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Any of the RRE racers here considering taking part in this:

https://forum.sector3studios.com/index.php?threads/raceroom-gp-29-03-20.14587/

I am not interested in the FRX17 event but am thinking about doing the 911GT3 Cup races. Have already set a time on the leaderboard (currently 8th). I am supposed to be at Goodwood that day, but in all likelihood it will be cancelled, if so I will be doing the RRE event, be nice to have a few others here taking part.  :thumbup1:

might have a go myself  :)

Good man.  :thumbup1:

do you have a set up i could try?

i thought these cars were fixed setups ???

ok so i am in for this Sunday with Geoff hopefully and thanks for the setup.
i am really struggling with the new update and finding the right setups as they have all none in-void since the update!
so far i have managed 2:10.884 and i recon the pole time will be around 2:07/2:08 so a little ways to go yet  :-\

JP

Yeh, should be in the top tier race as I was 28th on the leaderboard in the end (30 in top tier race). Have done a best of 2.09.2, but a time in the 2.08s is definitely possible for me, every time I have been set for it I have messed up the final turn. As John said pole should be in the 2.07s, no way I can do that! :(

Looks like we both made the Server 1 race John, cya there. :thumbup2:

Had not seen the cut off date, I might have made the group2.. so far 2:11.4 and I am usually even more pants with
porkas then "normal" cars. should be a good event. I wonder if there will be a shared replay

Races will be shown live on the RaceRoom YouTube channel, so will also be available to watch later.

Good luck chaps, sadly I'll not be watching so please let us know how you got on :)

Well done both in Race 1  :thumbup1:
What happened to John in race 2? but well done Geoff in R2 anyway. 9th place once you got past that
chap with a name  I can't remember.

Enjoyed both races after a disastrous start to the first one.

Only got one legitimate qually lap in which put me 22nd on the grid, 5 places behind John. Then made a big error at T1, braked too late and ran into two cars ahead, but justice was done as they carried on OK but I ended up facing the wrong way in the middle of the track. Fortunately everyone behind avoided me & I was able to rejoin but dead last!  Gradually made up places as others fell off, had a bit of a dice with another British guy & finished 21st. I think John was 17th.

So started 21st in race 2, only top 10 were reversed. This time I was on the outside into T1 & was able to drive around the crowded inside line & gained about 5 places. Half way around lap 1 several top 10 runners had a coming together which got me up to around 13th. 2 or 3 more then spun out over the opening laps & I got up to 10th with a Frenchman & a Croatian ahead of me & another 3 or 4 cars behind in a long train. The Frenchman eased away, but the Croatian guy was holding us all up & the German behind was eager to get past me. Eventually, with 3 laps left the Croatian ran wide into the long RHer onto the long straight & I got past him & pulled away. So was very happy with 9th place amongst some very quick guys. Even managed to dip into the 2.08s in the second race. Don't know what happened to John, but he quit early on.

First time I had taken part in one of these RRE organised events & thoroughly enjoyed it. Most drivers were very sensible, & after the T1 pushing & shoving there was very little contact, although I did have to delay turn-in to the hairpin a couple of times when drivers behind totally missed their braking point & came flying past.

Looked like fun, congrats both  8)

I stuck a .mp4 of the whole thing here if anyone wants to easily move about in it:

https://phspok1.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Race/RaceRoom+GP+++Shanghai+++EU+Timezone+Race.mp4 (https://phspok1.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Race/RaceRoom+GP+++Shanghai+++EU+Timezone+Race.mp4)

I see the next RRE special event will feature the NSU TTS. I though, have a problem, as it is on a Wednesday which is GTL night, so should I enter or not. ???

https://forum.sector3studios.com/index.php?threads/nsu-tts-prinz-battle-29-04-20.14762/

Had a quick practice at the hillclimb qualifying track, which I have never tried before, & it seems unlikely I would be able to learn it enough to set a representative time. So it is unlikely I will enter this event, a shame as I really enjoy the NSU.

I had a go at the hillclimb to, first time up for me as well. I was under 7 mins with a spin and a couple of reasonable size offs but I'll not get close the the low 6 mins that the leaderboard showed when I looked. Plus they want 200 VRP to enter so I'll not bother.

Yes a bit of a cheek to ask you to pay to enter, the Shanghai event was the same, works out at about £1.40 I seem to remember.

