UKGPL Season 20 (2010-2011) Amateurs Trophy (65) - Castle Combe - Nov 23

[bernie]

I'm using the Hristo method of engine note brake reference .

Can't decide if quarry should be A flat in 4th of F sharp in 5th though 

[bernie]

IMPORTANT UPDATE! : For those of you using the high detail version of Combe, There is a bug in the draw distance which can cause CTD's etc.
A fix is available here (Only nessicary if you installed the 'high detail' version of Combe, 'Medium detail' versions are fine and won't cause any issues

cant get to log in to SRMZ for this atm 

[Clutch4]

Did a little bit of practice on this one and set a PB by some margin in qually so felt confident about the race.

Didn't drop the clutch properly at the start so the car didn't get away when the flagged dropped. Got hit from behind whilst stationary, but the car seemed Ok when it landed on its wheels.

Did a couple of laps and my pace felt good and i knew i could catch some people in front (a rariety for me in an Ams Race). Passed Bernie, but 2 corners later he hit me from behind. Not sure why but don't really care.

3 Laps / 3 minutes - Load of sh1te and waste of en evening.

As i write this, there's probably 40 Laps remaining in the race so i'd like to be the first to congratulate Hristro on another fantastic win. 

I won't sulk though. Back for the next one..yawn. 

[Turkey Machine]

Qualified towards the back end of the front of the grid, clobbered somebody off the start when I aimed to get around them after the flag dropped, and trundled around the back of the field behind everybody save for Goran after I spun it.

I don't enjoy the Cooper, it's not a good car in my hands and when I push it to the limits it quickly jumps over and despite me driving what feels like on the ragged edge with my foot to the floor I can't go any quicker with it.

Fulvio's and evil's setups were a dream to drive BTW, but in my hands this thing feels like an asthmatic hamster - just not plain fast enough.

[kinghiro]

dc .that destroyed not only my race but the rest of the evening too   The Q bar went to halfway up and stayed there.Never had anything close to problem before that.It was very smooth. I used the track add on from thomas something that was linked.
anyone knows if resolution can have something to do with it? first time I used default monitor that is 1680 x1050.I ve always ussed 1280 x 1040 something.
really looked forward to this and maybe climb up to third. Don t think I ll prepare much for next race.
I go watch porn

[Clutch4]

Incidentally, if anyone wants a decent update for this track, as well as many others, visit this guys site below.

http://www.thomas-laechele.de/gpl/

Right, going back to sulk now.

[vosblod]

Enjoy the porn Tom LOL. I realise you were upset but we don't use the F word (or the like) in our forums. We do try to keep some standards so I've taken the liberty of amending your post.

[Phil Thornton]

Put in a reasonable qually lap but i was never going to trouble the leaders.  Blew an engine in qually too so decided to keep the revs down to 10,500 in the race (I was in the Lotus BTW).

Start of the race was a bit of a disaster, somebody ended up sideways across the track in front of me and I couldn't avoid them.  Then I got shunted from behind.  Thankfully the car seemed OK so I set off after the pack.  Managed to avoid a couple of other stricken cars.  Don't know what happened to them but I didn't add to the carnage by hitting them.

Settled down into a steady rhythm and looked on prib for Steve and Bernie (the only guys in the race at my level the rest of you are a bit too quick).  Saw Bernie behind and Steve ahead so I pressed on.  After a few laps Bernie disappeared off prib but it took me over half the race to reel Steve in.  Just got on his tail and he pulled out just after Avon Rise.  I assume it was engine trouble?  Bad luck Steve.

After that I tried to keep a steady pace and stay on the tarmac.  Goran had been a few seconds back most of the race but he got to within 300 yards of me just as Tom appeared ready to lap us.  Tom got past Goran and I slowed to let Tom by over the start line.  I then accelerated hard but I'd lost a lot of momentum and I didn't know where Goran was but I could hear him so I knew he was close.  As we crested Avon rise I still couldn't see Goran so I tried to stay right but we made contact and we both flew off into the corn field.  Thankfully we could both continue.

[bernie]

Passed Bernie, but 2 corners later he hit me from behind. Not sure why but don't really care.

Oh no he didn't , a sad end to two of the greatest ( unrecognised ) talents in UKGPL if not the whole world  


Let the mods decide who if anyone was to blame for the unfortunate coming together  

[kinghiro]

Enjoy the porn Tom LOL. I realise you were upset but we don't use the F word (or the like) in our forums. We do try to keep some standards so I've taken the liberty of amending your post.

