AC GT3 @ Okayama - Sunday 8th October 2023

[Interslice]

Welcome to the RD Assetto Corsa Racing Club. Next Sunday we're at Okayama, for some GT3 action!!





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 race department premium members with their full real name added to their forum profile as well as in game and discord can sign up for this event.

Need a warm-up or want to start online racing at a gentler pace? There is an MX-5 + Abarth event earlier in the week . We also run a practice server all week for all events.

Okayama International Circuit

Okayama International Circuit began life under a different name as an interesting experiment in racing circuit management. In the late 1980s, golf course magnate Hajime Tanaka wondered if the country club model which was the backbone of the golfing industry could be applied to motorsport venues...

www.racingcircuits.info

• Practice Server: RaceDepartment.com #8 (Available throughout the race week)
• Race server: RaceDepartment.com #8 - Netherlands
• 20:00 CEST, 19:00 DST, 18:00 UTC | 80 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 minute - Race

Cars (Ballast/Restrictor)

• RSS Mercer GT-M (6kg/3%) Skins +2 +3
• RSS Bayer 6 GT-M (6kg/3%) Skins
• RSS Lanzo GT-M (0kg/0%) Skins
• URD Michigan GTD (6kg/3%) Skin
• URD Bayro 4 GT3 v2 (16kg/9%) Skin pack 1 + 2
• URD Darche 992 GT3-R (0kg/0%) Skin pack 1 +2 +3
• CSP Hard requirement for Darche

Event details:

• Track: Okayama GP
• Pit stop: Mandatory stop between 10 and 50 minutes
• Track Temps: 20C air/30C track
• Track Condition: Clear, Light wind, Optimum grip.
• Damage: 10%
• Assists: Factory
• Standing Start: Jump Start = Drive through penalty

Useful Links:

Race Comms

• RD Discord Invite: click here
• Sync your account
• Guide to discord volumes and push to talk

Recommended Apps

• Helicorsa + Top/Centre Flags or AC_Flags
• Tracks, Cars, Apps Installation Guide: click here
• Racing Club Rules: click here
• Incident Reporting: click here
• AC online racing guide

Sign up/Entry List:
Sign up via link closes lunch time on race day, but you can still sign up below in the forum!

Login / Server 1

acsm.racedepartment.com

Sign up info

 

[Interslice]

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

1. 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.
2. 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

1. You will get 3 warnings before a drive through penalty for exceeding track limits to your advantage. Any warnings/penalties are displayed in the chat window at the end of each lap

Note: Please use your full real name in Discord and in game. Not doing so may result in you being kicked from the server if an admin cannot identify who you are.

 

[The Almighty Snark]

Ooh my favourite track!

 

[johnny85ac]

I‘m in but login to the emperior server for sign up does not work for me. Which account do I need to use? RD account seems not to work. Thx

 

[Interslice]

I‘m in but login to the emperior server for sign up does not work for me. Which account do I need to use? RD account seems not to work. Thx

Hi Johnny. I will send you a pm with login details.

 

[H_Belane]

Count me in. Until further notice with the M4.

 

[Interslice]

Count me in. Until further notice with the M4.

They are all matched to the same regs in the server, with the m4 probably being the most affected. Fixed gearing and diff power/coast on all the cars now.

 

[johnny85ac]

the dashboard in my porsche does not work, does not show anything. does someone know how to fix that? thx in advance

 

[Interslice]

the dashboard in my porsche does not work, does not show anything. does someone know how to fix that? thx in advance

Are you using a recent CSP update?

 

[johnny85ac]

Are you using a recent CSP update?

Yes, latest

 

[Interslice]

Yes, latest

I'm not sure then. Maybe car instrument menu in CSP. I think @Kek700 has the same issue. Just need to find the box to tick i guess!

 

[Kek700]

Yes , I think it was something A in CM.
The 992 Porsche pdf file tells you it and then you use the patch in CM.
If you have a problem will go on my PC and give you the exact answer

 

[johnny85ac]

Thanks guys, "car instrument" was disabled in CSP, obviously I did not need that so far. Works now.

