European On-Line League??

Is there a European on-line league?? I've seen quite a few US ones but they are all at difficult times. Any one out there found one, or want to start one? Someone with a fast ISDN would be useful. On the subject of fast links, anyone tried using BT Highway in the UK? What's it really like? Cheers, Scott

I would also like to join a European league. But with my 56k Modem I couldn't host :( Hope someone starts one up.

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>Is there a European on-line league?? I've seen quite a few US ones but they >are all at difficult times. Any one out there found one, or want to start >one? Someone with a fast ISDN would be useful. >On the subject of fast links, anyone tried using BT Highway in the UK? >What's it really like? >Cheers, >Scott

I'm hoping to find the time soon to arrange one but I can't host with my P200 / 33.6 combo...! So if there are any ISDN-equipped volunteers maybe it will be on the horizon. Cheers! -- Graeme Nash Nash Racing Organisation Lotus - Green/Green You know what to do with "don't_spam_me"... http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk/ ICQ# 11257824 "Useless quote"

I'd quite happily run a little web site for a UK or European league, but again I need someone with a decent connection to host. Someone must work from home with a serious connection & love GPL? Tony

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>I would also like to join a European league. But with my 56k Modem I >couldn't host :( >Hope someone starts one up. >>Is there a European on-line league?? I've seen quite a few US ones but

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>>are all at difficult times. Any one out there found one, or want to start >>one? Someone with a fast ISDN would be useful. >>On the subject of fast links, anyone tried using BT Highway in the UK? >>What's it really like? >>Cheers, >>Scott

It's a real shame, but the UK (and Europe as well I believe) is seriously short of cable modems and ADSL connections (in fact I think there are none at all in the UK outside limited beta testing, some of which I know have been withdrawn after trials). ISDN's ok, but it's not really up to more than five or six (?) players max with any kind of reliability. So maybe we should be thinking of working around this with a bit of lateral thought. Ok, someone clever have a good idea then! Go on, I'm waiting ;-) I offer this... (1) Choose a race style/distance... eg semi-pro, 17 lapper (2) Everyone racing with turn up to various heats of three or four drivers. (3) Measure everyone's time to complete the distance, no matter which heat they compete in. (Advantage of this being that even drivers outclassed in their race have every reason to drive their socks off, as they're also competing with people in other heats). (4) Either use these times to determine overall points/winner *or* (preferable I think)... (5) Use the results of the heats to group people ready for the real races. Top four race for the top four positions, next four for 4-8, etc. It might be better to use novice racing to allow shift-r's, and collating the results might be fun for someone. But it'd be worth persevering with. Right, that's my thinking so far. Might inspire someone else to have better thoughts :-) Andrew McP

Well, if someone else wants to do the web site, I am willing to host. I have ISDN64K and will move to cable soon. The ISDN will allow 5 car races with the usual core.ini settings, or 7 car races if connection quality allows us to send less server data (see www.xsall.nl/~westrab/gplol.htm for details; a test would be needed to confirm this works). My system is Celeron450A/Viper550/128MB. Good times would be saturday or sunday morning/afternoon but we can try other times as well. I cannot host on sunday evenings. Contact me by email to sort out the details. Bart Westra >> Someone must work from home with a >> serious connection & love GPL? >It's a real shame, but the UK (and Europe as well I believe) is seriously short of cable >modems and ADSL connections (in fact I think there are none at all in the UK outside >limited beta testing, some of which I know have been withdrawn after trials). ISDN's >ok, but it's not really up to more than five or six (?) players max with any kind of >reliability. >So maybe we should be thinking of working around this with a bit of lateral thought.

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>Ok, someone clever have a good idea then! Go on, I'm waiting ;-) >I offer this... >(1) Choose a race style/distance... eg semi-pro, 17 lapper >(2) Everyone racing with turn up to various heats of three or four drivers. >(3) Measure everyone's time to complete the distance, no matter which heat

they >compete in. (Advantage of this being that even drivers outclassed in their race have >every reason to drive their socks off, as they're also competing with people in other >heats). >(4) Either use these times to determine overall points/winner *or* (preferable I think)...

>Is there a European on-line league?? I've seen quite a few US ones but they >are all at difficult times. The Paddock is hosting The Intercontinental Grand Prix Legends Championship. We got driver from both Europe and North America. All races are run on Sundays at 6:00 or 7:00pm GMT, whilch I belive suit most drivers. Although we are 3 races into the season now... there's still a *few* openings if you feel like joining.... better hurry though, as we're racing at Spa on sunday. :) The IGPLC boost almost 60 drivers now, with people from Finland to California - Norway to Florida competing! Check out The Paddock for more info.. All the best, Edwin Solheim REMOVE SPAM-GUARD IN ADDRESS TO REPLY! Check out "The Paddock - a legendary site..." for some cool GPL-stuff!! http://home.c2i.net/thepaddock