AC Formula Thursday-F4 at Macau on October 10th.

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Welcome to the AC Racing Club.

After two tests , we are trying out the F4 again but this time on the streets of Macau again with an open set up. Due to the nature of this circuit the races will be 2 x 20 minutes with a reverse grid for race two.

With the recent release of another excellent car from the guys at Race Sim Studios, we are trying out the F4 car with a view to running it as a series in the near future and as a replacement for the F3 series used in 2024.

This car is much easier to drive than cars we have raced in recent years and we are also going to try to encourage new drivers to join in the series. For both novice and experienced sim racers, this mod offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience the excitement and challenges of open-wheel racing in a car that is well behaved and fun to race side by side.

The car has to be purchased but for the price of a coffee (or half a litre of fuel) you get a great car to add to your collection.

Formula RSS 4 2024 for AC (racesimstudio.sellfy.store)

The track is Macau Guia - RacingCircuits.info

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:
Go to Formula Thursday 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: Overtake Server 7-
• Password: standard weekday 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 BST 60 minutes - Official Practice
• 21:00 CET, 20:00 BST 10 minutes - Qualification
• 21:10 CET, 20.10 BST 20 minutes - Race 1
• 21:30 CET, 20.30 BST 20minutes Race 2 (Reverse grid from race 1 result)
• Practice server available during the week. Usual weekday password. if you don't know that, ask for it in this thread and it will be send in a PM.

Event details and downloads:

• Car: Formula RSS 4 2024 for AC (racesimstudio.sellfy.store)
• Track: Macau Guia
• Pit stop: not mandatory
• Tyre blankets: Yes
• Track Road temperature: 25 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%

Useful Links:

• Overtake 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

 

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There you go Fulvio, now just see if we can encourage lots of drivers otherwise if it's you and me you will need to pit every lap.

I will get the practice sever up tomorrow.

 

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Practice server 7 is running.

I have left the set up open, the default is great (Laurent proved that at Silverstone) but the option to fine tune might attract others, especially around here.

 

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There is a new skin pack with F1 liveries but lets see if this car gets any interest before we get too excited.

 

[zn1zn2c]

I might sign up for this one if I figure out how to not end up sideways over the weekend. A challenging track with an unknown car for me, so I'll probably be at the back. But if I won't be a bother I'll give it a try

 

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You are very welcome Ricardo,
This is a really nice car to drive, not too powerful and goes really well in default set up.
The trick with Macau is to not to overdrive, let it flow and get well over to the left for the hairpin.

 

[Reik Major]

I finally installed CM to get my hands on this nice car. The combo is tough but great fun. I was always impressed about this crazy track in real life, too.

I hope for many sign ups.

 

[Reik Major]

There is a new skin pack with F1 liveries but lets see if this car gets any interest before we get too excited.

Let's go for it.

 

[zn1zn2c]

Just signed up. I don't think I'll be competitive, but that's OK. I'll just hang out in the back, trying to hang on as long as I can

I concur it's a great car. Very predictable. Handles Thomson Road pretty well, haha

 

[Kek700]

Tried my best here on a very difficult track, just do not have the talent. luckily Reik laid down a marker time for me. but it was good to see why i cannot get out of mid field.
i put a lot of effort in by my standards into this circuit, which i really have grown to like with a great car that i have no complaints about.
There is maybe a few tenths left in me, but without a eureka moment on this circuit, that me at my limit.
i just crash into a barrier at least once in a lap, so i don't know how damage effects all my consecutive laps
it was a worth while exercise though, i just have the final disappointment to live with.

 

[davejevons]

I've signed Clem up for this again. Good luck with those walls everyone!

 

[cerebralvortex]

Tried my best here on a very difficult track, just do not have the talent. luckily Reik laid down a marker time for me. but it was good to see why i cannot get out of mid field.

Are you kidding me ? I had a look at the lap times and you are really close to Reik. I don't know the track (drove it once I think) but I am sure I would have a hard time beating it.

 

[Reik Major]

Tried my best here on a very difficult track, just do not have the talent. luckily Reik laid down a marker time for me. but it was good to see why i cannot get out of mid field.
i put a lot of effort in by my standards into this circuit, which i really have grown to like with a great car that i have no complaints about.
There is maybe a few tenths left in me, but without a eureka moment on this circuit, that me at my limit.
i just crash into a barrier at least once in a lap, so i don't know how damage effects all my consecutive laps
it was a worth while exercise though, i just have the final disappointment to live with.

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I'm very sorry mate. I didn't mean to demotivate anyone. I so much got into a flow when practicing.

We never know, where the real limit is (at least until a real alien like Fulvio has shown up).

I just enjoy the combo...

 

[Kek700]

Thank you , I did not mean it sound the way it did, it is just difficult to know your limit. Because of practice time you allotted to a racing combo.
This was a Rare combination of car , track, that I enjoy, but both being difficult, but a real challenge to drive that kept you being addicted to it, plus a top time to compare.
I just could not squeeze any thing more from the two. The rest was a bit of self pity rumbling away in there too.

 

[zn1zn2c]

I just realized I've been practicing on a different version of this track. Don't have any more time to practice so we'll see how quickly I'll adapt to the new version on race day. It looks a lot cleaner and smoother, so who knows!

See you Thursday!

 

[Reik Major]

Better have a run on the practice server earlier . I very much appreciate this service to check race conditions and maybe meet someone.

 

[eN1xes]

Thank you guys for the race, well done Reik for race2 and thank you Paul for picking my favourite track , now i just need to convince another one into picking Burshied

 

[zn1zn2c]

I'm starting to understand why Fulvio likes this track so much. It kinda grows on you and gets more fun the more laps you put in. This was a nice combination too.

Happy with the pace I found today. Less happy about the second race; that was absolutely nerve wrecking! Won't be doing that again anytime soon around a street circuit. Have to get more comfortable in this car first. You guys talked me into it, so if I ruined your race that's all on you

 

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Thanks all for racing tonight, shame more don’t try out this car as it is a nice drive (even though I was strangely well off the pace, an investigation will be carried out as to why).
You did well Ricardo but I know what you mean, having Reik and Fulvio all over you in the opening lap is stressful, good experience though for the Wednesday night races.
It will be November before we wheel the F4 out of the garage again, hopefully more will join on a less complex track, although I like it a lot.