Assetto Corsa Competizione | Season 14 Round 6 | GT3 Endurance @ Watkins Glen

[kiroquai]

I mean the 911 RSR is by far my favourite GT3 car to drive on GT7 but yeah, as a whole with Porsche I have always been a bit like:

 

[Meers]

11 minutes ago, milko said:

also they've blown all three car trailers quite a long way before release day now. What mysteries might they reveal in the coming weeks?

 

GT2

3 new tracks

New tyre model

[SharkyOB]

11 minutes ago, Meers said:

 

GT2

3 new tracks

New tyre model

 

Sauce?

[SneakyNinja]

Secret

[OJM CHICKEN]

28 minutes ago, milko said:

also they've blown all three car trailers quite a long way before release day now. What mysteries might they reveal in the coming weeks?

GT2, possibly American tracks, 720s Evo and possibly new GT4 cars with new BOP.

[milko]

GT2 is almost certain. I think they've said 720s Evo won't be for a while if ever. New tracks would be super lovely! New tyre model doesn't seem trailer-worthy but maybe they'll mention it.

 

I kinda don't think they'll bother with the GT4, they don't get enough popularity. But who knows.

[Erik]

Should be changes to both tyre physics(the model) and the tyres themselves. 2022 tyres have lower rolling resistance and we should see noticeably higher top speeds on longest straights

[Junker]

I’d like to use the Cup cars again, not bothered which.
 Like others have noted the relative lack of adjustability and their unforgiving nature seems like a good way of getting better as a driver. Also I think if we used them consistently the spread of performance would be lower between us and so give us some closer racing through the field. 

[Meers]

 

Livestream of today's 6h race.  Start at 1h 15min into the video.

[SneakyNinja]

Going back to setup talk for a sec. I've just watched this video from James Baldwin (Worlds fasted gamer -> real GT driver on Jenson Button's team).

 

 

TL;DR - He's a second quicker (1:56.6 vs 1:57.6) around Silverstone with his custom setup than he is on the default aggressive.

 

I can't do a 1:57 on the default setup, so I've got a talent deficit to work on first  but I was mildly surprised it was that much of a difference. Tyres weren't in the window on default though so we don't know how much of a difference that made on it's own.

 

 

 

[Erik]

Some cars' presets are not very good and Aris hasnt updated them in long time. But for some such as BMW and I believe even Porsche theres surprisingly little laptime to find. And of course 2 most influential parts tend to be pressures and brake bias.

[Junker]

What are we doing this week chaps?

 

[Valver]

I'm back from two weeks away with work - wazzing round Europe getting fat on hotel food and expensed beer.

 

But I did keep my sim racing skills sharp, despite missing two races, with this absolute monster (found at the airport in Poznan, Poland)

 

The FOV police have been called!

 

 

[milko]

2 hours ago, Junker said:

What are we doing this week chaps?

 

 

Waiting for @davejm to get back and set up a GT4 season i think, but if he's got too much on his plate I can make another one-off of some description. 

[davejm]

Yeah.  Shall we skip the AC race?  Numbers are always lower (as a few struggle with the game or aren't keen on playing) and we do have some momentum with ACC especially as we have some new guys starting with it.

 

There's a chance I might be working away again too.

 

I had some ideas in a spreadsheet for a GT4 mini series so let me take a look at what I came up with.

[Meers]

12 hours ago, Valver said:

I'm back from two weeks away with work - wazzing round Europe getting fat on hotel food and expensed beer.

 

But I did keep my sim racing skills sharp, despite missing two races, with this absolute monster (found at the airport in Poznan, Poland)

 

The FOV police have been called!

 

 

 

 

Ha nice. Which game are they running there?

 

 

 

As for the RCI endurance race on Saturday, we ended the race with a P19 finish (coming from a P28 grid start). Not bad with just the two of us.

 

The start was hectic. Lots of cars went off in the first lap, including some fast guys. I managed to slip through and found a very good race pace. Pulled off a couple of overtakes and had a pretty good first double stint (2 hours). I pitted when I was in P17 when Hugo too over and did an equally good job as he left the pits in P20, managed P18 when we swapped seats again after his double stint. I think we both lost control once each, with only 1 or 2 places lost at the time.

 

My 3rd and last stint dropped us back in P21 coming out of the pits. I had a lot of traffic in that one and struggled to get past, despite having much more pace. No major incidents in this one either, and at the end of the stint I entered the pits in P17 again. Hugo took over for the last hour and exited the pits in P19, the position he maintained until the chequered flag.

[davejm]

OK, let's roll right into a GT4 mini-series starting at Oulton Park.  Will sort out the server later, but the event is created on SGP now.

[OJM CHICKEN]

1 hour ago, davejm said:

OK, let's roll right into a GT4 mini-series starting at Oulton Park.  Will sort out the server later, but the event is created on SGP now.

Love some Oultan.

[Meers]

So do I. In with the Alpine!

[milko]

Speaking of Oulton Park - well scheduled, Dave! - who else is going along on Easter Monday?

[davejm]

Server is configured for Oulton Park Practice.

[OJM CHICKEN]

20 minutes ago, davejm said:

Server is configured for Oulton Park Practice.

I can't find it on the server browser.

[davejm]

12 minutes ago, OJM CHICKEN said:

I can't find it on the server browser.

You don't have the GT3 filter turned on by any chance?

[davejm]

mmm... ignore that, there is some kind of issue.  Server starts, then dies moments later

[davejm]

Should be good now

[OJM CHICKEN]

Awesome 

[Junker]

Are we sticking to certain cars? Talk earlier in the thread of no Porsches or is it a free pick? Never tried a GT4 except the Maserati and it scared me.

[davejm]

11 minutes ago, Junker said:

Are we sticking to certain cars? Talk earlier in the thread of no Porsches or is it a free pick? Never tried a GT4 except the Maserati and it scared me.

 

Free pick.  Maserati is the only GT4 that doesn't have TC or ABS, so the others are less scary 😀

[Meers]

8 hours ago, davejm said:

 

Free pick.  Maserati is the only GT4 that doesn't have TC or ABS, so the others are less scary 😀

 

Ooh is it? Going to try it, if it's manageable then I'd fancy a go in that. 😁

[SharkyOB]

I'm gonna try the BMW, never driven the GT4 version before 👍