AC GT3 @ Monza - Sunday 18th September 2022

Interslice · Sep 11, 2022

Welcome to the RD Assetto Corsa Racing Club. This Sunday we're heading to Monza, the Temple of Speed, for some GT3 racing!!

Join us!

This is the place to be for relaxed, friendly racing and our events are open to everybody from rookies to the seasoned pros. You will always find people around your level to battle with, so jump on in!
If you need any help don't hesitate to ask on discord before the race, or right here on the forum! We are always happy to help.

All premium members using their full real name in the forum, in game and discord can sign up for this event.

Link to the RD community on S.GP is here. You need to sign-up and join to access our race servers.

Need a warm-up or want to start online/multiclass racing at a gentler pace? There is an MX-5 +1 multi-class every Wednesday. We also run a practice server all week for both events.

Monza

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Practice Server: #12 (Available throughout the race week)
Race server: Simracing.gp - Frankfurt
20:00 CEST, 19:00 DST, 18:00 UTC | 1 hour 20 minutes - Official Practice
21:20 CEST, 20:20 DST, 19:20 UTC) | 20 minutes - Qualification
21:40 CEST, 20:40 DST, 19:40 UTC) | 60 minutes - Race

Cars:

DLC is required for this event

Audi R8 LMS 2016 GT3 - Ready to Race Pack
BMW Z4 GT3
Ferrari 488 GT3 - Red Pack
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Dream Pack #2
McLaren 650S GT3 - Dream Pack #3
Mercedes AMG GTR GT3 - Dream Pack #3
Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 - Dream Pack #1
Porsche 911 R 2016 GT3 - Porsche Pack #3
Glickenhaus SCG GT3 - Dream Pack #2

Event details:

Track: Monza, Italy
Pit stop: Mandatory (Between 10 and 50 minutes)
Track Temps: 20C air/29C track
Track Condition: Clear, Improving grip, Light wind
Damage: 10%
Assists: Factory
Standing Start: Jump Start = Drive through penalty
S.GP Unranked event
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Interslice · Sep 11, 2022

A message to all Drivers

If you run off track, you must check to see that its clear before you re enter the track. Always try to re-enter the track parallel to the racing line. Stay off the racing line until you are up to race speed and do not block any fast approaching car.

When joining the track from the pits, remain inside the white line and stay off the racing line until you are up to speed.

During qualification, do not race on your out lap, let other drivers by.

Golden Rule

If you hit somebody, sending them off the track and carry on like nothing happened, you take the risk of being banned for 30 days.
Instead, you should always wait for the affected drivers, and that way you can be 100% sure you will not get a ban.

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 our rules

Note: Please use your full real name in Discord. Not doing so may result in you being kicked from the server if an admin cannot identify you as a premium member.

Interslice · Sep 11, 2022

Practice Server is Up!!

H_Belane · Sep 15, 2022

Count me in.
Another classic from my AC beginnings.
Monza with the RSR 2017 back then.

Interslice · Sep 15, 2022

H_Belane said:
Count me in.
Another classic from my AC beginnings.
Monza with the RSR 2017 back then.

The Lambo is the nicest car to drive here too (imo). I'm being pure stubborn and taking the ferrari to try and make it match the v10 beast!

H_Belane · Sep 16, 2022

I'm just as stubborn. Team Lambo until further notice

HF2000 · Sep 17, 2022

Guys,

After the holiday it's time for a fun event. No practice needed. In fact that isn't even possible.

https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/racedepartment-surprise-event.249101/

Please read the 1st post very carefully.

Interslice · Sep 18, 2022

Hi Folks. I have to sign out of this one due to a stomach bug. Hope it is an enjoyable event for everyone. See you next week

demetri · Sep 18, 2022

Interslice said:
Hi Folks. I have to sign out of this one due to a stomach bug. Hope it is an enjoyable event for everyone. See you next week

Get well soon!

eN1xes · Sep 18, 2022

every braking points i was feeling the tons trough my foot the entire race i was running away from batman(Patrick). Congratz to Dmitry , congratz to Patrick and ty Han for host amazing events as always

H_Belane · Sep 18, 2022

That was a good almost clean race without much action for me.
But in the last few laps I started to tremble Ernie.

Kek700 · Sep 18, 2022

Ha Ha Hank , catching and giving some grief was one thing, overtaking was never really on.
Tried my best to get you to make a mistake, but you drove faultlessly.

My race was luckily quite easy and mostly uneventful, Thomas was my only worry, but trying to overtake the Lamborghini here in the McLaren was always a tall order.
Mostly did not even have to worry about the McLaren getting a tow.

Well done podiums, and all I came across.

