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by **nathan** » Sat, 01 Feb 2003 02:04:05

Howdy,
I was wondering, do people use modified engines when racing online? In
my last few races the people I went up against seemed to have either
jet, turbo, or supercharged engines in them cause they blew away my
lowly, stock Lotus. Does this mean I need to now go online and
"purchase" a new engine for my Lotus?

Nathan

by **Malc** » Sat, 01 Feb 2003 02:47:40

lol no, they are just faster than you ;-)

Check their names against GPLRank, you'll see.

Malc.

by **mark.seer** » Sat, 01 Feb 2003 03:26:17

The GPVL FL (loosely based on F Libre), series is a league for modified cars
but for the opposite reason. We have tried to equalise the performance of
the cars to get as close a pack as possible. IE Eagle, Lotus and Ferrari are
all equipped with Repco engines whilst the BRM has a Honda On the whole, it
is working pretty well, with close battles throughout the field.

MS

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by **Tony Rickar** » Sat, 01 Feb 2003 04:06:16

Ah this explains everything now. Phew!

Damn...

by **Uwe hoover Schuerkam** » Sun, 02 Feb 2003 03:36:07

> The GPVL FL (loosely based on F Libre), series is a league for modified cars
> but for the opposite reason. We have tried to equalise the performance of
> the cars to get as close a pack as possible. IE Eagle, Lotus and Ferrari are
> all equipped with Repco engines whilst the BRM has a Honda On the whole, it
> is working pretty well, with close battles throughout the field.

Interesting concept, Mark... would this imply everybody
modifies his or her car and then joins the online race with
that? Too bad GPL has no support for online carsets, and with
the source not being available this is not going to happen
soon, I fear. 8-( If Papy gets closed down once and for all
after the takeover, would someone please post the source zip
somehere? thanks ;->

Uwe

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by **Malc** » Sun, 02 Feb 2003 04:14:15

> > The GPVL FL (loosely based on F Libre), series is a league for modified
cars
> > but for the opposite reason. We have tried to equalise the performance
of
> > the cars to get as close a pack as possible. IE Eagle, Lotus and Ferrari
are
> > all equipped with Repco engines whilst the BRM has a Honda On the whole,
it
> > is working pretty well, with close battles throughout the field.

> Interesting concept, Mark... would this imply everybody
> modifies his or her car and then joins the online race with
> that? Too bad GPL has no support for online carsets, and with
> the source not being available this is not going to happen
> soon, I fear. 8-( If Papy gets closed down once and for all
> after the takeover, would someone please post the source zip
> somehere? thanks ;->

> Uwe

Might be worth a shot for the Brit League Uwe?

Malc.

by **mark.seer** » Sun, 02 Feb 2003 08:40:24

Correct.

We have a defined carset which was derived by fairly extensive testing. I
recomment to all our members that they use a seperate exe file in modified
form for our league races. It's not a perfect solution but on balance it's
pretty good. Some cars have the advantage on some circuits whilst others
seem excel at others. On balance over a whole season, the Repco/Brabham
probably has a slight edge over the other cars but no one Marque has
dominated thus far and even a BRM has a realistic chance of getting podiums.
I shall be demonstrating this later on in our season <G>..

Yeah, real shame. Oh for the days of that GP2 type editor in GPL.

MS

by **mark.seer** » Sun, 02 Feb 2003 08:41:15

Feel free to use our formulae. Just call it FL :-)

MS

by **Malc** » Sun, 02 Feb 2003 09:50:15

Could you mail me the list of engine/chassis combinations?
Or provide a link?

TIA, Malc.

by **Eldre** » Sun, 02 Feb 2003 10:09:02

>> The GPVL FL (loosely based on F Libre), series is a league for modified
>cars
>> but for the opposite reason. We have tried to equalise the performance of
>> the cars to get as close a pack as possible. IE Eagle, Lotus and Ferrari
>are
>> all equipped with Repco engines whilst the BRM has a Honda On the whole, it
>> is working pretty well, with close battles throughout the field.

>Interesting concept, Mark... would this imply everybody
>modifies his or her car and then joins the online race with
>that?

Yeah, when they remember to change to the correct f'king engine... :-(

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by **Uwe hoover Schuerkam** » Sun, 02 Feb 2003 21:55:56

> Might be worth a shot for the Brit League Uwe?

Yeah why not? We might be able to keep Marcel under control ;-)

uwe

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by **mark.seer** » Tue, 04 Feb 2003 01:54:55

Sure thing

Eag, Fer, Bra and Lot all with Repco, Cov/maserati, Honda/Honda and BRM/
Honda

MS

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by **mark.seer** » Tue, 04 Feb 2003 01:55:55

Schuerkamp

> Yeah, when they remember to change to the correct f'king engine... :-(

Hehe. Ya ***y cheat :-)

MS

by **Malc** » Tue, 04 Feb 2003 04:09:46

Thanks. Surely the Repco Brabham is a faster combination than the Maserati
Cooper though?

Malc.

by **mark.seer** » Tue, 04 Feb 2003 09:58:11

Yes but the repco having the least hp there was no more that we could do
with the Brabham other than to ban it's use. When we come to run at the
power circuits like Spa and Monza, we will probably handicap it by
introducing a mandatory stop/go in the pits for it. Interestingly enough, a
Cooper is currently leading our series :-)

MS

> > Sure thing

> > Eag, Fer, Bra and Lot all with Repco, Cov/maserati, Honda/Honda and
BRM/
> > Honda

> Thanks. Surely the Repco Brabham is a faster combination than the Maserati
> Cooper though?

> Malc.

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