rF2 2.5h WEC @ Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans) - Sat 31st May

David O'Reilly · May 22, 2014

Well the masochist in me is so thrilled to have the BES 1.0 911 GT3 RSR to drive again instead of the GTE version. The latter being soooo easy to drive I managed m first RD RF2 win in one of the the Silverstone practice races. It was a case of reducing rear grip and increasing front grip as much as possible to tame the inherent understeer from massive rear grip.

The former is intoxicatingly challenging and realistic.
I did spend 6 1/2 years selling Porsche cars and have had the good fortune to drive several models on the race track and some Iconic ones on the road (GT3, 993 Turbo S the most memorable) and did own a 1981 911 SC so can speak with some authority on this car.

I am most likely racing in LMP1 but never drove this track so wanted to play in the 911 to learn it.

I have just had so much fun at Circuit de La Sarthe.
With my 911 GTE setup the car just wanted to swap ends under brakes which is exactly what happens IRL with a 911 if you dont keep that rear mounted engine perpendicular to the braking forces.
My favourite metaphor is to imagine balancing a hammer on your hand with the head uppermost. Move your hand sideways and gravity will make the hammer head (the engine) overtake the handle (the rest of the chassis). Double gravity (braking) but keep it all in line and no problems.

So anyway by increasing diff lock on coast side. Lowering rear slow bump shocks and increasing front ones, then lowering rear ARB and increasing front I managed to increase rear stability and grip and reduce front grip and I finally stopped the front end from writing cheques the rear end couldn't cash. The car is now drivable.
As this is a club event I wont post lap times but this setup process gained me 12 seconds (on where my lap times stabilised after the initial tentative laps).

If you are frustrated and annoyed by the formerly easy GTE and want to try to give the BES 1.0 a go at Lemans I am happy to share my current setup. Send me a pm and its yours.

Once again I will write the disclaimer that I'm still a learner on Rf2 and not especially fast very often. But I love the engineering side so I write these little pieces.
Peace out.

edit
Ill put current setup here for BES1 911 GT3 RSR
https://www.dropbox.com/s/la7ww6ksy3d6mda/911 test3LemansBEST.svm

Frederic Schornstein · May 22, 2014

Simon Christmann said:
Who follows here now who?

I already posted on page 3, but then wasn't sure, because of the 6 hours

Christian Michel · May 22, 2014

what was they option to fix the rear mirrow view with the r18?

David O'Reilly · May 22, 2014

Christian Michel said:
what was they option to fix the rear mirrow view with the r18?

Move your seat fwd or back to get them level then use FOV to get your preferred view.
You can also use shift or ctrl plus your seat adjust keys to then fine tune mirrors.

Gijs van Elderen · May 22, 2014

There is a setting in the user PLR file.

Moving Rearview="3" // Whether mirrors respond to head movement in cockpit (0=none, 1=position-only, 2=FOV-only, 3=both) - add 4 if you want to IGNORE head-tracking movement

Set it on "0". You can move your seat and adjust your FOV to your liking.

Marcel Offermans · May 22, 2014

Davy Lauwereys said:
Do changes in RF2 require the rejoin software to updated or something? It was working fine in VWEC ??

Not at all, the software that was used for VWEC is still working (and being developed further). I think the organizers just ran out of time, as Daiman explained.

Paul Cullern · May 22, 2014

Sign me up please. GTE Porsche

Davy Lauwereys · May 22, 2014

@Daiman Patel in light of the changes regarding the format, we'll have to change our entry slightly :

- 1x LMP1 lSd Racing Nicky de Fré
- 1x GT3 lSd Racing Davy Lauwereys
- 1x GT3 lSd Racing Steven Pubols

Magic43 · May 22, 2014

Sign me up please for the Audi (LMP1)

Yuri · May 23, 2014

I've got a little problem in turn 1:

I've had that at least 3 times now, not as bad as this one but it couln't definatly ruin someones race.

Kristian Puhov · May 23, 2014

As this race is not 6h long, me and Luka will race separately

Same problem here

Yuri Kasdorp said:
I've got a little problem in turn 1:

I've had that at least 3 times now, not as bad as this one but it couln't definatly ruin someones race.

Jimi Hughes · May 23, 2014

I've got friends over the for boxing on the 31st, however I'm strongly considering filling the fridge with beer and letting them crack on while I disappear upstairs!

Dennis · May 23, 2014

Kristian Puhov said:
Same problem here

Did you also use the Porsche?

Also do you guys drive over the curb or stay completly on the road when it happens?

(Trying to find out if it's related to the car or track)

Yuri · May 23, 2014

I kept completely on the road, just had another example should I post it here as well? or maybe with another camera?

Dennis · May 23, 2014

Yes that would be good, maybe with a "rearwing cam" so we can see your driving line to reproduce the bug

Yuri · May 23, 2014

by the looks of it, I spit the moment I touch the kerb there.

Kristian Puhov · May 23, 2014

Dennis Coufal said:
Did you also use the Porsche?

Also do you guys drive over the curb or stay completly on the road when it happens?

(Trying to find out if it's related to the car or track)

yes the porsche......Also i test for FPS and put 30 AI.....when AI (or me) pass the curb, the car sometime just bump and sometime it spin (like in the video)

I saw this problem only on my car (porsch).

David O'Reilly · May 23, 2014

Paul Cullern said:
Sign me up please. GTE Porsche

Paul just so you are aware I think the Mod is the

Dennis Coufal said:
Did you also use the Porsche?

Also do you guys drive over the curb or stay completly on the road when it happens?

(Trying to find out if it's related to the car or track)

I have felt something there and bounced off it a few times when very near the kerb. Also in the 911
You need to be be on a very nice line very tight to kerb so I'm pretty safe most laps