UKGTR Season 7 Upper Endurance (GT1/C) - Barcelona (GP) - May 4

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Just to clarify for everyone's benefit Are we using the same tweaked weather settings like the super endurance?

[Jeffrey]

This is Barcelona, more variable weather will mean: more variations of...sun .

[sooty1977]

Just been on there and a nice wet track it was 
No setup here either but i used to love this track on the playstation f1 game as it was the only one i could beat my mate on !

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Just to clarify for everyone's benefit Are we using the same tweaked weather settings like the super endurance?

Nobody tells me anything, what tweaked settings  I have no plans to change anything with the way I setup the server.

[Gazza49er]

Ive had a bit of a nightmare this series lol  2 blown engines, server full, away one race and now a DQ.

Looked like i was pretty competative here with a 2nd in qualy. Car felt good in race, went off on lap 3 i think but when i came round to the last sector of track i got a notice to come in straight away for a stop and go?  Didnt really have much time to actually get in the pits as i was literally right by the pit lane entry as the message came up.

I think i might of moved slightly off the grid before the lights went out on the warmup lap so i guess thats why i got the penalty.

Whata mistaker to maker!!!!!!



 

[Greystreak]

Hard Lesson for Noob Switching to GT1 Class #1:

a)  The Lambo Fuel Planner in Set-Up Lies:  you will not get 31 laps for your 100L of fuel, you get 29.5 laps;
b)  Your Crew Chief is a Jerk:  he'll tell you you're low on fuel and need to pit next lap, after you've passed the pit entrance (too late);
c)  The Lambo is 'thirstier' than the game set-up mechanics 'plan' for . . .

(I can hear all the experienced GT1 drivers howling with laughter.)  Running in P3 on lap 30 (mostly due to others pitting), my race ended shortly after Campsa corner, in a splutter--and no, it wouldn't roll far enough to make it 'home'.

There endeth the lesson.   

[Simon Gymer]

Well done all winners and losers.

The rest of my report is "hmm" and the people on TeamSpeak know why.

[popabawa]

Great race even though it wasn't a great result, that damn Vertigo just wouldn't go any faster!

Had a great battle with Darren and Reign Man at the start until Reign pulled away and the rampaging Mr Hammer caught us coming into the pits, I came out ahead of Mike but was made mincemeat before too long

Sorry for the contact going into the pits Mike, my fault entirely, you really caught me out, I should have expected you to go into the pits around then

Managed to keep ahead of Darren for the rest of the rest to finish a decent enough 7th

Excellent work by the GT1's, absolutely no complaints at all, very courteous and patient. Thank you all

[sooty1977]

Well was totally supprised to be the fastest vertigo on the grid, only just mind.
Then blam got disconnected with 3 min to race time,just about made it back in the race but starting from the back.
3rd lap i stupidly span it in a very sturdy wall but with it being right next to the pits i had 2 choices leave with the tail between the legs or carry on and get some learning experience out of it all.
So i carried on and must i say i enjoyed  it in a funny way just hope i didn't get in to many peeps ways from all the lapping on me 

[Jorgen Wahlby]

Ive had a bit of a nightmare this series lol  2 blown engines, server full, away one race and now a DQ.

Looked like i was pretty competative here with a 2nd in qualy. Car felt good in race, went off on lap 3 i think but when i came round to the last sector of track i got a notice to come in straight away for a stop and go?  Didnt really have much time to actually get in the pits as i was literally right by the pit lane entry as the message came up.

I think i might of moved slightly off the grid before the lights went out on the warmup lap so i guess thats why i got the penalty.

Whata mistaker to maker!!!!!!



 

Your not the only one 

I thought I had time to "just" make a last change before I made it out to the starting grid.. but nhaaaa was to short out of time and ended up with a DQ...
I had high beliefs that I actually would finish this race season in a good manner SO here goes "really" nothing...
To all the drivers in Pseudo Racing Team... Well done and a Pat on the shoulder for me self to NOT throw the computer out of the window this race 

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Replay and provisional results are available.

[nsfast]

A very enjoyable first race on the UKGTR server. Thanks everyone.

Spent most of my time a the back of the GT1's but happy overall with my consistency on this track.

Very pleased with P6.

