UKAC Season 16 - Donington Park 1938 fun - Jun 10

[FullMetalGasket]

Password: see above


Practice: 19:30 (45 mins)
Qual:       20:15 (15 mins)
Race:      20:30   (30 minutes +1 lap)

Cars allowed:

Maserati 250F (6 Cylinder)

In order to compete in the race you will need the following DLC's:
Red Pack


Track:
Donington Park 1938
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/donington-park-grand-prix-circuit-1938.17313/

Lap times:

stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/lapstat?

Time of Day Setting: 14:30
Weather: Mid Clear
Start: Standing
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: normal
Pit-stops: none
Server track settings:
SESSION_START=100
RANDOMNESS=0
LAP_GAIN=0
SESSION_TRANSFER=N/a

Damage: 70%

PLP App - Not used in this series. Cutting will be monitored on replay and penalties issued for excessive cutting.

Notes:
This is just for fun - keep it honest!

[Mark J]

Heh I nearly ran this exact combo awhile back as a one off fun race, great minds think alike 

[FullMetalGasket]

I was tempted to run the Auto Union originally, but was worried I might kill all of our regular racers 

Also we've been meaning to try the 250 for ages as I remember

[Fabri Fibra]

I like the Auto Union, but the Maserati is also very interesting. She is certainly easier. 

[Mark J]

hmm I got a checksum error when I tried to join the server, even though i'm sure this is the same version we've run before.    Will re-download the track again.

[FullMetalGasket]

The track's been updated at least once since the Lotus 25 races!
It works for me, but then it would as the files are compiled on my pc

[goldtop]

Race night then 

Has anyone actually made any changes to default setup (apart from tyre pressures, fuel etc)? The default seems to drive ok (which is useful because I wouldn't know where to start with these cars) but I'm woefully off pace.....again 

[Bob]

  May need some " keep off the grass" signs for me tonight...

[FullMetalGasket]

I'll be honest I haven't looked yet!
I imagine most speed is in gearing and arm wrestling the car!

[Stefan aka Postal]

I am still in the middle of building my new PC and it is not yet ready to go. Also my AC documents folder got corrupted so I have a little extra work re-doing all the settings. bugger
If things are going to plan I will be trying the Rift out tomorrow night. 

You boys have fun in these beasts!

[Fabri Fibra]

Race night then 

Has anyone actually made any changes to default setup (apart from tyre pressures, fuel etc)? The default seems to drive ok (which is useful because I wouldn't know where to start with these cars) but I'm woefully off pace.....again 

This is my setup: https://www.dropbox.com/s/u764bojq2tysdgg/250%206%20donington.ini?dl=0
Not sure if it is good, often my setups are bad 

As said by Tim, it is more about gear-box and knowledge of the car (the handling is very characteristic).

It's a shame not to have Stefan here.

PS: fuel race should be 41 liters.

[goldtop]

Race night then 

Has anyone actually made any changes to default setup (apart from tyre pressures, fuel etc)? The default seems to drive ok (which is useful because I wouldn't know where to start with these cars) but I'm woefully off pace.....again 

This is my setup: https://www.dropbox.com/s/u764bojq2tysdgg/250%206%20donington.ini?dl=0
Not sure if it is good, often my setups are bad 

As said by Tim, it is more about gear-box and knowledge of the car (the handling is very characteristic).

It's a shame not to have Stefan here.

PS: fuel race should be 41 liters.

Thanks Fabri 

[FullMetalGasket]

Server update will be a few minutes late - I'm stuck on the wrong OS waiting for a video to encode......
Gimme another 5 minutes 

[Syd Drake]

I really like this car
Second competitive race in a row. Qualified a solid 7th. Grid was three wide, so I could see the front row just in front of me. I got a good start and passed a car in front, but it was very tight and while still under acceleration to t1 there was a contact and I went into a spin. Lots of cars followed and I think I was in 9th after t1. Tudor was close behind and from that point we battled each other until about lap 11, with some interruptions as we passed a couple cars and Maxime got passed us. I think we passed each other a couple of times each. First I though there was something wrong with my gearing as I seemed to be much slower on the back "straight" as Tudor was coming up quickly there, but when I was behind I was able to go faster as well. I guess these cars have some slipstream . After Tudor crashed on lap 11 or so I had a quiet last few laps, with cars too far in front and behind. I got a couple of places at the end as I think Maxime ran out of fuel and Darren's engine failed. I think my engine would not have lasted much longer either, it was already orange, and I wasn't even speed shifting
Congrats podium, and insane fl Tim.

[Darren Seal]

Fun race while it lasted.  I blame Adam....  He was acting dodgy before the race.  

For weeks Crew Chief has been lying to me, so this week I ignored his warnings....

"Your engine is toast, wait for a tow back to the pits"....  5 seconds later my engine cuts out.  

Maybe I was a tad hard on the old girl.  

Congrats to the podium.

See you next week.