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Title: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Wally on February 13, 2019, 12:18:15 AM
The practice server is up with a bunch of varied cars, which should give some good mixed racing, at Brands Hatch:

Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
Alfa Romeo 4C
BMW 1M Stage 3
BMW Z4 E89 Step1
Ford Mustang 2015
Lotus Evora S
Nissan Skyline GTR R34 V-Spec

I've thrown on a bit of ballast to try to compress the lap times a bit. Put some lap times in, and let's see how the cars stack up here: http://52.63.217.129:50041/lapstat?currservers=acserver2 (http://52.63.217.129:50041/lapstat?currservers=acserver2)

Next week's fun run is just going to be a few 6 lap sprints where you can jump in and out of a few different cars. No sign up or car renting required - just turn up.

Practice is going to be all the cars combined.
Race 1 - choose one of the Nissan, BMW Z4 or Mustang.
Race 2 - Mustang, Alfa, Abarth.
Race 3 - Abarth, BMW 1M, Lotus.
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: killagorilla on February 13, 2019, 09:24:44 PM
I'll be off for a couple of weeks. Sold my house and gotta move next week.
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: RussG on February 13, 2019, 10:33:58 PM
I'll be away for 2 weeks on holiday  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Wally on February 14, 2019, 07:49:29 AM
I'll be off for a couple of weeks. Sold my house and gotta move next week.
Good luck  :)
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Mael on February 16, 2019, 08:16:05 PM
The BMW's are good  :)
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Wally on February 17, 2019, 08:30:46 AM
The BMW's are good  :)
So I see  :o :o
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Wally on February 17, 2019, 10:39:12 AM
I'll be off for a couple of weeks. Sold my house and gotta move next week.

I'll be away for 2 weeks on holiday  ;D ;D

OK, we'll be having some other fun run the week after next, and then the season can start when you return.
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Wally on February 17, 2019, 10:42:34 AM
Added some info in the 1st post:

Practice is going to be all the cars combined.
Race 1 - choose one of the Nissan, BMW Z4 or Mustang.
Race 2 - Mustang, Alfa, Abarth.
Race 3 - Abarth, BMW 1M, Lotus.

I've adjusted the ballast/restrictor based on the lap times I'm seeing, to squeeze up the gaps between the cars a bit and spread them evenly.
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: killagorilla on February 17, 2019, 07:50:08 PM
I'll be off for a couple of weeks. Sold my house and gotta move next week.

I'll be away for 2 weeks on holiday  ;D ;D

OK, we'll be having some other fun run the week after next, and then the season can start when you return.

Cheers Wally :-)
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Bacchulum on February 17, 2019, 09:00:12 PM
Seeing the Abarth, BMW & Mustang on track at the same time weirdly made me think of the Mini v Cortina v Galaxy days. :D
Just modern...... ;)
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Joe on February 18, 2019, 08:15:25 AM
Sorry for my absence recently. Been struggling to get back to it after Xmas. Who knew 3 kids under 7 and a full time job would be so tiring. Gets to the evening and can't even be bothered to leave the sofa. I'll try and make the fun run tomorrow though.
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Wally on February 18, 2019, 12:11:01 PM
Seeing the Abarth, BMW & Mustang on track at the same time weirdly made me think of the Mini v Cortina v Galaxy days. :D
Just modern...... ;)
I'm hoping it should be an interesting mix of cars on track.


Sorry for my absence recently. Been struggling to get back to it after Xmas. Who knew 3 kids under 7 and a full time job would be so tiring. Gets to the evening and can't even be bothered to leave the sofa. I'll try and make the fun run tomorrow though.
Think of it as de-stress time. Under Dr. Wally's orders.
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Wally on February 19, 2019, 06:22:24 PM
Server's up (password protected). The 1st practice session has all the cars; then I'll break it into 3 sprints in groups of cars.

Race 1 - choose one of the Nissan, BMW Z4 or Mustang.
Race 2 - Mustang, Alfa, Abarth.
Race 3 - Abarth, BMW 1M, Lotus.

Remember, the cars aren't all meant to be the same, they're meant to be evenly staggered in performance.
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: grat on February 19, 2019, 06:55:53 PM
Sorry guys: will have to miss tonight. I'll be on a "maybe" schedule for the next few weeks, but usually in.

Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Wally on February 19, 2019, 10:30:23 PM
Here are the race results, if you want to see how the cars performed.

RACE 1 (https://xgnassettocorsa.blogspot.com/2019/02/fun-run-mixed-bag-at-brands-hatch-race-1.html)
RACE 2 (https://xgnassettocorsa.blogspot.com/2019/02/fun-run-mixed-bag-at-brands-hatch-race-2.html)
RACE 3 (https://xgnassettocorsa.blogspot.com/2019/02/fun-run-mixed-bag-at-brands-hatch-race-3.html)

I've also attached the practice times, if you want to see those.
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: buellersdayoff on February 20, 2019, 09:36:34 AM
I only had a short practice in a few cars and only one more on the night, so not every car and forgot to save the set for the abarth. I also preselected my car choice without really considering lap times and chose, mustang, abarth, m1 (not tested and no set up until final qually).
R1. Surprising last lap effort to snag pole in the first race, I just had to keep it straight with qualifying times and not let anyone past in the race, a few slides though and I thought I'd send myself off like usual but kept it together (enough).
R2. The abarth deserves it's own championship. Good fun battles with everyone.
R3. So not much of a set up and toying with boost control during the race meant I got close to mael and freezer, not enough to pass, but also possibly running out of juice. I wound down the boost to save fuel and dropped off the lead battle.
Again Abarth needs it's own series, also there's the seat leone? mod that would be great for a pommy touring car series too being similar to the Abarth ie fwd, not everyone likes fwd but variety is the spice...
Thanks all
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Wally on February 20, 2019, 11:25:08 AM
I agree, the Abarth is a lot of fun. Since I still have another week to kill while people are away, let's have a fun run in the Abarth next Tuesday. Get those rear wheels in the air!

I had some good battles: my Alfa vs. Phil's Mustang, my Abarth against Bacchulum's Mustang, my Z4 versus Joe's Skyline. I reckon it will be good racing.
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Freezer on February 20, 2019, 01:57:53 PM
I second the Abarth!  If kept to tighter tracks it would make for great battles with the power cars.
I had fun trying to hang it around the outside of Mael in the mustang!!
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Joe on February 20, 2019, 06:25:28 PM
Was good to race after a couple of months off. I didn't try the Abarth but I enjoyed driving the the Nissan most of all those I tried.
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Mael on February 20, 2019, 06:46:47 PM
Was good to race after a couple of months off. I didn't try the Abarth but I enjoyed driving the the Nissan most of all those I tried.

The Nissan is a good car, would usually be my selection but the BMW's handling was too enticing, especially the M1. Plus it appeared a bit slow, hope it was not the driver  :P
Title: Re: Fun run Feb 19 - a bunch of cars at Brands Hatch
Post by: Joe on February 20, 2019, 07:38:20 PM
Was good to race after a couple of months off. I didn't try the Abarth but I enjoyed driving the the Nissan most of all those I tried.

The Nissan is a good car, would usually be my selection but the BMW's handling was too enticing, especially the M1. Plus it appeared a bit slow, hope it was not the driver  :P

The M1 was still a bit understeery compared to the Nissan. Nowhere near as bad as the Mustang though.
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