UKGTR Endurance Academy - Spa 2003 - Dec 3

[LEUVEN]

That also means that you should not cut the "mini Bus Stop" just before the point where the exit lane merges back onto the proper racetrack.

Or turn left and straight onto the track just after the pit wall.  (yes I've seen it done but thankfully not on UKGTR)

[silver53]

Hi also if you boot it comming back onto the track there is a strong chance of attacking the barriers opposite ,a very good chance if its wet.cheers gerald

[EdamSpeed]

I tried to make this. I tried for an hour to get the lobby connection working. I even wrote a special server so I could redirect all my lobby requests via a server hosted at Heathrow. The result? I can connect to the lobby, but not to any of the servers. Not games.avonrise.co.uk, not any other server.

Really really fed up of this. Don't know if it's my ISP (suspect it is), or the lobby, but it just doesn't want to work for me at certain times, usually when there's a race on.

Sick of it 

[will16v]

Good race  - sorry to Dave, who was letting me by, but took my eye off the road for a sec, and overshot the entry and skidded right in front of the 350z..
Apart from that race wasn't too bad for me, had a few stupid spins, but also had some good battles in the first parts of race, and the later part - a few quiet laps in between though.

Once i went over the s/f line at the end of the race though, i got the usual 'escape or pit-in' message, but the disconnection was lost after about 20 secs though...anyone else have this?

[Adam Parle]

1 fps ruined my race.

Qualified 1st out of the NGT's, but got a major 1 fps moment on lap 1 coming out of Eau Rouge.  Massive front impact into the wall, thankfully ending out of the way of those behind me.  After a few more 1 fps incidents I started progressing.  Got up behind Dave at the halfway point and we pitted together.  With the 350Z needing little to no fuel, I wasn't really going to challenge after that.

Good second half of the race, putting some solid laps together, losing a little time when the GT's came through.  Finished 3rd in the end, but without the 1fps fiasco at the start it should have been much better.

Ah well, can't change what happened, lets see what happens next time...

[picnic]

Replay and provisional results posted

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Bummer Edam.

No worries Will, my concentration was starting to go too and if it weren't for Adam's 1 FPS problems he'd have reeled me in no problem.

Very, very pleased with second in NGT, especially as the 350Z was, as I feared, hopelessly outclassed by the M3 and 911s on the straights. Don and I traded places again and again as he struggled on the brakes in the middle sector and then slipstreamed back past out of Blanchimont or Eau Rouge.

Then Adam pitted right behind me and I knew he would have to take on fuel when I didn't - I heard his engine go off and I thought, "yeah, game on". Pushed hard out of the pits, Picnic kindly letting me past as he was ahead by virtue of not having stopped yet.

Had a few really hairy moments, including running too far to the left in Eau Rouge and hopping the curbs, nearly following a GT off at Pouhon (still don't know how I saved it!), getting a cut warning at the Bus Stop as my front brakes overheated for a couple of laps, and James coming through chasing FreQ hard when I wasn't totally expecting it.

Also managed to get well and truly in Mojo's way whilst fighting to stay ahead of Don's 911.

Heard on TeamSpeak from Jon and Ruskus that the Masters race had finished early and got a couple of mystery blue flags on clear track when the other server compressed its replay, but then our server ended 6 minutes early too and TBH I was quite glad!

[picnic]

No idea what my mechanics had done to the car since Tuesday night but I had the car just snap left on me several times when I touched the brakes. Locutus being on the receiving end of one, sorry mate.

[merlinthepike]

wohoo this just gets better.in qualifying i think i got my fastest laptime which amounted to 5th,more than happy with that and the formation lap was nice and constant no real hard braking.
started the race ok but i was a bit nervous into au rouge and e trede got me but i chipped away and had him in a few laps,after that just saw loctous dissapear into the distance
had abit of a moment when passing adam he gave me the room and i took the room and a bit of Grass and got it sideways   but made sure i did'nt touch him.after that it was getting close to pitstop time and i didnt realy know which entrance to take i was going for the 1` at the busstop but a couple of laps before i saw a ngt go into them via the mainstraight but i went for the busstop and gladly had a quick smoke. it's a nice long stop here   came out the pits nearly hit the wall and etrede was back past  ::)but couple o laps later and he was mine  
last thing on the last couple of laps in said i was 3rd but when i finished it was back to 4th but 4th is niccee.
congrates to the fast lads  
and well hosted again  

[Reign Man]

Not exactly a great race for me. Had one lap where I went off/spun 4 times...then things went down hill from there. Finally got some consistency toward the end, caught Picnic up...and spun .

The tyres seemed to just suddenly loose grip.....bah!

At least I am keeping to my aim and finishing the races..

ReignMan

[Jeffrey]

Unofficial Lapchart

[Jeffrey]

it was getting close to pitstop time and i didnt realy know which entrance to take i was going for the 1` at the busstop but a couple of laps before i saw a ngt go into them via the mainstraight but i went for the busstop and gladly had a quick smoke.

You did right. The pitlane begins at the slalom through the red/white blocks.

[Chunky]

WOO HOO 1st win online for me  

Same about the 1fps Adam was looking forward to our battle in the race.

The race was a bit of  a lonely one for me with the occasional GT whizzing passed.

Looking forward to China see you then chaps

[Chunky]

I meant shame Adam

feeling a bit tired 

[cej]

this was really a strange race.  Didn't manage to get a lot of qualify laps and was 2seconds slower than I usually am 

Then when we started racing I was unable to go clean through Eau Rouge, as if I completely forgot how to drive it  Took me 10 laps to get it a little bit right.Strange.

Things started to stabilize a bit (although still slow lap times) . Made a couple of mistakes ,but nothing major.

Apologies to Gizmo, after overtaking you I completely missed my braking and almost ended up in the gravel 

It sounds weird,but it was as if I was lacking grip after my pitstop, I was sliding all over the place

But still, it was a great race.

Will: did you have problems with your setup ? You passed me and then spun a couple of times