AC GT3 @ Monza - Sunday 24th May 2020

[GeekyDeaks]

stupid question time. Does the online and solo track differ at all? I did a little practice last night and found a nice rhythm, but hit my usual wall. Fired it up today and starting hitting the same times in about 2-3 laps, then I noticed the practice server was up. Popped on and did a lap 2 seconds quicker immediately... just seems to have a load more grip and doesn't push like crazy when I apply the power

 

[Chris Down]

stupid question time. Does the online and solo track differ at all? I did a little practice last night and found a nice rhythm, but hit my usual wall. Fired it up today and starting hitting the same times in about 2-3 laps, then I noticed the practice server was up. Popped on and did a lap 2 seconds quicker immediately... just seems to have a load more grip and doesn't push like crazy when I apply the power

Usually when people say this, they're running different grip settings. For practice and race servers we run 100% grip, with 100% transfer.

 

[Chris Down]

@Tsjakaroen: Hey, as per the rules, you need to use your real name in the race server. Please update it ASAP

 

[GeekyDeaks]

Ah! Thanks for the clarification @Chris Down - I think this would also explain why I seemed to improve dramatically on Wednesday

 

[Faceplant]

Count me out of the corner cutting fest. See you next week.

 

[pattikins]

My VR framerate was again - it's like trying to run through wet clay soil. I've come to the conclusion that my PC can't cope with large grids & as I don't want to spend any more money on my PC I guess it's time for me to drop out of the Sunday races. On bright side I get to play my other sims.

Thanks for putting the race on & congrats to the podiums - whoever they may be.

 

[Chris Down]

Unfortunately I had a racing incident with @Peppinho, and then had a "real" crash where AC just inexplicably exited.

Looks like you guys are having a good battle at the front though, I'm enjoying watching it.

 

[Chris Down]

Count me out of the corner cutting fest. See you next week.

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[Chris Down]

My VR framerate was again - it's like trying to run through wet clay soil. I've come to the conclusion that my PC can't cope with large grids & as I don't want to spend any more money on my PC I guess it's time for me to drop out of the Sunday races. On bright side I get to play my other sims.

Thanks for putting the race on & congrats to the podiums - whoever they may be.

Sorry to hear that mate. Have you tried reducing your VR supersampling? Many people neglect to change that when having problems like this, I've found, and it's one of the most GPU-hungry settings in there.

If that doesn't help, I'm sad to hear that.

 

[Peppinho]

Unfortunately I had a racing incident with @Peppinho, and then had a "real" crash where AC just inexplicably exited.

Looks like you guys are having a good battle at the front though, I'm enjoying watching it.

Sorry Chris for the accident, it was completely my fault, i did not realize that i should have brake more to leave you space for completing turning in Ascari. My bad

 

[Chris Down]

Sorry Chris for the accident, it was completely my fault, i did not realize that i should have brake more to leave you space for completing turning in Ascari. My bad

Nah no worries mate, looking at the replay I don't think it's anyone's fault, just a misjudgment. Also I misjudged a bit how much overlap there was, so it's my fault as well

 

[Medilloni]

Same problem as Patrick I'm afraid @Chris Down (except I've no vr), screen stutter was not as bad as it has been, but enough for my eyes to give up. Seems my old banger of a pc can take up to 26 - 28 cars then I get the dreaded cpu warning

I enjoyed the bit I did though - and thanks for organising Chris!

 

[Chris Down]

Watching @erazerr7 try to fight the GT-R straight line speed in the 488 is really something fun. Reminds me of the race in 2018 we had here where every lap I'd get the slipstream on @Aksu and he'd actually pull away...

 

[nash112]

This week I decided to spin off to let Aki pass rather than bumping him Also @stribbeck what happened mid race? You came out of the pits about 3 or 4 seconds behind me and I was sure you were going to overtake me, did you spin?

 

[GeekyDeaks]

My VR framerate was again - it's like trying to run through wet clay soil.

After suffering from the same issue at VIR last week, I decided to try and run a test with AI first and this track was even worse than VIR, so I ended up just putting even damn thing on disabled or minimum. It looked really bad at first then I put AA to 2x with very little fps drop and all was good with an average of 84

 

[GeekyDeaks]

Apologies for spin @Interslice - I thought I had left enough space, then it started to push...

 

[jemmari]

@erazerr7 Congratulations for the win but in the future you could respect the track limit even a little.each round you cut and go wide in ascari

 

[Raresch]

That was best drive YET. Cannot believe it. No mistake and just lap after lap after lap ... I love Monza I've beaten all the guys I was looking to one year ago - @GEO147 @Kek700 @Medilloni @HF2000 - I'll count @Chris Down as well because DNF's are part of the game But I still have a lot to challenge, at least, @Aksu

@640er What a blast the first stint was but I don't get that Lambo ... every time you shifted 4th and on it was like a rocket ship, even if I had the slipstream. Don't know if I could have ever passed. Nice driving.

P.S. For those who wondered why I was flashing after passing them, it was to say "thank you" for helping with the blue flag. I don't really like to speak, unless absolutely necessary, so I am doing that, instead.

 

[Luca Badin]

Bit of a marathon race, I was already tired at the start as I had done electrical work around the house all day. Lots of DNFs too, so my final position feels pretty fake...

Sorry for the punt at Ascari Miika. In the moment I thought you would give me more space there, but watching the replay the overlap was pretty small, so it's definitely my fault. I didn't even want to send it, but I still braked too late to back out of the move.

 

[Kek700]

Bad day at black rock.

every thing that could go wrong, did go wrong.

Come to think of it Chris you did not fare so well either.

Thank you for putting on the “gruelling“ race @Chris Down, well done to all in front of me, well done to all those kind gents I meet on my route to the finishing line.