gpl online racing - do you use mods?

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

"nathantw" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > 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? lol no, they are just faster than you ;-) Check their names against GPLRank, you'll see. Malc.

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 GPVL FV League Results http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/php-pub/lc.php?option=la_showdivision&division= 130 Main website http://www.mark.seery1.btinternet.co.uk/ "nathantw" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Howdy, > I was wondering, do people use modified engines when racing online?

> > 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? Ah this explains everything now. Phew! > lol no, they are just faster than you ;-) Damn...

On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:26:17 -0000, mark.seery wrote: > 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 -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

"Uwe hoover Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:26:17 -0000, mark.seery wrote: > > The GPVL FL (loosely based on F Libre), series is a league for modifiedcars > > but for the opposite reason. We have tried to equalise the performanceof > > the cars to get as close a pack as possible. IE Eagle, Lotus and Ferrariare > > all equipped with Repco engines whilst the BRM has a Honda On the whole,it

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> > 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.

> Interesting concept, Mark... would this imply everybody > modifies his or her car and then joins the online race with > that? 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>.. > has proToo 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- Yeah, real shame. Oh for the days of that GP2 type editor in GPL. MS

> > Might be worth a shot for the Brit League Uwe? Feel free to use our formulae. Just call it FL :-) MS > > Malc. > >

"mark.seery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b1f1ir$862$[email hidden]... > > > > Might be worth a shot for the Brit League Uwe? > > Feel free to use our formulae. Just call it FL :-) Could you mail me the list of engine/chassis combinations? Or provide a link? TIA, Malc.

In article <[email hidden]>, Uwe hoover Schuerkamp <[email hidden]> writes:

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>On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:26:17 -0000, mark.seery wrote: >> 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... :-( Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:-0.381 N2002 Rank:+17.59 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 19:14:15 -0000, Malc wrote: > > Might be worth a shot for the Brit League Uwe? > Yeah why not? We might be able to keep Marcel under control ;-) uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Sure thing Eag, Fer, Bra and Lot all with Repco, Cov/maserati, Honda/Honda and BRM/ Honda MS Website is http://www.mark.seery1.btinternet.co.uk/ Just follow the link to the setup page if you need help. > Could you mail me the list of engine/chassis combinations? > Or provide a link? > > TIA, Malc. > >

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, Uwe hooverSchuerkamp > <[email hidden]> writes: > > Yeah, when they remember to change to the correct f'king engine... :-( Hehe. Ya bloody cheat :-) MS

Schuerkamp > Yeah, when they remember to change to the correct f'king engine... :-( Hehe. Ya ***y cheat :-) MS

"mark.seery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b1jigv$7ol$[email hidden]... > 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.

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 "Malc" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:M%d%9.15473$pS2.574583@stones... > "mark.seery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:b1jigv$7ol$[email hidden]... > > Sure thing > > > > Eag, Fer, Bra and Lot all with Repco, Cov/maserati, Honda/Honda andBRM/

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

"mark.seery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b1ker2$50q$[email hidden]... > 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 :-) Can't be that much of a handicap then ;-) Cooper Ford works quite well, btw. One of the suggestions for the Brit League 4th season was to even out the drivers, rather than the cars. In BL3 we all took the same car to the track, but the finishing order was pretty much the same every race, so there wasn't much point for the back-markers. For a league that wants to find out who's the fastest driver, single chassis races are great, but you all need to be pretty much the same speed. I think I'll do some testing with the 49 combinations & compare them to the GPLRank of the drivers. Thanks for the tip ;-) Malc.

In article <b1jiiq$fr4$[email hidden]>, "mark.seery" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> In article <[email hidden]>, Uwe hoover >Schuerkamp >> <[email hidden]> writes: >> >> Yeah, when they remember to change to the correct f'king engine... :-( > >Hehe. Ya bloody cheat :-) >

I'm *still* pissed at myself about that. It wouldn't have made a damn bit of difference in the finish, but it cost me 2nd place... That's one of the main reasons I switched to the Cooper. I don't have to WORRY about that crap anymore... Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:-0.381 N2002 Rank:+17.59 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.