I recorded 6.55 on the only run I attempted, didn't have any spins but came to a stop against the wall a couple of times ::)

I am down to 6:37 but am still lifting where I don't need to at various places, so could get another 10 secs off I expect.
To get into the top 30 I would need to get under 6:20  :o which is unlikely to happen....

You don't need to make the top 30 to get a race, everyone who sets a leaderboard time will be invited & there will be enough servers so that all those that accept will get a race. John got into Server 1 for Shanghai with 48th on the leaderboard.

I realise there are multiple servers, I assumed you had to get into the top 30. I guess some bother
so the splits are lower. Not certain I want to do the event, just fancied some hillclimb challenge
after Nappe's event.

I noticed this afternoon that many of our Italian friends are all well within the top 30 fastest qualifying times, with Gavino the fastest overall, well done Gavino. :notworthy:

I am currently on 6.18 & just outside the top 50. Still don't know the track too well, but keep making mistakes in the very first section which I do know well !  ::)

I have an invite to the WTCC events. I am in the 4th group, being one of the slower ones  ::)

A new multiplayer qualifying competition has just started, at Silverstone GP. Main event is for FRX17 cars with a support event for F3 cars with the races on Friday August 7th. Currently 2nd in the F3 times, but over 2s slower than the fastest guy!  :o F3 cars are quite fun to drive once you get used to how fast they can go around corners.

Also subscribed me for the F3 event, currently P11 (5.x sec behind). I will be the pay driver for SROUK, next to Geoff ;D

Matt & Birger (& anyone else) do you want to try my setup for the F3 car?

Sure. I have my own setup, but it was only a quick fiddle to create something I could drive

Forgotten all about this, yes please Geoff I'd like to give your setup a whirl :)

 OK guys here is a link to the F3 setup file, I think I have set it to be downloadable, if not please shout.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B1WQCgzxo1OErlI_SSHHGH3O7LaTenLg/view?usp=sharing

Better mention that you need to buy a car & pay to enter the qualifying leaderboard, not free like the recent BTCC races.

Thanks Geoff, downloaded OK :)

Think I have the car so will give it a whirl before paying to enter, no point if I'm dog slow like in so many things these days  ::)

Thx for the setup

Subscribed myself for the race, Geoffers is in the first heat, Martin and myself i think will be in the third heat (pending if al drivers will be subscribed, waiting for the mail tomorrow.

Maybe this can help you to "Track guide for Silverstone from Rosberg and Driver61"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnby9G-AArg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnby9G-AArg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzMNZKlBK74&t=640s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzMNZKlBK74&t=640s)

Confirm the F3 cars have no DRS, because in real life they i have i think.

I would have been, but unfortunately I won't be taking part. The Lotus dealer that I bought my car from is having a presentation of the new Lotus Evija electric supercar that evening which I thought would be an excuse to take the Evora out for a run. Have fun guys, & hope another special event comes up soon. :thumbup1:

Looks like Matt & Birger are in server 2 for the F3s

https://forum.sector3studios.com/index.php?threads/raceroom-gp-silverstone-07-08-20.15448/#post-208108

Couple of names I remember from the previous Silverstone events. I need to check out the old replay
to see who was the nutter who shoved me off  ::)

Received the mail, server 2. Good race to all, will be the first time with more than 20 cars on track in a multiplayer race.

Good luck Martin

My previous experience was mostly good. Always a couple of over enthusiastic chancers, but most people
were fair. One thing you will notice, unlike our events, is that most of the drivers will be almost exactly the same pace as you
which can be daunting  :o So overtaking opportunities might be few and far between.

Except that is when you sail past me as I bounce off a wall somewhere  ;D

Indeed with these events, i think the fun is in the race. Because a lot more drivers and we are diveded in heats of the same quali pace. So indeed will be difficult to overtake.

Still training do not go too early on the throttle in the loop arena, and still trying to go full throttle in cops, but still need a small lift.

Not yet tried the setup of Geoffers, but the standard setup works for me, the temps remaining really long in the tires.

So, Race 1. Lasted less than a lap because of idiot over aggressive people with setups beyond their skill level
Someone pushed a car into a spin right in front, hit him hard, broken suspension so couldn't turn right
Game over,

Race 2 Didn't bother to load my setup as I assumed it would be there, nope, I think it must have loaded the default
brakes locking fronts at every corner and the back all over the road, got the hang of it and managed 3 laps, then got
rammed up the bum and suspension broke again.

