AC Tin Top Thursday- JCW Mini Cooper Challenge-Brands Hatch GP- October 31st

[Shed 17]

Welcome to the AC Racing Club.

Something different this week as we go single class tin top racing with the popular JCW Mini Cooper on the full GP circuit at Brands Hatch.

This is an ideal time to try something different if you have never tried this type of racing. Especially the new and inexperienced drivers are recommended to participate. There are a lot of learning opportunities amongst a friendly community, without the intensity of longer races, plus the chance to get it right in race two!

Brands Hatch - RacingCircuits.info

Sign up:
Click here using the Emperor account you have been given and register with your steamID.

If you don't have an Emperor account yet, ask for one by posting in this thread (only for premium members).

Please sign up as early as possible, the practice server will be running all week.

Server information:

• Server: Overtake Server 5-
• Password: standard weekday password, if you don't know that, ask for it in this thread and it will be send in a PM.
• 20:00 CET, 19:00 GMT 60 minutes - Official Practice
• 21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT 10 minutes - Qualification
• 21:10 CET, 20.10 GMT 20 minutes - Race 1
• 21.35 CET, 20.30 GMT 20 minutes -Race 2 (Reverse grid top7)
• Practice server available during the week. Usual weekday password. if you don't know that, ask for it in this thread and it will be send in a PM.

Event details and links:

• Cars: MINI COOPER JCW Uk Challenge (F56) | OverTake (Formerly RaceDepartment)
• Track: Kunos DLC Brands Hatch GP
• Pit stop: Optional
• Tyre blankets: Yes
• Track Road temperature: 25 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. Penalties are enabled, 2 on screen warnings then a drive through penalty, failure to complete penalty will get you kicked off the server. Warning notices appear as you crossing start/finish when you have cut the track and your lap time was faster than your average lap time. So if you cut the track and gain an advantage, slow down!
• Damage: 10%
• Fuel Consumption: 100%
• Tyre wear: 100%

It's strictly forbidden to record and broadcast the real names of our members and/or Discord voice-chat via YouTube, Twitch and/or other media unless you have permission from all the drivers in the session to stream or record it. Please post in the thread below if you intend to broadcast this event and if there are objections , then voice chat must be muted and other driver names hidden in your videos.

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS is essential for clean and respectful driving in our community. You should therefore use tools like Helicorsa or CarRadar and CrewChief. The links for these apps are on the bottom of this post.

DISCORD. It's important that you also join us during the event on Discord for additional information and instructions. Link is below.

Useful Links:

• OvertakeDiscord: click here
• Sync Accounts: click here
• Recommended apps: Helicorsa + CarRadar+ Top/Centre Flags or AC_Flags + CrewChief
• Tracks, Cars, Apps Installation Guide: click here (Handy guide to install non AC content)
• Racing Club Rules: click here
• Incident Reporting: click here

Entry list:

• Click here.

 

[Kek700]

where do we enter, the sign up is for the tin tops not mini ?

 

[Shed 17]

Hi Ernie,

Enter as per the link, ignore the images of the TCR cars, they were used in previous Tin top races and the emperor server confusingly calls it a championship, it's not.

If you scroll down the page you will see the event details. I'll get the practice server started soon.

 

[Shed 17]

Free practice now running.

If you are getting a checksum, completely delete the car from your root folder then re-install it from the download link above.
And here's how to drive the GP circuit.

 

[Michael Krone]

Can I get the pass for practice? Not sure im going to sign up just yet.

 

[Shed 17]

Can I get the pass for practice? Not sure im going to sign up just yet.

PM sent with password Michael.

 

[waveformq]

Могу ли я запросить учетную запись Emperor?

 

[Shed 17]

Good morning waveformq.
You will need Overtake premium membership to compete in this event. For 11.99 euros per year this represents great value and opens up a whole host of benefits and allows you to race amongst a friendly and helpful community.

https://www.overtake.gg/account/upgrades

Once you have this come back to me here and we will be pleased to give you details of the server etc and have you join our races.

Also, if you can use English in these threads it will help speed up replies.

Regards,

Paul.

 

[BaldPaul]

Signed up and looking forward to it!

At the moment using the tune straight out of the box - what have others changed to get the extra bit of performance?

Paul

 

[Boukâh]

@Shed 17 Paul I signed up a few days ago, but now I’m not shure if I can make it. Same goes for Wednesday champs but I hope to make it.

 

[Shed 17]

Thanks for letting me know Bouke, I hope you can make it as it looks like being a fun race.

 

[maxilogan]

Hi everyone and thanks @Shed 17 Paul to let me back into a Mini Cooper, the car with which I started my journey into recent simracing (i.e. during pandemic, actually I race since my twenties but I was on an hiatus with regards to proper PC + rig racing since many many years), not to mention how much I miss driving my Mini (but I'll get another one sooner or later, even if I don't like the direction the design is taking in recent models. Ideally, I'd get another R55 or an F54).
Back to the topic, has anyone problems when racing this beauty in VR? I found out that the position of my point of view is behind the driver, so that I can see his body (without an helmet, just as if it was harry potter's Nearly Headless Nick). I tried adjusting the driving position with Assetto Corsa Onboard settings and that fixed the POV but it messed up the interface as if I was actually that much forward... To understand if there was something I was missing I started another race using a different car, and everything was OK...

 

[Shed 17]

Hi everyone and thanks @Shed 17 Paul to let me back into a Mini Cooper, the car with which I started my journey into recent simracing (i.e. during pandemic, actually I race since my twenties but I was on an hiatus with regards to proper PC + rig racing since many many years), not to mention how much I miss driving my Mini (but I'll get another one sooner or later, even if I don't like the direction the design is taking in recent models. Ideally, I'd get another R55 or an F54).
Back to the topic, has anyone problems when racing this beauty in VR? I found out that the position of my point of view is behind the driver, so that I can see his body (without an helmet, just as if it was harry potter's Nearly Headless Nick). I tried adjusting the driving position with Assetto Corsa Onboard settings and that fixed the POV but it messed up the interface as if I was actually that much forward... To understand if there was something I was missing I started another race using a different car, and everything was OK...

I have no idea on VR Omar but Steve @gearwhine is very experienced in all that is virtual on your head so maybe he can help?

 

[Reik Major]

I just signed up for the fun.

 

[maxilogan]

I have no idea on VR Omar but Steve @gearwhine is very experienced in all that is virtual on your head so maybe he can help?

Thanks! Should I still be in that condition at the time of racing, I'll switch on reality mode and rely on nothing else than my sight and ears and as I'm getting older... Just beware!