RDSTL S1 - Super Touring League (GTR Evolution)

[Yoeri Gijsen]

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[Mateusz Marcinkowski]

Just wanted to say Im glad with my result as a rookie here, but if me and Peter could have a nice scrap in the end with no lag - I'd be even happier to finish second!

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Looks like you guys in D2 had fun... Ah well. Roll on Istanbul...

 

[Martijn van Bommel]

This race had it all:

-first time front row quallyfying
-first time raceleader
-first big crash
-first time lapped
-first time outside top 10 finish

what more can i ask for?......
Maybe first podium?
I'm gonna strike back at Istanbul...grrr:fwd:

 

[Martijn van Bommel]

reg. formation laps: i think there has been issues with every single race so far.

How difficult can it be??
Especially since this was race 5 !?

Especially if there's going to be a mixed FWD/RWD grid.

All the Extreme cars have rearwheel drive or did i miss something?

 

[Mark Birney]

Extremes are all RWD. Infact, all the cars are the same as far as I know, just different bodies and sounds. They are not just more powerful version of WTCC.

 

[Scott Malcolm]

AFter a few days thinking, I have decided not to race in this series anymore.:disapointed:

I have tried my best and I feel I am just not fast or competative enough, spend most of the week before practising only to find out I am about 6 secs off a decent enough pace. This then causes me to get in peoples road , as shown by a few blue flag monents on Saturday.

I don't know if my wheel is even setup correctly for these cars.

Would like to say thanks to Glenn for giving me a chance to run these cars and I will be available for any other series I might be interested in.

Thanks and good luck to everyone for the rest of the season.

 

[João Andias]

...Infact, all the cars are the same as far as I know, just different bodies and sounds...

I don't think they are the same; wheel distance (front-rear) for instances and diffuser I suspect :wink2:

Within the class it can be said there are 2 sub-classes, the BMW & Chevy in one and the Seat & Alfa in the other…

You can test this without decrypting the car files, just use a BMW setup in an Alfa (or vice-versa), fundamentally the setup will work well in the Alfa, but there are interesting car behavior differences (implying a different performance) :wink2:

 

[Mark Birney]

Dude, they are close enough to be within a few tenths. To me, that's no difference.

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Mark, while the cars are very close in performance, behaviour-wise they are very different. Case in point, during offline testing I found that I was faster in the Alfa than the Chevy, because it was far easier to pound around... :quiet:

AFter a few days thinking, I have decided not to race in this series anymore.:disapointed:

I have tried my best and I feel I am just not fast or competative enough, spend most of the week before practising only to find out I am about 6 secs off a decent enough pace. This then causes me to get in peoples road , as shown by a few blue flag monents on Saturday.

I don't know if my wheel is even setup correctly for these cars.

Would like to say thanks to Glenn for giving me a chance to run these cars and I will be available for any other series I might be interested in.

Thanks and good luck to everyone for the rest of the season.

:weep:

Don't be disheartened Scott. Everyone was slow once... You don't have to be competitive to run with us. If you really think you're uncompetitive, what I'd suggest is checking the leaderboards (timing.racedepartment.com), and finding a time that's around a second faster than what you can do at the time, then aiming to match that laptime. Just repeat until you get a time that you are satisfied with. Alternatively, since we're using the same car, I or some other Chevy driver can provide you with hotlap replays to work from, and there are loads of setups to download in the online files in the setup menu.

Don't feel that you need to quit because you are slow.

 

[Michel Salvador]

AFter a few days thinking, I have decided not to race in this series anymore.:disapointed:

I have tried my best and I feel I am just not fast or competative enough, spend most of the week before practising only to find out I am about 6 secs off a decent enough pace. This then causes me to get in peoples road , as shown by a few blue flag monents on Saturday.

I don't know if my wheel is even setup correctly for these cars.

Would like to say thanks to Glenn for giving me a chance to run these cars and I will be available for any other series I might be interested in.

