AC CANCELED Fat-Alfie Championship Abarth/Mazda@Bilster Berg, Wed 4th October 2023

[HF2000]

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TRACK!

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

The 2023 edition of the Fat-Alfie Championship kicks off with a new track of David Pemberton. Well new to us but it's actually the first track he has made for Assetto Corsa.

Anyone doubting Hermann Tilke's ability to design anything other than a synthetic, cookie-cutter F1 venue should take a visit to the Bilster Berg Race Resort. Possibly his finest work, this exclusive private-members facility is probably the most deserving of the many tracks to boast of being a mini-Nürburgring, even if the real thing is itself only a few hours away.

With big elevation changes, blind corners, swooping curves and surrounded by woodland, at times you might think you actually are on the Nordschleife. With 19 corners and 44 dips and crests, its definitely exciting to drive.

For this event we will be using the 12x time multiplier and a starttime of 08.00 AM so we will have dawn to dusk migration in the race.
You need to have:

• Content Manager
• Custom Shader Patch (Weather FX activated with SOL or Default)
• SOL 2.2.9

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 for the championship:
Go to https://acsm.racedepartment.com/championship/4bf13571-b8c7-42dc-a54f-d86391335f89?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: Bilster Berg, https://www.mediafire.com/file/vx70xqol3ohi3fa/bilsterberg_2020.7z/
• Pit stop: Not Mandatory due to a problem with the pitlane
• Tyre blankets: Yes
• Track Road temperature: 37 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/4bf13571-b8c7-42dc-a54f-d86391335f89?server=0 Tab Entrants

 

[JamKart22]

A reminder to everyone that you might have problems (teleport to pits or game crash) trying to exit the pit lane.

What worked for me was to drive slow over the grass on the right of the pitlane exit.

 

[HF2000]

A reminder to everyone that you might have problems (teleport to pits or game crash) trying to exit the pit lane.

What worked for me was to drive slow over the grass on the right of the pitlane exit.

I've been in contact with David Pemberton and he will see if he will add pit spots to his latest BETA version so we could use that track instead of the one that is available now.
I've already did some laps on his latest BETA version without the additional pit spots and it looked allright to me. But it need some more testing before I can decide to use that one.

 

[JamKart22]

The bug is in exiting the pits so I don't think adding pit spots will help.

 

[HF2000]

The bug is in exiting the pits so I don't think adding pit spots will help.

Well, actually the current version was changed by people other than David and they positioned the pit lane/car spots incorrectly. In the BETA version of David that I have, I tested the pit stop and it went fine. But that version doesn't have 30 pit stops, so David offered to add a few.

 

[stigs2cousin]

Han,

I do like Robert´s tracks very much, but this is a mayor Pain in the Ass.

I tried to go on track and was teleported to the pits twice and kicked from the server once.

NOT FUNNY!!

When we used the "shady" version a year ago the pits where on the other side of the track and could be used just fine.

 

[JamKart22]

Han,

I do like Robert´s tracks very much, but this is a mayor Pain in the Ass.

I tried to go on track and was teleported to the pits twice and kicked from the server once.

NOT FUNNY!!

When we used the "shady" version a year ago the pits where on the other side of the track and could be used just fine.

Did you try what I suggested in the second post?

 

[JamKart22]

You could hotlap offline and that way it would avoid the pits altogether. It's a nice track once you're on it

 

[HF2000]

Han,

I do like Robert´s tracks very much, but this is a mayor Pain in the Ass.

I tried to go on track and was teleported to the pits twice and kicked from the server once.

NOT FUNNY!!

When we used the "shady" version a year ago the pits where on the other side of the track and could be used just fine.

I'm in contact with David Pemberton and maybe we will get a solution before the race. If not we're going to race without mandatory pitstop to avoid the bug.

 

[stigs2cousin]

I´ve tried all the layouts and (offline) could not join the first ( CM complains " you can´t race with only zero cars, though I was in practice mode)

second layout works mostly , though there´s a bug with laptiming in L1 as you can have all purple sectors but relative timing counts up

third layout ( chicane) uses the right pit boxes, but gives you a track cut when you use the mandatory chicane.

The short layouts work ok but are way to small for multiclass. (a 56sec and 1,04sec lap respectavely.)

I´ve tried online again and was allowed on track once, teleported once and kicked of the server once. The "grass cut" did not work for me, the "legal entry" I was driving normally on the middle of pitlane.

So rather frustrating, I´m not a happy camper right now.
We really should find a way to get on track for open practice and qualy, don´t you think??

 

[Alfred Wayne]

Anyone else getting a checksum error or just me? I was able to join collins server with the same track but with alfa and escort fine.

Reinstalled the track twice

 

[HF2000]

Anyone else getting a checksum error or just me? I was able to join collins server with the same track but with alfa and escort fine.

Reinstalled the track twice

In that case the checksum error will be caused by not having CM and CSP with WeatherFX activated with settings at SOL or default.

 

[JamKart22]

Han, I cloned your championship when I created mine so I assume the settings are the same. So odd Robert can connect to my server.

 

[HF2000]

Han, I cloned your championship when I created mine so I assume the settings are the same. So odd Robert can connect to my server.

That is really weird indeed! There has been an update of Emperor. I will stop and restart our practice sessions to make sure that they are the same.
By the way I'm using 40% fuel usage and 10% tyre wear to equalize the Abarth with the Mazda. I don't think that is necessary for the cars you are using so maybe you want to change that for the events.

Would be nice if the slower car of the two has a slight advantage in tyre wear or fuel usage for a bit of compensation.

 

[JamKart22]

I haven't checked fuel usage with the classics but we haven't had any issues in the other races

 

[HF2000]

I haven't checked fuel usage with the classics but we haven't had any issues in the other races

In those events you used 100% fuel usage and 100% tyre wear.

 

[Mikke73]

Anyone else getting a checksum error or just me? I was able to join collins server with the same track but with alfa and escort fine.

Reinstalled the track twice

I get an error almost right away: can't compare checksum.

But I don't have WeatherFX set to SOL or Default, I'm using Pure and will not go back to SOL.

 

[HF2000]

I get an error almost right away: can't compare checksum.

But I don't have WeatherFX set to SOL or Default, I'm using Pure and will not go back to SOL.

It doesn't work with PURE. You just need SOL to have installed on your computer. You don't need to use it! And de WeatherFX is only one click to default.

And in return you get a beautiful transition from dawn till dusk!

 

[Mikke73]

It doesn't work with PURE. You just need SOL to have installed on your computer. You don't need to use it! And de WeatherFX is only one click to default.

And in return you get a beautiful transition from dawn till dusk!

I got that beautiful transition at the Watkins Glen race, so maybe the problem is actually something else.

 

[Mikke73]

I updated my SOL installation, and then I was able to login to the server, so everything's fine now
Thanks for giving me the idea!