It is such a pleasure to race against all here on these race series.

thom462 · Sep 19, 2022

Uneventful race for me. Always not that strong at Monza in McLaren. After good start which brought me into trouble as I had to lift behind Hank as there was no room to go left had a short fight with Ernie. After he outsprinted me at curva grande had a lonely race.
Great to have a clean first corner at Monza, only possible in this great community. Normally total carnage here. The two Lambos of Hank and Ernie were not that far in front but going some tenths faster most of the time. At least could go constant pace and had no spin going with rear wing 1 and also did a new pb. Maybe will try Audi or Lambo next time but need more practice in these cars.
Thx for organizing and congrats to podium.
Cu next time

Interslice · Sep 19, 2022

Sounded like a nice evening's racing! Gutted to have missed this one.

Great pace form all by the looks of it. I might not have finished as high up the pecking order as I thought

. Is it just me or is everyone getting faster!?

Next weeks event is up, R2 of the championship. Still some spots left on the grid

https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/gt3-championship-round-2-sunday-11th-september-2022.249413/

pattikins · Sep 19, 2022

eN1xes said:
every braking points i was feeling the tons trough my foot the entire race i was running away from batman(Patrick). Congratz to Dmitry , congratz to Patrick and ty Han for host amazing events as always

From Batman:
'The Joker's comeuppance is long overdue.'

Congrats to Fulvio & Dmitry - I was both awestruck and appalled by Dmitry's race pace. When I calculate the fuel for a race I often use previous races as a guide, i.e., average lap times/total number of laps completed:

Pos	Driver	Vehicle	Laps	Time/Retired	Pos	Up	Driver	Vehicle	Laps	Time/Retired
1	Aki B	ks_mclaren_650_gt3	33	01:00:46.4460	3	▾ 2	Dmitry O	ks_audi_r8_lms_2016	33	+00:00:08.6890
1	Chris D	ks_mclaren_650_gt3	33	01:00:12.9650
1	Enzo F	ks_lamborghini_huracan_gt3	33	01:00:30.2920	4	▴ 1	Dmitry O	ks_audi_r8_lms_2016	33	+00:00:07.8080
1	Dmitry O	ks_nissan_gtr_gt3	33	01:00:35.5140

Based on the above results, it seemed a safe bet that the race was going to be over after 33 laps, and as such, I calculated that I needed 126 litres - the SCG is a thirsty beast (just under 3.8 litres per lap). By lap 14 I noticed that Dmitry's lap times weren't getting any slower and there was a good chance that he was going to complete 33 laps within the hour, which he did with 0.5 of a second to spare. Anyway, panic set in and I made a complete mess of adjusting the fuel (my VR tracking is very problematic, so I had to make the changes through the corner of my eyes). I missed my pitstop and then went off @ T1. Fortunately, I just manged to get ahead of the Lambos exiting the pits on the following lap. After that there was no chance of catching Fulvio, so the rest of the race was about keeping a safe distance from Hank/Ernie.

demetri · Sep 19, 2022

pattikins said:
From Batman:
'The Joker's comeuppance is long overdue.'

Congrats to Fulvio & Dmitry - I was both awestruck and appalled by Dmitry's race pace. When I calculate the fuel for a race I often use previous races as a guide, i.e., average lap times/total number of laps completed:

Pos Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Pos Up Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired
1
Aki B ks_mclaren_650_gt3
33
01:00:46.4460
3
▾ 2 Dmitry O ks_audi_r8_lms_2016
33
+00:00:08.6890
1
Chris D ks_mclaren_650_gt3
33
01:00:12.9650
1
Enzo F ks_lamborghini_huracan_gt3
33
01:00:30.2920
4
▴ 1 Dmitry O ks_audi_r8_lms_2016
33
+00:00:07.8080
1
Dmitry O ks_nissan_gtr_gt3
33
01:00:35.5140

Based on the above results, it seemed a safe bet that the race was going to be over after 33 laps, and as such, I calculated that I needed 126 litres - the SCG is a thirsty beast (just under 3.8 litres per lap). By lap 14 I noticed that Dmitry's lap times weren't getting any slower and there was a good chance that he was going to complete 33 laps within the hour, which he did with 0.5 of a second to spare. Anyway, panic set in and I made a complete mess of adjusting the fuel (my VR tracking is very problematic, so I had to make the changes through the corner of my eyes). I missed my pitstop and then went off @ T1. Fortunately, I just manged to get ahead of the Lambos exiting the pits on the following lap. After that there was no chance of catching Fulvio, so the rest of the race was about keeping a safe distance from Hank/Ernie.

We had lower air temp this weekend which improved the laptimes. Monza used to be held at +25C (at least in GT3 RD events I took part in), but it was +20C this Sunday. That's about 0.5s laptime difference there and it is still warm enough to keep tires mostly in the working temp range (dropping down to +15C wouldn't give you another half a second due to cold tires losing grip)