UKGTL Power and Glory V2 Mod Wet Test - Donington Park (GP) - Jan 22

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All members welcome.

Practice: 20:10 (5 mins)
Qualifying: 20:15 (20 mins)
Race: 20:35 (20 laps = 40 mins)

Track: Donnington Park 2004 (GP).
Weather: 50% Wet

Cars allowed: Triumph TR4 only.
Time of Day Setting: 12:00
Start: STANDING

Server: [PnG] UKGTL Test
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) You will need to install Power and Glory v2 from here and enable terrain patch.

[Mr_B.A.Baracus]

Excellent, TR4's only, I'll definately be there! We could be doing with a skin pack just with different colours in it though!

[Madd-RIP]

  Nooooooooooooooooooo, I'm working!

[Mark J]

A Grid full of TR4s at Donington in the wet sounds a right scream 

Only problem is i think i may be out that night  :'( will do my best to get home in time.

Also, i thought we were using these pre-season 'fun races' to test the whole spectrum of cars against each other to performance guage them ? Why not throw a few of the little cars into the mix to compare?..ie the elites etc. I can try and run some laptime tests early week if you want 

Of course the decision is yours alone

[ginsters sponsored]

Gawd MJ, weren't you arguing the very opposite last week  Feels like we are getting grips with these cars pace now but any extra laptimes/comparisons will be greatly received. Wet times will be especially welcome.

 

[Steve Holmes]

Oh bum, didn't notice the 'wet', just ran 12 laps in the dry using Paul's Valenica setup and did 57s, best 57.5 but that's completely irrelevant.  Waa, wet setup, err, what to change?  Springs and brake bias I guess.

This whole setup stuff is baffling - Madd's description of spring adjustments at Valencia  Very confused now.  And why does every P&G setup have positive toe at the front - I thought you always use negative toe (e.g. toe out) at the front, positive at the rear?

Saying all that, with Paul's setup and lowered gears the TR4 was really driveable (in the dry) at Donny.

[Truetom]

Gawd MJ, weren't you arguing the very opposite last week   

 

[Wiltshire Tony]

What does 50% wet mean? Is it only raining for half the race? or is the rain constant but only half as heavy as it could be?

[Mr_B.A.Baracus]

Best I've managed is a 2:02:9 which was almost enough to get pole with AI at 120% (2:02:8 ). I'd imagine others will go faster but hopefully not by much!

[spanner]

Tony its the level of wetness, not completely flooded but bloody wet! it will be raining all the time.

[Steve Holmes]

Took the dry setup and softened the springs by ten (somethings, bushels of wheat perhaps) and moved brakes 3% forwards and I'm around 2:01, best of 2:00.8.

Possibly even nicer to drive than in the dry, easier to get the tail out.  I just feel sorry for the animated driver, he must be getting very wet. 

[Wiltshire Tony]

Tony its the level of wetness, not completely flooded but bloody wet! it will be raining all the time.

Thanks matey.

[Wiltshire Tony]

So when you guys are practising with the AI what settings do you use for the AI?

[Mark J]

i use 110% to 115% to simulate the sort of laptimes the guys on here get.

And, Ginsters, dont mind me, im just glad we are using this fine mod  ...just thought that based on your argument last week, the plan was try as many cars out as possible 

[Madd-RIP]

Slightly OT Steve, try a soft front hard rear type setup at valencia in the E-Type, then try the setup I've uploaded to the SROU online folder, see if you find any difference.
I will have a go at some times for this race for comparison purposes.
The default setups are slower but easier to drive as far as i can tell, lots of understeer and roll, nice and 'safe'.