UKGTL Season 5 GT Classic Fun Race - Zolder - April 10th

[Wiltshire Tony]

I apologise for the shambles tonight, totally my fault. I presumed that this track was ok as it had been used before and I really should have checked it. Really beginning to doubt if have the attention to detail thats required of this post.

 

Dont be silly Ian, i only can say thank you for all your effort and for your time, allowing we to have
these great nights 

Cheers mate

I would like to add my name to these comments. You are totally blameless. You listening?

[Wiltshire Tony]

OK, any thoughts on how we want the results for tonight?

option 1: Fun race
option 2: Championship result from Zolder

I hate Zolder so lets call it a champ race and get it out of the way
Option 2 please

[Minton]

Dosent matter to me mate, but im sure the guys who are fighting for postions in the champioship will want points.

[Simon Gymer]

OK, any thoughts on how we want the results for tonight?

option 1: Fun race
option 2: Championship result from Zolder

I think it's got to be next week's Zolder championship race, just happened a week early.

[Sandor M]

GDC Strikesssshh AGAIN: I beleive we've finished 17th and 19th .. huurraaahhh 

Now off the the pub to celebrate !!

Let's start with a gente single malt whisky and see where we end   
Great race from your side , grats

[psuedo]

No problem calling it the next week champ race.....except importing the results etc...and where to put them (dont be rude) is a little beyond my mental capacity tonight.

So results and replays will be a little later than normal but will appear at some time.

[Mike Wrightson]

Heh, most fun track-learning exercise ever

What possessed me to use the Mustang I will never know  , and as a result qualified waaaay down at the back, but had some good fun racing trying to get up the field.  I gained places as a result of attrition more than anything, but did manage overtake one car LOL.  I knew roughly where the track went, but the Mustang was definately not the best choice to learn the place in, so I was having to learn the track AND the car 

I'd lean towards calling this a fun race as people were unprepared for it, but I don't really mind either way, I'm racing for the fun of it.

[Phil Gilliland]

Laurie,

I know you're only trying to be helpful (including to me tonight) with your 'go left', 'go right messages' but they're very distracting. They're also against the rules:

Only players acting as race control are permitted to use typed chat message during Qualifying 2 and the Race. Such messages will be prefixed with "ADMIN", and any instructions issued in this way must be followed by all drivers.

In any case, they're not necessary. Just stick to the racing line and the car behind will find its way round you. And yes, I know I broke the very rule I'm quoting, but after nearly stuffing it into the wall at the chicane I was trying to make you aware of the problem.

Thanks again for your considerate driving.

Phil

[Ade]

Laurie,

I know you're only trying to be helpful (including to me tonight) with your 'go left', 'go right messages' but they're very distracting. They're also against the rules:

Only players acting as race control are permitted to use typed chat message during Qualifying 2 and the Race. Such messages will be prefixed with "ADMIN", and any instructions issued in this way must be followed by all drivers.

In any case, they're not necessary. Just stick to the racing line and the car behind will find its way round you. And yes, I know I broke the very rule I'm quoting, but after nearly stuffing it into the wall at the chicane I thought a reminder of the rule was in order.

Thanks again for your considerate driving.

Phil

  Yes thanks for that Phil i was doing OK with the go left 'n' right ones then a new one came up and stupid me goes and reads it  then promptly drives off track losing a place 

[baracus250gt]

Interesting race from my cockpit but I must apologise for my warp/lag - I had no idea as it was all fine for me (around 100ms). I'm going to figure out what this is before next race for sure. Maybe new ISP time as I may have been migrated to Tiscali's lower grade service from Nildram sneakily.

Great battle with JR all the way. Incredibly hard figuring out a way past. Wherever I had a big advantage (i.e. the slow chicane) there was just no way through. Got out ahead a couple of times but the next straight let him power back by

Eventally, with 2 laps to go and his tyres suffering, I figured a different line into the slow chicane and managed to get enough breathing room before the hairpin so he couldnt catch me at the last chicane, and just kept ahead at T1 then I managed to break away around the next series of bends but had to push like crazy in that penultimate lap to make sure. Great race

Dan - I'm sorry if you feel I took you out as "revenge" as you seem to be implying but I can assure you it was not that at all. From my view you just moved over to the left before I had started steering right going into the hairpin where I was outbraking you on the outside, and you clipped me and just veered straight off :-(   Probably my 'fault' for having lag but there is no way I would do that to you (or anyone) on purpose :/

Well done to the SR boys for rescuing the evening

Oh, and I shout for making it a point scoring race   (don't mind either way, honest lol)

[Minton]

Dan - I'm sorry if you feel I took you out as "revenge" as you seem to be implying but I can assure you it was not that at all. From my view you just moved over to the left before I had started steering right going into the hairpin where I was outbraking you on the outside, and you clipped me and just veered straight off :-(   Probably my 'fault' for having lag but there is no way I would do that to you (or anyone) on purpose :/

That was just my feeling after the race havnt even watched the replay..as i said i thought i might have clipped you the lap before when i got passed which gave me the feeling that you might have felt a bit agrieved.. should have looked at the replay first before i said anything i know your a fair driver.

[Jeffrey]

This means the Zolder results (for tonight) can be found in the Zolder thread. Where I think Gizmo is going to have to do some more jiggery pokery behind the scenes because the game's exports seem to have DQ'd Ruskus when he actually finished 2nd.

  I didn't do anything weird this time  . Although I saw my car roll on the monitor and the FFB was still active.

[ginsters sponsored]

Thanks for that Simon

Maybe I'm going against the grain somewhat but I don't think results from Zolder should count towards championship. I don't think its fair that some were clearly better prepared, by either racing there before or getting in some early practice, than others and hence perhaps bettered their finishing position by luck, through no fault of their own of course. I'm prolly excluding the gents up front who are always there no matter what, but I can't help but think the midfield positions were decided by those who have done some work at Zolder before, as luckily I had done.

I'd say make last night a fun race and we will either add an extra event, to bring championship back to 10 or leave it at 9. Its not that tricky to re-arrange things a way down the line However, I'm happy to go along with the majority.

Appreciate the support and respectful reaction to last night gents

[Wiltshire Tony]

I was on my Hols when the original Zolder was planned to take place. Hence I did exactly zero preperation and was also extremely happy to miss this circuit which I loath.
So I raced last night with no setup, practise etc. But I do want this counted as a champ race cos If I never race here again it'l be too soon.

[Syd Drake]

I also don't think Zolder results should count. I was there last night, and my understanding was that the replacement race was just a fun race, and that's why I didn't race. If I had known it would count towards championship I'd have stayed. But from the chat it looked pretty clear that it was going to be a fun race, and even when it was agreed it would be Zolder, it was still as just a test.