 

[Interslice]

Gentlemen. From investigations this week, in the interest of sport and closer racing, BOP is back sooner than expected. It's looking like almost a full second between the fastest and slowest cars. Rather than wait a few weeks, as planned originally, a base BOP has been applied for this race and we will continue from here with the results based system, as per below.
RSS cars should start to become competitive again from next week onwards.

First 3 placed marques are awarded a ballast/restrictor penalty to those cars. Every 6 races the points are halved. The car with the least amount of points is returned to zero, if applicable.

So

1st place 3 BOP points
2nd place 2 BOP points
3rd place 1 BOP point.

The scale goes

• 0
• 2kg
• 4kg
• 4kg 3% restrictor
• 6kg 3%
• 8kg 3%
• 8kg 6%
• 10kg 6%
• 12kg 6%
• 12kg 9%
• etc

 

[Kek700]

Should be driver, not car.
As it is obvious, I must assume that it is the application of driver BOP? that is were the problem is.

 

[Interslice]

Should be driver, not car.
As it is obvious, I must assume that it is the application of driver BOP? that is were the problem is.

Say for example at a particular track you and I have a theoretical equal pace. But, you are in car x, which is a second faster than my car y.
There are 30 laps in a race. I drive a very solid race. You stick the car in the wall (+15s), reverse back for your pitstop(+5s), spin on the final corner (+8s) and still beat me by 2 seconds. That is the reason for this BOP. Otherwise I will eventually migrate to car x.

If you are to take a significant error as + 4 seconds, in your typical 40 lap race (1.5 minute lap). If the car that has that error is .1s faster per lap, than the chasing car, that race is a photo finish
In an ideal world if you can get them all to within .25s / 1.5 minute lap it means your average spin or off costing 10 seconds looses you a position. It should also mean the variable of the tracks themselves mean car a is faster one week and car b the next. Eventually these BoP ballast/restrictor will become fairly static. We were nearing that point with the rss cars, but no there are more in the mix and here we are.
BoP is part and parcel of GT3 racing. Unlike say F1 which is essentially a constructors championship.

 

[The Almighty Snark]

Should be driver, not car.

Counter point, I finished third, if that BoP would be applied to me that would be... devastating. I am not that fast, I just got lucky that the car was extremely stable and easy to smash around many corners. Plus I've been throwing almost all generations of cars at Laguna Seca recently. The last race' performance is far from indicative of my skill level Ernie!

 

[Kek700]

Obviously not as simplistic as I first thought, you can add and subtract BOP from the driver. A car is stuck with it.

So you get handicapped for driving a car that wins with a fast driver in it.
Personally “ mostly “ I don’t pick for winning, I pick for liking or not liking a car and especially if the setup works.

But after reading the above I can see it creating a forever multiple types of arguments. ( that would be a never ending , a none win situations ).

So in the end I can see the complexity of actually applying it.

I still don’t think it works at all, no one wants to drive the RSR 911, everyone goes for the Corvette,

No one BOPS the Toyota lmp1 even though once you get to grips with the MGU application, the Audi does not stand a chance unless you go to Le Mans..
Personally I like driving the diesel., so I will always go for the Audi.
And actually enjoy the challenge of trying to close the gap. Which is mostly impossible.

I have been left standing by the Toyota, with the same difference of speed to a GT3 I have just passed.

So no conclusion.

 

[The Almighty Snark]

I still don’t think it works at all, no one wants to drive the RSR 911, everyone goes for the Corvette,

I don't think this is accurate? I think plenty of people still pick the 911. The BoP system came into existence when we started racing with the RSS GT cars that turned out to be lovely but had some differences. That BoP was setup on a test server where a lot of people did a lot of laps which definitely helps.

Vehicle based BoP works great in real life as the GT scene has shown. BTCC also has a vehicle BoP but does do a driver BoP as well to spice up the races which too works quite well.

 

[H_Belane]

Interesting discussion. I don't think the system is that good now. I'll give an example of this. Let's assume a very fast driver drives every race with the same car that everyone knows is the slowest, and wins every time because he is by far the best driver. Where does this lead us?