Season four - Race four - 28th April 2012 - Dubai Gp

jayblue · 23 April 12, 08:58

Server name: NoGripRacing.com
Password: season4
Track: Dubai Gp
Download link: Stock game track

Weather: Dry
Fuel multiplier: Normal
Tyre multiplier: Normal
Mechanical failures: Normal
In game race start time: 14:00

Porsche Supercup mod download link - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=17676

Race time information (all times quoted are UK time)
Practice: The server will be up all day!
Qualifying: 19:30 UK time - 15 minute session
Race (no warm up) : 45 minutes

The race will have a standing start.

Driving aids: Auto clutch & gears allowed
You must set your game difficulty to simulation to be able to join the server.

*Make sure your game is patched to v1.1 and that you are using the online patch too*

Patch v1.1 - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=2099
Simbin online fix - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=22308

Backo · 23 April 12, 09:03

...I like this track and I always had nice race here

hope I will have it again

P>S>Jay can we update points list + weight please?thx

jayblue · 23 April 12, 11:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Backo

...I like this track and I always had nice race here

hope I will have it again

P>S>Jay can we update points list + weight please?thx

Wps normally deals with that, but i will post up the weights tomorrow if he hasn't done it already by then

wpsracing78 · 23 April 12, 15:04

Yep - Done, sorry.

I have to wait for the official results - and as I'm in Australia, give a 24 hour time period from when they are posted to when I post them

- for example, often they'll get posted at like 1am on Monday (this case), so I can't do the results for like 17-18 hours till after uni/work/etc.

--

Not a huge fan of Dubai - but luckily it's Week 13 for iracing so I'll be used to the new build by Thursday/Friday and then I can concentrate on this!
The last 3 races have been easy for me to jump into, as I know the tracks and car too well - but this one will force me to test!

Although Watkins was great - Imola and Hungary were shockers for me, as I got in early messes and then spent 40minutes watching the gaps to the leaders hardly change

- so hopefully I can scrape of my GTR2 bad luck and hang with the big guns here.

JJC1 · 23 April 12, 18:07

Server's up

JJC1 · 23 April 12, 18:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by wpsracing78

...I have to wait for the official results - and as I'm in Australia, give a 24 hour time period from when they are posted to when I post them

....

I'll do them sooner in future

wpsracing78 · 24 April 12, 06:27

No that's not what I was getting at at all!!

Compared to our other seasons you've been lighting fast!

Skenys · 25 April 12, 13:04

Laptimes?

fromgehenna · 25 April 12, 14:53

Try to make it to the race and hope to stay online and hope no bluecreen's this time.

Have no time to do any laps untill just before the race (yep again, busy at the garage and work) but I knoe this track quite well.

Hope to see you guys at the track.

Backo · 26 April 12, 13:04

...I just did 6 laps and my best time was 2:3.337 ... Qualify time I'm expecting around 2:1. XXX

wpsracing78 · 26 April 12, 14:07

Quite excited as I've finally got no uni work to do for the first weekend in about 2 months! So I'll be a happy chappy on raceday, with full focus - but I suck at Dubai!!

jayblue · 26 April 12, 15:38

Weight ballast applied to the server.

seyli · 26 April 12, 18:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by jayblue

Weight ballast applied to the server.

my car is weirdly heavy jay, i have no balance at all! 'maybe because i dont know how to drive at dubai'

but it does brake like a car on snow! is something wrong ?

Backo · 26 April 12, 18:44

Ok I improve my time 2:2.middle

still to more improve

So I'm expecting qualify 2:0.high

wpsracing78 · 27 April 12, 13:16

Yes I just had a sloppy re-introduction to this track.

Managed a 2:02.5 - but it was messy!

Need plenty of practice, but atleast I'm near the champ leader in times so far

Kalinin · 28 April 12, 13:04

lol guys you are fast, all of you have a wheel? I think that not having it is making a big difference in some corners for me.

Backo · 28 April 12, 13:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalinin

lol guys you are fast, all of you have a wheel? I think that not having it is making a big difference in some corners for me.

Kalinin it's about practice and setup of course your skills

))

jayblue · 28 April 12, 15:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalinin

lol guys you are fast, all of you have a wheel? I think that not having it is making a big difference in some corners for me.

Having a wheel does help a lot because you drive much more smoothly than you can without one. Even something relatively cheap would be a big step up from keyboard.

Done my practice now. Not expecting to break into 2:00's with weight ballast but without it i was knocking the door of 1:59's on a very clean lap

wpsracing78 · 28 April 12, 15:42

Kalinen we did this track in season 1 - back then I used keyboad, and this track is very tough on a keyboard, especially front tyre wear. It's because of the long changing radius corners, hard to accurately steer with keys!

