AC Friday Night:Group C@Daytona, Fri 7th July 2023

dbx71 · Jul 7, 2023

ThreeLionz said:
I'm gonna be late to tne party unfortunately
I should make the race start fingers crossed

ok thanks for heads up Joe! hope you can make it...

ThreeLionz · Jul 7, 2023

dbx71 said:
ok thanks for heads up Joe! hope you can make it...

Me to mate
I'm praying to the sim racing gods

cerebralvortex · Jul 7, 2023

dbx71 said:
yep, summer temps are on the rise! if it makes any difference, the race takes place at night so maybe that will give you a psychological effect that things are not as hot. think of it as a warm summer evening at the track...

Haha, I thought to myself that it would not be night here during the race but I see now that the race is during night time

What is up with those light posts though, the apexes are in the dark and the headlight of the long tail isn't worth much..

Not sure how performance will be for me as well in VR during the night. I'll try to hop in and see how that works, if performance is bad or it's too hot I'll quit.

dbx71 · Jul 7, 2023

cerebralvortex said:
Haha, I thought to myself that it would not be night here during the race but I see now that the race is during night time What is up with those light posts though, the apexes are in the dark and the headlight of the long tail isn't worth much..

Not sure how performance will be for me as well in VR during the night. I'll try to hop in and see how that works, if performance is bad or it's too hot I'll quit.

cool. sounds fair enough. VR at night sounds pretty sweet...

dbx71 · Jul 7, 2023

Great race guys, hope you all had fun. Nice job to last minute sign up and heat stroke suffering Laurent

for taking 1st and to Robert and John rounding out the podium. Honorable mention to Ernie for incredible lap times but outstanding driving all around under very challenging conditions (what the hell was I thinking lol).

Sorry to @The Almighty Snark for spinning in front of you and big apology to @Twoddle for t-boning you! I tried to avoid but wasn't sure which way to go because there was a car bearing down on me...

Next week, special treat: RSS Endurance Pack cars at Sebring (sunset so everyone can see the track!). Hoping we can get more drivers on the grid each time. Also, open to track / car combo suggestions.
TGIF!

The Almighty Snark · Jul 7, 2023

No worries Dominic, it happens especially easy with these cars!

Had a fun race but had to drop out a bit earlier because I heard something with the pedals so I wanted to investigate given that it's a completely new setup to me!

What sort of setup was everyone running because despite being in the C9 many porsches kept running away from me at the straights!

cerebralvortex · Jul 7, 2023

The Almighty Snark said:
What sort of setup was everyone running because despite being in the C9 many porsches kept running away from me at the straights!

Wing 2, 100% boost.

The Almighty Snark · Jul 7, 2023

cerebralvortex said:
Wing 2, 100% boost.

Ah I see, I was at boost 50% given that the one time I tried to up it on the practice server my engine start blowing itself up at a ridiculous speed! I only heard about engine damage being off when the race was about to start

Alfred Wayne · Jul 7, 2023

The Almighty Snark said:
Ah I see, I was at boost 50% given that the one time I tried to up it on the practice server my engine start blowing itself up at a ridiculous speed! I only heard about engine damage being off when the race was about to start

In the future you can use the 1-9 keys to make boost 10-90% on. 0 turns boost to 100%. Mash that and go

I had the engine blowing the whole race

. I don't think the Mercedes or Porsche could run the full turbo in real life without actually blowing it up. Maybe if we do these again we can "BOP" them by using realistic boost %

Nice first event Dominic! A tough but fun combo. Could slowly chip away at Laurents pace, but in the end he held it together. Well done and well done to everyone else for surviving too

Looking forward to those rss cars (currently on sale) Have only driven them in practice, never in a race. Should be good!

See you all next race.

The Almighty Snark · Jul 7, 2023

Alfred Wayne said:
In the future you can use the 1-9 keys to make boost 10-90% on. 0 turns boost to 100%. Mash that and go I had the engine blowing the whole race . I don't think the Mercedes or Porsche could run the full turbo in real life without actually blowing it up. Maybe if we do these again we can "BOP" them by using realistic boost %

Ooh nice that is really good to know!

Medilloni · Jul 7, 2023

Thanks for organising tonight's race @dbx71 Dominic, really enjoyed that

Congrats to @cerebralvortex Laurent for the win and @Alfred Wayne Robert for the podium, and to all for the fair racing

And as Dominic says @Kek700 Ernie, that was a heck of a lap!

