GPL Online Racing

The GPL Global Race Calendar 

How to join GPL online races?

• iGOR 1.5 & GEM+ 2.4.64 (for mods and 1967 races)
• WinVROC (mainly 1967 races)

If iGOR doesn`t show a racelist:
1) close iGOR if it is running
2) open igor.ini (X:\Program files\GPLSecrets\iGOR\...)
3) change the line "IP = maserati.blw.net" to "IP = gplrank.info"
4) close and save igor.ini
5) start iGOR
Alternativ: iGOR racelist updater by Bernd Nowak
Note: You don`t have to edit the racelist IP if you did use the GPL All-In-One-Patch v2.


The Bandwidth-Patch is needed to join most of the GPL servers.
Infos & download of the Bandwidth-Patch here.


These entries should be set in your GPL core.ini (X:\...\Sierra\gpl\core.ini):

[ Communications ]
alternate_ip_addr_lookup=1              ; Find IP addresses another way
                                                          0 = No alternate lookup *  1 = Use alternate way
bcast_augment_status=0                   ; Prepend status with IP address?
bcast_listserv=                                  ; IP address of race list server
bcast_listserv_req=                           ; Empty string, or start with '?'
bcast_listserv_req_freq=10.000000     ; Request race list frequency
bcast_ping_disable=0                         ; Disable response to pings
bcast_ping_port=0                             ; Ping port number (0=default)
bcast_port=0                                     ; Broadcast port number (0=default)
bcast_recv_disable=0                         ; Disable broadcast reception
bcast_send_disable=0                        ; Disable sending broadcasts
bcast_send_freq=4.000000                 ; Broadcast frequency (seconds)
clock_adj_delay=8                             ; How often may client adjust clock?
                                                           Only used when synch_method = 0 (see [ Tasks ]) original=4  in version 1.1 
disable_ipx=0                                     ; Disable IPX support
disable_modem=0                              ; Don't look for/use modems
disable_network=0                              ; Disable network support
disable_tcp_ip=0                                 ; Disable TCP/IP support
ignore_net_read_errors=1                   ; Don't disco if error reading pkt
ignore_net_send_errors=1                   ; Don't disco if error sending pkt
ip_addr_lookup_timeout=2                   ; Timeout to find own IP address. Default = 2 sec.
log_server_comm_errors=0                  ; Log errors for client channels?
log_server_connect_status=0                 ; Issue messages as clients connect
mem_client_send_every=3                    ; Client packet freq via memory
mem_client_send_size=84                     ; Client packet size via memory
mem_server_send_every=3                  ; Server packet freq via memory
mem_server_send_size=384                 ; Server packet size via memory
net_lan_client_send_every=3                ; Client packet freq on LAN
net_lan_client_send_size=84                 ; Client packet size on LAN
net_lan_server_send_every=3               ; Server packet freq on LAN
net_lan_server_send_size=384              ; Server packet size on LAN
net_mdm_client_send_every=3              ; Client packet freq on dialup
net_mdm_client_send_size=84               ; Client packet size on dialup
net_mdm_server_send_every=3             ; Server packet freq on dialup
net_mdm_server_send_size=384            ; Server packet size on dialup
net_server_port=0                                  ; Server port number (0 = default)
net_use_mdm_bandwidth_for_tcp_ip=1    ; Use modem bandwidthfor TCP/IP - 1 = Use net_mdm_ settings *
;net_use_mdm_bandwidth_for_tcp_ip=0   ; Use modem bandwidthfor IPX    - 0 = Use net_lan_ settings

show_meters = 0      ; 0 = Off *  1 = On    Alt-m to toggle



Core.ini example:

FILE	SIZE	DOWNLOAD
Core.ini	3 KB

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How to behave correctly at online races?

• Recommended Driver Behavior (GPL)
  
• The workings of GPL online by Bart Westra
• Online etiquette and sounds query

How to adjust the chat (& replay) font?

To open the archives you need a packing software, e.g. the free and multilingual 7-Zip.

How to host online races with iGOR?

• GPL races hosting via iGOR (by Meinrad Duepre & Stefan Roess)
• Igor Ports from the iGOR documentation (post #5)
• 65 - taming the iGOR - or how to host succesfully using iGOR in 6 easy steps
• All technical details concerning bandwidth, latency etc. by Bart Westra

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GPL/ iGOR Ports and Firewalls

General Listings of the ports
Port 113 (TCP/incoming) - not essential
Port 6970 (UDP/outgoing)
Port 6971 (UDP/incoming)
Port 6667 (TCP/outgoing)
Port 30196 (TCP/incoming)
Port 30196 (TCP/outgoing)
Port 30197 (TCP/outgoing)
Port 30198 (TCP/incoming)
Port 30198 (TCP/outgoing)
Port 30199 (UDP/outgoing)
Ports 32766-32786 (UDP/incoming)

iGOR Ports

iGOR uses several ports for internet communications. Some of these can be changed, others cannot.

IRC Chat
Port 6667 (TCP/outgoing) - cannot be changed.

IRC Ident Server
Port 113 (TCP/incoming) - cannot be changed.
- it is not essential that this port is opened, but chat connections will be much quicker if you can open this port for incoming connections / add it to your port forwarding list.

Race List
Port 30197 (TCP/outgoing) - cannot be changed.

Remote Hosting Client
Port 30196 (TCP/outgoing)

GPL Ports

By default, GPL uses the following ports:

Broadcasting
Port 6970 (UDP/outgoing) - used by GPL to broadcast the status of the races to the RaceList server.
HOWEVER, iGOR changes this port to 30199 (UDP/outgoing) to keep the range of ports required by iGOR to a single block (30196-30199).

Pings
Port 6971 (UDP/incoming) - used by GPL for ping responses. Not used by iGOR

Racing Connections
Ports 32766-32786 -- 21 in total (UDP/incoming)
Details: 32766 is used for incoming connections, 32767-32786 are used for existing connections to each individual client

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