AC Shelby Cobra S1, S/C @ Laguna Seca - Mo 21st July 2014

Georg Siebert · Jul 18, 2014

"Stars 'n' Stripes"

Event details

Server: #2
Max servers: 1 (2)
Max number of participants: 15 (30)
Cars: Shelby Cobra S1, Shelby Cobra S/C
Cars download: click here (0.25)
Track: Laguna Seca
Track download: click here (v.2.2)

Booking: 18:00 GMT
Qualifying: 19:00 GMT
Race: 20:00 GMT
Race distance: 18 laps

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Notes

This event

Server will be up, close to or at 18:00 GMT.
Booking starts at 18:00 GMT.
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Penalties will be enabled during this event.
Time of day will be set at 14:00h for Qualifying.
No changing grip levels set on server.
Set your surface in the race options to 'Optimum'.
Standing Start for the race.
This event has a minimal number of 5 participants to take place.
This track can hold 24 cars, because of the high LOD (Level of Detail) of this particular car however, the maximum number of participants will be set to 15.
In case of significantly more sign ups, a second server will be made available.

In general

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Priority access
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Entry List

Georg Siebert
Akis Kevrekidis
Andrej Svajger
Olly Stevenson
Tobias Röhner
Stelios Fevgatos
Michael Burke
Gabriel Sterr
Daniel Petko
Jimi Nisula
Galin Dimov
Torben Sauthoff
Ries Notenboom
Henri Sinik
Andrew Mooney

UTP: 23

Georg Siebert · Jul 18, 2014

Tips and Tricks section
(comprised of factual information and personal racing experience)

This car

click here for a submitted setup for the Shelby Cobra S1 at this track.
click here for a submitted setup for the Shelby Cobra S1 at Blackwood.
click here to read through the discussion in the download area of this car.
The main difference between the S1 and S/C version are the number of gears - 5 for the former and 4 for the latter. Other than that, they should be equal.
These cars are modelled after their counterparts in full glory metal - soft suspension, a heavy front, a light rear, massive power & torque, prone to oversteer in almost every situation.
To get through the race safely, you have to adress the following three issues by 'better driving' or through setup changes or through both: braking stability (or lack thereof), the (too) soft suspension and the (humongous) oversteer.
To do that, either apply all steering, braking and acceleration very gently and/or work primarily with the braking- and acceleration differential, harder springs & dampers, the toe and more front brake bias. Look up my setup guide linked in the OP for further information.
Drive this car more like a 'dragster' than a high grip sports car -> aim & shoot.
Pick the 'Vintage Racing' tyres for the most grip.
Tyre wear and tyre degradation is of no concern.

This track

Laguna Seca is the world famous mid-sized, mid-speed circuit in sunny California.
Mostly famous for one particular corner, but we will look here at all corners (consult the map).
You don't have to drive down the narrow pit exit up to T2. Look at the map and go onto the track right away, if you come out of the pits.
Good and (if done right) fruitful overtaking opportunites are Turns 2, 3, 5, 10, 11.
Try not to attempt overtaking maneuvers in Turns 4, 6, 7-9. They will mostly end in tears.
Generally, brake early and carry speed to the next corner.
Use stationary objects on the side for brake markers.
Get a 'sense of urgency' - put your foot down, if you think you can and if you have trust in your car.
You should get into a rhythm quickly and follow the track almost unconsciously.
T1: lift off gently to avoid lift of oversteer coming over the crest just after the star/finish-line (only with the Cobra)
T2: 2 Apexes 1 corner - the safe way is to brake early and to hit both apexes - the 0.2 to 0.4s (with the Cobra) faster way is to brake late & hard into the middle, rotate the car slowly and give it the beans afterwards
T3: simple one
T4: simple again, but faster
T5: brake early, use the banking for a slingshot
T6: blind one - brake earlier than you want to and hit the apex precisely
T7/T8/T8A - The corkscrew complex, here we go:
Drive at the left side of the road or in the middle, not at the right
Aim diagonally across the road to the right
Brake before the crest at T7
Let go of the brake, stabilise the car, aim for the small curb on the right
Brake again, now you see T8
If you turn into T8 from the right hand side, congratulations, if you do from the middle of the road, thats ok, if you do from the left side, not so much
Turn in, aim for the curbs and let yourself drop, accelerate early - you can loose a lot of time here
Sway the car firmly from the exit of T8A to the middle or the outside of the road
Hold off turn in
Let go of the throttle, no brakes, weight-transfer to the front, then turn in and hit the inside and then the outside curb of T9 precisely
Swing quickly to the left, brake early for T10 and use the banking for a slingshot again
Definition: "The most important corner of a track, is the one that leads onto the longest straight."
T11: rather simple - turn in steadily and accelerate early
And this was a lap of the famous Laguna Seca. Que applause.

In general

A turn is defined by a 'Change in direction'.
Be sure to practice race starts with cold tyres to get a clean and fast getaway from the grid - this is also a safety issue to avoid spins and accidents right after the lights go out.
You may also share your setups with a short description in the 'Assetto Corsa Setups' forum.
Be careful during overtaking and give your fellow drivers enough room to maneuver.
Make sure you are sufficiently far alongside the car you want to overtake before committing to a move. Additionally, be sure your fellow driver sees you and is aware/can sense/can predict where you are /where you will be in the next couple of seconds. This will massively reduce unnecessary contact and clumsy accidents.
The virtual rear mirror (press F11), the red triangles at the corners of your screen pointing at a close car and a regular look back (map a button) will help you with that.

Track map

Queequeg · Jul 20, 2014

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Dany Five · Jul 20, 2014

Sign me in please.

Akis · Jul 20, 2014

Andrej Svajger · Jul 20, 2014

Hope i can survive these 18 laps, count me in please. Is anybody else having the 95% CPU occupancy warning on Laguna with even 7 AI Cobra opponents?

Georg Siebert · Jul 20, 2014

Andrej Svajger said:
Hope i can survive these 18 laps, count me in please. Is anybody else having the 95% CPU occupancy warning on Laguna with even 7 AI Cobra opponents?

Yes, get it too.

Olly Stevenson · Jul 20, 2014

I'm up for this one! Have to check I'm actually moving in this car after driving the Lotus 98

Yes I get the CPU warning with AI on this one, and some other modded tracks too.

Andrej Svajger · Jul 20, 2014

Georg Siebert said:
Yes, get it too.

Hope this won't affect the race. I'm having rather old setup with i7 2600@3.4, Gigabyte 570GTX and 16GB, if the load will be to big, i'll just go into pits after start and watch 3rd person.

Olly Stevenson · Jul 20, 2014

Andrej Svajger said:
Hope this won't affect the race. I'm having rather old setup with i7 2600@3.4, Gigabyte 570GTX and 16GB, if the load will be to big, i'll just go into pits after start and watch 3rd person.

You should be fine. Multiplayer CPU load is much less than against the AI. It's all the AI behaviour that hogs the CPU rather than the graphics of the cars

Turn post-processing effects off though if you want to maximise your frame rate. The PPE can almost cut FPS in half sometimes

Georg Siebert · Jul 20, 2014

Andrej Svajger said:
Hope this won't affect the race. I'm having rather old setup with i7 2600@3.4, Gigabyte 570GTX and 16GB, if the load will be to big, i'll just go into pits after start and watch 3rd person.

Your CPU load doing a race with AI cars is not the same as doing one with the same number of MP drivers. AC uses up one CPU thread to calculate the AI behavior. This falls aside in MP. If anything, your FPS should be limited by the GPU.

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