VW Scirocco @ Nurburgring Short/GP - Tue 13th November

Stuart Thomson · Nov 8, 2012

Server name: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM GTL
Class: GTC76 (VW Scirocco - download or download)
Track: Nurburgring Short / GP

See Main Forum for Official Race Time Clock
Practice start time: GMT 20.00 (20 mins)
Qualification start time: GMT 20.20 (single lap)
Race start time: GMT 20.30 (11 laps)
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Practice start time: GMT 21.00 (20 mins)
Qualification start time: GMT 21.20 (single lap)
Race start time: GMT 21.30 (11 laps)

Note 1: Default Skins that come with the mod only.
Note 2: We are using the SIMBIN lobby for this event. See here how to switch lobby
Note 3: Race 1 - Nurb Short + Group1 Standard car / Race 2 - Nurb GP + Group2 ETCC car

Server password: click here
Racing rules: click here

Entry List:

Stuart Thomson
Knut Omdal Tveito
Tim Ling
Rupe Wilson
Hans Sneep
Carlos Diaz
Jack Smith
Roland Warmenhoven
Jacob Boonstra
Arnaldo da Anunciação Junior
Eck Simpson
Bob Hutchins
Dave Stephenson
Driver
Driver
Driver
Driver
Driver
Driver
Simon Bacon

Rules:
This is being held in our Club, using Club Rules, and should be driven in that spirit.

Carlos Diaz · Nov 13, 2012

Damn, I must have spun u right into a wall then, I suck.

Stuart Thomson · Nov 13, 2012

No, no wall, but it was still all over the place after the contact, and only when turning right.

Carlos Diaz · Nov 13, 2012

That's weird ,I don't remember hitting u that hard, these cars made out of cheese?

BTW, I'm not qualying race2, I deserve to start from the back for my shenanigans.

Carlos Diaz · Nov 13, 2012

WD Eck, Rolly, and Rupe for race1!!

Tim Ling · Nov 13, 2012

Awesome.Fantastic.Excellent. Brilliant. All these words apply to this mod

A great night of racing, where the 2 races went by in a blur of maximum fun! I even managed a 6th place in R2 due to consistent racing (and Stuart running out of fuel on the last lap. UL mate). I'm now going to collapse from nervous exhaustion

Eck Simpson · Nov 13, 2012

Great racing gents, I'll let you all decide, whether I enjoyed the races, or not.

Grats to Roland nice double 2nd place finishes. Grats to Rupe and Bob, on their respective 3rd place finishes.

Thanks to all my fellow racers, Stu and RD. Lets go do that again.. NOW.. sorry..

Jack Smith · Nov 13, 2012

Yes ...WD to all the single and double

podiums. Fun as always. I was doing fine in Race 1 until I had a shaky couple corners coming into the back stretch..got mixed up trying to give room and also locate people at the same time. I remember at one point Rupe on my tail coming down the back straight and holding my own until I went into 6th gear instead of third.

Bye bye Rupe. I especially noticed the care shown by drivers at the start corners..specifically Race 2 where I was in a pack and was never bullied.

. I was relatively prepared for event 1 but I was a little shaky for race 2 and I never got confortable with the 5 speed untl it was too late.. Had three unforced spins struggling with the gearing at some corners. If not for that I could have been a contender.

As always thanks Stu for the event. Cheers to all. Grats to Roland for the double takeout.
I guess it would not be fair not to mention the double firsts by Eck...excellent driving.

Rupe Wilson · Nov 14, 2012

posted on front page ... but it was FUN

...thanks to all who raced and big thanks to Stuart and Knut for bringing this mod to our attention...

Tim Ling · Nov 14, 2012

Could someone post the replays please. I forgot to change my .plr file when I re-installed GTL

Knut Omdal Tveito · Nov 14, 2012

Here Tim Ling:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14052158/SciroccoNurbReplays_1311_2012.zip

Tim Ling · Nov 14, 2012

Cheers Knut!

Roland · Nov 14, 2012

Sweet racing, with a very good mod, these cars though FWD are a blast to drive! And their default setups are pretty decent as well! They may lack a bit of lift-off oversteer

but still good for some impressive laptimes.
As was Knuts setup of course, which allowed for a more spectacular driving style in the Gr.1

In P1 I could do a few close to perfect (for me at least) laptimes, and the fastest lap of all!

Could not repeat that in Q1, but despite two minor offs I still secured 5th on the grid.
A decent start and said Turn 1 incident got me into 2nd chasing Eck pretty soon. It did take me a few laps longer than Eck to get into a good rythm, so he steadily drove away from me while I built a little gap to everyone behind.
I improved my laptime every lap up to lap 9, but still.. Eck steadily drove away from me..

Started making small mistakes in the final laps, but as did Rupe in 3rd, so got me a nice 2nd place!

Up next were the group 2 cars; I picked the beautiful yellow Lancia Delta-styled Widebody car, with 4-speed transmission. That turned out to work quite well, as this time I managed 2nd place in Qualy 2, but the gap to Eck on pole was big enough to house an elephant family...

Race start again was OK, some others were quicker off the line, but Eck wasn't so managed to snatch the lead for about half a lap, as the Dunlop hairpin clearly was my Achilles' heel this race; I preferred to go in deep there and have a really late apex, but not as deep and wide as I went about 8 times this race..

I did get it spot-on right the other three laps though

Apart from that once again Eck's pace was in a class of his own, moving away from me rapidly until a halfway spin of his put me back in the lead for a short while.. had some good close racing fun when a good lap later I messed up the Dunlop again.. and Eck passed and started moving away again. No chance for me at all, but I was pretty pleased with another 2nd place..

Thanks Stuart for setting up another great race night, Grats Eck for a double win, and Rupe and Bob for a podium finish, and thanks all for joining - after all it's the company that makes the fun!
And I had plenty.

CYA soon.

Jack Smith · Nov 15, 2012

Jack Smith said:
I guess it would not be fair not to mention the double firsts by Eck...excellent driving.

Sorry to have missed those two firsts Eck.

Hans Sneep · Nov 15, 2012

Having a great R1,after a small tap from Tim after t2 (no problem Tim) was on p6 ? after that back to p11 but after that we had a more than great race Tim me an Simon who was closing in because of our fighting lap after lap then we collected Dave so the four of us having a lot of fun,than all of a sudden Tim disappear on the strait (left the game ?) I had a few warnings for cutting (slyd off's) bud a problem in the last chicane gave me a S/G in lap9 so take the S/G in the last lap of the race going in the pits passing fin line an take the S/G lol.
R2 was not great after a good start with Knut on my tale going downhill to the chicane Knut on the left of me giving him room but was on the curbstones a slipped of ,so the rest of the race was prety lonely halfway starting to make mistakes so no way to get close on Jack in front of me !
All an all a good race event again good Mod !!
Thanks Stu an grats Eck fore the double an all the guys for racing !!