Season 4 Race 3 - Saturday 9th of June - PreRace Chat

[lowndes888]

Well I didn't see a Pre chat thread so I thought I'd post this here. This is the setup I used to do a 1:28.6/7 hotlap on Adelaide. The car is very hard to drive but I think later on the throttle than with other cars helps this beast a lot. Understeer like hell, but with my driving style and setup I find it very stable. One thing though, its still easy to spin it when in 1st gear and very low speed.
On the other hand, in 2nd gear the car just flies away with no wheelspin or anything. Brakes are okay and turn in ain't too bad
So if anyone is struggling with this car try my setup and tell me if its good

PS Race setup included but I didn't test it so tell me if its good

EDIT: This was done on Open Practice off line but I did do a similar time on Gupster's server.
I'll try on NG server 2nite

[fane]

Sorry bro but dont count on me to do testing with the porsche.I had my account of porcha in Doni.My arms still hurts:p

[GearChange]

Originally Posted by lowndes888

Well I didn't see a Pre chat thread so I thought I'd post this here. This is the setup I used to do a 1:28.6/7 hotlap on Adelaide. The car is very hard to drive but I think later on the throttle than with other cars helps this beast a lot. Understeer like hell, but with my driving style and setup I find it very stable. One thing though, its still easy to spin it when in 1st gear and very low speed.
On the other hand, in 2nd gear the car just flies away with no wheelspin or anything. Brakes are okay and turn in ain't too bad
So if anyone is struggling with this car try my setup and tell me if its good

PS Race setup included but I didn't test it so tell me if its good

i`ll try that later

thx

[GUPSTER]

Originally Posted by lowndes888

Well I didn't see a Pre chat thread so I thought I'd post this here. This is the setup I used to do a 1:28.6/7 hotlap on Adelaide. The car is very hard to drive but I think later on the throttle than with other cars helps this beast a lot. Understeer like hell, but with my driving style and setup I find it very stable. One thing though, its still easy to spin it when in 1st gear and very low speed.
On the other hand, in 2nd gear the car just flies away with no wheelspin or anything. Brakes are okay and turn in ain't too bad
So if anyone is struggling with this car try my setup and tell me if its good

PS Race setup included but I didn't test it so tell me if its good

Lowny wicked car here isn't is? i myself managed a 1:29.xxx :p woah!

[lowndes888]

Originally Posted by GUPSTER

Lowny wicked car here isn't is? i myself managed a 1:29.xxx :p woah!

Yeah, and TBH It can go faster cause I messed up two corner exits:p
The best I think possible would be 1:27.8/9 but its a real tough car to drive well

[fane]

Im going banana way but this time with a diferent car,lets say more exciting.Its going to be a good race and we are going to give those gt2 a hard time i hope

[the_wrexer]

Had the black 360 Modena and although it gave me a quick time i maybe going Yellow Racing seemed lucky for me today Final decision on colour will be nearer race day

[squalo79]

Originally Posted by lowndes888

Well I didn't see a Pre chat thread so I thought I'd post this here. This is the setup I used to do a 1:28.6/7 hotlap on Adelaide. The car is very hard to drive but I think later on the throttle than with other cars helps this beast a lot. Understeer like hell, but with my driving style and setup I find it very stable. One thing though, its still easy to spin it when in 1st gear and very low speed.
On the other hand, in 2nd gear the car just flies away with no wheelspin or anything. Brakes are okay and turn in ain't too bad
So if anyone is struggling with this car try my setup and tell me if its good

PS Race setup included but I didn't test it so tell me if its good

i hope that you did 1:28 offline....
practised ysdy in the proper server and am doing best 1:31.7something,and although i am sure that nether i am the fastest...nor i'll be , i can't imagine seeing times below 1:30 on the server online? am i missing something?

[jayblue]

I found this track very difficult to hook up in at first, i'm slowly getting there now, hopefully with some more practice i can get a decent pace going. Car choice is again very hard and the kerb's, especially through the first chicane, can send the car flying away all to easily. Maybe this will be a race of attrition? Lot's of walls and kerbs to throw us off and wreck the car.

