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Sports car fun Race

Practise: 19:15 BST (60 mins)
Qual: 20:15 (15 mins)
Race: 20:30 32 Laps (approx 40mins)

Cars allowed:
Merc C9
Mazda 787B
Porsche 962 Long/Shortails

Track: Paul Ricard (from this pack (http://www.f1simgames.com/assetto-corsa-1998-championship-track-pack/))

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

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

Damage: 70%

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.

I was wondering if it would be sensible to already try a slight weight penalty for the C9? On 100% boost it will still blast everyting else out of the water, but over race distance things could get evened out more or less.
Last time out on the streets of Adelaide the Merc was a match for both 787b and 962c and on the long tracks it has more of an advantage. 

Almost impossible to judge after 1 race. It will probably dominate this race, but we need to see how much and more importantly, how the Porsches hold up. At Adelaide they were the worst of the 4, if that is still the case here, they will be useless.
Slowing the Mazda down will be almost impossible, as it has a handling advantage, which means adding weight will make it even slower on the straights and take away its advantage, which will render it defenseless.

What worries me more, is that the server has been up for over a day, and Maikel still hasn't done a lap yet  :o

Based on your 1:16 lap time I've set the race for 32 laps

Second half of the week is usually reserved for Core practise/race time  ;D

I'll give the Merc another shot tomorrow. Biggest worry is going to be the tyres. We'll see how that evens out with the Longtail's pace

Thought I was 2nd  ??? :P
The Merc has a huge tire disadvantage based on Adelaide. If that holds out it may be all the balancing needed, unless Maikel manages to sort his Hard tyres out for Paul Ricard....

Oh whoops, forgot that and couldn't check the results  ;D

TBH I'm going on vague recollections too as it's been a few nights sleep since the race!
Fairly sure I was on for a safe 3rd and then Maikel's tyres gave up  ;D

Did quite a few laps in the 787b, but i am still a bit off pace. Maybe pretty normal that Jeffrey's time in the Mazda is more than a second faster, but Matteo got it round in a 1.16sec. Although he also is the overall fastest in the shorttail 962c... 8)

Nice version of Paul Ricard. Remember this layout from Microprose GP500. It has a nice retro feel about it. I can almost smell the fumes of my rotary engine.
I noticed i had version 1.3 from the extended track pack installed. We are running the 1.2 version?

The server does a checksum check to ensure no one's cheating so I guess any difference between 1.2 and 1.3 is cosmetic if you're connecting ok

yes, i had to download and install the 1.2 version. Was just wondering why we use the older version. That's all.

Because no one told me the two packs had different versions or if they did I ignored them ;) I'll not change it now but will try to for future '88 style events.

Can I join to this event guys?

The more the merrier I'd have thought  8)

Indeed. More then welcome here Ayrton. See you tonight then.

I may be slower than usual, still haven't even done a lap  :-[

Paul Richard 88 is just one long straight. Nothing to do really. 8)

Only have version 1.3 from the earlier pack and cant download from mega so have fun see you next week.

Can't join. I deleted the older version of the track so don't know if I'll have downloaded in time  :(

That's the one I am using and I am on the server  :-\

I just get a checksum error already tried, mega just tells me out of memory right at the end of the download.

I've couldn't join with the 1.3 version.
I've had to download the old version and delete the newer one to get on.

Only 4 showed up for the race  :o

Have to say, the track suits these cars much better. Had abit of fun with Jeffrey chasing me the first few laps since I could just blast away on the straights. Had a little spin last corner and that was that. Tyres were the issue again and they dropped quite irratically until around lap 15 when they just gave up and I was losing seconds with trying to ease the car to the pits. 2nd stint I managed the tyres a bit better so they just started dropping into the red the very last lap.

The Mercedes is definitely the car for the Shark racers here though, it devours these tyres so quickly it makes Jaws look like a bloated goldfish with anger management issues  ;D

Edit: Another downside of the Mercedes is the time it takes to change tyres. Both the Mazdas took 18 seconds to pit while mine lasted 25 seconds  ???

I'm deeply disappointed guys, but at 20.00 pm Bill Gates in person noticed me that he was going to update my pc to W10 Creator something...
My pc was like under control of the updater and I couldn't do anything to retake the possession of my pc, till now that the update is over.
Thank you Bill :D

I Hope you had fun... the update process was not so fun though :D
Hope you're going to do another race soon with these beasts. See you