Skenys · 28 April 12, 16:14

It seems that I'm nowhere near those times, but I will be there and I'm sure that I'll find some time in the last half hour of practice. I'm now at 2.04 mid in race trim, managed a 2.02 high in qualy. See you guys!

wpsracing78 · 28 April 12, 17:16

ooohhhh I just got mildly comfortable with this track - very fun track to drive! It's almost like driving in the wet! Tip-toe on all inputs. Fun stuff.

2:02.1 with full fuel and med's is my best just a minute ago - looking forward to testing softs and no fuel before qual!

However - 35kg still to come and this track is still a bit of an unknown for me, anyway, I'm excited for the race!

Nectaria · 28 April 12, 17:30

I expect to be way behind everyone on this track.

wpsracing78 · 28 April 12, 19:02

Game froze - pressed escape after about 10 secs and it took me to the garage...

I don't know what it is with me and this league!
Easiest 4th of my life I will never get back - knew tyre wear was going to be a problem so was happily sitting there 3 secs behind From and 3 secs ahead of Seyli, just starting to get into a great rhythm and it froze.

My worst track of the season, having a good race, big points haul - NNNNOPE!
haha oh well.

Bye bye championship fights.

*punches wall* - *feels sorry for himself* - *cries self to sleep*

Kalinin · 28 April 12, 19:12

Sorry folks, had to leave.

jayblue · 28 April 12, 19:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by wpsracing78

Game froze - pressed escape after about 10 secs and it took me to the garage...

I don't know what it is with me and this league!
Easiest 4th of my life I will never get back - knew tyre wear was going to be a problem so was happily sitting there 3 secs behind From and 3 secs ahead of Seyli, just starting to get into a great rhythm and it froze.

My worst track of the season, having a good race, big points haul - NNNNOPE!
haha oh well.

Bye bye championship fights.

*punches wall* - *feels sorry for himself* - *cries self to sleep*

Unlucky mate.

At least with the drop score you can still have a full season of point scoring races.

fromgehenna · 28 April 12, 19:45

Q : 5...6 ?
R : 3

Good start and good first laps. Setled on 3th pos and after that it was a booooring but hard race. Not much laps here so driving alone is hard. Much nicer to have some one to follow.

Result was better than hoped and stayed online and no bluescreens.

verce · 28 April 12, 20:19

quali 8th

nectaria had a much better start than i did and i lost a place in t1.
a few laps later , i could repass as he went wide somewhere .
later on , nectaria could outbreak me at the end of the straight
but he went wide and i slipped through on the inside.
from then on i slowly ran away from him and tried to narrow the gap to seyli.
middle of the race , seyli began to struggle and for a couple of laps
i was able to follow him closeby, but then he moved up a gear and ran away in the distance, until the end of the race , when seyli went off track in a strange way ( pc problems ? ) and nothing more happened.
enjoyed the race .

Skenys · 28 April 12, 20:59

Pretty satisfied with this race.

Q:3

Unexpected, I managed to shave a second off my best time in practice.

R: 5

I had a very cautious start and I lost 2 or 3 places. The first laps were a bit hectic for me and I made some small mistakes. After some laps I got behind gsi bob and had a nice battle with him for some laps. Always staying within 2 seconds. It was close some times, but I didn't manage to pass him and I spun going into T5. Then the gap was about 5 seconds, but our pace was similar and I couldn't get much closer. Hadn't I made that mistake, it was to be an epic battle.

As I said, I'm very happy with my performance. I just need to prevent those small errors and I could have been higher up the rank.

Thank you for a nice race!

Backo · 28 April 12, 21:00

Q2
R2

... I was expecting better time in qualify..
...the race didnt start good but I managed to kept second position.I pushed very hard each lap but Jay was quicker every lap and gap bigger.Finished second 8,7sec behind him,not bad with 45kg but really not comfy with it

Well done to Jay and Fromgehenna for podium

I'll see you next race

JJC1 · 28 April 12, 21:29

Results & Replay are up
Replays
Results

wpsracing78 · 29 April 12, 07:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by jayblue

Unlucky mate.

At least with the drop score you can still have a full season of point scoring races.

Yeah didn't think of that - but was hoping to bank some good points at my worst tracks!

Doesn't matter! That's online racing! Nice win!

Points are up

Nectaria · 29 April 12, 08:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by verce

quali 8th

nectaria had a much better start than i did and i lost a place in t1.
a few laps later , i could repass as he went wide somewhere .
later on , nectaria could outbreak me at the end of the straight
but he went wide and i slipped through on the inside.
from then on i slowly ran away from him and tried to narrow the gap to seyli.
middle of the race , seyli began to struggle and for a couple of laps
i was able to follow him closeby, but then he moved up a gear and ran away in the distance, until the end of the race , when seyli went off track in a strange way ( pc problems ? ) and nothing more happened.
enjoyed the race .

