UKGTL Ladder - 29 June 2006 - Anderstorp (GP)

[Jeffrey]

Shame so many 911's. That's the public-server-wreckers-car

[OSiriS]

It's the only car I could manage 2 consecutive clean laps, so figured it would be the most stable for me to try race with.

[Jeffrey]

It's the only car I could manage 2 consecutive clean laps, so figured it would be the most stable for me to try race with.

Oh, it's not a problem. But when you drive online all you see is 911's. That takes away the variety. I would love to see some Pantera's, Vettes and Escorts.

[OSiriS]

I'm not sure about the escort, but you don't want a beginner like me trying to race online in a 'Vette or Pantera. Not only would it be hell for me, I'd probably end up take a few out with me

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Try the faster Capri - personally I find it much easier to handle than the 911.

[OSiriS]

Oversteers far too much for my liking, and setup options are limited making it hard to get rid of it. I spent about 2 hours and 50 laps getting the 911 setup to my liking, and another 70 laps getting somewhat comfortable with it. For the time being I need to concentrate on learning to drive. Once I can I'll get adventurous with my car choice.

[Jeffrey]

Oversteers far too much for my liking, and setup options are limited making it hard to get rid of it. I spent about 2 hours and 50 laps getting the 911 setup to my liking, and another 70 laps getting somewhat comfortable with it. For the time being I need to concentrate on learning to drive. Once I can I'll get adventurous with my car choice.

Holy mozes, that's some practice laps. I can't remember ever doing that . Atleast you are dedicated to racing.
Were all those laps close to eachother, were you consinstent. If so, you'll have a good chance of finishing in the top 10.
What was you time anyway?

[OSiriS]

At the moment I can lap pretty consistently in the 1:45s usually a few 10ths between depending how badly I take some of the corners. Put my best splits together I'd probably be dropping into the high 1:43s, but at the moment my PB is a 1:44.6. Looking at gplrank I wouldn't be surprised if pole this evening will be in the 1:39s so I still have 5 seconds to find ... just not for this race;) I've only been driving on and off a couple months, and seeing as I've never driven either the car or the track I need all the practice I can get. It's funny how all the laps add up when you get into it, though I have a sneaking suspicion theres 20-30 aborted laps in there too. This is over 3 days though, so I doubt 40 laps a day is particularly excessive.

[Jeffrey]

At the moment I can lap pretty consistently in the 1:45s usually a few 10ths between depending how badly I take some of the corners. Put my best splits together I'd probably be dropping into the high 1:43s, but at the moment my PB is a 1:44.6. Looking at gplrank I wouldn't be surprised if pole this evening will be in the 1:39s so I still have 5 seconds to find ... just not for this race;) I've only been driving on and off a couple months, and seeing as I've never driven either the car or the track I need all the practice I can get. It's funny how all the laps add up when you get into it, though I have a sneaking suspicion theres 20-30 aborted laps in there too. This is over 3 days though, so I doubt 40 laps a day is particularly excessive.

One tiny advice...never look at GTLrank when you wanna know what you are up against. There a some fake times floating around, but also some extreme times. The problem with these times is that you have no idea what aids they were using or if it was a one-lap-wonder setup.
1:43's aren't bad times. I bet if I get in a 911 I wouldn't even get there.

[OSiriS]

I don't look at the top times, generally I aim for the top Irish times which I managed to beat this time out, but the times that I was watching were those set by SROU members which look to be mainly in the 1:41-142s.

[Pero_Grozni]

Bloddy fantastic  - I acctually do some practise for the race and am really looking forward to it and than when I turn on my comp my graphics card dies on me. Really pissed about that -  it was a relativly fresh card too - only about four months that I have it (maybe even less). Gonna send it to the shop tommorow     - hope you guys have a good race.

[JonM_uk]

Thought I'd try the 911 today....Wish i'd stuck with 906. 906 next time me thinks
spun off  few times in the braking zone Need to praccy more. Hope the rest of you had a good race

[FlyBri]

punted off yet again , left me more or less at the back of the field(had a nice battle with don over a few laps, then he slid off somewhere), after that going round with nobody anywhere near to race, still p*ssed off i  hit escape and quit which i very rarely do, but i am getting totally f**ked off with being rear end/punted off the track. Cant remember last race where i finished without being hit

starting to wonder if all the practice is worth the bother if this is how my races are going to end up..............

rant over

[OSiriS]

Horrible race for me there. Slipped off one of the banked turns on the formation lap. Managed to get into a good rythmn for a few laps, catching the guys ahead of me,  until I had to drive off the track to avoid hitting someone recovering from an off. This left me with no grip into the next corner it seems and my race was more or less over from there. It took me about 6-8 laps of constant spins and offs before I could find some grip again, but even then it seemed sporadic.

[Minton]

Good race for me , spent 17 laps driving around by myself   ,  pretty pleased with result about as much i could expect agaisnt the Panteras.
Cheers