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Track: Nogaro 2003 Download this

Cars allowed: Renault 5 GT Turbo Download this


RACE ONE

Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (10 mins)
Race: 20:30 (16 laps)

Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal

Server: simracing.org.uk Wednesday
Password: see above

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.
(3) The AI control should be turned off so that you have control of the car at all times, including pitting. Your player file should therefore read
Autopit="0"
Force Autopit Off="1" // Forces autopit always off
No AI Control="1" // AI never has control over car
If you still finding pitting problematic, experience tells us that its less to do with positioning and more to do with approach speed. A slow approach to pit crew chief has proved most reliable.

Special Notes: None

Very good track and car combination. It is so fun driving the Renault here. I hope i can make it tonight as i am on a birthday party. I hope to join at least for the second race.
1:44.188 so far from me. I will upload the setup online, the file is going to be called "Renault 5 Turbo" but i don't know is it any good.

BTW: The tires won't make it til the end Is this happening to you as well guys?

The tires after just two laps: https://ibb.co/6JNn11D

OK, i put the spliter and the rear wing at 2/10 and it's better now, but still i am not sure if its gonna make it til the final (this is after 6 laps): https://ibb.co/wKvJsRw

EDIT: OK, i have uploaded the file, it is called "Renault 5 Turbo R". If you are careful enough with tires you might get it to the final.

Thanks Geoffers, will try this if a have time later.

Congratulation to Geoffers for the two dominant wins.

I had some pace in qualifying mode but my tires wouldn't make it to the final with that aggressive setup. I was driving with 5 rear wing on Q and 10 on R just because of the tires. But it looks like i have missed something completely with the setup as Geoffers made it to the final with 2 rear wing. Maybe it is because of the max tire pressure or too much negative camber, i don't know.  

Never mind it was two great events, as in Race 1 i have made a mistake after the big straight and the car went upside down on the air and after that someone hit me, and to make the things worse my car went on 4 wheels again backwards   At least i was able to see the chequered flag at P6 i think saving tires pretty much the whole second part of the race at 8 rear wing.

For race 2 i got the pole with new personal best and put the rear wing to 10 so the tires can make it.

I've lost the start, but contact between me, Matt (i think) and Clive gave me the lead back. After that we had great chase with Clive, he was faster at the beginning, we were level after the first laps, and i was faster after the first half. After that i gave everything to stay away from Geoffers and Daz, as Geoff was nearly 2 seconds per lap faster and it was obvious that i can't stay with him. So i went defensive for the big straight, but he totally outrun me at the beginning like a small station   Forrtunately there were just 3 laps to go, so Daz couldn't make it to P2   as he finished few tents behind me.

Congrats once again to Geoffers and congrats to the podium guys.

Race replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07VqKpHlzsQ&feature=youtu.be

Grats to the podiums for both races. As has already been said, some of those laptimes are seemingly impossible??!!

I think ( hope?) that I am learning how to drive these front wheel drive demons, but still nothing like as quickly as some of those with alien DNA amongst us .

I only downloaded the track immediately before joining the server, so the first 15 mins of practice was a) learning the track and b) the rest of the time was learning how to get the car to follow the tarmac strip and not enjoy a picnic in the grass!!.

Apologies to Dimitar, it was me who hit your car in Race 1, I was at 100% through that corner and I could not stop, or turn tighter to miss you  . Eventually I caught Matt as his tyres gave up the battle and was able to steal his place with a few laps to go.

Race 2 and the aliens were breathing out green smoke from the rear of the grid  , Given their pace in Race 1, I figured that it was only a matter of when, not if, they came to the front. A few paint samples were exchanged through T1 and T2 as we each jostled for the lead position but we resolved the order before T3 and the race proper started.
Maybe it is my ( sometimes sideways) driving style with front wheel drive, in which I am constantly fighting the urge to "lift off" into corners instead of feeding in the power to pull the car through. But, although my tyres were wearing down to the last few pixels I was ahead of my fastest lap on the last lap of race 1, except for trying too hard at one corner and overshooting and losing the time.
Also in race 2 the tyres were worn but the car still felt stable and safe right to the end. I did not need to push in the final laps of race 2 as I was in a lonely 4th place.
Also the comments about brake balance I found interesting. Race 1, I ran 59F/41R and Race 2 I tried Geoffer's 70F/30R and could not discern any difference in handling or tyre wear?? TBH I found that the quickest way around the track was to almost NOT use the brakes and simply force the downshifts, before scrubbing off speed by applying extra lock and pouring on the power to pull the car into the apex ( or close to it   ). I did not have time to experiment with gear ratios as much as I would have liked and I am sure there were some tenths to be found there.
I will try and d/load Geoffer's setup and try to see the difference. For sure he was able to carry more speed on the straight, I felt like a sitting duck just like Dimitar, when Geoffers simply breezed past with no apparent effort??!!

FWIW I did not have the 2nd page of setup parameters available in this install, so I was working with the basic setup options, maybe I should get myself organised organised for the next race?? lol

I have uploaded my setup in the Nogaro 2003 folder, called Renault 5Turbo.

To be honest, I have not tried altering the brake bias at this track, so maybe it does not make much difference, but it certainly did make a difference at Le Mans. What tyre wear are you getting on XD?

I am not sure, because i watch the bar for the tire wearing, and at race 1, with 8 rear wing it had 1 small trait left. I think it wear more than 2.0 per lap and i was more than 40 at the end, but not sure.

Edit: I checked the video, so after the finish at race 1 - 33.97 (8 wing), and after race 2 - 34.37 (10 wing), so maybe the wing is not helping so much at the end... even though i kept the tires almost the half distance at the first race.