AC CLASSIC Fat-Alfie Championship, Final Round - Fonteny Tue 2nd January 2024

JamKart22 · Dec 21, 2023

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

It's the 6th and final round of the @Fat-Alfie championship we're going to the longest track on the calendar. Fonteny. It has literally everything that a racetrack can have. And again the scenery is beautiful.

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:
Sign up to the championship here 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).

Server information:

Server: Racedepartment Server 4
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) | 30 minutes - Official Practice
20:35 CET, 19:35 GMT (19:35 UTC) | 50 minutes - Qualification (2 mins overtime)
21:30 CET, 20:30 GMT (20:30 UTC) | 60 minutes
Practice server available during the week.
Same password as usual

Event details:

Cars:
- Alfa Romeo GTAM - Skins
- Ford Escort RS1600 (KUNOS) - Skins
Track: Fonteny
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: Mandatory (at least 1 litre of fuel).

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/bfaeee50-c871-45ce-9359-8869b6cfa0a6?server=3 Tab Entrants

Server 4 is up

Reik Major · Dec 22, 2023

This track is a huge joy. Had a few laps last night just for fun. The outlap is a bit long though and cutting turn 1 accidentally to get the first flying lap banned can be a little pain.

JamKart22 · Dec 22, 2023

Nice time. I've done it via a hotlap to avoid the 10min out lap

gearwhine · Dec 22, 2023

JamKart22 said:
Nice time. I've done it via a hotlap to avoid the 10min out lap

Just a thought. What about all drivers have to post a lap time before the race to qualify. Due to lap length of course. Would save a lot of time on race day.

cerebralvortex · Dec 22, 2023

gearwhine said:
Just a thought. What about all drivers have to post a lap time before the race to qualify. Due to lap length of course. Would save a lot of time on race day.

Good idea!

Aaah Fonteny, I have to relearn this track every time I race here..

It just doesn't fit in my head haha. Tracks this long should come with pacenotes

JamKart22 · Dec 22, 2023

gearwhine said:
Just a thought. What about all drivers have to post a lap time before the race to qualify. Due to lap length of course. Would save a lot of time on race day.

I don't know how to set that up but that would then favour the sad folk like me who are happy to pound round for hours getting a time in.

The qualification is set for 30 mins so you should get an out lap and two hot laps.

To be honest, qualifying won't make much difference here. There are plenty of places to pass and you'll finish where you deserve to be. Survival will be the key.

I can reduce practice by 10 minutes so we can get on to qualifying sooner.

Twoddle · Dec 22, 2023

Get rid of practice and make it a 1 hour of qualifying/practice? some people may be against that though.

JamKart22 · Dec 22, 2023

How about 30 mins practice and 50mins qualifying? That adds up to the normal 1hr 20mins for the two sessions.

Like this post if you favour the proposal

JamKart22 · Dec 23, 2023

OK, I've made the changes to the event so it's 30 mins practice and 50 mins qualifying.

To avoid waiting too long after qualifying has finished I've reduced the overtime period to two minutes. So bear that in mind when starting your final lap.

@HF2000 might want to make the same changes for his race next week.

Fat-Alfie · Dec 23, 2023

cerebralvortex said:
Good idea!

Aaah Fonteny, I have to relearn this track every time I race here.. It just doesn't fit in my head haha. Tracks this long should come with pacenotes

Read the PDF!

cerebralvortex · Dec 23, 2023

Fat-Alfie said:
Read the PDF!

Oh wauw, never noticed it. You thought of everything! Now I can read this before going to sleep on my tablet and imagine driving it all night long

Boukâh · Dec 23, 2023

JamKart22 said:
Nice time. I've done it via a hotlap to avoid the 10min out lap

Same here! Works like a charm

Fat-Alfie · Dec 23, 2023

Reading your comments has made me want to fire up AC for the first time in ages, so I loaded up Fonteny and had a fantastic race against the AI in the Maserati 250f 12cyl. The most fun I've had in a very long time!

JamKart22 · Dec 23, 2023

Fat-Alfie said:
Reading your comments has made me want to fire up AC for the first time in ages, so I loaded up Fonteny and had a fantastic race against the AI in the Maserati 250f 12cyl. The most fun I've had in a very long time!

You're very welcome to join the last round. These cars are a lot of fun on this circuit.

HF2000 · Dec 23, 2023

JamKart22 said:
OK, I've made the changes to the event so it's 30 mins practice and 50 mins qualifying.

To avoid waiting too long after qualifying has finished I've reduced the overtime period to two minutes. So bear that in mind when starting your final lap.

@HF2000 might want to make the same changes for his race next week.

I've qually at 30 min. Will be enough for 3 laps in total so two hotlaps. And overtime at 600s to avoid people getting disqualified in the race.

JamKart22 · Dec 23, 2023

Slight change of subject but does anyone have a recommendation for gloves? I'm currently using an old pair of Sparco karting gloves and these are great but getting worn out. I've now ordered three different pairs and sent them all back for various reasons...

I first tried a pair of Sparco Rush gloves but didn't like the silicon on the palms - made the contact with the wheel feel very sticky

Next up was the Sparco Hypergrip - these are a dedicated sim glove but felt very flimsy and too thin for my liking.

Finally tried the Sparco Meca 3 as the reviews raved about them as a sim glove - but again felt very flimsy and the internal seams were quite uncomfotable - so now looking for external seams.

I might have to look at real motorsport gloves - but fire retardant & FIA approved is a bit of an overkill!

HF2000 · Dec 23, 2023

JamKart22 said:
Slight change of subject but does anyone have a recommendation for gloves? I'm currently using an old pair of Sparco karting gloves and these are great but getting worn out. I've now ordered three different pairs and sent them all back for various reasons...

I first tried a pair of Sparco Rush gloves but didn't like the silicon on the palms - made the contact with the wheel feel very sticky

Next up was the Sparco Hypergrip - these are a dedicated sim glove but felt very flimsy and too thin for my liking.

Finally tried the Sparco Meca 3 as the reviews raved about them as a sim glove - but again felt very flimsy and the internal seams were quite uncomfotable - so now looking for external seams.

I might have to look at real motorsport gloves - but fire retardant & FIA approved is a bit of an overkill!

I have the Meca gloves for more than a year now and I'm very satisfied with them. In combination with a CubeControls GT Sport steering wheel it feels good to me.

HF2000 · Dec 23, 2023

Guys,

I got these Grid Brows (https://grid-engineering.com/products/grid-brows) from my children for my birthday.
They work great, especially with the spotter function! It's more accurate than Helicorsa and Crew Chief and more noticable. Also awareness of yellow and blue flags is greatly improved for me.