2012 | 100 Laps of Mid Ohio

Marco Bijl · Jul 4, 2012

100 Laps of Mid Ohio - INTRO & INFO

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Event: 100 laps of Mid Ohio
Date: Sunday - 22nd July 2012
Platform: rFactor2
Class: Nissan GTR, Nissan 370Z, Maserati Cup 2012, Renault Megane
Track: Mid Ohio Without chicane
Broadcast: If possible
Driver Swaps: None

INTRODUCTION
Welcome to first official Racedepartment World Endurance Series event.
The Racedepartment World Endurance Series, or RDWES for short, is a series of (semi)endurance races we will hold during the year.
For this first episode, we will visit the Mid Ohio track in the USA. Mid Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility, located in Troy Township, Ohio US, just outside the village of Lexington. Since it’s opening in 1962, it has been optimized a few times, which results in the current layout available for rfactor2. The track is perfectly suited to host multiple classes running at once, with its wide lanes and overtake opportunities all around.
There will be NO driver swaps allowed in this event. Total race length is 100 laps, which will equal about 2.5 hours of racing.

AVAILABLE CARS
The cars available will all be from the GT classes. In addition to the GT Endurance Series by ISI, we have decided to include the Renault Megane Trophy, and the Maserati GT 2012.
RaceDepartment will try to stay up to date with the latest patches and releases of these mod’s. This list will be updated according to the latest decisions of the staff concerning implemented patches and releases.
Available choices will be:

GT1
Nissan GT-R

GT4
Nissan 370Z
Maserati GT

One-Make Racing
Renault Megane

SKINS
For this round, a custom MOD will be created. This mod will contain a few skins for each car, in Racedepartment style. Everyone is free to pick a skin from the available options.

SCHEDULE/SESSION INFO - ALL TIMES IN GMT
Official Practice: 16:30 (90 minutes)
Qualification: 18:00 (30 minutes)
Warm-up: 18:30 (5 minutes)
Race: 18:35 100 Laps

All drivers must be in the server at least 15 minutes before qualifying, anyone who joins after the start of qualifying will start from the back of their specified class with the exception of people who experience last minute technical issues. The server will be open for unofficial practice before official starting time, and will be restarted at 16:30 GMT exactly. From that moment on, the server will stay up, so a nice rubber pavement can be made.

Signups.
To sign up for this event, you must have a valid license from Racedepartment. If you sign up, we do expect you to show up!. To sign up, please take a look in the Sign Up Thread.

For now, we have limited the signup list to 28 entrants. If needed, we can expand that number with an additional 20 drivers, so all can have a go at this.

Notes.
· Chatting of any kind during Qualifying and the Race is strictly prohibited in the chat. There is no need to say sorry/thanks/pitting/leaving pits/etc. Anything that needs to be said can wait until after the session.
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· Please take into account that rFactor 2 is still in beta stage and that technical problems might occur. If you spot a bug please post a (constructive) report in the dedicated bug forum here.

Stefan Woudenberg · Jul 8, 2012

Here some pics of the GRT

Teemu Toikka · Jul 8, 2012

- I have read and understood all rules for this race, and hereby would like to sign up. I will participate in the Maserati GT car

Marco Bijl · Jul 8, 2012

Corrado Conti said:
Speaking of the maserati, it seems to be much faster than the 370Z. On the other hand, it laps almost identical times as the megane so maybe they should be in the same class, not in the 370's class.

Also, someone mentioned the skins. Yes, there is way too many of them. Is there a way to reduce the number? maybe by removing them and creating an RD skin set.

I was trying to do a single player test but the maserati takes pretty much all the spots, then the Megane takes what's left over and if you are lucky you get a Nissan or two. In any event, the maserati is too fast for the nissan, but the nissan is much more fun to drive. The maserati feels unstable.

The mod Stefan and me are working on (see the skins we posted), will contain only 2 skins of each car. That makes loading a bit more easy, and in practice, you should get a even amount of each car. Hope to finish on that somewhere this week.

