GPL - OcUK GPL League Summer 2003 Series!

Zuma · 6 Mar 2003 at 16:51

Roll on the new season. The winter season isn't over yet but through careful timetabling they will overlap slightly. I'm sure it will work perfectly :rolleyes:

the provisional timetable is as follows:

2nd March -; Spa (Winter Season Race 9)
9th March -; (Oz GP in real life) Bathhurst. F1 Class of designated team.
16nd March -; Watkins Glen (Winter Season Race 10)
23rd March -; (Malaysia) SPECIAL: Monza. F2 from any team.
30th March -; Zandvort (Winter Season Race 11 and Last)
6th April -; (Brazil) Limerock. F1 Class of designated team.
20th April -; (Imola) SPECIAL: Le Mans de la Sarte. F1 Class Honday. Int Long Length
4th May -; (Spain) Zandvoort. F1 Class of designated team.
18th May -; (Austria) Zeltweg. F1 Class of designated team.
1st June -; (Monaco) Monaco.F2 Class of designated team.
15th June -; (Canada) Mosport. F1 Class of designated team.
29th June -; (European) SPECIAL: Spa. F1 Brabhams only
6th July -; (France) Rouen. F1 Class of designated team.
27th July -; (Silverstone) Silverstone. F1 Class of designated team.
3rd August -; (Germany) Solitude. F1 Class of designated team.
24th August -; (Hungary) SPECIAL: Watkins Glen. BRM F1 Only.
14th Sept -; (Italy) Monza. F1 Class of designated team.
28th Sept -; (USA) SPECIAL: OVAL. F1 Cooper Only.
Need a poll to choose oval
12th Oct -; (Japan) Kyalami. F1 Class of designated team.');

points system as follows:

1st : 10
2nd : 8
3rd : 6
4th : 5
5th : 4
6th : 3
7th : 2
8th+ : 1

fastest lap : 1
pole position : 1

In addition:
All races are int short except where stated
You can drop your three worst scores from the season.
Disconnections for technical reasons result in 1 consolation point.
One pit stop required per race.
You have to use the same chassis for the whole season except for special races.

To compete you have to have a GPL Rank of better than 107%

see the league website for further details. here

KPeh · 6 Mar 2003 at 17:04

I unfortunately am still waiting for play.com to send me my copy..

It's only been 2 and a bit months though

.

I'm sure they'll ship eventually :cool:

.

LizardKing · 6 Mar 2003 at 17:52

you must be a very patient guy !!!

cancel it and order from sold out direct imo

Still havnt got round to practising Bathurst my best time from the uocuk league was 2:09 i think........

Pj·uK · 6 Mar 2003 at 18:11

KPeh

I have a second copy because I cancelled my order from Play and ordered from SoldOut (but Play still sent me one...and didn't bill me

)

Give me a shout if you want it!

Pj

KPeh · 6 Mar 2003 at 21:10

No thanks - I'm quite happy waiting (not particuarly bothered anymore about GPL

).

*awaits tomato throwing*

Overlag · 7 Mar 2003 at 04:07

id like to try some of the non champ races this year....looks fun

SamuearlJackson · 7 Mar 2003 at 09:54

hopefully i'll be able to make this but i haven't got bathurst yet! any suggestions for setups? only just got gpl reinstalled but winvroc is giving me some problems with my freeserve connection - i'll try tiscali over the weekend.

set a new pb at spa this morning before work - by abt 4 hundredths of a second!

tho that included a terrible eau rouge and a dodgy exit from malmedy.

SamJ

Sharknose · 7 Mar 2003 at 10:53

Originally posted by Overlag
id like to try some of the non champ races this year....looks fun

Hi Overlag. The races listed are all Championship races (even the ones listed in Blue. They are blue because they have additional rules enforced).

However, you will be welcome to join us for any friendly events that pop up. If you head over to the League forum, people will usually indicate if they are having a friendly race.

