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S36R10 - Suzuka
« on: March 16, 2021, 10:59:00 PM »
With Dietmar and Bueller scoring the same points this round, Dietmar maintains his two point lead coming into the round and emerges as the season 37 champion.

RACE 1 RESULTS
RACE 2 RESULTS

SEASON STATS

Round Points
Dietmar Raath   35
buellersdayoff   35
Mael   20
Wally   18
killagorilla   12
ab156   11
AGK   8
bradc   8
Joe   6
Rob   6
Neville   3

Penalties
None.

Season Standings
1. Dietmar Raath, 283
2. buellersdayoff, 281
3. killagorilla, 248



Here we are at the final, deciding round of the season, with Dietmar holding a slender 2 point lead over Bueller for the championship.

It's going to be fairly cold, with race 1 at only 11 degrees and race 2 at 15 degrees.

Track download

Races will be 13 laps.
« Last Edit: March 23, 2021, 10:24:29 PM by Wally »
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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2021, 08:37:36 AM »
Bueller, what the hell?
 :)
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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2021, 10:29:40 AM »
IDK lol, while they look like bricks they still have an aero package so you can kind of precariously rely on it in some corners. First few laps I did with meds hit 15's then put softs on and bam 14's, not sure how they'll go but they don't seem to overheat. Braking for the last chicken requires trail as you bump over the first curb then straighten up to get a good run over the second curb and onto the long straight. A lot of trail in the first double right balancing on the edge of grip without over driving it. Taking some of the driving techniques required to be somewhat competitive in acc on this track helps, so some aero reliance, not over doing tyre cornering/braking grip.
Switching over to the merc I did all those wrong things because I'm not used to the cars balance and haven't worked on a nice set, plus the braking into the hairpin and chicane will easily turn into an off because of the fade feel it has, not sure if it's abs, haven't played with it. With some more testing could probably match the Alfa as dietmar has before. Rolling starts would have been great for this season eliminating the Alfa's advantage off the line.
« Last Edit: March 21, 2021, 11:42:33 AM by buellersdayoff »

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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2021, 12:08:01 PM »
Rolling starts would have been great for this season eliminating the Alfa's advantage off the line.
Yes, good point.
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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2021, 04:22:38 PM »
Shame rolling starts can't be implemented properly in ac like acc.

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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2021, 08:05:35 PM »
I did a few more laps in the Merc offline, only minor tweaks to the set and abs off, not sure I'd race with it off though. Theoretical best was 2:14:7xx after about 9 laps. You can use a bit of the run off curbs around the back fast section (last few left handers) but the cars get a bit twitchy out there.

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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2021, 08:45:00 PM »
Bueller, what the hell?
 :)

Well all I can hope for is that PLP-App will record Bueller's lap as invalid. The App seems very strict around Suzuka. If not then we non-aliens are screwed!

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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2021, 10:42:49 AM »
Don't think I'm abusing track limits, I've stayed inside the white line and hadn't received any cut messages...unless I went off

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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2021, 11:16:33 AM »
Don't think I'm abusing track limits, I've stayed inside the white line and hadn't received any cut messages...unless I went off

Apologies Bueller, not insinuating you abusing the track limits. I had the red square coming up from the PLP app in areas which I deemed would still have been within the limits, certainly compared to ACC. So more a mention to watch out to make sure drivers does get caught out in the race.

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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2021, 01:04:08 PM »
All good I didn't take it that way, I will double check the limits, but I'm pretty sure it was all legal lol

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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2021, 06:03:49 PM »
After 2 weeks of driving a Hiace around SA, I feel like I've completely forgotten how to drive!

I've given it a few laps to work on a rough set up, and provided I can get my act in order, I might be able to sneak a high 13 on a kamikaze lap

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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2021, 06:31:33 PM »
After 2 weeks of driving a Hiace around SA, I feel like I've completely forgotten how to drive!

I've given it a few laps to work on a rough set up, and provided I can get my act in order, I might be able to sneak a high 13 on a kamikaze lap

Driving a taxi in South Africa?  ;D

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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2021, 06:41:09 PM »
After 2 weeks of driving a Hiace around SA, I feel like I've completely forgotten how to drive!

I've given it a few laps to work on a rough set up, and provided I can get my act in order, I might be able to sneak a high 13 on a kamikaze lap

Driving a taxi in South Africa?  ;D

Haha! My inner South African taxi driver did make me feel like disobeying all road rules  ;)

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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2021, 09:13:24 PM »
Bueller, what the hell?
 :)

too fast
« Last Edit: March 22, 2021, 09:24:46 PM by Phil.8 »
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Re: S36R10 - Suzuka
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2021, 11:06:40 PM »
4th fastest after a few laps practise. Guessing if I could qually around there I'd be about 7th by t1 after all the alfas go by on that long straight  :o

 

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