UKGTL Ladder - TC-65 @ Brands Hatch Indy - 9th November

[Madd-RIP]

  PC had a brain fart and reset itself, what a pain in the A***

[Mark J]

Glad to hear a few others share my sentiments for supporting GTL   

Whats in store for next week?

Just to enforce my need for a proper championship with moderation, i jumped onto a 76 race at Monza straight after, on the public servers  About 10 of us made the effort to qually properly and a few twats didnt bother, the same few who then proceeded to drive full speed into the pack braking at the first chicane  and KO'd about 5 of us...idiots, why do they bother do they just get a kick out of ruining guys races who actually want to race? Big shame as its hard to find quality GTL races now.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Whats in store for next week?

76ers at Nurby Sprint. Capri time!

Not sure what we're going to do in December. The Ladder's attendence has dropped alarmingly since GTR2 came out, leaving a question mark over its future. I'm tempted to set up a three race mini-championship for December, not sure what though, to see if things improve.

[Mark J]

Yikes, december will not be a good month to bench mark attendance really as most people have all sorts of commitments leading upto xmas 

How about some polls Dave to see where most peoples interest lays ? ie preffered class and/or track combo's. I dont think there will be enough attendees to continue trying out random car/track combos but you might continue to attract a good core of racers who really enjoy the older cars as at Brands last night.

[Adam Parle]

Whats in store for next week?

76ers at Nurby Sprint. Capri time!

Not sure what we're going to do in December. The Ladder's attendence has dropped alarmingly since GTR2 came out, leaving a question mark over its future. I'm tempted to set up a three race mini-championship for December, not sure what though, to see if things improve.

I would have been there last night had I not been otherwise engaged.  I don't want to drop GTL, I really enjoy the close racing the TC65's bring (my favorite class in GTL) but also enjoy the challenge of doing battle in the bigger cars.  If the ladder is likely to stop, I'd like to see a series of 6 race champs.

[Radius]

Keep GTL alive or there will be hell to pay 

[EdamSpeed]

Despite my woeful attendance for GTL (Sorry, Thursdays are *really* bad for me), I'd really like to see it continuing. I'll make an extra effort to attend in the latter part of this month, and December.

I reckon this will only be a blip while GTR2 is new. There's a lot to get used to in GTR2, and I know quite a few people are spending more time trying to learn the cars, quirks, etc. However, as Will says, you get a real appreciation for GTL after driving in GTR2. Sure, it really feels slow for a while, but then you get back into the groove, and you feel like your more in control - it feels more relaxed after the insane power of the GT cars.

So keep up the good work and long live GT Legends!

[TinMan]

Only my opinion, but the Ladder is the best thing this organisation does. Much better than a championship - it allows drivers to opt in and out at will, without total ruination for an unavoidable non-attendance.


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[Minton]

How about a mini championship with two classes in the same race for example 76 and Tc65 with two races per meeting?

[will16v]

Please SROU moderator guys, keep GTL alive

I think it will be a real shame to do away with the ladder, or any other type of GTL related action.

Keep it diverse, or i think people *may* get bored with the lack of variety (as good as GTR2, rFactor & the rest are) - GTL has a good following here

[baracus250gt]

Good race at Brands. I'm still a bit shell shocked that I was that far clear in Qual on this short track, especially coz I had no practice recently and I did a setup tweak in the 10 min practice (which really worked for a change!). Thanks to all drivers I lapped for being very considerate, too considerate really - I was trying not to interupt your races as I saw a few of you were in close battles.

Gotta say since driving both GTR2 and GTL I much prefer GTL on the whole - it will definately be the one I stick with in the long term but as is pointed out the public servers are pretty much a no-go area now

As you can probably tell my favourite car is the Alfa, but I find all the "old" cars in GTL much more interesting that the modern beasties.

At the end of the day I just love "any" racing but the cars in this have so much charm and its really interesting seeing how the different parameters fare against each other. (i.e fast on the straight and crap in corners vs. better handling and lower top speeds) and I think the gernerally slower speeds make much more exciting overtaking opportunities, as you really have to plan out your move rather than simply waiting for a mistake from the driver in front.

Its a shame the grid wasn't as full as we have had in the past but I agree that its just a blip whilst people get their teeth into GTR - also I know a few folks PC's have died too, so they are out of action for a while.

I heard that 10T have the license for a Ferrari based game - sounds like my dream come true and I hope it means older classic cars rather than F430 challenge or anything...?!!!! See http://www.playfuls.com/news_8114_Ferrari_License_Signed_For_10tacle_Racing_Games.html

By the way I will not be available next Tuesday or Thursday for the UKGTL/R races as I'm off to Venice for a few days.

[Madd-RIP]

  I too concour with keeping GTL alive, the mere thought of dropping it is unfair, just because you cannot do 170 mph on most tracks means diddly squat, these cars are fun!  I was loving my race last night until the dastardly pc pulled a strop, mainly cos you can drift around Brands! So sweet! Shifts allowing I've attended all the races I can.

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[Radius]

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haha

[Clarey]

I think its the first one i have attended and enjoyed it, even if i did come last
Its the first week since April when i haven't worked evening/night shifts, and will be able to make some more events in the future(watch out next week ).  Just remind me to put some practice in (ok, alot of practice )

Hope i didn't get in the way of any battles as you lapped me, i did manage to battle for last place for the first 13 laps before my first of many mistakes happened.
I hope brands dont charge me to replace the corner distance signs too!

[ossie]

I don't know what it is, but i seem to appreciate GT Legends even more so than before GTR2 was released.
Had some really good close racing tonight, with Ossie, for the first 10 laps or so, then i decided to give him some of my paint, then he gave me some of his, and that was it then - lost control after two wheels went off the tarmac and onto the grass -  just catching up and had him in my sights on lap 41, but race over - good stuff Ossie 

Had a good battle with Coop also (can't remember which one as there were two), in the Team oldie Cortina - kept trying to find a place to pass, but he wasn't making it easy

I had PRiberio's car stationary on the track for a good few laps  - did anyone else see this, or was it just me?

Hope GTL keeps going at SROU 

Also PRiberio stationary on the track for numerous laps then was very surprised to see him lap me some time later!