UKGTL Season 21 The Top 12 Tracks - Rouen - Jan 20

[Wiltshire Tony]

#79 please Tony

Gruß
Manfred

Done

[seniordan]

Well that was a bit of a disappointment. My driving was a bit untidy at places and I had completely forgotten how fragile these cars are. So a stupid spin and the nose hitting the barrier meant one wheel less and a dead engine. End of race. I have seen these cars race in France back in the seventies and this mod comes pretty close to the real thing.I think it is one of the best mods available for GTL and I even rank it higher than the original cars.
I do hope that everyone of the finishers enjoyed it as much as I did.

[Wiltshire Tony]

Results and replay now posted.

[MichaW]

Hmm, a very lucky win, this F3 version drives completely different than ours. Anyway, I never really got up to speed, so I just tried not to throw the car away. But honestly, I don't like to win like that, what Ziu did to Manfred was not fair from my point of view! You can't just drive in a duel as if you were alone on the track...to drive into someone's side on a straight, respect! 

Glück auf!

[Dimitar Dulichki]

Hmm, watching the replay, i just think Ziu lost control of his car. I will upload the video tomorrow.

Unfortunately once again i had a problem with the steering wheel which is my biggest problem now. I will report for the race tomorrow.

[seniordan]

@Micha,
             Out of curiosity: which version of the Alpine do you like better?

[Wiltshire Tony]

Please Gent's, lets not get into blaming or shaming in the forum. We have rules about this, please read them.

We also have a perfectly adequate incident moderation system in place so please use it.

[Dimitar Dulichki]

I meant your incident with Paddler.

[MichaW]

@Micha,
             Out of curiosity: which version of the Alpine do you like better?

Clearly ours from ABB. I was bothered by the brakes being far too good and the grip of the tires, so I made the brakes worse and gave the car different tires. Among some other small things. He drives m.M.n more difficult, but also more predictable

Glück auf!

[MichaW]

Hello, I apologize for my post in the forum, I did not know that such a thing is not seen here gladly.

Glück auf!

[Wiltshire Tony]

Just to clarify, here is what our rules say

Under no circumstances should drivers engage in discussion of incidents in a public forum (including in-game chat). In particular, no attempt should be made to apportion blame.
A brief mention of an incident may be made in a public race report.

[Wiltshire Tony]

I have watched the replay of the Ziu/Paddler incident and I believe that there was no deliberate driving to cause an collision.

It's an unfortunate racing incident all day long in my book.

However it is up to Ziu or Paddler to create an incident report if they want to.

[Dimitar Dulichki]

Quite an action-picked race. I was surprised by my pace on the qualifying session because i didn't had a single lap with less fuel onboard. I made great lap close to the perfect one and took the pole position.

Dan was quicker on the start and took the lead, but a mistake in the middle of the lap. I went in P1 again but he had a slip stream. Ziu was there as well and unfortunately the two of them colided and after that Dan's car went into mine and i was now in P8.

Little by little i was able to win back position and catch the front 3. I was now in P2 but unfortunately behind me Manfred lock his brakes and went to the grass and straight into my car. I stall the engine and lost so much time. But i don't blame Manfred, there was nothing he can do to protect my car.

After that i had another problem - this time the problem with my wheel. The wheel just disconnected for a moment before the hairpin. I was able to stop the car, as the pedals were working but stall the car and lost more time. And i had to adjust my driving style now that the wheel was turning no more that 90 degrees left and 90 right.

At the end is a miracle that i finish 35 second behind Micha and in P5.

It could have been much better though...

Race replay with camera and commentary: https://youtu.be/Y4us7p-YS0g

And at the end i just wanna say few things about Ziu. I am from a southern country as well and i now how you feel. Just don't take this situations too close to your hearth. Micha saw the things differently and this was the reason for his post.

I had a close look on the replay after the race, but bear in mind that maybe some lag could have made me and Micha see the things differently.

I really hope Ziu, Micha and Paddler will keep driving with us. With you guys is even more fun on the track.

And Ziu just take a a short brake and hopefully we will race again on the road.

[SpecialKS]

Result

[Geoffers]

Well that was an action packed race, really enjoyable & stunned to finish 3rd when I was never really on the pace until the final few laps.

Went with a setup that I hoped would remain stable when the tyres wore & this worked out quite well but it wasn't the fastest. Spent the early part of the race battling with Micha & chasing Matt & Erling. Lost a bit of time when I caught a recovering Manfred & locked the brakes into the tight LHer at Sanson & skated off glancing the barrier, fortunately without damage, but let Micha through.

After my pitstop had a short dice with Matt before managing to find a bit more speed & pulling away. With one or two falling by the wayside I was up to 5th which became 4th when Daz pitted for the 2nd time  . Noticed that I was now closing on the 3 in front & it looked like it could be a very close finish between 5 of us. Daz quickly caught & passed me & I tried in vain to keep up with him. Suddenly I was 3rd after some incident just after the last turn & although I tried hard to get close to Micha & Daz in case they slowed each other up I was still a couple of seconds shy at the flag.

Congrats to Micha & Daz.