UKGTL Ladder - GTC-65 @ Zolder - Dec 7

[Minton]

Yeah was a good race , had some good battles with nearly everyone. Found it very hard to put consistent laps in the Austin and ende dropping way back after the first 10 laps or so.
Cheers

[baracus250gt]

Fun race... really glad to be back on GTL again

Got back from a late meeting for work almost resigned to not race thinking I wouldnt have time, but I logged on anyway and to my surprise I still had 9 minutes of Q left so I thought I would give it a go :-)

Quick dash to the loo and got my race boots on - then had to make a (very) quick setup as didnt have one for A110 @ Zolder. Pinched a Doni one which I used last time I drove an Alpine - and after 2 laps had to reduced the gear ratio one notch. That left 1 Q lap so I just went for a safe lap and got P7.

Interesting race, in terms of my frame of mind - I was just gonna drive safe and let the race come to me... which it certainly did

Had some really good battles with the swarm of AH's infront of me! It was interesting to see the strengths and weaknesses. I could go through the chicanes a lot quicker so had to adjust my braking to not take anyone out! But the Healys would pull away a lot quicker, so I had to make a move stick really throigh the last chicane and hairpin and try to break away. Last half of the race was chasng down Pero and having a jolly good old battle. I noticed he had gone off previously (9 sec gap came down to 6ish) and thought he might be in trouble so tried to stay in his mirrors. I got passed and he re-passed a couple of times with some great moves lasting about 3 or 4 bends - before our coming together. Just managed to get rolling again infront of PR and keep it online till the finish. Now im just gonna have my Pimms and polish my classic ;-) WHATHOO CHAPS

[Jeffrey]

Unofficial Lapchart

[will16v]

Sorry i missed this one, late home from work...hope it was a good one 

[ossie]

gutted I missed this one sounds like it was a good race. Really like GTL damn shift work. Hope to race next time depending on shift. Like Madd said if race was 30 mins would just be able to make it when on nights.

[Mooman117]

Damn computer threw a wobbly just after half way through. Sorry didn't get to the finish.

[Mark J]

Despite my love of GTL i had a frustrating evening 

Got in late so had no practise at all in any car. Tried both but had never driven the healey in anger and so opted for the Alpine. I know the track well but just didnt get enough time in qually to get used to throwing an alpine around it for the first time.

Had a good race long battle with Tom Collins in his healey once i'd got past Bill. The problem was i was faster in nearly every corner than Tom and every time i climbed all over the back of him i had to take serious avoiding action to avoid contact and kept dropping back through either lost momentum or holding on for dear life under heavy braking. The Healey was way quicker on the straights too....not sure if my gearing was wrong?
Had one last attack with 2 laps to go but again it nearly ended in tears at the first chicane and i had to settle for a light brush of the barriers under avoidance braking.
The results showed me behind Bill even though i lapped him     Can the mods amend the result as necessary, Ta.

[Simon Gymer]

The results showed me behind Bill even though i lapped him     Can the mods amend the result as necessary, Ta.

Not unless you can provide all your laps from a client export. The server has no laps for you at all. You're listed as DNF in the export. It looks like it lost you before it even began.
(See my previous post)

[Mark J]

Ah, ta Simon. Thats a weird one then. I had noticed my pitboard kept saying 10th even when i got upto 7th at one point 

Over to Dave then

[Simon Gymer]

Have a check on your PC Mark to see if you have an export of the race yourself cause we could probably take your export and merge it with the server one to get your laps in if it's there. They are located somewhere underneath the UserData folder, in Log, or Server, Results or something like that.

[Aagramn]

From memory, think the race export is only saved on the client if you have set something in the .plr file. I'll check on my machine when I get home.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Have a check on your PC Mark to see if you have an export of the race yourself cause we could probably take your export and merge it with the server one to get your laps in if it's there. They are located somewhere underneath the UserData folder, in Log, or Server, Results or something like that.

Client exports often don't have even the player's own laps.

If somebody can tell me how many laps MJ did and the time in the replay he crossed the line compared to another car I can poke the correct results into the database.

[Mark J]

Hi Dave,

i finished on same lap as the winners, about 2 secs behind Tom Collins...if that helps?

edit, found this under 'logs' in user data:-

Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:58.019
LapDistanceTravelled=1385.414185
RaceTime=0:43:07.259

[Slot000]
Driver=Bill
Lobby Username=BillThomas
Vehicle=Austin Healey 3000
VehicleNumber=450
Penalty=0
Laps=20
BestLap=2:03.824
LapDistanceTravelled=2126.217773
RaceTime=0:43:13.421

[Slot003]
Driver=Dan minton
Lobby Username=Dan Minton
Vehicle=Austin Healey 3000
VehicleNumber=121214
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:56.581
LapDistanceTravelled=3893.791260
RaceTime=0:42:23.447

[Slot002]
Driver=[GS]PRibeiro
Lobby Username=PR
Vehicle=Austin Healey 3000
VehicleNumber=450
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:55.141
LapDistanceTravelled=496.485260
RaceTime=0:42:04.255

[Slot004]
Driver=Simon Gymer
Lobby Username=Shark75
Vehicle=Austin Healey 3000
VehicleNumber=200105
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:55.784
LapDistanceTravelled=341.510010
RaceTime=0:42:34.031

[Slot005]
Driver=[GS]ASSASSINO
Lobby Username=ASSASSINO
Vehicle=Austin Healey 3000
VehicleNumber=471
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:55.635
LapDistanceTravelled=358.038269
RaceTime=0:42:22.175

[Slot006]
Driver=[RSms]Pero_Grozni
Lobby Username=[RSms]PG
Vehicle=Mercedes 300SL
VehicleNumber=455
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:54.634
LapDistanceTravelled=551.398376
RaceTime=0:42:03.559

[Slot009]
Driver=[GS]Baracus
Lobby Username=Baracus
Vehicle=Renault Alpine A110
VehicleNumber=580
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:54.763
LapDistanceTravelled=340.879852
RaceTime=0:42:01.642

[Slot010]
Driver=Marc Jonzo
Lobby Username=Mark Jonzo
Vehicle=Renault Alpine A110
VehicleNumber=580
Penalty=0
Laps=21
BestLap=1:57.525
LapDistanceTravelled=2901.519531
RaceTime=0:43:11.052

[END]

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Pefect; results now updated.

[TinMan]

Had a good race long battle with Tom Collins in his healey once i'd got past Bill. The problem was i was faster in nearly every corner than Tom and every time i climbed all over the back of him i had to take serious avoiding action to avoid contact and kept dropping back through either lost momentum or holding on for dear life under heavy braking. The Healey was way quicker on the straights too....not sure if my gearing was wrong?
Had one last attack with 2 laps to go but again it nearly ended in tears at the first chicane and i had to settle for a light brush of the barriers under avoidance braking.

If by 'Tom Collins' you mean me - I never saw you at all during the whole race. In fact after lap 2 the only person I saw at all was Bill as I lapped him on the last lap.I was never in a battle with anybody, so if you could see me and I got in your way I apologise. There must have been something iffy about your connection - if the game saw as much of you as I did it's no surprise that you were not shown in the results.
In a way I'm quite pleased - I can never beat you when I can see you!! LOL

TC