UKGPL Season 38 1967 F1 Sprint (Works) - Watkins Glen - Jan 10

[Rainier]

Season 38 – 1967 F1 WORKS – Round 1 – WATKINS GLEN

For the 1st round we go to the United States. Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake.
It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.

The circuit is known as the Mecca of North American road racing and is a very popular venue among fans and drivers. The facility is currently owned by International Speedway Corporation.

Race list	= iGOR
Server	= UKGPL04_60fps
IP address	= 86.6.125.152
Date	= 10-01-2021
Password	= see above
GPL Mod	= 67
60fps Patch	= 60fpsV2newmod
Track download	= PAPYRUS ORIGINAL
Track directory	= watglen
Damage	= PRO
Qualifying starts	= between 20:45 and 21:00 UK time - until 21:30
Race starts	= ~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	= 43 laps
Replay	= here

Please restrict chat to emergency messages only including at the end of the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Driver lists and division specific rules can be found on the Season 38 pages for details regarding the rules and the 1967 F1 Works pages in particular.

Handicapping
This serie is a joint championship with GPL Brazil so, please, read carefully these new and specific rules :

Drivers will have a FREE CHOICE of chassis however, a bonus of 50 championship points will awarded to each driver that uses all 7 chassis.

To qualify for bonus points, each chassis should be used at least once and no chassis can be used more than twice."

A bonus point will be awarded for pole position.

A bonus point will be awarded for the fastest lap.

Any driver who uses the same chassis more than twice will not be awarded any bonus points.

A driver must cross the start line in order to register the use of a chassis, participation in qualifying is not sufficient.

It is not necessary to use 7 different chassis for the first 7 races.
However at the end of the season, all 7 chassis must have been used to qualify for the bonus points.

Points will be allocated from 1st to 12th as follows: 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Drivers must complete 75% race distance to score.
All rounds count towards the driver's championship.

For each race, only the top two drivers from each team count towards team championship.
All rounds count towards team championship.

Drivers are reminded that Lap 1 incidents do carry an extra 1 place penalty.

Only reported incidents will be moderated.

[Rainier]

Please read carefully the new rules (see "Handicapping") as there are several differences with the usual UKGPL rules.

If there is any misunderstanding, do not hesitate to ask me (answering this topic or by PM) until one hour before the race .

BUT, please, do not ask questions Sunday evening during qualifications   

About the race itself, the main differences are :

- "Drivers must complete 75% race distance to score." (instead of the usual 50%)
it means a driver will score points ONLY if he complete 33 of the 43 laps (for Watkins Glen race)

- There will be 1 bonus point for the pole position and 1 bonus point for the best lap

- As this is the 1st race of the season, drivers have free choice of chassis  (then it will be more complex  )

[JonnyO]

   This Sunday, I will take my son to the entrance exams. It will be in the city of Campinas and I may not be able to return in time for the first race.
  I hope everyone has fun, and I'm very happy for the number of subscribers for another championship.

[Phil Thornton]

Practice server is up on iGOR. Please test your connections.

[Baab]

Tried it last night, worked fine for me. BTW for anyone that's interested I fixed my frame rate issues by changing to Direct 3D rastas, even though I have an nvidia card, which seems to be against the traditional logic

[Cookie]

Tried it last night, worked fine for me. BTW for anyone that's interested I fixed my frame rate issues by changing to Direct 3D rastas, even though I have an nvidia card, which seems to be against the traditional logic

Have you tried with a full grid? I can't believe...

Please check if you have the "disable intel speed step" checked in GEM+ settings (if you have any intel CPU!)

[Baab]

Tried it last night, worked fine for me. BTW for anyone that's interested I fixed my frame rate issues by changing to Direct 3D rastas, even though I have an nvidia card, which seems to be against the traditional logic

Have you tried with a full grid? I can't believe...

Please check if you have the "disable intel speed step" checked in GEM+ settings (if you have any intel CPU!)

Hi Cookie, I have an AMD ryzen 5 processor...nevertheless the "disable..." is unchecked.  Not tried with a full grid, I only have issues when online, but there were 4 of us in the server last night at one point.  Hmm...you're worrying me, but at worst I'll have to fire the laptop up and use the onboard Vega graphics, which seem fine (issue is Prib doesn't work properly).

