UKGTL Season 3 GT Classics Cup - Snetterton (1964) - Oct 4

[Mark J]

I'll be there tonight..with the right track version this time 

Probably take the Shelby for a change but need to try all available. Seems more a power circuit with more time spent on open throttle than braking/turning.

[Jeffrey]

Anybody else got some times? This track is not listed on either gtlrank or nogrip. I've only driven Ferrari and my best so far is a 1.39.4.

With the GT350 and Merc I was doing 1:40's, but when I tried the Fezza, I did a 1:38.5 in my first lap. So it looks like that car will dominate here

[Simon Gymer]

With the GT350 and Merc I was doing 1:40's, but when I tried the Fezza, I did a 1:38.5 in my first lap. So it looks like that car will dominate here

Only if all the aliens take it!!
(Aliens take the slower cars and us normal folk take the faster cars then we can all have a close race!! )

[Jeffrey]

I'll stick with the GT350. Once I'm infront it will be hard to overtake a sideways Shelby  . Just ask MJ

[Mark J]

Might try one of them yank jobs myself this eve.

Anyone got a decent setup (for humans with two hands, not alien stuff! ) ?
Failing that i'll give the Fezza and Healey a try out beforehand.

[Mike Hammer]

It looks like I won't make it in time for the race. Shame, I'd have enjoyed some Merc on Fezza racing.



Have a good one guys.

[Mark J]

Gutted, dont believe it ! 

Qualied 5th, looking forward to great race, about 4 laps into the race i am running 5th and enjoying myself, then the car just warped back to my garage mid corner leaving me sitting looking at the timing screens...wtf? 
And it wouldnt even let me rejoin the track, like i was parked up for the duration.

Never had that one happen before !  :'(

Great track, though i hope that isnt an inherent bug in the conversion ?

[Aagramn]

Was having a great time on the first lap, got a good start and made 4 places cleanly in the melee. Then I got nudged off at the corner after the bridge. Ruined my race, was struggling to catch the cars ahead, and made several mistakes as a result. Reminds why I don't play GTL these days.

[Steve Holmes]

Well that was a totally atrocious race! Managed to get up to 5th (from 10th grid) and then someone just ploughed through at the end of the long straight and speared me straight off.  Thanks for that, I was looking forward to fighting a rearguard action against all the Ferraris and at least having a good scrap.  I'll certainly be looking very closely at the replay.  Not quite the nice clean racing I join in for.

Then after restarting near the tail I did my best to close the gap but after encountering a stationary Ferrari (lag) and crashing trying to avoid it I called it a day.

Shame everyone went for the Ferrari, would have been nice to have a little more variety in the field (and they accuse Alfas of being a dull choice ), hard to do much against 80% of the grid in a car at least a second quicker 

Bad luck Mark, not sure anyone else had that, and Aagramn, sounds like a familiar story to me    Hope the survivors enjoyed a good race though.

[will16v]

Missed it 

Back for next week though - hope you all enjoyed 

[picnic]

Shame everyone went for the Ferrari

He he. I won the Healey class 

Had a good few laps to start with, making 8 places on the 1st lap thanks to people making mistakes. But the Fezza's were too quick for me on the straights and I dropped to a lonely 10th or so before deciding that the track was too easy and the car should be either offroad or an aeroplane 

Still got to the end 

[psuedo]

after encountering a stationary Ferrari (lag) and crashing trying to avoid it I called it a day.

Yeah, I encountered that too..just before the bridge...sent me off too but I managed to go wide enough to miss the bridge and take a 'short cut' over the grass.

Must admid wasn't too impressed with some of the passing moves, rejoining and once again had people racing me into the corners from miles back in qualifying. I know nobody likes to be stuck behind a slower driver in quali, but come on folks...we have a right to be there too.

Other than that it was good. didn't make any bad unforced errors and was lapping about the speeds I expected. nice track, would have loved it with more veriety though.

Grats to winner and podium

[Adam Parle]

Was wondering what happened MJ.

My race was alright - the start didn't help - I lost something like 7 places.  I came back through the field strongly though - hit a 1:38.5 once I got some space, but it was mostly in the 1:39 area.

I wa running 5th and closing dowen Shark when he hit the bridge somehow  and I was 4th ... thow on earth did you mess that up??  I found out a few laps later when I had to go round the outside of the bridge on 2 occasions and was back in 7th.  I had a massive tussle with Pribeiro and Ossie - I got the better of Prib - and was all over Ossie like a rash - but couldn't get by and ran out of laps.  I finished 5th, it could have been better.

Still - a good nights racing.

I had a few mistakes that caused outbursts of expletives - you don't want to be asked numberoius questions by your wife when you're sliding at the limit!!!  Think the expletives got me in trouble .... but I've apologised so it's all good.

Shame about your race MJ - we should have had a good fight you and I.

[KL Mallender]

This race actually bothered me, qualified 14th(normal) but with my best time to date, the start was bad, what was going on up there? someone not see the start countdown or what? first turn looked like a demo derby, race is 25 laps gents. once under way it was good for maybe the front stretch till dust is flying again in turn 1, tried to settle down after avoiding spinning cars then Dan M was fast approaching in the mirror, I thought I let off enough for him to pass but seemed like he wasnt going around, now trying to go side by side thru corner, I had poor entry and pushed off to get stuck on mound of grass, found my way back behind Psuedo saw Mark J had left game and thought why would he leave? then I get the Disco. Damm, I'm sorry to fish off like this but I was really looking forward to a good finish today, fish!

Kevin.

[Simon Gymer]

I got a blinding start with my manual clutch and moved from 8th to 2nd by turn 1. Turn 2 I was down to 3rd as Baracus took his rightful place back ahead of me, then spent a few laps seeing Backo close me down and after trading places with him, the next lap he had me for real (yo) and I was started to drop back down the order to the position I started in. Then the trouble started. The H-Pattern Shifter kept missing 5th gear and it caused a few problems for me.

I wa running 5th and closing dowen Shark when he hit the bridge somehow  and I was 4th ... thow on earth did you mess that up??

Basically it didn't shift up into 5th and I had neutral, my foot went to the clutch to try and get the gear, by which time the corner was upon me and my foot which should have been on the brake was nowhere near it and I whacked into the bridge. Of course my cheating Ferrari suffered absolutely no damage and once I'd stalled it once more trying to get going and then managed to navigate my way over the huge banks I was down to 10th.

Everytime it missed a gear my arms and hands were struggling to comprehend where they should be to get out of the neutral gear situation and in the end I had absolutely no one to race for the rest of the race (which was well over half of it).

I think that's the last time I'll use the H-pattern, at least for any cars that have more than 4 gears. It's too much like hard work and although feels fun, is much slower for me than paddle shifting and is a danger to myself and others.