AC Porsche 944 Turbo Cup at Barcelona City Circuit | Friday Dec 29 2023

dbx71 · Dec 21, 2023

Welcome to the RD Race Club!

Let's get behind the wheel of some fun-to-drive Porsche 944 Turbo Cup cars and tear through the streets of Barcelona in the late afternoon. Bring on the holiday cheer!

Hope to see you then!

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11:00 PDT | 19:00 UTC | 30 minutes - Official Practice
11:30 PDT | 19:30 UTC | 30 minutes - Qualification
12:00 PDT | 20:00 UTC | 30 minutes - RACE
Practice server available during the week. Same password.

Event details:

Cars
- Porsche 944 Turbo Cup
- 57.93 MB file on MEGA
  
  mega.nz
Barcelona City ACU
239.14 MB folder on MEGA

mega.nz
Pit stop: NOT Mandatory
Tyre blankets: Yes
Track Road temperature: 30 Celsius
Track grip: 100%
Track limits: No more than 2 wheels over the white/yellow line without a lift of the gas please. You will be penalized if you break this rule.
Damage: 10%
Fuel Consumption: 100%
Tyre wear: 100%
Difficulty: Beginner friendly

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KFMaster · Dec 22, 2023

Hi Dominic,

Where do I find the Barcelona City ADU track?
Not sure if I will be able join the race on 29th, but would still like to drive the 944 Turbo. That was the car I dreamed to have in my younger days!

dbx71 · Dec 22, 2023

Hey Dai!,
Yeah, the 944 was always one of my favorites as well. That's why when I heard about this mod I couldn't resist.
I was fortunate enough to have one, but it was the poor man's version (non-turbo). I still loved it though and had a hell of a lot of fun with it. I miss that car!

Anyways, about the track: yeah, it's actually a bit tricky to find now. Han did a Wednesday race there a while back, and I really liked the track. It's not so easy to find a good link to it now though. Seems to be buried in YouTube videos or suspicious outside sites.

Maybe @HF2000 can help us locate a legit link to the track?

KFMaster · Dec 22, 2023

Thanks Dominic. In case we could no longer get a legit link to Barcelona City track, may I suggest Mugello? I don't believe any of our series here raced on it this year, but it is a really nice track to drive on. It has a good mix of high and mid speed corners and no chicane.

dbx71 · Dec 22, 2023

KFMaster said:
Thanks Dominic. In case we could no longer get a legit link to Barcelona City track, may I suggest Mugello? I don't believe any of our series here raced on it this year, but it is a really nice track to drive on. It has a good mix of high and mid speed corners and no chicane.

Any track without a chicane is already a winner in my book!
Yes, I believe we did a GT3 race (and multi-class) on that one a while back if I'm remembering correctly... That was a good one indeed... Let me see how things go with Barcelona City first.
Thanks for the suggestion.

Twoddle · Dec 22, 2023

I'm assuming we can't share the track ourselves if we can't find it? It might be worth changing track then.

dbx71 · Dec 22, 2023

Twoddle said:
I'm assuming we can't share the track ourselves if we can't find it? It might be worth changing track then.

I thought about that but I believe RD policy states that we are not allowed to deep save mods or other content without permission from original creator and/or bypass their website for downloads unless it is available here on RD.
Thought I saw this policy language once but not sure where to find it now.
It would be a shame to switch tracks, I’ve done some testing laps of this combo and it’s really a blast.
Many of us already have the track but I’m sure @HF2000 will get us pointed in the right direction and let us know how we can obtain that track for those that don’t have it already.

Twoddle · Dec 22, 2023

I have just done a few laps and it looks like we will need 115+L of fuel and the car only holds 80L so a pit stop for fuel is definitely required.

dbx71 · Dec 22, 2023

Twoddle said:
I have just done a few laps and it looks like we will need 115+L of fuel and the car only holds 80L so a pit stop for fuel is definitely required.

Thanks for heads up, I missed that. I'm surprised to hear that a pit is needed for a 30 min race. I'll have to adjust the race settings then to open a pit window.

How did the server look when you were in there? was it night time? Or late afternoon?

Twoddle · Dec 22, 2023

ohhh, the thread says 60 min race. if its only 30min race then less that 60L would be needed

dbx71 · Dec 22, 2023

Twoddle said:
ohhh, the thread says 60 min race. if its only 30min race then less that 60L would be needed

CORRECTED - 30 Min Race.
Thx.

HF2000 · Dec 22, 2023

dbx71 said:
I thought about that but I believe RD policy states that we are not allowed to deep save mods or other content without permission from original creator and/or bypass their website for downloads unless it is available here on RD.
Thought I saw this policy language once but not sure where to find it now.
It would be a shame to switch tracks, I’ve done some testing laps of this combo and it’s really a blast.
Many of us already have the track but I’m sure @HF2000 will get us pointed in the right direction and let us know how we can obtain that track for those that don’t have it already.

We used this track before and I think we figured out that the track is OK.

dbx71 · Dec 22, 2023

Link to track added at top of thread.

KFMaster · Dec 26, 2023

Thanks for posting the link to the track Dominic!

This is a super fun track unlike the normal street tracks. It has all the Armco barriers on the right side, pun intended, the inside of turns with plenty of space to the outside if I messed up. The details of the track is incredible. I was doing some slow mo replay to look at my drive and realized I can actually see all the individual blocks of stone that formed the lips of the side walk!

And the 944 is just a blast to drive, very nicely balanced! Still way off pace though, but great fun practicing to improve on lap times.

Allan Ramsbottom · Dec 26, 2023

C,mon guys sign up,this is super fun...The 944 is pretty well balanced and the sound of the Turbo chatter is ace..

stigs2cousin · Dec 26, 2023

So wanted to try one of my "beloved" city tracks again and this is what I get:

That would explain why CM refused to install it, but manual installation did no good either.

Any ideas, guys?

dbx71 · Dec 26, 2023

stigs2cousin said:
So wanted to try one of my "beloved" city tracks again and this is what I get:

View attachment 716301

That would explain why CM refused to install it, but manual installation did no good either.

Any ideas, guys?

Hi Carsten,
Sorry you’re having trouble with this track installation. Interesting, I didn’t get those issues at all.
Let me make some updates to the files and I’ll reupload it.

dbx71 · Dec 26, 2023

stigs2cousin said:
So wanted to try one of my "beloved" city tracks again and this is what I get:

View attachment 716301

That would explain why CM refused to install it, but manual installation did no good either.

Any ideas, guys?

ok, I made some updates to the track files to update previews and track map, etc. uploaded to same folder as before, replacing previous version. please try to download and install again.
also, the correct one to select in your track list above would be 'Barcelona City Circuit (2)'.

let me know if that works now. thx!