ROUND 2 OF THE GT TEAM SERIES MEXICO 28TH JAN

[EvilClive]

WE NOW HAVE ALL TEAMS FULL FOR FRIDAY'S RACE, WITH ONLY THE SINGLE WILDCARD PLACE FOR THE CHAP 2D LEFT!!!


 NAMES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE MAIN RACE POST AT THE TOP OF THIS THREAD.

 I WISH WE COULD HAVE A BIGGER GRID, BUT SADLY GPL WON'T ALLOW US THAT.

  CAN WE RUN A SECOND SERVER FOR THOSE WHO STILL WANT SOME GT FUN?

[NickyIckx]

  if I got it right , BadBlood dont have the time for GT Mexico race tomorrow .

Could Maddog drive insteed for the blue team ?
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  if needed , I can set up an 2nd server

[EvilClive]

If any permanent teams have spare places, then of course we can allow part-timers to fill the vacancies.

Anyone else who wants to race should post here and we can sort things out.

[blito]

Tried a few laps with teh Mirage, and the middle bits are like trying to pilot an oil tanker around.

What type of times are people getting here? I'm about the 2 minute mark.

i know what you mean about the middle of the lap!
1:56 (lola)

btw, added you as a buddy on GPLrank:)

[Phil Thornton]

Praccy server up on IGOR if anyone is interested.

[BadBlood]

Holy moly this is hard - just had a quick praccy (just in case the wife gets better) and it is HARD. At least Oil Tankers turn eventually!

Sorry to let you down Captain, Mr. Wolf! It may turn out to be a blessing in disguise!

Go Blues

[fpolicardi]

Clive and Goran,
T7 server is set for 30 laps Int Long and is waiting on Listening Igor on Server Console session. Just launch it via Remote/Igor, don't try to connect to server via Remote Desktop. 
Cya tomorrow

[Hristo Itchov]

Here's a lap in the Chaparral and a track guide:

http://racingleague.co.cc/hikiwaza/track-guides/heating-up-at-mexico-city-in-the-chaparral-mk2f/

I've also commented on GT setups and included the few ones I have in my setup pack, so redownload it (updates to Instructions.txt as well to address the GT mod) if you want to take a look.

[happyal]

Thanks for the guide H, that helps me quite a bit. Good to know that I'm basicly there, just not able to carry the speed in the corners.

Just a note of the setup, I've gone the other way to you. I'm not an expert and if I'm honest I haven't sat down and thought it all out. On the Mirage I've made everything much stiffer, push the brake balance back to 51, lowered it and added much more toe in. I still find braking so difficult in these cars, I'm basicly only using about half of my brake travel in ordered not to lock the wheels.

This is the only way I can make it drivable for me, my tires heat up quite quickly, and I've got teh feeling there are going to over heat during the race. I also have too much oversteer which I need to work on.

I will try making the setup softer and see if that helps.

[EvilClive]

if I got it right , BadBlood dont have the time for GT Mexico race tomorrow .

Could Maddog drive insteed for the blue team ?
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  if needed , I can set up an 2nd server

Maddog can certainly be a substitute for Paul if he does not make it.

If you can run a second server, and still race with us, that might be the simplest answer Nicky. 

We have a UKGPL server on standby but i will have to PM someone to fire it up if we use that.

[b_1_rd]

I will be able to make it tonight.  Happy to drive wherever I can.  Is the Chap 2D still up for the wildcard slot?

[Ronniepeterson]

And tonights password is?

[EvilClive]

Tonights password is    taco


forum has been down and I have just posted this before the race

[EvilClive]

I have sorted the provisional results for this race but need to look at the server replay as some drivers vanished from my client replay and need investigating.

Goran, can you give me a link to d'load the server replay please.

[Samb]

Well with the forum back it's time for me to catch up on my race reports  . That race was certainly very entertaining! If I'm honest my memory of the race is rather vague but I do remember making plenty of errors and somehow managing to lose it at the very sharp hairpin, losing about 10 places in the process. After that, it was a case of playing catch up passing plenty of cars but occasionally got a little confused not knowing which lap people were on.

I'm afraid as a result of that I made a mess at passing Ronnie when I thought I was lapping his car as he seemed to brake early for a particular corner after I had just passed Martin's Ferrari. I made a lunge from miles behind as I was eager to make up lost time but sadly Ronnie, quite correctly, took the racing line leaving me nowhere to go and hitting him from behind. Deeply sorry about that Ronnie. And just to rub salt in the wound few laps later I spun right in front of him and we collided again!

Well, I can safely say the Chapp 2D is nothing short of bulletproof given the amount of punishment I was giving it. I did an entire somersault in mid-air after hitting Bartosz, missed a few gears here and there buzzing the engine, collided with Ronnie twice and kept clipping the tyres on the insides of the corners. I imagine the engine will detonate on lap 1 at Reims now that I've said that  .