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Title: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: phspok on December 31, 2020, 01:14:53 PM +0000
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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=1192)

Race 1

Practice: 19:45 (30 mins)
Qual: 20:15  (10 mins)
Race1: 20:25 (~20mins)

Top 10 reverse grid

Race2: ~20:45 (~20mins)

Cars allowed: WTCR 2019 + TC Cup
Track: Imola
Time of Day Setting: 13:00
Weather: Dry

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

Server: Simracing.org.uk E7
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

Championship Standings (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=1192&theme=4)

Example Setups:

Notes:
(1) It's best if all drivers can make sure they are connected before the Qualifying session as drivers on track during qualifying will not see
cars that join after they are on track until they go back to the garage.
(2) Please make sure you are fully aware of the SimRacing.org.uk Rules (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?pid=7) especially the
rules about in-game chat messages.
(3) You will need to install Race Room Racing Experience from Steam, and have the Euro and American Track Packs for this series (And maybe another
non pack track occasionally)
(4) Please exercise caution when pitting as some tracks have a speed limit.

(5) 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.


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: BiriBiri on January 06, 2021, 02:35:24 PM +0000
Will my yellow lada cab be allowed? TC car.


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: phspok on January 06, 2021, 03:18:28 PM +0000
I think so. I included a Lada.


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: Geoffers on January 06, 2021, 03:19:03 PM +0000
Don't know if you are going to reset the server Matt, but currently it is set for 30 min race.


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: phspok on January 06, 2021, 04:12:46 PM +0000
Good spot. Changed now


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: Geoffers on January 06, 2021, 04:35:23 PM +0000
Good spot. Changed now

Erm, sorry to trouble you again Matt, but it now has 2 races at 20mins  :thumbup2:, but also a 3rd race of 8mins  :no:


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: phspok on January 06, 2021, 04:49:41 PM +0000
Might be right now  ::)


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: BiriBiri on January 06, 2021, 09:03:25 PM +0000
Any tips for the first corner at Rivazza?


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: phspok on January 06, 2021, 09:31:41 PM +0000
Don't hit anyone?
 :tank:


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: Geoffers on January 06, 2021, 09:37:12 PM +0000
Dive through the gravel trap & overtake everyone!!!!!!!?


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: Dimitar Dulichki on January 07, 2021, 01:12:52 PM +0000
Is this a free mod or i must buy it?


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: spanner on January 07, 2021, 01:13:56 PM +0000
A mod, you do know how Raceroom works? all content needs to be bought


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: Dimitar Dulichki on January 07, 2021, 01:17:38 PM +0000
Not really. I know there are some free mods and tracks but maybe they are not good enough?


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: BillThomas on January 07, 2021, 01:34:05 PM +0000
Is the website working now? I went on earlier this morning but after I left to make a pot of tea and we’d finished it I couldn’t proceed by clicking to join the site! ??? The Hyundai I’ve used all season was wallowing around and virtually un-drivable. After trying for ages I gave up and tried the Audi and it was a nice drive, immediately got a faster time, so I will use it tonight!


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: phspok on January 07, 2021, 01:42:52 PM +0000
Hey DD glad you are thinking of this.  :thumbup1:

You need to download and install Race room through Steam.
So install Steam if you don't already have it. Then go to your library and add race room. It will then download the free game and some free content
To run with us here you will need to buy some tracks and cars as D/L content as we may use some of the free content, but mostly we use D/L extra content

You don't have to buy all the cars, just the one car and skin you want for each series. Tonight is the finale of the WTCR 2019 series, and you could use a free car
as I include the free Lada Vesta TC Cup car, or you can buy one of the others, but this car set may not be used again for some time.

You can probably buy individual tracks, but for the next two events, and many tracks for the next 3 series, you will be best buying the Euro Track pack
The last event of the current 3 series is Touring Classics at Laguna Seca, which is part of the American Track Pack.

next week is the finale of the Merc 2003 series. And would need you to buy one of the car skins.

then it's the finale of the Touring Classics + Porsche 964

Week after that we start our next 3 series which will be:

VW Scirocco
DTM 92 car set
Tatuus F4 single seaters.

