UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Amateurs Trophy - Spa (1967) - Mar 3

[FullMetalGasket]

Just done a outlap of Spa and GPL froze as I accidently passed through pit area at end of it, is that normal?

Actually on re-reading that it sounds more like you have very recent Nvidea drivers - my Games rig has the same fault. The only way around it that I found short of changing rasteriser was to purposely drive into the pitline at the end of my first lap.
The screen freeze is caused the first time the pitboard man appears in your stall - when the screen freezes just stop and then press escape and enter to leave the car.
You can then go back out and from that point on you shouldn't have anymore freezes, even if you do clip the pitlane and trigger the stall dude 

Or just change to openGL or the new D3D rasta if you want to avoid that kerfuffel 

[ginsters sponsored]

The 60fps patch 'shouldn't' do this - if FMG's suggestion works let me know and I will mention the problem to the developers...

I haven't installed that patch so no link there.

OpenGL just causes a blank screen for me, so thats out. Anyone got a link to those rastas?

Are you part Cornish FMJ? That kind of "making do" or "getting by" is one of our greatest Methodist traditons, that method appeals to me

[Geoff65]

The 60fps patch 'shouldn't' do this - if FMG's suggestion works let me know and I will mention the problem to the developers...

I haven't installed that patch so no link there.

OpenGL just causes a blank screen for me, so thats out. Anyone got a link to those rastas?

Are you part Cornish FMJ? That kind of "making do" or "getting by" is one of our greatest Methodist traditons, that method appeals to me

RSC is still down SG, so I have uploaded the rasterizers to the link below.....

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AZJ0UALF

Cheers
Geoff.


ps: I have some Cornish ancestors in my mongrel bloodlines...........lol

[miner2049er]

Anyone got a link to those rastas?

Here

Sorry. I'll get my coat.

P.S. Geoff posted them already.

[FullMetalGasket]

The 60fps patch 'shouldn't' do this - if FMG's suggestion works let me know and I will mention the problem to the developers...

I haven't installed that patch so no link there.

OpenGL just causes a blank screen for me, so thats out. Anyone got a link to those rastas?

Are you part Cornish FMJ? That kind of "making do" or "getting by" is one of our greatest Methodist traditons, that method appeals to me

Close, My Dad's family hail from Plymouth (plympton to be precise) so I'm nearly there 
I'm a massive fan of bodges personally, One of my old PC's used to have the chip set fan attached using Bluetack as I'd aquired a fan too large to screw down  Best part was the fact it was near silent and kept things about 10 degrees colder than the old one 
My HiFi speakers are too big and heavy for conventional mounts so they're on top of some tall wooden cd stands, which in turn are on top of desks as I couldn't be arsed putting up shelfs which are big enough to take them, again I have less vibration/resonance than wall mounts would offer doing it this way....
It's probably best I don't go into the work arounds I've made on my cars over the years.... The Nissan currently has the Fuel flap held closed by a Pen through the hole as the cable operated release has broken again, and zip ties have featured heavily in mid journey running repairs in the Westfield (just to give you light tasters) 

[vosblod]

UKGPL.6 - IP address for tonight 80.5.200.198

[EvilClive]

The problem with screen freeze or crash when crossing the pit lane at Spa is not new.
Clive Loynes ( I think) suffered with this problem and eventually solved it ..I am sure there must be an old topic on the forum about it somewhere...maybe it was on the old Yahoo forum.

From memory, it will only happen on the first lap past the pits. So as long as you steer clear of the edge of the pitlane on lap 1 you should be ok for the rest of the race.

If Clive shows up tonight , it might be worth asking him exactly what he did.

I have never had a freeze or disco, but I have seen a flicker of the graphics as I pass the very end of the pitlane occasionally.

[FullMetalGasket]

That's pretty much want I said above Clive 
Hence the comment about driving into the pits on the first lap (I should have stated first in qualifying really  ) and it would be fine from there on 

[NickyIckx]

 

16 Laps ??ß


thats nearly 1 hour of racing ................

cant the race lenght set to whatever anymore due to the new patch ?

 

[vosblod]

16 Laps ??ß
thats nearly 1 hour of racing ................
Cant the race lenght set to whatever anymore due to the new patch ?
 

