UKGTR Season 8 Lower Endurance (GT3) - Road America (Full) - Oct 26

[picnic]

Why is Blunder's Viper shown on dunlops? Arent they all on Michelins?

I've just checked and it is on michelins....just need altering in the database....prolly because its not been used since the change.

Sorry I looked in the wrong text file 

[Busi]

Another awful race for me.

Started 3rd, a mistake put me down to 5th, more mistakes made me lose ground. Then on the pitstop I put on too much fuel (finished the race with 20+ litres), at least the strategy on tyres was right.

I just find odd thought, that even starting with front HARD wets and rear SOFT wets, I had around 3 times more front tyre wear than rear I know the Gillet is very kind to the rear tyres and I am not kind to the fronts but that was odd anyway. Anyone else having huge front tyre wear compared to rear in the Gillet?

Grats to FreQ on the win and title


PS: Please bring the Gillet back to GTC class, PLEASE!!!

[Prof]

I really enjoyed that especially the incredulity in the voice that came over Teamspeak telling me I had taken the lead. When the Aliens caught me up after their pit stops, I gave up hope of another rainstorm and stopped for slicks. After this normal order was rapidly restored and I finished a slightly lucky 8th as engines blew and fuel ran out giving me two undeserved places late in the race.

Thanks to all I have raced in all four divisions this year. Well done to Freq for the Championship win and Team Shark for completing the season team 'Grand Slam'. Thanks to Dave, Pete and all who make this league run so well. Mods, please look at the court list, there are around five races needing our attention now the season is over.

[purdie]

lol comedy of errors for me   

Didn't know the track and only got back at 8pm... made for amusing practise and quali which in the wet was hilarious 
2 laps into the race and i almost knew the track! When it dried I stupidly took a gamble straight away and pitted for slicks, i therefore crashed   

[Simon Gymer]

I was going to turn up for the last race of the season just as a farewell to Season 8, but I think I'm going to give up with PCs. I once again can't run any 3D games anymore, they all just crash in ntdll.dll as soon as you try and start them. When it happened last time on XP I reinstalled  from XP to Vista. Well a few months later and it's doing the same thing on Vista so I may as well give up now as I'm not going to reinstall every 2 months when it happens again.

Well done Joss, TT and Busi on the top three in the drivers championship and Team Shark (woo haa), Team Pink and Legends racing on the team podium positions.

[Mark J]

well that didnt turn out quite as planned for my debut in lower enduro 

Had a disco within 100m of leaving pitlane when i first joined. Couldnt rejoin the race although the lobby would let me join any other race in there!  Had to reboot and refire up game to get back in !

Qually was a 'challenge'. Hadnt done any wet laps at all and dont think ive ever driven the cup car in the wet. Went out on dry slicks for what i thought was a damp track but it proceeded to get flooded by the time i found my groove and even hard wets werent upto the job.

Race was good fun but equally frustrating. Kept taking several places only to then understeer off at an apex somewhere and lose them again, repeat again, repeat.... My car seemed to absolutely hate and refuse to negotiate properly that 2nd left hand 90 degree turn immediately after the Toyota bridge. I must have slithered off there about 8 times no matter how slow i tried to take it 
I think my teamie JPS got fed up letting me past countless times only to see me rejoining a few laps later, very sporting of him though.
Enjoyed the changing conditions though, keeping my wets cool running offline etc, all very immersive. Pitted after 40+ mins to swap for dry slicks as could see that was now way to go.
Came out pits and started taking chunks of time out of some people but still the odd understeer off track. Then with only 27 mins to go and closing fast on 10th-12th places my screen froze mid corner and pc locked up 
Just about sums up this season for me in any championship..race ruined by technical difficulties. 
Nice spread of cars (albeit too many vertigos  ), great race track.

[purdie]

Came out pits and started taking chunks of time out of some people but still the odd understeer off track. Then with only 27 mins to go and closing fast on 10th-12th places my screen froze mid corner and pc locked up 
Just about sums up this season for me in any championship..race ruined by technical difficulties. 

I was going to turn up for the last race of the season just as a farewell to Season 8, but I think I'm going to give up with PCs. I once again can't run any 3D games anymore, they all just crash in ntdll.dll as soon as you try and start them.

The irony of sim racing I'm beginning to conclude 

In real racing you can be plagued by many different technical failures which cause your retirement (bitter experience of that! ) and since they are not simulated in-game our failures with computers and/or connections seems to fill its spot quite nicely! (if not frustratingly )

The only problem with this parallel is mechanical issues on race cars can be solved!  :'(

I just wish the results section had a retirement due to 'Disco' or 'Windows being emotional' 

[Mark J]

i said exactly the same thing to TT last week when a disco cost him the GTC championship, its the only way to get your head around the frustration by kinda imagining it as a car failure. Still bloody annoying though !
My problem is still gfx related. Fixed my fps woes with the 80.42 geforce drivers but either they have a bug or there is a certain setting it doesnt like as had 3 screen freezes in GTR2 over the weekend, always mid corner. The whole pc freezes and i have to reboot. Its a 1500 quid rig and i have more troubles than my old jallopy that i used to get by with.  It was fantastic though until sp3 screwed it all up ! 

