AC Multiclass Abarth500/Mazda MX5@Sydney Motorsports Park, Wed 8th November 2023

[Kek700]

Something is screwed up with my system. Discord will not show page with server plus i keep getting checksum kicked message. What a piss off. Yes my track is fresh, yes the Suzuki is fresh also. If anyone has any ideas just let me know after the race guys. I can get on other servers so i have no clue. Totally pissed off now

I have been having some issues of late, discord, that I would not know??
But you can race without that until you get that sorted, but the racing is another matter.
You must have got an error message from CM, what did it say!!!!

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

Well that would have been 1 of my greatest races on RD since i joined many many years ago,,IF i had,nt miscalculated my fuel by 1 lousey Litre, i probably would have got 1st...Qualified 3rd and within 10 meters i was up in front slowly pulling away from the field..Robert,Thomas.Jason were slugging it out behind so a gap was forming behind the others..Early pit-stop brought me out in 6th so it was just a matter of keeping pace and waiting for others to pit to move back up the ladder..Fast forward 30 mins and its me and @Twoddle (Jason) battling it out,and i mean battling it out..That little Swift can corner like its on rails but on the open straights..Well game on Mazda..My revised set-up worked a treat letting me give it more throttle in the corners without stepping out too much,but the close racing me and Jason had was great,closing the gap on cornering me pulling away on any slight straight,each lap Jason getting that bit closer,me having to defend every corner...Until about 7 mins to go..Good Old Jim pops up with 2 litres remaining..
..EH!!!..I put an extra 1ltr in just in case..I always do,so something gone array there..Anyway i had to re-pit for the extra litre which saw me drop to 3rd..Awsome good clean racing Jason,you had me working flat out to keep you behind.i was sweating and just knackered after that race..Well done to other podium and to you guys for keeping these races alive..Till the next 1..

 

[Kek700]

First, i notice you have your shifter is up for sale, are you now a paddling man???
Second, i always add an extra lap of fuel, certainly will not slow you down, but going to the wire will lose you a race.
I was a bit shocked that your battle, really did not slow both your pace down, i manage to cut it down from 20 seconds to 8 seconds but that took 14 laps, plus I was rather hoping you would punt each other off.

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

First, i notice you have your shifter is up for sale

Yes Ernie,i can no longer use them,i,ve got Carpal Tunnel in both hands which has been getting worse,paddles now make it a bit easier..

 

[gearwhine]

I have been having some issues of late, discord, that I would not know??
But you can race without that until you get that sorted, but the racing is another matter.
You must have got an error message from CM, what did it say!!!!

Did not say anything mate, it just cancelled race with no message. It is possible i did not do a fresh install during an update. It can be a problem sometimes. Discord is working but will not let me join the group logged in. I think it is working on other groups. All fixable I'm sure

 

[HF2000]

Guys, to continue our quest for a worthy rwd adversary for the MX5 Cup I've set up the server 2 for testing on Watkins again. This time with the Lotus Elise SC and SC Steps 2 with the slick tyres of the Abarth added.

So if you want to have a go, first add those tyres too otherwise you will get an checksum error.

 

[Kek700]

Do i add the tyres to the other two or do i remove the original 2 and rep with the one set.
i am not really the one to test RWD but i thought i would attempt to try and not get a checksum, yep, got a checksum.
3 sets of tyres did this checksum for me

 

[HF2000]

Do i add the tyres to the other two or do i remove the original 2 and rep with the one set.
i am not really the one to test RWD but i thought i would attempt to try and not get a checksum, yep, got a checksum.
3 sets of tyres did this checksum for me

After replacing (actual adding) you should see this:

 

[Kek700]

No still check sum, did the same for lotus SC and Lotus step 2 .
the problems are with the umpteen variations of CM and the one persons CM when he sets the Server.
Are others having the problem. of course it says check sum, but you do not know why, at least i do not.
unfortunately if i enter with the Suzuki still gets a check sum.

 

[Kek700]

This means i and maybe other will not be able to race...

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

Im getting Checksum too

 

[Kek700]

Lotus SC was interesting, could get middle 2-06 but was very difficult to go faster or slower.
Lotus SC2 could get 2-03 something, easy to find more speed, pace was more variable.

Still got check sum in CM, used vanilla AC

 

[Twoddle]

Checksum. It seems that tyre changes always cause the checksum issue, maybe just try the lotus without the tyre change for now.

the mazda lap times are in the 2:08's looking at when we last ran this track.