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Title: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: phspok on February 13, 2019, 05:03:12 PM +0000
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(2) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R;group=658)

Practice: 19:45 BST (30 mins)
Qual 2: 20:15 (15 mins)
Race: 20:30 ~ 30 Mins

Cars allowed: BMW M1 Procar
Track: Bathhurst
Time of Day Setting: 13:00
Weather: Dry

Start: Standing
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption:  OFF
Pit-stops: None required

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Championship Standings (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=658&theme=4)

Notes:
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Title: Re: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: phspok on February 21, 2019, 05:55:22 PM +0000
Nearly time for your crampons for the "Hill"  ::)


Title: Re: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: picnic on February 21, 2019, 07:24:49 PM +0000
Not looking forward to this, can't drive this car and this is not an easy or forgiving track. Not sorry this is the last round.


Title: Re: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: phspok on February 21, 2019, 07:26:48 PM +0000
Oh, I like it here, for me the car suits this place well, nothing drastic about it, it understeers in, and
powerslides a bit out, not the most nimble, but that to me makes it a relatively easy drive.....
watch me stuff it into a wall on lap1  ::)

And on that score... any suggestions for the next 3 series?


Title: Re: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: Riccardo Gengotti on February 21, 2019, 09:18:04 PM +0000
congratulations to all for the beautiful championship, lucky race won with mistakes of other drivers faster than me. thanks english friends


Title: Re: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: phspok on February 21, 2019, 09:19:49 PM +0000
Good race (mostly) I had the whole field in site for a long time  ;D then let Pete past, as I was clearly
getting in his way, and then fell off non deliberately letting mark through, caught him up after he
had a wobble and promptly rammed up the rear... sorry Mark, was wrong sighted, and braked too late.
then he went wide somewhere and I slipped past for the finish.

Congratulations to Alessandro for the Championship win  :thumbup1: :thumbup2: :clap: :notworthy:
to Riccardo for a close second  :thumbup1: :thumbup2: :clap:
and to Geoffers for third  :thumbup1: :thumbup2:

Thanks to all who took part. I just have to try to come up with something new for the next series.  :smartass: :helpsmilie:


Title: Re: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: BillThomas on February 22, 2019, 02:46:21 PM +0000
 Congrats to the Series winners. I enjoyed last night’s race I like Bathurst I seem to be able to get into a rhythm driving on it; the M1 I think I’m getting the hang of driving it. ;)


Title: Re: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: Alessandro Tancioni on February 22, 2019, 04:29:39 PM +0000
thank you all of you for this championship.
very funny but non easy with this car.
This is my first winning of a champ.. i'm so excited ;D ;D

This track is very difficult and the road is so close!! I tried to prepare as my best.


i'm looking forward to have news about future champs with you.

ciao


Title: Re: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: Geoffers on February 22, 2019, 05:45:30 PM +0000
As Alessandro said, a difficult track in these cars, but rewarding when you get it right.

Race was settled for me on the first lap, got a poor start from pole & Alessandro beat me to T1 then inexplicably I understeered into the barrier at the Dipper letting Riccardo past. After that it was a case of chasing our two Italian friends in the hope that a mistake would gain me a place, I found following closely really difficult so engineering a pass was nearly impossible. All credit to Riccardo & Alessandro for not making any major mistakes & allowing me an overtaking opportunity. :notworthy:

So congrats to Alessandro & Riccardo for taking the top steps of the podium in the race & the championship.  :clap: :clap:

Not bothered about which cars we drive next & I know Matt likes to keep it more or less historic but I would like to try the GT4s (EVORA!!!!!!!). :tt1:


Title: Re: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: phspok on February 22, 2019, 06:42:10 PM +0000
My ideal is historic Thursdays, but I will run anything that people want if enough are up for it.
I am doing some more testing, so will come up with a few suggestions soon.
I expect there will be another DTM92/Touring Classics series probably at different tracks
than the current series, other than that I like to have a Porka series, but the 934 Turbo RSR was
for me at least undrivable when I tried it before. I will do some testing with it at other tracks.
I was pushing for some open wheelers, but that went down like a lead balloon, only interest
seemed to be for the Formula Junior, SRW ran a series of those a while ago, and was ok
but didn't seem to grab people's imagination too much. Any thoughts are most welcome
(even if I ignore you  ::)  )


Title: Re: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: phspok on February 22, 2019, 07:48:37 PM +0000
DO we think Geoff might have an Evora at home ..... ::)

I did a few laps (with default settings, changed nothing) at Mid Ohio full, and Twin ring Motegi (which, though I've never been to before, I quite like)
1:34.0 +/- 2/10ths in all 3 cars at Ohio,
2:05/04 in all 3 cars at Motegi.

Was slightly faster at each track with the Pork, it is fastest on the straights, and there are a lot of those at Motegi
Pork is a few mph faster on straights than the KTM
The Evora is somewhere in the middle, not quite as fast on the straights as the pork, but (to me anyway) corners better
The KTM is slowest on the straights, but is an easy drive, and very chuckable at twisties. And I liked that one best.
If we run these I will have to choose the tracks carefully so we get a good mix of twisty and fast circuits.

I like these, they are a bit modern, traction controls is handy, non are a tough drive, but drive "in the style of" more traditional race cars.




Title: Re: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: Geoffers on February 22, 2019, 08:13:53 PM +0000
DO we think Geoff might have an Evora at home ..... ::)


Don't know what gave you that idea.  :whistling:


Title: Re: RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room M1 - Bathurst - Feb 21
Post by: phspok on February 22, 2019, 08:37:05 PM +0000
Had another go at the 934 Group 4 Pork, at Motegi, Imola, and Laguna Seca.
Feels ponderous and slow, but watching the replay it is not  :o
It's weakness in this sim is brows, I had a few goes at getting it over the brow at the start finish at Laguna
and spun off every time. It drove nicely at Motegi, and was drivable at Imola, though it is pig under braking
particularly down hill. I know someone likes it, a few more votes and we can run it, again at carefully
selected probably flatish tracks where it behaves best.