RRE Speilberg Gr5 TEST RACE - Jul 9

[phspok]

You and Postal both discoed at the same time. Could be the new server code, or my BT infiniti, I was not at the same location tonight
as the server, so it had no other traffic. I am in Southport on dodgy Sky broadband over wifi, and it was ok during the race
I did get discoed when Fede left in practice, but the race was solid.
Next week I would like to run the Touring Classics. I probably should have picked an easier track for these overpowered brutes tonight
but if I can stay on anyone can 

[Mark J]

Urrrrggghhh discoed after a few laps  :'( Hope we can do more of RR as it is so enjoyable when it goes well.....and currently the only sim on my pc after kicking AC into the long grass

whats got into you man? lost the plot ? 

would have tried this tonight but I was out sadly, so still not even fired it up yet despite having it a week.

[Wiltshire Tony]

Was enjoying that but by race time I had tweaked my setup so much that I had created a monster that I couldn't keep on the track at corners. Should of sat on my hands and used my pre qualy setup which was sweet. I liked the track but I find these "modern" cars bit of a handfull. I'm sure with practise I'll get the hang of setting them up to suit me. I quit out as I was lapping on my own and kept spinning off. Would still like to try out more of these cars tho. Thanks for hosting Matt 

[Stefan aka Postal]

Yup discoed after a lap or 6 i guess. Had to do several attempt to join the server to. Dunno if it was R3E itself.
Bought me the Chevy Monza with the Vette powerplant, cobbled up a setup only to find the update messed up all the wheel settings. So i was still trying to adjust the settings when i found myself on the grid.

First turn and about every one outbraked themselves and i got a little stuck behind Simon. Like Tony said, these cars are quite a handfull. But that's how it should be. Last weeks DTM cars where pretty tame compared to these!
After a couple of laps i found Tony on the exit of the penultimate turn and all i could do was hammer the brakes. Sorry to spin you around Tony. I was having fun until the disco.
So can we get another outing with these cars please?


@GT, why aren't you AC-ing anymore then? After my disco i fired up AC to practice for the '90 DTM race at NoGrip this sunday and i was having a blast. Got my wheel setup now and i was getting a real good feeling from the car. Haven't done any online racing with that game, but it cant be that bad?!

[phspok]

Next week I am hoping to run a race using the "Touring Classics" pack, I have set the server up with those cars and Hockenheim
I am sticking to the Europack tracks at the moment, because most people seem to have that. I can do other tracks as well
if people want a particular one, and everyone has it.

I had a go on line with AC this week, and it's good, though I was very slow. It is a lot more "finished" than this, and has more options.
There is something about this one that I just like that bit more. I tend to use cockpit view, and in AC when the back
slides it feels like it's not rotating round the front wheel but a few feet behind. Doesn't feel quite "natural" to me
No slagging off Sims here please, or posts will be deleted. 

I will try to create a Race forum for this whether it has staying power or not in the next few days.
As there seems to be some interest so far, and I rather like this sim, I will run a few events, and if a proper results export
can be sorted and maybe run it from our "proper" server I would like to run a short season using the older car sets.

In the meantime, if interested please could you get either the Touring Classics pack or buy one of the cars in it
and get some practice in on the server.
Good Racing
Matt.
 

[goldtop]

@GT, why aren't you AC-ing anymore then? After my disco i fired up AC to practice for the '90 DTM race at NoGrip this sunday and i was having a blast. Got my wheel setup now and i was getting a real good feeling from the car. Haven't done any online racing with that game, but it cant be that bad?!

I don't think AC is that bad but I do prefer RR. I was genuinely surprised how good it drove out of the box and after a couple of weeks of settling in tweaking the ffb and other settings it just ticks all the boxes for me now...great feel, great visuals, great audio, great car sets, great tracks and more on the way. I just feel that AC is bogged down at the moment with unforeseen problems and diversions (consoles) and garages full of undriven road cars. Just my opinion  

whats got into you man? lost the plot ?  

Quite possibly  

[Wiltshire Tony]

Can I put a shout in for Brands Hatch please?

[phspok]

I tried a few tracks for these Touring Classics, and as they are pretty tame compared to the Group 5 nutter cars
I wanted a track that was not a power one. Brands in this is just the Indy one, which I always find rather boring.
These cars at Sachsenring are quite challenging. I left it at Hock, but I am happy to change it.
With the low numbers at the moment a short track for these slower cars would probably be a good idea?
Anyone object if we run at Brands Indy this Thursday?

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Was the Zakspeed Capri that finished third in this race an AI car? The Results file has <Username i:nil="true"/> for that car which looks decidedly odd!

[frex]

I tried a few tracks for these Touring Classics, and as they are pretty tame compared to the Group 5 nutter cars
I wanted a track that was not a power one. Brands in this is just the Indy one, which I always find rather boring.
These cars at Sachsenring are quite challenging. I left it at Hock, but I am happy to change it.
With the low numbers at the moment a short track for these slower cars would probably be a good idea?
Anyone object if we run at Brands Indy this Thursday?

I'm waiting for the Touring Classics to be discounted so don't have those yet. Any chance we could change to the '92 DTM cars for this week if everyone has those?

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Results posted - do they look okay, given the constraints of having no lap counts or race times available?

[Wiltshire Tony]

Thanks Dave. Currently race length is set by time e.g. 20mins, 30 mins etc.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Thanks Dave. Currently race length is set by time e.g. 20mins, 30 mins etc.

Yeah, but neither the selected time limit nor the actual winner's total time are available in the export.

[phspok]

The results look great considering the limited info in the files. 
I "think" the Capri might have been Simon Loynes?