Round 3 of the Group C Fun Trophy

For this round we are off to not-so-sunny Scotland and Kunos' Highlands circuit.
It's big, it's fast, and it's sort of on public roads. But it's also really quite fun in these.

Rules are very simple - you must use each car only once. Up to you where you run it, but you can only do so once!
As per the last time it would be very helpful if people let me know a day or 2 before the event what they intend to run so I can ensure the server has enough of the relevant cars.

We will have a x2 fuel and tire multiplier for this series, so we can at least pretend we're having proper endurance events.


Password: see above

Timings:
Practice: 19:30 (45 mins)
Qualifying: 20:15 (15 mins)
Race: 20:30  (50 minutes +1 lap)

Cars allowed:
Mazda 787B, Sauber/Mercedes C9, Porsche 962 Short tail, Porsche 962 Long tail (All Kunos stock - some DLC required)

Track:
Highlands (Kunos Stock)

Live Timing: stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/lapstat

Time of Day Setting: 15:00
Weather: Mid Clear
Start: Standing
Tyre wear: x2
Fuel consumption: x2
Pit-stops : no mandatory stops

Server track settings:
SESSION_START=98
RANDOMNESS=2
LAP_GAIN=0.007%
SESSION_TRANSFER=80

Damage: 70%

Sadly no - I didn't know about that circuit, will have to see if anyone has made it! I remember a load of NZ tracks being made several years ago....

Hmm so am i really going ot be over 10sec off the pace?? MAybe i should consider the Merc as well!

If I can join, it will be in Mazda until pitstop please, then it will be on foot. 

Porsche long tail for me please.

I'm aware that softwares don't have their time of the month,  that's why I said "It's pretty much like if I was an aero technician who checks his well done work 3x but 3rd one is doing something critically wrong... and the plane crashes". 
My point was that the UI is far from being user friendly.
I'm used to name my setup files like this : L(etter)_N(umber) with Letters being T for test (wip), B for Basic (safe bet), Q for qualif, R for race and with Numbers being the matching generation idea of the setup. So that when you keep loading some files to update and save them, then load another one to compare, etc.. it's pretty easy to make the deadly mistake eventually.. The alternative would be to just fiddle with an actual unique setup file, but that way I miss extensive and adaptive potential, not keeping track of the changes and also needing to spend some time to update at last minute while racing countdown is ongoing.. which sometimes is pretty stressful. (Happened to me several times to manage to click on the 'drive' button while starting lights were there yet !)
So yes for me it's pretty complicated to handle, at least not fire&forget.. Then maybe I'm rather brain damaged yet. 

You all keep talking about "boost". What is that and where can I increase it? 
I've only been changing tire pressures in the first two races, seems I was missing out on some power compare to the rest of you.

Actually it's only the short tail that has fixed boost - the long tail has adjustable that defaults to 80% (I think). Any higher and it goes like the clappers but will eventually explode
The Mazda obviously doesn't have a boost option..

Due to driving the race in fuel saving mode I actually only used 190-195Ltrs at Grobnik - the 210 number is what I would need if I ran the entire thing at my normal pace.
Had I remembered to lengthen my gears I could have saved some more while potentially going as quick or slightly quicker all race

I've mentioned it a squillion times before - but you all need the ACRL fuel app if you want to see what's really going on fuel-wise....