UKGTR Season 12 Lower Endurance (GTC/GT3) - Nogaro - Mar 7

[spanner]

Ooo good luck Stew, best not to handicap yourself beforehand hey

Was on earlier for only a few laps. Think i managed a 37 in the GTC porka but its a horrible combo. I guess Dave is punishing us for sticking with it Loads of grip at the rear and almost none at the front, what a car!

[Legzy]

  as i noticed pretty much anything will work - i was even able to do a lap in my Porsche with hard slicks on! And it wasn't much slower than softs!

Being as fast as you are, maybe you might want to try a slower car then the 997

[Stewprovo]

Ooo good luck Stew, best not to handicap yourself beforehand hey

Not quite sure what you mean I'm going to take my customary place at the back of the grid again I think.

[Jayblue]

  as i noticed pretty much anything will work - i was even able to do a lap in my Porsche with hard slicks on! And it wasn't much slower than softs!

Being as fast as you are, maybe you might want to try a slower car then the 997

Yes i had noticed that there were a lot of Porka's in the first round so i may try something different to spice things up a bit if i get chance to get a setup done for one of the others 

[spanner]

The Aston is a bit of a black sheep of the class, strange tyre wear, strange handling. I've always been a sec or two off my times in the 997 with it and never quite been happy driving it. If you've managed to get it working well done

[purdie]

I just want to finish a race! 

[Berger R - 74]

hello,

how often can i change the cars during a season??
i do read in...NOTE (4) driver may change only one time the car without penalty (something like this) -
so if i do change from porsche cup to another car in GTC class, i must stay with this car the rest of season or i get a penalty?
or do this mean that i can change only one time from GTC class to GT3 class and then not back or i get a penalty?
or can i drive in each race each class and each car?

sorry for question, english understanding is not easy for me

servus

[Legzy]

You can switch to one more GTC car for free. If you then change to another GTC car (even back to your original choice) you'll lose 20% of points earned in that race only.
You can change to GT3 for free & would have the chance for one free swap in that class too

[Berger R - 74]

You can switch to one more GTC car for free. If you then change to another GTC car (even back to your original choice) you'll lose 20% of points earned in that race only.
You can change to GT3 for free & would have the chance for one free swap in that class too

thanks legzy,

i was thinking this, but was not sure, and loosing 20% of points for one race is not much, good to know this.

[Jayblue]

You can switch to one more GTC car for free. If you then change to another GTC car (even back to your original choice) you'll lose 20% of points earned in that race only.
You can change to GT3 for free & would have the chance for one free swap in that class too

How do we deal with half points when we take 20% off, ie: A driver finishes second and scores 12 points - 20% = -2.4points.

Is that 2 or 3 points off his total for the round? Or is the points table made up including the decimal point so the driver would simply have 9.6 points?

[Legzy]

Do you really care?

If it helps, in season 10 I switched my GTC about 3/4 times... you could have a look at the points I was deducted through doing so & work it out that way.

[Legzy]

I'm more concerned by the massive advantage some of the more economical cars are going to be getting in this Nogaro race .

My understanding is that 99% of the cars can't finish a race on one full tank of fuel in dry conditions.
But because this race is in 30% wet, the number of laps required to complete the race will be reduced, not to mention the 'lower rev' nature wet driving requires.
So for this race, I reckon 50% of the cars could do the distance on one full tank of fuel while the poor chaps who picked less economical cars for the season will lose a bunch of time topping up.

I think I'm in the lucky 50% here, but I'm rapidly coming to the opinion that Rain can spoil a race, while the dry never will.

[Truetom]

Don't eat red and green mushrooms next time, Legz.

[H@L9000]

So for this race, I reckon 50% of the cars could do the distance on one full tank of fuel while the poor chaps who picked less economical cars for the season will lose a bunch of time topping up.

What about tyres? I did not even consider the fuel because my tyres will never last for 80 mins. That must be the same for the others. I hope.

[H@L9000]

What about tyres? I did not even consider the fuel because my tyres will never last for 80 mins. That must be the same for the others. I hope.

I forgot about the mandatory pit stop when I wrote that. Only been racing here in Enduro for about 2 years. Numpty.

In the TVR I will probably not need to take on any fuel at the stop if I start with a full tank. However, my tyres will need changing at around the 40 min mark.

As for the red and green mushrooms, too much time playing Super Mario Bros when younger will give you a fondness of such things.