[Mike Hammer]

Was feeling pretty good after qualy. Wasn't a perfect lap, but good enough to take GTC first. With Paul and Ruskus behind, both 20kg heavier, I thought I had a good chance of keeping them behind to the pit stops (where they would invebitably blitz past with their top notch pit crews).

Should have known better.

In my efforts to take it easy, and keep safe while tires warmed up, I ran over the inner curibing in T4, and promptly spun around. Was a bad spot to be so I had to move to the inner wall, facing the wrong way, and wait for everyone to pass.

Got back on track, only to go PI Magnum style into the last corner. Or maybe I should say Hammer style, since I'm spinning so much lately.



Well, I just couldn't get mad anymore, I've done this so many times now, so instead I sat in my chair laughing out loud while I was making my way out of the gravel.

Had good fun working my way up the field, many fun battles on the way. Pops fought back hard, but in a duel of straigthline speed vs good cornering (Fezza vs Vertigo), straightline speed will win out most of the time. It's just too easy to pass on the straight, and block in the corner.

Was unable to find my way past Darren for quite a few laps too, pretty defensive driving there. Gave him a punt once, trying to sneak up on the inside exiting the "hairpin" at the end, sorry about that.

I did finally find a spot to make a pass that stuck, and begun the chase on Reign Man. Unfortunately he had just had an off when I cought up, so I could sail by without opposition.

16 minutes to go, 16 seconds to 4th place. Naw, not going to happen, I thought. But it looked (remotely) possible for a while. All the way to 8 minutes the gap kept pace, down to 8 seconds. But form there it just didn't want to budge, not quick enough, at least.

Got within sight of TT towards the end, I think I saw some tire smoke and the gap dropped from 4 to 3 seconds in T1/2, but that was all there was, couldn't come closer.

I chose to use soft fronts, so I would have at least half a stint without the dreadful understeer med/med tires caused. Had some problems toward the end of the stints, sometimes having to pump the gas repeteadly to make the car turn right, but I think it was the right choice nevertheless. Left front just went over 30 at the end of the stints.

Well, had fun once more. This is a great league to race in. Grats to both podiums.

[psuedo]

I enjoyed that, my first time out in a GT1 during a mixed class race.

Shame there were so few GT1's though, would have been even better with more people to race.

Race went pretty good on the whole...I was on similar pace to most of the others...(except Alien FreQ  ). Had a some of offs though, one when a double downshift caught me out and a couple of others whilst passing GTC's. Sorry if it baulked anyone...I have certainly realised I need a little more praccy offline for mixed class stuff...always tended to miss the turn in point and lose loads of time...ended up in the kitty litter twice due to that.

As my first experience of lapping slower cars, I was very impressed by all the GTC drivers willingness to assist.  Excellent stuff and again sorry if my lack of experience on the other side caused any trauma.

I do appologise to Ade, he very kindly flashed me passed on the right hander into the back straight and stayed wide to let me through...however, when passing cars there previously I had taken that corner a little wider myself to get the angle down the straight to pass...and I had set up to do the same with Ade...tried to ajust at the last minute when I realised what was happening but still managed to clip the rear right of the Vertigo and send it into the littler  ...sorry mate, I did try my hardest to avoid.

Once again a fantastic turnout by the team....

Grats to winners and podiums.....really good race 

[Joss]

3375 seconds was my only exciting moment of the race

Practised for a bit before this one, so had a setup ready unlike Anders a fortnight ago. Car was lovely on new tyres but a bit twitchy once they got old. Went a little extreme to get rid of the understeer but it seemed to work

Pole was nice, then got a great launch (love the S7's torque) and then just tried to get into a rhythm. Was fine at the start and then it turned into a lapping fest with the (huge) number of GTCs, so I pushed when the track was clear, and then backed off to save the tyres and engine whenever there was traffic to pass (most of the time). Barce is very heavy on tyres anyway, so tyre preservation is part of the strategy.

Good pit stop, took a bit too much fuel, but had a gap anyway. Made one mistake all race which was at T1 when I outbraked myself a little and just skipped across the gravel, losing about 3 seconds, no big deal though.

Good win from the flying Dutchman, and nice one to Simon on second place after another fast but inconsistent drive from Backo (I swear if you calmed down you'd be 20 seconds faster each race).

Sorry about beating the "main team" again, I doubt it'll happen much next season Cheers all