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Simulation Racing Leagues => Assetto Corsa => Thursday Nights fun racing => Topic started by: Gratulin on February 14, 2015, 10:10:42 PM

Title: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Gratulin on February 14, 2015, 10:10:42 PM

Hi,

Since this Thursday is a BYE in the Mini Season it is a good chance to try out a car for the next "Cobra Cup" season.

Server Name

AUS XGN Thursday "Big Cat Night"

CAR MOD

Broadspeed Jaguar XJ12 from 1977 (almost old enough for Thursdays!!!).
Download Link: http://www34.zippyshare.com/v/mQCY97mM/file.html (http://www34.zippyshare.com/v/mQCY97mM/file.html)

Features of the car:
-gearbox: 4 gear stick shift manual
-naturally aspirated 5.4litre V12 engine. 600hp@7500rpm
-cockpit adjustable arbs (hopefully ac will support this some day)
-front wheels were using single bolt attachment system like all sportscars do nowadays
-independent suspension on all corners
-19 inch wheels and low profile slicks tires
-water bottle in the cockpit so you can spray water into the front brakes to cool them down
-inboard brakes on the rear
-walnut dahsboard
-non fia approved rollcage

FORMAT

1 Car; 2 Tracks; 2 Races

Race 1 - GenTrack1 10 Laps
Race 2 - Pukekohe Park 2013 10 Laps

GenTrack1 Download Link http://www.mediafire.com/download/vam6p8misqwjbjz/GenTrackV095.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/download/vam6p8misqwjbjz/GenTrackV095.zip)
Pukekohoe Download link http://www.mediafire.com/download/ac9f5wgedwb4y2z/Pukekohe+Park+2013+v1.0+a+R1cho+by+Rainmaker.7z (http://www.mediafire.com/download/ac9f5wgedwb4y2z/Pukekohe+Park+2013+v1.0+a+R1cho+by+Rainmaker.7z)

Practise - 7:30pm
Qualifying 1 - 8:15pm
Race 1 - 8:30pm

Qualifying 2 - 9:00pm (approx)
Race 2 - 9:15pm (approx)

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Bruce on February 15, 2015, 07:51:45 AM

Nice work Gratulin.
Never ask me fire a track I'll just say Watkins Glen ;D

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Wally on February 15, 2015, 08:19:26 AM

Love it! The Jag at Pukekohe is brilliant. The bumpiness in the track just brings the big old suspension to life. I had a big grin on my face correcting a slide in the last high-speed corner.

That final S sequence and turn 1 are great fun. The V8s always have great races here, with a lot of action in that final fast, bumpy S section.

Title: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Gratulin on February 15, 2015, 10:18:58 AM

I've put up Pukekohoe on the Combo Tester server and have the SaReNi Camaro GTRC alongside the Jag.

Broadspeed Jaguar: weight 1450kg, power 600bhp [my laptime = 1:17.4]
Camaro GTRC: weight 1290kg, power 650+ bhp. [my laptime = 1:05.6]
V8 SuperCar: weight 1400kg (with driver min 100kg), power 620-650 bhp. [2014 ITM 500 Quali Jason Bright 1:03.1962]

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Bird on February 16, 2015, 08:49:57 AM

what's BYE?  Bring Your Evil? :)

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Bruce on February 16, 2015, 10:27:46 AM

did a couple of laps last night on the combo server...

wow, The Jag is a great mod, only 4 speed, less chances to stuff the box! and as Wally said, over the bumps in default gets unsettled and does feel like you need to hang on.
the track is a good product, the GTLegends and rFactor versions didn't have the tight chicane so had a few offs there.  Really pleased the older cars mods are starting to filter through...

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Gratulin on February 16, 2015, 11:18:02 AM

Did anyone try the Camaro? It is pretty much how I remember the V8 Supercar mods in Rf handling around here - pure grunt and noise :))

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Bruce on February 18, 2015, 09:23:11 AM

Quote from: Gratulin on February 16, 2015, 11:18:02 AM

Did anyone try the Camaro? It is pretty much how I remember the V8 Supercar mods in Rf handling around here - pure grunt and noise :))

No, forgot to, I got caught up in the "Big Cat" and then a couple of laps in the Cobra offline.  Certainly looking forward to Thursday and hope some (or at least one :) ) of our setup gurus has something for us.  Mine is better than default, but a little "white knuckles" on the right handers out of the home straight.

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Gratulin on February 18, 2015, 06:03:56 PM

First post updated with details for the "Big Cat Night"

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Wally on February 18, 2015, 08:42:38 PM

Looking forward to it.

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Gratulin on February 19, 2015, 05:28:59 PM

Server's up

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Bruce on February 19, 2015, 06:36:24 PM

Quote from: Gratulin on February 19, 2015, 05:28:59 PM

Server's up

Thanks Andrew.

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Gratulin on February 19, 2015, 09:59:52 PM

I think we have found another "Thursday" car. The Broadstreet Jaguar is a great mod and drives fantastic. It really suits Gentrack and Pukekohoe.

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Wally on February 19, 2015, 10:54:25 PM

I agree. It's been my favourite of the Thursday cars to date. It's big and heavy and wallowy without being too unpredicatable or feral.

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Gratulin on February 19, 2015, 11:09:28 PM

The secret seems to be that the modders who have the real world data for a car can feed that data into Assetto Corsa and let the AC physics engine simulate the real world car behaviour.

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Bruce on February 20, 2015, 08:25:44 AM

Quote from: Gratulin on February 19, 2015, 11:09:28 PM

The secret seems to be that the modders who have the real world data for a car can feed that data into Assetto Corsa and let the AC physics engine simulate the real world car behaviour.

Fantastic I'll get the data for FJ and knock up a quick model ;)

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Bruce on February 20, 2015, 10:04:42 AM

Am I loosing more memory  :o did I see somewhere a link to "The Big Cat" stats?

Man this is a great mod, I took on fabbi's setup tweaks and stopped a little of the wandering... had fun in both races, but I did change something else, can't remember, didn't save it, went faster, but either I or the setup changed destroy the tyres by lap 5-6. :(

Great racing for a impromptu drop in with out practice on new mod... both the mod and Pukehoe are a must.

Title: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: Gratulin on February 20, 2015, 10:55:38 AM

Quote from: Flattop Bruce on February 20, 2015, 10:04:42 AM

Am I loosing more memory  :o did I see somewhere a link to "The Big Cat" stats?

Ha ha. I deleted the post when I shut down the server. Didn't copy the Database over to the practise server.


Phew!  ;D

Title: Re: Thursday 19th is Bye Night = "BIG CAT NIGHT"
Post by: imperious on February 21, 2015, 04:08:02 PM

Definitely one for next season, great cars and a great track.

For some reason I was expecting a XJS, not the XJC, wasn't disappointed though.
I had some good pace in this car with a 1.15.7 in Quali, but overdid it in the race, Pukekohe isn't a track to
try overtaking from off the racing line.