You can set the race length - normally 10 laps but 50% race distance is 16. Novices have 10 laps, bit easier for us 

[Turkey Machine]

After managing to find a second in qualy and set a new PB without the aid of a draft, I took the start, made it into 2nd, 3rd after I lifted off for the kink after Eau Rouge, then got taken out by a very ambitious Nicky Ickx and it knocked me onto 3 wheels - thankfully the field missed me so I didn't inadvertantly wreck anyone elses race. Not very happy as I would have had a real good shot at a great result if I'd finished. I was not expecting him to attempt such an ambitious overtaking "pass" on the first lap, first 30 seconds of the lap, especially after everybody (and it practically was everybody) had said "take it easy" - clearly that means everyone except Nicky. P***ed off at the moment, so gonna go have a stiff drink to calm my qualy-heightened nerves. I was taking it easy at the start, as I knew it'd be a frantic 1st lap or 2.

[FullMetalGasket]

Despite some close quarters syncronised driving, the Waza mobile's didn't seem to have the qualifying pace.
Clive pipped my by something like .1 of a second I think giving us 6th and 7th.

Looked good for battling the pack during the race otherwise....

Then while everyone was backing off for Les Combes Clive managed to put a rear wheel on the grass under braking and span into me - I think this must have damaged my engine as about 30 seconds later entering the Masta straight it started smoking and I lost power*
This was despite my not having over revved her and actually being at about 10k RPM so I'm guessing it was some sort of damage rather than stress  :'(
Limped round the remainder of lap 1 to ensure I wasn't last (  ) and then retired.
Hope next race will go better 

At least on the plus side John didn't have to worry about me too much 


* I've just done 2 whole laps of Spa (realistic damage) foot to the floor at 13,500rpm (limiter ) without blowing up, so I guess this means clive is indeed the culprit 
Anyway, nothing you could do to avoid it so no hard feelings mate - SHE won't be pleased though 

[Samb]

A fun race while it lasted. I qualified a lowly 13th but by managing to avoid the first lap calamities, I found myself into 5th by the end of the first lap. Trying to catch the others infront, I hit the hay bales on lap 3 just before Malmedy but no harm done except a loss of speed. Then me and Fulvio had a battle for 5th which raged for a couple laps. We were then side by side on the way into the Masta Kink and I foolishly went for the outside line rather than drop back behind Fulvio. I hit the chicken wire, lost a couple places but the tank-like BRM was still going strong despite the thrashing I was giving it.

I then saw a leading 4 battle for the lead up in the distance but alas, I couldn't catch them. Later on it appeared that Clive and Natan had a tangle with their cars so I found myself in 3rd, enjoying a battle with Bartosz. On lap 10, still running in 3rd but unable the catch the leading pair of John and Fulvio, my left front wheel clipped the grass through Eau Rouge and I lost the back end, slammed into the barrier, rear wheel missing, and rejoined onto the racing line with Geoff, Bartosz and Storm having to take evasive action. Geoff and Storm emerged unscathed but Bartosz wasn't so lucky and spun into the scenery. Sorry if I ruined your race.

So, an eventful first outing. I guess my consistency needs to improve for finishes. Was fun battling with you all. Look forward to the next one  .

[ginsters sponsored]

Close, My Dad's family hail from Plymouth (plympton to be precise) so I'm nearly there 

Plymouth! U dirty northern barsteward

That was a real opener that.

Pleased with pb in quali and amazed at pace up front My new found confidence didn't last long as the new slip stream stuff caught me out everywhere. Just terrified by how quickly some gained on me and apologise if I did anything unexpected as it all happened to fast for me. I know I turned in on Evil when I thought he would be way back, sorry :'( Also surprised by some lines through pit lane and pits, isn't that naughty? Didn't look quicker anyways 

Spent rest of race just rebuilding my ego and pretty happy to return to somewhere near a good pace and respectable finish. I hope to feel less frightened in next race  Congrats to all finishers.

[Storm_Cloud]

Is there any way to tell if the new patch has been applied correctly? It certainly didn't feel like anything different to me and others, especially on the first lap breezed past with ease.

Anyway. Got in from playing in the snow and settled down at 8.55pm to have a quick trawl round my regular internet stops. Fortunately, simracing is on the list as I completely forgot about this and jumped on the server without having turned a lap since, well, can't remember.

Didn't do anything exciting in the race really but briefly ascended to 3rd in the last two laps. Geoff was fighting back and we were two abreast and both nicely on our own halves of the track when he warped right across me and I was in the hay bales. A bit annoying after such a long race but a quick trip through the replay showed it was just a no-fault lag crash, so there we go.

I would have settled for finishing ahead of Tim before the race, so that'll do (... clutching at straws a little here)