Waste of an evening. Birger looked to be having a good race though  ;D

What a race, really had the pace  ;D

2 times 4th (2 times third was possible). But indeed Martin a lot of drivers that can not stay stable in cops/maggets/beckets. The setup off Geoff doesn't work for me, need more front wing for the esses.

Sorry for your result if you are in the pack you need to have some luck to go through the pack. Like in the first lap on hangar straight could just avoid your crash

detailed summary of the race will follow

 :scooter: :jumpjoy:

Sorry to hear you did not have a good time Matt, the standard of driving in these events falls well below what we expect here & sometimes you end up on the receiving end. It is not too bad if you get near the front but in the middle of the pack you need to be a bit lucky. I have watched one or two of the Cupra races on YouTube & even the top guys just don't seem to care if they push someone out of the way, if there is a gap they go for it. Very much like real life BTCC.

But well done Birger on a couple of excellent results, seems like you really enjoyed it.  :clap: :clap:

You are correct Birger, It was partly my fault for not doing any practice at all with a heavy teach this week
so never got a proper qual lap in, which had me starting at the back end, so lots of bumps and bangs
having dropped out I started at the back again, and had the same trouble again.

I caught sight of you a couple of times, one was just before I got rammed from behind. Can't entirely blame
the guy, I was struggling with the brakes, so was less predictable perhaps. All the same, not much fun.

Oke summary of yesterday.

Tested a setup of Geoff in the morning, positive was i know could take copse without lift off but afterwards in the Esses i spinned always if i put too much steering angle with full throttle. So took the changed the front wing and front ARB back to a more thrusty car.

Had a lot of nerves due to the big pack, never raced with more than 11/12 drivers, and espacially not if they are from the same level in open wheelers. So my intention was to take it easy and maybe start at the back.

At 1830 practice session started, and went out of the pits with fuel for 20min. First lap of the session was a stunning 1:53:8.. never had a timing under the 1:55 during testing (so was impressed of myself and thought that the clock of the officials was broken  ;D), so i was already 1.5sec faster than normal.
In the 45min session never reached anymore my fastest lap  ;D, and trained some overtake's on Martin and trained also the standing start and some piece of tarmac. Having problems with the start or i have a lot of wheel spin and sometimes spin to the left or right, or i start very slow.

Quali was only 15min, and started with the intention to do a no risk lap, due to i had no confidence in my start. Didn't succeed in that and the first lap was again the fastest lap, and qualified myself in P5. Martin qualified himself only in P16 with a 4sec gap between myself (so don't know what happend during quali with Martin)

Race 1
Had a semi good start because i overtook the guy in P3, but was passed by 3 other cars. Also in the loop arena and luffield went on the outside lane to avoid collisions. So was now racing in P9, up to the point of Hangar straight where two cars crashed in too each other and just avoided the crash. In my mirror i could see the carnage due to other cars where also making a second crash (probably the crash of Martin). After the first lap i found myself in P7 after a guy called Popular. Had more pace i thought than him especially in the fast sweepers, because i needed to do a lot off lift off's. But didn't find a gap to overtake him. After 2 guys spinned out i was in P5, just behind a Ferrari coloured car and Popular. So fighting for third position, i saw Popular slightly losing contact with the Ferrari and after 8min i dared to overtake him on the inside of Luffield. went two wide on the old pit straight and had just overtook him in to copse. And focused myself to close the gap towards P3. Now i saw that i have a lot of pace in the fast corners but not on the straights. Because i won everytime almost a second in the fast corner sections, but the guy behind me could always close the gap on Wellington and Hangar straight.

After 11min we lapped some backmarkers, i saw a car making place for me, by going on the runoff area of Stowe. But in the exit the car rejoined the track and crashed in to my side (backmarker was racing without front wing). I tried to stabilize the car with my right wheels in the grass and could made the braking point in to Vale. Off course the guy behind me overtook me and was again in P5, but now with a car that has 50% suspension damage.  :cursing: :cursing: :cursing: Was selecting a pitstop but after the fast Esses i could see i was only some tenths of my delta and remaing a 5sec gap with P6. So decided to nurse the car towards the end of the race. Every lap i looked to the gap and was losing +/- 6tenths each lap. Again backmarkers in front of me, now a car without a front left tire (where did we see that  ;D ;D). But i thought he would give me room. Nah just before copse he went on the racing line again so was stuck behind him in maggots/beckets but overtook him on the outside line of chapel. With 1 lap to go my gap was only 1.5sec with P6. But he couldn't catch me anymore. And with the last chicane in sight i saw the cars of P2 and P3 had contact with each other and P2 was stuck in the gravel. So finished in P4.

