rF2 Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) @ Daytona Road Course - Mon 2nd March

[Frederic Schornstein]

I have to sign out or at least convert my sign-up to a maybe. Got very little sleep last night and I don't want to fall a sleep at 200mph

 

[Yuri]

I have to sign out or at least convert my sign-up to a maybe. Got very little sleep last night and I don't want to fall a sleep at 200mph

ah I qualified 6th without too much sleep saturday you should be fine

 

[Frederic Schornstein]

ah I qualified 6th without too much sleep saturday you should be fine

Yes, but I have to get up early tomorrow again

 

[Simon Christmann]

Yes, but I have to get up early tomorrow again

Always these excuses

 

[Andreas Oehrlich]

Sign me up to a maybe pls

 

[Yuri]

Put me up as maybe, I'm still feeling sick so I might not make it

 

[Pär Öqvist]

I get random crashes. Either directly joining the server or I can get it after some 10 laps or so.

Tried uninstalling the newer version of the SCES cars but didn´t seem to make a difference.

 

[Jason]

im in

 

[Gijs van Elderen]

I'm going to restart the server...

==> server is back up

 

[Andreas Oehrlich]

Sorry guys I didnt finish the race.
The flying start didnt work here properly. I was on P3 on the left side just behind Pär but he slowed down and I had to overtake him because I got a warning that I was too slow. So OK, the SC bacame yellow and I followed it on the left side like my chat-spooter told me. Now I was directly behind the SC and Gjis on my right side who qualified on P2.
Everything fine I guessed.
I tried to stay behind Gijs but I got another warning beeing too slow so I had to keep the leading position (I guess Gijs was also confused like me ). On startfinsh line I accelerated and boom, I got a 10s penalty and was also one lap down and Gijs experienced the same punishment.

In general I finish such a race anyway. Sorry I gave up but I was just frustrated about the game

See you next time.

PS: That was not my first flying start in rf2 but if somebody know what I did wrong behind SC pls tell me

 

[Pär Öqvist]

Sorry for the first start. I just read formation lap I didn´t read safety car and no flooring before getting green light.

Second start I started to get messages to stay behind stefan woudenberg. I started looking left and right and back like an owl. Where the heck is Stefan Woudenberg

Stopped and found him in the back of the pack which the game seem satisfied with for a while. Then I started to get messages to stay behind Guys. But game seem satisfied with me behind Woudenberg he was yellow 80 % of the time

I was looking forward a hunt in the back. I managed to stay out of trouble the first laps and then it was just smooth sailing. I made an endurance race at SimHQ with this car and track some weeks ago and had such a great setup I could drive it blindfolded as there was a ton of rubber as well. Took hards so had no problem with tire wear.

 

[Gijs van Elderen]

SC was a distaster.

Nothing you guys could do about it. Only help to "debug" it during the formation lap. By doing what the game wants you to do. But that was crazy task: the game-grid positions changed constantly.

But these bugs, you mostly find out when it is too late.

 

[Simon Christmann]

For me the start was fine.
But after some laps even while driving it save my rear tires keep heating up even on the straights. And after Per passed me i started spin each corner even when driving only 60kph

Sorry @Stefan Woudenberg that i started moving in T1. Silly mistake Wont happen again

 

[Joao Fernandes]

Pretty good race for me.
With the slower Lola i knew that it would be difficult to be in the top positions. To my surprise i was gaining positions and i couldn't believe i was riding in 2nd.
Alone up there i saw that Gijs was gaining several seconds each lap and was a little worried but there was nothing i could do but keep going without making mistakes and hope for the best.
Managed to secure the 2nd place avoiding problems and keeping a consistent pace.

 

[Stefan Woudenberg]

Sorry @Stefan Woudenberg that i started moving in T1. Silly mistake Wont happen again

No worries there, it was only a shame as it was my only change to challenge Joao who was a couple of seconds in front of me at that time. The incident costed me at least 2 minutes overall and dropped from 3rd to last position.

It was good to drive my car again. The last time was with the VSC and I almost forgot the fun it us to drive. I am thinking on working on it again to get the last physics sorted (tires and drag / downforce).

Will surely drive my LMP this friday again. Compared to the other LMP's it will probably be a LMP2 car.

 

[Daiman Patel]

Interesting race - great fun! Reminded me why I love LMP cars so much!

After the restart things were going well - I was up to 2nd, and challenging for 1st before Turn 3, the International Horseshoe, happened. Cold tires caused me to spin, and I quickly dropped down the order. Nonetheless, I got back on to the track and put my foot down, with @Matt Horst fast approaching.

Unfortunately, unbeknownst to me at the time, my rear tires were heating up rather quickly, and after a few laps I could feel my rear starting to slip. A couple of spins later I pitted for a tire change, but in the panic I accidentally deactivated the pit limiter in the pit lane and topped up the fuel tank. After this all I could do to salvage my race was to put down my foot again.

With a new set of hard tires the car felt golden, except for the fact that I had 90 litres of fuel on board. I was essentially stone dead last, and went on the hunt for @Stefan Woudenberg in the P2 Lola. Shortly before the end of the race I did manage to finally pass.

In spite of all the frustrations I enjoyed myself, and am looking forward to using this car (hopefully with a bit more success) for the WEC event on Friday.