Castrol 1000 - Kyalami - Race Info [June 9th]

Event Schedule (all times given are Paris time)

Thursday June 6th
20h00 - Qualifying 1 (Night session)

Saturday June 8th
20h00 - Qualifying 2 (Daylight session)

Sunday June 9th
16h00 - Warm-up
16h45 - Driver's briefing
17h00 - Race Start (244 laps or 6 hours)

Server Name : Historic Simracing GStar
Server IP : 51.77.116.8:34997
Server Password : hso83

HSO Teamspeak 3 server

For this race we will be using the HSO GTPC Mod V1.0 for Automobilista.


Car Selection and Participation Rules

- Fast drivers and newcomers cannot book a Porsche 956 (PM an admin if you are unsure about your status; admins have final say on the interpretation of this rule). If a fast driver is paired up with lesser drivers, we may allow them to enter into a Privateer 956.
- No fast driver can drive a Factory Rothmans Porsche in any circumstances.
- Each Group C car must be driven by at least two and at most three drivers.
- Solo driving is allowed in the Group C Junior class, as well as team driving.
- Drivers are allowed to book cars from separate teams in both the Group C and Group C Junior classes.
- A driver cannot book a car alone and then add drivers later.
- A car can only be booked for drivers registered on the forum.
- A car can only be driven in qualifying by one team member at a time.
- Except in cases of a GCJ solo drive, a driver cannot drive more than 150 laps in one car.
- Drivers must use the livery indicated in the entry list during the race session.
- The race starts in the daytime and ends at night, so headlamps must be mapped.
- Group C cars are limited to 600L per 1000km (5 fuel stops).
- Group C Junior cars are limited to 330L per 1000km (5 Fuel stops).
- Cars must complete 80% of the winner's race distance and still be running to be awarded points.


Any entry breaking one or more of the rules stated above will be disqualified from the overall results.

**Please book your car in the entry list thread**

  
Start Procedure

Race will feature a rolling start given by the safety car.

Overtake before crossing the start/finish line is not allowed.
Zigzaging to warm up your tires is not allowed.

Before the green flag, drivers should maintain a staggered formation, and not stay along side each others.






Behaviour on track

- For this race, a pit speed limit will be enforced. 

- as for all HSO races, it is required you use your real name both in-game and on the forum. Thank you.

- Chatting is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN in race session. It is allowed in qualifying sessions for technical issues only.

- Drive Through : If a driver has to do a drive through, even if there is no pit lane speed limit, he has to drive through the pitlane at 100km/h max (60mph). If he doesn't respect this, he will get a 30s penalty at the end of the race.

- Shortcuts : If a driver gains a position after shortcutting a turn, he is required to give it back as soon as possible. In the case where a driver would not do it rapidly, a 30-second penalty will be added to his total race time. In the event of abusive and intentional shortcutting, severe sanctions will be applied (up to definitive a ban from the league). To make sure you never shortcut a turn, try to always keep two wheels on the track.

- Respect the red light at the end of the pitlane.


Application and Interpretation of the Regulations

The admins alone are qualified to solve any problems raised by the application and the interpretation of the present regulations.

=> Drivers swap procedure / Procédure de changement de pilote <=

A bit of info for you guys.

The fuel usage in this mod is vastly different to the last time we did this race, this time around you will really have to save fuel as they did in the Group C days.

Some rough numbers for you.

- Group C cars must get below 2.4L per lap to make the race on fuel mileage

- Group C Junior cars must get below 1.5L per to make the race on fuel mileage.

- Lower boost, short shifting and lift and coast techniques will have to be used to help get the fuel mileage down.

- Certain engines are better on fuel than others, but I'll let you guys work that out.

Feel free to ask any questions.

Will I need to download the mod again?

As it says, if you had v0.9 you must delete that and re download.

I really hope we'll see some fuel saving, anything that isn't gonna be a Porsche or Lancia is probably 4-8s slower I guess.

Is the URD now a full-fledged Group C car? Wasn't it a Junior before?

Too bad the XJR-5 is basically IMSA GTP only and would look out of place.