Was very lucky the suspension damage didn't had that much of an influence of my race pace, only some lift off's. Still happy with the result but without the lapped car i would be in a position to fight for second.

Results: https://simresults.net/200807-gC8 (https://simresults.net/200807-gC8)

Race 2 will follow

Race 2

I'm the black car, with flames on the nose
(https://i.postimg.cc/PJYCYqfc/2020-08-07-2213-0001.jpg)

Again starting in P5 due to the reversed grid. Had a semi good start and saw in the right lane a car doing a wheelie  ;D. In the first 3 laps there was a lot of contact and after some love tabs i was in P5 and pulling away. But then i missed the apex of Brooklands and went wide on the runoff area. Safely rejoined the track at the inside of Luffield but back in P10 and behind the battling drivers. At that moment i could see Martin in my mirrors.

The cars in front of me where again slow in maggots/beckets and had a great exit out of chapel, went 4 wide towards chapel
(https://i.postimg.cc/Wp8Lbv7b/2020-08-07-2221-0003.jpg)
but backed off because this was not going to end well  ;D

And indeed the group of fighting car lost over the first 10min some cars due to contacts. So was again in P5 with the P4 the fluo yellow car in sight (was the car that finshed in P6 the first race just behind me). Slowely closed the gap with him but couldn't close the gap fully. And with 1lap to go the gap was 1.5sec, but P3 made a 360degr spinn in the Loop and due to that P4 was scared and avoided contact, what impacted his straight line speed for Wellington. We went side by side in to Brooklands. Was scared to crash in the last lap so i remained on the inside of Brooklands. Off course Brooklands has a late apex so during the turn i needed to brake harder to make the kink of brooklands (luckily there was enough grip on the kerbs)
(https://i.postimg.cc/9fLNTGL4/2020-08-07-2229-0004.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/mDhpStnm/2020-08-07-2229-0006.jpg)
Was then just behind P3 and positioned myself behind him in maggots/beckets/chapel to have a good exit. And indeed due to the drafting i came closer with Stowe inside. He defended semi by going towards the middle of the track. And i decided to go towards the outside due to i didn't want a mistake in last 3 corners of the race. I was on the outside with more speed, but he had a better exit. Then in the Vale chicane didn't dared to dive bomb him. So took Vale slow and made a cut back to have a lot of speed in Club and the finishing straight. It worked but not enough finished 25hundreds behind P3.

So again P4, great first RaceRoom event, but indeed some drivers need to know when to exit or to pit. Riding the rest of the race without front wing or without a tire is not good  :censored: . Especially if you have blue flags.

Sad for Martin with another crash,  :(

Results: https://simresults.net/200807-gC8 (https://simresults.net/200807-gC8)

Bad luck Matt, nice one Birger :)

Ok, so, hang on a sec while I get my full bag of excuses......
right, off we go.

It might have been 18:30 where you were, but it was 17:30 at my house, and I didn't finish work until gone 17:00
quick shower, throw some food down my neck, log on, and try to get some laps in, rush rush rush.

In qual I either collected cut tracks this lap will not count, or I went off, so didn't get a fair lap in
In the official leaderboard, I can't remember what I got, but it was maybe midfield.

Race 2 would have been better if I had not had to start at the back, and forgot I needed to load my setup
too much rushing is my excuse, and I am sticking to it.  ::) You did well Birger  :thumbup1:

Sorry for the enthusiast posts but i had a good race  ;D , and i know we are somewhere at the same level, but you have much more experience (see GT2 Mid-ohio). Indeed i took it as a Grand Prix race, i trained 2 days before the race (and you see training pays off, i have now a 3 week summer holiday   8))

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :-X

I know, for the SROUK race's i need to do a +1hr to be at Brussels/Amsterdam timing zone. This was also a early race for me but i'm in my third week of holiday  ;D (PS: and wife is working, so i'm free  :laugh: ;D)


Indeed was again lucky that my first lap was a good lap. Maybe because i had no stress and wanted to start at the back (i even lifted off at club corner just before the finish because i saw my delta timing was to much green  ;D ;D ;D

So you see, the best laps you get when you not are under pressure, and you are not pushing.


