Since the "Bude" becomes more and more popular the grid gets filled more and more during our races. So the game server more and more often reaches the border of it's internet bandwidth.

To get rid of the resulting "LAGs" the voices for a "real", rented game server became louder and louder.

OK, you want it, so let's try to implement it's financial and organizational base.

Our hard working mechanist Klaus agreed to be the treasurer and handle the organisation part

The rent for an reasonable server is €108,- for the period of 6 month and will be covered by donations as discussed in the forum.

The server will be rented as soon as the amount for the first period is collected.

As soon as the collection box won't cover the rent fort he next period we'll quit the contract.

By starting the new server we'll inform about the donations and the current amounts in the collection box on the website.

If against one's expectations the donations won't cover the rent. The collection box well be donated to the "Wikipedia Foundation" >(http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia).

The bank account details can be obtained from Klaus (pm: noplayer / mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Everybody is invited for donations to let the server become reality.

Cheers,

  Klaus&Uwe

the experiences with the first couple of "self-made" tracks has shown that GTL conversions costs more efforts than expected and the results can not be tested enough until publishing.

So it would be nice if a "road building-team" can be founded here.

 Everybody is invited to join!

Public discussions about will be made in the new board "track building" from now on.

Cheers,

  Uwe

Sorry but download will be available for registered members only from now on, because someone likes to fool us...
Since Registration is free of charge this should be no problem.

cheers,
  Uwe

(..even without IK*A) :-)

PrinzTT&Micha are offering their car-creations here since our formation, now I became a "road builder"...

The first two selfmade (or let's say "self-converted" to GTL) Tracks areavailable now!

It's Botniaring in Finland and Knutstop in Sweden.

I wish nice Laps two on both of them all of us...

Kippis&Skål,
  Uwe

Take your ride where ever you want...

No joke, the "Bude" grant you a voice.

It's possible to vote for tracks at the "Racing Circus" now for all members.
The 15 best rated tracks will go ONLINE on the game server.
(Updated at least once a week.)

The choice of additional 5 tracks will be done by us for new track announcements and personal favourites.

A large attendance would be appreciated.

Cheers,
  Uwe

The "Bude" recounts...
Not only unforgiving and calculating, now it becomes also nitpicking.

At Paddocks/Driverdetails you'll find detailed information about who drove how many km where and when.

Cheers,
  Uwe

Not only unforgiving but also calculating, that the character of our "Bude"...

Based on the data of "Best Laps" an hourly evaluation will generate the "Ranking List" and "Ledger Sheet".

Only vehicles and tracks currently available on the gameserver will be used for evaluation.
But don't sorrows, none of your rounds will get lost! Every single best lap remains in "Best Laps" data and will be used for ranking again in case tracks or vehicles on the gameserver are changing again.

You'll find detailed information about the evalutionmode at "Basis of Valuation".

Cheers,
  Uwe

Up now the „serach function“ was nearly useless since it was only able to trace the “news section”...

But today I managed to query the download section also.
If you key in a track/carname into the searchbox you’ll receive the download links..

Cheers,
  Uwe

The „Altbierbude“ becomes unforgiving…:-)

Since the “LIVE-Reporter” already queries the output of the gameserver it was only a next logical step to store the data persistent.

[drum roll ON]
…and so I did it
[/drum roll OFF]

A “Cronjob” is pumping the best laps to a SQL-server every 5 minutes and the “GTL-Reporter” is presenting them.

Beside of the track/driver information it shows the bestlaps (by driver/vehicle) now also.

Happy “highscore cracking”!

Cheers,
  Uwe

Hi All,

since I'm getting more and more familiar with PHP/HTLM programming I've finished my very first module for the website:

The Liveticker Module

It will give you an overview over the current activities at the gamesever by showing you

• Current track
• Current session
• All drivers/cars currently on the track

Hope you'll like!

Cheers,
  Uwe