UKAC Season 17 DTM Rnd 1 - Oschersleben - Jan 6

[FullMetalGasket]

not sure those results are totally correct? For race 1 it shows me finishing 6 secs behind Syd whereas i was right on his boot across the line. (where i'd spent the whole race!) Also think i qualified 5th with a 1:38.5(or 6). My ptracker had smoking steel garage qualified in 6th. Syd got past me on the s/f straight due to my long 1st gear.
Race 2 i started 11th behind Syd which surprised me as thought it was reverse grid for R2?

The results show you finishing 0.3 seconds behind Syd in race 1
As for the qualifying - you and Gavin managed the exact same time as far as the export and S-tracker are concerned.
http://stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/sessiondetails?sessionid=5489#
It's possible that the game records to a greater fidelity and put you in 5th for that, but I guess LM2 just goes alphabetically.

Race 2 was not reverse grid, it says so in the series announcement, in the previous page of this thread, and in the welcome message for the race when you join the server.
In the replay you are 6th on the grid so I'm not sure why you think you were in 11th?

I think you need more coffee

[Stefan aka Postal]

It was great racing with such a big and competative grid lads. Also good to see there didn't seem to be stupid T1 incidents.

I was happy with my qually effort but had a bad start as i was suffering from the over-exposure so could not see the start lights going out..   I certainly hope that there will be a proper fix from CM/SOL for the next races..
To make matters worse I had another blue screen at lap 6 or so and I hope none of you guys where effected by that. Still no idea what is causing it, but it happens only when playing AC. I have no problems with my other sims. Might just delete everything AC and do a clean install..

Race 2 was big fun and a big task as I had to start from ast of course. With the laptimes so close, it is very hard to pass someone. Racing was though but fair and luvely to have people to race against all race long!  Had one incident with the Texaco Eggenberger Ford when he lost it exiting Hasseroder corner and I had nowhere to go and clipped the rear bumper.
Thanks all for racing and congrats to the podium guys!

Next one seems to be a power track, so will be tough with a Beemer.

[FullMetalGasket]

It was great racing with such a big and competative grid lads. Also good to see there didn't seem to be stupid T1 incidents.

I was happy with my qually effort but had a bad start as i was suffering from the over-exposure so could not see the start lights going out..   I certainly hope that there will be a proper fix from CM/SOL for the next races..
To make matters worse I had another blue screen at lap 6 or so and I hope none of you guys where effected by that. Still no idea what is causing it, but it happens only when playing AC. I have no problems with my other sims. Might just delete everything AC and do a clean install..

Race 2 was big fun and a big task as I had to start from ast of course. With the laptimes so close, it is very hard to pass someone. Racing was though but fair and luvely to have people to race against all race long!  Had one incident with the Texaco Eggenberger Ford when he lost it exiting Hasseroder corner and I had nowhere to go and clipped the rear bumper.
Thanks all for racing and congrats to the podium guys!

Next one seems to be a power track, so will be tough with a Beemer.

Did you remove the lines I mentioned in the 2nd post? This track had some wierd issues for me hence I did that to my own install.

Also don't forget you can use the Home & End keys (or it might be Page Up/Page Down, I forget) to adjust contrast in game, this is a godsend in VR I can assure you

[Mark J]

not sure those results are totally correct? For race 1 it shows me finishing 6 secs behind Syd whereas i was right on his boot across the line. (where i'd spent the whole race!) Also think i qualified 5th with a 1:38.5(or 6). My ptracker had smoking steel garage qualified in 6th. Syd got past me on the s/f straight due to my long 1st gear.
Race 2 i started 11th behind Syd which surprised me as thought it was reverse grid for R2?

The results show you finishing 0.3 seconds behind Syd in race 1
As for the qualifying - you and Gavin managed the exact same time as far as the export and S-tracker are concerned.
http://stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/sessiondetails?sessionid=5489#
It's possible that the game records to a greater fidelity and put you in 5th for that, but I guess LM2 just goes alphabetically.

Race 2 was not reverse grid, it says so in the series announcement, in the previous page of this thread, and in the welcome message for the race when you join the server.
In the replay you are 6th on the grid so I'm not sure why you think you were in 11th?

I think you need more coffee

hmm, when i posted that earlier only race 2 results were showing, when i refreshed after, race 1 had been added  hence my confusion  but yes was pre-coffee as well 
and no, i hadnt read the bit about 2nd race grid. Stracker told me i was 11th on grid for R2 and i was a long way down the sf straight  but it was playing up in the race as well. (add-on track maybe causing that?).

Didnt know that tip about light exposure, i was struggling with over exposure too, could hardly read some race times/names and some cars had a shiny and silver sheen (rift-s)

[Manteos]

I don't seem to have the tire life of Matteo on Mediums, but they were still way better than the hards for over-all pace, and if I could have got in front I might have had a chance..
I guess the tire wear is hardly surprising given my driving style!

