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« on: February 28, 2024, 01:52:08 PM +0000 » |
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Season 44 - 1955GP (Privateers) - Round 4 – East LondonThe fourth race in the 1955 Grand Prix series finds us in South Africa. The race will be on the Prince George Circuit at East London. Opened in the 1930s, it hosted the South African Grand Prix in 1934, and again from 1936 to 1939 when racing was halted due to World War II. The original 23.4 km circuit was shortened to 17.7 km in 1936. It was further modified to meet the Formula One regulations in 1959 when the track was shortened again and built into a seaside amphitheatre. East London hosted three rounds of the F1 South African Grand Prix in the 1960s until the increasing power and speed of the cars meant that it became too small for Formula One. The race was moved to Kyalami. Tonight we will be using the 3.9 km long 1959 layout. | Race list | = | iGOR | | Server | = | UKGPL04_60fps | | IP address | = | 146.199.1.65:32766 | | Password | = | see above | | GPL Mod | = | 55GP | | Damage model | = | PRO | | 60fps Patch | = | 60fpsV2newmod | | Track download | = | East London 1967 | | Track directory | = | eastlndn | | Qualifying starts | = | 20:45 UK time - 45 minutes | | Race starts | = | ~ 21:30 UK time | | Race length | = | 26 laps | | Replay | = | HERE |
Please do NOT post chat messages during qualifying or racing until ALL drivers still qualifying or racing have crossed the line. Driver lists and division specific rules can be found on the championship standings page.
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Rainier
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2024, 02:16:43 PM +0000 » |
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Le silence éternel de ces espaces infinis m'effraie
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Phil Thornton
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2024, 02:21:36 PM +0000 » |
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Oopps, thanks for spotting. Fixed now. |
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« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2024, 08:24:54 PM +0000 » |
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I started UKGPL13 because 02 seemed to be running 67GP cars
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Phil Thornton
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« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2024, 08:38:34 PM +0000 » |
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I started UKGPL13 because 02 seemed to be running 67GP cars
Yes it is. Looks like Bully has mistakenly set his practice server up with the 67 F1 cars instead of the 55 GP cars. I'm sure he'll notice that soon. |
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« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2024, 08:45:21 PM +0000 » |
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Doh!
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GPL Rank -14.558 GPLMOG +90.635 Total Rank Quest 307 tracks to go! Total MOG Quest 2938 tracks to go!
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Rainier
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« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2024, 09:43:36 PM +0000 » |
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I don't like to see Hallu close in my mirrors so I let him go at the start.
2 laps later I overtook him ...but at the next turn he ended my race !
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« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2024, 10:24:39 PM +0000 » |
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Sorry for whoever it was I hit from behind.. just had no brakes at all.. I stayed off the track and let all the cars get going again. ended up joining at the back after a decent 4th on the grid.
Really was taking care and watching my brakes but, I cocked up. bugger. I really dont like spoiling other peoples races.
Paul V.
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« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2024, 10:30:37 PM +0000 » |
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Really was taking care and watching my brakes but, I cocked up. The brake menagement is a problem and we have.imo, the worst track that is Rhesketh. |
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Clive Loynes
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« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2024, 10:35:55 PM +0000 » |
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Well done Fran and Matt.
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« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2024, 10:37:03 PM +0000 » |
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Fran , you are so correct. I also wonder why the Connaught or the Vanwall does not have slightly better brakes than the others. I believe one of them was actually the first Grand Prix car to have Disc Brakes. I dont think they were as good as anything that came later, but surely far better than the Drum braked cars. well done pods, that was a nice finish for you too Fran. No engine blow ups this time well done.  and to all the finishers. sorry for any one that didnt make it. Seems a simple track, but not easy at all in the '55s . |
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Walter Conn
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« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2024, 10:54:02 PM +0000 » |
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Congrats Moises, Fran and Matt!
@Paul, that was Bernie on lap 4. From my perspective, at least both of you were able to continue, and you were both still faster than me even if your cars had damage.
Regarding the 55 mod brakes, maybe it was made by a right foot braker. Nothing against it, just a little humbling.
I am motivated to try the other cars in the future. I used the same car twice now because I have not had much seat time.
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« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2024, 09:47:32 PM +0000 » |
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I was in doubt about what car to pick for this race. To go with Gordini or spend the credits and pick a better car. Decided to go with the Ferrari 625 as I like how she drives and didn't want to spend the rest of the coins.
Got a good setup, did some laps but couldn't match Ricardo Maserati for the Qualy. On the last minutes decided to go for somelaps with the Race fuel and had a surprise. Set my best lap and the car was handling better.
Oh Ferrari, sometimes they are strange.
As I felt that had a good car for the Race, I decided to be agressive on the first laps to get first position. I made it, overtook Ricardo and saw he made a mistake on hard braking point which put him in thid position. Quickly he was second again, and I saw that he was faster and closing the gap.
As he was decreasing the gap to less than 2 seconds, I made a mistake on The Esses and had a big corner cut, decided to let Ricardo go as there was a big gain margin in the cut.
After that he was increasing the gap and I decided that second place would make it but his name turned blue on pribula.
The Maserati engine gave up, after that just cruised the 625 to the racing end.
Difficult track to manage the brakes, was a good race.
Congratz everyone, see you in Indianapolis.
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Ricardo Valim da Silva
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« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2024, 10:46:12 PM +0000 » |
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Congratulations Moises on the victory, I saw the time when you took the position back, thanks again. Maserti was really fast, it was a shame the engine couldn't handle it with 7 laps left, congratulations on the podium and to the finalists, see you in Indy
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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2024, 08:18:02 AM +0000 » |
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Was a fun race, I went off with no brakes left a couple of times, managed to stay in front of Paul at the end. Bully was faster in the Gordini
but had a couple of offs himself. One was shooting off trying to avoid contact a couple of laps from the finish. He must have been much
better at brake management, as he was braking later into Cocobana. For the next one It says Indianapolis (Oval) and there a few variants in the Track database
Can someone please say which download it is?
Many Thanks
Matt
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