RRE Season 5 (2018) Race Room Group 5 - Road America - Apr 26

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Practice: 19:45 BST (30 mins)
Qual 2: 20:15 (15 mins)
Race: 20:30 ~ 30 Mins

Cars allowed: Gr5 Capri
Track: Road America
Time of Day Setting: 13:00
Weather: Dry

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

Server: Simracing.org.uk E3H
Password: see above

Championship Standings

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 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.

[Wiltshire Tony]

It's donation time again folk's. Please give whatever you can to keep us running. Thank you 

[Riccardo Gengotti]

risolto il problema volante, sta sera ci sono con voi ....ciao

[picnic]

Great news, see you on track later

[Gavino Pintus]

I'll try to be on the track!

[picnic]

That didn't go according to plan, I was never quick enough or consistent enough to give Gavino or John some grief but....

First lap was a disaster, I appeared on the grid with a new camera position, parked on the front bumber and this was a little distracting. Thanks Eck for the key I needed to change view but I had to do the 1st lap with the new perpective.

I got a great start, sort of, until I realised I had a slow Givano in front and no room either side and had to back out resulting in losing turbo boost and losing many places. Then got a random slowdown going in to the last corner. Dropped me to dead last so had to fight my way through the field which was made easy by Riccardo, Eck and Mark all having a messy couple of corners and I got passed all 3 in the space of 2 corners! Tried had to close the gap to the front 2 but it was never going to happen. Well driven up front especially Gavino 

[Gavino Pintus]

Difficult race yesterday.

I completely forgot the race and Riccardo ask me if I'll be on the track just 2 hours before the race.
I've bought the track just one hour before, and before the qualifying my training was 5 laps.

Anyway, I've raced on Road America on different simulators so no problem to learn the track.
The car was very stable because I've used the Sonoma's setup.

In qualifying session usually I do only one lap, but in this case I've used this session in order to prepare the race.
With a lot of surprise I made 2.04 and was enough to take the pole position.

In race I forgot how to start and John passed me, so from the second corner I've tried to make pressure on John.
As usual a lot of fairness and I made the crucial overtake near to the 5/6 lap. From that moment I've increased my gap until the chequered flag.

This cars are very funny and thanks for the organization of this champ.
I hope RaceRoom will be used more because it's more funny than for example Assetto Corsa

[phspok]

I enjoyed it, even though I was lonely at the back for most of the race, I do love these cars and might
do another Gr5 based series. I asked for inputs from people about what they would like to see in the
next series which start soon. I have had a few suggestions, thanks for that guys.

I would like to run just 2 series alternate, as that seems to work well. I want a single seater series
probably Fr2, and a tin top series. Might be a porche one, not the 911 series we have just finished
maybe the GT3-R pork, or the Cayman GT4. Ideally I like to keep Thursdays a bit historical
so one of the Gr5 cars, could be the Capri again, or something from the GTO or DTM92/Touring Classics

I have run series with DTM92 and Touring classics before, but they were not particularly well supported
so maybe a single marque class similar to this Capri.

Please shout up with your choices, or I will just do "somethint". But yes there will be R3E on Thursdays
for a while yet.

[Gavino Pintus]

Hello,
maybe are useful some hints.

Fr2 is good, but in my opinion the formula indy is more funny.
Regarding the GT's I hate all of them. I want to powerslide 
Regarding the classics there's the BMW 635csi that is fantastic to drive. All the DTM 92 are fun especially the Mercedes and the Ford.
In the GTO's the Ford Mustang IMSA GTO is the more fun.

Hope to be useful

[Riccardo Gengotti]

gara da dimenticare, avevo sostituito l'encoder rotto con uno in ottone e l'ho provato in gara la prima volta, è stato molto difficile abituarmi spero di non aver dato fastidio a nessuno. un prossimo campionato col Gr5 magari bmw sta volta, oppure 635 classic , M1 procar, dtm 92 , oppure rispolverare la Gt1 Saleen, o la Porsche Gt2, sono sicuro che saprete scegliere la cosa giusta , un saluto a tutti ....