AC Alfa Romeo GTAM/Ford Escort RS1600 @ Hernad Valley - Tue 6th Feb 2024

[JamKart22]

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

This week we're off to the Hernand Valley - a nice flowing technical track that should suit these classic saloons.

The format will be 2x25mins races

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Server information:

• Server: Racedepartment Server 3
• 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 CET, 19:00 GMT (19:00 UTC) | 60 minutes - Official Practice
• 21:05 CET, 20:05 GMT (20:05 UTC) | 20 minutes - Qualification
• 21:30 CET, 20:30 GMT (20:30 UTC) | 25 minutes - Race 1
• 22:00 CET, 21:00 GMT (21:00 UTC) | 25 minutes - Race 2 - Reverse grid of race 1
• Practice server available during the week. Same password.

Event details:

• Car:
  • Alfa Romeo GTAM - Skins
  • Ford Escort RS1600 (KUNOS) - Skins
• Track: Hernad Valley
• 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: 100%
• Tyre wear: 100%
• Pitstop: not mandatory.

Useful Links:

• RaceDepartment Discord: click here
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• Incident Reporting: click here

Entry list:

• Tab Entrants

Practice on Server 3 is up

 

[Kek700]

manage a low 3, with a track cut which was representative of most of my laps, if i managed a lap.
1) This track needs someone who is good on the brakes.
2) This track requires a stable setup, beyond me.
3) This track, is with this car ( Alfa ), an accident waiting to happen, and a short wait.
4) This track needs someone with the skill and for insight to keep in on the track

All the above are above my pay grade.
So good luck to all contestants for tomorrow, i shall be missing this one, even though i have put a ton of effort in, which is unlike me.

 

[cerebralvortex]

manage a low 3, with a track cut which was representative of most of my laps, if i managed a lap.
1) This track needs someone who is good on the brakes.
2) This track requires a stable setup, beyond me.
3) This track, is with this car ( Alfa ), an accident waiting to happen, and a short wait.
4) This track needs someone with the skill and for insight to keep in on the track

All the above are above my pay grade.
So good luck to all contestants for tomorrow, i shall be missing this one, even though i have put a ton of effort in, which is unlike me.

Oh come on now Ernie, it's the same for everyone! I'm sure you will do well because of all that practice. I feel the same because I can easily lose control over the jumps.

If I'm home I'll try to join.

 

[gearwhine]

manage a low 3, with a track cut which was representative of most of my laps, if i managed a lap.
1) This track needs someone who is good on the brakes.
2) This track requires a stable setup, beyond me.
3) This track, is with this car ( Alfa ), an accident waiting to happen, and a short wait.
4) This track needs someone with the skill and for insight to keep in on the track

All the above are above my pay grade.
So good luck to all contestants for tomorrow, i shall be missing this one, even though i have put a ton of effort in, which is unlike me.

I have got a low 4 so if i am an average then you Ernie are right in the game. I do not see the issue. As Laurent says, same for everyone. Anyway, where is it written it must be easy mate.
Please dont bow out

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

@Kek700
Ernie i can always tow you around the course if you like..
...

 

[JamKart22]

manage a low 3, with a track cut which was representative of most of my laps, if i managed a lap.
1) This track needs someone who is good on the brakes.
2) This track requires a stable setup, beyond me.
3) This track, is with this car ( Alfa ), an accident waiting to happen, and a short wait.
4) This track needs someone with the skill and for insight to keep in on the track

All the above are above my pay grade.
So good luck to all contestants for tomorrow, i shall be missing this one, even though i have put a ton of effort in, which is unlike me.

For what it's worth you're still a bit quicker than me on the server - so give me someone to race with

 

[Kek700]

i feel bloody guilty for not racing now, i assumed you would just ignore the ramblings of an old git.
so i will turn up, just to make the numbers up, and remove the guilty thing i have got going on.

 

[JamKart22]

Result 240206-y1G - rmi_hernadwalley, regular - Unknown - Assetto Corsa - Simresults

Result 240206-y1G - rmi_hernadwalley, regular - Unknown - Assetto Corsa - Simresults - The results viewer for your favorite race sims.

simresults.net

 

[Kek700]

Against my better judgement.

 

[JamKart22]

Race 1 was my usual performance so found myself on pole for race 2. This is a hard track to pass so managed to hold the pack back for half the race. But then Steve made a mistake, leaving Jason behind me. His pace was too hard to fight off and I eventually finished 4th.

Still and enjoyable track and one I managed to improve my times over the event.

Thanks for everyone for racing.

I've got a different car for next week on an iconic track. So let's hope for a bumper grid....

 

[cerebralvortex]

Managed pole thanks to Jason his setup. Thanks for sharing it! I tried to make changes to the setup myself but it only made the car slower, so I'll have a look at what you changed there.

Jason was on my heels in race 1, but when trying to attack me at the last corner he locked up and went into the hay bales. I thought I pushed him wide there first but he said it wasn't the case. Richard was close behind but must have made some mistake that dropped him back 3 seconds. I dropped my pace a bit and made sure not to crash to the flag.

Race 2 I got a small tap from behind from Nuno which spun me around. Luckily there was a train of cars in front which allowed me to close the gap again. A bit hairy trying to overtake Richard and finished P2. It was great to see the cars so close in front and great driving from all. I was counting the cars to see if one got away or not

Fun track to discover. Not many opportunities to overtake, so maybe not the best track for racing but it sure was fun. I still did not feel comfortable over the jumps, I had too many crashes because of them I think.