Forgotten also the timings, but i was 1 tenth slower than you. During this period wife was also in holiday during this period :lol:, so i did only +/- 1hr of hotlaps, and i saw i was close to you. So the chance that we where in the same server was big, so i never tried a better lap for several reasons.


Thx Martin,
And i know i had also some luck (thinking about the collision with the lapped car, and i nursed the car home without losing a place, and the fights in the second race). Much more wheelbanging than the SROUK races (SROUK races are more fair to drive, only such an event has more prestige  ;) ).

See ya in the next events

Managed to qualify for the latest round of the CUPRA series at Shanghai on Saturday. Have set a leaderboard time for each of these, but this is the first time I have been fast enough to make the multiplayer races, albeit in server 4!

Well done Geoff  8)  Beyond my pace then  ::)

 :thumbup2: :clap: :notworthy: congrats

Just done a few laps at Dubai for the Cupra thingy. Currently 371'st  :o 4.5 secs off the fastest time. I might find a second or more
but 3 or 4 secs is beyond my skill level ;D

Try a challenge against someone about 1s faster, give you an idea where you can improve. If you can find that 1s, then try against someone 1s faster again. No use trying a challenge against one of the best times as they get too far ahead to learn anything from. The top guys use as much of the track & kerbs as they can get away with on corner entry, apex & corner exit.

My race at Shanghai was not too exciting, spent most of it driving alone. Grid was not full, only 14 drivers, qualified 5th & gained a place at the start but was too tentative in the first couple of laps & lost 4 places. At T1 on lap 4 the guy behind hit me & spun me out & I dropped to 13th. Caught & passed a couple of guys but after that I only picked up places when someone dropped out or had a slower pitstop than me. In the second half of the race I was matching the pace of the drivers in 2nd & 3rd & catching those in 4th & 5th but was still 8s behind them in 6th at the end.

Results here: https://simresults.net/200829-86R , event 4.

I have set a time at Dubai Matt if you want to run against it. About 140th I think.

Made Server 4 again for the Cupra races at Dubai on Saturday, looks like it should be a full grid this time. Need to brush up on the track as they tightened up the track limits in todays update.  ::)

Oh, nearly forgot, for those that have used Launch Control for the WTCR cars, it has changed. It still gets the car off the line, but no longer changes up through the gears, you will need to do that yourself now.

Final event in the Cupra series this weekend, at Macau. Just managed to make server 4 again, but I think this maybe a bit of a crash fest. I'll let you know if I make it past the first lap!  :cursing:

Does the car have a handbrake?  ::)

Why? Do you think I will need to park up while everyone sorts themselves out or do you think I will need a handbrake turn to get around the Melco hairpin.

As in the real Macau races there is no overtaking permitted at the hairpin.

I think even your eminence will not need to park up to give the others a chance  ::)
I mean Melco. I looked at it for our series, but unless you crank on a load of extra lock in setup
mortals struggle to get round at all without a 3 point turn. And then it makes the car too darty on the straights.
I am a huge fan of Macau, I would use it lots but for that daft hairpin.

Yeh, I found the best way to take it is to keep well to the left on the approach & go a little past the apex & turn back into the exit. Keeping too close to the apex makes it difficult to turn sharply enough. But its all easier said than done.

No I was thinking I need to park up while the mass pile-up in front sorts itself out.

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

Well I did make it around the first lap in both races  :o. In fact I even managed to finish both races in 9th place but not without several incidents & contacts with the scenery. Most notable incidents were, race 1 lap1 car about 3 positions ahead failed to make it around the hairpin which saw everyone behind pile into each other & then have to wait until he sorted himself out. Later I hit the barrier at the Moorish Hill RHer & ended up facing the wrong way, as the track is quite narrow there I had to reverse up the following straight to be able to turn around at the next corner :D.
In race 2, the car just ahead of me hit the barrier hard also at the Moorish Hill, I could not avoid him & several others got involved too, again a lot of time lost whilst it sorted itself out.
Was good fun though & pleased just to make it to the end of both races

Results here (races 7 & 8 ).

https://simresults.net/201031-0Mh

It was as fast as I could go to do 2.32 laps, god knows how the guys in the top server do 2.28s!  :o

Can you post the replays somewhere? I would like to watch at least some parts of them.

Replays.

Race 1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zTE7NDgvs15INdEhudXURx48hVkMyHb5/view?usp=sharing

Race 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZIXoND62sAoh4YPKtJaYVqlxAm4q63a/view?usp=sharing