[KarlosDaJackal]

I'm driving my yellow 360 GTC, was going to go with a Modena for the extra reliability and lower fuel usage, but decided to risk the GTC.

My best lap yet is a 1:34 on race fuel, but that will a horrible setup. I can't get the front to turn in. I've no intention of doing much practice this week though, If I put days of practice in i just seem to get slower after the first few hours.

[Geordie055]

i hope that you did 1:28 offline....
practised ysdy in the proper server and am doing best 1:31.7something,and although i am sure that nether i am the fastest...nor i'll be , i can't imagine seeing times below 1:30 on the server online? am i missing something?

Fane, Barret Rolph and Lowndes all clocked below 1.30 on Gupsters server we where using Sunday. The only differance from No-Grip, is that Gupster's was set on Practise 2 . This gave us more grip. On Sunday my best was a 1.32.2 Will be ready for Saturday no problem though. On right shift this week to prepare.

[Steve_300ZX]

Originally Posted by KarlosDaJackal

If I put days of practice in i just seem to get slower after the first few hours.

I find that as well. My setup online if you want to try it.

[jayblue]

Guys i just tried a practice race, set the game to x3 tyre's, x2 fuel, time scaled failure etc, and set the race distance "time" in the options menu. Set the race to a length of 1hr01 min (closest to 1hr...) and got going. I got to lap 26 and it said the race was finished?!?]

Have i missed somthing important in the race setup screens or is this going to a problem come saturday night? Sorry if it's me just being a bit thick!

[EzzA]

Originally Posted by jayblue

Guys i just tried a practice race, set the game to x3 tyre's, x2 fuel, time scaled failure etc, and set the race distance "time" in the options menu. Set the race to a length of 1hr01 min (closest to 1hr...) and got going. I got to lap 26 and it said the race was finished?!?]

Have i missed somthing important in the race setup screens or is this going to a problem come saturday night? Sorry if it's me just being a bit thick!

Yerh I was going to post this too, it's a problem that afflicts a lot of add-on tracks. The race will have to be set manually to the number of laps that is closest to an hour.

[sege]

Originally Posted by jayblue

Guys i just tried a practice race, set the game to x3 tyre's, x2 fuel, time scaled failure etc, and set the race distance "time" in the options menu. Set the race to a length of 1hr01 min (closest to 1hr...) and got going. I got to lap 26 and it said the race was finished?!?]

Have i missed somthing important in the race setup screens or is this going to a problem come saturday night? Sorry if it's me just being a bit thick!

I had the same thing, but when I work it out manually it comes out to about 39/40 laps, same as the server show. So we're definitely looking at a 40ish lapper right? is the thing Jayblue mentions just the same thing that happened at Oulton Park? EDIT: Ah, Ezza explained this above. thanks.

With regards to car choice I'm gonna take a GT3-RS, handles so beautifully round this track. best I've done so far is 1.35 in race trim. 5 secs slower than the GT2 but I imagine the race will be full of them so gotta be different!

[KarlosDaJackal]

Race is set to 39 laps already.

Another way to make it work on your own server is set the time to 1:20, then it ends at 1:00

[jayblue]

Thanks for clearing that up Karlos, can get to work on my strategy now

[jayblue]

Tried a practice race against the AI, and man they are dumb... they keep crashing at T7 into the wall, and when you lap them they block and drive around you had 2 days off work ill so at least i've had time to get my setup done and car choice made before the usual friday night rush.

Should be a good race, the Gt2 is predictably the fastest car but is definately a 2 stopper (even for ezza ) so the rsr and 360 may make more sense, after all at pitstops stuff always seems to go wrong. The bi turbo is the car i havent really driven much, it seemed to be about middle in terms of pace and fuel consumption between the gt2 and the ngt's, but i don't like its handling much.

[jhoeckman]

39 Laps.

I practiced like hell this week. My wife was always complaining..... hehe

Porsche GT2
OK, with the GT2 that would mean 2 pits stops minimum.
100l for about 16 laps only.
With Hard slicks, I seem to get an lap times between 1.31 and 1.32

My personal best: 1.29.969 (yesterday) qualifying time.

