UKGTL Season 4 GT Classics Cup - Kyalami (1979) - Jan 31

[Mark J]

hehe, got to add, coming from my unusually low place of 25th? on the grid, coming around T1 and T2 reminded me of the movie 'days of thunder'  ...it was a case of peering through the tyre smoke and debris that littered the track and hope nothing was sliding back across the racing line 

I noticed you had a very efficient get away off the line Tibs, do you use manual clutch? I saw you bombing down the middle of a pack of 5 or so of us and remember thinking 'hope his brakings good' 

Another aside....how flipping cool did that South African dusk sky look as you headed up the hill towards the pit straight?  and then downhill towards T1 & 2 the clouds looked ominous.
I am so glad we started using add-on tracks and variable lighting. Superb 

Looking forward to the new bosses hard work and imagination 

[Wiltshire Tony]

Your obviously the kinda guy who can dig atmosphere. Well next time you are practising a circuit and maybe having a race with the ai set the time option to "10x" and start your race at about 14:00. You may have to experiment a bit but sometimes you can do the whole gamut of Afternoon sun, dusk,night, dawn, Morning. Looks realy cool.

Oh and Tibs's braking wasn't quite that good 

[Mark J]

yes Tony, i've done the timescale stuff with GTL league races over at TPG a couple of seasons back.
It always looked awesome with the changing light conditions, really adding to the atmosphere for races, hence why i am always championing it over here. Lets hope the new management feel the same 

If you like your classics and atmospheric lighting, try the Group C mod at spa with dusk or night lighting and be amazed, its drool-worthy    or even GTL at Spa through Eau rouge at dusk...bellisimo 

[will16v]

Just reminded me, when we all got on the grid for the race start, i thought it was going to be a '1 lap then pit for wet tires' scenario - i then remembered "this is not GTR2!"
But yes, the lighting was beutiful - does add to the atmosphere.
I keep thinking of all the great racing sims and games i've driven in the past over the years, and its the small bits like this that make it memorable, aswell as the people here  .

Something to remember for future seasons mod type dudes...

[Tibernius]

Oh and Tibs's braking wasn't quite that good 

I blame cold tyres. Really it serves me right for not keeping a 2 second distance.

I noticed you had a very efficient get away off the line Tibs, do you use manual clutch? I saw you bombing down the middle of a pack of 5 or so of us and remember thinking 'hope his brakings good' 

I use Auto Clutch. My starts are very hit and miss, I either have a great start, or I miss the lights. That's why I like the fact they use Standing starts for GTL. It's another skill for the driver to learn.

I managed to end up in first by the first corner in the RFC VORRA Buggies championship races, despite qualifying in last. I then managed to end up in last again by the end of the lap.

Another aside....how flipping cool did that South African dusk sky look as you headed up the hill towards the pit straight?  and then downhill towards T1 & 2 the clouds looked ominous.
I am so glad we started using add-on tracks and variable lighting. Superb 

I agree. It looks much better, especially now I've managed to tweak GTL so I can get an extra 5-10 FPS even using DX8 instead of DX7. Basically I set the GTL.exe process in Task Manager to use both the main core and HT, and set it to high priority.

That and I moved the folders off my desktop and put them in my documents. I had all the GTL GTR2 and rFactor files on my desktop, so I had 20+ GB of files there. The PC's now running a bit faster.

[Steve Holmes]

And I think we all owe the moderators a lot, a time consuming and sometimes unpopular job, but what a job they've done this season getting everything out so fast.  Way to go guys.   

Having since discovered on viewing the replay that I lightly clipped a car right off the start causing them to spin, and so have put in an incident report against myself, I would like all moderators to know that I was NOT making a pathetic attempt to butter you up and avoid penalty.   

[MortenS]

I use Auto Clutch. My starts are very hit and miss, I either have a great start, or I miss the lights. That's why I like the fact they use Standing starts for GTL. It's another skill for the driver to learn.

Ditto

Having since discovered on viewing the replay that I lightly clipped a car right off the start causing them to spin, and so have put in an incident report against myself, I would like all moderators to know that I was NOT making a pathetic attempt to butter you up and avoid penalty.   

Might not be a bad idea, as I have been giving particular attention to the starts. And by reporting you have gained the right to appeal. And if the victim still doesn't report it you won't get any penalties.