AC *S.GP only* Alfa Stradale @ Nords - Mon 20 Jul 2020

[Denis Betty]

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Cars: Alf a romeo 33 Stradale
Track : Nordschleife

Schedule: Monday 20th July 2020
Practice: 19:00 UTC (30 minutes)
Qualifying: 19:30 UTC (20 minutes)
Race: 19:50 UTC (40 minutes)

PRACTICE SERVER IS UP!

 

[Denis Betty]

Can I remind everybody that this is an RD club racing event and as such, is subject to ourRacing Club Rules. Please pay extra special attention to The Golden Rule, Track limits Rule and Blue flag rule.
Anybody who is adjudged to have broken these rules - especially The Golden Rule - will be subject to a ban from racing at RD. This is not a public server - rule breakers & wreckers will not be tollerated.

Thank you.

 

[HF2000]

Oh, I'm so going to enjoy this one!!

And I see that you have changed qually to 20 min and the race to 40 min. Nice!!!

 

[HF2000]

@Denis Betty Yesterday I got a penalty for going off track in the corkscrew. Which penalties are configured for our races? Is there a list of them?

 

[Denis Betty]

@Denis Betty Yesterday I got a penalty for going off track in the corkscrew. Which penalties are configured for our races? Is there a list of them?

No mate, it's hard to know what penalties are on tbh. I never heard of the penalty that you got. AFAIK the gas cut penalty no longer applies. I haven't heard of anybody else getting one. But you got a stop and go or something? Maybe track dependant? Try turning off penalties in CM, maybe that has some bearing... it shouldn't but maybe it's a bug. I dunno, that's all I can think. @Neilski , @Chris Down @Medilloni any ideas?

 

[Neilski]

No mate, it's hard to know what penalties are on tbh. I never heard of the penalty that you got. AFAIK the gas cut penalty no longer applies. I haven't heard of anybody else getting one. But you got a stop and go or something? Maybe track dependant? Try turning off penalties in CM, maybe that has some bearing... it shouldn't but maybe it's a bug. I dunno, that's all I can think. @Neilski , @Chris Down @Medilloni any ideas?

I'm confused. If the penalty that @HF2000 got wasn't a gas cut penalty then I don't know what else is left. Was it during the race?
Maybe we need to ask Tomas to let us download the generated cfg file for the server so we can debug it.

 

[HF2000]

I'm confused. If the penalty that @HF2000 got wasn't a gas cut penalty then I don't know what else is left. Was it during the race?
Maybe we need to ask Tomas to let us download the generated cfg file for the server so we can debug it.

Yes it was during the race. And @Giovanni Chiarotto also got a gas penalty in that race at the same spot (Corkscrew).
BTW he uses CM, I don't.

 

[Denis Betty]

I have to say that I've never had a gas cut penalty on S.GP.

 

[HF2000]

I have to say that I've never had a gas cut penalty on S.GP.

That makes you a decent driver, I guess . So maybe the penalties will help me to become one.

 

[RasmusP]

AC only has the gas cut penalty, no other penalties are in the game.
Apart from the lap being invalidated, ofc.

So it's either on or off but no variances.

Also ac is very lenient with track limits for the the gas cut penalty so you really have to go off a lot.
Although sadly you need to be very slow then to not receive the penalty. Once you went off track far enough, it will trigger even if you're already losing a lot of time.

Corkscrew is such a corner where you can easily go outside of the kerbs with 3 or even 4 tyres and you can't brake enough if you do it.

I'd say if there's a spot where you can get a penalty the easiest, it's that one.

So apparently sgp has penalties enabled. Which is good in general, just not for ac...

Neil, Denis or whatever staff reads this:
Feel free to move this post as I guess having it publicly, that penalties need to be completely disabled in ac for club races, might lead to people abusing it...

In AC you really have to encourage people to call other drivers out to keep it clean and within rules. The game just doesn't do anything on its own...

 

[Neilski]

AC only has the gas cut penalty, no other penalties are in the game.
Apart from the lap being invalidated, ofc.

