UKGPL Season 37 (2020) 1955 GP - Silverstone - Oct 18

[Phil Thornton]

If you are still using your USB3 hub, I would guess there is a strong chance this was the cause. As far as I can ascertain, anything that changes the USB inputs can cause the USB3 drivers to reconfigure with unpredictable results. I steer clear from using USB3 with my controllers (an English joke but not very funny in the circumstances  Roll Eyes).

For USB3 mean you a box with some USB socket?I have a box with 4 socket derived from the 2 USB that i have in my PC.
One is used for the mouse and the other for the box.I don't have other solution since i have 3 device;the wheel,the pedals and the gear box.
The 4th is used for the printer.

Yes, if I remember correctly you said the two USB ports on your computer are USB3 (i.e. coloured blue). The black ports (USB2) are the best ones to use for controllers but if you don't have one there is not much you can do (apart from adding a USB 2.0 PCI card, i.e. something like this)

[francesco]

Yes, if I remember correctly you said the two USB ports on your computer are USB3 (i.e. coloured blue). The black ports (USB2) are the best ones to use for controllers but if you don't have one there is not much you can do (apart from adding a USB 2.0 PCI card, i.e. something like this)

Thank you for all information Phil.

[Clive Loynes]

I was surprised how many people were bemoaning the absence of their brakes at Silverstone, as this isn't a circuit that is particularly brake sensitive.

I only use my brakes at four places and it is just a matter of reducing brake usage at these corners until you can approach Club on each lap with at least a yellow brake light.  A yellow brake light is good for one good stab on the brakes.

[francesco]

I was surprised how many people were bemoaning the absence of their brakes at Silverstone, as this isn't a circuit that is particularly brake sensitive.

Much more problems at Roy and East L. For me there is no way to maintain the brake in a decent color.

[Clive Loynes]

I was surprised how many people were bemoaning the absence of their brakes at Silverstone, as this isn't a circuit that is particularly brake sensitive.

Much more problems at Roy and East L. For me there is no way to maintain the brake in a decent color.

I agree Fran.  I'm doing my homework on East London at the minute and it is particularly difficult.  The approach taken for the race may have to be considerably different to that used in qually!

[bagrupp]

I was surprised how many people were bemoaning the absence of their brakes at Silverstone, as this isn't a circuit that is particularly brake sensitive.

I only use my brakes at four places and it is just a matter of reducing brake usage at these corners until you can approach Club on each lap with at least a yellow brake light.  A yellow brake light is good for one good stab on the brakes.

I was surprised as well, not remembering having Problems here. Maybe my pedals have uncalibrated again....so the brake is already 100% even the paddle is not at the bottom,

[bernie]

Brakes ? so that's what I'm doing wrong 

[Dulima]

Save Faster

Just yesterday, that talking to Ricardo Silva, he told me that I touched Doni in T1

Doni, forgive me, my car was very difficult to control

This problem I'm having at the start is difficult

So, because of my problem, I'll drop the rest of the championship at the end of the grid, so as not to run the risk of disturbing anyone

Again, I'm sorry Doni and some other pilot that I may have hindered

We will always be together

[Doni Yourth]

Relax, Eddie.  Don't beat yourself up over this.  By all means, continue to run our races with speed and determination.  I regard you as a safe, competent competitor as well as a very good amigo. 

I don't use Pribluda so never know just whom is about me til I see my pit board so didn't know who you were off the start and run down to Copse.  We did seem to have contact in T1 but in looking closely at the replay, I can see that you touched the inside wall which then propelled you out into my path.  Completely accidental.  It set me back but I sustained no appreciable damage.

Hooking up with you and Bernie later on, it was a gas!    Pity that we lost Bernie to a fluke spin late on.  The lap where I got alongside of you going into Woodcote but stayed low to avoid a collision and then you out-gunned me on the run down pit straight to Copse was a real thriller!

[EvilClive]

Quote from Clive Loynes.
"This win must be down to everyone saving their tokens for IMS in two weeks time, and Evil taking a day off.  What he was up to in qually is a mystery"

I'm finally back in GPL world. Grats to Clive  on the win and to all finishers at Silverstone.

Well, yes there was a cunning plan to collect my tokens to fund my end of season charge up the rankings. Some of you might have heard that I was taking a vacation on a remote clifftop in Cornwall, and that was what screwed my cunning plan  .

The brochure said Wi-Fi available...and it was, but only if you were in a wooden shed in the corner of the caravan site. So, I had loaded up the GPL 55's at home and did a trial run wet and rainy day with my trusty lap top sat in the wi-fi shed.
Woohoo, joined Igor and got myself onto the server, I could use the Gordini on keyboard. All I had to do was get myself into the shed and log on to Igor before 9:30. No qualifying time, just sit on the back of the grid and wait for the pack to rush off. Then crawl across the S/F line and grab 10 tokens......simple what could possibly go wrong??
Quite a lot !!! I discovered lol. At 9:15 my laptop just did not want to hook up to the free wi-fi. I fixed that by beating it with a large stick!
Finally connected to Igor and selected the race server.........now it won't accept the password!!!
More beating with a stick and my Gordini materialised in the pits  . Then it wasn't 
Quit and rejoin.
Three attempts later I'm back in the pits and waiting for the start.
Then I am suddenly back on desktop!! with 3 minutes until the start!!
Rejoin again,  just in time, and quali is over .............race about to start...........OK here we go.............and I get a message "your bandwidth is insufficient to maintain the connection", dumped back to desktop.

So, that is why I appeared and vanished several times. I did not pass go and did not collect 10 tokens thanks to Cornish wi-fi  .
I might even have to do some serious chassis planning to see how I can work the rest of the season and be competitive.

[Phil Thornton]

Well, yes there was a cunning plan to collect my tokens to fund my end of season charge up the rankings. Some of you might have heard that I was taking a vacation on a remote clifftop in Cornwall, and that was what screwed my cunning plan  .

Like all cunning plans, they never turn out as intended. Unlucky Clive, those extra 10 tokens would have been very handy.

[Clive Loynes]

Hard luck Evil.

I just need to get Mrs Evil to drag you off to some other remote spot this coming Sunday.   

You will be pleased to know that you had left an evil presence in the pits, so that every time that I started a new lap and headed down to Copse, Prib frightened the life out of me by showing you as the next car behind me.

[fpolicardi]

First of all, I want to wish our brothers a happy birthday,to Magic and Fluvio, many laps on the track of life!

Thx a lot!

[EvilClive]

I have just read through the posts here and I am very concerned about Clive's claim to be practising for East London already!!!!  From that I presume that you have also been putting in time on the other remaining tracks??? 

That sounds like you are taking this series just a little too seriously for my comfort, bearing in mind my loss of tokens recently 

[Clive Loynes]

Chortle, chortle......

Going anywhere nice this weekend?