A newbie requiring help Options

[Pieds du Fromage]

GPL was recommended to me as the best vehicle (sic) for online racing - I'm tired of kids' tactics in a lot of the other online 'sims' so I'm looking for something more 'gentlemanly'!

GPLs learning curve is steep! As per advice in the documentation I've yet to graduate from Watkins Glen and Monza, and have only just managed, after 3 weeks of intensive training, to get the Lotus to qualify on pole (although I can only manage third with any consistency!). I'm still about a half a second off managing a pole at Monza, and won't even mention my race performance.

So, my question ... can anyone point me to resources that may help me out a little eg. Setups that don't send me into the Armco if I brush the brakes, competing against a Lotus with any other car if I stick to the game's AI, where to find online racing for the (total) newbie.

Hope someone can take the time to give me some pointers, even though this will all have been covered somewhere in the forum for sure (yes, I've searched - think needle in a haystack). GPL appears to offer the sim and community I've only dreamed about up until now, and I'm not going to give up without a fight!

Rich

[Dark]

Hi Rich,

For gentlemenly type racing you've picked the right sim, the racing here is generally of the utmost quality, oh and fun too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

For setups you should have a look here https://gpltd.bcsims.com/?ir=Setups . I'm not sure if you've visted the Alternative Track Database before but its a great resource nowadays and now has the ability to store setups uploaded by various people, my setups are fairly easy to use as i'm a right foot braker and prefer the car to be nice and stable. You could also check out the Setups section over on the GPL part of the Race Sim Central Forums https://forum.racesimcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=73

For racing you could hang out on VROC or iGOR and try and find a pickup race to join or you could join a league or club for some scheduled racing, which would you prefer?

[dangermouse]

We also have a setups section here: LINK



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[Pieds du Fromage]

One of Dark's setups for Watkins has already dropped my best lap by nearly a second - very slippery but controllable!
Guess I'm looking for scheduled racing but I've still got the rest of the original '67 tracks to learn first.

Many thanks for the help.

Rich

[Dark]

Thats good to hear Rich (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif)

For scheduled racing some clubs and leagues advertise for drivers here at the SRMZ or at RSC, check these links out

https://srmz.racesimcentral.net/index.php?showforum=120

https://forum.racesimcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=80

I know that UKGPL have been looking for drivers for their beginners league recently, you can find them here

https://www.ukgpl.com/

and the Average Drivers Club are a friendly lot, you can find them here

https://adc.speedgeezers.net/

Good luck in learning the rest of the 67 season circuits and especially the Nurburgring (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Pedro]

Welcome Rich to the GPL familie nuthouse.
I hope you are going to like it like we do (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I'm looking for scheduled racing but I've still got the rest of the original '67 tracks to learn first.

I also wanted to mention/recoment the European Online Challange EOLC
They have a Rooki cup asspecially for beginning drivers.
Hope your German is as good as my English.

Good luck and have fun.

Greetings Pedro.

[Pieds du Fromage]

Thanks for the links - I'm spoilt for choice. So far UKGPL appeals, and as you say Dark, they're looking for noobs. They're also using the 65 Mod, which I find many times easier than the original '67 - I even managed to win my first GP today - the '65 Silverstone. Looks like I'm ready for the UKGPL novices!
I'll be checking out the EOLC too, thanks for the link Pedro.
Rich

[Pedro]

Congratulations on your first win Rich.

[Rudy Dingemans]

Yeah, winning a race in GPL and putting one on pole after just a couple of weeks is very good actually. Many people (including myself) don't do that until after six months or so. (Ok, I ran GPL in 67 back then and kept it at default difficulty and was running single-axis..)

Still, good one. Promising start there - congrats! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

Regards, Rudy
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