Advanced solstice

ysu · Post by **ysu** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:06 am

I reckon most of us should be above 3 SR now, would you guys like to have some advanced solstice racing in the afternoon/evening?

Post by **Bauer** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:10 am

LOL above 3

um yeah sure... not

Sarsippius · Post by **Sarsippius** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:37 am

Yeah I'm trying to decide if I should jump into the Advanced Solstice now, on the 29th the new Solstice Challenge starts but the Advanced Solstice Challenge is still part way through with them both ending at the same time. Shame the rookie one only uses the same two tracks for the four weeks.

DarrenM · Post by **DarrenM** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:54 am

Sarsippius wrote:Yeah I'm trying to decide if I should jump into the Advanced Solstice now, on the 29th the new Solstice Challenge starts but the Advanced Solstice Challenge is still part way through with them both ending at the same time. Shame the rookie one only uses the same two tracks for the four weeks.

You can do both at the same time, just jump in. Being able to do all series at the same time fixes the lack of variety in the rookie series

You'll have more chance of racing with each other in the advanced solstice as well because there will be less people doing the races.

Sarsippius · Post by **Sarsippius** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:24 pm

Yeah I think tomorrow when the tracks change I'll just start racing the advanced one, then once that's finished I'll probably look to get the skippy.

DarrenM · Post by **DarrenM** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:31 pm

This weeks advanced solstice track is worth skipping anyway

ysu · Post by **ysu** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:34 pm

Darren, are the settings of the car assimetric, or it's the current value based on how the car sits on the road? I've checked the min/max camber and both the min and max values differ by the same amount to the same direction....fishy.

DarrenM · Post by **DarrenM** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:42 pm

It's dynamic, so if you have your wheel turned, you'll be seeing the effects of caster. Always make sure you have your wheel centered when changing your setup

Also, when you change something and you see asterisks next to other parameters, it means that those other parameters will be affected by the change you made. You have to click Apply to see it how they've changed.

ysu · Post by **ysu** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:49 pm

ok thanks! It's just it was strange that maxed out camber on rear showed as -2.2 / -1.8 ...and i was thinking WTF, is it an oval car setup?

Wheel was centered.

Sarsippius · Post by **Sarsippius** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:59 pm

Is anyone else racing the Advanced yet? I'm sure most here have reached 3.0 already so come on and help get some more numbers going. It's definitely nicer to drive, a couple sets for laguna have been posted
http://members.iracing.com/iforum/threa ... 3&tstart=0
http://members.iracing.com/iforum/threa ... 9&tstart=0
I expect to be racing in the 9PM melb time race each night this week, hope to see some of you blokes there

Righteous · Post by **Righteous** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:59 am

I'm not sure how many people are above 3 at the moment. I wish I was but as of yet I haven't been able to apply myself for a couple of hours to get it moving along.

What is the quickest way to get your rating up? Time trial, qual or race? Or is just matter of doing anyone of those incident free? I'm close on the oval but I am still on 2.54 for road.

DarrenM · Post by **DarrenM** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:03 am

Race will get you there quicker because they count more. Time trials are probably safest because you are alone on the track

Just do time trials between the races and you'll go up quickly

thornz · Post by **thornz** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:05 am

Races are by far the fastest, then qualifying, then time trials. Best way to do it is in between races, just do a qually and a time trial session, drive the full sessions just lapping round, kinda boring, but probably worth it to get up to being able to race the Skip and whatever else you want to race. I had a couple of days where I was bored, so got just did heaps of laps to get up into the fours.

DarrenM · Post by **DarrenM** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:12 am

Laps in qualifying and time trials count the same, as you say just run laps for the whole 30 mins.

In the solstice though, I'd recommend a break for new tyres 1/2 way through (esp. at Lime Rock) because they won't last the whole session

thornz · Post by **thornz** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:34 am

DarrenM wrote:Laps in qualifying and time trials count the same, as you say just run laps for the whole 30 mins.

In the solstice though, I'd recommend a break for new tyres 1/2 way through (esp. at Lime Rock) because they won't last the whole session

Hey Darren, are you sure about that? For some reason I am sure I saw a table that stated that time trials were worth 0.35, and qually (on road circuits) was 0.5.?

Exar Kun · Post by **Exar Kun** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:58 am

It'll be a while before I get to 3.0 too. How much better/quicker is the advanced solstice? Did a time trial last night and got down to a 1:49.3. I saw people doing low 48s earlier so I assume the aliens are well into the 46s or 47s?

schmickle · Post by **schmickle** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:10 am

DarrenM wrote:It's dynamic, so if you have your wheel turned, you'll be seeing the effects of caster. Always make sure you have your wheel centered when changing your setup

Also, when you change something and you see asterisks next to other parameters, it means that those other parameters will be affected by the change you made. You have to click Apply to see it how they've changed.

Ahhhhhhh

i wondered what the hell was going on with that! lol

DarrenM · Post by **DarrenM** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:25 am

thornz wrote:Hey Darren, are you sure about that? For some reason I am sure I saw a table that stated that time trials were worth 0.35, and qually (on road circuits) was 0.5.?

You're right. I had another look at the sporting code and it's 0.5 for road qualifying

Sarsippius · Post by **Sarsippius** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:27 pm

No worries guys, I figured if I was almost at 4.0 then surely most of you would be at 3.0 by now.

Exar Kun wrote:How much better/quicker is the advanced solstice? Did a time trial last night and got down to a 1:49.3. I saw people doing low 48s earlier so I assume the aliens are well into the 46s or 47s?

I'm not sure if it really is that much quicker, judging by the qual stats from this week it's 01:47.501 vs 01:47.090. It mainly seems more responsive, none of the understeer on turn in of the rookie.

Exar Kun · Post by **Exar Kun** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:46 pm

I finally had a go at this. Did a qually lap of 1:48.5 which is a fair bit quicker than the regular Solstice. It's just so much easier to drive - actually goes where you point it for the most part and doesn't fly off the track in a huge pile of understeer.

Exar Kun · Post by **Exar Kun** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:31 pm

Just had a cracker of a race in this car - down to a 48.4 and no incidents. Way easier to keep control of.

Righteous · Post by **Righteous** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:49 pm

Yeah I managed a 48.6 in qual. Just starting to get the hang of it.

ysu · Post by **ysu** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:05 pm

dammit, by the time I'm back I'll have a lot of catching up to do

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:07 pm

heheh, apparently some more invites have gone out today.

nutty · Post by **nutty** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:29 pm

Im yet to get one =(

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