They all need to be bought. Though the Scirocco and F4 are single make series
but the DTM92 has a choice of cars.

You can buy downloadable content from within the game.

I have run this on an 11 year old system with and old Graphics card with some detail reduced reasonably well.

I do hope you choose to join us, you will fit in well, and you might know some of the drivers, Certainly you know Geoffers


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: Dimitar Dulichki on January 07, 2021, 01:45:04 PM +0000
Thanks Matt, I'll see what i can do, but i plan to give it a try - if not tonight - sometime in the future.


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: Geoffers on January 07, 2021, 03:51:08 PM +0000
DD, I don't think Imola is in any of the track packs, so you would need to buy it individually. As Matt said, if you use the Lada from the TC Cup class, that is one of the free cars you get with the game, so for tonight you would just need to buy the track. Hope to see you in RRE soon, if not tonight.


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: Geoffers on January 07, 2021, 05:38:07 PM +0000
Guys, worth mentioning that these cars, as well as those in the other two current series, got a tyre model update in the game update before Christmas. So your existing setups will not be compatible.


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: BiriBiri on January 07, 2021, 07:41:18 PM +0000
I think the server needs a reset (constant in R1 mode with 1 player in the game)??


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: picnic on January 07, 2021, 08:30:59 PM +0000
Thanks for letting us know you were changing the starting rules  ::)


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: phspok on January 07, 2021, 09:04:53 PM +0000
I didnt. But I think Geoff mentioned they had in the update
Need to look at that for the next race


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: Geoffers on January 07, 2021, 09:12:56 PM +0000
Thanks for letting us know you were changing the starting rules  ::)

I didnt. But I think Geoff mentioned they had in the update
Need to look at that for the next race

They changed it so that there is the option to have jump starts enabled. I totally forgot about it as I had raced a few ranked races where it is not enabled, so like Pete I jumped the start & got a drive through. Didn't make much difference though as I just cannot get on with the TCR cars at Imola & spent as much time off the track as on it.

Congrats to Glenn on a dominant championship win.  :notworthy: :notworthy: :clap: :clap:


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: phspok on January 07, 2021, 09:27:30 PM +0000
Some great racing, and the final of this series

A dominant win by Glen:  :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

Some great races from Geoff :  :clap: :clap: :clap:

And a good 3rd place from Toni:  :thumbup2: :thumbup2:

Well done all, and thanks for joining in  8)


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: BiriBiri on January 08, 2021, 07:38:45 AM +0000
Again great racing, first race with spanner but couldn't pass him.

Luckily second race i started before spanner and he was stuck behind me, later on in the race fights with Toni, Martin and Geoff.



Wauw towards Glenn, 100% success rate  :thumbup2: :notworthy:


Sorry towards Martin for two times having an influence on a crash towards you in the Villeneuve Chicane. First race i selected the wrong gear during corner entry so i went wide in the gravel and due to the slip i was slingshotted back on the track, where Martin hit me. Second race i went again wide with a train of cars behind me. This time my right wheels stayed on track so no problem. But the cars behind followed my mistake and crashed to each other.

Geoff and don't know what went wrong in Rivazza? Thought the fight would remain longer then 1 lap.


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: Glenn Richardson on January 08, 2021, 09:18:22 AM +0000
I was helped out by good starts in both races, Frex had great pace but after getting swallowed up at the start of race 1 I was able to maintain the gap and see out the race.

I didn't have the luxury of a gap in race 2 as Frex was always a car behind when trying to make up places and kept the pressure on all race. Frex was very quick through Acque Minerale and early on I tried to match his pace there but made a few mistakes going well out of track limits, in the end I accepted losing a tenth or so there each lap and drove better for it. Great racing and well done Frex, Toni and Mark on podiums.

Have to say I've massively enjoyed this series and love driving these cars as they produce really close racing. The first race at Salzburgring where Geoff and I ran inches from each other the entire race and side by side through the fast right at the end of the straight stands as my favourite race even without lucking into the win at the end. There seemed to be good battles up and down the grid with everyone achieving strong results at some point.

The points score in the end is a little misrepresentative as Geoff was unlucky to lose out on the first race at Salzburgring, also had stronger pace at points at Slovakiaring and Aragon and Frex had a slight edge at Imola.

