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Simulation Racing Leagues => Assetto Corsa => Australian Assetto Corsa League, Tuesday nights => Topic started by: Wally on October 20, 2015, 10:37:31 PM
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Apologies to anyone who got caught out by the wrong race laps - I accidentally had laps from the wrong round put in!
RACE RESULTS (http://xgnassettocorsa.blogspot.com/2015/10/s9r2-formula-renault-at-silverstone.html)
SEASON STANDINGS (http://xgnassettocorsa.blogspot.com/2015/10/season-9-standings.html)
No penalties! Nice starts.
Round Points
EdWood 60.5
Marty 56.5
Freezer 56
Guybrush Threepwood 56
Wally 56
christopheraser 55
Skaife 54.5
Phil.8 54
Rolz 53
Simone 53
Jeremy 48.5
Grat 47.5
StanDaam 45
Matthew111 44
Bacchulum 34
G0RGAK 30
Mael 30
Grubbet 27
Bafs17 24
Will 22
Joe 17
Schmittez 8
Chap111 4
Congratulations to EdWood on the round win, and Freezer and christopheraser for the race wins.
Season Podium
1. Jeremy, 68
2. Freezer, 65
3. Skaife, 62
Caterpillar Racing are leading the team points from Struggle Street Racing Crew.
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Noticed it like 20 seconds from start and added an emergency 10 liters at 15 seconds... :)
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Race 1 was behind Bafs and Wally for 5 laps until Bafs spun then on lap 6 I gave it a bit too much gas coming out of Vale and spun loosing three places. Was then behind Ed and Will for a while until I saw Ed in the sand. Another lap later got a good run on to hanger straight and closed right in on Will and he pulled over and let me past, not sure why, but thanks ;D Finished 8th I think, not too shabby
Race 2... my wife said that because she is booked in to have our 3rd baby tomorrow morning, that putting music on her iPhone was more important than my 'game'... pffff... she could be right...
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Race 2... my wife said that because she is booked in to have our 3rd baby tomorrow morning, that putting music on her iPhone was more important than my 'game'... pffff... she could be right...
lol
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Apologies to anyone who got caught out by the wrong race laps - I accidentally had laps from the wrong round put in!
I'll accept one of those.
Qual: Managed to get P1 in qual which could well be a first in AC.
R1: Got a good jump and had stan behind me. With no ballast I had tonnes of speed and could easily control the gap so I spent most of the race managing my times in the hope of not getting to much ballast for the next race.
R2: With 88kgs I qualified around 10th I think. Managed to get 8th in the first lap and at one point up to about 6th with others obviously going off.
Spent the early parts of the race pushing hard behind Matthew and then a few laps in Jeremy got a run down the back straight on me. I hung on the outside into the left but as we went right I touched his back wheel and we both went around. Apologies Jeremy, at the time I wasn't sure who was at fault and after it I didn't know where you had gone so I pushed on. Replays shows me having a small lock up..!
From there I chased Wally for a few laps before a little slide allowed me to slip through. Chased Jeremy until Lap 9 when he pitted and held out to lap 12 myself. A quick splash of fuel saw me out in front of Wally and Jeremy.
Unfortunately at the start pf the last lap noticed I had saw I had only about 1/3 lap of fuel, so had to coast it all the way around to get home 10th.
I did get a track cut 10 sec penalty, with the 3rd cut being for just putting a wheel off the outside of the slow turn 3 right hander (bit weird).
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Results in the first post...
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Race 2... my wife said that because she is booked in to have our 3rd baby tomorrow morning, that putting music on her iPhone was more important than my 'game'... pffff... she could be right...
lol
congratulations Joe and Mrs Joe
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Race 2... my wife said that because she is booked in to have our 3rd baby tomorrow morning, that putting music on her iPhone was more important than my 'game'... pffff... she could be right...
If you want to induce labour, let her race these cars! Congratulations.
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An exciting night's racing, with me being the hunter in race 2, chasing Freezer mostly. I came damn close to hitting him a few times... good braking practice. I was pretty pleased with my races, having some good battles with Freezer and Jeremy, and Bafs in race 1, and avoiding any crashes.
