UKAC Season 3 Blancpain - Round 2 - Silverstone - May 17

[Simon Gymer]

So, now all is said and done, what strategy did people go for? I opted for a 15 lap stint on softs  then a stop for 3L of fuel and another set of softs fir the remaining 14 laps.

My strategy was 99 litres of fuel, no pit stop, mediums. Then when everyone else started to pit I realised there must be a mandatory pit stop  . Should have just kept on going and had some fun as I came last anyway. :-) Was just going to change tyres in the pits as I had plenty of fuel!

Until I mess it up again it'll be 90 seconds again

Woo hoo!

Done, drive through in future (more of a penalty IMHO) so be careful

Woo hoo! It means I can go as soon as we get to the grid, do half a lap and a drive through and still be in the lead.
Now I just need to sort out why it makes me jump in the first place. It's the second time it's done it. Does it do it if you just roll? Can you even roll before the start? How do I test an online start?

None of the weather settings are changed between practice and race (normally as occasionally I've set the practice server up before the race announcement and forgotten to go and change the weather until race night) However the server is set for a 2 degree variation on both Ambient and Road temperatures, could this explain the grip level changes you see?

He's just like the rest of us (making some excuse or another for being), there's nothing different about the settings whenever I go on the server.

[Stefan aka Postal]

Well well, that where two laps of good fun! I had unexpected visitors just as we started the second lap. Bummer!

Did not bother trying a hotlap on softs for qually, but focussed on the race setup instead. Had the 488 pretty nicely dialed in for the race it felt. Made up some places at the start and started chasing Baikal. Sadly had to quit.
Next week i will miss also, so i quess i will see you guys on 31 May.

[APEXTECHUSA]

does anyone knows what this means it says cpu occupancy 99%. and what to do! help.

[Pag96]

I got a lot of flashing lights from nfsw55, but can't really understand why?

Just flashed my lights at you twice, but without any specific reason. I thought this is quite common to distract the guys in front a bit??

Ahah ok then, I was worried there was something wrong or dirty on my defending manoeuvres

[Jeffrey]

does anyone knows what this means it says cpu occupancy 99%. and what to do! help.

Apparent fix:

FOR PC/WINDOWS USERS
With the new v1.12 update, we have introduced a new section in the "controls.ini" file located in your "Windows Documents\Assetto Corsa\cfg" path called "[FF_SKIP_STEPS]", that manages the force feedback update rate. The default value is now "0" instead of "1" and it overrides the old value located in the "assetto_corsa.ini" file (in the Steam game folder). This brings a more detailed force feedback and a better driving feeling. If you experience "CPU OCCUPANCY > 99%" warnings, please tick "Half FFB Update Rate" in the the UI Options -> Controls -> Advanced and this will bring the value back to "1". Not all the steering wheels can manage the maximum update rate, so no worries.

If you are using a very old steering wheel like the Microsoft Sidewinder or Saitek R440, or other hand-made ones, you need to open the "controls.ini" file, and set the "FF_SKIPS_STEPS" value to "4". It should look like this:

[FF_SKIP_STEPS]

VALUE=4

This should solve any "CPU OCCUPANCY > 99%" warnings related to the force feedback refresh rate.

Please always double check this value if you load controls profiles created before v1.12 update! In case, please create a new controls profile with the proper value!

[Baikal]

None of the weather settings are changed between practice and race (normally as occasionally I've set the practice server up before the race announcement and forgotten to go and change the weather until race night) However the server is set for a 2 degree variation on both Ambient and Road temperatures, could this explain the grip level changes you see?

No no Pete-be calm here I know that serverside things is working fine here. Condition changes is Ok here.  IMHO it's my own local old problem, may be high ping\ connect\ server- to- player sync relations problems... For example- all is OK for me if i have ping up to 80 ( my ru zone) But when i drive in european servers- ( ping 120\150) i have slyppery track and pure\flat ffb in 50 percents of races((( especialy in massive MP action with many players.. Must to live with it   This problems was begun when Kunos was inproved a  "smoothing clients movement" MP algorythm... Its known phenomenal problem with guys with high ping...  :'(

[picnic]

Reading the results I noticed that Massimo Bonni has been linked with the nickname 'massimogtitaly'. This is incorrect. The right nickname is 'bimbo nos', as you can see by his post on page 5 of this topic. Can you fix it please?

