rF2 S397 GT3 W/New Setup&BoP @ Adelaide - Fri 03 Mar 2023

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

And as always, thanks to everyone here for being so welcoming and supportive to us rookies!

Thanks! We do try at least.

On that note, I hope there will be a race where you, @Monkey T , @Paul_V , @groy1980 and @VictorIS are able to participate, you are all that tiny little bit behind the mid-pack, and it's easier to gain experience "quicker" when there are people around you with approx. the same speed. Imagine having the 5 of you dueling it out for a race or two, you would suddenly find speed and consistency just based on that!

 

[Colin Peach]

sign me up. not done this track before, hopefully my game doesn't crash all the time seems to be the amd bug...

 

[Michael Rudolf]

We're also missing @Michael Rudolf I see!

Thanks for the tag but I'll have to skip this one sadly . Hurt my wrist last week (that's what you get for letting yourself convince by your son to ski the funpark with him I guess )
It is a bit better but I should give it another week to heal.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Thanks for the tag but I'll have to skip this one sadly . Hurt my wrist last week (that's what you get for letting yourself convince by your son to ski the funpark with him I guess )
It is a bit better but I should give it another week to heal.

Better to not be like Lance Stroll, yes!

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

sign me up. not done this track before, hopefully my game doesn't crash all the time seems to be the amd bug...

You and @The Almighty Snark can curse S397 and AMD together!

 

[Yves Larose]

@Ole Marius Myrvold i'll give it a go, sign me up please

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

@Ole Marius Myrvold i'll give it a go, sign me up please

That's 20 entries then! WoopWoop!

 

[Roy Magnes]

My now regular friday livestream will be found on this link

GT3@Adelaide - RaceDepartment Club Racing - rFactor 2

Another friday, another club race with the guys at RaceDepartment.com. The GT3's from Studio 397 has gotten the new tyre model, and since the last race they'...

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[wayphaxx]

put me up as maybe, don't know if I'll be able to make it yet.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

put me up as maybe, don't know if I'll be able to make it yet.

#21 on the list I know it is a maybe, but thats enough for me.

 

[Paul_V]

Hi Ole, managed to find some spare time. Sign me up. Better late than never.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Hi Ole, managed to find some spare time. Sign me up. Better late than never.

#22
That's right, the only time it is too late is after the race have started!

 

[Paul_V]

That was cool, but Im a newbie to GT3s and ive yet to feel even a little at home in them, as well as not knowing the track either.

all proved to be a bit too much. basically not fast enough yet and dropped back due to a spin or Three !!. The track seems narrow to me and I felt as though I was going to become a problem for all you other guys.

After my spins I wasnt facing the right way and it took 3 or 4 shunts to even turn around. I felt I was going to spoil the fun for the rest of you..
Just not enough room for me in a GT3 with 20+ other cars about. LOL

so hope you all had a good race and will try to see you all soon in a forthcoming event.

Cheers. P

 

[Jasje]

Epic fight for p1 until Gonzales touched the wall and crashed both of us. I have the replay from my PoV (in VR), it was great to watch if anyone's interested.

Great race overall, that was fun, thanks!

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

That was cool, but Im a newbie to GT3s and ive yet to feel even a little at home in them, as well as not knowing the track either.

all proved to be a bit too much. basically not fast enough yet and dropped back due to a spin or Three !!. The track seems narrow to me and I felt as though I was going to become a problem for all you other guys.

After my spins I wasnt facing the right way and it took 3 or 4 shunts to even turn around. I felt I was going to spoil the fun for the rest of you..
Just not enough room for me in a GT3 with 20+ other cars about. LOL

so hope you all had a good race and will try to see you all soon in a forthcoming event.

Cheers. P

Might've been a bit though track for getting used to the cars, yes. But no-one had any issues with lapping you

But stick with it, and it will come!

 

[Herlev]

That was cool, but Im a newbie to GT3s and ive yet to feel even a little at home in them, as well as not knowing the track either.

all proved to be a bit too much. basically not fast enough yet and dropped back due to a spin or Three !!. The track seems narrow to me and I felt as though I was going to become a problem for all you other guys.

After my spins I wasnt facing the right way and it took 3 or 4 shunts to even turn around. I felt I was going to spoil the fun for the rest of you..
Just not enough room for me in a GT3 with 20+ other cars about. LOL

so hope you all had a good race and will try to see you all soon in a forthcoming event.

Cheers. P

If you stick with it, pace will come. And there are always someone who crash (on that part @Roy Magnes and myself always deliver), so a good race result is still possible.

These events are purely for fun, so don't be scared to ruin someones race. As long as it's not on purpose we'll just blame @Steve Le Gallez and have a laugh

If you want to race with other people and just have fun, this is by far the best place

 

[Herlev]

I need to have a look at the replay tomorrow. I hit the curb/wall on the fast right-hander and just went airborne. Landed next to an mobilehome... That was clearly not right. I then thought I could slip back to the track throught a small gap. Instead I got stuck in that gap for about 2 laps.

I felt like I had the pace to fight for a top 10, so a bit annoying that I made such a mistake, but I can only blame everyone else and also the game. Someone clearly moved the wall

The new setups really made the cars feel "right" on the new tire model. So already looking forward to the next round.

Thanks for hosting @Ole Marius Myrvold

 

[Jan Larsen]

That was a hard but epic race, I was battling all race long with either @Mik, @sisco55, @Jasje or @Hartmut2 . It seems the cars are fairly evenly BoP'd and it made for some great racing. I had Francisco and Miquel right behind me for the first 3rd of the race, trying to keep them behind, because if they got through, they'd be gone. Francisco got a got on me in sector 3 but I managed to keep him behind, although it happened by understeering into him in T13, sorry about that. Later you got through anyway.

I was lucky Francisco and Jonas got together in T8 and wiped themselves out, I tankslapped into the wall in avoidance and it meant Hartmut got by for the lead. Thankfully He outbraked himself into Wakefield Corner which meant I had an easy pass for the lead.

Towards the end Francisco came back and was right at my bumper again for the last lap. I managed to get good exits around the lap to keep him from trying a divebomb and the last corner was a matter of throwing the inside block for the win.

My car wasnt where it should have been, my fuel was wrong and I should have gone for softs really, but the main issue was the setup. While the backend was fine all race, the front dissappeared after only halfway, I had no midcorner after that. I found something in the setup in warmup that really locks the rear down, but without any time to adjust the front to suit, I didnt use it. But its something that needs to be checked out in a setup session. The other cars need to be tested aswell as the Porky was fast in a straight line and brakes, the Merc super stable, the Aston getting explosive exits, etc. Lots to check out. Hopefully the cars stay as they are now for a while.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Results are up: https://ommyrvold.net/rdrf2/mar23.html As always click "races" and race 1 to see tyre stats, lap times, sector times, wear, fuel usage etc.
It got a lot tighter laptimes-wise in the race when we did our best (at least that's how it looked) to take the chicane T1-2

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Sadly I am unable to generate stats for only 2023, it includes 2022 as well. I'll upload that after a later race this month.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Hopefully the cars stay as they are now for a while.

They still have to do some work on the Radical, but other than that, I don't think we'll see major changes. I have a feeling the 2020 Bentley miiight lose some kg again, as I don't quite get why that got 8kg added, but who knows.