Thanks and good luck to everyone for the rest of the season.

dont give up scott (remember practice make perfect)i stil; need to put more hour then other since i only have 6 month experience with RACE 07 + and im still learn ..
More you will race with us more you wil get better .I became better driver thx to RD that help me to set better my wheel setup,car setup ,guide, and sure racing club ,learning with the fastest drivers..BIG THX TO RD and racing communityall the drivers

And ppl that are faster then you it shoould motivated you ,that how i get my motivation,try to improve my self .
Only thing i can tell you about saturday race ,be more careful with bleu flag warning the rest all good scott,you got a good team boss ( glenn) that i know from here and ATCC league .

For your wheel setup there alot RD thread about it that did help me to set up mine.

there you go alll in RD tread about g25 setup
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=006471296525021372215%3Aum8qlpoigce&ie=UTF-8&q=g25+settings

 

[Glenn Petersen]

Hey Scott,
I hope you'll reconsider racing in this league. When I joined this league, I had only 2 months racing experience and didn't know what I was getting into. The learning curve has been steep, but the people at RD have been helpful and encouraging. There's only 2 more races coming up. Race those 2 and I'll try to help you more with setups and such. I appreciate you being on my team and showing up and putting in the efforts. You will only get better.

 

[Scott Malcolm]

Thanks guys.....I've worked out what the problem with my last race was....I had my ARCA profile selected in the logitech profiler.....was wondering what was up with the steering.:censored:
Going to give the wheel setting is Michel's thread a try , see if they are any better than what i have.
Glenn, I'll be able to manange the last 2 races so don't worry about that.

One more question..... I've signed up to iracing for 3 months, will that help me get better?

 

[Christopher Aponte]

every game is different
the most that you need to learn is get more comfy with the car that you drive the most and then build on a setup that makes it more comfortable and faster :wink:

 

[Philip Antonia]

Thanks guys.....I've worked out what the problem with my last race was....I had my ARCA profile selected in the logitech profiler.....was wondering what was up with the steering.:censored:
Going to give the wheel setting is Michel's thread a try , see if they are any better than what i have.
Glenn, I'll be able to manange the last 2 races so don't worry about that.

One more question..... I've signed up to iracing for 3 months, will that help me get better?

Scott, I did iRacing for a month and really enjoyed it (too expensive for me though ) and when I went back to Race series and GTR2 I had improved. It also prepared me well for running with real racers online as the safety rating really gets you thinking about the cars around you:good:.

 

[Frank Herfjord]

I know these cars are all RWD. But I was hoping next season would be WTCC 08, and not super touring cars.

Scott: I do a lot of iracing. But I found my Race On skills actually got worse from it. The cars handle very differently, and I find it very hard to switch between the two sims for races now. Especially going from iRacing to Race On. It is for instance not necessary to blip the throttle when downshifting in the Race On cars, but in iRacing you will need to use a bit of throttle at all times.

Also, iRacing is fiercely competitive when you get past the rookie series. A community such as we have here at RD is a much better learning environment IMO.

 

[Christopher Aponte]

RDSTL S1 - Round 6 - Istanbul 200

The Istanbul 200

Flyer by Douglas Aird

 

[Bjorn de Haas]

i wanna sign out of all events this year thank you

 

[Christopher Aponte]

Briefing

The Istanbul 200

Welcome to the sixth round of RDSTL season 1. This week we have the last of the 200km event of the season at Istanbul. We are almost at the end of the season, as we have witness Peter being winless for the last two events. Will someone beat Peter and witness Peter being winless for a 3rd event? Or will Peter fight back and dominate in style again?

Event: Istanbul 200
Track: Istanbul 06
Qualification: 19.30 GMT - 10 minutes (private superpole)
Warm-up: 19.40 GMT - 20 minutes
Race: 20.00 GMT - 49 laps (1 formation lap + 48 race laps)
Start procedure: Manual formation lap (see article 5.6 of the League Regulations)
Weather forecast: Dry (standard weather)
Server password: (Ask your team owner or check your RD GPCOS Control Center)


Incidents and Penalties of Round 5 (Brands Hatch 150)

None reported.

Good Luck in Round 6!

 

[Christopher Aponte]

thread open

 

[Dan Coldrick]

Sorry to hear Michel banned but this should be a good race, can't wait