RD MINI Challenge 2020

Bram Hengeveld · Oct 23, 2020

Patrik Marek said:
do you have a safetycar ? my speed could be useful for that role

That would be so cool to have, a safetycar and a driver to deploy!

UMC 22 · Oct 23, 2020

RasmusP said:
Only managed to watch the first 2 laps of your video but that first lap! That was fun!

Just watched that first lap back myself. I totally forget I'm streaming and you can see me cursing at myself and shaking my head when I screw up. Good job I had my mic disabled!

RasmusP · Oct 23, 2020

Bram Hengeveld said:
The race of the year and I missed the last two laps.

@Goffik I had to abandon the PC immediately as our puppy started to throw up and had to be taken out on the fly. After eating a kilo of grass she calmed down but the server was already empty when i came back.

Let's do a VLN soon as I need more of this.

And I hope the puppy is well!

Bram Hengeveld · Oct 23, 2020

RasmusP said:
And I hope the puppy is well!

108 track mod is installed so it's time to do some big grind testing with VLN series, are you up for it too RP

?

Benutzername · Oct 23, 2020

Bram Hengeveld said:
108 track mod is installed so it's time to do some big grind testing with VLN series, are you up for it too RP ?

It's really CPU heavy, I wouldn't recommend going above 60 cars.

Bram Hengeveld · Oct 23, 2020

RasmusP said:
And I hope the puppy is well!

She is again now and mostly is normally but that's the hard puppy life sometimes

Here she hangs out with her posse: miss shark and mr fox

Bram Hengeveld · Oct 23, 2020

Benutzername said:
It's really CPU heavy, I wouldn't recommend going above 60 cars.

50 is fine for now

That's twice the gridsize we normally run. But it's nice for a test once to see how everything holds up.

Erik Axelsson · Oct 23, 2020

@Benutzername Congrats on the win! Impressive lap times and consistency. No one else really had a chance

I think we all deserve a beer now. See you next week!

Benutzername · Oct 23, 2020

Erik Axelsson said:
@Benutzername Congrats on the win! Impressive lap times and consistency. No one else really had a chance

I think we all deserve a beer now. See you next week!

You nearly chased me into a mistake at the start which could have changed the whole race. Mutkurve in lap 1 was a near miss

Samuel Fuller · Oct 23, 2020

Goffik said:

My Favorite bit has to be 49mins in.

Great race all. I probably should have practiced.

RasmusP · Oct 23, 2020

Bram Hengeveld said:
108 track mod is installed so it's time to do some big grind testing with VLN series, are you up for it too RP ?

For a vln rd series I'll get my schedule around that, almost no matter what!

I wonder how cpu intensive it really is.. I bet with some csp optimizations it should run fine!

Neilski · Oct 23, 2020

Benutzername said:
You nearly chased me into a mistake at the start which could have changed the whole race. Mutkurve in lap 1 was a near miss

Ah yes, I seem to recall a cloud of dust?

Amazing pace though!
I enjoyed that race, because (for about the first time ever) I had done enough Nords practice to actually be able to just about race with someone else in close quarters. In previous years, my lack of knowledge was dangerous (wrong llines, braking points too early etc.). I had some good battles with Tamas and Davy.
Dived into the pits and realised as soon as I stopped that the tyres weren't being changed

because I had stuffed up the pit strategy... Oops. But it was a blessing in disguise because I got a gap on Tamas and he wasn't quite able to close it up. The last few laps were a bit tiptoey but thankfully the tyres didn't get too much worse.

UMC 22 · Oct 23, 2020

Bram Hengeveld said:
108 track mod is installed so it's time to do some big grind testing with VLN series, are you up for it too RP ?

Count me in, as long as it's not a weekday!

Samuel Fuller said:
My Favorite bit has to be 49mins in.

You absolutely flew past me there, before I even started braking! You know nitro isn't allowed, right?

BP · Oct 23, 2020

Man that was fun but intense! Clearly it was intense as well for everyone else as the chat went silent by lap 2 LOL

I hurt my lower back last weekend but I stayed off the rig all week so I'd be better for this race. Besides my stupid mistake on lap 1, I think I did okay...@Bram Hengeveld I can't believe I went off on the same corner as qualy but I misjudged the grip level on the first lap...stupid mistake...but I managed to make a good comeback and reclaim my starting position of 7th in the end (@Goffik Had fun chasing you down, seems I'm now tied with you in the overall standings

). Had a really fun time clawing back from being last with so few corners to make a safe pass. I really like the ring, definitely down for any future races using that track.

That was actually the last race I'll do in my trusty old GT Omega frankenstein rig, I finally have all the pieces for my 80/20 rig ready, so I'm making the switch tonight. Can't think of a better final race for this rig that I've modded countless times, it has held together well for the last 4 years, even with my VRS DD wheel mounted for about 3 months (probably can't take much more shaking, and that's at 40% power

). Rest easy now, old friend.

Old Rig: