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Practise: 19:45 (45 mins)
Qual: 20:30 (15 mins)
Race: 20:45 (60 minutes)

Cars allowed:

2014 Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype
2014 Dallara Corvette Daytona Prototype

from the car pack below
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/ier-car-pack-1-uscc-mod.7348/

Track:
Sebring - https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/sebring-2021.13374/
https://assettomods.com/sebring-international-raceway-reboot-project/

Lap times:

stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/lapstat? (http://stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/lapstat?)

Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Weather: Clear
Start: Rolling
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: normal
Pit-stops: optional

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.

(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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I have put the pitstop as 'optional', not sure if fuel/tyres will last 60 mins. I may add a compulsory stop for future races

In previous races at Sebring we used the 'reboot' version of this track (which has disappeared), i think FMG supplied it through drop box last time we raced here. I have chosen the RD version for this race, as far as i know it doent have any problems.

The reboot version is here.....

https://assettomods.com/sebring-international-raceway-reboot-project/

I've just tried the version from RD and while it looks ok and doesn't seem to have any issues it's a pretty sad attempt at Sebring imo. The road mesh is far too smooth and you can't go anywhere near the kerbs without bottoming out/spinning. Sebring is all about the ancient bumpy concrete which the Reboot version does quite well and it's tried and tested online.

cool, i will change it to the reboot version.

There are not many boring tracks in US and A but this is one of them... Totally flat and every corner is pain.

I will def try and make this one,  Sebring with bumps is a challenge 


Kimi I think you just like to complain. You complained about the Porsche for wednesday then afterwards you'd clearly enjoyed it, so I'll see ya on sunday  :)

practice server is up for Sundays race!

Defo mate!!!  :)

Just spent two hours trying to get anywhere near the times posted not a chance, tracks OK, car for me is the pits, the lag in gear change, throttle response not my cup of tea. Will sit this out.

What times posted??? Dont give up before anyone has really driven tonight!

Should we not be using tyre warmers for these, it takes several laps to get the temp/pressures to come up to normal range..  which is ok for the race I guess, but eh, qually.

Tyre warmers? Don't confuse my pitcrew with that namby pamby F1 talk  ;)

Tyre warmers aren't allowed under IMSA regs, all part of the challenge if you ask me  :)

Edit: might be worth in future looking at ditching practice session and having 30 minute quali as Tim has started doing on Wednesdays...seems to work well?

hmm just noticed as being 60mins.  Not feeling well the last week or so so may not choose to do the full length, depending.

 :P



ok, no tyre warmers then...

Great battle with GT. I slipped past after he ran a little wide and tried to keep him behind for as long as I could. i hadn't done my homework, so the pitstop settings had to be made on the fly. Result was too much fuel and tire pressures where off after my stop. When I exited the pits I was just in front of GT, but could not do the pace I had before my stop. Nice racing that was.
Enjoyed the car and track, you can good battles with others even if these are fast downforce cars.

I've driven these cars a lot offline over the past few months and made sure I had a decent setup for Sebring so that I was able to battle up front for a change.

Almost pipped Max in quali but messed up my exit onto the back straight on what would have been my quickest lap.

I made too many errors in the early laps and fell back behind Stefan while Max stretched his lead. Sebring is tricky. Cars can be hard to follow as you lose aero in the fast corners and there's no camber to help with grip. The slower corners are very tight so unless you're well up the inside before the corner it's hard to pass. Brake balance also seemed to change which caused a couple of scares and gave me flat spots for half of the first stint.

I pitted mid race but missed my pit box and had to reverse/re-enter and then slightly over filled. I was unsure about tyre strategy after testing but glad I opted to change them here after flat spotting and sliding around behind Stefan. Might be different at other circuits.

Stefan came out just in front of me after he pitted but made a slight error while his new tyres were getting up to temp and I was able to pass and pull away. Almost caught Max towards the end as I think he picked up some damage, but in all the excitement of the chase I made a couple of slight errors which probably cost me the chance of a win.

Looking forward to Road America  :)

Congrats to Max and well done to all  8)

 well what can I say, I got a good start, started to pull a gap then GT disappeared from my mirrors, I guess from a small moment...  It was going well, gap was extending and then at about 1/3 distance I decided it would be a good plan to turn too tight in T1 and snag the inside wall hard. After that I had no front aero and quick turns became understeer city, and braking distances went up noticeably   :o

It wasn't awful but I could see on the relative Stefan had passed GT and the 15 second gap I had made up to that point was slowly coming down. I kept going right up till it was time to pit, by which time the gap was down to about 10secs, so I gambled, not having any idea how long repairs take in AC, and wanting the quickest stop possible I took fuel only (flat spotted tyres are extra spicy, right) and kept going.  A few laps later Stefan pitted and after that cleared up I was back to my 15s lead, but within a couple of laps it seemed GT was through, and after that he started hauling me in @ ~2secs a lap  and the gap was suddenly 10secs, then a couple of laps later it was 5 and change with 10 minutes left to go :o

It was clear he was going to catch / pass me before the end of the race if he could keep that pace and honestly I was struggling, 1m56s were "natural" pace with my broken car, so I had to dig extra deep the last few laps to minimise that damage and managed to nail a series of 1m55.x laps which were just enough that I got to the flag first.

It was tense though, 1 mistake and I know he would have been right on me and probably past,  so it made an interesting last 15 minutes of the race  ;D



Fun car though, so I'll be back at Road America to see what happens next   8)

the results fairy has forgot to wave its magic wand for this event  ;)

bump for the fairy, where are you twinkletoes?


 tumbleweed

Fairies must be especially busy at this time of year.

trying to stay in the relevant thread, you want people to turn up on sundays maybe give the fairy a poke and actually get results posted  (the wednesday race results are often up the same or next day ???),  and test the track / server before race time (looking at the road america race)...


Hopefully everyone has a good xmas and new year and things start ticking along nicely in 2022  :)

I have had a lot on in RL recently, should be able to catch up on things over xmas. The results fairy has been poked again and the practice server is up (and tested ;) ) for tomorrow nights race. See the race thread for details.