UKGTL Season 22 1976 Group 5's - Enna - Sep 21

[Wiltshire Tony]

Championship standings HERE

Grid/server capacity: 22

Car/Track download available by pm to WT

Track: Enna-Pergusa

Car restrictions: Check your car allowance here

Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (31 laps)

Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal
Pit stops required: NO

Server: simracing.org.uk Monday
Password: see above

Notes:
(1) It's best if all drivers can make sure they are connected before the Qualifying session as drivers on track during qualifying will not see cars that join after they are on track until they go back to the garage.
(2) Please make sure you are fully aware of the SimRacing.org.uk Rules.
(3) The AI control should be turned off so that you have control of the car at all times, including pitting. Your player file should therefore read
Autopit="0"
Force Autopit Off="1" // Forces autopit always off
No AI Control="1" // AI never has control over car
If you still finding pitting problematic, experience tells us that its less to do with positioning and more to do with approach speed. A slow approach to pit crew chief has proved most reliable.

Special Notes: None

[Wiltshire Tony]

IMPORTANT

I have increased the fuel tanks for the Porsche and the De Tomaso.

Download these and extract to correct car make folders allowing files to overwrite existing.

Porsche https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YdjVMP_j8iX3-dEZJlEtvI6itiRH6EqF/view?usp=sharing

De Tomaso https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DrRzAWAXbVLIyUyoFnglCq6lN5dcx37b/view?usp=sharing

The download Porsche file needs to be put here

GameData/Teams/GTC-TC-76/1976 Porsche 934.

The download De Tomaso file needs to be put here

GameData/Teams/GTC-TC-76/1976 De Tomaso Pantera.

[Wiltshire Tony]

I'm out all day golfing, with a dinner to follow so I may not be back in time for this. Please vote through the sessions as normal.

[Wiltshire Tony]

BTW Porsche may need a splash and dash.

[EvilClive]

aaaaaw Noooo!!! You cannot be serious??!!
I did 37 laps of Enna last night in a 65 Ferrari 1512. Are you colluding with the race organisers at UKGPL Tony??

[fpolicardi]

aaaaaw Noooo!!! You cannot be serious??!!
I did 37 laps of Enna last night in a 65 Ferrari 1512. Are you colluding with the race organisers at UKGPL Tony??

Really 

[Wiltshire Tony]

Replay and results now posted.

[Erling G-P]

On paper a relatively boring race, if a race on a track with disaster looming in several places each lap can ever be boring..

Surprised for the first couple of laps for staying relatively close to Daz, but under no illusion that he wasn't just cruising.  He did bugger off though, and by lap 6 had vanished from view. At this point, I had almost 20 secs gap to the car behind, so decided slow & safe was the way to go - all other races here has been ruined by those bloody tyre blocks.  I didn't want to bet everything every lap, as I had 0% chance of competing with Daz, and almost 100% chance of it ending in tears if I did.  With no immediate threat from behind, it wasn't needed or worth the risk - or so I thought.

For most of the 2nd half, I was running close behind Tony.  Understandably he was reluctant to let me lap him, as his car was so much faster on the straights. He did let me past once, only to come roaring past again right after, so not sure it was voluntarily.  Initially when he was relatively far ahead, it was mostly a distraction. Towards the final laps however, when I had gotten close, I was losing time in several places, which was frustrating as the gap to Daz was dropping rapidly.  With only 2 secs between us at the finish, the result might have been different.

With that said, it's probably better the result became what it is.  What I didn't know was that Daz was struggling with fuel saving the entire race, as he had failed to get the Pantera update installed.  Would not really have been a fair victory, if it was only because I enjoyed a massive fuel capacity advantage.

Grats to Daz for making it despite the troubles, to Fulvio for completing the podium, and commiserations to the victims of this unforgiving track

[phspok]

I was stuck in London this week, got back 22:30 last night.

I am in Poole Monday and Wednesday, so will miss this week's races as well.

Week after I should be local, so driving is on.

[SpecialKS]

Result

[Daz9]

Erling, thank you for the info you gave me after the race, it helped me solve the issue.

As has been said, I was in cruise mode for about 75% of the race. I had downloaded the patch for the fuel tank, but I was still short of fuel, by about 4 laps. Lift and coast, and low revs, using a gear higher in most places would see me get to the end I hoped.

But, I must have used a little more than I had bargained for when the car was heavy, and it was a real struggle. I'd have been better off flooring it and taking my chances on a short pitstop looking back, but I get stuck when I have a plan!

Erling upped his game when he saw the gap coming down, but I had just enough, 0.1laps left in the tank over the line, to take the win.

In discussions after, we found out that he had a 150 litre tank, I had 120. Aha. Other skins gave me 130, but nothing with 150.

In my investigations, it appears Windows was clever enough to know that I had a download of a file of this name already on the system, and added a (1) or (2) to it for me. In doing this it meant the patch was ineffective, and the tank had remained as standard. That has now been sorted, right after I cannot use the car anymore! I enjoyed the car around here though, felt stable and fast. The circuit is deadly for sure....

[Wiltshire Tony]

Result

Thanks Kurt