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Title: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: SRW on October 08, 2021, 12:56:17 PM +0100 Practise: 19:45 (45 mins)
Qual: 20:30 (15 mins) Race: 20:45 40mins Cars allowed: The ORECA from the pack below https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/ier-car-pack-1-uscc-mod.7348/ Track:Barcelona GP (MOTO version) Time of Day Setting: 14:00 Weather: Clear Start: Rolling Tyre wear: Normal Fuel consumption: normal Pit-stops: mandatory stop for either Tyres, fuel or both Server track settings: SESSION_START=100 RANDOMNESS=0 LAP_GAIN=0 SESSION_TRANSFER=N/a Damage: 70% 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. Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: spanner on October 08, 2021, 02:14:12 PM +0100 The car mod includes 3 cars: A LHD & RHD Corvette DP and a FLM/ PC car. Are we running the DP cars? Might be worth being explicit in what is to be run?
Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: goldtop on October 08, 2021, 03:01:09 PM +0100 Well the Oreca is more suited to Barcelona than the DP cars.
Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: SRW on October 09, 2021, 12:58:00 PM +0100 The car mod includes 3 cars: A LHD & RHD Corvette DP and a FLM/ PC car. Are we running the DP cars? Might be worth being explicit in what is to be run? The plan was to run all of the cars, i was under the impression they are from the same class. If people like them i may run a series for them, if they are not compatible we could run a series for just one of them. Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: goldtop on October 09, 2021, 01:11:53 PM +0100 The cars are from the same series but the DP Corvettes ran in the same class as BOP'd LMP2 cars. The Oreca included in this mod is an LMPC car and competed in its own class....it was a good few seconds/lap slower than the DP/LMP2 cars.
The Oreca is a great drive, a bit challenging but very immersive and satisfying if you can get it right. The DPs are brutes and imo aren't really at home on tracks like Barcelona having raced only in the US on typically BIG tracks. If drivers like them, maybe a separate LMPC series and a DP series. Personally I think the Oreca would be better for Barcelona and if so, can we have the moto layout please without the namby pamby sector 3 of the modern GP circuit :) Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: spanner on October 09, 2021, 01:39:30 PM +0100 DP's and LMPC's were never the same class.
Personally running cars on tracks you don't see them on in real life is what we CAN do in sim-land and what interests me more than just running them on the same boring tracks you always see them on. Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: SRW on October 09, 2021, 08:05:24 PM +0100 The cars are from the same series but the DP Corvettes ran in the same class as BOP'd LMP2 cars. The Oreca included in this mod is an LMPC car and competed in its own class....it was a good few seconds/lap slower than the DP/LMP2 cars. The Oreca is a great drive, a bit challenging but very immersive and satisfying if you can get it right. The DPs are brutes and imo aren't really at home on tracks like Barcelona having raced only in the US on typically BIG tracks. If drivers like them, maybe a separate LMPC series and a DP series. Personally I think the Oreca would be better for Barcelona and if so, can we have the moto layout please without the namby pamby sector 3 of the modern GP circuit :) it seems the two types of cars are not compatible, so we will run the ORECA tomorrow night and run a test race for the DP's in a fortnights time Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: SRW on October 09, 2021, 08:23:17 PM +0100 Practice server is up
Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: spanner on October 10, 2021, 07:35:10 PM +0100 SRW, You do know we have run the DP cars before??
https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=26812.0 Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: spanner on October 10, 2021, 07:50:06 PM +0100 Theres no password listed above, and no link set up within LM2 as the frthcoming event doesnt link to the thread
Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: SRW on October 10, 2021, 07:54:37 PM +0100 password is there now
Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: goldtop on October 11, 2021, 01:49:57 PM +0100 Only five of us turned out for this ::)
Hadn't driven the Oreca much before this event but really enjoyed it. They're a little quicker and a bit more exciting than GT cars but not so quick that you can't race closely with each other. The default setup is very oversteery but I managed to get it more or less how I wanted it by lowering the rake angle, tightening the diff and adding a click of front ARB as well as setting tyre pressures. It was still very challenging but in a good way needing a lot of concentration to be consistent which caught me out quite a few times during the race. Would be happy to race a series in these but I don't think having a mandatory pitstop adds anything to the racing. They're endurance cars and will comfortably do 45/50 minute stints. Would also suit a wide variety of tracks imo. Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: MaxVeloce on October 12, 2021, 03:53:33 PM +0100 so are the mirrors on the Oreca fixed now ???
Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: goldtop on October 12, 2021, 04:01:31 PM +0100 Haven't noticed a mirror bug....I drive low FOV pancake view so use virtual mirror with helicorsa.
Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: MaxVeloce on October 12, 2021, 04:47:43 PM +0100 hmm, I'm on 48fov mega pancake these days, so maybe its ok. Had to skip sunday though, wore myself out working outside...
Title: Re: UKAC - Barcelona - Oct 10 Post by: FullMetalGasket on October 12, 2021, 05:09:14 PM +0100 The mirrors are supposedly an issue in VR according to the blurb on the OP's file over on RaceDepartment.
As I haven't tried the Oreca I can't comment - however it should be checked on if anyone considers running these properly as there is no virtual mirror in VR. So no mirrors really means no mirrors to us! :o |