Thanks for the heads up, and with some help from Dave, this is hopefully now corrected.

[Baikal]

Woo hoo! It means I can go as soon as we get to the grid, do half a lap and a drive through and still be in the lead.
Now I just need to sort out why it makes me jump in the first place. It's the second time it's done it. Does it do it if you just roll? Can you even roll before the start? How do I test an online start?

You can test start in OFFLINE session Race
and you can do it in our test server using VOTE option to change MP session to RACE . ( if you alone in server or if any will suport you in voting when you are is not alone)  
All is for you mate  

[Eck Simpson]

Done, drive through in future (more of a penalty IMHO) so be careful

Woo hoo! It means I can go as soon as we get to the grid, do half a lap and a drive through and still be in the lead.
Now I just need to sort out why it makes me jump in the first place. It's the second time it's done it. Does it do it if you just roll? Can you even roll before the start? How do I test an online start?

If you're trying to use the clutch at the start, make sure you don't have Automatic Clutch switched on, as it disables your clutch pedal altogether. Unfortunately, I found out the hard way. And yes, just rolling a little is enough. You can however, just hold it on the brake in that scenario.

[spanner]

Always enjoy driving silverstone

we certainly seemed to have attracted a lot of quick drivers, shame lol.

Thanks to the setup from Gavino the car felt grippier despite not really able to get any quicker time from it in practise, but the pressure of qually and actually the distraction of talking to Eck on Team speak allowed my to just get under my fastest time here, but was hoping for less of a drop off in the race.

Felt like i'd jumped a lot of people at the startbut after the first lap realised it was only Mark and then tried to close the gap to Bob in front while surprised the gap to Mark was getting bigger. I'd opted to treat it as two sprints with fuel for 15laps and changing tyres so every lap felt like a qually lap trying to keep as close to my fastest as possible, thinking most would spend less in the pits. I'd actually forgotten that AC has invented an instant refilling system, so you don't lose any time doing this!

Second half was lonely but still just as intense!

[Mark J]

Damn is that instant fuel fill not fixed yet  if I had known that i wouldn't have filled my car with 60 mins fuel..no wonder my car felt like a barge compared to the guys ahead. Irrelevant anyway as i discod but annoying they haven't patched it yet.

[Maikel K.]

Had a pretty decent race.

Qualified 7th and lost a spot at the start since Godzilla needs some time to get up to speed 
Had a pretty good first laps relying in the power of Nissan to move back up to 5th. From there it was quite obvious early on that I couldn't match the speed of the 3 Lambo's and the Fezza up front.
Was 3rd for a little while as Gavino and Chris had a little collission, but try as I might I was losing a lot of time compared to them in the corners. Well, I should've known after watching the movies that Godzilla prefers to go in a straight line 

Was just me driving alone for the rest of the race in a room that was reaching boiling temperature ( stupid tropical weather all of a sudden  ). Found it abit tricky to get into a good rythm as I was sweating gallons 

I'll have a look see at the new Audi and compare it with the Nissan. I felt abit left out seeing a close fight up ahead and another one behind me  :'(

[Manteos]

Reading the results I noticed that Massimo Bonni has been linked with the nickname 'massimogtitaly'. This is incorrect. The right nickname is 'bimbo nos', as you can see by his post on page 5 of this topic. Can you fix it please?

Thanks for the heads up, and with some help from Dave, this is hopefully now corrected.

Thank you picnic

[Gavino Pintus]

I'm not happy for the race.
Too many contacts. I hope will be better in the next races.

Jeffrey sorry for the contact when I've passed you. Avoid contacts is always my first goal, but in this race I've failed.

See you in Misano!

[ChrisR]

I'm not happy for the race.
Too many contacts. I hope will be better in the next races.

Jeffrey sorry for the contact when I've passed you. Avoid contacts is always my first goal, but in this race I've failed.

See you in Misano!

one of them was my fault.. i apologise for that..