Thank you - I really appreciate the warm welcome and help.
I've got Team Speak all set up - but do I need to select a specific channel on race day to be able to communicate?
Also - does anyone have a vague idea of how to set up fuel / pit stints for this race? Just run full tank and then come in when it's running low? Sorry about all the Q's - I'm very much a newbie!
When you open TS it'll put you in 'Chit Chat' by default (as you were when I took this screen shot!), so double click on Assetto Corsa and you'll be talking in the event natter channel - example below where my name is
For your race fuel/tyres you might find it easier to select your Pitstop Strategy before the race, otherwise you'll need to use your 'D Pad' to add fuel, select tyres etc, and on this track I'd guess it's hard to do (no long straights).
If you watch the vid I posted at about 47secs in, you can see he's showing you how to select strategies in your setup window, the 3 potential strategies you might want to set - please remember, if you leave your tyre choice as 'NO CHANGE', it means 'don't change my tyres', not, 'keep the same compound'... don't ask how I know that
The clever guys (aka, not me) often work out they can, for example, do 3/4 of the race on mediums and fuel to that distance, then at their stop might go onto softs.... and other variations
I have the brain of an abacus so tend to go half and half and set an option to not change tyres if I think I can get to the end without, but always with an option to change tyres of course.
So, in your 3 potential pitstop strategies you might have 1) as half fuel again, new medium tyres, 2) as half fuel, no tyre change-they're-doing-great-thanks, and 3) half fuel and softs or hards, to choose once you see how the tyres are holding up, or not
Now you're in the race, you're happy to stop half way and you want the same as you started with, so you'll be on option 1 anyway. If you want to select a different strategy, use your D Pad to select it before you stop (you can do it in the pits I believe, but you'll lose time).
Hope that helps - and to others, please steam in if I've f***ed up
