AC Test event 24h time multiplier@LeMans, Tue 14th June 2022

[Alfred Wayne]

I know nothing about setting up AC servers and/or how SGP is setup, but maybe this video/post is of some help @HF2000 ?

- Same user post on RD https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/sol-day-night-server-setup-faq.164916/

 

[danny26]

This one was definitely more of a learning experience for me, I'm slow enough in more approachable cars so behind the wheel of this beast I had some really hairy moments.

I was running 13 on the rear wing, which cost me anywhere between 20-40KPH on the Mulsanne, but it was the only way I could keep the thing facing the right way on some exits. In the opening laps I was practically glued to Colin's rear bumper on the straight, but lost all momentum moving out of the slipstream, so I just kind of yo-yoed in and out of the tow What followed was some incredible wheel-to-wheel action which I ultimately ruined - I tried too hard to leave enough space and ran wide into the sausage kerbs on T3, leaving my unsettled car to clatter into Colin's rear axle. Apologies again for my dunce move Colin and thanks for some great racing.

My plan was to run two stints of 40 and 20 minutes, hoping to steal some tow early on, overcut on lower fuel, and possibly throw on some softer tyres for the last dash. My race at this point was with Karel and potentially Colin if I could catch up, so my fading hards were replaced with fresh mediums with about 4 laps to go. Colin didn't seem to pit so I set about closing the gap, which destroyed my rears pretty quickly and wrecked my fuel management.

I was on fumes and asked on the voice channel if the leaders were on the last lap - an unwelcome distraction which caused Han to lose it through the Dunlops (sorry Han!) In the final sector I slowed to a crawl to get myself lapped because if I passed the line ahead of the leaders, I'd have run out of fuel on the 'extra' lap

Thanks again for organising this Han and for giving the 24 hour thing a good go.

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

Ferrari and Griffith are a good combo,can we still do another Fat Alfie if the latset 1 is,nt ready..

 

[stigs2cousin]

In the late 19th century there was no "Germany"

So was he Prussian, Bavarian, Hessian, Holsteinian or something different??

MFG Carsten

 

[HF2000]

In the late 19th century there was no "Germany"

So was he Prussian, Bavarian, Hessian, Holsteinian or something different??

MFG Carsten

I thought those were beer brands???!!

 

[HF2000]

Ferrari and Griffith are a good combo,can we still do another Fat Alfie if the latset 1 is,nt ready..

Battenbergring will come. David told me that recently.

 

[stigs2cousin]

I thought those were beer brands???!!

I think you need to brush up on your history

Prost! Carsten

 

[Dani Martinez(Chechum)]

I'll wait for @Fat-Alfie to release Battenbergring and then I hope I can get it on S.GP shortly after.
But I haven't made up my mind for the vintage car championship:

• Ferrari 330P4/Ford GT40/Porsche 908LH
• Group C cars
• Ferrari 250GTO/TVR Griffith

Some feedback on your preferences would help a lot.

The first 2 groups are great, in my opinion. One championship with every group would be great too
On the other hand, I'm not fan of Ferrari 250GTO, as it looks to me very heavy for turning.
Besides the cars, if it were possible, I would remove the worst GP for every driver, since some people will miss one GP or have weird issues. I believe that would make the leagues tighter and fairer. And more important: those unlucky drivers would not miss motivation so easy.

 

[stigs2cousin]

I was on fumes and asked on the voice channel if the leaders were on the last lap - an unwelcome distraction which caused Han to lose it through the Dunlops (sorry Han!) In the final sector I slowed to a crawl to get myself lapped because if I passed the line ahead of the leaders, I'd have run out of fuel on the 'extra' lap

I get a message

"Leader is on final lap"

no idea if its AC, CSP or CM


MFG Carsten

 

[JamKart22]

I get a message

"Leader is on final lap"

no idea if its AC, CSP or CM


MFG Carsten

Or, if you haven't already, install Crew Chief and he'll tell you. I have the bad language option turned on and enjoy the verbal abuse he gives me occasionally

 

[RasmusP]

I was on fumes and asked on the voice channel if the leaders were on the last lap - an unwelcome distraction which caused Han to lose it through the Dunlops (sorry Han!) In the final sector I slowed to a crawl to get myself lapped because if I passed the line ahead of the leaders, I'd have run out of fuel on the 'extra' lap

I get a message

"Leader is on final lap"

no idea if its AC, CSP or CM


MFG Carsten

Or, if you haven't already, install Crew Chief and he'll tell you. I have the bad language option turned on and enjoy the verbal abuse he gives me occasionally

I don't think cm or csp change or add anything about this.
You have the time at the top/center of the monitor and when it goes to 0, you'll see if the leaders are on the final lap and a bit later if you are on your final lap.

However:
If the lap time is 3 minutes and there are 2 minutes left while the leader is 30 seconds into his lap, the "leader is on final lap" information will only come when the 2 minutes run out.
Also: I don't know the equation but if the leader crosses the lines with 10 seconds left while you are 2 minutes away from the line, you will first see "leader is on final lap" after the 10 seconds and then after about 1 minute, it will change to "final lap".

I don't know how far behind you have to be to do one lap less than the leader though.

And I don't think crewchief, although it does brilliant things, knows this either...

So asking the leader makes sense on a longer track like Le Mans I'd guess, since the leader will know how long he'll need until the line and how much time is left.

 

[JamKart22]

In last nights race Crew Chief said '"Final Lap" when I was on the final lap.

 

[JamKart22]

If you have Map Display then you can see all cars on the whole track and can see how close the leader is to the start line

 

[danny26]

Yeah I have CrewChief (with swearing enabled of course) and it's easy enough to check the top clock, but I'm always a little paranoid that it might end up as time +1 lap - that caught me out in the MCMC a few weeks ago and I had to pit for fuel on the final lap

Also I tend to lose CrewChief updates at some point, possibly due to me telling Jim to shut up after he starts complaining Crucially I just had to make sure I got lapped right at the end in this race so that I finished a lap down for fuel reasons.

 

[JamKart22]

If you had run out of fuel on the last lap then it wouldn't have effected your race position.

 

[danny26]

....I had not thought of that

 

[AW939]

If you have Map Display then you can see all cars on the whole track and can see how close the leader is to the start line

Since you mentioned Map Display, I always found it hard to actually see where the leader is, especially in multi class, so I've customized that app to display Circles with the Position instead of the arrows. I've also customized SubStandings, if someone is using that (to have more accurate timing and a real relative, like the "Realtime" app, but more accurate (doesn't fluctuate in slow speed parts of the track) and better looking). And both color schemes were aligned as well (except for the leader color).
Will get in touch with the Authors to see if they allow me to publish the edits.

 

[RasmusP]

Since you mentioned Map Display, I always found it hard to actually see where the leader is, especially in multi class, so I've customized that app to display Circles with the Position instead of the arrows. I've also customized SubStandings (to have more accurate timing and a real relative, like the "Realtime" app, but more accurate (doesn't fluctuate in slow speed parts of the track) and better looking), if someone is using that. And both color schemes were aligned as well (except for the leader color).
Will get in touch with the Authors to see if they allow me to publish the edits.
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Sounds awesome!
Would be cool if the authors would either implement and update their uploads or allow you to upload them (maybe as extension where only a few files are overwritten).

 

[AW939]

Sounds awesome!
Would be cool if the authors would either implement and update their uploads or allow you to upload them (maybe as extension where only a few files are overwritten).

I actually think that both are inactive, but we'll see. Most likely I could at least share it in a smaller group like this here, if someone is interested.

 

[Alfred Wayne]

I'm interested

Is that tire wear on substanding??