Round 3 - Indy Japan 300 [Feb 15th]

Alberto Ibañez wrote:

I will upload a setup for Motegi tonight if possible

est il normal d avoir le ressenti que dans les courbes sur oval , par moment on a une perte de puissance ou que des que l on remet la puissance il y a comme des " trous " a l accélération ou un temps de réponse ?

en gros le mod reproduit il un possible effet de force G sur le moteur ou c est moi qui délire completement , ou ai un probleme de materiel ...

No, I also feel it at the exit of turn 4 There is a bump there that makes the car swing up, and I believe the sudden load on the right rear tire is increased so much that the engine has not enough power to push it and it seems as if it loses power.

Ok, race setup for Motegi uploaded

Some notes about the track:

- The entry to turn 1 is wider and deeper than it appears. You can go full throttle into it much longer than you think at first. Go low, for the inside. It is faster there. Reduce to 5th gear and change again to 6th as you exit.

- Point the car in and brake in straight line across the track for turn 3. You will want to do heavy braking without turning ~ the last corner marker, and then release the car without trail braking to let it roll free into the turn. It will heat the tires less and it is quicker. Go down to 4th gear and give gas progressively at the exit. But if the car is light on fuel or you are using high boost, be very careful with the big bump at the exit of turn 4, when you go for the start/finish line.

- The right front tire will start heating as soon as you push the car much. But the heating will not come so much from turn entry as from turn exit if you are not careful. Do NOT accelerate against constant steering wheel lock. The car pushes the -still turned to left- front right tire across the track, scrubs it and causes lots of heat. Be patient and hold the throttle until you are sure that you can release the steering wheel in a single constant movement, never stopping to free it while putting smoothly more gas.

- The entry to turn 3 is the ideal place to pass slower cars/let faster cars pass by. There are two lanes to go through this turn with not much lose of speed, so you can go higher and still be quick. To help someone passing, brake straight but not as much into the corner, and the roll around letting one car space to your left. Be careful at the exit when the passing car goes outside again, to his right. He might cross in front of you. Exit the turn at less throttle and go into his slipstream to recover the time you lost letting him by.

- Fuel is going to be tight for 2 stops on some engines, check if yours is one of those. You need yellows or reducing boost to minimum at some phases. Monitor your consumption and be sure to use every drop in the tank before stopping. Practice pitting! The pit entry is always tricky at ovals.

Good luck and fun everyone, if you are patient and careful it will be a great race  

Alberto very helpful, for such noob like me)))

Count me in. I hope I'll do a better job this time...

Alberto, thank you for that setup, it's amazing! I had very little grip at the corner entry in Homestead, the car just wouldn't turn in properly. It's a completely different story with your set

Present

Glad it helps you

Présent

My car is free for this race.

Been pushing 60 hour weeks at work for last couple weeks and more to come because shortage of staff atm. Must rest.

Samuli Leinonen wrote:

My car is free for this race.

Been pushing 60 hour weeks at work for last couple weeks and more to come because shortage of staff atm. Must rest.

May I have Samuli's car?

I hope to make it-but we may have guests over....

Alberto Ibañez wrote:

Ok, race setup for Motegi uploaded

Where are the setups located?

here

You can have Samuli's car James

The server is offline, I will let you know when it's back online.

Training server is now back online

Some recommendations for tonight after the first two rounds:

- When under full caution, be careful to not overtake the car in front of you when you are entering the pitlane. Otherwise you will get a penalty.

- Overtaking is allowed before the line at the start and at the restart. Be very careful though, if a driver causes a crash during this procedure he will be banned of the next race of this championship.

- When a driver is close in your left mirror, don't close the door in front of him. It's not ok to defend this way on oval track.

- Don't warm up your tires or your brakes under yellow. It's dangerous for the drivers around you. And it's counterproductive in this kind of race.

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Quelques recommandations pour ce soir après les deux premières épreuves:

- Sous drapeau jaune, faites attention à ne pas dépasser la voiture qui vous précède lorsque que vous rentrer aux stands, sous peine de recevoir une pénalité par le serveur.

- Les dépassements sont autorisés avant la ligne lors du départ et des restarts. Mais soyez très prudent, si un pilote provoque un crash en faisant n'importe quoi il sera exclu de la prochaine manche de ce championnat.

- Lorsqu'un pilote est proche de vous dans votre rétroviseur gauche, ne fermez pas la porte. Ce n'est pas une manière de défendre sur ovale.

- Ne chauffez pas vos pneus ou vos freins derrière la voiture de sécurité. C'est dangereux pour les pilotes qui vous entourent et c'est de toute façon contre productif dans ce genre de course.

What is the appropriate chassis configuration?

Speedway or Super speedway?

bonsoir
désolé de prévenir si tard mais j'ai du boulot de derniere minute et il y a très peu de chance que je sois là ce soir
alors si besoin on peut considérer ma voiture comme libre

James Knowles wrote:

What is the appropriate chassis configuration?

Speedway or Super speedway?

Okay-surely superspeedway...

Speedway

That's the speedway one, anyway the server doesn't let you the choice

@Cyril: ok merci de prévenir.

@Martin or @Alberto: sorry I didn't see your posts until now The #36 is available for tonight if you want. Sorry for the late notice