UKGTR NGT Sprint Masters - Valencia GP - Oct 31

[Simon Gymer]

Good luck everyone for this new season.

I suspect I'm going to be near the back of the pack in the Masters, but hoping for some really good racing. Have decided upon the TVR because it's soo much fun. Will have to get painting a skin for the next skin pack so I can drive in team colours.

[Mark J]

Great start for the new season for me, it wouldnt let me join the grid    I got a load of blue numbers appear next to everyones name and a greyed out 'Drive' button  :'(

Hope you all had a good race.

Enjoyed watching an epic scrap between TT and Shark, nice driving guys 

[Keith_D]

Have you changed anything else on your PC recently, like drivers or BIOS settings?

not changed anything, came home tonight switched it on and this, done a reinstall, changed dx levels and it just keeps ctd when i press drive

by re-install u should remove reg entries, if any left behind, and re-install to a different location, create a new profile etc.

Is this happening on other standard tracks as well? online and/or offline CTD?

Are ur other games ok? re-install ur gfx drivers (or get latest ones)

Happens offline and on, i can do anything in the game except drive, veiw Ai etc, but it just wont let me on the track, I've reinstalled gfx drivers, defragged, reg cleaned the lot, I'm completely gutted, I cant begin to say how disappointed I feel right now

[Carl Hart]

Well had a good race, got up into 7th i think and then ran low on fuel! Had to pit and then got a stop and go penelty and ended up 18th! Not a good start to the season. I'll remember to put slightly more fuel in the next race. Grats to Ruskus for the win!

[Jeffrey]

I took the GT2, and it was fast in qually.

I was afraid for the race. I had no idea how the car would handle. I took 90L of fuel, which was for 53 minutes. Expected the weight to cost loads more fuel, but I was left with 20L afterwards, so I had an additional weight penalty .
In lap 1 Claus went off and I had some breathing space, as he probably would have been knocking on my door in the beginning of the race. The first laps I created a gap, so I could preserve my engine.
With 7 minutes left some tyres were gone, and 3 minutes later, the other half. Dunno in what order, front first or rear first .

By the look of the finishing times, there were some close battles.

[popabawa]

That was hard! As I suspected, I was a fair way off the pace but a reasonably consistent drive brought me in 15th I think.

Mission accomplished; didn't get lapped 

[Simon Gymer]

Great racing guys. That's the most enjoyable online race I've had in ages. Was really close and the ballast pack really helped bring the cars closer together (well apart from the GT2  ). I'm really glad I chose the TVR, it was just the most beautiful car to drive. Yes maybe lacking down the straights but I was having so much fun in the corners I didn't really care and ended up a very pleasing 10th position. Lag/stutter was gone tonight for me too which is great news. Cars were rock solid and was really nice to race so close with people.

Now I just need to get that TVR skin painted! 

Grid was a bit screwed on both servers apparently. Hope that's that track only, but I guess not much we can do about it but be nice to each other to readjust where it puts us on the formation lap.

Well done Jeff on the win, great start.

[picnic]

Replay and Provisional Results posted

[Minton]

Great race ,  Hadnt driven the RSR with the ballast and noticed the difference .. Found it harder on turn in and seemed to push midcorner which showed i my quali time which was a second slower than the pre-season fun race.first First few laps laps were great with five or six of us diving every which way.. great driving!   Made a mistake and clipped someone and turned them round not sure who but sorry.
Had a good scrap with Baracus who had the legs on me but managed to stay ahead after he spun and brought it home eighth.
Cheers

[Jeffrey]

Unofficial Lapchart

[Pedro[PL]]

What a terrible fantastic race!

I qualified 10th which was a surprise to me as I felt prepared. This unfortunately confirms my assumptions, that my GTR pace was due to poor physics Anyway - my race setup was rock steady and I hoped to gain some positions in race.

As this was my first race with GTR2 I tried to be conservative at the beginning. Strong pressure from behind and several minor mistakes of mine made me change my mind.

Midrace I had some incredible fight with Aagramn. Man... he really rules! Fight ended with my face being sore - here meaning that I lost my front wing. Quick (58s ) visit to the pits. Then another one - stop and go for pitlane speeding. And another one - as the computer failed to notice me the first time.

Rest of the race was very quick as I hoped to get into first 20th I even "unlapped" some guys that lapped me while I was in the pits.

OH LORD! Give me my MOTEC back!!!

[baracus250gt]

That was a cracking race. I think its the hardest I have ever driven for a P9 finish!!
Unbelievable pace from CJ and very unlucky to lose it on lap 1 as I think he would have made Ruskus' life more interesting there.
I took waaaay too much fuel and had my radiator opening too much but I dont think it would have made that much difference in the long run.

Absolutely full-on race between Simon and I for the first half of the race and then Dan in the second half... I nearly had him under braking but pushed a bit too hard on the pedal in a slighlty panicky moment, spun and he got his 5 second gap back   - Then I had Simon on my case again until the chequer. Sorry Simon if you think I should have let you through after I totally screwed the last turn up but I managed to get it into 1st and get it pointing the right way. No warning either but I think GTR2 is a bit leniant on the C/T warnings.

I think I need to do some serious setup work in my 360 (or is it my driving hehehe)

Looking forward to GT's next - with another bath full of water for weight ballast

Great pace by all - really good safe driving so well done everyone. Especially Rus - grats m8

[james]

Good race, very hard work with the GT2, but it does seem to have the edge on the other cars

the race went well up until about lap 15 when the tyres started to overheat/wear, Greg started to close the gap which hovered around a second until the end of the race, which came as a relief   

good pace Ruskus 

[Aagramn]

Very tough race. Took the M3, was OK but as the tyres got worn it was very difficult to get it's nose into the slow corners. Qualified 15th, but lost a place due to the grid bug. Had some good fights, especially with Leuven & Pedro. Had to watch my mirrors very carefully before taking the apex, really wasn't sure how much better the lighter cars would be on the brakes. Was hampered slightly with pedal problems. Brake spiked a couple times, and once when I floored the throttle nothing happened, letting NoSpeed past. Need to check a couple incidents on the replay. Quite pleased with 12th considering the quality of the field.

Think the ballast pack is a big success, it's brought the cars much closer together. Could do with a little tweaking though, the GT2 dominated both races tonight.

[PaulW]

Think the ballast pack is a big success, it's brought the cars much closer together. Could do with a little tweaking though, the GT2 dominated both races tonight.

Definitely, big improvement over the 360/911 dominated GTR races. Staring at the back end of yet another 360 was getting a bit old! A nice, neat solution though I've never felt penalising people switching was quite right before. Arguable either way but surely not neccessary now that the cars are more balanced.

I was off pace all night (only got the game this afternoon) but what did you think of the M3's ballast Aagramn? I lack experience in GTR 2 at the mo' but it felt tough in the twisty bits and then also struggled to pull away from everything but the TVR on the straights.

Great fun overall, heck of a tough field. And there isn't a single Spanish race track I enjoy driving