AC GT3 @ Road America - Sunday 16th August 2020

[Interslice]

No worries @FischBoB . Luckily i smashed straight through you with no spin and I was only slowed down. I did get slowed up then by having to avoid the further carnage and ended up back in 14th or 15th by the end of lap 1. Seemed to be alot of people in the mid pack trying to force overtakes that wern't on in the first lap... Was happy to drag myself up to 9th by the half way pitstop. Unfortunately had 2 spins in the lonely second stint and couldn't catch up to the cars ahead.

Thanks again chris for organising Moving house and on holidays for 2 weeks so not sure if I'll be able to make it the next few sundays.

 

[Spilskinanka]

Tough one, should have had 5th but I should have let Patrick through, he was on new softs and I was on 50 minute old mediums, the result a contact and then further spins from hot tyres. Had a few good fights with people in the first stint though.

Ah well, on to the next.

 

[Partick Eaton]

That was great fun. Jirne and i had a great race for last place. I think we were close for the last third of the race.

I need more time with these cars. Sunday is a better race day for me, so we may meet again!

Congrats to the winners and thanks for hosting Chris!

 

[Toruc Macta]

First race here in over a year and damn did it feel great!
I need to learn not to spin ten times and then I'll probably be able to beat Pat and only be second to last. Great race Pat! Rematch soon

 

[Luca Badin]

I can't qualify to save my life, so p10 was pretty good for my standards and I was hoping for a good race - too bad I got bowled out of the way in T1. From then on it was a pretty bog-standard race I guess, I got into an unexpected fight with @hape for top 10 but he made a really nice overtake on the outside of Canada Corner, so that didn't last long either.

For some reason, I decided to try triple screens this time, looks pretty immersive but framerate wasn't great and I could feel dips here and there. Nice experiment, but I'm not sure I'm going to do that again online unless I retire the 770 and get a better card.

Had a really good qualifying and startet on P5, just to get hit by a Porsche in the first corner and get puncht off in the grass on the inside. (went through the grass and took out @Interslice and @Luca Badin. Sorry about that but wasn't able to stop the car.)

Don't worry, it wasn't your fault - though it definitely was my fault in the back straight, when a Porsche in front of me decided he would coast and cut across the kink. Understeered into the grass to try and avoid him, and in trying to keep control I had a Vettel in Montreal 2019 moment, and didn't realise I was heading to the right that much. I'm sorry.


Anyway, congrats to the podium finishers and see you next time!

 

[Chris Down]

I'd also like to say how nice it is to see regulars like @pattikins and @HTIDRaver2k8 back Having most of the racers as regulars definitely makes it feel more like a club, I really love racing with you all. Thanks everyone for keeping me sane through all this weird stuff the world is going through.

 

[Norkin]

Whoah what race!! With very little training my quali sucked again, but got to P5 at the end. It wasn’t my best place, but absolutely the best race what comes to tough battles with atleast @jemmari and @Spilskinanka at the beginning of the race. Matt got away with 1xtires strategy, but got him at last laps (after he spun I think).

The whole race was so intense that it really was the funniest race for me during this 6 months I’ve done simracing. @Aksu did a incredible thing coming from last to 3rd and gaining over 30sec cap from me for example
Really looking forward next weeks race!

here is the results:

Result 200816-26P - lilski_road_america - Unknown or offline - Assetto Corsa - Simresults

Result 200816-26P - lilski_road_america - Unknown or offline - Assetto Corsa - Simresults - The results viewer for your favorite race sims.

simresults.net

 

[Spilskinanka]

Yeah Miika, that was after the contact with Patrick.

 

[HTIDRaver2k8]

Nice to be back, sadly on rejoining the track I think I clipped someone T1.

Had to drop to the back as I couldn't see who it was I might have tagged

After that it all went to sh*t

 

[GEO147]

Yeah Miika, that was after the contact with Patrick.

The memories

 

[Medilloni]

Thanks for putting on tonight's race @Chris Down , really appreciated... and congrats to the podium guys

Thought I'd escaped the first corner fook up and felt in a good place, only to be hit off line by Aki in T3, then taken out by Nuno in T4, dammit! Oh well, next one...

 

[Chris Down]

As usual, my VR onboard. Quite an exciting one this time battling with @GEO147.

The whole of the first 30 minutes is just battling with George. Second stint, it's all about keeping up the pace. You can also witness my shock when out of fuel

 

[SOLO59]

Sorry to the driver about half way through the race at the right hander following the back straight.

You almost passed me when I was disconnected from the server. Your car as reappearing unpredictably due to me losing connection. Really sorry about that. I stayed off track to let you pass and until I was connected again. Wierd, never ever happened to me before.

After the race, I connected to a vpn in uk and jumped on practice server and ping as finally in the green at about 110ms. But no other cars on track though. Next time I race on RD, I'll try out the vpn (using express vpn). I've done some research and vpn's can help with ping. And yes, I'm using ethernet.

Made too many mistakes in qualy and started P15 I think.

Jumped to P9 by the second lap. Dropped back to P11/12 (can't remember) until I lost connection.

Should have kept med tires for the whole race. My tires were really good when I pit at the last minute. But didn't know how to change pit strategy in the puts. I know now though with the keyboard arrows buttons. Damn could have maybe got P11, but P12 it is.

Porche was really fun to drive. I put together some consistent laps at times.

Congrats to Chris for the W, podiums and to all who finished and came out

Oh, I also made contact with a orange 650s on the back straight. I didn't know you would peak up my right side. I slowed down but moderately lol and let him by shortly after the start finish line

 

[hape]

I can't qualify to save my life, so p10 was pretty good for my standards and I was hoping for a good race - too bad I got bowled out of the way in T1. From then on it was a pretty bog-standard race I guess, I got into an unexpected fight with @hape for top 10 but he made a really nice overtake on the outside of Canada Corner, so that didn't last long either.

thx for the nice words Luca. The trick is (as always) the consistency. (first 3 consistency)

George M	ks_mclaren_650_gt3	99.36% <> 0.8002
Chris D	ks_mclaren_650_gt3	99.13% <> 1.0918
Hape G	ks_mclaren_650_gt3	98.82% <> 1.4958

I have one ride on the grass (and this destroys a better consistency) but the times on the other rounds are consistent.



hape

 

[GEO147]

Congrats Hape I didn't realise you got a podium

 

[Chris Down]

It's hot, it's humid. Let's go somewhere more relaxing this week: it's Monza, and we'd love to see you back

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[pattikins]

thx for the nice words Luca. The trick is (as always) the consistency. (first 3 consistency)

George M	ks_mclaren_650_gt3	99.36% <> 0.8002
Chris D	ks_mclaren_650_gt3	99.13% <> 1.0918
Hape G	ks_mclaren_650_gt3	98.82% <> 1.4958

I have one ride on the grass (and this destroys a better consistency) but the times on the other rounds are consistent.



hape

Bloody teacher's pets .

 

[hape]

Congrats Hape I didn't realise you got a podium

hi George
because i can never reach it i have to be delighted by the small things i can reach. But congrats to your fantastic second place and that you can overtake Chris a few times.
hape

 

[Medilloni]

Hi All... has anyone got a replay of last night they could send? Would be greatly appreciated as I've accidentally erased mine Thanks in advance!

 

[Luca Badin]

Hi All... has anyone got a replay of last night they could send? Would be greatly appreciated as I've accidentally erased mine Thanks in advance!

Sure! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OE74MhKu2GrSHIi8lvi5nxltpcnX1elU/view?usp=sharing