Joining in those friendly races is a good way to get used to the onlien racing side of things (racing with real people is always a little different to hot-lapping and racing against the AI).

OcUK GPL League

Zuma · 7 Mar 2003 at 15:38

Originally posted by SamuearlJackson
hopefully i'll be able to make this but i haven't got bathurst yet! any suggestions for setups? only just got gpl reinstalled but winvroc is giving me some problems with my freeserve connection - i'll try tiscali over the weekend.

set a new pb at spa this morning before work - by abt 4 hundredths of a second! tho that included a terrible eau rouge and a dodgy exit from malmedy.

SamJ

I have tried both wilkes setup and also my general purpose setup by nunnini. both were fine. this is a real drivers track though, so practice is gonna be more important than setup i reckon. I have a feeling the ferraris are gonna do well in this track, the tight bits will suit them.

Zuma · 7 Mar 2003 at 15:47

Originally posted by Sharknose
Hi Overlag. The races listed are all Championship races (even the ones listed in Blue. They are blue because they have additional rules enforced).

However, you will be welcome to join us for any friendly events that pop up. If you head over to the League forum, people will usually indicate if they are having a friendly race.

Joining in those friendly races is a good way to get used to the onlien racing side of things (racing with real people is always a little different to hot-lapping and racing against the AI).

OcUK GPL League

couldnt read that blue writing so i changed it to green.
in any case we havent had any friendly races for ages. how about tonight sometime? even if we just invade a publice server

but praccy on bathurst wouldn't go amiss.

lineaR · 7 Mar 2003 at 16:05

I will probably be able to race tonight, I think the earlier the better though for me, I will probably be going out tonight.

The car we choose for this race is the one we are stuck with for the season isn't it?

355F1512TR · 7 Mar 2003 at 20:42

Where can I download Bathhurst from ?? I suppose I could go and look for it myself, but I can't be bothered

lineaR · 7 Mar 2003 at 20:46

I couldn't find it on that magnust site, the site didn't work, I think I must have got it from dreeders webspace somewhere cos he has all the add-on tracks hosted I think.

Zuma · 7 Mar 2003 at 20:53

I dont know the url for Dreeders gpl stuff but i posted a link to it on the league forum.

LizardKing · 7 Mar 2003 at 23:25

Just put a link to Dreeders site in the Links section, if anyone else has any links dont hesitate to suggest them.

SamuearlJackson · 8 Mar 2003 at 09:16

can someone post a direct link on here to where i can download the track for tomorrow from?

cheers,

SamJ

Darryn · 8 Mar 2003 at 09:42

Main track

Update
here you go, sorry for being so later I thought the later the better, gives you less time to practice. I will post a link to a graphics update shortly.

Mpemba Effect · 8 Mar 2003 at 12:25

I bought mine of ebay last week for £1

I've been trying play this for the last couple of days and damn it's difficult, I need to pickup a good joystick ... playing on the keyboard is just not possible

I would be up for this new season but after watching SamuearlJackson and others drive of the spa track from one of the ocuk replays I think I'll not

Bigsy · 8 Mar 2003 at 12:28

You should start you GPLrank Mpemba: http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/php-pub/gplrank.php

You need one to join the leauge at 107% of the benchmark laps, plus it gives you motivation to practice and learn the tracks.

You can add other peeps form ocuk as ur buddies to so you can see how your doing.

I'm Bill Hedworth on there

Zuma · 8 Mar 2003 at 12:36

Mpemba I agree with bigsy.
Most of us in the league are quite experienced at GPL and hence quite fast, but you don't need very much practice to get to the 107% qualifying standard, and you can always join in the league partway through.

If you join the Forum on the league website and ask for help I am sure there will be people there willing to help with setups and techniques.

You will need a decent analogue controller though, A good joystick will do fine though, that's what I use.

after you join gplrank search for our league and then you can add the drivers to your buddy list.

I am Robert Turner on GPLRank btw.