UKGPL Season 20 (2010-2011) Graduates Cup (67) - Kyalami - Jan 23

[maddog]

Maybe you want to see this video: Denmark vs Norway - a race I got set up in collaboration with Runar.
http://www.gt-legends.dk/GTLDK/showthread.php?210-GP-Legends

That's a fantastic race documentary - one of the best I've seen!  Very high driving standard too!

Have you jumped in a GT yet, and competed in different mod years?

[kinghiro]

No I never knew Ngpls. I have been almost inactive from 99 to I joined this league autumn 09. Just did drop in races to lazy to contact any league for some time but I m real glad I finally did. Almost joined a brazilian league though. Nice blokes but my portuguese is n t that good and I needed a translator to join.again too lazy.I didn t use too long time on your links maybe but what was that 40 th anniversary? almost 150 drivers?
and I don t see video? ..well I ll go back in and see if I find out something more.
Why are you not in 65 and 66 we need drivers and even better .theres a swede we can beat there...

[Hristo Itchov]

The video link is a tiny Windows Media Player button at the end of the post. Almost 300 MB WMV file.

The Aniversary was in the Summer of 2007, celebrating 40 years since the real 1967 F1 Championship. It was quite good, we had 2 servers running because of the number of people, but the results from both were merged in a single standings after each event. It was very competitive as you can tell. 

[kinghiro]

I thought football was american football and soccer european football . Weird I m still confused about this.

It's quite simple, just watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sD_8prYOxo - Soccer vs Football  

mmm so it s the americans who call it soccer I got it..
and thanx H..for explaining anniversary and the movie. I ll go dl it

[EvilClive]

For those who may be interested in how aliens from the Norse countries ( and a few other places) manage to lap at world record pace even on full tanks!! here is the link to the results of the 2008 GPL World Cup.

It not only shows the results etc but there are downloads available so you can see how it should be done.....not that it ever helped me much, coz I still cannot get anywhere near those laptimes!!

http://2008gplwc.rscsites.org/

[Hristo Itchov]

For those who may be interested in how aliens from the Norse countries ( and a few other places) manage to lap at world record pace even on full tanks!! here is the link to the results of the 2008 GPL World Cup.

It not only shows the results etc but there are downloads available so you can see how it should be done.....not that it ever helped me much, coz I still cannot get anywhere near those laptimes!!

http://2008gplwc.rscsites.org/

I was using GPL TV to watch one of those WC races back then, at Spa. It was insane to watch 15 or so people lapping at almost equal pace consistantly, and being faster than my PB on each lap even on full tanks.

[hannah]

This one is for Vosblod,

This my opinion. I would consider it an honour to be in your position. You have earned your place in the top league and from what I saw of your lap times you are doing very well.
The best competition breeds excellence.

Enjoy,

Malcolm

[vosblod]

This one is for Vosblod,
This my opinion. I would consider it an honour to be in your position. You have earned your place in the top league and from what I saw of your lap times you are doing very well.
The best competition breeds excellence.
Enjoy,
Malcolm

Ehh? An honour??? I'd say say it was not a job most people would want until they did it

TBH mate you just have to be a diplomat...

[BadBlood]

Maybe he means 'an honour' as in 'Vos! You have the honour of leading the suicide squadron over the deadly minefield...'

[Pelle_B]

That's a fantastic race documentary - one of the best I've seen!  Very high driving standard too!

Have you jumped in a GT yet, and competed in different mod years?

This was a fantastic race & it was supposed to be run each year, but people disappeared from GPL & this was also the reason that Denmark was not in the 2008 GPL WC  
No, have only driven GTL from the time I took a break from GPL...& I'm still running in UKGTL.

No I never knew Ngpls.
Why are you not in 65 and 66 we need drivers and even better .theres a swede we can beat there...

Now did you met some of them in the video from the good old days in NGPLS  
I've always cared a lot on my GPL installation & therefore no Mods inside.   ...but it was tempting to tease a Swede  

On the server I have messed with Gem+ and it works. Unfortunately, it also teased a lot & the server is started with Gem+, but if I choose Igor, server will not run in loop  
However if I choose Vroc in Gem+ running server perfect. Until one day I will have solved the problem, I have set the server up to run Edmonton...in Vroc  

[Pelle_B]

Question: Where is this thread ?
UKGPL Season 20 (2010-2011) Graduates Cup (67) - Edmonton (GP) - Feb 6

[BadBlood]

Not up yet Pelle - only goes up a few days before the race.

[vosblod]

Question: Where is this thread ?
UKGPL Season 20 (2010-2011) Graduates Cup (67) - Edmonton (GP) - Feb 6

As Paul says it won't be up for a bit. We try to avoid having too many race threads up in one go.

[Tom van Ostade]

Whew, quite a late reply but thanks to Gizmo for fixing the forums for us!

Anyway, my Kyalami race was one with a lot of ups and downs. I'd practiced quite a lot here so felt ready to challenge everyone, however I didn't expect everyone turning up in a Lotus! In the first half of quali I couldn't string a clean lap together, but with about ten minutes left, I managed to completely nail my lap spot-on and smashed my PB with .3 of a second. Suddenly I was on pole and feeling confident it was a time that was going to be hard to beat for the Hiki Waza's and Colin's gang. Unfortunately Hristo managed to pull an even faster lap together right at the very end so I was moved back to P2. Was kinda disappointed about that as I really thought I nailed it there.

At the start I had a lot of wheelspin unfortunately, and then made the mistake of staying in first gear for too long, so a pair of Lotusses blew past me with their V8's like I was standing still. Bob and Tim got away together with Hristo but I managed to fend off Hiro and Al in the other 49's. In the first couple of laps I was struggling to find speed, my diff was kinda loose which felt safe but I had to push very hard to keep up with Bob in front. Hristo and Tim were slowly disappearing into the distance and I began thinking to myself: "This is not going to be my race". I then had a spin and Hiro managed to pass me. Behind Hiro I started to feel more comfortable with the car and times began dropping, being motivated by an ever growing image of a Cosworth V8 in front of me. I managed to outbrake Hiro going into T1 some laps later, and was slowly beginning to reel Bob in when I noticed a yellow flag meaning he had spun. In the excitement I spun my Fez too so I was back to square one. After that I pushed too hard leading to more mistakes, and eventually I dropped back behind Hiro and Al after a spin where I hit the barrier quite hard. After that I realised I was in luck to actually still be in the race after that hit, and I finally settled down. I found the pace to chase Al but he had nerves of steel and managed to get faster to the point where I ran out of laps to challenge him for position. So after Bob retired that was 5th place. Before the event I was expecting a podium at least, and maybe I would be able to challenge for the win, but I tried too hard and in the end I'm glad I managed a 4th at least.

Grats to Hristo, Tim and Tom!

Tom.

[vosblod]

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