The maserati is indeed a bit unstable, but, with a decent setup, definately good to drive. I am not comfortable enough with it to keep it for 100 laps, but then again, I am a lousy driver

. When doing an offline test, I had a real divided field in terms of lap times. The GTR is deffinately the fastest one. Can't keep up with that with the Megane or 370. The maserati can keep up on a straight line, but when cornering, it is even a bit slower then the Meganes and 370's. In the end, I think the competition will be between the 370, Megane and Maserati. It will all depend on the driver which will be the fastest. The GTR is a class on its own.

I will do a re-evaluation to see if I can mix up the cars to 2 or 3 different classes.

James Woods · Jul 8, 2012

Is the mod for this event available to dl yet?

Marco Bijl · Jul 8, 2012

I will put a test server on later today, and the mod will be downloadable from there. Not the full mod with skins, just to practice all the cars together on the track.

Marco Bijl · Jul 8, 2012

Test server is up and running.
Mod downloadable via server. Just a simple mod, no skins in it yet.

Server details:
Server Name: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM 100L
Server Pass: Regular RD Racing Pass.

Marco Bijl · Jul 8, 2012

Test server is up and running.
Mod downloadable via server. Just a simple mod, no skins in it yet.

Server details:
Server Name: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM 100L
Server Pass: Regular RD Racing Pass.

Tomasz Matuszewski · Jul 8, 2012

I have read and understood all rules for this race, and hereby would like to sign up. I will participate in the 370z

Brian Clancy · Jul 9, 2012

nice!

Caramidaru Andrei Bogdan · Jul 10, 2012

Brian Clancy said:
nice!

let's see what are u made of?

Roma Ljubchik · Jul 10, 2012

I have read and understood all rules for this race, and hereby would like to sign up. I will participate in the Maserati

Esteve Rueda · Jul 10, 2012

Come on! We need more GTRs...

only two now, I think people fear this car

Caramidaru Andrei Bogdan · Jul 10, 2012

Esteve Rueda said:
Come on! We need more GTRs... only two now, I think people fear this car

yep

Tomasz Matuszewski · Jul 10, 2012

Esteve Rueda said:
Come on! We need more GTRs... only two now, I think people fear this car

Or maybe it's because GTR has a pretty bad collision system so far, many slight contacts cause very unrealistic big flips.

Esteve Rueda · Jul 10, 2012

I didn't know about that

, I haven't seen anything like you say in all time I've been driving this car. And that I have an amount of laps.

Tomasz Matuszewski · Jul 10, 2012

I saw a vid on Youtube. I believe I've read about it somewhere on ISIForums as well.

Caramidaru Andrei Bogdan · Jul 10, 2012

It is true..bad colision system.isiforum and other sites

Jimi Hughes · Jul 10, 2012

Anyone got a link for a manual download of the Masarati? I tried to download from the test server, but got "Mod could not be installed"

I have the circuit and the other cars installed, but this wont seem to work. Ive been having real issues with the online 'get mod' automatic install

Stefan Woudenberg · Jul 10, 2012

Jimi Hughes said:
Anyone got a link for a manual download of the Masarati? I tried to download from the test server, but got "Mod could not be installed"

I have the circuit and the other cars installed, but this wont seem to work. Ive been having real issues with the online 'get mod' automatic install

Jimi, get the Maserati here:
http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/maserati-trofeo-granturismo-mc-series.50597/
After installation you should be able to get the mod downloaded and installed.

Jimi Hughes · Jul 10, 2012

Stefan Woudenberg said:
After installation you should be able to get the mod downloaded and installed.

I tried downloading the Maserati with the track pack as I was having difficulty installing one of the tracks alone, however in the Mod Manager I am getting "Unable to install the following Mods" for this. I uninstalled all of the individual component tracks (which I had already previously sourced) and tried again but still getting the same message when I try to install.

Im fairly sure I'm up to date, running build 90 (if that matters) but I am pretty new to rFactor so I must be missing something somewhere. Really dont understand tho because I have followed all steps correctly to my knowledge

Edit: tried re-installing all individual tracks and the car as a component not a pack and seem to have got it working, have managed to join the Practice server.