Season 10 - Preliminary Calendar

Nicolai Nicholson · Jan 3, 2013

Round 1 - 06th of February - Istanbul
Round 2 - 20th of February - Silverstone
Round 3 - 06th of March - Nurburgring
Round 4 - 20th of March - Melbourne
Round 5 - 03rd of April - Sepang
Round 6 - 17th of April - Shanghai
Round 7 - 01st of May - Bahrain
Round 8 - 15th of May - Barcelona
Round 9 - 29th of May - Monaco
Round 10 - 12th of June - Montreal

This is, as the thread title suggest, only a preliminary calendar. Round 4-10 corresponds with the same F1 race 3 days earlier (Round 5 and 7 are 10 days after F1 race). Istanbul they do not race in F1 anymore, but it is a very recent track and it is in-game as well. Silverstone and (probably) Nurburgring are done in the Summer when Presto GP is out enjoying the sun, so we move them to the start of our season instead.

All the rounds can be contested, and the order of the first three rounds are more or less by chance. This is not done to shut out a voted track or two, it is just to get us started.

David Turnbull · Jan 3, 2013

im very happy with how that calendar looks except for montreal, if its the old montreal we used 2 seasons ago id vote against it, it was a horrible track but as its the last in the calendar i wouldnt be too gutted to have to race it if its the one picked

Henrik Jordfald Olsen · Jan 3, 2013

Happy with the calendar as well, might sit the three last ones out due to exams though...

Sean Greenlaw · Jan 4, 2013

Nice selection of tracks logic seems sound to me no need for vote

, Montreal wasnt best looking like David says but im not to fussed or perhaps a vote for final track then.

Worth pointing out we will have the new layout Silverstone to use i think ?
Also i think theres 2 Nurburgrings, an official simbim and 1 we previously used i think. Obvioulsy we would opt for the official simbim 1 now, if im correct in thinking there is.

Bob Miley · Jan 4, 2013

Put me down for this, but I may miss 3 of the races due to holidays, I will try to talk the wife into other dates.

Dino Paolini · Jan 4, 2013

Starts earlier than I have expected it, but it should be allright

Sean Greenlaw Yes the Nürburgring track that came with GTRevo is very good and the standart used version of this track evverywhere I've driven it (and that was a lot of times

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Can't say anything about Montreal though, never tested it on Race before.
The new layout of Silverstone also works very good for Race.

Jim Hawley · Jan 4, 2013

I cant make the 6th of Feb, I'm off to the Alps as usual

The rest of the calender looks ok tho but how about we find an "interesting" alternative to Nurb seing as we raced it only a few weeks ago?

Jim

Nicolai Nicholson · Jan 4, 2013

Jim Hawley said:
The rest of the calender looks ok tho but how about we find an "interesting" alternative to Nurb seing as we raced it only a few weeks ago?

It was Hockenheim we raced a few weeks ago. Last time we raced Nurburgring was round 3 in season 8.

As a matter of fact I think all 10 tracks that was in season 8 are in the suggested calendar, in almost the same order.

As for Montreal, I had the real track on my mind when I wrote it, the track we have but never been "allowed" to race

But it might be wiser to have a voted track instead.

And I agree that it is probably wise to decide what version of Silverstone and Nurburgring early, the latter I think is part of GTR Evo.

Jim Hawley · Jan 4, 2013

Nicolai Nicholson said:
It was Hockenheim we raced a few weeks ago

Oh yeah.....Doh!!

Henrik Jordfald Olsen · Jan 5, 2013

Just booked tickets for the real Monaco race

, so I will definitely not be able to make the race on the 29th.

Reik Major · Jan 6, 2013

I'm fine with the calendar, too.

I agree that we should vote about the track versions of Silverstone and Nurburgring and for a different track for round 10 (Montreal).

My opinions:
- due to good quality of stock tracks it should be good to use the GTR Evo Nurburgring
- for Silverstone we could change to the 2011 version as it was tested and liked by many of us
- due to being the season final, we should find a nice challenging track for round 10

David Turnbull · Jan 6, 2013

+1 to reiks opinions

Valerio Vinassa · Jan 7, 2013

I have understand which track or version Silverstone or Nurbur you speak but Im fine with Calendar

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I'll try to be faster,I promise

Nicolai Nicholson · Jan 10, 2013

Ok, so far our calendar looks like this:

Round 1 - 06th of February - Istanbul
Round 2 - 20th of February - Silverstone
Round 3 - 06th of March - Nurburgring
Round 4 - 20th of March - Melbourne
Round 5 - 03rd of April - Sepang
Round 6 - 17th of April - Shanghai
Round 7 - 01st of May - Bahrain
Round 8 - 15th of May - Barcelona
Round 9 - 29th of May - Monaco
Round 10 - 12th of June - Vote

Remember, if you don't speak up now, you cannot complain later

Karl Raudsepp · Jan 10, 2013

I'm not sure if Monaco as last round is good idea. Maybe in the middle of the season, but in the end of the season it might be too lotteryish

Which Bahrein configuration we are talking about?

Peter Marshall · Jan 10, 2013

Nicolai Nicholson said:
Remember, if you don't speak up now, you cannot complain later

There have been many complaints from members regarding Melbourne from last season and earlier. I have never experienced any technical issues with it myself.

David Turnbull · Jan 10, 2013

melbourne problem was with too many cars? someone would end up sharing and drop onto the grid.

apart from that its a great track and the rest have been used countless times so should be fine.

Sean Greenlaw · Jan 11, 2013

I think this was Bahrain track and layout we used http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=24226&page=2

Reik Major · Jan 11, 2013

I like Bahrain due to different reasons. It has a good mix of tricky sections and longer straights. So it's a challenging thing to setup the car well. Also the tricky sections before the straights may lead into slight mistakes some times, which can give the following car a good opportunity for a pass in the end of the straight. So we could see some nice passes.

Karl Raudsepp said:
I'm not sure if Monaco as last round is good idea. Maybe in the middle of the season, but in the end of the season it might be too lotteryish

Our past events there have shown that it's not the lottery one would expect at Monaco. We always had high finishing rates. I think in generall we have reached a level, where everyone has a good balance between safe racing and required agressiveness.

Valter Ostman · Jan 11, 2013

Zandvoort is an old F1 track that we could do a fun race on. Just to find out if it suits us. A very technically safe Simbin track. It's a challenging course, something very far from the drag-racing straights and slow chicanes of Monza. Last grand prix was held in -85.