I was actually worried with that late braking that I hit you, so I locked all tires up to avoid you, ran wide, as it would have been a racing incident take over, and I don't want it to go like that.

Nothing to write home about for me personally, glad I got the car home in 1 piece, was probably only my 2nd race (both on and offline) on this track as I find it utterly boring.

Skenys · 29 April 12, 09:48

I"m not appearing in the standings?

wpsracing78 · 29 April 12, 13:27

Sorry!

points fixed

- Seyli included
- Weights done
- Included a * like FIA standings for those who finish more than required distance but DNF.
- While doing that realised Fromgehenna completed over 80% at Hungary so gets those points for 10th

jayblue · 29 April 12, 15:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by wpsracing78

Sorry!

points fixed

- Seyli included
- Weights done
- Included a * like FIA standings for those who finish more than required distance but DNF.
- While doing that realised Fromgehenna completed over 80% at Hungary so gets those points for 10th

Thanks

fromgehenna · 29 April 12, 17:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by wpsracing78

Sorry!

points fixed

- Seyli included
- Weights done
- Included a * like FIA standings for those who finish more than required distance but DNF.
- While doing that realised Fromgehenna completed over 80% at Hungary so gets those points for 10th

Point's for me. Thanks.

Skenys · 30 April 12, 09:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by wpsracing78

Sorry!

points fixed

- Seyli included
- Weights done
- Included a * like FIA standings for those who finish more than required distance but DNF.
- While doing that realised Fromgehenna completed over 80% at Hungary so gets those points for 10th

Thanks!

23 April 12, 08:58	#1
jayblue Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West Mids, England Age: 30	Season four - Race four - 28th April 2012 - Dubai Gp Server name: NoGripRacing.com Password: season4 Track: Dubai Gp Download link: Stock game track Weather: Dry Fuel multiplier: Normal Tyre multiplier: Normal Mechanical failures: Normal In game race start time: 14:00 Porsche Supercup mod download link - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=17676 Race time information (all times quoted are UK time) Practice: The server will be up all day! Qualifying: 19:30 UK time - 15 minute session Race (no warm up) : 45 minutes The race will have a standing start. Driving aids: Auto clutch & gears allowed You must set your game difficulty to simulation to be able to join the server. Make sure your game is patched to v1.1 and that you are using the online patch too Patch v1.1 - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=2099 Simbin online fix - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=22308

28 April 12, 21:00	#29
Backo Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London	Q2 R2 ... I was expecting better time in qualify.. ...the race didnt start good but I managed to kept second position.I pushed very hard each lap but Jay was quicker every lap and gap bigger.Finished second 8,7sec behind him,not bad with 45kg but really not comfy with it Well done to Jay and Fromgehenna for podiumI'll see you next race

29 April 12, 13:27	#34
wpsracing78 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 23	Sorry! points fixed - Seyli included - Weights done - Included a * like FIA standings for those who finish more than required distance but DNF. - While doing that realised Fromgehenna completed over 80% at Hungary so gets those points for 10th Last edited by wpsracing78; 29 April 12 at 13:41.

23 April 12, 09:03	#2
Backo Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London	...I like this track and I always had nice race here hope I will have it again P>S>Jay can we update points list + weight please?thx

23 April 12, 15:04	#4
wpsracing78 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 23	Yep - Done, sorry. I have to wait for the official results - and as I'm in Australia, give a 24 hour time period from when they are posted to when I post them - for example, often they'll get posted at like 1am on Monday (this case), so I can't do the results for like 17-18 hours till after uni/work/etc. -- Not a huge fan of Dubai - but luckily it's Week 13 for iracing so I'll be used to the new build by Thursday/Friday and then I can concentrate on this! The last 3 races have been easy for me to jump into, as I know the tracks and car too well - but this one will force me to test! Although Watkins was great - Imola and Hungary were shockers for me, as I got in early messes and then spent 40minutes watching the gaps to the leaders hardly change - so hopefully I can scrape of my GTR2 bad luck and hang with the big guns here.

23 April 12, 18:07	#5
JJC1 Donated Join Date: Apr 2008	Server's up

24 April 12, 06:27	#7
wpsracing78 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 23	No that's not what I was getting at at all!! Compared to our other seasons you've been lighting fast!

25 April 12, 13:04	#8
Skenys Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Antwerp, Belgium	Laptimes?

25 April 12, 14:53	#9
fromgehenna Join Date: May 2007 Location: Finland Age: 35	Try to make it to the race and hope to stay online and hope no bluecreen's this time. Have no time to do any laps untill just before the race (yep again, busy at the garage and work) but I knoe this track quite well. Hope to see you guys at the track.

