UKGTL Season 8 GT Classics Cup - Silverstone (GP 1987-90) - Jul 2

[Sandor M]

re-installed MIA and Abarth , restarted PC and all is oke.
Let's get ready to fight................

[Geoffers]

Looks like I won't make it tonight, CTD every time I try to join.

Cya next week

Geoffers

[Sandor M]

Stupid me

Had to make a stop and go because I cut the track too many times.
Got in the pit and wanted to continue asap and hit Escape 
Race over.....

Until my retirment I had much fun with Legzy passing each other every lap once or twice.
Really like the track / car combo.

Hope the rest of you made it to the finish.

[BillThomas]

Thanks Legzy.  First time after following instructions, using the Kerbcrawlers 911 I got CTD so I rejoined using a standard car it was OK then.

Made a right pigs ear of the start.  Alex vV crept at the start then bogged down at the start I pulled around him in 2nd straighted up changed up into 3rd (lifting on the change) but the car leaped to the right into the barrier when I accelerated.  Sorry to drivers behind me - messed up the suspension.  After that the handling was twitchy and getting terrible right rear locking and handling useless.  Quit on lap 5 when everyone started to lap me.

Bill

[baracus250gt]

I must have really made some bad decisions on my setup! That Fiat was undrivable for me pretty much!! Just wants to send me into a tank slapper for daring to try and get around a bend. Sorry to the mclaren that collected me I just couldn't get it straight! Sorry!!

Anyway lap kme went from 9th to last with my 1st 'moment' then got back up to 9th for a bit then a quiet few laps until moment described above, which gave me a puncture so limped around for a stop but I stupidly thought the smoke from my wheels was body/suspension damage so didn't change tyres. Came out still with smoke pouring off my car and almost no steering so thought I best quit rather than get in the way for another lap! Looked a mighty scrap for 2nd to 5th I was watching for a bit! Nice

So, I've done my duty of checking driving standards thru the field :p
I just need to make sure that oily isn't cheating next week
 

[Legzy]

If you had problems connecting to the server, please can you mention it here & what the "symptoms" & "fix" was please?

[Samb]

Woohoo!  What a brilliant race! Qualified on Pole and won the race so I'm very happy  . However, that was certainly a lot of work!

When the flag dropped, I made a good start and proceeded to break away from the pack. Everything was going brilliantly for the first half of the race, apart from a trip on the green stuff at Becketts, but the Mclaren had eaten it's tyres alive at half race distance! With a 20 second cushion over Minton, I felt I didn't have enough time to pit, so I put up with my well-used tyres for the rest of the race. About 5 laps from the end, the Mclaren was virtually undrivable, the rear just wanted to swap ends constantly and I had hardly any confidence with the car. This allowed Minton to close up on me at a frightninig rate. When the chequered flag was up, he was less than a second behind  . If the race was a lap longer, I reckon he would have passed me.

Well, I'm certainly happy to have won my first race in GTL, and here's hoping I can win a few more  . A big thank you to those being lapped as well, you were extremely kind in letting me through, though I did have a scary moment when Prib was spinning his car around in front of me! Meh, added some entertainment value. See you all at the next one.

[phspok]

Enjoyed that one, though as always (for me) in M1A it was "testing"
Qualed 6th, not bad, was in 4th place by T1, went on grass being over cautious for room
and dropped to 15th... caught people then kept falling off going off line to pass
For me the Mc is a one line car, go off line and I lose the back even with my
ridiculously pushy setup, got it together a bit people fell off some, was minding tyres
when realised I had more than half a tank of fuel left, car was handling as at the start
and we were on lap 29!!! c'mon Matt wake up will ya.
Almost caught Lazlow, but fell off being too keen on the power
"Virtual flash of lights" to all who made passing easy, particularly Mr Blunder
who had to put up with me passing a couple of times due to me falling off
But the Mac has no headlights.

