SRO E-Sport GT Series (SPA) | Silver Qualifiers Now Open

Alex Townsend · Jul 2, 2019

Koen Verlinde said:
Currently P77 with 5L, 11:51. For me the aggro setup is about 7 seconds faster over the stint than the safe thanks to a more grippy nose section (less understeer) which makes it easier to point the car where you want it to go, certainly in the slower sections.

I'll have to give aggro another bash then... I'm at 106 with an 11:55 something. 4 seconds between our times is probably more me making mistakes... I've not done a completely perfect stint yet.

Ricoow · Jul 2, 2019

MrGit@Twitch said:
Gl everyone, I'll give this a spin today but I'll get another chance on site as I'm off to the Spa 24hr for the weekend too.

That sounds relatable

Koen Verlinde · Jul 2, 2019

ZeroRisk said:
I'll have to give aggro another bash then... I'm at 106 with an 11:55 something. 4 seconds between our times is probably more me making mistakes... I've not done a completely perfect stint yet.

Oh me neither, but I doubt I can shove more than 5 more seconds off my time just by driving other lines or being consistent. It already felt pretty much as good as I can do.

For me the Vantage is just not a well balanced car with its rather important understeer although it is one of the most stable cars at high speed and certainly Eau Rouge and Blanchimont are much easier in the Vantage than let's say the 911.

Isaac Chavira · Jul 2, 2019

Shadowoff said:
What times do you have to achieve to participate?

If you are not on this mans TV show, you don't qualify.

cinvisch · Jul 2, 2019

Hi everyone,
Do I need to improve my rating before being able to participate? I managed to complete the 5 laps without any mistake, but I can't see my time on the leaderboard. Also, my name doesn't appear when I start the session, it says "N. Thiim" instead, which is not my name.
Thanks!

Koen Verlinde · Jul 2, 2019

cinvisch said:
Hi everyone,
Do I need to improve my rating before being able to participate? I managed to complete the 5 laps without any mistake, but I can't see my time on the leaderboard. Also, my name doesn't appear when I start the session, it says "N. Thiim" instead, which is not my name.
Thanks!

The Thiim is normal, but for this event you first need to sign up, I believe the details are in the opening post.

tristancliffe · Jul 2, 2019

I says to sign up in the event notes in game too.

Cheto · Jul 2, 2019

only 12 are the ones qualifying?

cinvisch · Jul 2, 2019

Koen Verlinde said:
The Thiim is normal, but for this event you first need to sign up, I believe the details are in the opening post.

That's what I did

speedyx56 · Jul 2, 2019

For once I don't entirely dislike the car/setup combo so I might have my chances at qualifying

(for all the good it'll do since I don't have the money to travel anyway...)

Alex Townsend · Jul 3, 2019

Cheto said:
only 12 are the ones qualifying?

Not sure what you mean...

I'm doing this simply to see how far I can push my times before I have to concede.
Some of these guys are doing 2:16s...
My best is currently in the 2:21s meaning I'm 5 seconds off the pace.
I find it really helps to have a strong lap time to push for and makes me try all the harder.
I just find it easier to push in the Bentley. Although I did go quicker once I changed the set up to Aggressive, so I just needed to get used to the car a bit more I think...

Serge.M · Jul 3, 2019

Anyone actually doing 2.16’s in this challenge though or is that a perfect conditions lap?

Alex Townsend · Jul 3, 2019

Serge.M said:
Anyone actually doing 2.16’s in this challenge though or is that a perfect conditions lap?

Sorry, I dont know for sure, but the top runners are at 11:33 and I'm 20 seconds off in 126th place with an 11:53. I'm doing 2.21s, so over 5 laps you can work it out that it may be close to 2.16s...
But yes, on hot lap or hot stint and perfect conditions people are doing 2.16s

VTIBrembo · Jul 3, 2019

61. 5 Laps 11: 48,078 è dura ragazzi, il minimo errore si paga.

tristancliffe · Jul 3, 2019

By my calcs,
11m36.579 over 5 laps is an average pace of 2m19.316
11m45.900 (my time) is average of 1m21.180

I can do a 2m19.9 on my best lap pushing really hard, but to maintain anywhere near that average I crash, so I didn't improve last night.

Cristian Haba · Jul 4, 2019

ZeroRisk said:
Not sure what you mean...

I'm doing this simply to see how far I can push my times before I have to concede.
Some of these guys are doing 2:16s...
My best is currently in the 2:21s meaning I'm 5 seconds off the pace.
I find it really helps to have a strong lap time to push for and makes me try all the harder.
I just find it easier to push in the Bentley. Although I did go quicker once I changed the set up to Aggressive, so I just needed to get used to the car a bit more I think...

You're 3 seconds off pace. 2:16 times are only possible in optimum conditions with this car.