I'm sure that you're right mate. I watched the replay yesterday, and despite you drove a bit more gentle on throttle than usual, your power oversteer doesn't help tire's life for sure, especially in that right corners. If you see my first stint with meds of 4th Jan (from lap 9 to 22), you will notice that my left tyres abandoned me after 8 laps. I was trying some suggestion from Fabri about power diff. at 60%, and I noticed I'd have been faster on a timed lap, but my pace after 8 laps was rubbish cause tyres were completely gone => http://stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/sessiondetails?playerInSessionId=19241#

So I had to change something in setup, and I found that lowering the diff. to 40% caused a sensible difference in terms of tyre wear. Then I changed my lines a bit, especially in the first right hander in which you were sensibly faster. But that corner is a left tyre killer too and you can easily notice that my throttle management in that corner was a lot different by yours. With less power you can manage better your tire life keeping a constant pace until the end. Your race 2 pace was brutal, especially during the first laps, but in the last 3 or 4 laps you were clearly suffering more than me.

However, I'm sure we will have some busy time in near future, as I will get some more ballast and that will be a matter for top speed in this car. Looking forward to some nice battles

Thanks everybody for showing up. See you for the next

[FullMetalGasket]

not sure those results are totally correct? For race 1 it shows me finishing 6 secs behind Syd whereas i was right on his boot across the line. (where i'd spent the whole race!) Also think i qualified 5th with a 1:38.5(or 6). My ptracker had smoking steel garage qualified in 6th. Syd got past me on the s/f straight due to my long 1st gear.
Race 2 i started 11th behind Syd which surprised me as thought it was reverse grid for R2?

The results show you finishing 0.3 seconds behind Syd in race 1
As for the qualifying - you and Gavin managed the exact same time as far as the export and S-tracker are concerned.
http://stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/sessiondetails?sessionid=5489#
It's possible that the game records to a greater fidelity and put you in 5th for that, but I guess LM2 just goes alphabetically.

Race 2 was not reverse grid, it says so in the series announcement, in the previous page of this thread, and in the welcome message for the race when you join the server.
In the replay you are 6th on the grid so I'm not sure why you think you were in 11th?

I think you need more coffee

hmm, when i posted that earlier only race 2 results were showing, when i refreshed after, race 1 had been added  hence my confusion  but yes was pre-coffee as well 
and no, i hadnt read the bit about 2nd race grid. Stracker told me i was 11th on grid for R2 and i was a long way down the sf straight  but it was playing up in the race as well. (add-on track maybe causing that?).

Didnt know that tip about light exposure, i was struggling with over exposure too, could hardly read some race times/names and some cars had a shiny and silver sheen (rift-s)

The shiny sheen is the bug I mentioned in Post #2. It's track specific and something to do with shaders patch. If you delete the parts I mention it turns back into a normal functional track - nothing to do with VR and won't be fixed through the in game adjustment buttons.

[IbnSolmyr]

As I said earlier, I'm not a fan of these cars, nor of the needed BoP, neither of this 1st round track.
Still I think we could get some nice fun thanks to Tim's series building work. 

1st race was crap here, as my qualif, because I can't make the soft and medium tyres work so far. They're overheating too easily at the rear.
2nd race I picked the hard compound and it was better.

[KDiesel]

Is it possible get ALL server info from now on, I mean what will be air/track temps. My tire pressures was way off when practice server was up...

[FullMetalGasket]

Practice server had the same settings as the race server - It's literally the same file but with the password removed and the practice/qually times extended.

If you're seeing a big change it is likely to be brake locks and extra drift while fighting people, or simply going faster as you've learnt the track better through the race.
Aside from my front right tire (as I kept locking it) all other tires were at normal pressure for me based on earlier practice.

[spanner]

Is it possible get ALL server info from now on, I mean what will be air/track temps. My tire pressures was way off when practice server was up...

Same here and my times were well down and the car slid around more. I had too much expectation having practised!

[KDiesel]

Practice server had the same settings as the race server - It's literally the same file but with the password removed and the practice/qually times extended.

If you're seeing a big change it is likely to be brake locks and extra drift while fighting people, or simply going faster as you've learnt the track better through the race.
Aside from my front right tire (as I kept locking it) all other tires were at normal pressure for me based on earlier practice.

I did several laps in practice server before and pressures was always constant so it's not that, will you put those temps anyway in next race so we all can see what to expect?

[FullMetalGasket]

It is that though - it's the same file.
I actually copy and paste it in order to create the practice server, there is literally nothing else I can change there.

I can put them up but it'll vary every time you run it by a few degrees from what ever I post anyway.

[KDiesel]

I can put them up but it'll vary every time you run it by a few degrees from what ever I post anyway.

That would be nice, makes offline practice is more accurate.

[FullMetalGasket]

According to server manager the Ambient base temp is 24 degrees and the road differential is the recommended 9 degrees with 2 degrees of variation.

In other words the track can only vary by 2 degrees between sessions, I still think that any wildly different tire pressures last round have nothing to do with conditions and this only convinces me further.
Especially as I didn't have any difference between race pressures and practice pressures - Based on his pace I can only assume the same goes for Matteo.

This is the default setting for the server so unless I say otherwise then that's what it will be

[Manteos]

Based on his pace I can only assume the same goes for Matteo.

Agree