UKGPL Season 32 (2017-18) 1955 Grand Prix - Buenos Aires - Sep 26

[bagrupp]

Well, i was really going to the limits and lost my concentration and fell back to 4th Position after some spins.

Most of the time a lonely race.

[ReiverEcosse]

Also congrats to Reiver for finishing his first race with UKGPL, I suspect that he discovered racing against real people is a little different to the AI and much more fun??

I have absolutely no proof that any of you guys are real people  

Aside from that, I enjoyed the race a huge amount by my god it was nerve wracking at the end with DC hunting me down.  Very annoyed at myself for a couple of very stupid spins coming down the hill into the fast left right, I lost it on entry with off power oversteer there a few times.  Worth tweaking my ramp angles a bit I think.

Still a Gordini at Monaco for me I think, A)  I'm awful and Monaco and there's no point wasting a good car on it, and B)  It's slow enough for me not to hit anything too hard.

[Phil Thornton]

I have absolutely no proof that any of you guys are real people  

Some of us are aliens, but I'm 100% human.  Totally fallible!

Very pleased you enjoyed your first race.  Hopefully the first of many!

[Phil Thornton]

But the super-cooled and fully blown pc didn't miss a beat!

Great news Clive!

I'll set my server up in practice mode tonight.  It would be good to confirm you can connect my my server as well as Jethro's.

[Phil Thornton]

I've loaded the chassis the drivers used into the token calculator spreadsheet.  For the next race the available tokens will be as declared in the table below (the table will also appear in the next race announcement).  The calculated values are automated but selecting the cars is a manual process so please check your tokens to make sure I haven't made a silly error.  There was no token overspend for this round so no one is disqualified.

Available Tokens:
Note: These are the tokens available to each driver before the 10 tokens are added for making the race start.

Driver	Tokens	Status
Robert Fleurke	10	Pro
EvilClive	15	Pro
Ronniepeterson	20	Pro
DLogan	8	Pro
FullMetalGasket	15	Pro
Doni Yourth	10	Pro
Clive Loynes	20	Pro
Samb	20	Pro
MagicArsouille	8	Pro
Turkey Machine	10	Pro
GregT	15	Pro
Carlos Cendejas	10	Pro
Billy Nobrakes	18	Am
maddog	20	Am
bagrupp	12	Am
Geoff65	20	Am
Jeep	20	Am
Gareth	20	Am
Rainier	12	Am
Phil Thornton	20	Am
dave curtis	18	Am
francesco	15	Am
ReiverEcosse	20	Am
Syd Drake	20	Am

[Clive Loynes]

But the super-cooled and fully blown pc didn't miss a beat!

Great news Clive!

I'll set my server up in practice mode tonight.  It would be good to confirm you can connect my my server as well as Jethro's.

Cheers Phil,

We had visitors today and I've only just managed to turn on the pc so didn't spot the server.

[Phil Thornton]

I'll try and get the server up between 8 and 10 most nights. Hopefully this will give you a decent chance to test your connection.

[maddog]

A running Server is a good advertisement.  I've looked at the tokens used for this race ( see above ). Pro's used 6.3 average - Am's used 12.1 average.  Best Amateur finished 4th.

If the same happens at the next race, the extra tokens to help Amateurs compete, will be gone after 2 races of 10.

[Clive Loynes]

A running Server is a good advertisement.  I've looked at the tokens used for this race ( see above ). Pro's used 6.3 average - Am's used 12.1 average.  Best Amateur finished 4th.

If the same happens at the next race, the extra tokens to help Amateurs compete, will be gone after 2 races of 10.

I think that you have to let it run for now.  You can't make a judgment on one race and who is to say if the amateurs have been less prudent with their budget than they should have been in the long run?

As far as I'm concerned the rules were stated and I have planned my allocation of cars accordingly.  I'm going to get miffed if it all gets thrown up in the air and I suffered that damn Gordini for nothing!   

[maddog]

. . . I'm going to get miffed if it all gets thrown up in the air and I suffered that damn Gordini for nothing!  

I'd not considered your idea of lowering the Pro allocation, Clive. There were 6 extra tokens spent by Am's, and with this help, all but 1 were easily lapped

[Phil Thornton]

As far as I'm concerned the rules were stated and I have planned my allocation of cars accordingly.

The rules won't change mid-season Clive so your plan is safe

The extra tokens for the Ams is a bit of an experiment.  If people hate it, we can drop it.  If people like it, we can keep it and maybe extend it. In fact it would be possible to have an individual handicap. A bit like a golf club, 24 additional tokens for a total beginner down to zero additional tokens for the scratch players.  Anything is possible, I'm sure these issues will be debated at the mid and end-of season reviews (if we have them).

[Phil Thornton]

First world problems - every other person having no issues joining the server apart from the lemon sat next to the bleedin' thing! Error 10054 via IGOR, local IP goes "nope, can't find you" directly in GPL. Any ideas?

Don't know the answer but I have a similar problem in that I keep getting dropped by my server. I think it is down to my LAN.  Sometimes my Race PC looses internet connection and looses connection to any network drives.  Don't know why this happens but I assume this is what is causing my GPL problems. 

So outcome of all this is I suspect it is something to do with my PC rather than my GPL installation.  Current suspect is a dodgy ethernet cable.  I've got a new cat 6 cable on order 

[Clive Loynes]

I'll try and get the server up between 8 and 10 most nights. Hopefully this will give you a decent chance to test your connection.

All seemed to be running well tonight Phil, for both of us!  ;-)

[Phil Thornton]

Yes your connection was very stable, no lag as far as I could tell.  Hopefully it will be just as good with a full grid.

[Clive Loynes]

The starting grid was a tad cosy!  I could have unfastened your wheel nuts!