Sorry.I ve settled down now.not angry anymore . I just sit alone in my apartement and look out the window on the grey cold weather outside. :'(

[FullMetalGasket]

Results are up 

Tom did you install the patch I linked to earlier? Server/lag was rock solid for me so afraid it must have been at your end a shame as I was expecting you to wrestle 2nd back off me in a huge fight....

First up I'd like to appologise for forgetting the loose starting grid, I did and double checked everything else and it totally slipped my mind 

Got an OK start although was swapped by BRM's at the drop of the flag due to the grid, it was very busy approaching Quarry but was pleased when everyone got through cleanly - the one BRM to loose in on entry managed to avoid everyone else although they had a distinct effect on mine and Clive's underwear 

Spent the first 4 laps catching back upto H while trying to get away from Clive who'd attatched some bungies to the gearbox of my car. Eventually when I managed to pass Tom and follow Hristo I managed to escape, the next 10 or so laps were spent trying to get properly into H's slipstream so i could upset him.
This eventually failled when I ran wide at Old Paddock 2 laps in a row and he pulled away to a 2 second gap - with my left rear now far too hot due to the slides I had no choice but to settle into a safe 2nd.
12 million laps later and I finished 17 seconds down having made use of my time experimenting with lines and braking points (And mostly doing it slower  )

A good race otherwise, congrats to all finishers and commiserations to those who didn't

[b_1_rd]

another rip-roaring success of a race.

The engine blew at 11500 rpm!

Beginning to wonder if its really worth the effort.  Clearly off pace, slower than most of the Novs too, woohoo, awesome! And doesn't look like getting any better any time soon.

[Hristo Itchov]

I don't enjoy the Cooper, it's not a good car in my hands and when I push it to the limits it quickly jumps over and despite me driving what feels like on the ragged edge with my foot to the floor I can't go any quicker with it.

As I've said many times before, that's the wrong way to drive these. You're just overdoing it and you lose a lot of speed that way. If you watch the replay from mine or Tim's cars, you'll see we're applying gradual throttle and flooring always costs us some time. You have to be patient with these and only floor them when they're going straight or almost straight.

Thanks, Clutch! 

[Hristo Itchov]

dc .that destroyed not only my race but the rest of the evening too   The Q bar went to halfway up and stayed there.Never had anything close to problem before that.It was very smooth. I used the track add on from thomas something that was linked.
anyone knows if resolution can have something to do with it? first time I used default monitor that is 1680 x1050.I ve always ussed 1280 x 1040 something.
really looked forward to this and maybe climb up to third. Don t think I ll prepare much for next race.
I go watch porn

Sounds like a regular d/c to me, Tom. Shame, because the battle was shaping up nicely. At least we drop the 2 worst results in a season, so you've not lost any chances yet.

As for my race, I tried a lot of setup changes and lines during Qualifying, and discovered some things that gained me a few tenths which was enough to take pole, but I lost 1st place immediately after the start. The darn flagman dropped it too soon while I was still trying to get comfortable in my chair, lol.

I had to follow Tom for some laps and despite being slightly quicker through some corners, his BRM would open up a gap on each straight. Eventually he seemed like he let me by at T3 or maybe he lost the car a bit on entry, not sure. After that he and Tim dropped back a bit, engaged in their own fight.

Soon Tim was clear though and began chasing me hard, closing in to about a second with some very fast cornering through T3 and T5. The gap stabilized at 1 second for a while though and then opened up to 2 seconds and stayed like that for a while again.

Eventually Tim had a problem of some kind because he dropped back further and I could relax a bit, but not too much as there were some 30 laps to go. There were no surprises until the end though and my car was handling very consistently throughout the whole race, so I took full advantage of that.

-=Hristo=-

[G Jonsson]

Not my best performance and even if I had some bad luck on lap 1 I would not have been higher up anyway.

I am not use to being lapped so I hope I did not make it too hard for you to get bye.

I know things got not so good after Tom van Ostade lapped me. At the time I had just closed up on Phil and when he slowed for Tom to pass I say my chance. Well, just as Phil did not know where I was I did not know were he was but somehow I thought I was in front, but I was not and when the turn came, well let`s say we were both lucky but in the process Al and Fulvio were there as well and I just hope that I did not make too much trouble for all involved.

I think I`ll better try not to get lapped again because it was not that much fun really and it seem that I do best when there are not so many cars around.

Maybe it is a bit too early but I hope that I can drop this result at the end of the season and only better my position from now on.

But, realistically with so many new, and old, fast guys around maybe I will see this as my new standard position.  :'(

That is if I can not find a way to better my performance.

Göran