Race 2 was fun, starting from dead last into turn 1 to finish 7th.
In both races, the smallest oversteers and wobbles cost me some spots, with my opponents ready to capitalise on any mistakes. Nice pass at the death, Simone, and likewise Marty, both getting me with the tow at the end of Hanger Straight. I tried the criss-cross at Stowe, but it didn't work on either occasion.
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I was surprised to get 2nd for the nite with 2 of my worst 1st laps in all the league races Ive done, both races I had a very silly fully self inflicted spin putting me to the back of the pack after fairly reasonable qualifying laps, even though race 1 I had a cut on the exit of the last turn :-[
In race 1 I had a second brain berp with yet a another spin mid race costing me a few more places for a second time, then just went for it and got back a few spots.
Race 2 I qualified 3rd with a real good lap considering the ballast only being ,3 off the pole time, early into the lap I could see there was no hope hanging on to the guys with no ballast. I treid to take it a bit easier on the exits after my race 1 spin but managed to do it again and nail the wall to add some aero damage. I had to carry on with damage in order to get to the end with only 1 stop and as the car got lighter I had reasonable pace relative to those ahead of me. I stayed out til lap 11 then pitted and fixed the damage, I knew I could put in some fairly quick laps so just went 100% from there on hoping to gain back some spots. In the end I caught up to Wally and Jeremy passing Wally in the last part of the last lap and Jeremy had an off helping me gain back 1 more spot.
Phil mentioned he had a weird crash at the end of lap 1 so I took a look at the replay and it sure was a weird one.
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Race 1 was behind Bafs and Wally for 5 laps until Bafs spun then on lap 6 I gave it a bit too much gas coming out of Vale and spun loosing three places. Was then behind Ed and Will for a while until I saw Ed in the sand. Another lap later got a good run on to hanger straight and closed right in on Will and he pulled over and let me past, not sure why, but thanks ;D Finished 8th I think, not too shabby
I was rear-ended by Edwood on lap 8 or 9 I think because he lagged. I was so slow on the straights after that plus being a lap down after pitting for damage early in the race I didn't see the point getting in your way. :) Congrats on the baby to come!!
Race two was going well fore me until my internet shat itself. Data should show me disappearing on lap 9 or 10. Need to replace modem before next week I'm pretty sure it's the problem.
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Good luck with the baby Joe!! (noticed your sudden departure, thought you had a nasty disco). And yep, that accident of Phil's was pretty freaky!!
My night was pretty average for the goats.
Race 1 was excellent, had a great battle with Rolz and I slowly catching Freezer at times (or was he teasing us... hmmm). All 3 of us kept it tidy and I came home 3rd but happy not to have any mishaps.
Race 2 I did have a mishap... all by myself. Managed to get distracted (I think I looked at teamspeak on my 2nd monitor for a millisecond I swear, only to look back and see those bollards of death at Woodcote totally smash my fragile liddle open wheeler... limped back to pit, quickly read war n peace then trundled out in last. Had a bit of a battle with Mael for some old spoon we found but he ended getting it ;D.
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R1 - Unfairly advantaged with no ballast, still smashed my PB (shame RSR wasn't recognising it - always the bloody way). Still great racing with Standaam and Freezer
R2 - Not a hope in hell, was shit in qual was shit in the racing... I just didn't have a setup to suit that ballast.
Moved my Ballast questions to Ballast feed.
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Congrats, Joe. And good luck with everything.
I did not have great expectations for the night: I am not usually in the top 3 spots, so starting with one of the highest ballasts looked tough. Quali was indeed very hard, P18, but I felt I was doing fine (3 tenths from Matthew who had very similar ballast and is usually faster than I am). At the start, I managed to avoid contacts in the first 3 or 4 corners, but it costed me some position. Then I was starting regaining a bit, thanks to a few ahead of me going long at Luffield and Copse. I was following very close at the entrance of Maggots, when the driver ahead of me lifted off in a point I did not expect and I could not react fast enough. Damage and then spin. Race ended there.
No ballast change for Race 2, as I did not score any lap time in Race 1. A bit of an imperfect incentives scheme here: I could have just run one slow lap on purpose and lose like 30kg (Matthew lost 50, for example). I didn't, as it seemed unfair, but one could very easily do this.
