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DC_Tox
08-31-2002, 05:49 PM
We managed to fix a DC meeting online for GPL, and some XRs joined in the middle of the night (oh, well, afternoon for everyone except me...hehe).

With that I started my online adventure with GPL and must say I'm very excited about that...reminds me when I did it for the first time with NFS... but way better!!!

The results are much better than I expected:

1. I didn't push out anyone or crashed into anyone who was racing near/in front of me.
2. I didn't mess up at the start (actually, I even managed to slip by a huge crash in front of me where 3 ppl were packed into eachother and zipping around..)
3. I reached the end of all completed races

So, I was highly satisfied. But the candy came at the end, at the last race of the night: see the pic

http://www.geocities.com/toxi/grab.txt

Hehe...I must confess that Chef was actually winning the race (about 6 seconds in front of me at lap 9) but suddenly disappeared from the ranking and was regarded as -3L at the end (although he was still there with us), probably because he partially lost the link with the server at lap 9.

I also had luck with all the others, who messed up a little bit and helped me slip by and win.

But, ya know, it's sweet all the same! ^_^

WCvXd
09-01-2002, 07:49 AM
Well done m8! If you think that you will be online this afternoon anytime, drop me an email and I will see if I can meet you in VROC. I should be home all day. btw...what is our time difference? ...6-7 hours? Its 10:30AM EST here now (GMT -5).

It would be great to get a couple of you guys in there if possible...I would love to run with you guys.

D_Man
09-01-2002, 01:56 PM
Just a tip Corrado - if you race John, put him in the BRM and make him give you a lap head-start ;) Just kidding, but the only time I raced John was at Watkins Glen and he was in the BRM against my Lotus and he lapped me :(

However, I am starting to improve again finally :D

Dave

DC_Tox
09-01-2002, 02:39 PM
haha...You're right Dave, he bashed me out, about 30 seconds ahead in only 11 laps on Monza...

But he gave me a heap of good driving hints :)