SimRacing.org.uk

Booking: From 19:15 (BST) (60 mins)
Practice: 20:15 (15 mins)
Qual: 20:30 (15 mins)
Race: 20:45 15 Laps (approx 30 mins)

Cars allowed:
SLS GT3, McLaren GT3, Z4 GT3, Nissan GTR GT3

Track: Silverstone GP
Time of Day Setting: 10:00
Weather: Mid Clear
Start: Standing
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal
Pit-stops: None required

Server track settings:
SESSION_START=97
RANDOMNESS=0
LAP_GAIN=25
SESSION_TRANSFER=60

Damage: 70%

Server: simracing.org.uk
Password: Our usual practise password

All drivers must be booked in to race before booking closes at 20:15 UK time.

IMPORTANT: The PLP app VERSION 1.0 /(found here) (http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/a-pit-lane-penalty-app-for-repeated-track-cutting-0-9.17852)) is required. The file is an attachment on the first message, download and install as it is.
The string that is posted in chat when you join should read: "PLP:running version 1.0,3-50-3-True-1.3-0.9-3" - if it doesn't, then you will be excluded from the results.

Note lap count updated.

Scared to say but i cant get near my old times. Only doing 2.09's

I managed a 2:05 something with race fuel in the SLS and I just don't have the energy to try out all cars, so I'll stick with Merc for the rest of this series.
I saw a Jeffrey Ruskus on my server doing a 2:02.6 with the GTR and that is with the same grip settings we will do the race.

Wow - haven't heard anything about good old Jeff for ages, how's he doing? Still as quick as ever I see. You should persuade him to come back and race with us :)

I don't know him and I only know his lap time, because I saw that in my server window ;) but he's welcome to join.

Shame, if you see him again put a good word in. He'll give you alien types a really good run for your money.

Hello guys,

I am new to Assetto Corsa and raced on iRacing about a year ago. I'm pretty inexperienced but managed to race cleanly there and quickly got out of Rookie league (because I was safe rather than fast).

I'd like to join you all for the race tomorrow if that's okay?

Hm, actually I've not actually driven any of the GT3 cars yet (Only the BMW E30) so perhaps I should practice in career mode for a few weeks first!

All clean racers are more than welcome, I tend to tootle around near the back of the field myself and just keep an eye on the mirror for when the old lapery starts ;)

Few days ago I thought, I wonder if SRou is still alive. I saw you guys hosted AC events, which for me is the only race sim at the moment. Haven't done a league race in years, because I basically quit, but I'm curious how AC holds up in a league based event.
Went on the server for the grip settings, as I have no idea how I can set those in practice. But if all goes well, I should make it for the race tomorrow :). And hopefully do the other events as well, as long as work permits :-X .

I quickly tried all 4 cars, and if somebody is interested, here is my view of them.

SLS: Super forgiving, almost impossible to spin. Feels a bit like a boat, but with enough grunt.
McLaren: Basically the Red Bull F1 of a few years back. Eternal grip but lacks power. To make this work, you need to nail the corners.
BMW: Bit of both, good handling and power, but on a knife edge. Not very forgiving.
Nissan: Lots of power, but heavy. Very tricky at corner exit, rear end always tries to break away.

Welcome back Jeff :) Will be great to watch you lap me again ;)

How did the flying go?

Thanks  :D

Flying went fine, graduated in 2009 :P. The finding-a-job part is what makes me struggle  :-X

Welcome back Jeff  :). And nice to see you here too Conure, welcome onboard. Don't worry about your pace to start with, that will come in time, just drive at your own pace and enjoy.

Not sure I can make tomorrow's race yet, will try but not had time for practise.  :(

I will try and make it tonight, sorry missed the last few due to other commitments and clearly no commitment from me. ;D

I'm thinking of trying the Nissan for a change as I race the SLS at ESRA and want to try something new. I will do no practice of course, but it's a car, it's got 4 wheels, some brakes and an accelerator pedal, what else do I need to know!

Hello Mr Ruskus, good to see you again.

It was 225mb update today so, please, update server to avoid last wednesday problem ...

There was no problems last Wednesday - it was the week before :P

Assuming the Internet does its thing I will get the server updated.

Server updated and accepting bookings

I thought this was round 2 so that's what the server's called. Hopefully I'm right!

Request to event organisers, can we please include the round number in the title and perhaps a link to the championship so save all us numpties having to trawl many threads to find the answer. Not good when I'm panicking to set the server up  :-[

That was going well until the game crashed, screen went black but I could still here it and the force feedback was still alive. Eventually I ended up with half a desktop but could get back in game. Had to Alt-F4 to close it. Hope I didn't get in anyone's way with my floundering around.

GT3 series replays (https://mega.co.nz/#F!OxpgERDS!5XUfE684vBYJrIi9Wxo81A)

Well that was mostly fun but ultimately frustrating  :P

Hadn't done any praccy and never used a Z4 here before! So had no setup and 15mins to get in shape.
Qualied a satisfying 5th or 6th.
Had a good battle off the line with a pair of rampaging Nismos who were all over me with their extra grunt.
Picnic got ahead then Bob a short time later. Pete disapeared later but I chased Bob for the whole race for 4th place and started to really put pressure on in the last few laps, which was great fun.
However that's where it went pear shaped as I got told I only had 1 lap of fuel left on lap 11  >:( this was despite the pit menu telling me how much I needed for 15 laps and me adding a few extra litres for good measure!! So I had to bite the bullet and pit for a splash and dash  ::)
I dropped from 4th/5th fight down to 8th  :'( gutted, and that's where I finished. How come no one else suffered it?

