Phil Thornton
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« on: January 10, 2009, 11:52:47 AM +0000 » |
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Season 16 Clubman's Cup - Round 8 - Brands HatchBrands is a challenging track that can be very rewarding to drive if you get it right. There are a couple of nasty bumps to look out for, particularly in Dingle Dell and on the exit of the pit lane. Make sure you have set a decent ride height or you may have trouble bottoming out when you have race fuel on board. Have a read of the rules regarding racing etiquette and the associated penalty guidelines. The Recommended Driver Behaviour page has some great info on how to get the most out of racing on-line with GPL. Make sure you are aware of the rules for Pit Stops and the penalty guidelines. Please be in VROC UKGPL chatroom by 8:25 p.m (UK London Time = GMT). Server = 1.UKGPLIP address = 194.105.176.22Race date = 11-01-2009 Time 8:30 pm (UK London Time = GMT) Track = Brands Hatch Variant = 67F1 Damage Model = Intermediate Qualifying time = 35 minutes. Don't start until 30 mins left on clock to allow everyone to join.Race length = Long ( 24 laps) Password: see aboveCHASSIS RESTRICTIONS These are based on the drivers position in the championship. Any driver who chooses to take a chassis faster than their position in the championship dictates, must make a mandatory pit stop as defined below. Group 1Bernie Rik Bryant Group 2Burtoner Will Tway Group 3Sam Blood Michael Turner Group 4Jack O'Ferrall Paul Bird Pit Stop Times| Group 1 | Single Stop Time | | Double Stop Time | | Lotus | 17 | | N/A | | Ferrari | 14 | | N/A | | Eagle | 11 | | N/A | | Brabham | Stop and Go | | N/A |
| Group 2 | Single Stop Time | | Double Stop Time | | Lotus | 12 | | N/A | | Ferrari | 9 | | N/A | | Eagle | 6 | | N/A |
| Group 3 | Single Stop Time | | Double Stop Time | | Lotus | Stop and Go | | N/A | | Ferrari | Stop and Go | | N/A |
| Group 4 | Single Stop Time | | Double Stop Time | | Lotus | Stop and Go | | N/A |
First Pit Window is: 19 (to go on your pit board) to 13 (to go on your pit board) Second Pit Window is: 17 (to go on your pit board) to 6 (to go on your pit board)
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Asbjeurn Tverberg
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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2009, 01:24:24 PM +0000 » |
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If I need to take a shift-r in this race, I will have to do it without taking a stop and go penalty. For some reason the screen freezes once I enter the pitlane, and I don't see where I'm driving. It doesn't get back to normal before I exit the race, so a shift-r would mean that I might as well end the race, if I should follow the rules strictly. I'll just have to take the penalty after the race. I don't know if anybody else has this problem. I've tried both the standard version and the lite version of the track. It doesn't help.  |
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Phil Thornton
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2009, 06:08:13 PM +0000 » |
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If I need to take a shift-r in this race, I will have to do it without taking a stop and go penalty. For some reason the screen freezes once I enter the pitlane, and I don't see where I'm driving. It doesn't get back to normal before I exit the race, so a shift-r would mean that I might as well end the race, if I should follow the rules strictly. I'll just have to take the penalty after the race. I don't know if anybody else has this problem. I've tried both the standard version and the lite version of the track. It doesn't help. Very odd, I've not come across this problem before. You don't need to make a pit stop regardless of the chassis you choose so no problems there. If you do need to do a S&G don't pit and I'll add the necessary time penalty at the end. Missed S&Gs attract a 15 sec penalty if the reset was because of a contested incident (i.e. an overtaking attempt) and 30 seconds if it was entirely the drivers fault (e.g. engine blow up of crashing without the involvement of anyone else). However given that you are having technical problems if you do incur any 30 sec time penalties I'll just add 15 seconds instead. |
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Phil Thornton
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2009, 06:10:43 PM +0000 » |
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My server (UKGPL_4) is up on IGOR. I'm hoping to use 1.UKGPL for the race but we may have to use my server. Please make sure you can connect OK and that the lag is acceptable.
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Turkey Machine
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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2009, 06:41:54 PM +0000 » |
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The Brands Hatch I have doesn't seem to like my computer, it keeps hanging GPL! Which one is it we're using?
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Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10. Why the hell do I keep crashing then?!
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« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2009, 06:54:54 PM +0000 » |
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The Brands Hatch I have doesn't seem to like my computer, it keeps hanging GPL! Which one is it we're using?
We are using this one. If you are having crash to desktop problems read this thread. |
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Jack O'Ferrall
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« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2009, 07:01:04 PM +0000 » |
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When I had a pit lane freeze there were two solutions, either use the new rasterisers, or revert to earlier video drivers. It occurred at a few of the addons- Bugatti was another.