26 April 12, 13:04	#10
Backo Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London	...I just did 6 laps and my best time was 2:3.337 ... Qualify time I'm expecting around 2:1. XXX

26 April 12, 14:07	#11
wpsracing78 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 23	Quite excited as I've finally got no uni work to do for the first weekend in about 2 months! So I'll be a happy chappy on raceday, with full focus - but I suck at Dubai!!

26 April 12, 15:38	#12
jayblue Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West Mids, England Age: 30	Weight ballast applied to the server.

26 April 12, 18:44	#14
Backo Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London	Ok I improve my time 2:2.middle still to more improve So I'm expecting qualify 2:0.high

27 April 12, 13:16	#15
wpsracing78 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 23	Yes I just had a sloppy re-introduction to this track. Managed a 2:02.5 - but it was messy! Need plenty of practice, but atleast I'm near the champ leader in times so far

28 April 12, 13:04	#16
Kalinin Join Date: Aug 2011	lol guys you are fast, all of you have a wheel? I think that not having it is making a big difference in some corners for me.

28 April 12, 15:42	#19
wpsracing78 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 23	Kalinen we did this track in season 1 - back then I used keyboad, and this track is very tough on a keyboard, especially front tyre wear. It's because of the long changing radius corners, hard to accurately steer with keys!

28 April 12, 16:14	#20
Skenys Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Antwerp, Belgium	It seems that I'm nowhere near those times, but I will be there and I'm sure that I'll find some time in the last half hour of practice. I'm now at 2.04 mid in race trim, managed a 2.02 high in qualy. See you guys!

28 April 12, 17:16	#21
wpsracing78 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 23	ooohhhh I just got mildly comfortable with this track - very fun track to drive! It's almost like driving in the wet! Tip-toe on all inputs. Fun stuff. 2:02.1 with full fuel and med's is my best just a minute ago - looking forward to testing softs and no fuel before qual! However - 35kg still to come and this track is still a bit of an unknown for me, anyway, I'm excited for the race!

28 April 12, 17:30	#22
Nectaria Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Belgium Age: 29	I expect to be way behind everyone on this track.

28 April 12, 19:02	#23
wpsracing78 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 23	Game froze - pressed escape after about 10 secs and it took me to the garage... I don't know what it is with me and this league! Easiest 4th of my life I will never get back - knew tyre wear was going to be a problem so was happily sitting there 3 secs behind From and 3 secs ahead of Seyli, just starting to get into a great rhythm and it froze. My worst track of the season, having a good race, big points haul - NNNNOPE! haha oh well. Bye bye championship fights. punches wall - feels sorry for himself - cries self to sleep

28 April 12, 19:12	#24
Kalinin Join Date: Aug 2011	Sorry folks, had to leave.

28 April 12, 19:45	#26
fromgehenna Join Date: May 2007 Location: Finland Age: 35	Q : 5...6 ? R : 3 Good start and good first laps. Setled on 3th pos and after that it was a booooring but hard race. Not much laps here so driving alone is hard. Much nicer to have some one to follow. Result was better than hoped and stayed online and no bluescreens.

28 April 12, 20:19	#27
verce Join Date: Nov 2010	quali 8th nectaria had a much better start than i did and i lost a place in t1. a few laps later , i could repass as he went wide somewhere . later on , nectaria could outbreak me at the end of the straight but he went wide and i slipped through on the inside. from then on i slowly ran away from him and tried to narrow the gap to seyli. middle of the race , seyli began to struggle and for a couple of laps i was able to follow him closeby, but then he moved up a gear and ran away in the distance, until the end of the race , when seyli went off track in a strange way ( pc problems ? ) and nothing more happened. enjoyed the race .

28 April 12, 20:59	#28
Skenys Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Antwerp, Belgium	Pretty satisfied with this race. Q:3 Unexpected, I managed to shave a second off my best time in practice. R: 5 I had a very cautious start and I lost 2 or 3 places. The first laps were a bit hectic for me and I made some small mistakes. After some laps I got behind gsi bob and had a nice battle with him for some laps. Always staying within 2 seconds. It was close some times, but I didn't manage to pass him and I spun going into T5. Then the gap was about 5 seconds, but our pace was similar and I couldn't get much closer. Hadn't I made that mistake, it was to be an epic battle. As I said, I'm very happy with my performance. I just need to prevent those small errors and I could have been higher up the rank. Thank you for a nice race!

28 April 12, 21:29	#30
JJC1 Donated Join Date: Apr 2008	Results & Replay are up Replays Results

29 April 12, 09:48	#33
Skenys Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Antwerp, Belgium	I"m not appearing in the standings?