UKGTR - Le Mans (Sarthe) - Jun 15

[Mark J]

wonder if it might be worth doing one of your snazzy little votes/polls DG? to ascertain likely numbers in GT1/GT2.

At the moment im sticking with GT2 though slightly tempted by running the Maserati, despite its woes.

[Kerr]

How accurate is the GTR2 rank times?

3.42.5 fastest, 3.44.5 second fastest.


Is it just selected drivers who use it or do most people post up their best times?

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

wonder if it might be worth doing one of your snazzy little votes/polls DG? to ascertain likely numbers in GT1/GT2.

Oh look, a poll!

[Truetom]

Voted GT1 but might still have a change of car heart. 

[spanner]

Phew, not too far off the real world pace then in my RSR  Wonder if Flying Lizards will sign me up? 

Tried the MC12 out around it last night, takes a lot of friggin setup work to get it right, just tyres and gears alone took quite a few lap attempts.
Feels great blatting around in a GT1 here, as cockpit view makes you feel like your in a prototype in the Massa.
But the porker feels like a dream, handling wise compared to this beast. I've had to give it -0.20 toe and 1.0 camber on the rear to stop the inside tyres catching fire on the straights !!!?  ..weird, i think there is something buggy about the MC12. Its like its got pre-cambered axles to make the inner edge dig into the tarmac.
The rears increase by about 10psi as they get warmer so you have to start with low rear pressures and let it come to you over a lap or two.

ps real world Le Mans qually is on eurosport tonight 

I've been trying the MC12 and it shocked me that the rear tyre temps rose 20 odd degrees just getting to the first chicane on the straight. nocked the toe down to zero and reduced the camber and it still did it. I'll have to try the negative toe. My main issue with the cars handling is going though Indianapolis when the back end jumps and spins me. Cant belive it bottoms out? Need to do more work.

[Jeffrey]

If reducing settings to useless settings make the problem still occur, it's no use getting to those values and it's best to stick to better values.
Problem will remain the same, car will just handle better.
I think you should try looking for the problem elsewhere than camber and toe settings.

[spanner]

Yeah, me

[Reign Man]

PB is now 3.46.9. I mucked up the last section of the lap so I reckon I can get another half a second at least.

[Mark J]

anyone done any wet laps yet? I spent about 20mins tweaking my setup to suit wet conditions (just in case  ) . I was surprised i could still get away with a pretty low wing setting but you have to be a bit tippy-toe through some sections. Think i was running 2:11 in the RSR in 40% rain.
Frame rates were average 45-52 but dropped to 30 ish at the stadium s/f straight.

[Kerr]

I'm worried about the rain. My set up is useless in the wet but brilliant in the dry.     I will need to think about a set up to compensate for the forecast.   I've not been having any issues with frame rates. It's been very smooth and nothing obviously wrong. Really liking the track.

[Reign Man]

I've only done a couple of laps in the rain, I think i got a 4.06.

[Kerr]

I've only done a couple of laps in the rain, I think i got a 4.06.

I don't think we will be worrying about how fast one can lap in the rain. It's if you can keep it out the barriers.

It's tough and a few corners the car can just snap and you can't catch it.

I was 4.00 in the wet with my wet set up and my best online PB is 3.41.3 on the gamers crib site with the 550.

I've been doing 3.43s with various cars on the real practice server with performance balancing changes

[Mark J]

i take it that as we are using the experimental pack we can only use standard game skins?

why are we using the expo pack for such a big brilliant race by the way?
guess that extra big lambo fuel tank will come in handy for those that use it 
Anything been done to the RSR that i do not know about? Drag anchors, lead lining, fat bloke in the boot etc ? 

[Reign Man]

I've only done a couple of laps in the rain, I think i got a 4.06.

I don't think we will be worrying about how fast one can lap in the rain. It's if you can keep it out the barriers.

It's tough and a few corners the car can just snap and you can't catch it.

I was 4.00 in the wet with my wet set up and my best online PB is 3.41.3 on the gamers crib site with the 550.

I've been doing 3.43s with various cars on the real practice server with performance balancing changes

Christ!......on a stick....Thats some fast times.  My race pace in the dry is the 3.49 mark, give or take a second.  I hope there is somone as fast as you to race against   Is Rusky takin' part?

The forecast is for clouds only isn't it, so at worst we should only get light rain.  It will be very intersting if it does, but lets just hope my pc dont crash like it did at Road America, this track is very hard on frame rates, I wonder if there will be a problem if rain does come.  We dont want a 3 car finish again 

[Jeffrey]

Is Rusky takin' part?

I'm unlikely to take part in the next year and a half .