My computer knowledge is legendary
, but I am still totally baffled by this, and have been thinking about it overnight.
If I had been using some sort of text editing programme, then I could accept that I had somehow managed to modify multiple random files....but I haven't used anything like that on my race rig. I had tried to join the server through the lobby on Wed and came up against the failure problem, which Tony reported. So I tried about 10 laps offline to learn the track ( just as well because the chicanes came as big surprise lol ). But, in hindsiight I just grabbed the BMW CSL, which is a "GTC-TC-76" folder?? and that does not have the "red" suffix.
I am posting this from my laptop, but later I am going to examine all of the other separate installs for GTL on my PC and take a look through other programmes and folders to see if there are any other random suffixes. The nagging worry that I have been infected with a virus or been hacked is at the back of my mind, but I have Windows Defender and Firewall active and AVG AV is also installed, so I would be surprised if something slipped through without any alerts.
The race, when I eventually joined the server by firing up my American Iron install, was interesting. My prime objective was to simply find a way to get past the problems I was having. On my various short visits to the pits I had seen the cars on the timing board. Tony had tried to help on the forum and reported that the server was saying "wrong car", so I figured, quite simply, that if someone else had been there with an Elan, then that had to be a car worth selecting as a try.
It worked, and I was in the pits with a valid car so I was reluctant to quit and choose anything else. It did not take long for me to realise that the Elan was NOT the car of choice for the rest of the grid lol. But with only a few minutes of qually before the start, all I had time to do was a few small tweaks to the default setup, max out the steering ratio, add a click of rear roll bar and a click on power side diff. I suspect that it was fortunate that I had got the Elan, because of its low power it does not have any nasty surprises and is quite an easy drive when close to the limit.
I actually quite enjoyed the race and the better handling of the Elan against all those grumbling V8's, but I pushed the limits of the Elan too often and suffered a couple of excursions that dropped me down from the lofty heights of 3rd place.
Grats to the podium and to all those that I battled with, and especially to Tony for giving me a little "assistance" for being too slow at one point lol. The neck brace is easing the pain