rF2 GTE Practise Sprint Race @ Silverstone - Mon 12th May 2014

[Dennis]

Sprint race as preparation for the upcoming 2.5h of Silverstone. You may join whether you race in the main event or not.

Event Details:
Server: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM WEC
Track: Silverstone (Download)
Car: GTE (Download, Template)
MOD: Download via Server

You will have the following cars to choose from:

• Ferrari F458 (GTE)
• Porsche 997 GT3-R (GTE)
• Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 (GTE)

Weather: Sunny
Road condition: Rubber on track were possible
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel use: 2x
Mechanical failure: Time scaled

Assists
Traction control: Allowed
ABS: Low
Auto-clutch: Allowed

Race - Monday, 12th May 2014
Practice: 18:00 GMT
Qually: 19:30 GMT 10 minute
Warm up: 3 minutes
Race: 20 mins [standing start]

Racedepartment Calendar: Click here
Server password: click here
Racing rules: click here
GMT Clock: Click here

Sign up list:

GTE:

1. Dennis Coufal
2. David O'Reilly
3. Richard Hill
   
4. Damir Dubarič
5. Pär Öqvist
   
6. Kristian Puhov
   
7. Yuri Kasdorp
   
8. Daiman Patel
   
9. Driver
   
10. Driver
    
11. Driver
    
12. Driver
    
13. Driver
    
14. Driver
    
15. Driver

SERVER IS UP!

 

[David O'Reilly]

Please sign me up. Ive been missing the 911 GT3 and skinned one and worked on setups tonight.

 

[Richard Hill]

Sign me up please

 

[Damir Dubarič]

Sign me in.

 

[Pete Bone]

Yeah, go on, sign me up too please.

 

[Pete Bone]

Just a quick question, are we really having 1 and a half hours of practice?

 

[Dennis]

Just a quick question, are we really having 1 and a half hours of practice?

You can also join shorty before qualification - the session starts so early since the idea behind this event is having some practise with other drivers and rounding it all up with a short sprint race in the end

 

[Pär Öqvist]

Sign me in. But the time could be used for more practise races instead perhaps since it´s just 20 minutes races?

 

[Dennis]

Yeah I think we are pretty flexible - as long as no one is "pending an open session" it shouldn't be a problem
(Edit: I also don't mind if there are LMPs)

 

[Pete Bone]

You can also join shorty before qualification - the session starts so early since the idea behind this event is having some practise with other drivers and rounding it all up with a short sprint race in the end

It's not a problem, it just seemed strange to have that much practice for a 10 lap race, but all is good, in Admin we trust.

 

[Kristian Puhov]

i am in...GTE

Edit: i can't download the mod...any link??

 

[Keith_G]

I really need the practice but unfortunately this is the middle of the work day for me. If anyone cares to share a bit about a setup for the Ferrari that would help a great deal. I think I keep trying to drive in the rain with no rubber on the track and I am having a bit of a hard time finding any speed Not having raced in the rain, which the server seems to be on much of the time, I'm still trying to figure it out! Thanks in advance

 

[Yuri]

sign me up please, I've got the new mod downloading now though (v1.0) so it could be close to quali :/
EDIT: tought it was half an hour practise, not one and a half

 

[Richard Hill]

I cant get on I have looked at the mod manager and for the wec thing it says that its uninstallable cause of unknown base cmp the Ferrari GTEv3 and the same for the Aston and Porsche

 

[Pete Bone]

I have to bail, something has come up. See you guys maybe for the next practice race.

 

[Dennis]

Link has been updated

If you have problems isntalling jsut remove all vmods realted to GT3/BES and reinstall the BES mod (v1.0).

You can also try to install the vmod manually: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xnugzqep7les2s/RD_WEC_Silverstone.rfmod

 

[Pär Öqvist]

Seem to be a bug with the Ferrari? All the Ferraris broke down in the race. I got the furthest didn´t really push and had clean air all the time... This is the first time ever I had a car break down in rFactor 2 while not deliberately working to get there.

Full Fuel stints and refueling in hotter condition in practise before has never been a problem.

 

[Damir Dubarič]

Great race, I was surprised to be third in the end. I had great time racing with Yuri.
Hope on Saturday it will be even better.

 

[Richard Hill]

I think the problem is the same for the astons as the three of us broke down before the Ferrari's. For once I didn't have a temp reading up so I have no idea plus never had a car brake either so I would have thought there would have been smoke to say it's over heating instead I just had flames

 

[David O'Reilly]

The Ferrari of Alexi K had big flames too.
In testing a potential quali setup the 911 engine shows over temp and then blows smoke at 106 deg. So I upped Rad to #3.
Maybe there is an issue so its good we did the test race.
Maybe we need another quick test??
So it ended up being the Porsche Cup!
None the less my first ever RD win in RF2. I was P3 on grid and in the race. The Ferraris made a gap of 9 sec over say 5 laps and I inherited the lead when the Ferraris blew up.I think I had 31 sec on the #2 911 plus my car had my own skin.
I feel I have arrived
But seriously thanks for the race. You can have as lot of fun in 20 mins, I didnt know this