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Asbjeurn Tverberg
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« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2009, 07:44:40 PM +0000 » |
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When I had a pit lane freeze there were two solutions, either use the new rasterisers, or revert to earlier video drivers. It occurred at a few of the addons- Bugatti was another.
Aha, that may solve my problem. I did change to d3d some time ago for some reason I don't remember now. Will test it during practice tonight. Thanks a lot! |
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Jack O'Ferrall
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« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2009, 08:32:48 PM +0000 » |
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As it's 1.ukgpl it'll be Vroc, I've amended the race details.
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« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2009, 11:06:03 PM +0000 » |
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A second Clubmans win  . Quali went rather smoothly, as I managed to get pole by half a second from an ever-improving Steve. The start went well and I held onto the lead into Paddock Hill. About half a lap later, when I noticed Steve going backwards into Hawthorn, it was a matter of keeping the car on the road and not making any mistakes. The race to the end was rather quiet although I did shunt Graham into the hay bayles when he was recovering from a spin at Paddock Hill, sorry about that but I couldn't miss you. I guess consistency won the race as when I lapped Asbjeurn, he matched my pace with ease and was even closing in on me in the last few laps. Steve also nabbed the fastest lap of the race, beating me by half a second. Speaking of consistency, Bernie's second place gives him a healthy lead in the Clubmans championship despite having not won a race this season; impressive stuff! |
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« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2009, 11:48:24 PM +0000 » |
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Speaking of consistency, Bernie's second place gives him a healthy lead in the Clubmans championship despite having not won a race this season; impressive stuff! Ably assisted by absent friends Rik and Will , also a big helping hand from my team Mate Burt . suprising result as I fully expected a much lower placing going on my recent Brands outings , so I drove with caution in an attempt to keep it on the black stuff . I did stiffen the suspension up a tad to aid driveabilty and in the race I was short shifting to avoid wheel spin. in spite of this I still did the odd wall of death around the outside of Druids and almost threw it away on two occasions at the Dell. I past a few errant cars, but was very lucky to avoid any collisions (probably due to my crawling speed ) All in all a very quiet race and was content to follow Sam home into P2 and raise the points total for the Soggies . grats to all them what finished and all them that tried hard , not an easy track by any means and a bit daunting for the newbies. |
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« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2009, 01:24:21 PM +0000 » |
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What a giggle that was. I should have done a lot better than that, but stupid errors ruined my chances.
P2 in qualifying and followed Sam off the grid got a comfortable gap to settle in behind Sam and clock off some laps, until I messed up Hawthorn. Asbjeurn made his best attempt to avoided me and fortunately held it together when his wheel brushed my car.
Then I made error after error, one one occasion flipping the car at Druids. A shift R, followed by a s+g. Then exiting pit lane I didn't want to cause any havoc and was watching carefully for other cars and promptly drove right into one of the white markers at Paddock Hill and beached the car! Shift R again, and another s+g!
All that put me well down so, time to have a play and push the car a bit, nothing to lose really, ended up with the fastest lap!
Well done to all that finished.
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Jack O'Ferrall
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« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2009, 11:22:09 PM +0000 » |
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Congratulations to Sam on a second Clubmans win, this time without a disconnection problem. Loot was so effusive he even mentioned my own drive over his cigar and brandies- 'Marvellous. Ah-ah.. and that blighter O'Ferrall got third, again, though I still fail to comprehend why chaps want to peruse his race reports while there's panelling to stare at... there's more racing insight in well-grained wood..'. He must be pleased then!
I wish my race deserved better, but I almost span off the grid, and I let Burt past me, so I was among the drivers trapped by his spin at Druids. Last away from that, I had a chance to get clear of the field but lost grip when I went wide to pass an Eagle and had to start again, then got behind another spinner, a collision and was finally pushed off at Hawthorn- perhaps everyone wanted to convince me that a merger with D1 really wasn't on? When I made it into third, though the car was okay and I still had more pace, Bernie was 40s ahead.
I enjoyed Brands in the 67s on the dedicated server, it wasn't quite as good on the domestic servers when other drivers had problems, so perhaps we'll have to drop it for the mods for the moment. It seems to have been a long time since it had been run by ukgpl though, it definitely merits more racing.
The Kyalami result means that it'll be difficult to catch the Soggies for the team championship unless there are some unlikely results, but at least Sam has a chance at the drivers title!
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Will Tway
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« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2009, 02:06:24 PM +0000 » |
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Grats Sam. Putting the BRM on top at such a difficult circuit is an hell of an achievement. WD.
Hope to meet up with you guys at the next round...but first I have to remember where I parked that bloody Honda....
Will
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