[AC] ARSE Racing, Lotus 72D, Round 1, Wed 20/07/2016

[Boxhead]

Norbs hasn't named it yet


Car: Lotus 72D.
Track: Brands Hatch GP.

8:30 PM AEST
10 Mins Qualifying.
11 Lap race.
5 Mins Qualifying*
Each driver should only do an out lap and one flying lap.
21 Lap Race.

Server: ARSE Wedneday racing. should be up till race time

Teamspeak : arseracing.teamspeak3.com:5517
pw: arse

Pit stop app

Fixed setup. Tyre pressures are free

djm 72D.ini

Fuel will be 35 litres, enough for 11 laps but not much more.
135% fuel usage.
145% tyre wear. Maybe you can do race 2 on 1 set or maybe not.
30% Damage.
Tyre blankets = false
Skin pack v2, I only found a few skins plus the in game ones, pick one or I will give you one.

Everyone who commented in the series tread has been added

Cursed
Knappo
richo
DarrenM.................Martini
Santa
Boxhead.................Lotus 3
Hylas.....................1 lotus jps
Jamo
GT virus.................SFracing
Enforcer-J...............martini 2
Muppet
Dr Pain
Hutchy...................Lucky Strike
Norbs....................29 lotus gunston
Slow69...................classic lotus 5
Bails MacKenzie.........shadow

Sign ups still open,

[Boxhead]

i just put these here cause they where a bit slow coming out.

Series Two results


YTD results

[hutchy]

I'll take the Lucky Strike skin thanks Box

[DarrenM]

Forgot to post the resized skin for you. Here's the 2048x2048 Martini dds.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/638 ... D_2048.zip

[Jamo]

Well I won't be able to Wednesday so I'm out.

Must say pit stops pretty much squashed any interest in trying to make future rounds.

[norbs]

http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads ... ries.8571/

Ian Scheckter 1974 for me Box.

[Boxhead]

Well I won't be able to Wednesday so I'm out.

Must say pit stops pretty much squashed any interest in trying to make future rounds.

pits stops are easy with the pit stop app, just stop, wait, go

[norbs]

Well I won't be able to Wednesday so I'm out.

Must say pit stops pretty much squashed any interest in trying to make future rounds.

pits stops are easy with the pit stop app, just stop, wait, go

Dont feed the troll.

[Enforcer-J]

I most likely cant make round 1 but intend on racing the other rounds.

Skinwise...Can I be Darren's useless team mate?

[norbs]

What are people doing at Brands time wise? Not sure if something has changed but the car is a handful there

[Dr. Pain]

Mid 25's for me

[Cursed]

I think I've managed 1:25's. So I expect someone's doing 1:23's.

Did a 10 lap race against AI (at 97%) on the weekend. I was managing 26's, the AI was doing 24's

[norbs]

Oh jesus. Ok. Thanks.

[hylas]

Can I take the JPS Team Lotus livery?

[DarrenM]

What are people doing at Brands time wise? Not sure if something has changed but the car is a handful there

I've felt it's a little more twitchy since the update as well but maybe I'm just pushing harder. I'm having to make sure the revs go down more before down shifting to make sure the rears don't compression lock. Staying in a higher gear will also keep it more stable with a bit of understeer.

Hutchy (I think) said last night that although the brake bias is locked in the setup screen, you can still change it with in car controls if necessary.

Skinwise...Can I be Darren's useless team mate?

OK by me

[hutchy]

What are people doing at Brands time wise? Not sure if something has changed but the car is a handful there

I've felt it's a little more twitchy since the update as well but maybe I'm just pushing harder. I'm having to make sure the revs go down more before down shifting to make sure the rears don't compression lock. Staying in a higher gear will also keep it more stable with a bit of understeer.

Hutchy (I think) said last night that although the brake bias is locked in the setup screen, you can still change it with in car controls if necessary.

Skinwise...Can I be Darren's useless team mate?

OK by me

Yes correct you can change the brake in car only......slightly rearward worked best for me.......I have managed a low 1:26 so far.

[Boxhead]

i am willing to tweak the fixed set if the masses want it, I'm only having trouble with down changes if i don't blip it right. I've been moving my bias to 51% in car.

times. i saw a fellow competitor do 12 laps, 1 was an out lap and 10 where in the 23s with a best of 23.2. which spurred me on to a very low 24

[Boxhead]

SimResults

[norbs]

Thanks Box. pretty intense.

[hylas]

Thanks Box,

I enjoyed our battle in the first race, pity I mucked up the start on race 2. I was hoping to have a long battle with you again. Race 2 was still fun working my way back up to the field. But getting a penalty for a cut which wasn't really a cut, more like a off track on the outside. It gave me a 5 second slow down. A tip for anyone that gets one in the future races, it's probably best to just slow down to under 35km/h instead of trying to slow down letting the counter go down. I got the counter to 1-2 secs a few times to only have it pop back up to 5 sec when I put my foot down. If I had of initially just slowed down to 35, it would of removed the warning at that point.

I'll need to work on my shifting technique, losing 4th gear really effected my concentration. I say that, but norbs was catching me and the pressure was getting to me lol Well done all, cya's next time

[Dr. Pain]

Another lap and my gearbox was toast! I'll have to look at paddle shifting but H pattern feels right in these cars.

[hutchy]

Going to bow out of this series sorry......not the car for me no chance of being remotely competitive best I stay out of the way.

[Cursed]

Well for the most part I enjoyed myself. I was frequently hurting my gearbox, but I wasn't hurting it nearly as badly as it seems the rest of you were. I think I just need to work out the timing of the heel-n-toe technique and even my regular up-shifting. The biggest lesson was not to turn on repairs for pitstops unless you really need them. I had it turned on after I had a bit of run-in early in the race, but in hindsight I should have just driven with the minor damage.

The other bad things are Rift related. For one, no virtual mirror is available in the Rift. So all I had were the two polished bottlecaps that theyve bolted to the side of the cockpit to see who was coming. Secondly, driver names don't appear correctly (if at all) on the rift. It gets a little hard to know who is around you. Finally, the flags and low-fuel warning icons appear outside your normal FOV when looking down the road. So while I had people all over the back of me at the end of race 2, I had no idea they were about to lap me because I hadn't seen a blue flag (if one even appeared).

[DarrenM]

It's a tough track. You don't get much chance to rest between corners. My left knee was getting sore towards the end of the 2nd race and I couldn't find a chance to stretch my leg out.

Putting the shifter on the left makes it a pain to get in and out of my cockpit and I can't time shifts very well with it on the right, so I stick with paddles. I only use the shifter in sequential mode or as a handbrake for dirt rally.

Going to bow out of this series sorry......not the car for me no chance of being remotely competitive best I stay out of the way.

Don't give up. It shouldn't be about winning but whether you can enjoy the personal challenge and the racing. It's just a shame we don't have more guys racing to give everyone close competitors.

I spent 3 years on iracing in the top F1 series qualifying at the back of the grid. Never had a hope of a podium, but it was the most enjoyable and rewarding racing I've done.

[norbs]

I spent 3 years on iracing in the top F1 series qualifying at the back of the grid. Never had a hope of a podium, but it was the most enjoyable and rewarding racing I've done.

I read that and my vision went all weird and i got a nose bleed.