rF2 BTCC @ Top Gear Test Track! - Monday 25th November 2024

Jimlaad43 · Monday at 20:43

TONIGHT, We put Overtake members in a Reasonably Priced DLC car; everyone tries to dodge each other at this figure-of-8 layout; and we attempt to race around one of the most famous Race Tracks.........in the World!

Eligibility: You must be a PREMIUM member. You must also use your REAL NAME on all RD servers and Discord, and include this in your forum profile. It is the only way of identifying who you are during an event.

[Server Password: *Available in Private Message upon signup*]
[Overtake Discord]

[Racing Club Rules]
[Incident Reporting]

Server Name: OVERTAKE.GG (RD) SSM
Car(s):
Car(s): 2021 only v1.65 available to race with.
Unless you want the complete collection, it is now possible to race with just the car you want to drive owned. You no longer need to open every car on the server. That means if you are a Honda fan and only ever want to drive the Honda, you do not need to purchase the other cars too to join the server.

Infiniti Q50 - [Single Car] or [Car Pack] or [Touring Car Pack] or [Q2 Pack]
Toyota Corolla GR - [Single Car] or [Car Pack] or [Touring Car Pack] or [Q2 Pack]
Ford Focus - [Single Car] or [Car Pack 2] or [Q3 Pack]
Hyundai i30 - [Single Car] or [Car Pack 2] or [Q3 Pack]
BMW 330i M Sport - [Single Car] or [Q4 Pack] or [BTCC Car Pack 3]
Honda Civic Type R - [Single Car] or [Q1 Pack] or [BTCC Car Pack 3]
Vauxhall Astra - [Single Car] or [BTCC Car Pack 3]
Cupra Leon BTCC - [Single Car]
If you don't own any BTCC car, and want them all, there's also the complete pack

Track: TigerMoth 2014 - [STEAM]
Layout: TigerMoth -- TestTrack

Air Temperature: Real + 10°C
Fixed Setups: No
Start Type: Standing
Driving Assists: Auto Clutch, Auto Shifting
Time: Day
Weather: Forecast
ABS/TC: Low

Event Times
Schedule: (EU) Monday 25th November 2024
Practice: 19:00UTC | 19:00 GMT | 20:00CET (75 minutes)
Qualifying 2: 20:15UTC | 20:15 GMT | 21:15 CET (5 minutes - SUPERPOLE)
Warm-Up: 20:20UTC | 20:20 GMT | 21:20CET (5 minutes)
Race 1: 20:25UTC | 20:25 GMT | 21:25CET (16 Laps)
Qualifying 2: 20:15UTC | 20:15 GMT | 21:15 CET (5 minutes - SUPERPOLE)
Warm-Up: 20:55UTC | 20:55 GMT | 21:55CET (5 minutes)
Race 1: 21:00UTC | 21:00 GMT | 21:00 CET (16 Laps)

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All of the standard Racing Club Rules still apply to this event.
Custom liveries are both allowed and encouraged! Show off your Photoshop (or Google) skills and turn up with a unique car colour that we will all know is you on track!
Discord is not mandatory, but is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Please use Push to Talk where possible.

DRIVER LIST

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Roy Magnes
Steve Le Gallez
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Jimlaad43 · Monday at 20:56

IMPORTANT - Please Read
This track is pretty unique and not initially designed for racing. In fact, virtually is the only safe and possible way to race here. As such, please pay attention to a few extra bits of courtesy we will need to observe to avoid unnecessary crashes.

Top Gear test track - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

If you do not know the track, here is a video of Michael Schumacher taking the Ferrari FXX around the track.

This track has two crossovers on it. Turn 1 "Wilson" is a slow corner, which is a perfect crossroads with the "Followthrough", the second-fastest corner on the track. Turn 2 "Chicago" is a slow hairpin around the tyres, which is also the apex for the flat-out fastest corner "Bentley".

At both of these corners, the car heading into the fastest corner, ie: Followthrough and Bentley, must give way to the cars navigating the slower corners, as Turn 1 and Turn 2 have right of way through these sections. This means you may have to adjust your line, brake, turn suddenly or even go off-track to avoid a crash. Use the practice session to get used to this and hope the grid stays close in the race so it doesn't come to affect us too much.

Track Limits are pretty reasonable, but the apexes of quite a few corners are very narrow. If you are going for an overtake, especially into somewhere like "The Hammerhead", be aware that both cars need to work together to make sure both stay within track limits. The practice session is the perfect time to discover what counts as track limits or not, and remember that you can always lift after cutting one of these corners to avoid taking a penalty.

If you are unaware of this track or exactly how narrow some of the corners are, have a look on Google Maps here to zoom in on some of the painted lines.

51°07'00.0"N 0°32'30.7"W

maps.app.goo.gl

Roy Magnes · Tuesday at 13:24

This is a track I and my friends drive a lot with a full field of AI opponents in some of the older Forza Motorsport games with hilarious results.

I'll try to join, despite working late on Monday