ACC GT3 Sprint @ Silverstone - Thursday 13th May 2021

[SwannyUK]

See you all on track later.

 

[Grumps82]

What do you think the track temperature will be come race time ? I'm trying to setup a practice session but 22 degrees in the menu =33 degrees track temp...

 

[SwannyUK]

It can change a bit as the weather isn't completely static but having said that I'd be aiming to practice with track temp of 33-37. Clouds have an impact too.

If you setup your car for 33 and it turns out to be 37 take away 1 psi from your pressures. Add 1 psi if the temp is lower than what you have practiced.

As long as you are in the ball park it will be ok

 

[Grumps82]

Excellent, cheers swanny

 

[Grumps82]

Soooo I may have changed vehicle to the Ferrari.

Honestly that Porsche is like trying to control a pissed up snake.

 

[SwannyUK]

Haha, I did wonder if that thing would be a handful through the medium / high speed stuff!

 

[Grumps82]

It's my go to car on most tracks but I haven't played ACC for a week or so and struggled with it. So I went with the Ferrari as it feels far more relaxed, and obviously I want to enjoy tonight

 

[Sascha Reynders]

Alright, got some practice done to familiarize myself with the track and tweaked the safe setup for tyre pressures, ride height and aero. I'm slow but ready to go !

 

[SwannyUK]

Slow and ready to go over quick and being a pr... any day

See you on the track Sir!

 

[Herlev]

I'm slow but ready to go !

Another back marker here signing up. So maybe we can have some good racing in the back of the field

 

[Ricoow]

Slow and ready to go over quick and being a pr... any day

See you on the track Sir!

A Public Relations guy?

 

[SwannyUK]

A Public Relations guy?

For the family friendly audience - yep, a PR guy

 

[Sascha Reynders]

Another back marker here signing up. So maybe we can have some good racing in the back of the field

I'm up for it, see you all on track !

 

[SwannyUK]

Hopefully the server is up and running chaps. I'll be on about 8bst. See you there.

 

[SwannyUK]

Thanks for coming all.

Pushed a bit hard in the first half and my tyres started shouting at me.
Andrew was putting some pressure on in the Aston behind so we ended up having a good little battle.

 

[edo22]

It was good to "return" to ACC, after a couple of laps in race i picked up my (slow) pace and i enjoyed some battles, see you next race guys!

 

[Grumps82]

Thanks to everyone involved, that was class.

Race Department on ACC is the benchmark for fair racing online.

 

[Andrew Sebastian]

Really enjoyed that, thanks everyone, and thanks Chris for organising.

 

[PeyePete]

Thanks Chris, some close racing at the back.

 

[Sascha Reynders]

I was happy with my qualifying but during the race I took too much kerb in T1, spun out and got collected by the Bentley that was on hot my tail. Don't know who was driving it, but sorry about that: it was a rookie error on my part... Repeated that exact same mistake a few laps later all by myself and ended up completely at the back of the field. To top it off I ran out of fuel on the last lap, 3 to 4 corners before the finish line because I had been pushing so hard to catch up again.
But all in all it was great fun and I learned 2 valuable lessons:
1 - Don't take too much kerb at Silverstones T1...
2 - Never trust ACC's fuel calculations...

Congrats to the podium finishers and until the next time !