Cheers,

Bob

[Cookie]

Ah ok Ryzen - I have the Ryzen3 but no problems

So go W10 settings - Energy saving and set it to high performance,
this is very good hidden and only seen when looking for the settings on the right side to ~ W7 settings  -

3 choices where the performance is hidden...

[GregT]

Congrats Raoni, Bob, and Tristan!

A quiet Sunday drive with little more reason to drive than points, isn't much fun. I entered the car for the race and had no engine sound. It's hard to believe I finished. I ran the engine too hot early in the race. I had it pegged at full rpm several times.

If anybody had any ideas why I lose engine sound sometimes while running my sound through an hdmi cable to the TV, please let me know. I think I'll switch to a dvi cable first.

It was a shame to see Clive wreck. I thought he might catch Doni once I got out the way.

With some engine sound I might have been able to move up the field a little bit. Qualifying was all the practice I got beforehand. I hoped to improve my times by the 2nd half of the race.

Thanks for the race guys.

[Cookie]

Yeah Greg I wondered about your pace...
I would try another HDMI cable as I had several not so reliable. DVI with sound? this is rare...

My engine lost some cylinders with 3-4 laps to go so the nice fight with Andreas ended too early.

[Phil Thornton]

Sorry guys, I've managed to lose the server replay. Did anyone keep a client replay I can have? I have the exported HTML file so I could import the results with that but a client replay would be better.

[Raoni Frizzo]

Sorry guys, I've managed to lose the server replay. Did anyone keep a client replay I can have? I have the exported HTML file so I could import the results with that but a client replay would be better.

I have the client replay, Phil! Where can I send it to you?

[Cookie]

Sorry guys, I've managed to lose the server replay. Did anyone keep a client replay I can have? I have the exported HTML file so I could import the results with that but a client replay would be better.

I have the client replay, Phil! Where can I send it to you?

Raoni just paste and copy in Sendspace

https://www.sendspace.com/

and post the copied path here

Thanks

[Lasse Albrecht]

Oh god, I've been out of touch with UKGPL, damn... Just seeing this one now

[EvilClive]

Congrats Raoni, Bob, and Tristan!

A quiet Sunday drive with little more reason to drive than points, isn't much fun. I entered the car for the race and had no engine sound. It's hard to believe I finished. I ran the engine too hot early in the race. I had it pegged at full rpm several times.

If anybody had any ideas why I lose engine sound sometimes while running my sound through an hdmi cable to the TV, please let me know. I think I'll switch to a dvi cable first.

It was a shame to see Clive wreck. I thought he might catch Doni once I got out the way.

With some engine sound I might have been able to move up the field a little bit. Qualifying was all the practice I got beforehand. I hoped to improve my times by the 2nd half of the race.

Thanks for the race guys.

 Good to see you back on track Greg and I hope the house move went OK. 
Driving without sound is no fun and very difficult IMHO. It was just as well that you were a safe distance behind when I lost the rear end in The Loop, or else you might have suffered permanent ear damage from the expletives and howls of frustration when I landed on my crash helmet.
Lack of sound does explain your rather "careful" start.
Early on in the race I was following another car for a few laps and felt that I could go a little faster if I could squeeze past, but coming up to the 90 I realised that he had braked before me and that there was a 100% chance of work for the moderators if I did not do something. So I threw ( throwing a BRM is not a recognised Olympic sport, but maybe  I would be good at it??) my car onto the grass and skated across grass and tarmac to end up in the ditch. Thankfully everyone avoided me.
Back in last place I settled into a steady rhythm and slowly reeled in Greg, passing a few casualties on the way. My aim was simply to get the BRM to the flag. It is not a car I have excelled in and last night was no different. Greg kindly allowed me a free pass and now I could see Doni ahead. Still not sure what I did different on my final run into The Loop that allowed the rear end to gracefully swing around and dump me over the haybales  as I was not pushing hard, just trying to keep the same steady pace of low 1:07's...............more practice and investigation needed!