Nearly suffered it, game said I need 51 or so litres for 15 laps, I put in 60 as the weight hardly slows down these cars, but still I had a dark orange icon when I finished. No idea how long that will last, but I doubt it would have been a lap, eventhough the garage said 17 laps.

There is a fuel app, but it didn't work for some reason, maybe because of the update.

                      >>>>> Results - Click Here <<<<< (http://www.avonrise.co.uk/srou/ac/silverstone 15_04_2015.htm)

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The fuel estimates are per user, per session unlike in GTL/GTR. It adapts to how much you've been using, and averages it - so if you've been short-shifting for a while during practice/qually, it will give you an inaccurate estimate. It usually gets mine wrong, since I'm slow on my outlaps.

Drove badly and had a couple of offs at the start, then the game crashed just to cap it all. Came back on the server to rejoin (don't know if that's allowed) once I'd started the game again, and finished I think. I'll be interested to see how the results interprets all that!

I use the fuel part of the OV1 app and that told me tonight that it was 3L/L, so put 48L in. At the last corner before the final lap I got told by the audio of ministatsbar app, that I had 2 laps left so that was right as it should be. I never go by the games fuel estimate.
Had good fun trying to stay close to GT. Didn't have the grunt to pass him. I had 1 moment where I was beside him and there we came together, I let him go in front again as I didn't know if it was my fault. Looking at the replay, on the one side I might say it was a racing incident and on the other side I was a bit late to go to the inside. We had no one close by so no loss to our positions. Jeffrey was clearly out of our league, nice pace mate.

Car felt totally different on the official server. Did the practice server not have TC allowed? The Nissan kicked like a donkey on the practice server, but was very driveable on the official. So my setup was wrong, as I did everything to prevent the back end from leaving me, so it was too understeery. Am I right to think that the higher number TC is actually a lower setting, as it bogged down corner exit at TC 1, but became more alive the higher I set it  :-\.

Forgot to check my first gear, which showed, as it was too long and I had a terrible start. Hate the fact that you can't select 1st gear atleast.
Got overtaken by Erik and Goldtop, which made first few laps quite tense, as it has been such a long time since I did a league race, and I didn't want to be the local Maldonado. So I waited for one of the straights to overtake them both, as that was the strength of the Nissan.

Could do stable laps during the race, did my best in lap 10, but in lap 11 my tyres were shot :-X. All of a sudden my laptimes were a second slower. Almost like the Pirelli tyre cliff. So maybe I should have gone for hards instead of mediums. Softs only lasted 1 outlap and 1 timed lap for me, 2nd lap was always way slower.

30 Mintues race sounded short, as I just to do 2 -3 hour endurance races, but I was knackered at the end  ;D

 :) Was having fun chasing Picnic, not a lot between us then I realised there was a problem when all at once he shot off the track. So unlucky Picnic it was just becoming a race. Mark J hung onto my tail for quite a few laps and just as it was getting very close he pulled off into the pits, low on fuel as I now know.  Last 5 laps very lonely, had nowhere near the pace of the top three. Well done the podium, incredible pace.  

No fuel problems here...I usually put a few extra litres in anyway and didn't notice any warning light towards the end of the race.

Had a nice race with Erik close behind throughout. Regarding our incident, I thought you were just having a look up the inside going into Copse and didn't expect you to try to pass. That was only ever going to go one way mate as I had to turn in to make the corner but thanks for waiting anyway  8)

I see Jeffrey hasn't got any slower  ::)  ;)

The only difference was time of day, between my server and the official, 14:00(official) instead of the race announcement of 10:00(practice)  ;) ABS and TC were set on factory.
As far as I could tell when I tested TC, that the higher number is less traction control. I never use it, so I can't tell how it works nowadays.

Weird, when practicing I never heard the TC and the car was all over the place.

The Nissan was the only car for me that really needed it, so much grunt  :o

I've never had a problem with incorrect fuel readings in the garage menu, is that a new bug that's crept in then? I allegedly had fuel for the 15 laps and I stuck an extra lap and a halfs worth in yet it gave me the 'one lap fuel remaining' warning on lap 10 or 11 so that's well short of the mark!  :-\ looks like I need to run a fuel app from now on  ::)

Didn't you run out of fuel at Mugello  ;)?

The fuel indication in the garage menu keeps recalculating, every time you go in the game. The fuel app keeps it's fuel indication of that particular car/track combo and only adjusts it, if the average changes.

He did run out of fuel on Mugello, with the same fuel amount as me and I could nearly run another lap  ;D

Picnic has now the practice server running for the DTM cup, so I set mine for the GT3 champ on Monza (following the list posted in the first race) for the early birds.

I was waiting for someone to pull that one up! ;D but in my defence that was a last minute borrowed pre-tested setup with apparently the correct fuel load...but I must have a heavy right foot as I didn't make it to the line unlike the ace coaster Erik  ;)

So you are not using Fast Dash (picnic`s post in tips and tricks) ...

It have all you need including amount of fuel, predicted number of laps with current fuel and last lap fuel usage ...

Requires you to have an Android or iPhone, but yes very useful. I have my iPhone mounted to the top of my wheel base so I can see all the info directly in front of me.

Actually I did install one of those dash apps to my iPad and iPhone but didn't set it up last few races  ::)
Not had a problem with fuel readings in AC hence my dismay in the race.