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Booking: From 19:15 (BST) (60 mins)
Practice: 20:15 (15 mins)
Qual: 20:30 (15 mins)
Race: 20:45 32 Laps (approx 30 mins)

Cars allowed:
Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti, BMW M3 E30 Group A DTM, Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 EVO II.

Track: Norisring http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/norisring-2009.5719/
Time of Day Setting: 14:00
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.

CUP STANDINGS (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WP-Gq__KXs37NlUEMrNJkl4DHammjX-JHHOlpc33xHw/edit?usp=sharing)

Looking at the RSR times and what I did just now a 0:57 lap with the Merc, I would say 32 laps for the race would do it.

This track was released after we'd started the DTM season, but seems an obvious choice! From my testing it seems to be have quite a few overtaking places, more than I was expecting to be honest, and it ran pretty well on my rig with a GTX460 so should have good performance for most/all of you.

This also seems like a good time to point to the DRIVING STANDARDS (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3349.msg65151#msg65151) here - this race is likely to have a lot of close racing and, with it being a street track, very little in the way of runoffs. Any small incidents, especially at the start, could easily result in a much larger incident as the drivers behind take evasive action - so be careful.

Practice server up, note there are only 17 pit boxes so there is a small chance we'll hit this limit if all the old and new guys race this week.

2nd word of warning, don't go straight on at T1 (the hairpin). You don't get stopped by the scenery and fall in to a void where your speed can never reach 0, so you can't escape back to the pits.

hi
i cant drive this week, so have fun anyway, be back next one  ;D ;D

Had my first go of this track briefly last night and found it surprisingly tricky for a flat place. Getting the braking right and corner exits will be key here.

I will skip this one. I find the track just too horrible to drive (layout and bad conversion)  :)

Crept into the 59's with 30L, after some impromptu on the spot driver coaching from Chris, merci beaucoup  :smartass:  :) but still more time to find.

Lap count updated. :)

Server up

Rats, somethings come up, can't make it. Have a good one.

EDIT: another change of plan, just made it in..

Well it started good enough, with a nice beginning with Simon. After getting free from Simon, I was hoping my tyre choice would help reel in Pete. Chris was out of reach, so I was only focused on getting picnic. The tyre (hard) choice looked to be just the right one to get picnic and I was finally on his tail in turn one slightly over mid race. He was slightly held up by a back marker who helped me catch him, but unfortunately the same back marker misjudged the braking point of me and slammed into me. After that it was just cruising to get to the finish line in third.
Grats Chris with the win and Pete for second.

Series replays (https://mega.co.nz/#F!69pUWCoZ!DmDIela4YJ6oCeBbPQ9O7w)

                      >>>>> Results - Click Here <<<<< (http://www.avonrise.co.uk/srou/ac/norisring 06_05_2015.htm)

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Bad luck Erik, I wondered where you suddenly disappeared to :(

Was moaning with Spanner on TeamSpeak before and during warmup at how bad the Alfa was and how I was never going to finish 1 lap let alone a race distance! Can't believe I then clicked with the place and to qual and finish 2nd was very unexpected. Managed to keep Chris in view until we caught the back markers, a couple of scruffy laps from me and he was out of sight, not that I was ever going to catch him but it's always nice to see the car in front ;)

My laps times were dropping off towards the end and I was struggling to be consistent in to T1 so I'm sure you'd have got passed at some stage Erik.

First of all, big apology to frex for dive bomb.
No excuses.
Messed up my down shifting which greatly affect my stopping distance (was too late from 4th to 2nd).
After that I was so pissed of and make at least 2 unnecessary mistakes so my 5th place is really good result.

Hehe, you came out of nowhere, from a long way back..! But no worries mate, it happens. Enjoyed the M3 again but there did seem to be one or two kerfuffles here and there and I was gifted an easy P4 in the end. Good fun though.

Congrats podium.

I was having a great race up until about lap 16. Had chased Simon hard for 15 laps whilst running 5th. He then made an error and I was upto to 4th for a couple of laps. But then I assume he got his braking wrong and I took a real shark nose punt to the gills at T1 that gave me heavy aero damage to both front and rear and side panels  :( from then on my car was down about 15mph down the straights and I was a sitting target for the next few catching cars. Soon I dropped to 7th and could get nowhere near my early pace. Bit duff but hey ho, that's racing

Yeah really sorry about that. I was in trance mode and when you broke too deep I did exactly the same thing and then it was close eyes for the inevitable crunch. I waited for you to carry on in front of me but after sitting behind you for a couple of laps in penance it was clear I had nobbled your car and went past anyway.  :(

I seemed in general to get slower and slower in that race anyway, dunno why, but the track was so boring I kind of lost interest.

Not sure about the Merc, it sounds a bit too much like a hair dryer and I'm sure the diffs needed fiddling somewhat for that track but as I did no practice I just stuck with the defaults diffs and fiddled with the wings and gear ratios which I think I made a mistake on too as they were a bit short in reality.

May I yet again ask what is the next round? Been two weeks since the last cup round yet we still don't tell people what the upcoming races are! Thought we are trying to promote interest not give evidence of a graveyard site  ::)

Its been a week, mark, since the last round.

I only finished university on Monday, I'm currently in the process of emigrating, and I need to make sure that anything I pick is going to work before I post it up - and yesterday was the first time I've been able to use AC for any major length of time in 6 weeks or so. So I'm still catching up at the moment (I'm currently downloading some mod tracks and cars to test out tonight).

There will be something posted up by Friday night, likely a one-off race, with a different cup series to follow.

Ooops sorry For sounding impatient, was texting on way home so it sounded more abrupt than I meant, having just re-read it  :-[

...so where is the next event?  ;)  ;D