Following on from a fun race about a year and a half back featuring a mixed grid of DTM cars I'm having another go at balancing the grid.
We'll be using the same track layout and the current versions of the same cars - but I've had my calculator out and have been working on better ways of balancing the grid.
As a result I'm using a combination of ballast and restrictor in order to get the power to weight into a roughly similar band.
The heavy cars will still have more power - so will likely end up with better top-end speed - but won't simply walk away on the straights anymore.
Anyone that can practice with all 4 cars will be appreciated, I'll be doing all 4 but know I have strong favourites that I'm better in so that will likely skew the times.
The hope is that I can come up with a suitable handicapping baseline to allow a series to be run - that will then have some further success ballast added depending on championship position (In order to smooth out the changes smoothly across the season).
Password: see above
Practice: 19:30 (45 mins)
Qual: 20:15 (15 mins)
Race: 20:30 (30 mins + 1 lap)
Cars allowed:
Alfa 155 (+11Kg ballast, 10% (-42Hp) restrictor)
BMW M3 DTM (no handicap)
Ford Sierra R500 V3.03 (+20Kg Ballast, 50% restrictor (turbos don't respond the same as N/A before you ask!)
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/ford-sierra-cosworth-rs500-pack.24027/Mercedes 190E DTM (+6Kg ballast, 1% (-6.3Hp) restrictor.
The above handicapping brings everything to roughly 2.7Kg/Hp apart from the Ford - as it's Turbocharged, it has epic torque and is faster than it should be - providing the mod team got their figures right.
Track: Nurburgring GP
Live Timing:
hereTime of Day Setting: 15:00
Weather: Mid-clear
Start: Standing
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal
Pit-stops: Not required
Server track settings:
SESSION_START=100
RANDOMNESS=0
LAP_GAIN=0
SESSION_TRANSFER=N/a
Damage: 60%
Password: see above
PLP App - Not used in this series. Cutting will be monitored on replay and penalties issued for excessive cutting.
*edited 01/11/20 - Sierra has received heavy handicapping as was lapping over a second faster than the BMW. This is possibly caused by altitude as the Ford is turbocharged. We'll also run a test race at sea level to see how things change then - I'm really hoping it won't, as I'll have to run massive numbers of laps on EVERY circuit to balance it otherwise....