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Practice: 19:20 (GMT) (60 mins)
Qual 2: 20:25 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 ~70 mins (37 laps)
Cars allowed: Shelby Mustang SCCA (NOT HANE Car#20),Ford Falcon Sprint, Corvette C2 L76, Ford Mustang BSCC gr5.

Track: Laguna Seca Dowload and install this (http://www.matt-rowe.co.uk/comp/PGfiles/SRou_GTR2_LagunaSeca_1.1.0.0.exe)
Time of Day Setting: 13:00
Weather: Dry
Start: Standing

Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption:  x2
Pit-stops: You must make a minimum of one pit stop during which you must take on at least 1 litre of fuel and/or change at least two tyres. You cannot take a mandatory stop with less than 1 lap to go.

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(4) Test for pit speed limit, some tracks enforce it. Use your best judgement when making your pitstop during the race.
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Excessive cutting of corners will seen as cheating and the results may be altered to reflect

Moody lighting alert  ;)

Oh yes, meant to test that.

Moody lighting cancelled  :(

Hmm
I cancelled it because of the whingeing I got last time.
I like it, though it didn't seem to be as cool here as at the Glen or Sebring.
I wish I could set it to 18:30 but can't.

You read my mind when you combined this track and some muscle cars. I'm looking forward to doing some laps here.

Tanks at Laguna. I'll be at the back then  :laugh:

Promise?

I'll miss this one too due to a medical examination.

Have fun.

There are many small differences in, tyres, brakes, weight, power ect within each of these car options.

I take it, we are free to use them all right Matt?



Stig

Yes Stig
I may have missed something.. but I believe I tried the fastest of each choice,

Crumbs, this is a lesson in masochism ...or is Matt a sadist?  ;)

Heavy Yank tanks around the tight and twisty laguna for an enduro?!  :o

I have to be out of town several days so i'll have to miss this one. Have a nice race :)

The server needs to have fuel consumption X 2.

Great track and car combo!

EDIT: I have tested all four cars, and I am still undecided. I think that means that you did a good job Matt.

Ahhh. dang, I forgot to include a Pork  :whistling:

Thanks Walter, I have realised that this is the last event I have planned  :o
I will get some up soon.

So Hane Shelby Mustang (#20) is also allowed? Same car as CASC but this one is SCCA only with different tires.
IMHO only car that can cope with vette ...

Hmm I thought the Don Cabalos was the fastest SCCA, is the Hane faster than the CASC?

Hane is same car as CASC Shelby with goodyear tires instead of dunlops ... 

Ok Thanks
I missed that one, I will test a couple of cars, but the Hane is for me same pace as CASC so is likely
too fast.

EDIT: SCCA Hane is quite a bit faster than any other car for me. Thanks for pointing it out Ed.
SCCA car 20 is not allowed.

For me the Gr5 Mustang is the fastest by a few tenths only, the Vette is next then the other SCCAs and the Falcon
are half a sec slower, but a less demanding drive.

Hello guys, two friends riders of Team7, Otto Legnaro and Federico Zecchin, have joined the forum but have not yet received a response.
I wanted to ask if the guys can participate in the race tomorrow evening at Laguna.
I take this opportunity to send warm greetings to all  :thumbup1:

Giuseppe

Hi Giuseppe, Yes they can race, they will be in the results, but it will say "Guest Driver" or "Unknown"
next to their names. They will just not get any championship points for this event.

Hello all, I am new here.

Ofc, I like simracing, and I want to join as many races as my job will allow me to do, starting from this one.
I usually play GTR2, and I recently discovered P&G3.
My nickname IG is the as the forum's.
See you in game !

Welcome aboard Mehdi, nice to have more racers :- ))

Stig

Hi all,

I'm new here and my name is Erik Roeterdink. Seeing as most use an nickname, I've taken the liberty to name myself Jester, which I used to name myself with games like, CoD and Delta Force. Been driving since 2006 with MARA-E. Nowadays I drive rFactor with Core-Racing in modern cars. Last year I organised a few series of P&G with MARA, but suffering from CFS  :yawn: I no longer have the energy to do it. I've been ask by Clive to help out with setups and been doing that for the last few months. I don't have the energy to race yet and just registered to be able to get the necessary tracks for making setups  ;D

Hope to be able and drive with you guys someday.

Jester  :eek:

Hi Erik, good to see you here :)

Erik's setups (and replays) have been very useful to the team, especially those that don't have much time to practice these days :thumbup2:

Thank you very much also from the guys  :thumbup2:
For points of the season there is not problem, we simply want to race for fun.
Of course we will make sure not to disturb too much the riders dueling on track  :fencing:
It 'sa pleasure to see his friend Erik on track. Ciao Erik  :punk:

See you on track

My results showed the opposite, but I am never able to get the most from any of these cars. Looking forward to the race, Walter

hi guys, the track in lobby seems be down.
tonight should be the race, if im not mistaken.