Thanks for confirming! I think that in club races, we rely on people (a) doing the right thing cos they want to and (b) doing the right thing cos they know that if a replay shows consistent abuse, they are for the chop

Will contact the SGP folk to see if we can get to the bottom of this

 

[Interslice]

In! Who could resist an evening spin around the hills

 

[Bertje]

@Denis Betty just a quick question regarding the simracing gp beta. If I signed up on there, and I joined the discord, can I just join the server as usual from assetto corsa by searching for racedepartment?
And we are using the discord for voice chat instead of the teamspeak?

 

[Denis Betty]

Hi buddy.

Search simracing.gp and be sure to have Booking filter enabled (not crossed out). Server appears at exact start time.

Discord for voice chat yes.

 

[Neilski]

Buggeration. I forgot to sign up for the race and now it's too late

 

[HF2000]

I'm sorry Ieft. In lap 4 I hit a kerb on Pflanzgarten and went off. Someone couldn't avoid me and my car flipped over upside down so I got transported to the pits. Being second at that time I was so angry on myself it was better not to rejoin. Up until that moment I loved every minute of this event. Sorry for the guy that hit me. I hope it didn't ruin his race.

 

[Bertje]

Driving perfect laps with this combo is not possible... I had would have had another 3-4 seconds in me but kept making mistakes both in quali and the race. Had like 4 crashes during the race, which would probably have killed either the car or myself, but thank god for no damage

 

[Ross Hawkey]

Enjoyable race. Well done all. Gratz to Bart & Denis ahead.

Sorry Han for being the guy you mention. I saw the Yellow, and as I arrived, your car appeared to be on the right (and a lot of tyre smoke). I went left, but the gap narrowed at the last second. At the time I had Denis right behind, so hard braking may have been more dangerous.

I hit a kerb on Pflanzgarten and went off....Up until that moment I loved every minute of this event. Sorry for the guy that hit me. I hope it didn't ruin his race.

I'm sorry I didn't manage to avoid. I'm managed all the others in the race, but ran out of luck. Sorry you ended on your roof.

Anyway, it cost me a position (and about 11 secs), but luckily nothing more. I put in a best lap trying to close on Denis on the final lap, but sadly, the clock ran out on me

It was a shame, as we'd run very close all race. I felt really slow on the straights though. Is that a tyre pressure thing? The gear ratios were fixed, so I'm not sure where my speed on the long hill, and Dóttinger Hóhe was.

First time I'd driven this car, and it's a lot of fun.

Well done all who managed a sub 8 minute lap. Great going.

Thanks for organising. See you again soon.

 

[HF2000]

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Enjoyable race. Well done all. Gratz to Bart & Denis ahead.

Sorry Han for being the guy you mention. I saw the Yellow, and as I arrived, your car appeared to be on the right (and a lot of tyre smoke). I went left, but the gap narrowed at the last second. At the time I had Denis right behind, so hard braking may have been more dangerous.



I'm sorry I didn't manage to avoid. I'm managed all the others in the race, but ran out of luck. Sorry you ended on your roof.

Anyway, it cost me a position (and about 11 secs), but luckily nothing more. I put in a best lap trying to close on Denis on the final lap, but sadly, the clock ran out on me

It was a shame, as we'd run very close all race. I felt really slow on the straights though. Is that a tyre pressure thing? The gear ratios were fixed, so I'm not sure where my speed on the long hill, and Dóttinger Hóhe was.

First time I'd driven this car, and it's a lot of fun.

Well done all who managed a sub 8 minute lap. Great going.

Thanks for organising. See you again soon.

Did you use 5th gear on the long hill? Staying in 4th is faster there (for me). And I put rpm limiter on 109% as the damage done by that is minimal.

 

[Ross Hawkey]

Did you use 5th gear on the long hill? Staying in 4th is faster there (for me).

Yes, I stayed in 4th up the hill.

I did try 5th in practice, but it just couldn't pull anything more.

I did have an extra lap of fuel, in case it went the extra lap. Could have been that maybe.