UKAC Season 14 Can Am Round 3 - Laguna Seca - Aug 14

[MaxVeloce]

He's got dad jokes down though 



Nice to see some people practising already, hope they turn up for the race too http://stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/lapstat?track=ks_laguna_seca&cars=lola_t70_rf2,lola_t70_rf2_ford&valid=1,2&date_from=&date_to=

Will try and run a few laps tonight 

[Bob]

Any set up tips, I blew it up the last race and done the same here in practice offline.

[MaxVeloce]

drive the ford, not the chevy, its a go kart in comparison, and dont rev it past 6500(7000 for chevy) ish in general

[FullMetalGasket]

I abuse the absolute crap out of the Ford, it doesn't generate engine damage below the Rev limiter so seems fine along as you manage your downshifts ok.
Chevy starts to hurt around 7500 and the limiter is somewhere above that.
If you stick with the chevy remember to keep under 7500 (change around 7000, especially the early gears) and make damn sure it can't get above 7500 in top anywhere.

Driving wise they understeer horrifically, this is actually useful but you need to drive around it - wait until you can open up on corner exits, this is normally later than you think but will make you much faster onto straights.

I'm still getting my head around how useful the aero is so not sure to comment yet, I've generally run more front than rear when I've actually had wings at all...

[Bob]

Thanks good information.

[Mark J]

Sadly i didnt get my wheel back so i'm out of it tonight  then i'm off to Bella Italia for a couple of weeks so see you amigos later 

have fun 

[picnic]

Shame about the wheel, enjoy the holiday.

Shall I run last week's ACC Mizano race again next Wednesday?

[MaxVeloce]

I'm still getting my head around how useful the aero is so not sure to comment yet, I've generally run more front than rear when I've actually had wings at all...

about as useful as homer simpsons goggles 

[Bob]

Cant come to terms with this car, well off pace, will give you all some overtaking practice tonight. Have a good holiday MJ, I'm off myself for a couple of weeks on Sat so good racing all.

[MaxVeloce]

Bob,

Brake early and concentrate on getting the car pointed into the apex,  wait till you're sure it is all lined up nicely, then feed in the power and fire it down the next straight.  The important bit is braking early and under control so you can nail that apex every time!   Braking too late will either make you go straight on and miss the turn OR if you lift the brakes too soon to make the turn it will turn in too hard and then try to spin.

[FullMetalGasket]

I'm not seeing any servers - same for anyone else?

[MaxVeloce]

OMG

none at all,  online lobby is totally empty 

[picnic]

I was a couple of mins late but I've launched it now.

Nothing obvious in the log files to say there's a problem.

Looking at the live status Jari is on.

http://stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/livemap?server=SimRacing.org.uk+AC+Wednesdays

[MaxVeloce]

ok now I have a more normal lobby (although not a huge number of servers),  but the usual search for  "org.uk" comes up empty  

[FullMetalGasket]

Cheers Pete - it wasn't the srou server that was my concern though.
The entire lobby was down.
I've got it back now though and can see the Lola race thanks.