AC Abarth500/Mazda MX5@VIR, Wed 23rd August 2023

[HF2000]

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

Chosen by you as track of the month, we're racing on Virginia International Raceway, VIR in short. Always interested to see how the Abarth will hold its own in the tricky curvy part against the Mazdas.

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS is essential for clean and respectful driving in our community. You should therefore use tools like Helicorsa or CarRadar and CrewChief. The links for these apps are on the bottom of this post.

DISCORD. It's important that you also join us during the event on Discord for additional information and instructions. Link is below.

Sign up:
Go to https://acsm.racedepartment.com/championship/f1a4f789-f306-4bd7-9466-ce2334fa4106?server=0 using the Emperor account you have been given and register with your steamID.

If you don't have an Emperor account yet, ask for one by posting in this thread (only for premium members).

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:

• Server: Racedepartment Server 1 Password: standard password, if you don't know that, ask for it in this thread and it will be send in a PM.
• 20:00 CEST, 19:00 BST (18:00 UTC) | 60 minutes - Official Practice
• 21:05 CEST, 20:05 BST (19:05 UTC) | 20 minutes - Qualification
• 21:30 CEST, 20:30 BST (19:30 UTC) | 60 minutes - Race
• Practiceserver available during the week. Same password.

Event details:

• Cars: Abarth 500 Assetto Corse/Mazda MX5 Cup
  • Country skins for Abarth: https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/abarth_world_series_2k.10401/
  • RaceDepartment skin for Abarth: https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/abarth-500-assetto-corse-race-department-skin-00.13916/
  • F1 skins for MX5: https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/skinpack-mazda-mx5-cup-f1-2023-teams-drivers.56935/
• Track: Virginia International Raceway https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/virginia-international-raceway.11892/
• Pit stop: Mandatory (at least 1 liter of fuel)
• Tyre blankets: Yes
• Track Road temperature: 30 Celsius
• Track grip: 100%
• 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: 40%
• Tyre wear: 10%

Useful Links:

• RaceDepartment Discord: click here
• Sync Accounts: click here
• Recommended apps: Helicorsa + CarRadar+ Top/Centre Flags or AC_Flags + CrewChief
• Tracks, Cars, Apps Installation Guide: click here (Handy guide to install non AC content)
• Racing Club Rules: click here
• Incident Reporting: click here

Entry list:

• https://acsm.racedepartment.com/championship/f1a4f789-f306-4bd7-9466-ce2334fa4106?server=0 Tab Entrants

 

[Robi77]

hello im interested in participate

 

[HF2000]

hello im interested in participate

Hi Robi77,

That's great! I will send you a PM with your Emperor account to sign up and some other information for newcomers.

Please enter your real name in your RDaccount/account details/. There's a field Real Name.
It's one of our rules for joining club races so we know who you are. It's for internal use only.

See you on track!

 

[ThreeLionz]

Just signed up see you all Wednesday
Woo hoo

 

[srjames094]

hello, I'm interested in participating in the tournament, is there still free space?

 

[HF2000]

hello, I'm interested in participating in the tournament, is there still free space?

Hi Tiago,

Sure! We love to have you.
You can sign up via an Emperor account that I will create for you.
You will receive a PM from me with the credentials and a lot of other information for newcomers in this events.

 

[stigs2cousin]

Sorry,

can't join you, my employer want's me to play with motorcycles

 

[zn1zn2c]

Hi, I'm thinking of joining this race but I don't have a premium account or an emperor account for that matter. I'll probably be home about 1.5 hours before practice. Do you think I'll still be able to join?

 

[HF2000]

Hi, I'm thinking of joining this race but I don't have a premium account or an emperor account for that matter. I'll probably be home about 1.5 hours before practice. Do you think I'll still be able to join?

If you get Premium I can set you up with Emperor within minutes so you can sign up.
You will also get the information to join the event. 1.5 hours is fine. You can even start practicing on the practice server which is running 24/7.

 

[zn1zn2c]

If you get Premium I can set you up with Emperor within minutes so you can sign up.
You will also get the information to join the event. 1.5 hours is fine. You can even start practicing on the practice server which is running 24/7.

Great to hear! Just signed up for Premium. Looking forward to the race.

 

[HF2000]

Great to hear! Just signed up for Premium. Looking forward to the race.

Great! You're very welcome!

I will send you a PM with all the necessary information within 10 minutes.

 

[H_Belane]

Great race on one of my favorite tracks. Although there are so many risky uncomfortable bends here, I really like the track.

Regarding the race: Crash on the first lap with I think Andre (yellow Mazda) which I think was my fault. If I had driven a bit more aggressively into the corner, it would not have happened. At most, the doors would have banged against each other. After that, last position and a catch up began. That was fun!

Great event as always with the car combination!

 

[Kek700]

Okay race for me, kept out of trouble and apart from the the last few laps it was an uneventful race apart from just one off. Glad to see the back of VIR. It was a circuit I dreaded when we were running GT3 races every Sunday. With a bit of luck it will be a while before we return.
Well off the pace, so it did not bother me as much as it normally would. So this circuit was just a grind, so well done everyone.

 

[HF2000]

Thanks all for racing tonight! Congrats to the podium and also the new guys for a great debut!
Next week I will not be there myself as I'm on a short holiday.

Please make sure you have a replay if you want to report a driver.
Have a good one, guys!

AC - Abarth500/Mazda MX5@Barbagallo, Wed 30th August 2023

Welcome to the RD Racing Club. Another short track this week but one that we have visited before and had a great race then. Tough and tight, the Barbagallo circuit (formerly known as Wanneroo Raceway) is short and quite technical. Passing opportunities are generally limited to turns six and...

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[Medilloni]

Thanks for organising tonight @HF2000 Han, really enjoyed it

Thanks also to all for the fair racing, first few laps were a bit of a 'mare, got caught in someone else's kerfuffle, then trying to get places back was fun.

Congrats to podiums of both classes, and in the Abarths.... @Twoddle Jason, your pace was something else, if you could keep the lead to around 3 secs it'd be much appreciated

 

[a_murel]

Great race on one of my favorite tracks. Although there are so many risky uncomfortable bends here, I really like the track.

Regarding the race: Crash on the first lap with I think Andre (yellow Mazda) which I think was my fault. If I had driven a bit more aggressively into the corner, it would not have happened. At most, the doors would have banged against each other. After that, last position and a catch up began. That was fun!

Great event as always with the car combination!

Ahaa that was you! I was on your inside and you steered into me BUT!!! we were 3 wide and in the first lap, so these things can happen no worries.

Later on having cold / dirty tyres i went off in the fast corner trying to make up the lost places. Later on had a lonely race.

 

[Captain Condescending]

If anyone fancies seeing some of the great battles Allan and I had:

 

[pcmoreno]

Sorry for leaving again.

I underestimated the track and only downloaded it before joining in the practice session. I't a nice but quite difficult one and I was juggling setup, trying to go fast, and keeping the car on track.
Unfortunatelly after a continuous fast connection for 90 mins during practice and quali, it decided to kick me out again while waiting for the green lights. Came back half a minute behind everyone and then I spun out a couple of laps later and gave up. I was too tired to do another practice session while being blue flagged.

At least I was happy to have been able to add another new driver to our group

 

[Elmar3rd]

Oh it was yesterday ... I had today in mind.
With this track I had problems with the MX5 gear levels, switched to the Abarth and got on much better with it .
I had quite good times (for my level) in offline practice ... and then i missed it.