[Minton]

Good race that,     managed to get on the server and get a few practice laps before the race which i needed bigtime.  Bogged a bit of the line but managed to slot in behind the three Maclarens . Stayed with them for a couple of laps untill there straight line speed let them pull away. Got in front of Oily after he went of but had Tibs hunting me down and after a few laps of trying he managed a nice move into Stowe.  Couldn't really latch onto Tibs as the Porsche had much more grip on the brakes and mid corner .  Forgotten now how i got into second place but stayed there untill the end , maybe could have passed Samb with an extra lap but Grats to you mate you won the race in the first half of the race.
Grats to Tibs on third nice drive.

Bara, i just used the default set up and it felt ok  . One thing i did learn about the Arbarth is that you cant flick the car to change direction otherwise it just wants to spin...have to be quite gentle with the steering.

Great to be back racing with you guys Always a pleasure.

Grats to Tibs on fourth i mean.

[Geoffers]

If you had problems connecting to the server, please can you mention it here & what the "symptoms" & "fix" was please?

I kept getting a CTD when the players were loading, sometimes after 3 or 4 other times nearly everyone.

One thing I noticed, I have 6 McLarens in my McLaren folder but only 2 were available when I tried to join! Is that correct?

[pribeiro]

If you had problems connecting to the server, please can you mention it here & what the "symptoms" & "fix" was please?

My loading issues (looping) were when dynosaur name showed up. Just his name looping.
When he had left server for changing car, everything went well and I could join.


Race report tomorrow. 

[Spadowski]

Awesome race for me. Will write up a full report like last week if I get the chance, but with moving and packing I might not. (Will miss Adelaide sadly due to moving next Thursday.)

Made my usual demon start. Sadly I ducked out too far and went onto the grass and dropped myself to last or thereabouts. Then a Porsche spun in front of me, I took avoiding action and had a chat with the barrier. *sigh*

Figured it was going to be dull, and it was until Blunder spun and I caught him, then we had an epic tussle. Like last week I was fast in the twisty stuff and he had the legs on the straight. (Though the discrepancy was nowhere near as big this week.) I'd get very close over the final sector, then he'd pull away in the first two, and I'd pull him again etc...

Lap after lap I followed. One time I dived down under the bridge into the final complex but went wide and let him back through. Really had to figure out the best place and noticed I could carry more speed off the Hangar Straight, so decided I'd stay a gear higher and try and keep the revs up. Worked, dived through.

Lots of fun out there. Really got into the groove toward the end and felt I was driving really well. Ultimately finished 10th scoring what I BELIEVE is my best ever regular season finish. YAY!

Thanks guys. I'll be back on track in two weeks hopefully. (Barring any issues getting Internet sorted.)

[Legzy]

Replay & Results in normal places

The server didn't record the replay, so just the usual race & qually text files in the zip download.


 

[dynosaur]

I had a bad one, spun several times causing some of you trouble in avoiding me, sorry for that! And Baracus, it was me in the McLaren who crashed with your Abarth. I just didn´t know which way you are going to end and took a wrong guess and collided heavily with you. I felt sorry for you when I saw a thick trail of smoke behind you when you limped away. My can didn´t get any significant damage at that point.

My race was full of spins, at least 4 times, mostly trying to lap people, McLaren is a pig when trying to straighten the spin. My lack of talent.

Grats to podium guys! And thanks for all the lapped for letting me through safely (which I often blew by spinning). Too bad Mac has no headlights.

All in all, this race is one to forget for me. 

[LigelC]

It was a last minute decission to join in last nights race so I had to quickly jump in what I thought would be the easiest car to drive - the FIAT.  At the end, despite being a long way off the pace, I thoroughly enjoyed the race.  Don't think my setup was any help to me but I managed to keep it pointing in the right direction most of the time.  Would appreciate it if Minton and Ade would put their setups in the Sou on-line folder as I sure it would help me in future.
I am away on holiday for just over a week so see you when I return.


Oh one other thing did you appreciate that FIAT is an acronym for "fix it again Tony" which might explain 'baracus250gt' problem

Laurie