SimRacing.org.uk

Password: see above (#post_event_password)
(2) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R;group=653)

Practise: 20:00 (30 mins)
Qual: 20:30 (15 mins)
Race: 20:45   (40 minutes)

Cars allowed:
Holden Commodore
Ford Falcon
Nissan Altima

You will require the following Mod's installed on your PC:

V8SCORSA
http://v8scorsa.weebly.com/downloads.html (The 4K 2018 version with the 1.1 patch)


Track: https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/melbourne-grand-prix-circuit.2498/


Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Weather: Clear
Start: Rolling
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: normal
Pit-stops: 1 pitstop for fuel or tyres to be taken after the first 10 mins and before the last 10 mins

Ballast:

Felix - 60 kg
APEX - 40 kg
Alfrance - 20 kg

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.

Notes:
(1)PLP App - Not used in this event. Cutting will be monitored on replay and penalties issued for excessive cutting.
(2)Please make sure you are fully aware of the SimRacing.org.uk Rules especially the
rules about in-game chat messages.
(3) Please exercise caution when pitting as some tracks have a speed limit.
(4) Please follow the SROUK guidelines for using kerbs etc. Please keep 2 wheels on the track surface (kerbs do not count as track surface)
Excessive cutting of corners will seen as cheating and the results may be altered to reflect this.

(5) Start procedure
*It will be the pole sitter's responsibility to complete the first lap at a pace that allows the rest of the grid to follow comfortably
*There should be no overtaking or hard accelerating/braking
*Drivers should avoid getting too far behind or too close to the driver in front
*Approximately 20 seconds before crossing the start line the pole sitter should slow down to a speed of no more than 50mph (80km/h)
*Each following driver shall close up directly behind the driver in front also maintaining a speed of no more than 50mph (80km/h)
*The pole sitter should maintain that speed until they cross the start line and then accelerate away to start the race (lap2)
*Each following driver should only accelerate when the driver directly ahead does (they do not have to wait until crossing the start line)
*No overtaking is allowed before crossing the start line at the completion of the formation lap
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If Tony had not posted, i would not have realised this was on!

Just to note that i already had an albert park track folder named      albert-park_acu 

Will try to do this, but am away at 3 sisters, probably get back in time.

Would be really useful if there was a practise server :'(

I apologise for going on holiday for a week and not getting it up and running  :gun_bandana:

Should be up and running by tomorrow morning  :)

But it shouldnt be on you SRW, you are not the only person! there are multiple people running series. What happend to people restarting the servers after each event and setting them up?


I'll look to see if i can work out how to get on the server and set things running if i notice it in future

AC is by far the hardest game to setup and configure of those we use. I don't like to meddle with SRW's files as there are many options and it's easy to not setup the server as intended. To make matters worse we have 3 sets of config files, 2 for Jeff's Wednesday night races and 1 for SRW's Sunday events.

Yeah i was expecting you just change a few option on a dialog box and click run, or something like that!

Found the Remote Desktop buried in the start menu and logged on and had to come out and recheck stracker link to confirm a server was actually running!

Ok i can understand for the events them selves, but i assumed it was setup for the next event once the previous one was done. It builds momentum, getting people to practise, talk about practising, seeing times. Offline is not the same.

I have some teething problems to sort out relating to peoples GUID's in the driver file. But once this is sorted it should be relatively easy to switch the server after races:

1. change the track link, password, session durations, pit window in the CFG file
2. update the ballast settings in the driver file

In this instance it was the culmination of not having time to sort out the driver GUID problem and then being on holiday which has delayed the practice server so much. I agree totally with you spanner about the practice server and getting people discussing it in the race thread. Hopefully I should be able to get it up and running within a day of the previous race finishing from now on

Ok. Ah ballast, ok. Had forgotten about that. Wasnt meant to be a moan specifically at you SRW, sorry.

Thought Picnic had sorted the GUID problem after the last race?

PICNIC kindly diagnosed the problem, the driver GUID's were all wrong, they got corrupted when I cut and pasted them into an excel file (I have Win10 and an old version of excel which it turns out do not work properly together!)

I have just sorted out the GUID problem, updated the ballast and got the practice server up and running for tomorrow nights race. When people who registered for the series (and ALFRANCE who now has some ballast) log onto the server and choose their car type they should be automatically allocated their ballast and skin of choice. if anyone encounters a problem shout out in this thread

Just as an update, I'm still not joining you guys yet. Off to Aintree tonight to make friends with a brick wall ;D

Can't race today. You all have fun on the track :)

enjoyed that race, I was pretty close on pace to Matt, but I kept making mistakes when I tried to push harder to close the gap, you really have to be careful pushing the front end as it bites back hard if you lean on it too much.

Shame it has been a low turnout in the first couple of rounds, especially as there seemed to be so much interest in the test races a few months ago

Next round is at Symmons Plains, a short lap and you can lose a lot of time if you run wide at some of the corners!

Yes, shame about the low turnout, especially as these cars are so much fun.. Mark stuck close for the first few laps, then seemed to start dropping back a bit. Uneventful after that - even the pit-stop, which could be the first one I've done (in any sim) where I haven't messed it up somehow!

Thanks to all.

You were in a different race Frex, doing 57's in the race! I tried supersofts in qually but just changes the balance too much and are not that much quicker. Also they seemed to be getting orange at points during the lap so stuck with softs. I thought I would have a quicker stop not changing tyres but that carrying half fuel would allow quicker times but adding fuel takes so long in the pitstop! I'll remind myself to carry full race fuel next time!

Being that all these tracks are addons, this track hasn't helped raise my expectations for the rest of them!

Driving these cars is not easy infact it makes it worse when near people so to me its a challenge just driving them to the finish so these certainly do not appeal to everyone. You've picked the hardest race series in the world to follow; the hardest cars to drive on some of the most inappropriate tracks! Its not something that can be picked up with little or no practise. I find say the GT3's to be nice and easy and I have to push myself to drive them harder to get the times; whereas these (and others historic, low grip cars) i'm having to reign myself in all the time and then it becomes just repeating everylap.

Plus we are in the hight of summer. It happens every year attendances drop during the summer months; people have other things to be doing!

Personally I think also wednsdays has put people off; they try the car out, instantly don't like it so drift away for a bit, they have been pretty difficult cars.  I know everyone hates GT3s but it has a wide appeal

Yes, I had dismissed the supersofts assuming that they were a one lap qually tyre, until chat before the first race a couple of weeks ago when someone (Felix and/or FMG) mentioned that they would last a race. Trying them at that race didn't show me much, as I was DQ'd after a few laps, but I tried them again here and they were fine.

Yes, they will overheat if you lock the fronts under braking, or slide the rear out of the corners, but they also recover quickly if you're careful. Mine were turning orange, red and back to green again throughout the race and didn't cause a problem. The wear rate is fine also, especially as we can change tyres half way through.

Speaking of which, I've just noticed the race post mentions a compulsory stop for fuel OR tyres, whereas I in fact did both - is this ok? Remove me from the results if not.

You can do tyres, fuel or both, its up to you