Endurance Championship - Season 2, Round 7, Anderstorp - Apr 9

[picnic]

Rough luck there  :'( And for us, the way everyone goes on about DFP wheels I expect you to be even faster soon 

[Truetom]

Why do you guys order things over the net (ebuyer)? Doesn't a local computer store have wheels available on a shelf?

I know I wouldn't wait a week if I can get it asap! 

[Simon Gymer]

Why do you guys order things over the net (ebuyer)? Doesn't a local computer store have wheels available on a shelf?

I know I wouldn't wait a week if I can get it asap! 

Cause I don't want to spend £90 when I can get it for £60.

I can wait 4 days for something if it saves me £30. Also I have my spare Logitech FF GP wheel for such occasions to keep me going till I get the DFP.

[Truetom]

Ok, seems logitech, ehm, logical. 

[popabawa]

Unlucky Shark, bummer about your camera too

Good price on the DFP though - bargain!

[Simon Gymer]

Good price on the DFP though - bargain!

Yeah! I can only think the DFPs are cheaper than the Momos because they are meant for PS2 rather than PC and they don't expect people to pay as much for PS2 peripherals as they do for PC peripherals?

[Don]

Not a good weekend so far, as my digital camera has died on me too! Canon Powershot S1 IS, gets E18 error, the lense doesn't come out. Completely useless, apparently a very very common error on Canons of all types, so will be avoiding them like the plague now.

Sorry to hear that Shark, surely  the customer service or warranty should sort that out for you?
I have been using Canon camera gear for years and have never had any problems. Since going digital and buying the Canon G1 back in 2000 it's still going strong and has taken upwards of 10 000 pics. Digital video format I use a Canon MVX20i which has been just as reliable. Maybe I have just been lucky

[Simon Gymer]

It's more than a year old so out of warranty.

Haven't decided what I'll do about the camera yet tbh.

[Paul968]

Hi Simon
    Have you had a look at this?

http://blogs.yucs.org/~dwallach/2004/08/canon_e18_error_repair_instruc.html

Some people seem to fix the problem quite simply - the TV connection one sounds wierd but it owuld be nice if it fixed it for you.

Whatever, sounds like Canon are acting in a rather silly way. I can't see this winning them many customers.

Paul

[Simon Gymer]

Hi Simon
    Have you had a look at this?

http://blogs.yucs.org/~dwallach/2004/08/canon_e18_error_repair_instruc.html

Some people seem to fix the problem quite simply - the TV connection one sounds wierd but it owuld be nice if it fixed it for you.

Whatever, sounds like Canon are acting in a rather silly way. I can't see this winning them many customers.

Paul

Yes tried that already thanks.

Doesn't do anything.

[Nick Phillips]

Apologies to Truetom for the early tap on the main straight, went to the inside and got on the grass and clipped you - my bad sorry.

Apart from that spent most of the race dodging the leaders, determined not to come last on track, and thought I had managed it when I got back past Gerald, but fuel ran out with 1 lap left.

Not too bad for my first 80min endurance race, but still a noob at this, hopefully will spend a lot more time in GTR2 world.

Did I score some Team Points though?

[Mark J]

Gutted to miss this race this evening as the competition has been fantastic for the last few races  :'(, hope you guys all had a good 'un.
Damn and shark wasnt there too, so i could have nicked some extra points  

[Simon Gymer]

Argh!  game!!!!

One hell of a qualifying session. Top NGT covered by a whisker, something like 0.1. Great stuff guys. The entire GT grid was just 2 seconds apart, totally amazing!

Pops and I then got down to business in the race. We were seperated by about, oh, a second for the first 40 minutes till the pit stops. I led the first 25 minutes, then made a tiny error which Pops seized upon and then I proceeded to follow him about very closely. Was turning into a great fight for the NGT win and was looking forward to the second half. Knew I was good in the pits and hoped to jump him in the pit stops. Pops pitted first and then a lap later I came in.

   

No arrow showing me where to pit!!!! I had to drive straight through and totally fuming! Tried again next lap and this time it was there. By that time the damage was done though. I lost 15 seconds in the first stop.

After that I proceeded to chase Pops down. With about 20 minutes to go I was catching him at about a second a lap. It was looking like it was going to be a grandstand finish, had the gap down to 8 seconds. Unfortunately like most things Italian, my engine decided it didn't want to carry on. With 16 minutes left it started smoking. I can't really see why, I had opened the vent miles for the race and although i was revving it to the maximum trying to catch pops the temperature was fine as far as I knew. I had no warnings from the pit guy. Anyway, it didn't end there! The engine didn't give up straight away, just smoked, so I backed right off as I still wanted to finish well and was a long way ahead from the next driver (Don?). For 10 minutes I managed to driver slowly but surely around with my engine smoking, was sure it was going to hold out, but with one final gasp and 5 minutes left on the clock it spluttered out and it was over.

Congratulations Popabowa, great win. I'm really dissapointed the pit stops didn't work and robbed us of a great battle though.

My trusty Logitech FF GP wheel held up well along with my Momo pedals, so pleased about that. Some nice setup tweaks saw me get a new PB in qualifying even with the wierd wheel and pedals combo. My car was fantastic, really safe and driveable whilst still being quick. Can't wait to get the DFP though. The FFGP doens't have enough buttons for starters. Had no look left or right tonight as well as a few other controls I had to move to the "not in the middle of a race" keyboard.

[ginsters sponsored]

No arrow showing me where to pit!!!! I had to drive straight through and totally fuming!

I had that as well. Congrats to Pops 

My race, best I make no comment here 

[Zacari]

I had a shocker of a race after a good quali, went straight off at the end of the straight on lap 1 and struggled the rest of the race with braking.   had a good dice trying to pass Krueger for a while but dropped off both in traffic and running out of road into T4.  Pitted and came out 9th, made slow progress towards the guys infront but after getting the 'tyers worn' message with 8 mins left I knew I couldn't make up any more ground.  And just for good measure, end of the main straight brakes just locked and I went bundling off (again!)  after going to the controller screen and seeing about 5% brake on and max braking at less than 100% I may need new pedals I hope the controller thing isn't some sort of Team Shark curse!