AC Fat-Alfie Championship Round 1@Bilster Berg, Wed 18th September 2024

HF2000 · Thursday at 19:41

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

For the first race of the Fat-Alfie championship 2024 we're going to the Bilster Berg circuit.

The Bilster Berg Drive Resort is a private motorsports club for automotive enthusiasts and manufacturers with a 4.274 km (2.656 mi) long motor racing circuit in the Teutoburg Forest. The track is built on land formerly used by the British Army as an ammunition depot; it was designed by Hermann Tilke, with input from Walter Röhrl.

SPECIAL ATTENTION: in this race the Renault Clio 5 Cup 1.3 is introduced in the FWD class as an alternative for the Abarth/Suzuki. You have to install it even if you drive another car otherwise you can't join the event. See the event details where to find the mod. The Renault 5 is only available with the V80 vintage tyres.

Sign up:
Go to the Fat-Alfie Championship 2024 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 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/Suzuki Swift R3 Sport/Renault 5 Turbo Europa/Abarth 124 Spider
Track: Bilster Berg, Germany
Please sign up as soon as possible
Pit stop: Mandatory (at least 1 liter of fuel)
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 (mandatory) + 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

H_Belane · Thursday at 22:26

Anyone want to see this on the track?

I recently found joy in painting cars. I thought this would be suitable for the upcoming rally. But it doesn't have to be. What do you think Han?

Ocho

www.overtake.gg

HF2000 · Thursday at 22:56

H_Belane said:
Anyone want to see this on the track?

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I recently found joy in painting cars. I thought this would be suitable for the upcoming rally. But it doesn't have to be. What do you think Han?

Ocho

www.overtake.gg

Great ! I will install it. Are you also in for making skins for the Suzuki? It has now only two.

HF2000 · Thursday at 23:00

Installed. You should be able to select it on the servers.

H_Belane · Thursday at 23:03

Great, thanks!

I'll see what I can do over the weekend. Any ideas for a topic? Maybe countries?

HF2000 · Thursday at 23:05

Personally I like the F1 skins of the Mazda but countries are nice too. I would like them more basic and more recognizable than the country skins of the Abarth500.

H_Belane · Thursday at 23:21

Ok, I'll try my best. F1, countries (for the Suzuki drivers) and at least one beer sponsor. Beer is always a good option

Shed 17 · Friday at 09:54

HF2000 said:
Great ! I will install it. Are you also in for making skins for the Suzuki? It has now only two.

When you run an AI race the Suzuki does have other skins but I’m not sure where they come from but any addition would be welcomed.

Allan Ramsbottom · Friday at 14:47

@H_Belane
I would love to see the MOMO graphics on the Mazda MX-5,if you can find the time..

H_Belane · Sunday at 16:23

Ok, I did my best for now and hope you like it a little. I have to say that I'm not a professional graphic designer, my software knowledge is limited and I've only been doing the whole thing for about three weeks. I haven't tried the F1 paintwork yet because it probably requires a little more experience. Maybe in the future.

Suzuki Swift Sport Skinpack

www.overtake.gg

MX5 Momo skin

www.overtake.gg

It would be an honor for me to see this on track. Han decides whether it is usable.

Putting things together is fun. Here I learned the basics:

Maybe you can create a community skin pack if someone else wants to try it too.

Allan Ramsbottom · Sunday at 16:53

@H_Belane,you,ve got my vote,if Han allows it,thats my new skin.

HF2000 · Sunday at 16:59

They're great, Hank! Thank you very much. I've got my new skins also for the Suzuki!

HF2000 · Sunday at 17:17

@Allan Ramsbottom , @Kek700 ,Ricardo Silva. These new skins are available on the servers also.

Shed 17 · Sunday at 17:54

Nice work Hank

Kek700 · Monday at 22:26

if anyone is vaguely interested, i thought i would waffle on about this circuit.

I have always struggled here, always miles of the pace, an outing in the Abarth brought it all home to me.
This is the most difficult circuit i have ever been on. it will be a "best i can do" at this circuit. Miles off the pace here in the Abarth, try as i may, the more I try the worse it gets. loosing all my setup for the past 4 years does not help much either.

HF2000 · Monday at 22:31

Kek700 said:
if anyone is vaguely interested, i thought i would waffle on about this circuit.

I have always struggled here, always miles of the pace, an outing in the Abarth brought it all home to me.
This is the most difficult circuit i have ever been on. it will be a "best i can do" at this circuit. Miles off the pace here in the Abarth, try as i may, the more I try the worse it gets. loosing all my setup for the past 4 years does not help much either.

I guess it's a real Suzuki track. (Didn't try it myself) but that's OK because on the longer tracks the Swift will have a hard time.

Kek700 · Monday at 23:25

I think the Abarth is missing fast and slow dampers, with those you could control the suspension better, not allowing it to get so wayward. The Suzuki has that, it is there for those circuits that upset it, normally it is okay, but they are there if needed.

With the Abarth you are confined to springs and ARB, but there are limits on those, although the ARB's have good resolution, but there is only so much you can do. Springs are limited, especially at the front.

With the Abarth and me driving

this track is not a happy combination.

KDiesel · 2024-09-17T00:09:49+0100

H_Belane said:
Ok, I did my best for now and hope you like it a little. I have to say that I'm not a professional graphic designer, my software knowledge is limited and I've only been doing the whole thing for about three weeks. I haven't tried the F1 paintwork yet because it probably requires a little more experience. Maybe in the future.

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Suzuki Swift Sport Skinpack

www.overtake.gg

MX5 Momo skin

www.overtake.gg

It would be an honor for me to see this on track. Han decides whether it is usable.

Putting things together is fun. Here I learned the basics:

Maybe you can create a community skin pack if someone else wants to try it too.

Hey Hanky Banky, may I dare to ask you to make R5 turbo with totally black skin for me?