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Trackday race

Weds-December 21st

Practise: 19:30 (45 mins)
Qual: 20:15 (15 mins)
Race: 20:30 26 Laps (approx 50mins)

Cars allowed:
Mazda RX7 Tuned: 1:57.307
Lotus Evora S Stage 2: 1:57.404
Porsche 911 Carrera S: 1:57.526

Track:-  Zanvoort GP

Live Timing: stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/lapstat (http://stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/lapstat)


Time of Day Setting: 13:30
Weather: Mid clear
Start: Standing
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: * 1.5
Pit-stops: None

Server track settings:
SESSION_START=100
RANDOMNESS=0
LAP_GAIN=0
SESSION_TRANSFER=N/a

Damage: 50%

Password: see above (#post_event_password)

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

Notes:
(1) Please make sure you are fully aware of the UKGTR rules

Short notice but something based on what seemed to be a theme on the other topic. No stipulation to make a pitstop but if you do you must obey the normal rules, not on the 1st or last laps.

Practice server will be up after my AC has updated and I've updated the server.

Ooohh I didn't think we were racing this Wednesday. 50 min race though,nth at will be fun :)

You all seemed to be happily chatting about a race you'd like to do so I've put one up in Mark's absence. It is short notice but hopefully a few will still be able to race. I stayed away from the Praga so Spanner hasn't got a good excuse to miss it ;)

I'll probably take the spin dryer tonight - although that is a rather tasty flavour of pork you're serving  :D

Hmm.. hadnt noticed the 50minutes. Something else to put me off tbh. The cars arnt fun to drive, gave up after barely a lap having tried the mazda and lotus.

With all the nice race cars released yesterday its hard to get excited. sorry.

 :)   Count me in, tried them all, leaning to the RX7 should be very close racing.

Tempted by the Lotus as its a Lotus but the Mazda is such a hoot and sounds lovely as it pops and bangs :)

I thought that last week but, then when around others in the race, I ended up thoroughly enjoying myself.

How about to set fuel consumption on 150% because RX7 can't do the race without 2 stops while other cars can.

With 1.5x fuel all cars have to pit but only once.

Seems a reasonable request :)

Heads up for you all - I've just had to download an update so make sure you leave yourselves time  ;)

Thanks FMG, server updated

Disaster, got some 2nd hand Fanatec kit, been trying to install it but it won't power up :'( No racing here tonight.

What a superb and very enjoyable race. Qualified something like 7th and made a great start, making up a place by passing ChrisR. Spent the first 10 laps holding station behind Bob and slowly pulling away from ChrisR. My pitstop was set for lap 15 so at lap 10 I started to push and closed in on Bob but then my tyres went away or Bob reacted and I dropped back again.

So I decided to go for the undercut and pitted on lap 14. This allowed me to jump Bob when he pitted. However, somehow, ChrisR got the undercut on us both. I then spent the next 12 laps trying to catch ChrisR and keep Bob back who was closing quickly. Managed to keep Bob behind just and finished a very happy 4th.

Really enjoyed that one do thanks guys.

Quali and Race replay (https://jester71.stackstorage.com/s/NqCFfNu4qhM2G26)

The race was okay, don't really like the car though. Decided to take the Porsche so I didn't have to worry about the shifting  ;D  No idea how the Mazda or the Lotus drive.

Had a pretty good start and got 2nd. Erik was too fast in these things and it was just a matter of times before fmg caught up again. Had a good little battle, but he was clearly faster. When it was time to pit I forgot to change the tyres  ::) and I got back just a few seconds behind Erik, who decided he didn't like the bland scenery and drew a couple of donuts on the track  ;D
Had alot of understeer with those worn out tyres, but it was pretty much the same with fresh tyres, just nothing but understeer. Managed to keep Erik behind to the finish line with about a second to spare.

I found the previous combo of cars to be much more enjoyable then these.  8)

Glad to see 9 of you got to race tonight. I found the problem with the Fanatec stuff, the power plug was rather sensitive to how it was connected. I managed to close the center pins together and now it seems be be happy. Ran 8 or 9 laps around Silverstone without issue. I can see why this Fanatec stuff is so expensive, it instantly feels so much better than the T500RS I currently have. I doubt I'll be any faster though  :-[

That was a great race - can we do it again?  ;D

The Mazda was a blast to drive - sums up everything I love about 90's Jap sportscars.
If in doubt, throw it sideways  :whistling:

I surprised myself with my qualifying time, doubly so as my best lap was recorded on full fuel load while I 'got my eye in' for the start of the race!

I didn't expect to hold 2nd for long in the start given that all the cars around me were rear engined, so no surprises when Bob and Maikel out dragged me to Tarzan.
It was interesting to see the different strengths of the cars like that, the Mazda has outright agility and even a bit of top end, but the Porsches had grunt and grip out of the corners.
To this end I employed the best feature of all old sportscars to distract my opponents - the pop-up headlights! (Everyone knows they make the car faster ;) )

After returning to 2nd I just had to settle down and see what I could do about Erik while also keeping a VERY close eye on fuel levels - I had a 1 lap fuel window if I wanted to finish the race with only one stop.

Checked my tires not long before the stop and thought they looked fine so stayed out on them.
This was my undoing as they rapidly went off after my incredibly long fuel stop and dropped my laptimes down to nearly the 2 minute mark - near enough everybody passed me back as I wrestled my way to the line  :(

Would still happily do the same combo again though  :angel:

i have no idea how that happened..

i filled up with fuel and i figured that i would just keep going until my lap times started really dropping off.. luckily i managed to do about 17 laps and then i went out with low fuel and then with decent tyres i just managed to put in decent-ish laps.

Yeah, what FMG said. 8)

No really. The Mazda was a nice and nimble car but the last laps where sideways most of the time. No match for the newer cars really.
Should do a rx-7 vs Skyline vs Supra on day. I noticed the Sportsland Sugo racetrack on RD. Should be an appropriate combo!

I downloaded that last week - Will do some testing if you like :)