Quali 2 was even harder than Quali 1, but this time it was probably me not finding the rhythm. Anyway, P16. I had a good start and found some decent space to get to P10 by the end of the first lap. After Mael and Grubbet came to contact ahead of me, I had a free track all for me and could finally focus on finding a rhythm. The rest of the race looked really like an F1 race: pace, pace, Wally trying an undercut, fast lap, pit stop, rejoin ahead of him, fast lap, manage to keep Freezer just behind me when he rejoins, a few tense lap to try to get freezer off my draft, pace, pace, trying to manage the last laps, see Jeremy is arriving fast, last lap: 1.3 second gap to him, I can make it. He goes of at Maggots. 5th place is done.
Next round seems hard: still 108kg...
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Race one, robbed of valuable points
race two, made a few small mistakes in first few laps, which allowed matthew111 past, after that found some rhythm, saw Will behind me suddenly disappear, had an awesome battle with matthew111, until I tried the undercut in pitstops, but it didnt matter as he ran outta fuel. Good race for me and happy to finish with no drama or penalties :)
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After Mael and Grubbet came to contact ahead of me, I had a free track all for me and could finally focus on finding a rhythm.
Yeah have to apologize for that one, all my fault. Qualified much higher up the grid for the second race than expected, Wally's ballast system must be working! That lead to a very difficult opening lap culminating in a massive tank slapper after the last corner in which I collected my team mate Grubbet :(
Thought the car did not sustain much damage so pulled myself together and sprinted down to turn one. Sadly turn one never occurred with the front end turning in but the rear just merrily continuing on a straight line!
Tried to keep out of everybody way from there until lap 16 when through unfortunate circumstances I smashed into my teammate again :o finishing the race for both of us.
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Race 1 was fun, chasing Threepwood the whole way, didn't catch him but still finished 5th. ;)
Race 2 and I hit reliability issues. :(
I was only getting 85% throttle and plummeted through the field.
Decided I'd had enough when that dropped to 70% and I couldn't even reach 6th gear anymore.
Don't calculate any ballast change for me based on race 2 Wally, it will be misleadingly slow. :-X
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Well it was a pretty sucky night for me to be honest.
The first race it was obvious those that should have had ballast didn't have enough. It was kind of fun and boring at the same time for me. Fun because I was doing my best to keep Bachulum behind - we were between 1 and 1.5 seconds apart almost the whole race. But it was also a little boring because the guys in front were lapping about 2 seconds per lap quicker so I had no hope.
The second race was a disaster. Firstly, my ballast was pumped up to 158 kg which made my setup not so great and despite last minute changes to suspension, toe and dampers, still was hit and miss.
I managed a really good lap in qual which put me 7th on the grid - there was only 3 tenths in it from p7 to p14!
Then after I'd gone to grid it became known that the race was for 19 laps instead of the 17 advised, so I wasn't fueled long enough to get away with 1 pit stop and knew from then on my race was done.
Then with the increased ballast + cold tyres + low track grip and not being to enthused about the whole thing I spun it coming out of luffield on the first lap.
Then I got going again and Grubbet spun in front of me and collected me (nothing to worry about, these things happen), then someone else spun in front of me and collected me (can't remember who), then a third spinner at T1 made me dive off to the outside of the track giving me a cut for good measure.
So I was trundling around without a front or rear wing needing another stop and getting lapped. But I carried on as I'm never a fan of those who throw in the towel and rage quit, so pushed as much as I could as there were still a few around me who hadn't had good races either.
Then when I was coming into the pits/leaving for the second time the session finished suddenly.
So not a good night, but these things test us to make the good times seem even better :)
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Not a great round for me lol didnt do any prac on the car so was constantly changing it, in the end it was fairly good but didnt seem the quickest.
Qualy 1 with the extra weight not much you can do the lap felt decent but was only 17th lol. Was frantic at the start with cars everywhere in the pack i was very busy on the first lap. Found a groove and was 13th i think and just kept my nose clean and let the people ahead of me make mistakes lol to come home for a happy 9th.
qualy 2: stuffed it up didnt time my final run properly thinking i had more time than i really had lol so i didnt do a proper lap and i was punished being put back to 9th.
