UKGTR Season 14 UKGTR Season 14 Lower Endurance - Portimão - Mar 13

[Truetom]

We stopped using flags 'cause of some bugs - blue flags were popping up on strange places and you could get a drivethrough. I feel I can comfortably race without blue flags using TAB and common sense.

[blito]

I`ll be there but Ive only done 15 minutes of practise. Enough for a 1:50 on default setup.

[nsfast]

I like this track but it is tough to master. I'm having to be very precise with the braking. Best time so far for me is 1:44.5 (40l of fuel) in the F430.

[Truetom]

Lol, I can't get within 1 sec of my own record.

I expect it to be fun above all else. Hope in the sense of a fabulous FIA GT1 2010 race here.

[phspok]

Just into 55's with either 430 or M3, M3 is more "entertaining" Ade kept trying to join with a booted as poss cheat
I checked my stuff and am using correct track/cars/skins

[Truetom]

I'm a bit faster in BiT but it's a bit unstable and I doubt I can be competitite, drive on the edge and finish the race. I'll be taking my F430 with another reason for it: there may or may not be another chance here.

[H@L9000]

can we have engine health re-used now in our racing series. I always thought it was crap that we can run the engines at full revs all the time. People should run the risk of engine problems if they abuse the engines rev range and their gear changes.

The fixed engine health was done to prevent people from going on and off track repeatedly in the 2 minute wait before a race. People were doing it until they got the engine health that they wanted and it was considered to contribute to disconnections.

The fixed engine health is not part of the SuperGT500 cars so we don't use it for them but, with less people on the track these days stability does not seem so much of an issue any more. I do actually go on and off my self until the engine health is at least 80% but, I don't keep doing it until its 100% and I give it a few seconds between each attempt.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

The "fixed" engine health didn't stop your engine going pop if you abused it - it just removed the random variability that was visible in XD, and meant your engine might go pop before somebody who was abusing theirs more than you just because you were unlucky and started with a bad engine and they were lucky and got a good one.

You'd have to check the .ENG files for the SuperGT mod to see if it uses the random variation or not.

[H@L9000]

Indeed.

SuperGT does use variable engine health and you can still blow your engine with 99% health at the start, believe me.

With variable health it can some times be as low as 50% (in newer XD anyway, it would be a higher number with the older XD).

[Berger R - 74]

hi,

i do not know if i can drive this race, but i have questions.

is this standing start or manuel formation lap?
i do have the old install of the carpacks, is there any changes in the cars or can i drive the old carpack (think last time in season 12 the GT2 class was used)
i see only 2xfuel, is tyre out 1x then???

did no laps actual, but i know track.

servus

[H@L9000]

is this standing start or manuel formation lap?

Formation lap.

i do have the old install of the carpacks, is there any changes in the cars or can i drive the old carpack (think last time in season 12 the GT2 class was used)

You may need physics pack v2.13.0.0

i see only 2xfuel, is tyre out 1x then???

Yes.

I hope to see you in the race.

[blito]

well that went well... got distracted, went on the grass and hit an invisible object, turning the car upside down.
I`ve now deleted GTR2 and decided to concentrate on GPL instead because I just dont seem to be getting on with these modern cars and tracks. Thanks for making me welcome guys and I hope your season goes well for you all.

[Mark J]

sorry to hear Blito, should have perservered mate, it might have clicked along the way.

Had a great fun first race. GT2 lived up to expectation with good close racing throughout and a decent spread of cars. Shame the field was still small at 11 cars but always seemed to have somebody to race tonight at least 

Struggled with overheating tyres for most of the race but wonder if thats because i seemed to be able to take the final corner and T1 quicker than most others i saw near me, so more lateral g's into them  Perhaps the higher wing i had worked against me there, but i dont think i would have got away with any lower in the twisty infield as the car was already a handful under braking into some of them.
Still, always makes it fun when one car is quicker on one part of the track than another.

Had good battles with Legz, matt and H@L. Lost time in the pits...as always   but got lucky when 3 cars that got past me in the pits had a bit of argy bargy and i scampered back past. H@L chased me hard for final 10 minutes and forced me to do my fastest race laps of the night ! 

Congrats to berger on outstanding pace, TT for second  and Legz for jammiest podium finish  though good work all the same 

[Truetom]

Ha, Portimao rules. F430 was a car to have here. With rear wing 4 I had a good time and my only mistake was changing tyres. Pitted with 20 min to go and was munching in my head how much fuel I need and completely forgot to leave tyres on. Lost 20 sec there, so I'd be right behind Berger in the end.
H@l was a bit pesky in the first part, I must say I was a bit scared of that high speed Seat. Managed to adapt and saw it was enough to have 1 sec lead out of last corner to stay in front on that long straight.

Lovely track, always a good race here. Grats Berger and Legzy.

[Berger R - 74]

Ha, Portimao rules. F430 was a car to have here. With rear wing 4 I had a good time and my only mistake was changing tyres. Pitted with 20 min to go and was munching in my head how much fuel I need and completely forgot to leave tyres on. Lost 20 sec there, so I'd be right behind Berger in the end.
H@l was a bit pesky in the first part, I must say I was a bit scared of that high speed Seat. Managed to adapt and saw it was enough to have 1 sec lead out of last corner to stay in front on that long straight.

Lovely track, always a good race here. Grats Berger and Legzy.

i think same, that F430 was great to drive here in portimao .
but i did drive with wing 8, that the rear tyres did not overhead and hold for 50% of race, i did drive with softs in rear and meds in front.
and i was surprised, that i  was so much in front of you (TT) after your pitstop, i was 100% sure you did not change tyre if i saw that you do stop so late, i did push a lot for be in front of you after your stop, had been close if you did not change tyres.
in quali i saw, that the soft tyres in rear do hold very good, so i did risk and did drive with soft in rear the race and do make tyre change.

i was very happy with my race, never ever i was thinking i can do pole and win the race, because i did my first laps perhaps 30min. before quali did start, but F430 was so easy to drive and i know track good.
the race was good too, did make much fun, perhaps i do make more races in lower endurance (but not sure, wife do not like that i do drive on sunday night)

servus