RACE 07 Racing Club (Merged)

Attila Domján · Feb 18, 2008

Hya all

As a start lets kick some WTCC cars after the pause period.

Time: 19.00 GMT / 20.00 CET
Practise: 30 min
Qualy: 30 min
Race: 2*10 laps
Weather: Dry

Track: Istanbul
Cars: WTCC 06 and 07

Server name: RSC # RPMnet.org
Password: spa

Server 1 - RSC @ RPMnet.org #1

Attila Domján - Chevy
Gareth Hickling - Peugeot
Pauliebhoy Harrigan - Seat Leon
Gregory Degreef - BMW E90
Mehmet Arikan - Seat
Jerome Benard - Alfa Romeo
Cristian Haba - BMW E90
Christian Deparis - Seat 07
Jens Hoeppner - BMW E90
Patrick van Driel -Seat Leon
James Yates - BMW E46
Jari Vinnari - BMW E90
Marcel Hulsbergen - Alfa 156
Peter Böszörményi - Seat Leon
Kent Karlén - Chevy 07
darron miller - Peugeot
Michael Herrmann - Alfa 156
Nico Major - BMW E90
Rami Kaukola - BMW E90
Christopher Aponte - Seat LEon
Simon Trendell - Peugeot
big daddy Morpheus Lightning McQueen - car tbd
Baron-Rouge[NO-B] - Seat Leon
ingemar petersson Seat Leon
Nevermind - Seat Leon

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Justin Swan · Apr 24, 2014

You need to switch to manual stops

Dennis Phelan · Apr 24, 2014

I think he might have hit the garage!

Björn · Apr 24, 2014

Yeah, autopit on mod tracks isn't that reliable

Although we were once again limited to a small grid of only 4 drivers, it was a pretty fun event - I went with the c30 this week (maybe something else next week, I'll settle for one car when a skinpack comes ;D)

Qualified 2nd after screwing up T1 in my hotlap, I started okay but was still passed by Dennis' BMW and in P3 for one (or two?) laps until I managed to pass. Now at about 4secs behind Kacper, I could hold that gap, but barely gain time on him - at least not until the tyres were beginning to wear which had more effect on the BMWs. First gaining tenths, I was soon a second faster per lap and could make the pass when Kacper spun out in T1. Managed to hold and widen the distance and endangered it with a crash into the first chicane somewhere around lap 16 or 17.
I did stay in front, however, and although my tyres were now wearing down harder as well, I was gaining more and more time on Kacper who was in serious problems with his or whatever was left of them

Thanks for racing!

/edit: @Dennis Phelan, maybe this could produce some candidates for a new graphic card? http://www.logicalincrements.com

Dennis Phelan · Apr 24, 2014

With the Beemer again, looks like I'm slowly getting a handle on it. My times are very close to Honda or other car now.

The LAUNCH got me to T1 cleanly and tried to maintain a good pace but my prowess came to the front and as tires ground away I slowed and slooowed getting to the point where the car needed special care but I stuck with it to find out how bad it gets without a stop.

The car and I need more time together but we're past fighting each other [ I think] and ready to move onto a bit more speed

Björn · Apr 24, 2014

Can't let Nelson go with that small of a field, can we? Sign me up (for now, at least, not entirely sure whether I'll make it, but it's pretty likely

)

Mark Bushell · Apr 24, 2014

Dennis Phelan said:
I think he might have hit the garage!

Yes your right Dennis that is the garage wall but I didn't do it myself

I couldn't do anything to stop it apart from quit out (after 3 laps I think)

Justin Swan · Apr 25, 2014

Mark Bushell said:
Yes your right Dennis that is the garage wall but I didn't do it myself I couldn't do anything to stop it apart from quit out (after 3 laps I think)

That's because AUTOPIT isn't very good on non standard content, I found that out a long time ago. You'll have to practice boxing the manual way

Dinca Andrei · Apr 25, 2014

I would like to race with RD this Friday so i am in,thanks

Kennett Ylitalo · Apr 25, 2014

"You MUST sign up for this race before 2000 GMT on Thursday, 24, 2014 or you may not be permitted to participate in P2 and the following sessions!"

WUT?

Björn · Apr 25, 2014

Kennett Ylitalo said:
"You MUST sign up for this race before 2000 GMT on Thursday, 24, 2014 or you may not be permitted to participate in P2 and the following sessions!"

WUT?

Not enforced (yet)

Come join us!

Kennett Ylitalo · Apr 25, 2014

Björn Golda said:
Not enforced (yet) Come join us!

