Automobilista Racing Club (merged)

Bram Hengeveld · Jul 22, 2011

Server name: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM CLUB
Track: Curitiba
Practice: 19:00 GMT (30 minutes)
Qualification: 19:30 GMT (10 minutes)
Warm-up: No Warm up
Race: 19:40 (2x25 minutes)
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Dave Wild · Apr 30, 2014

Hope this helps Allan

http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/teamspeak-3-setup-guide.11675/

Martin Maaskant · Apr 30, 2014

Thanks for the both races everyone. Had a load of fun. First race some great battles and the second one some great mistakes from me. Messed up the start (false start) and went to the pit box the first time I came into the pit. So I had to go in again for the drive through. Stupid stupid me LOL. After that I had a hell of a job to chatch Srinath Sundareswaran. And I got him In the last lap (phew). So although not a result that I was hoping for at the start but I had a lot of fun to put in those qually laps to gain on Srinath.

Sri Sri · Apr 30, 2014

That was well done, @Martin Maaskant

Well my first 2 races were an almost disaster...pretty much waged a lonely battle with myself...can see that I lack consistency big time...hopefully next race would be better for me

Nox · Apr 30, 2014

Race 1 was... epic. Battles battles battles for the first 15 minutes. I loved it. Thanks Martin and Tobias!

Race 2 was a bit calmer, but I was happy on a personal level - I finished much higher than I started, and I was getting quicker. The guys ahead of me weren't leaving me for dust like normal, and at one point I was even catching the car ahead once things had settled a bit. Discovering a new line in the first lesmo meant I could take it a gear higher than I was which was very nice too (sounds obvious to the fast guys, but for a tortoise like me, I was very pleased)

Dave Wild · Apr 30, 2014

Enjoyable 2 races despite my normal finishing position, someday I might (but don't hold your breath) qualify in the top half

Thanks for organising Andrew and no, I won't be there Friday, I know my limits

Martin Maaskant · Apr 30, 2014

Srinath Sundareswaran said:
That was well done, @Martin Maaskant

Well my first 2 races were an almost disaster...pretty much waged a lonely battle with myself...can see that I lack consistency big time...hopefully next race would be better for me

There is no magic bullet for that one Srinath. When I started online racing I was almost 4 seconds of the pace. Now I'm at about 1,5 seconds from the real fast drivers. That puts me in the middle of the field. I got there due to a lot of virtual track time. So just keep at it and you see you will improve over time. Don't stare at those real fast times but improve, as you mentioned, consistency. Anyway had a good fight with you and I thank you for that. Maybe see you next time.

Martin Maaskant · Apr 30, 2014

Andrew James said:
Race 1 was... epic. Battles battles battles for the first 15 minutes. I loved it. Thanks Martin and Tobias!

I had to change my shorts after that trick in Parabolica. Normally I never do that when I don't know my opponent very well. But it worked out nicely.

Nox · Apr 30, 2014

Martin Maaskant said:
I had to change my shorts after that trick in Parabolica. Normally I never do that when I don't know my opponent very well. But it worked out nicely.

Yeah I went deeper than I wanted as I made a mistake judging my speed from the slipstream, but it worked out well - trust me, my shorts were also at risk

Yuri · Apr 30, 2014

Had my first ever mini win 1st race and a crash in the 2nd one, still managed to make 6 seconds up to the leaders though on mostly a clean track, exept for Andrew trying to come back at me while he knew I was faster hehe. Thanks @Julian Dietz for waiting and some good fun last few laps! Good job not listening to Andrew there

Tobias Liesaus · Apr 30, 2014

that was fun! really great battles and fair driving, although only finished 10th in Race1. In Race 2 i had a great start from 9th to 4th place and could finish the race 5th!

cu next race

Nox · Apr 30, 2014

Yuri Kasdorp said:
Had my first ever mini win 1st race and a crash in the 2nd one, still managed to make 6 seconds up to the leaders though on mostly a clean track, exept for Andrew trying to come back at me while he knew I was faster hehe. Thanks @Julian Dietz for waiting and some good fun last few laps! Good job not listening to Andrew there

You went in the gravel which is why I came back at you. Don't conveniently leave those bits out the tale :-D It was very fun, thanks!

Domenic Alfano · May 1, 2014

Srirath.. Sorry for the bump on the last turn in race 2. Totally my fault. My apologies

Sri Sri · May 1, 2014

Don't worry about it, Domenic

Julian Dietz · May 1, 2014

nice race with you

see you next time

Nox · May 1, 2014

During race 1, I hit the kerb in turn 1 pretty hard and went up on two wheels - it was on the brink of tipping over and that was a scary moment!

And a quick, not so good, video of some of my race 1 highlights.

Nox · May 1, 2014

Incident Report

As you all know, we introduced a red zone until the exit of the first chicane, which was reviewed automatically. There was an infringement on race 1. Here is the video:

@Brian Wallace changes his line in the braking zone, and causes a number of collisions. As per the rules, "any driver who deviates from his line and causes an accident will be deemed at fault if it happens in the red zone."

The incident has been discussed between the staff members and the decision has been made to warn the driver at fault for causing the incident. This decision is final.

I have posted this report here in the thread so everyone is aware that the staff are making every effort to ensure the rules are followed. Everyone, please stick to the rules so that everyone can enjoy the races. Incidents happen, we know, but please be more careful especially 1. in the braking zones and 2. in designated red zones.

Thankfully we all seemed to have a lot of fun despite the incident! I hope to see you all again next time