AC Abarth 500/Mazda MX5@Portimao, Wednesday 4th May 2022

[HF2000]

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

So again something new. Not a multiclass but two cars that should have fairly equal performance although one is FWD and the other RWD.
Let's find out on in the Algarve on the beautiful circuit at Portimao.

Fuel consumption is set at 25% to prevent a forced pitstop for the Abarth.

So join us for another exciting race and:

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Especially the new and inexperienced drivers are recommended to participate. There are a lot of learning opportunities but without the intensity and stress of the GT3/4 cars or the endurance multiclass cars. It's also good step up for those kind of events.

Server information:

• Practice Server: #04 (Available throughout the race week) Password: dunlop
• Race server: S.GP Password: dunlop
• 20:00 CEST, 19:00 BST (19:00 UTC) | 1 hour 15 minutes - Official Practice
• 21:20 CEST, 20:20 BST (20:20 UTC) | 20 minutes - Qualification
• 21:40 CEST, 20:40 BST (20:40 UTC) | 45 minutes - Race

Event details:

• Cars: Abarth 500 Assetto Corse/Mazda MX5 Cup
• Track: Portimao, Portugal
• Pit stop: optional
• Tyre blankets: Yes
• Track Temps: 28C air/43C track
• Track Condition: Clear
• Track grip: 96% increasing to 100% after about 20 minutes.
• Track limits: No more than 2 wheels over the white/yellow line without a lift of the gas please. You will be penalized if you break this rule.
• Damage: 10%
• Fuel Consumption: 25%
• Further info on simracing.gp

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[HF2000]

PRACTICE SERVER IS UP!

 

[pcmoreno]

Yay! Already in! abarth 1 Mazda 0 ;p

 

[stigs2cousin]

In with the Mazda of course

Though I´m kicked from the practice server because checksum failure.
The car worked yesterday in Ahvenisto ( sort of at least) and the track is freshly installed from the download tab in the S.GP site??

Help please Carsten

Edith:
Seems to be the track, it happens with both the cars.

 

[stigs2cousin]

BTW, note to all the drivers who like the "slip n slide" like me ( A.K.A sloppy drivers)
Portimao is a bit narrow minded about track limits, so keep it from the green stuff.

MFG Carsten

 

[danny26]

Can't wait for this one, this is an awesome track. Signed up with the Abarth, I don't think I've raced in a FWD but I'll try it out for a few hours over the weekend to see how I get on with it!

 

[Kek700]

In with the Mazda of course

Though I´m kicked from the practice server because checksum failure.
The car worked yesterday in Ahvenisto ( sort of at least) and the track is freshly installed from the download tab in the S.GP site??

Help please Carsten

Edith:
Seems to be the track, it happens with both the cars.

Any joy Carsten, same here , checksum.

 

[HF2000]

Any joy Carsten, same here , checksum.

Ok looks like the s.gp has a different version of the track. I will updated the practice server.

 

[HF2000]

Practice server is updated! I tested it and it works with the version you download from S.GP.

 

[Kek700]

Had high hopes for the Abarth,
" alas not to be "
I am the same as myself in the Mazda. Rather hoped to give those Mazdas rotters a damn good thrashing.

 

[HF2000]

Had high hopes for the Abarth,
" alas not to be "
I am the same as myself in the Mazda. Rather hoped to give those Mazdas rotters a damn good thrashing.

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Hi Ernie,

Do you have about the same pace as in the Mazda?

 

[Kek700]

yes.

 

[HF2000]

yes.

That's great!

 

[Alfred Wayne]

Had the same thought Ernie, and similar test results. Tried the Abarth first, but I think the rwd of the mx5 plays nicer here with my driving style and the gentle wide elevation.

Now the following week at Bathurst, it's fwd all the way for me. Love going down the mountain with the car "pulling" you around those turns . Plus that long back straight looks like a nice spot to pass some mazdas

 

[Kek700]

yes, it is not a great drive, the mx5 is so much sweeter to drive.

I can't believe I just said that.

 

[HF2000]

yes, it is not a great drive, the mx5 is so much sweeter to drive.

I can't believe I just said that.

I think there's a lot to be found in the setup of the Abarth but I can't find it.

 

[Kek700]

Working on it Han, so far it is much better, but as I can guess Alan and Carsten to name just two, lap times, the Abarth is not going to be the giant killer I was hoping for.
At the moment, I am doing my best to not get lapped.
I think even Chris’s may “not” find it easy to beat those Rotters in Mazda’s.

 

[Dzul]

My gawd the TRACK LIMITS here are the bane of my enjoyment!!

After 20+ invalid laps I finally got one proper time... 1,2 sec. faster than my PB from half a year ago...

Happy ending.

 

[stigs2cousin]

I think even Chris’s may “not” find it easy to beat those Rotters in Mazda’s.

Oh, please do not provoke him or he´ll castigate us with another "That´s a world record, Mate"

And about the times, at least with me it´s not that bad see PM.
But I can´t speak for the other rotter

MFG Carsten

 

[stigs2cousin]

(Please don´t tell anyone but I just posted a quicker time in the "crabwalking **** box" than in the real car.)

What Sir Alec ( Issigones) was thinking when he released this FWD abominations into the world I´ll never understand.

MFG Carsten