Nah, i'm against 80 minutes format, always have been and always will. It isn't really a fun format, it's endurance... 40 minutes with Mini, that sounds fun, 80 minutes, that sounds like work.. I already did PrestoGP race on wednesday, hour in wet Shanghai with F3000, that enough serious racing for me.. I'm actually 100% sure we would have a lot lot more participants with shorter format but "it's always been like this" is the chosen modus operandi. As a matter of fact, i could get ten drivers to join weekly if it was shorter races. My quote of that "sign ups on thursday" was a sign of "what, you have maybe 5 drivers each week and your gonna make it even more hard to join.. nice decisions..."

Dennis Phelan · Apr 25, 2014

restarting bjorn arunas

Björn · Apr 25, 2014

Phew. I like battles. I like close racing. I really do! But for 60minutes straight - oh boy, that was exhausting!

First things first - Qualified 3rd (out of only 5 drivers

) with a sub-par lap compared to practice results, but managed to pass both Bob and Dinca in front of me at/after the start.
However, Arunas started well, too and was clinging to my bumper waiting to make the pass a few km's later. What followed was a leeeengthy but great battle as I was hunting him, almost never getting more than 2secs get between us, but I couldn't quite make the pass.
After falling 'back' to 2.5secs due to a smallish error in chicane #1, I went in for a kind of early pit (at about 34mins in) and managed to pass Arunas during his pit one lap later. It wasn't meant for long, though, as another error on my side gave him the opportunity to pass again.
After one stressful hour, he missed his brake point to T1 and I could claim P1 with a small gap behind me - which went bigger as Arunas miscalculated his fuel and had to pit a second time while I could carry on and recover a bit

Great race, thanks for driving everyone!

Dennis Phelan · Apr 25, 2014

Qualified at a "safe" speed.

I failed to get my car completely setup and a simple "too much steering lock" made every lap a real experience. I came to grips with it but sometimes it got the best of me. No serious damage though and I could press on to finish. Watching my tire wear I could see the car might still be handling well at the end if I didn't get new ones so, off to the finish line we go on just one set of tires. Lapped by everyone but still in one piece and a good experience on used up tires.

Thanks to Dinca, Bob, Bjorn and Arunas for the race!

Dinca Andrei · Apr 26, 2014

Oh man sorry for that nasty accident..in first part of the lap...Even at 50% damage the car was trashed since it rolled after colision...Limped to pits for fix but the car still didnt perform right and i could still see damage indicator been red so i tried for some laps and it was a disaster...the tiries wear was so huge that after 4 laps it felt like on ice..dont know what was happening but i decided to pit out of the race.Thanks Dennis for this event and grats to all 4

Bob Miley · Apr 26, 2014

80 minutes of time trial. Pushed every lap and made lots of mistakes so had to pit 3 times, but did manage to beat my quali time I think.
Congratulations Bjorn.

@Kennett Ylitalo you used to do the mini Fridays every week a few years ago when the grids were full and people had to go on waiting list.

Kennett Ylitalo · Apr 26, 2014

Bob Miley said:
80 minutes of time trial. Pushed every lap and made lots of mistakes so had to pit 3 times, but did manage to beat my quali time I think.
Congratulations Bjorn.

@Kennett Ylitalo you used to do the mini Fridays every week a few years ago when the grids were full and people had to go on waiting list.

Yup, i was among the classic Mini Friday crew, so to speak. It was really fun then. Didn't like the length then either, one of the reasons i stopped. Just didn't fit to what i think a good friday fun is, more than one race had to do extra long pit stops just to get a chance to go to the bathroom (we did drink beer back then...

) I can remember just escing out from few races out of boredom, so i stopped. 40 minutes races sounds a lot more like friday than 80 minutes. The latter is more league/endurance.

Justin Swan · Apr 26, 2014

Kennett Ylitalo said:
Yup, i was among the classic Mini Friday crew, so to speak. It was really fun then. Didn't like the length then either, one of the reasons i stopped. Just didn't fit to what i think a good friday fun is, more than one race had tou do extra long pit stops just to get a chance to go to the bathroom (we did drink beer back then... ) I can remember just escing out from few races out of boredom, so i stopped. 40 minutes races sounds a lot more like friday than 80 minutes. The latter is more league/endurance.

I can see why people don't like driving in races that long for just a "club" race but they have proven to be the most popular event of the week for almost a year now! Can't argue with facts my friend

Needless to say, Dennis does like to keep things fresh so no doubt a change is in the wind

Dennis Phelan · Apr 26, 2014

With the new sims becoming full fledged, we'll be making some changes in our club format. We're the only one running all the weekdays among other things.

Dennis Phelan · Apr 26, 2014

Server name: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM GTC
Car: GT Club
Track: Adelaide [download here]
Weather: Dry
Games: Evo

19:00 GMT: Practice
19:30 GMT: Qualification
19:40 GMT: Warmup
19:50 GMT: Race (30 minutes)
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