Thanks Martin for putting all the work behind the scenes in  :notworthy:


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: azaris on January 08, 2021, 10:05:48 AM +0000
Great racing, terrible driving  :D

Start of R1, I was ghosted into by someone with a jump start which confused me so didn't get the best start. Then I made a mistake in Villeneuve and got left behind in the sand traps. We had a battle with Geoff that ended when he made a mistake. Neither of us had our best day I guess.

R2, I had a better start but made some mistakes to let Birger and Matt past. There was a nice four-way train going on when Matt clipped the kerbs and went wide at the exit of Villeneuve. I opted not to lift and tried to ride it out, but he spun back onto the track and I collected him. The car was still going so I limped home.

Too bad about all the penalties, I think Pete would've been third in the standings otherwise. The jump-start was implemented some time ago but I guess we never raced these since then. Also the pit lane speed limiter is bugged so if you go to serve your DT you're likely to earn yet another one.

Congrats Glenn, frex, Mark and Birger for the podiums. Hopefully the upcoming DTM'92 and VW Scirocco series will provide equally exciting racing.


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: frex on January 08, 2021, 10:46:28 AM +0000
Pressed the wrong button for launch control at the start of race 1  ::) Apologies to anyone stuck behind me. Race 2 better start and kept pace with Glenn for most of the race without ever coming near enough to challenge.

Frex was very quick through Acque Minerale and early on I tried to match his pace there but made a few mistakes going well out of track limits, in the end I accepted losing a tenth or so there each lap and drove better for it.

Yes but you were easily gaining that back at the last 2 corners which I could not get right all evening. I didn't find good pace in these cars until the last couple of events, but even so Glenn would have been uncatchable - clean sweep of double header race wins is unheard of probably, big congrats! Looking forward to swapping these for the Scirocco though, which is a FWD car I actually feel at home in..

Thanks to all.


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: picnic on January 08, 2021, 11:32:31 AM +0000
so like Pete I jumped the start & got a drive through
You were lucky - I got disqualified  ::)


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: BillThomas on January 08, 2021, 02:34:09 PM +0000
Congratulations to the Series podium.  :thumbup2: :thumbup2: :thumbup2: Thanks Matt for organising this year’s racing! ;D I had little practice for the these two races because of my Hyundai handing  :oops: forgot about the tyres update and need to do a new setup (which of course I did with the Audi). Quite pleased with my laps in the later section of Race 2, when I put in a consistent series of fast (for me  ;)) laps!

This morning my recent DTM 1992 Beemer setup needed to be changed! I’ve now modified the default setup for Laguna Seca and put in a few laps, I have a tiny bit of over steer which I will try and neutralise using Geoff’s excellent Aide Memoire , when I have more time to experiment!


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: phspok on January 08, 2021, 03:07:47 PM +0000
DTM92 will be one of the next series. The current event at Laguna Seca is the last event for Touring Classics + Pork964


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: BillThomas on January 08, 2021, 04:09:22 PM +0000
DTM92 will be one of the next series. The current event at Laguna Seca is the last event for Touring Classics + Pork964

Whoops :oops: thanks, at least I’ve reacquainted myself with Laguna Seca!   ;) back to car setups! :whistling: :rockon:


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: spanner on January 08, 2021, 07:07:55 PM +0000
Wow those cars have had a MAJOR update! not sure what happend but despite changing alot of settings i think it just came back to driving the car more as i ended on defaults with only a few changes. Pete mentioned about reducing the front springs a click which did help but really jumped into the race with no confidence and my times were nowhere.

I somehow got the start right without thinking about and ended up in second somehow in the first race and had a fun time trying to defend while also trying to go quicker!

The second race i panicked and couldnt remember what i did for the start in the first race, messed up and got a drive through so decided to just drive and see what happens when i don't take it while trying not to harass people too much.

Shame the update timed with the last race. The cars are definitely less like the traditional WTCC car setup;


Title: Re: RRE Season 7 (2020) Race Room WTCR 2019 - Imola - Jan 7
Post by: SRW on January 08, 2021, 09:46:16 PM +0000
damn, didnt realise there was a race last night :(