Hi Gordon,
please let me explain a short situation at the beginning. Opospi seemed to have the same idea like you and he obviously guessed that he was right to take a 1310 Mini from the new mods because he saw a car like this in the group. He wasn´t able to join the server with this car and was kicked with the normal warning "Fahrzeug nicht auf dem Server" (Car not on the server). Hope I had mentioned this correct during qualifying.
Isn´t it possible, according to the in very cases strange behaviours of some new mod cars, that if you have installed them, some may collide with a "regular" Mini? If those mods are able to make GTL completely useless, like cases I had to experience, what about such phenomena? I didn´t mention anything about a 1310. I had only the normal Minis in the list of cars in this event and no irregular sounds because I didn´t install the mods again after the new setup of my system. I couldn´t believe that Stefan (one of the very correct and experienced drivers in the field) has the need to do that. IMHO If he did so those who didn´t have the new Minis installed are forced in a loop if someone with the car enters the server.
You know my opinion about the new cars and the stability especially of those after Corolla, E21, 250SWB, TR4 and R8.
Hope this might be a reason for this issue. Believe me, it is not very hard to be faster than me but I often think if some drivers had a secret NOS injection in some situations on board although they are riding the same car...
Cheers
Jochen