AC Alfa Romeo GTAm/Ford Escort RS1600 @ Battenbergring - Tue 5th Sept 2023

[Kek700]

I tried the diff at 70, it was help full Robert, but it was countered by seemingly making the rear more stodgy , I find 50 or 60 to be best overall compromise.

 

[Elmar3rd]

The track is new to me and I need over 5 min for a safe round (Alfa). It would also take to much time to practice, as it is quite long. I'll skip that.

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

I have my diff at 20,60/70 is too tight for me,but then again i like to sliiiiide..This is proper car racing old school..Throw it in early,over compensate the corner,use the throttle to help bring the rear back brake a bit earlier...Should be fun tonight...

 

[Kek700]

My technic is fingers crossed and continually breath a sigh of relief when I get through a corner.
To not joke, the only time I notice any drifting is when I look at the replay, in the car I see now’t, feel now’t sense now’t..
It is known as the feeling f**k all racing technique.

 

[cerebralvortex]

I barely practiced and the default setup was faster than what I used at Goodwood. But waaaay off the pace.

How about making things interesting and sharing your setup Allan ?

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

@cerebralvortex
Normally i would....but in this case i must decline Im thinking you might pull something out of the bag tonight and i need to be on point and in this case if i have a slight advantage...Im keeping it...For the time been..

 

[cerebralvortex]

Sorry guys, I was tired and made more mistakes than usual..I pushed a bit too hard in the village part and crashed out. Not easy to turn the car around there.. Sorry. Over half way through the race AC crashed. That did not happen in a looong time. Crashed in VR code it seems Too bad, the racing is always good around here. Allan was too quick for me here, but should have been P2 without the mistakes.

 

[Shed 17]

Sorry I baled out early guys, there was a problem with the knob holding the gearstick............me!
My mind just wasn’t with it tonight, maybe the 30 degrees in rig room didn’t help but thanks Colin for setting this up and well done to the podium ( whoever it may be)

 

[Kek700]

Only one thing interested me tonight, staying on the track, managed no off’s and never look like I was going off.
So very pleased, the only negative was hearing the lotus 25 being put forward as a racing option.
Pleasure racing everyone I was around, no problems, everyone was very fair. And special well done to Alan, cracking time.
PS, my setup from Goodwood helped me a lot too, double pleased.
PS2 cracking time from Jason too, I can see why he is quicker, at least than me, he was on the ragged edge. Luckily for me he was over the edge on the last lap.

 

[JamKart22]

Thanks for everyone who joined last night. It needed a bit of practice commitment to get a fast time. I managed a reasonable time but too many errors saw me at the back. Having a baking hot rig room didn't help my concentration!

A slightly easier track next week as we're off to a 1967 version of the Sachsenring in the same cars...

AC - Alfa Romeo GTAM/Ford Escort RS1600 @ Sachsenring 1967 - Tue 12th Sept 2023

Welcome to the RD Racing Club. This 1967 historic version of the Sachsenring should be a great test for these cars. SITUATIONAL AWARENESS is essential for clean and respectful driving in our community. You should therefore use tools like Helicorsa or CarRadar and CrewChief. The links for...

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Hope you can join

 

[HF2000]

Thanks for everyone who joined last night. It needed a bit of practice commitment to get a fast time. I managed a reasonable time but too many errors saw me at the back. Having a baking hot rig room didn't help my concentration!

A slightly easier track next week as we're off to a 1967 version of the Sachsenring in the same cars...

AC - Alfa Romeo GTAM/Ford Escort RS1600 @ Sachsenring 1967 - Tue 12th Sept 2023

Welcome to the RD Racing Club. This 1967 historic version of the Sachsenring should be a great test for these cars. SITUATIONAL AWARENESS is essential for clean and respectful driving in our community. You should therefore use tools like Helicorsa or CarRadar and CrewChief. The links for...

www.racedepartment.com

Hope you can join

Colin, I will probably start with the Fat-Alfie championship in the first week of October. Have you already decided on the cars to use for your championship?

 

[JamKart22]

Colin, I will probably start with the Fat-Alfie championship in the first week of October. Have you already decided on the cars to use for your championship?

This combo seems popular and it worked well at Battenbergring. So I'll probably stick with it.

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

Great racing guys,these cars are point for the tracks put forward.Shame @cerebralvortex was,nt at his best,could have made for some good racing,The 1st 2 laps were quite intense,an hour would have been insane..Onto the next 1,see whats in store there..Thanks for hosting Colin,a cracking job..See if we can get a few more numbers up..

 

[cerebralvortex]

Great racing guys,these cars are point for the tracks put forward.Shame @cerebralvortex was,nt at his best,could have made for some good racing,The 1st 2 laps were quite intense,an hour would have been insane..Onto the next 1,see whats in store there..Thanks for hosting Colin,a cracking job..See if we can get a few more numbers up..

Yeah, I was thinking not to race actually as I was tired, only had practiced 6 laps and had no real setup..