Ferrari 360 GTC
Fuel usage is a lot lower = 29 laps for 100l
So 1 pit stop will be enough
Lap times are higher though. Still need to test a full tank ( or about 20 laps )

These are of course my personal findings. I hope I'm a little bit close to reality.

JH

[oppis]

Have done some laps with the GT2 and in qually setup i managed 1.28.5 on race server last night . Will try to lower that time toninght :p. It's sad that i can't race this weekend ........ i have a good setup for race in the gt2 :cry:

[lowndes888]

Originally Posted by oppis

Have done some laps with the GT2 and in qually setup i managed 1.28.5 on race server last night . Will try to lower that time toninght :p. It's sad that i can't race this weekend ........ i have a good setup for race in the gt2 :cry:

The 993 GT2 or 996 GT2 Biturbo?

[jayblue]

Originally Posted by lowndes888

The 993 GT2 or 996 GT2 Biturbo?

If Oppis could do that time in the Gt2 Biturbo then it's just as well he can't race saturday as we'd all be in for a good thrashing! that's a great time even in the 993 Gt2...

[oppis]

Originally Posted by lowndes888

The 993 GT2 or 996 GT2 Biturbo?

It's in the 993 GT2 :roflmao: and i think it's possible to do a 1.27.xx time in that car on server

[lowndes888]

Originally Posted by jayblue

If Oppis could do that time in the Gt2 Biturbo then it's just as well he can't race saturday as we'd all be in for a good thrashing! that's a great time even in the 993 Gt2...

Yes it is a great lap, I've done a 1:28.6 with the 993 but if its with the Biturbo I'll switch to that, this one feels a bit freaky to drive

EDIT: Great lap with tha GT2 oppis!

[oppis]

Thanks m8's :p

[McDanger]

Thanks JHoeckman for giving the fuel useage break-down for us,especially me,i always seem to end up driving a fuel tanker around every race,one of these weeks i will work it all out and put in just enough fuel for the race :p.

[jhoeckman]

No problem Mc Danger.

I simply have 2 days off this week, so I have some time to practice race settings and strategy.

I'm still not sure which car to choose though, the GT2 or the 360GTC
Using the GT2 would probably mean driving 1 pit faster than the 360 = about 1 minute faster ( 75% of a lap ahead ).

I will test the 360 Race setup maybe tonight or tomorrow morning. I will post my findings here.

JH.

[fane]

when race start you will forget all the tactics

[Steve_300ZX]

I try not to

[sege]

Don't forget this race is x2 fuel usage but x3 tyre wear.
I'm using the GTR-RS and fuel seems like almost a secondary issue compared to tyre wear at the moment. i.e tyre grip/temp/wear seems more important with regard to choosing how many times to stop in the race compared to fuel usage.
Perhaps that isn't so much a factor with the faster cars though that burn lots more fuel? I don't know I haven't tested them.

I got down to mid 1.33's race pace but that was with soft fronts, which I don't think would allow me to one stop, Doh!
Back to the drawing board!

[Sludgey]

Can't speak for the RS, but the Fezza 360 GTC will do a 1 stopper fairly easily. Fuel isn't an issue... and the tyres just about hold out for 20 laps (med/hard).

I suspect the Biturbo will beat the 360 though, as it can also 1 stop and is maybe a bit faster.

The Porsche GT2 may well beat both, even 2 stopping, since it's significantly faster. My money is backing this pony

[EzzA]

I'll just install my auxiliary fuel tank in the GT2, then I'll be set! :p

[GearChange]

i would just like the people that dont brake for the first bend to be aware that some of us do

so how many cars do we all think are going to finish this race

i`ll go for 11

[Sidewinder16]

I got back into the late 28's offline today in the GT2. I agree with GearChange that this will be a race of attrition as in my practice sessions I have found it is very easy to clip the wall out of turns 3 and 8 and easily puncture a rear tyre.

As for race strategy it will be a two stopper for the GT2's everything else looks like a one stopper.

[BuRnY]

I was really looking forward to this race, until my GPU died. I've a new GPU now, so i will be back next week. Well, good luck and show me some good racing. I'm going to check the replay