Blancpain Championship series 2017

[ChrisR]

blooming ummer!! LOL!

[FullMetalGasket]

Haha brilliant ..Rinky dink panther... will spot you a mile off  

edit, the Japanese script in the title caused a problem with the driver entry file so I have renamed it and re-zipped it up using just the 2k version.

Install the skin from here into your content/Nissan.../skins folder
https://www.dropbox.com/s/78qy7tdhu7vrfdq/SUPER_GT300_48_DIJON_Racing.rar?dl=0

Am I right in thinking I'll need to rename my own car/directory the same as your creation to actually see the skin in game? I'm not 100% on how AC handles car ID's..

[Mark J]

Yeah I would just delete yours as it has sub directories in it with the Japanese script. Just install my link to your  Nissan/skins folder  . Or rename all your skin sub folders to remove the jap script but it has to match my skin title or won't work hence safer to just delete and reinstall.  

Hope I get to battle the pink panther on steroids 

[FullMetalGasket]

I've copied your naming onto a copy of the original so should work (naturally I'm running the 4k version as it looks so cool).
I had the Lambo into the 2:20's - so that's my target to beat this morning before the sun can move around 

[Mark J]

Ah okay I removed the 4K version as didn't think many used them as resource heavy.

[Berta22]

Sorry but tonight I can not take part in the race for personal problems

[Maikel K.]

Off topic but if anyone doesn't have the older DLC yet, every one except the new Ready to Race DLC is 50% off. 

[Linus27]

Hi Mark,

You can remove me from the rest of the championship if you need space for other drivers. For the next 4 or 5 weeks I wont get the time to race I'm afraid.

[Mark J]

Makes for an interesting read:-

https://www.reddit.com/r/acrl/comments/6ikp13/gt3_survey_results/

In one of those hindsight moments and with all the agro this season experienced with BoP aspertions, I realise we jumped right into this series without a test race or two. That was probably a mistake as meant people chose a car without fully knowing if they would get on with it. But probably, like me, you assumed it was all business as normal like we had for season1 Blancpain.    Even looking back on that I now realise several aliens joined in throughout the season running the useful weapon (in the right hands) that is the McLaren 650 as that was no doubt the better car at the time.
More work needed by Kunos on their GT3 BoP me-thinks 

[Maikel K.]

Average pace of the cars in the hands of a good driver across a whole season (in my opinion of course and not including the new R8):
Group 1:
1. Mclaren 650S GT3
2. Audi R8 LMS Ultra (2014)
3. Lamborghini Huracan GT3

Group 2:
4. Ferrari 488 GT3
5. Porsche 911 GT3R
6. BMW Z4 GT3
7. Mercedes AMG GT3

Group 3:
8. Mercedes SLS GT3*
9. Glickenhaus SCG003C
10. Nissan GT-R GT3
11. Mclaren MP4-12C GT3*

This seems pretty much what I found out after some quick testing and after a race or 2 
Now you know why I wanted to get rid of the Nissan 

Maybe the cars will be better balanced next tyre model, though I don't you can ever get a perfect BOP out of it. It's not that bad if you only look at group 1 and 2 though.

[Mark J]

I think ballast may be an answer for the group1 cars but needs testing. I certainly think we should introduce say a top 5 finishers ballast next series to bring the field closer and present more of a challenge to the very quick front guys, though not to the point of making their race un-enjoyable. Again still needs testing. I need a couple of consistent lap time testers really to see what the effect is of adding x-amount of ballast, say 30kg max for starters.

[ChrisR]

Your making it far more complicated than it needs to be.

Just air restrict (lower the power) of the top 10 "drivers" in decreasing increments, the only thing you need to work out is how much air restriction you need to bring your desired time out of the lead.

It  might even be as simple as 10% for first place down to 1% for 10th i dont know i havent tested it

[spanner]

Your making it far more complicated than it needs to be.

Just air restrict (lower the power) of the top 10 "drivers" in decreasing increments, the only thing you need to work out is how much air restriction you need to bring your desired time out of the lead.

It  might even be as simple as 10% for first place down to 1% for 10th i dont know i havent tested it

Is that an option in game, to limit power? Every car is different?

[nfsw55]

Your making it far more complicated than it needs to be.

Just air restrict (lower the power) of the top 10 "drivers" in decreasing increments, the only thing you need to work out is how much air restriction you need to bring your desired time out of the lead.

It  might even be as simple as 10% for first place down to 1% for 10th i dont know i havent tested it

Is that an option in game, to limit power? Every car is different?

Yes, since the 1.14 update.

According to one comment on the official forum (here: http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/update-1-14-and-rtr-dlc-impressions.45319/page-2) 25% air restriction equals 0,5 secs time difference

[Mark J]

If it works for the ACO Le Mans and FIA bods then it's good enough for us