for GTL by DonPanoz released over at NoGrip:

http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=42435

Can be used in the LM55 mod to compete with the Austin Healey 100S.

 

It's a bit slow. Hope it gets an update 

[Wiltshire Tony]

I have turned cut detection OFF.

You can now drive thru the hay bales at the end of the 1st straight to take the sweeping turn right on to the 2nd straight.

[Bill Grewcock]

This evening I joined the server in order to have a look at the sweeping turn at the end of the first straight and when I leave the pit I get an error message: Gamedata\Sim_GTC.gdb mismatch  ... can anyone shed some light on this please ?

[Wiltshire Tony]

This evening I joined the server in order to have a look at the sweeping turn at the end of the first straight and when I leave the pit I get an error message: Gamedata\Sim_GTC.gdb mismatch   ... can anyone shed some light on this please ?

Sorry Bill. That I think is down to me. I changed that file for a future mod we are planning to run and I hadn't foreseen this happening. I'll jump on the server now and undo it.

EDIT: Should be Ok now 

[Bill Grewcock]

Thanks for the swift reply, Tony. Unfortunately it's still the same, Misnoimis was also on the server and saw the same mismatch.

[misnoimis]

Yep 

[Wiltshire Tony]

Hmmm that's odd. Let me look into this and I'll report back

EDIT: Let me know if it still happens now please.

[Bill Grewcock]

No mismatch now ... thank you Tony 

[EvilClive]

I have turned cut detection OFF.

You can now drive thru the hay bales at the end of the 1st straight to take the sweeping turn right on to the 2nd straight.

Before I make a huge mistake ( or several minor ones!!) and just so that I understand what is happening here.......

Working from my memory of the few laps that I did last week, are the haybales in question those around the OUTSIDE of the first hairpin?? I seem to recall a few on the left before the end of the armco rail, surely we cannot cut through the central reservation can we??

If they are indeed the ones around the outside, I cannot see how hitting them incurs a "cut track" warning? Surely they are far enough away that the cars have acres of space to negotiate that corner?
Or am I totally missing the point here...which is entirely possible.