UKAC Season 2 - Cobras at Old Silverstone - Dec 7

[Mark J]

In the rift i have to sit up in my chair down the back straight so the sun sits behind the sunvisor.. Haha.. If i dont i cant see shit!

Sounds like perfect realism  I would recommend putting a desk fan on to blow in your face for that full 'wind in your hair' cobra racing experience  oh and put a dab of oil behind each ear too 

[Mark J]

Finally got some laps in last night, could do with a lot more as still don't feel like I'm gliding the car through the sweeping turns like I should be able. Cars look great in the setting sun  but if it's felt the sun is a little too blinding we could pull the race clock forward to 4pm to reduce the glare?

Could we please stop with the constant sunset settings? It adds absolutely nothing to the racing and just serves as a pretty picture. Take a screenshot and print it out, that way you can enjoy it the whole time  

Err, No!  I reserve the right to choose atmospheric lighting conditions to add some ambeiance and nostalgia to the racing  I try to only use it on tracks or combos where it works well. Why do you think events like Goodwood or Silverstone classics save headline races until the sun set hours?! Or why going to Le Mans feels magical as the sun sets and cars blat off into the sunset? 

[Wiltshire Tony]

Dawn is nice too, just saying 

[Bob]

 :'( :'( Made mistakes but carried on, forgot to put my fan on needless to say glasses steamed up inside the Oculus, was pouring sweat and had to abandon much to my annoyance. Run the same next week...............

[Jeffrey]

What a joke, somebody have the replay saved?

[picnic]

>>>>> LAP Charts <<<<<

[Linus27]

What a joke, somebody have the replay saved?

Just watched Jeffrey. You weren't really given any room, very aggresive and not very sportsman like

[ChrisR]

What a joke, somebody have the replay saved?

Just watched Jeffrey. You weren't really given any room, very aggressive and not very sportsman like

Apologies have been made.. your correct, i was driving aggressively, there is nothing wrong with that, maybe a little too aggressive on such a delicate car but all in all the contacts made between me and Jeffery were not in any way malicious or done with intent.

I have no more to say on the matter. 

Jeffery will take it as he wants to take it, nothing i can do about it. I just hope he can put it behind him and move forward.

[Maikel K.]

Well, atleast I had a blast this race  

Close battle with Jeffrey the first few 7 laps or so. Then Redman caught up and he and Jeffrey start battling for 1st with me sitting behind waiting for some openings, went 3 wide into the last corner a few times.

And I just watched the entire replay and I can't really fault Redman for his driving. Sure he made a mistake at T1 and Jeffrey spun out, but he gave it back and I was also kind enough to wait on those 2 ( since it was a fun race, if it was a championship race I would have driving off into the sunset...literally   ). Sometimes abit aggresive indeed, but within the margins off racing imo. And since those 2 were racing side by side for 10 laps a few bumps and bruises were expected. And the last lap was abit of a shame, though I couldn't see any malicous intent into it, just Redman trying to save a slide and slightly bumping into Jeffrey. For the rest of the 18 laps we were within seconds of each other.

Edit; the replay saved just fine since it records multiple sessions. So here is mine with the practise and quali session aswell;
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sa73ce29rox2ffu/shelby_cobra_427sc%40ks_silverstone1967_20161207221830?dl=0

[Mark J]

Sounds like someone had too much adrenalin at race end. 

I had a duff race, lack of practise and decent setup left me trailing down the grid. I had too much power-on oversteer and a few laps in had a huge grass cutting off that left me 12+ secs behind the pack. Sadly I spent about 14 of the 19 laps trundling around on my own  Boring, I didn't do the event justice.

The early laps with others around were fab and graphically it looked amazing following 2-3 cars drifting onto the s/f pit straight with exhausts belching flames   

Good turnout with 16 cars, so historics are definitely popular 

[frex]

I had great fun for 5 laps, battling with I think Simon. Then it snapped sideways on me coming onto the back straight and I got stuck in a ditch by the side of the track. Bugger.

Thanks all, congrats podium.

[Linus27]

I had fun chasing Pete for most of the race but a few laps from the end I fell into a ditch and dropped back and that was it.

Still can't decide if I enjoyed the race or not  One on hand it was fun having to be mega precise with inputs but on the other hand, I never really felt I could push or attack much more

[picnic]

Can't say these are up there on my list of must race cars but the simpler track layout made the challenge a little more bearable. I'd not be turning up weekly to run a championship in these.

However the race was busy for the whole 19 laps but I think I only pulled off one pass, all the others gifted to me by faster drivers falling off. And I too lost a place catching some curb on the entry to Hanger Straight and having to gather things up before a real disaster became of the error.

I did stuffer, like Bob, with some steaming up in the Rift making it a little more of a challenge than it needed to be. I also had to run the race using my clutch as the brake as the pot on my brake is all over the shop. I did try blowing some air at it but that's not helped so I need to dismount the pedals and have a better look.

[FullMetalGasket]

I had great fun for 5 laps, battling with I think Simon. Then it snapped sideways on me coming onto the back straight and I got stuck in a ditch by the side of the track. Bugger.

Thanks all, congrats podium.

I wondered what happened to you - I'd just moved up to take the spot behind you when you gifted me the place in spectacular fashion! 

I had an absolute blast, if I hadn't spun at Stow trying to avoid rear-ending Chris then I should've been at the pointy end come the finish.
Although my car did seem slightly off the pace so maybe not - Probably from the bump I accidentally gave Maikel on lap 1 

[Stefan aka Postal]

Quite a challenge keeping these cars on the track. But as said the layout helped too. It was great sliding into and out of the bends.
This time out i kept my cool and tried not to spin. It worked. Was good fun with this bigger grid as there where always people around the whole race long. Nice to even see Simon, our resident vintage car hater  , out on the track.