rF2 1.5h WEC (LMP & GT3) @ Daytona Road Course - Friday 6th March 2015

Stefan Woudenberg · Mar 4, 2015

Server seems to run just fine.

Tried the LOLA, NISSAN and the SCES Acura car.

Christian Michel · Mar 4, 2015

Don't like stuff like this...
Traction control: Medium
ABS: Low

we're racing a sim...

Frederic Schornstein · Mar 4, 2015

Christian Michel said:
Don't like stuff like this...
Traction control: Medium
ABS: Low

we're racing a sim...

P1 cars do have traction control, but they dont have ABS. Maybe Stefan would like to move the aids into the upgrades section like I did, so you can only use them while getting weight penalty. The normal aidpenalty system doesnt seem to work properly in rF2 at the moment.

Stefan Woudenberg · Mar 4, 2015

It's a club race, so no worries.

Daiman Patel · Mar 4, 2015

Christian Michel said:
Don't like stuff like this...
Traction control: Medium
ABS: Low

we're racing a sim...

As this is a club race we've got to ensure that it's accessible to everyone - seasoned and experienced drivers, as well as newbies and me!

Therefore we enable the use of aids so that everyone can feel comfortable. If you don't agree with the use of aids then the solution is simple - don't use them. However, on that note, I agree with the point that @Frederic Schornstein makes regarding the application of some penalty (typically the addition of weight) if you wish to use an aid, as we have done for the WEC GT Racing club. This way it's not possible for drivers to gain a substantial advantage by enabling an aid. At the same time, I do agree with what you say - this is a sim, so aids shouldn't always be used / available, hence we are much more strict about them when it comes to league racing.

Christian Michel · Mar 4, 2015

Daiman Patel said:
As this is a club race we've got to ensure that it's accessible to everyone - seasoned and experienced drivers, as well as newbies and me! Therefore we enable the use of aids so that everyone can feel comfortable. If you don't agree with the use of aids then the solution is simple - don't use them. However, on that note, I agree with the point that @Frederic Schornstein makes regarding the application of some penalty (typically the addition of weight) if you wish to use an aid, as we have done for the WEC GT Racing club. This way it's not possible for drivers to gain a substantial advantage by enabling an aid. At the same time, I do agree with what you say - this is a sim, so aids shouldn't always be used / available, hence we are much more strict about them when it comes to league racing.

I don't use them anyway even if they're enabled but it's a bit, not to say annoying, but sad if some front runners use aids and have advantages through that. Its a Club "Fun" Race, but nevertheless it's not what it should be like. If they're not as good / comfortable ok, but then it should be handled like frederics way.

Andreas Oehrlich · Mar 4, 2015

I don't care about it. However, it would be nice if we could see (ingame) which driver has some aids enabled, just for a better laptime comparison

Frederic Schornstein · Mar 4, 2015

You can only see it in the results at the end, but for example in the last two Nordschleife event no one in the Top 5 used aid except auto-clutch.

Pär Öqvist · Mar 4, 2015

I doubt you go faster in the SCES lmps with aids. I ran without in the monday race. There was a lot of rubber though which is much better then TC

Frederic Schornstein · Mar 4, 2015

I joined the server and had to download all BES components and the SCES P1 cars, but after I donwloaded all cars except Nissan, Porsche, Aston and the P1 it doesnt work anymore

It is always trying to start the download, but it doesn't.

Daiman Patel · Mar 4, 2015

Frederic Schornstein said:
I joined the server and had to download all BES components and the SCES P1 cars, but after I donwloaded all cars except Nissan, Porsche, Aston and the P1 it doesnt work anymore
It is always trying to start the download, but it doesn't.

Sounds like you might still have the old, BOP versions of the BES cars installed. Uninstall them, and check that they have been deleted from the folder of installed components. To prevent the files you have already acquired from being downloaded again just install them as usual via the Package Manager (but this isn't strictly necessary). Finally, try to log in again - hopefully the download will resume.

Let me know if you continue to have issues.

Christian Michel · Mar 4, 2015

Frederic Schornstein said:
I joined the server and had to download all BES components and the SCES P1 cars, but after I donwloaded all cars except Nissan, Porsche, Aston and the P1 it doesnt work anymore
It is always trying to start the download, but it doesn't.

For me it worked to install the already downloaded stuff manual via mod manager and then try again - than the download started and finished without any problem. Had this 2 times lately.

Frederic Schornstein · Mar 4, 2015

Christian Michel said:
For me it worked to install the already downloaded stuff manual via mod manager and then try again - than the download started and finished without any problem. Had this 2 times lately.

Did the same. I will try again later and check for old BES content, but there shouldnt be anything as it is a relatively fresh install.

Frederic Schornstein · Mar 4, 2015

Now it just works

Frederic Schornstein · Mar 4, 2015

I now have the perfect suiting wheel running for the Lola

jimortality · Mar 4, 2015

Would some kind soul pm me a lap time for the bes Porsche please. Thanks

Christian Michel · Mar 5, 2015

Frederic Schornstein said:
I now have the perfect suiting wheel running for the Lola

Interesting to see how different the Trackmap Plugin is used from everyone, i got a lot more Information there

Frederic Schornstein · Mar 5, 2015

Christian Michel said:
Interesting to see how different the Trackmap Plugin is used from everyone, i got a lot more Information there

A few things like fuel are hidden, but I should finally chnage it to my usual layout. It is all over the place at the moment, but what more do you need. Standings, sector times, best laptimes, fuel, tires, weather, car temps. I think it is a lot already