New Drivers

[miner2049er]

Welcome back.  I've just rejoined after a 10-year absence from GPL!    I wasn't that good before, and I'm no better now!

Thanks.

I wasn't away that long but am probably equally rusty.

Hi Mike
Great to see you back.  It is the same but better :-)
Hope to see you on the track.  I'm no faster, in fact I'm probably slower LOL.

Thanks Phil. Good to see you're still here.

I'll wave as you overtake.

[bernie]

Hi Mike ,  Glad to see you back , remember me from the old days , how's the haydock news going , still alive and well I hope 

[Pelle_B]

Maybe I never got written about my own comeback...a big mistake, that I left GPL  

The answer to why I write is because, I hope if anyone is in doubt about a comeback: You're never too old to GPL  

*This is only bla bla bla/*
In late 2007, I started on GTL (it is easy to switch to GTL...if you can GPL ...it seemed like people thought I used cheating, how could a new in GTL be so quick?) Unfortunately slipped GPL in the background & completely forgotten.

I tried a comeback a few years ago (also here at UKGPL) but was switched from Microsoft SideWinder FF (MS software only Works up to Win XP) to a G25. It was never good (gave up too quickly) & GPL was forgotten again.
I began to feel GTL was boring (perhaps wrong to say boring) but, the big kick I missed - of course - from GPL.
*bla bla bla End/*

This time I was stubborn, now I want GPL to work regardless of the time (now G27)...but it's hard to find the right guidance & it was a bigger task than expected.
One thing I had to give up to get to work, GPLShift...& here I was close to dropping my comeback, also because I was down to 20fps.   ...until one comes with a tip in the Vroc chat: 'Try OpenGLv2'...D3D was always the best, but the problem was solved in iGor with OpenGL...& I have run GPL from the tip  

If it can help & anyone is interested, I wrote my way back to GPL here
...& help with G25/G27 here

As RF writes in this report:
UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Works Trophy (67) - Brainerd - Oct 18

I'm not worried about getting old(er)... Cheesy

[Brett1977]

Hi Team,
I've been into Sim racing for all my life and had GPL since 1998.. first time here.. looking forward to see you all on track.

Brett

[Ronnie Nilsson]

Welcome Brett.    Where are you from, and what cars are you going to be racing? 

[Phil Thornton]

Welcome Brett

You need to have a look at the championship page for Season 29.  Have a read through the various divisions and on each one you will find a link to a registration thread.  You need to vote in the registration thread to register for the division.

[miner2049er]

Hi Mike ,  Glad to see you back , remember me from the old days , how's the haydock news going , still alive and well I hope 

Hi bernie, of course I remember you. Oh those halcyon days flying through the air at Spa overtaking you haha!

Sadly not, I left that job some time ago but I still find myself hilarious.

[miner2049er]

OK so I got the game up and running again and at 60fps.

I also set my new wheel and pedals up too.

Will there be any practise servers running this week?

[Cookie]

Yes Mike, UKGPL_8 will be up in the afternoons with 65s at Kyalami 

[Phoenix_Z80]

Hi guys. Just signed up to the forum specifically for UKGPL and wanted to introduce myself.

I played GPL loads back in the day. Loved it  . I remember playing online through VROC and having loads of fun. I even set up my own online league the once but we never got any further than the first race.

I didn't even realise there was a community still going for GPL until I came accross this forum. If only I'd known about it earlier. I haven't had a proper desktop computer for a while (been using a crappy old laptop)  but I'm getting a new gaming rig delivered in the next few days and plan to get a wheel and some pedals to go with it.

Time to get some practice in 
See you on the road.

Blake (aka Phoenix_Z80)

[Robert Fleurke]

Welcome Blake, we always can use new blood!

Feel free to register for some divisions in this subforum. Maybe best to sign up for 67 Privateers if you're only want to do the original 1967 mod, or sign up for one of the other mods' divisions. Also it's handy to sign up at http://srmz.net/

Best of luck and have fun!

[Doni Yourth]

Indeed welcome, Blake!  For just about all your GPL needs across a wide range of mods, this is the place to be. 

[Ronnie Nilsson]

Welcome (back) Blake! 

[Billy Nobrakes]

Hi Blake,
Yes, GPL is still alive, lurking in the dark corner of the internet.

As Robert has suggested, you are welcome to sign up for the various series that we are running once you have your system working. We run two separate grids for both the 65 mod (Pro & Ams) & original 67 (Works & Privateers). You can check out the respective lap times by looking at previous Season 30 races to see where you would fit in.

Any problems, please post here - someone can usually help with most things.

[EvilClive]

Welcome back Blake, GPL is still as much fun as it always was and possibly more so with all of the new carsets.