UKGTL Season 20 1983 European Touring Cars - Mugello - Apr 29

[Hristo Itchov]

Tony, all the powerful cars need to make 2 stops

At most circuits in this series, yes. But we thought at Mugello you would only need one stop for fuel. Was your 2nd stop just a splash and dash?

No, I went for 3 stints of equal amount of fuel, 8 laps each, but I don't think it mattered overall. Even if I had run 2 stints on full tanks and did a splash and dash at the end, the time loss would have been the same, more or less.

Oh, and before I forget again - would it be possible to setup the server to allow for people on a flying lap to finish it when the session is over? It happened to me in Enna and now it happened to Fulvio, that we were on a flyer and server switched to the next session (race), cutting our attempts short. I know it would prolong the races, but not by more than 2 minutes at the longer tracks. Could still keep the current settings for tracks like Nordschleife.

[Hristo Itchov]

Setups

Maybe slightly off topic but Geoffers created an online folder (etcc83) for setups for this series. Maybe if anyone should care to share his setups they could be laced in this folder?

And how about making another folder for the TC Legends?

I know at least one happy user.

Cheers, Dan

Ps. @ Dom, I decided stupid action deserved a firm penalty.

Ps. @Tony, I used PayPal this week with no probs.

I'll upload my Alfa GTV setup there next time I start the game, if I don't forget.

[Wiltshire Tony]

Oh, and before I forget again - would it be possible to setup the server to allow for people on a flying lap to finish it when the session is over? It happened to me in Enna and now it happened to Fulvio, that we were on a flyer and server switched to the next session (race), cutting our attempts short. I know it would prolong the races, but not by more than 2 minutes at the longer tracks. Could still keep the current settings for tracks like Nordschleife.

The qualy time start and length of session is clearly explained in the race announcement. Driver's need to adhere to these times. Same rules for everyone.

Once qualy starts it's all automatic anyway, so I cannot stop or alter when qualy finishes.

[Geoffers]

Predictably not a good race for me, just could not really attack the corners as I would have liked as the Metro was too uncertain about where it wanted to go. Caught me out at least half a dozen times including rolling it twice.

Congrats to Hristo, Dimitar & Fulvio on the podium & to Clive & Erling winning their respective classes. 

About qually, at least GTL gives you some extra time (about 1 minute I think) after qually time is up, in RaceRoom it is instantly over when the time runs out.

[Erling G-P]

Demanding race for me.  First half was mainly a hard battle with Tony.  Found myself held up through the twisty bits by of all cars the Alfa GTV. Did not expect that, and twice Tony exploited it to get past, which was rather annoying.  He had obviously done his homework in the Corolla, or maybe I hadn't done mine. He appeared to be faster on both the straights and in the corners, which had me scratching my head - if he had tinkered with the aerodynamics (forgot to check if it's possible with this car), then I would have expected one of the two, but not both.  May also be that there's simply something fundamental eluding me with these cars - Clive's qual lap in the SDI was 6 seconds faster than my best lap with it offline 

Late in the first stint, Tony & I were side by side approaching the chicane. I tried to make sure there was enough room for him, but as a result went too far over the curbs, lost control and spun out, dropping to 9th.  Single pit stop soon after, for fuel only.  Quickly found myself in a lonely 4th after the stop.  Had a 6-8 secs gap to the car in 5th and took a very concentrated drive to keep it till the end, on increasingly worn tyres. 

Grats to the unbeatable Bulgarian team & Fulvio on the podium, and hats off to Dimitar for the video and commentary! 

Bit nostalgic for me with the Corolla GT. Back in 1989, the Corolla GT Coupe came very close to being my first car.  Had found a very nice black example, but regrettably a lady had dibs on it and ended up buying it.  Instead I got a nice red fwd Corolla GT hatchback.  That 16V Twin Cam engine was a gem, and with adjustable Koni shocks and fat Yokohama tyres, it was almost impossible to unstick in the dry 

[Wiltshire Tony]

Yes, some very good battles with Erling, amongst the better class Alfa's of Bob and Mike. However my superior racecraft   proved sufficient to reach my pit stop with a commanding lead (oh and Erling's spin out helped a bit). But I pitted for fuel and tyres and this gave the dastardly Dane a 15sec. lead which I just could not reduce.
I've sent Erling my setup for educational purposes only.

[EvilClive]

I am surprised by Erling's comment regarding the pace ( and his unusual lack of success ) in the SDI, as I thought that I was still missing about 3-4 secs on what I eventually achieved. That Alfa does appear to me, to be very quick in the right hands and capable of taking on the bigger engine beasts...…. must try that car out soon lol.

Tony can confirm that I only got my dedicated install rejuvenated a few hours before race time and to get myself sorted with these cars. That was all thanks to Mr B. Gates and his update last week  .

In fact I only chose the Rover because I had not used any of the Big Banger class before, and simply stuck a pin in the list. Some thanks have to go to Hristo, who was practising on the server with Dimitar when I dropped in for a quick test late afternoon. I would like to think that my setup was evolving in the same direction, but when H offered me his Enna setup it probably saved me 30-45 mins of tweaks and adjustments. Throughout the race I was still learning to drive the big tank, but pitstop woes/lack of fuel/worn tyres all had an effect.

[Hristo Itchov]

Oh, and before I forget again - would it be possible to setup the server to allow for people on a flying lap to finish it when the session is over? It happened to me in Enna and now it happened to Fulvio, that we were on a flyer and server switched to the next session (race), cutting our attempts short. I know it would prolong the races, but not by more than 2 minutes at the longer tracks. Could still keep the current settings for tracks like Nordschleife.

The qualy time start and length of session is clearly explained in the race announcement. Driver's need to adhere to these times. Same rules for everyone.

Once qualy starts it's all automatic anyway, so I cannot stop or alter when qualy finishes.

I just checked and it turns out GTL doesn't have the option that rFactor has (despite using the same engine), for allowing drivers to complete a flying lap at the end of a session. I assumed it does have it, so my bad.

[Hristo Itchov]

Some thanks have to go to Hristo, who was practising on the server with Dimitar when I dropped in for a quick test late afternoon. I would like to think that my setup was evolving in the same direction, but when H offered me his Enna setup it probably saved me 30-45 mins of tweaks and adjustments.

You're welcome, Clive, though I imagine the demands for the setup on this car were probably very different from Enna! Also, I must apologize for being so impatient when I was lapping you, because you were still trying to catch up the drivers in front and letting me through on that straight surely cost you a few seconds. I had no real reason to flash my headlights at you like that, so it was a bit of a jerk move. I'm sorry.