Does the Junior class score points? And what percentage of the race do you have to finish to score points? Just a question if I have to try and solo it.

David Jundt wrote:

I really hope we'll see some fuel saving, anything that isn't gonna be a Porsche or Lancia is probably 4-8s slower I guess.

As said in the other threads, fuel saving is a big thing now in races. Qualifying obviously the Porsche and Lancia will be quicker, but in race trim the gaps are much closer. Get out there and try them.

Can confirm that quite a bit of fuel saving will be needed in the Lancia.

It has a thirsty Ferrari engine, that has to be expected, kinda.

I am guessing the URD was adjusted since the Hockenheim race and because of it's performance classified as Goup C car? Or maybe it's previous rating as GCJ car on rF1 was slightly off since it's also recorded as Group C car(while it's successor, the C83, also seemed to have been a C2 car later on)?

Then again, the De Cadenet-Lola was also "wishy-washy", as it went from Gr. C to GCJ in Le Mans in 1983.

David, me and Coxon did some researched and we indeed corrected some positioning of some cars in their classes, as well as engines.

Im facing a strange problem, never occured before.

When I enter the track, all around me is just plane grey colour, with some shapes of objects.
I noticed when I turn on the lights it is a bit visible, like 50 shades of grey, but far from what it should be.
In mirrors though (virtual) all is correct...

any ideas?

What car was you in, I know it’s a 956 but which team and car?

Richard Coxon wrote:

What car was you in, I know it’s a 956 but which team and car?

This is Joest racing, I tryed another one (#18 956), same thing..

Did you pick the relevant upgrade in the upgrades menu? For the kyalami track that is.

There will be full course yellow flags with safety car in this race?

Richard Wilks wrote:

Did you pick the relevant upgrade in the upgrades menu? For the kyalami track that is.

Yes, I did..
I changed nothing from sundays Indy, except new v1.0 mod. I reinstalled it, deleted the vehicle folder as sugested. I havent tryed any other car than 956 though, will do today.
Tha sam grey screen is visible while in the main menu and view from cockpit..
My graphical options are all set to full as in previous races.

Thiago Canola wrote:

There will be full course yellow flags with safety car in this race?

No, just a rolling start.

Austin Johnson wrote:

Does the Junior class score points? And what percentage of the race do you have to finish to score points? Just a question if I have to try and solo it.

They score if they finish in the top 5 overall, plus 2 bonus points.

Cars must be within 80% of the leader and still running.

Raul Jereb wrote:

Richard Coxon wrote:

What car was you in, I know it’s a 956 but which team and car?

This is Joest racing, I tryed another one (#18 956), same thing..

You picked which Joest car? #8 or #12 and did you pick the Kyalami skin versions, Bob Wollek Kyalami for example.

Just an update for you all, the Alba can be chosen by anyone since Group C Junior doesn't have its own points class.

Quote :

When I enter the track, all around me is just plane grey colour, with some shapes of objects.
I noticed when I turn on the lights it is a bit visible, like 50 shades of grey, but far from what it should be.
In mirrors though (virtual) all is correct...

I guess this is only from cockpit view right? External views are OK?

This happened also while testing and was down to not choosing the proper config/car with the correct skin. What happens is that the windscreen 3D is different in the several versions of the car, so that if you are using the wrong car/skin combo, the windscreen is loading a part of the texture that is solid and not transparent.

I just tried all the cars you mentioned Raul and i had no issues. (Joest #8 and Obermaier #18)

Richard Coxon wrote:

I just tried all the cars you mentioned Raul and i had no issues. (Joest #8 and Obermaier #18)

Thanks Richard, I tryed both #8 and #18 and yes, I did pick the Kyalami setup...

Ill try with other cars later. Dont know what to do if that does not work. Would you suggest reinstalling AMS or maybe just the Kyalami track? Is it even possible to download this original tracks?

Did you delete the mod and installed it fresh? You have to delete the previous version completely before installing this one.

Richard Wilks wrote:

Did you delete the mod and installed it fresh? You have to delete the previous version completely before installing this one.

I deleted only vehicle folder...
What else should I remove? I have to do it manually, right?