[Linus27]

I had a game freeze last night also. At the start of qualifying, went to leave the pits and thats it, game froze. Never had that before. Had to reboot PC. When I rejoined, I noticed about 5 other drivers joined after me. I wondered if they had problems also. So I wonder if its a problem with the track and not the game.

[spanner]

Could some of it be internet/ network issues? How does the game handle missing packets, timeouts etc

I think my main PC problems have been cooling as the 8800's are known to have marginal stock cooling. Having now fitted a proper cooler which seems to have dropped the temps alot i'm hoping my PC is a bit more stable.

[Clive Loynes]

What a complete nightmare that was!

Had to chase my son all over Lancashire just before the race and it took me several attempts to spell “finale” which meant that most of practice had disappeared by the time I hit the tarmac.

Then the bloody stuff was dripping wet!

I had done a little wet practice but not enough to know what I was doing.  In the dry I was down to a magnificent 2:18somthing so was expecting to be able to keep the back of the pack in sight for a while.

No chance.  I started on wets but can’t remember what sort.  Anyway, after three slow laps they were all showing bright red on the tyreomiter thingy.  I had no idea how long this could go on for so pitted at about lap 5 for soft slicks.

With the track still damp I still didn’t know where to brake and I was being lapped almost immediately.  I couldn’t find any rhythm and went off into the sand half a dozen times.  Usually whilst looking in my mirrors.

I think that I only caused one moment of grief for anyone.  Having let one car pass on the straight I found another bearing down on me into T1.  I stayed left but my lack of speed must have caught him out as a yellow and black beastie shot down the inside and into the sand.  Soz

[Legzy]

I should have done well but made many mistakes including putting wet tyres back on when I needed drys. Once I was up and running, this happened:

2612 in the replay, enjoy

I saw you parked upside down there, it's my team Oldie Vertislow driving past in the picture background 

Then with only 27 mins to go and closing fast on 10th-12th places my screen froze mid corner and pc locked up 

Came across you parked backwards too, made my car shake all over the place like someone had picked it up to 'rattle it', it span my car right round to a stop. The car didn't stop shaking till I got going again & was 100m down the road. Weird I thought 


Really enjoyed the race, great track & one of my better performances. Managed to get higher up the field then normal due to the early (& qualifying) rain I guess. Should have changed for slicks sooner but was playing it save having suffered making the change too soon earlier in the season. Managed to beat team mate Blunder for the 1st time, so chuffed about that.

Just want to thank the organisers for organising a fantastic line up of entertainment across the four disciplines of Season 8, it's been fantastic & what bigger compliment can I give then to say I can't wait for the next season. Thanks to all the drivers who took part, you've all been great, even if I do only see half of you as you lap me (again). Also thanks to Blunder for introducing me to the world of sim racing 5 months back, I'm hooked (but my Mrs is not so happy with you) 

p.s. I finished on equal points with Ruskus in this Lower Enduro Championship, I'd have settled for that at the start of the campaign

[Linus27]

I think that I only caused one moment of grief for anyone.  Having let one car pass on the straight I found another bearing down on me into T1.  I stayed left but my lack of speed must have caught him out as a yellow and black beastie shot down the inside and into the sand.  Soz

That was me and all my fault. I had changed to slicks and so as I went off the dry line to pass you, when I braked I just locked and slid off as it was wet. So 100% my fault. So sorry for the scare.

[JonM_uk]

Overall a good race for me and one where I was very fortunate. Quallyed on pole after getting in a half decent lap before the real rain came...Think after 2 laps In the race I started on hard wet fronts and soft wet rears, Joss was quicker than me at though and soon passed. I followed him for a few laps then on lap 5 I spun after putting my rears on the grass after that fast left hander down the back straight. I knew I had a bit of damaged so pitted for some repairs. It looked like the weather was drying and at this point I thought it was worth the risk of slicks. After my pitstop I made decent time on the front runners and people were also very kind when being overtaken for postion. TT was a bit unlucky to come out of is stop just ahead of me because I was already used to slick tyres on a slippery surface and I soon past him. I was now trying to catch Joss but at the same time conserve fuel but the gap was just too large. As it turned out my crash happened just at the right time because my laps were faster on slicks and I finished with 0.5L of fuel.
Grats to Joss on the Drivers Champ and to TT and Busi for top 3 postions and to Team Shark for the Team champ
Thanks to all you guys behind the scenes who made this season possible On to the next(hopefully I'll run a few more races).

Jon

[Truetom]

Apologies to TT - I had no intention of looking for a pass into T1, but found myself flying up the inside of you. Still not sure how I even made the corner!

It's not forbidden, Dave.   I expected it as the Vertical Tub is no match for any car on the straight. I also expected to come in front in the corner section.   Not done a single wet lap as the server was always dry.   Car felt ok in any weather. Wet tyres were all red for the first part and I was determined to stop once only, so I tried to cool them down but there was not enough water. Freq was too quick for me and I knew Jon's gonna pass me sooner or later. Busi was the real contender for the Championship 2nd place. There was a chance to get Freq, but, you know, theoretical only. So I didn't flinch when Freq went to pit and I waited for Busi. He was quicker than me after pitstop - when he didn't make mistakes, that is.   After he gave up I was cruising and the 2nd overall was mine.

MJ, GET THE THING FORMATTED !    Good going, JPS, well done, Legends. 

TT