AC Mazda MX5@Brands Hatch, Wednesday 6th April 2022

[stigs2cousin]

Preliminary report on the BTCC cars:

with a little amount of tinkering with the setup ( and absolut no mercy for the soft slicks which will be toast in 20laps) I can put the Beemer and the Volvo within 1/10 and the Primera Ballerina with 1,5sec behind. That was theoretical time because she tried to kill me EVERY FRIGGING LAP )

Probably there is a way to set her up to not snap oversteer if you think about lifting but I can´t be assed to find out. That task should be done by someone how gives a about FWD PrimaBallerinas.

MFG Carsten

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

I can smell a win for me Wednesday!

Not with that time you posted....

 

[Douglas Aird]

Not with that time you posted....

That was last year, he's much faster now.

So are a few of the rest of us, though.

 

[Douglas Aird]

Preliminary report on the BTCC cars:

with a little amount of tinkering with the setup ( and absolut no mercy for the soft slicks which will be toast in 20laps) I can put the Beemer and the Volvo within 1/10 and the Primera Ballerina with 1,5sec behind. That was theoretical time because she tried to kill me EVERY FRIGGING LAP )

Probably there is a way to set her up to not snap oversteer if you think about lifting but I can´t be assed to find out. That task should be done by someone how gives a about FWD PrimaBallerinas.

MFG Carsten

Thanks for the research, Carsten, hopefully you didn't lose too much Brands Hatch practice time.

 

[stigs2cousin]

Thanks for the research, Carsten, hopefully you didn't lose too much Brands Hatch practice time.

No worries, I thought of that.

The testing took place at Brands Hatch

MFG Carsten

 

[HF2000]

That was last year, he's much faster now.

So are a few of the rest of us, though.

I meant that I would be the only Audi left!
With the Mazda I would be lucky if I don't get lapped.

 

[Douglas Aird]

No worries, I thought of that.

The testing took place at Brands Hatch

MFG Carsten

Of course you did.

 

[stigs2cousin]

I meant that I would be the only Audi left!
With the Mazda I would be lucky if I don't get lapped.

Oh, you poor sheep

 

[Fiberoptix]

Personally I love Brands Hatch, home Wednesday so should be good to join. I would like to go Mazda but there is such an imbalance I have gone Audi for now. I will swap if you change to a Mazda only race.

 

[HF2000]

@JamKart22 @Kek700 @Fiberoptix
Proposal: If we don't have at least 6 Audi's on Wednesday at an hour before the event starts, I will change our cars to a Mazda. Do you agree?
You maybe want to practice with the MX5 in case of.

 

[pcmoreno]

@JamKart22 @Kek700 @Fiberoptix
Proposal: If we don't have at least 6 Audi's on Wednesday at an hour before the event starts, I will change our cars to a Mazda. Do you agree?
You maybe want to practice with the MX5 in case of.

so a full grid of mazdas? That would be pretty cool. especially since the definition of what a corner is on this track is pretty vague

 

[HF2000]

As there were only six that voted for Ernie's proposal for a rule: "Audi's not overtaking Mazda's near or in a corner" we're not going to do that now in this race.

But I have no problem if a Mazda is taking a defensive line if he doesn't want to be overtaken in the coming corner or to prevent to be divebombed. Audi's have the responsibility for a safe overtake and when a Mazda driver thinks there's no safe overtake possible in a particular situation, he can make that clear for the Audi on Discord but also by driving a defensive line.

 

[JamKart22]

We have four TTs now - bad news for me is they're all faster than me :-( I'm going to switch to the Mazda as I need to concentrate on just one car.

 

[stigs2cousin]

Is there nothing else to do for you chaps on a monday?
Like maybe working??

If we go all Mazda I´m all for it.
(I´m still crieing into my pillow from the trauma divebombing Audis did to me on my first Multiclass here in B.H.)


MFG Carsten

 

[JamKart22]

I don't work anymore

 

[HF2000]

I'm free from work and from my wife on mondays.

 

[Shed 17]

I'm retired and raining here so garden makeover off for the day .

 

[HF2000]

On the BTCC cars: I tried all three of them on the Deutschlandring (my favorite testtrack). I'm about 3s slower with the Volvo but the others are within a second of eachother which is very close for a 10km circuit. But I did only three laps with each car.
But they are a delight on this track. Now thinking of a Fat-Alfie championship with these cars.
Will try them on the Battenbergring (looks like this one is coming soon) also.

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

Are these BTCC cars a DLC??..Im my own boss so i do what i like.

 

[HF2000]

All three are free mods.

• BMW 320 BTCC
• Nissan Primera BTCC
• Volvo S40 BTCC