rF2 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge @ Sebring - Tue 14th April

[Gijs van Elderen]

Event Details
Server: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM PORSCHE
Cars: APEX Porsche GT3
Track: Sebring

Weather: Dry
Road condition: Rubber on track were possible
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel use : Normal
Mechanical failure: Time scaled

Assists:
TC: Medium
ABS: Low
Auto-clutch: Allowed

Practice: 19:00 GMT
Qually: 19:20 GMT 10 min
Warm up: 5 min
Race: 30 min

Racedepartment Calendar: Click here
Server password: Click here
Racing rules: Click here
Clock GMT: Click here

A Porsche setup to start with: Click here

Note: Unlock gear-ratio in the tuning menu ==> click on the tuning box at the bottom of the car selection screen.

Sign up list

1. Gijs van Elderen
2. Amedeo Fiorella *
3. Joao Fernandes
4. Frederic Schornstein
5. Driver
6. Driver
7. Driver
8. Driver
9. Driver
10. Driver
11. Driver
12. Driver
13. Driver
14. ....

Note: Please sign out well in time (at least 1 hour before the practise session begins) if you're unable to make the race. Thanks!

 

[Gijs van Elderen]

Server is UP!

 

[Gijs van Elderen]

 

[Oscar Hardwick]

Sign me up please

 

[Amedeo Fiorella]

I'm in! Which build will we use?

 

[Gijs van Elderen]

I'm in! Which build will we use?

We are up to date. Build 946

 

[Joao Fernandes]

@Gijs van Elderen Sign me up.

 

[Oscar Hardwick]

Sugar. Have double booked myself so will have to drop out

 

[Gijs van Elderen]

@David O'Reilly ?

 

[David O'Reilly]

@David O'Reilly ?

Gijs I'll try to make it. Thanks for the prompt.

 

[Amedeo Fiorella]

Guys I'm sorry, I think is going to be a long day at the university, I can't make it on time if there's a chance I can show up I'll tell you as soon as I know!

 

[David O'Reilly]

Gijs I'll try to make it. Thanks for the prompt.

Sorry Gijs, I cant do it. Hope to see you soon for one.

 

[Frederic Schornstein]

I will join

 

[Frederic Schornstein]

In the end 4 drivers, Gijs gave me a set as I joined for qualy after my first timed lap I did a few adjustments, another outlap another correction and went for it and took pole by 1 tenth ahed of Gijs and 2 or 3 ahead of John.
Before the race I changed the brake pressure and wasn't comfortable in the first laps with high fuel and less brake pressure and Gijs went past. After that it was a hard fight until the end. I got past as he made a mistake. Driving without ABS made it very difficult to try and outbrake Gijs and my engine went quite hot in the dirty air.

After that I slowed a bit to cool my engine down and Gijs came way to close. With worn tires it was a lot harder to push, but I couuld stay ahead. Lots of fun and close racing even though we were only 4 cars on track,but with the right guys it is fun

 

[Joao Fernandes]

I was having a hard time pushing the car.
Never felt comfortable pushing it to my limit and that last corner was making things worse.
I tried to keep up but after a few mistakes the left front tire was done and had to be more careful. Even a few seconds behind still had fun.

 

[Gijs van Elderen]

 

[Gijs van Elderen]

Mostly in a race with a big grid i end up racing by myself from start to finnish.

With small grids: There is always that 1 guy that makes you go racing. Mostly it's Joao who for some reason finds me on track, but this time it was the GT-king.

 

[John Broadmeadow]

Thanks for the race guys Just jumped into the practice session to see whether I was around the right sort of pace and seems I'm not as far off as I expected.

Ended up using the default setup I think as I didn't reload the shared one after rejoining the session, but it seemed quite nice to drive and turned in quite nicely on the brakes.

Couldn't quite nail a lap in quali but got a decent enough banker to be close. Probably better for my nerves to not be on the front row anyway, I have only done a couple of races on rfactor ever (normally race on iracing) so wanted to be quite cautious!

Race was mainly just a test of consistency as much as anything. Didn't know how much I would need to manage the tyres in a short race like this, but had to push a lot to stay in touch with the top 2 and stay ahead of Joao. 3/4 seconds off was better than I expected though so will definitely be back for more