Again a busy start but stayed out of trouble, was having a great battle with phil just managing to hold him off, he pitted lap 9 and i was going to pit lap 10 but i didnt see the fuel light come on so i thought 1 more lap as the car was quick and i might build a buffer on phil with the light car but then 100m from the pits she died so that was that lol ended up rolling aorund for 13th ah well hopefully thats the bad luck done for me lol
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Race 1 was fun, chasing Threepwood the whole way, didn't catch him but still finished 5th. ;)
Race 2 and I hit reliability issues. :(
I was only getting 85% throttle and plummeted through the field.
Decided I'd had enough when that dropped to 70% and I couldn't even reach 6th gear anymore.
Don't calculate any ballast change for me based on race 2 Wally, it will be misleadingly slow. :-X
Duly noted... I'll leave your ballast at the 28kg you had.
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Cheers for the well wishes all. Had a baby boy at 7pm today; finally one for the male team! Also born on Back to the Future day, result!
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Cheers for the well wishes all. Had a baby boy at 7pm today; finally one for the male team! Also born on Back to the Future day, result!
Congrats mate
Did u call him Marty? :D
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Cheers for the well wishes all. Had a baby boy at 7pm today; finally one for the male team! Also born on Back to the Future day, result!
Congratulations Joe.....!
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Cheers for the well wishes all. Had a baby boy at 7pm today; finally one for the male team! Also born on Back to the Future day, result!
Congrats Joe! ;D ;D
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Cheers for the well wishes all. Had a baby boy at 7pm today; finally one for the male team! Also born on Back to the Future day, result!
Nice one Joe and Mrs Joe! Hope you are all well and planning the route to the top of the sim racing world for baby Joe already :) good God, I could only imagine what peripherals and games will be like in 20 to 30 years time.
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Congratulations to you and your wife :)
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One more for the Golden Goats!! ;D
Congrats Joe!!! :D
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Interesting weekend
Qual1: set a new pb which got me 2nd last pretty chuffed with that as I was thinking last for sure with 174kg on the car.
RCE1: Got a really good start and made a few positions but then everyone settled in and I was a sitting duck i couldnt cover my lines or attack just had to sit tight not helping was the grainning I was getting on the rear which was a tad odd. Kept it on the road and finished 15th which isnt bad considering where I started and the extra weight.
Qual2: omg 90kg less and the car felt like a rocket compared to the previous race trying to tweak the car and find new brake markers was a challenge settled for 13th with a semi decent lap.
RCE2: got a ripper start and made a few key early moves to be well inside the top 10 chasing matthew and frezzer who were having a good scrap I decided to join in. Unfortunately got a tap from freezer which spun me around and lost valuable time to the leaders, kept my head down and chased again finding myself behind wally and freezer which ended up being a pretty good battle I passed both and headed into the pits for some fresh rubber but some how came out behind the pair of them again! Eventually after some bold passing I got them both and started to chase grat. Pushing hard the whole way on the last lap I spun and lost positions to wally and marty to finish 8th I think.
Wasn't really expecting much from this week considering the weight I had but still had some good battled in the 2nd race which was fun.
congrats joe on the little one!
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Unfortunately got a tap from freezer which spun me around and lost valuable time to the leaders, kept my head down and chased again finding myself behind wally and freezer which ended up being a pretty good battle I passed both and headed into the pits for some fresh rubber but some how came out behind the pair of them again!
Again, sorry about the tap. I didn't change tyres (pretty sure Wally didn't either) hence the short stop but it showed at the end as you had lots of speed..!
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Unfortunately got a tap from freezer which spun me around and lost valuable time to the leaders, kept my head down and chased again finding myself behind wally and freezer which ended up being a pretty good battle I passed both and headed into the pits for some fresh rubber but some how came out behind the pair of them again!
Again, sorry about the tap. I didn't change tyres (pretty sure Wally didn't either) hence the short stop but it showed at the end as you had lots of speed..!
I changed tyres and filled up.