Server was not broadcasting to the lobby, is reset and runniing now.
Race reduced by one lap as some cars are marginal on fuel.

Hm.... I dont see how reducing the lenght by one lap makes a difference. If a car can do 19 laps once, surely it can do it twice!

Or have I misunderstood something about compulsory pitstop?

Stig

Matt may mean that one of the cars was close to needing two pit stops due to fuel consumption. By reducing the event by one lap this risk is ruled out.

Thank you  :D

Yet another pc crash, this one nicely timed just at the end of qually, so no time to get back in before race start.

Have fun.

Had a nice race, a perfect pitstop, was no. 5 and then lost focus for a blink and ended up so deep in the sand, the I couldn't get back on track.

Nice combo Matt :-))

Stig

I found this race very hard, lots of improvement needed, enjoyed it all the same, sorry to anyone who  had difficulty passing,  was trying to keep out of the way and not spoil the race. till next week, Bob.

Replay Posted.
Results wil have to wait until tommorow, sorry life calls.

Wot Tony said, I was concerned that one of the choices might not have any choice about what lap to pit on
and might not have made it with a fast driver.

usually i understand this track. in the first laps, i feel myself so fast!!
but when the tod driver came in lobby, my dream  was vanished!
about 5 second in a lap.
this race has been very difficult for me. Too many mistaken, and the left front tyre was burning at 20th lap.
after a lot of out of track, i decided to finish the race.

will be better next time.
cu

My first race !

It was difficult as i expected. I chose wrong tyres, bcz in practice by using the softest tyres, the right front one was too hot... 2 or 3 mistakes ...

I noticed pit speed limiter doesnt work, is it normal ??

I was dreading this one....one of my bogey tracks and in cars that I always find difficult to drive  ::) Decided to go for a long strategy and look after my tyres to avoid changing them which worked quite well for me. Managed to get the jump on John at the pitstop, but he soon caught me and I didn't have enough grip left to put up much of a defence.

Good to see some more new faces on the grid  :thumbup1: Congrats to Otto, Giuseppe and John  8)

What a great event that was, really enjoy a good enduro with these old cars, feels like a proper race with tyres wearing, pit stops and longer distance  :thumbup1:

This track is superb, albeit always a tough challenge and quick to punish getting a wheel off!
The cars looked fantastic from my cockpit  8) the choice of US cars on a US track was great.

Had a great race and plenty of good battles throughout the grid and a clean smooth pitstop  :o
Was catching Jarda at the end for 6th with Ed chasing me hard when I made my only mistake of the race and span with a wheel off the track. That allowed ed through but I was still on for 8th when I ran out of fuel with about 3m to the finish line!!  ::) Lost 8th to Syd  :(  couldn't roll up the hill ! :D  Bummer to lose 2 spots so late but loved the event anyway.

Big congrats to all that finished a tough race and well done Otto and podium  :thumbup2:

Great race! Contgrats to the Podium. I lost a few places at the start, and that just made the next 12 laps more fun. I finally cleared myself of traffic (Ford Falcons), and then set out to reduce a 20 second deficit to the next car. I boxed a lap early because I figured that I will only have to complete 36 laps. I ran a few fast laps, and I actually erased the 20 second deficit. I followed the car in front a few laps, until he went wide entering the Rainey Curve (Turn 9); very easy to do. Then I went wide in the same corner a few laps later, but was able to maintain a 3 second advantage until the race was over. Whew!

I had lots of fun. I felt a bit like Steve McQueen driving a 60's Mustang through the hills of California.  

See you next week,
Walter

Despite too many mistakes it was eventful and good race with some nice battles but with some less nice.
I will stop there because everything was according to rules but with modern approach ...

Plan was to have loong first stint than splash and dash with no tires.
Pit stop worked fine but everything else didn`t.

For half of race I was on my own and went into mix when others decided to pit ... than made few mistakes (again!!) and everything gained with long stint gone with wind ... and dust.

Last few laps I was chasing Mark but couldn`t doo much because my tires was good enough to finish the race but not to attack someone with softer and more fresh tires ...so Mark, thank you for pushing too hard and nice fight around halfway point of race ...  :thumbup1:

Last night was a great race, great match cars\track even if not easy to get to the bottom of the race.
Excellent pole for John, really fast with the Corvette, I'm sorry you had a bad start at the green light, we would certainly have had a nice battle  :fencing:
However, Otto and I thank you for your hospitality  :notworthy: and we hope to do more races with you.

Greetings to all, see you on the track  :punk:

@mehdi:  Pit speed limit is variable. Some tracks there is a pit speed limit, some there is not.
The pit speed limiter doesn't work for me, so you have to test it at each track to see if
there is a penalty.