First of all, thank you all for letting me participate in the event. You all are very fast and I have a lot a lot more to learn.
How many cars do I need for round 19 and can someone give me specific tunes (Transmission, suspension, LSD) for all those cars?
Glad you are coming back for more. As you have seen Flaco is a very good racer so any help from him will be good. I will help you if and when I can, but I haven't learnt Red Bull Ring yet.
For round 19 you need:
Race 1: Pontiac GTO (315bhp max 1,160kg min) - I sent you details on this tune (Clueless over the hill outlaws). You will use this car until round 21 inclusive (next car change round 22).
Race 2: Shelby Cobra (460bhp max 844kg min) - I sent you details on this tune (Praiano). You will use this car until round 21 inclusive (next car change round 22).
Race 3: TVR V8S (Max tune) Fully lighten and fully tune engine, fit race soft suspension, tune LSD to 10 / 25 / 15, brake bias 7 / 4, custom transmission (race soft suspension works fine with race hard tyres on classic cars and those LSD and brake bias settings normally work fine - if you are spinning out on corner exit raise the centre LSD value to 30). You will use this car until the end of the series i.e. round 24.
Race 4: Senna Lotus 97T - untuned and power limited to 800bhp. Nothing to do on this car except set the limiter. We are restricting the car to 800bhp because the car is supplied in qualifying trim - they normally raced with about 800bhp. You will use this car until the end of the series i.e. round 24.
Re collisions with faster cars overtaking / lapping - it is difficult to pass slower cars and some accidents are inevitable - especially as slight lag can make cars fill a lot of the track. If being lapped move slightly to one side of the track to allow the faster driver past. If you have a headset, use to say "pass on the left" or as appropriate. If I'm not being lapped but the guy approaching from behind is much faster e.g. Flaco I just stay to the side and brake early to let him pass safely. If you have a headset use it to indicate that you will be pitting at the end of the lap - that way the person behind won't need to attempt a pass as they know you are about to come in. We also indicate when entering and leaving pits. Headsets are not used for other chat during races or qualifying. This detail is on page one of the thread. You don't have to use a headset, but if you have one it can be helpful.
If you stick with this series your lap times and racing ability will improve - that has noticeably happened to all the racers and because these cars are a bit harder to drive than average it should also improve your skills and results when racing in modern car rooms.
NB We are using the TVR V8S in tribute to the 1964 TVR Griffith (200 and 400) which battled on track with the Cobra and other cars in 1965. Hopefully PD give us one of these cars in the future (it has been suggested via the car suggestions section) - vote here:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/tvr-griffith-200-1964.300485/
You're right, it'll be a challenge just to finish the race - take it steady and stick with it though. 👍
