I've got the practice server up with the current Spa forecast for Tuesday. 11° and damp. The server also has tyre wear at 1.2x (fuel 2.4x), which is how it will be if the conditions are as cold as this.

If anybody wants to set their ballast on the server, you can do:

/admin <XGN password>
/ballast 0 <kg> (or use /client_list to find out which car you are)

With one round to go, I won't be able to catch Rolz in the standings, but I'm vulnerable to Bacchulum and Freezer. I'll have to keep an eye on those guys.

Sure GW jump on on Tuesday. I'm curious if it's just the Caterham mod that gives you these dropouts. What happens if you just jump on any other populated server?

Yeah, but I got 0.001% interest on my money for a few months.

Wally I'm pretty sure they withdraw the rule due to safety which required a low downforce setup for one race.  I could be wrong though.

I know they definitely did it for Spa. I don't know if it's a permanent rule change for the rest of the season. It gives us some idea of the kinds of rules they impose though. We'll see what's what after a trial race using each downforce package.

I've just received 45.50 Euros from Slightly Mad Studios (via paypal).
While it does not say what it is, I have a strong suspicion this is my profit share of Project CARS.

Not too shabby.

True, I could have waited!

Just reading about the real FR series:

With a view to rewarding pure performance, each weekend follows a format that is both simple and fair. Race days begin with a qualifying session followed by a race lasting 44 minutes and one lap, with the second race of the weekend also featuring a pit stop during which at least two tyres must be changed.

And a blurb about the real world downforce packages:

Until now, FR3.5 teams have been free to set up their cars in whatever way they prefer – high downforce (for venues like Monaco or the Hungaroring), or low (for the likes of Monza). Most of the time, the need for both cornering and straightline speed has led to compromises of somewhere in between the two extremes.

That freedom of choice, however, is now about to end – at least partially. A change to the rules for 2015 means that teams will now all be forced to set up their cars to a low-downforce configuration for the first of the two races contested at each championship round. For Race 2, on the other hand, they are then free to adopt whatever downforce level they consider appropriate (like in previous years).

For ease of driving and reducing accidents, we could mandate the high downforce package. At the trial race, we'll try all 3 packages.

From our past experiences, fast open wheelers are definitely harder to drive, and harder to have close racing with, requiring faster reactions. But I'm all for promoting diversity, especially as different people may have different skills with different types of cars.

I guess the three downforce packages for the FR are essentially 3 different cars. To make my life easier as admin, and maybe even more strategically interesting, you could choose one of the downforce packages and stick with it for half the season,  with the ability to swap packages half way through.