UKGTR Season 14 UKGTR Season 14 Upper Endurance - Potrero - Apr 17

[spanner]

No idea how the 'normal' cars are like on the tyres, I guess its the x2 wear as you do see reasonable wear towards the end of a stint. 

Cant quite equalise front and rear wear in the nsx which is going to make it fun around the middle of the stint.

[Berger R - 74]

hello,

i think i drive this race, long time ago last race i did with this cars, but much fun cars this are.
i did already drive this track with this cars in NAGP and i think i will come with my yellow nissan z 2007, which is not so good in corner fast then honda and need little more fuel, but is fast in straights .

other thing.....last year we did a 80min. here in ukgtr with GT cars and race end after 22laps !!!!!! much to early...
is this now fixed for the race or will race end to much early again? i can not test online because server is set to only 3min. race and offline it can be different sometimes, so please can someone watch if this is now correct.
offline it says to me....333laps for 1hour race which looks like fixed it is, but not sure if i have 100% same version.

if there is nothing changed in nissan since version 2.5, i think 2.04.xxx is ok racelaps with full fuel and med med tyres, 2nd stint perhaps faster, do not know fuel for 2nd stint with 2xfuel.

servus

[Legzy]

Sounds like we should do a lap distance race then. I guess roughly about 28 laps?

[H@L9000]

We have a UKGTR version with corrected race time length.

It is running on the server at the moment.

[Legzy]

If all races were as intense as that, I'd be a very happy camper.

Never more than 100 yards away (either side) from NSFast from the grid to the flag . Absolutely class driving, congrats mate. You seemed to be able to maintain your pace for a little longer in each stint & that was probably the difference.

More please

[APEXTECHUSA]

The server had been running the non UKGTR version, sorry, sorted now. The only difference is the race time, no grip changes or anything like that.

i have a friend that would like to join us.

Did you get my Personal Message Apex? The server is currently set to allow auto gears.

My times using low wing (2 - 2) were in the 2.08's, after trying high wing (4 - 12) I was in the 2.05's, so higher wing is definitely the way to go.

YEA GOT IT BUT THE SERVER WAS DOWN SO I DIDNT GET A CHANCE TO TELL HIM BUT HE SHOULD BE HERE NEXT ROUND

[H@L9000]

Results and Replay Posted

[H@L9000]

OK Apex.

Nice race all.

I was having a good close fight with spanner on the first lap then I span after catching the inside curb on the up hill right near the end of the lap. It was safest to wait for all the cars to pass so I was last. I had a good fight with TT and a few others as I regained a few places during the race.

It was a shame that I span as I could have had some good fights I think. The fight with TT was very good though if a bit shorter than usual and when he came out of the pits just in front of me, I used my warmer rubber to good affect immediately.

See you all next time.

[Truetom]

The fight with TT was very good though if a bit shorter than usual and when he came out of the pits just in front of me, I used my warmer rubber to good affect immediately.

 

You were faster anyways, I was losing 0,2 sec per lap and gave up after 20 min.

Sorry again to Goldtop - he went wide and I dived in. A bit of an optimistic move as I turned him a second later. Waited, but the race was gone ... for him. I just lost places I would lose anyways. Most people were faster than me, must have made some seriously crappy setup.

P.S.
To do: spread my crappy setups with others to slow them down... 

[phspok]

I rather like this series, I am still slowere than even more people than TT, but I can usually
have someone to play with. Seemed to get caught by GT quite a bit, who then fell back for
one reason or another. Chased and hounded APEX for the first few laps. took fuel and tyres
in stops and managed to keep infront of GT, though it sounds like he had some contact.

[SRW]

Only did about 40 laps practice in total (DIY and rapidly approaching wedding getting in the way of my simracing at the moment!    ). made a good start and made up a few places in the opening laps, then made a newbie error (looked in the mirror too long trying to see where H@L was close behind me and missed my braking point). then a slow ride back to the pits for repairs, and a race on my own apart from being lapped by the leaders, but really enjoyed this track

[Truetom]

Your wedding SRW? Isn't this something to look forward to?

[goldtop]

Quite enjoyed that last night. Was going to take the more familiar feeling Aston or fezza, but the funny little NSX felt pretty quick so I opted for that.

Was caught a bit napping at the start as I forgot where the s/f line was and had to fumble around to get off my limiter  I managed to keep H@L in sight for a few laps but was a bit slow at the top of the hill (after the silly bit) and got spun by TT as he tried to take advantage. No problem btw TT, there was an opportunity to pass and you were right to have a go.

I then found myself behind Matt and we had a great few laps together. I was a little quicker, but I couldn't get myself into a position to attempt a safe pass. Matt was also looking for an opportunity to pass APEX so he must have been very busy  The fun ended when I had my first of 3 spins going through the silly bit although I did manage to come out of the pits right behind Matt again and we had another good fight.

I hit the wall hard with about 15 minutes to go and the car became very understeery losing me about 5 to 7 seconds a lap and I lost a lot of places towards the end.

I still think these cars are a bit Gran Turismo, but they are fun to drive and they do seem to produce close and exciting racing, which is what it's all about.

Congrats to Berger for the win, Ian in the seriously outclassed McLaren and Lazlow for the podies.

[lazlow]

Two words......WALLEYE POLLOCK!!!! blew a potential win last night
Well done fellow podies on your finishes, and great driving by all back markers

See you all for the next race in California.

[ginsters sponsored]

Tough break lazlow. I thought you were gonna bag a win over Berger, no mean feat. Next time?

Thoroughly enjoyed that. Think I had a race long fight to stay in front of Nsfast and Legzy which I just managed to do. Still struggled with tyre wear which just seemed to drop completely after a certain point, at least it didn't catch me out this time. Great driving by all around me

Encouraging turnout I thought, just two or three more would make it just about perfect. Fun anyways.