Race summary:
Chose the LT 'cos the ST is lost here.... the LT's too difficult for me

2 offs that were so bad I got paid for grass cutting.
Happy with strategy, not sure why I had 20ltrs left though

Kek700 · Jul 7, 2023

Ha Ha, got a sense it was going to be a nightmare for me, night being the very word, could not see that much for some of the circuit. Got hit on the first lap by a C9 ( completely understood that hit )

took about a minute of chugging to get going

Managed a lot of lock ups, all at the worst time possible

, so in the end I threw the towel in, but then decided to just buzz around on my own and try and enjoy myself, which I did.

Well done Dominic for all your efforts.

The Almighty Snark · Jul 7, 2023

Kek700 said:
Got hit on the first lap by a C9 ( completely understood that hit ) took about a minute of chugging to get going

Yeah again sorry for that! The C9 was heavier then I expected and I thought I saw a gap that obviously wasn't there! Once you found some pace you definitely got it going though!

Kek700 · Jul 7, 2023

I wonder why I was overtaking you, at 50% you let most of your horses out of the gate and gone…once I saw it was a C9 you got my immediate understanding..

Medilloni · Jul 7, 2023

dbx71 said:
Next week, special treat: RSS Endurance Pack cars at Sebring (sunset so everyone can see the track!).

Damn, I think I've got these *cars, but might have to buy them too.... 'cos it's Sebring

*I race with a group where we 'share stuff', but doesn't always work on RD. Shoot me, I'm a pensioner ffs

The Almighty Snark · Jul 7, 2023

Kek700 said:
I wonder why I was overtaking you, at 50% you let most of your horses out of the gate and gone…once I saw it was a C9 you got my immediate understanding..

I was thinking "boy I wouldn't stand a chance in those porsches given how fast everyone is" because I was so afraid of blowing up the engine at anything above 50%

Medilloni · Jul 7, 2023

@Craig Dunkley I see you mate, cheeky rascal

Shed 17 · Jul 7, 2023

Well done to all, not easy keeping these beasts on the track.
No one was more surprised than me to end up on pole but I knew it wouldn't last long, especially as I was on the wrong strategy and lost too much time changing the mediums at half distance.
I hadn't tried the hard tyres but will give them a go next time but I did have some nice side by side action with John and Robert on the banking.

Well done and thanks to Dominic for hosting your first event, it was fun and 45 minutes was enough for a Friday night.

dbx71 · Jul 8, 2023

Shed 17 said:
Well done to all, not easy keeping these beasts on the track.
No one was more surprised than me to end up on pole but I knew it wouldn't last long, especially as I was on the wrong strategy and lost too much time changing the mediums at half distance.
I hadn't tried the hard tyres but will give them a go next time but I did have some nice side by side action with John and Robert on the banking.

Well done and thanks to Dominic for hosting your first event, it was fun and 45 minutes was enough for a Friday night.

Thanks Paul for taking part. Yes, I saw that you were tearing up the track, putting in some impressive lap times and thought for sure you would wind up on the podium. Although I must say, even after losing time with the tire change, ending up in 4th is not too shabby. Nicely done!

Looking forward to seeing you at the next one!

cerebralvortex · Jul 8, 2023

Bit of a late call joining but I didn't notice this race. I like the cars for sure and the night racing for a change although visibility was quite bad on some corners, luckily the track is very wide in those.

I took Ernie's setup and made the wrong changes I guess. I swapped the ARB settings the other way around. It made the car oversteer which was good on corner entry but not on power. That meant I wasn't confident pushing the car. It showed in qualifying where I did about 5 1:37.8 laps I think but had a delta of 3 or 4 tenths on each. I just wasn't able to pull a lap together.. Going into the race that wasn't great. Luckily I got in the lead due to spins in front. But after that I tried to manage the gap and not spin really. In the second to last lap I dropped a bit too much pace and Robert got very close in the end. Great pace from Robert though and also from Paul which quite surprised me, well done! Happy with the race, cars, track, night. Not so happy with my own pace, I didn't push all race long or I would have crashed.

Looking forward to racing the RSS endurance cars. I only tried them for a session when I bought them but they are amazing! I hope I can make it.

Thanks Dominic!

See ya