- 657
- Fuelmyfire
this should be a good race Friday!
CORE GT Series | RETURNING IN GT6!
- Thread starter OmniusGT
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this should be a good race Friday!
- 897
- NRW
- Third_Reign
Just a quick question to the MX-5 spces. It says fully tuned, does that mean i have the option between the supercharger and the high end turbo? I know the turbo nets more bhp, but the charger gets you more torque (and a nicer shift band). Being able to chose either would be a nice way to mix things up.
Also just to remind you on my Club colors if you haven't caught them: Aline White on Formula Red rims.
Also just to remind you on my Club colors if you haven't caught them: Aline White on Formula Red rims.
- 395
- Herefordshire
Third Reign
Its a good question Third... I know that Omnius had previously suggested a turbo in the quest for maximum power, but I am not sure if that was a suggestion or a stipulation, as like you say it could add an element of variety with one type of power delivery suiting some drivers more than others.
- 657
- Fuelmyfire
I don't think the supercharger would be as good overall. The mx-5 is a high reving engine so you never really lose the turbo boost.
- 897
- NRW
- Third_Reign
On the Acceleration test the Supercharger bested the turbo on everything but top speed. On a stop and go circuit with steep slopes, the supercharger would demolish the turbo in performance. But since that is out of the picture (and easy to check since supercharger = no boost gauge) i guess there is no secret advantage hunting.
OmniusGT
(Banned)
- 2,001
- Northumberland
78 laps! (2hrs)
REQUIRED CAR - Championship Car
MAZDA MX-5 TC
285 BHP @ 800 Kg
Oil Change, Fully Tuned & Engine Break-in
Racing Hard Tyres
Oil Change, Fully Tuned & Engine Break-in
Racing Hard Tyres
72 laps! (2hrs)
REQUIRED CAR - Club Racing
86GT - FR-S - BRZ
216 BHP @ 1230 Kg
ONLY THESE PARTS TO BE ADDED!
Sports Air Filter
Sports Exhaust
FC Gearbox
FC Suspension
Sports Air Filter
Sports Exhaust
FC Gearbox
FC Suspension
Full Aero Kit MANDATORY!
Oil Change, Engine Break-in
Sports Medium Tyres
Sports Medium Tyres
OmniusGT
(Banned)
- 2,001
- Northumberland
Season 6 is looking rather healthy 👍
Ade3210
Cobrius
Dowlin39
Fuelmyfire
Geordie139
Jammy_Rex
R063R_GL4560W
Third_Reign
Trotterlover79 (Need Car Colors)
WarriusZero
Hillracing (Need Car Colours)
H_enry_T (Club Racing only - Need Car Colours)
All in all, we should have quite the season, lets hope we get as many as possible this Friday from our signed drivers It should make for a good race...Trial Mountain will never be the same 👍 
Ade3210
Cobrius
Dowlin39
Fuelmyfire
Geordie139
Jammy_Rex
R063R_GL4560W
Third_Reign
Trotterlover79 (Need Car Colors)
WarriusZero
Hillracing (Need Car Colours)
H_enry_T (Club Racing only - Need Car Colours)
All in all, we should have quite the season, lets hope we get as many as possible this Friday from our signed drivers
It should make for a good race...Trial Mountain will never be the same 👍
- 657
- Fuelmyfire
Fair enough Third 
Turbos all the way though
Turbos all the way though
- 657
- Fuelmyfire
It's almost a shame this car has a rear wing... I can't unsettle it in the slightest!
- 657
- Fuelmyfire
I don't want it, i'm just amazed.
- 455
- H_enry_T
One question, where can I find the list of the club cars? I dont want to choose the same car the most of us uses, even if it is the same platform.
Also, I might not make it to the club endurance, because I might have guests over that night or hung over from the 19th. Also the world ending and things. But thats why its a might not, as opposed to can not.
Also, I might not make it to the club endurance, because I might have guests over that night or hung over from the 19th. Also the world ending and things. But thats why its a might not, as opposed to can not.
!
- 3,161
- Hethel, Norfolk
- ADE3210
Epic race last night Omnius. Really enjoying these longer races now. I find them very demanding on concentration after an hour and a half, but that is part of the experience. I went for a 2 stop strategy, and my fastest lap was a 1:29.4xx. The car felt very nice, and I think we will see some awesome battles throughout S6. Going to have some SC practice tonight, as its only just a week until the 24 Laps of Lemans.
- 897
- NRW
- Third_Reign
What an epic race!
Qualified with a 1:28.864 granting me pole position. That was short lived as cold tires and a touch on the sand before the double tunnel complex got my rear to step out and allow geordie past. The first twenty laps where some of the best racing I've had online. Dowlin, geordie and me where all on the same pace. Our fighting triple got split up do to a slight lag sadly. As dowlin tried to pass me on the back straight he went slightly wide on the corner, allowing me to slip through the inside again. He apologized for something, but as far as I noticed there was no contact anywhere throughout the maneuver (crossing line maybe?). Next thing I see Dowlin have a small lag spike and touch the wall, which sadly put a bit of space between us.
Good position fights continued with geordie, who's tyres seemed to give away a bit faster than mine. Having a bit of breathing space I tried to figure out when to pit. A 2 stop strategy would have meant pitting at lap 26, but once that came around my tyres still showed roughly 75%. I decided to take the risk and see how a 1 stop would play out. geordie pitted at 26, so i tried to keep a good pace and not push the tyres too hard. The early battles seemed to take their toll towards the end thought. My pace dropped too far and I started to notice the pace could not suffice to keep geordie behind.
My pit stop happened at lap 39 and placed me 20secs behind geordie, whose tyres should have at least some wear from his half stint. I managed to reduce his lead to about 12 secs, enough to reclaim first with some breathing room. After geordies 2nd stop I got a bit too much air on a jump in the first corner complex, causing me wide into the dirt at the final turn. I caught the drift in the dirt and managed quite well until a few meters into the track. The over-grippy rHards suddenly gripped and tossed me around facing the other way. This spin cost me 9 seconds and put geordie close behind me on fresh compound. The slide also cost me quite a chunk of tyre. Not long after geordie blew past me, but i managed to keep up. Same exact situation again for me a few laps before end. I went wide, drifted well, snapped around by sudden grip. This time dowlin profited an was right on my tail. After another small slide out of a corner and dowlin managed to pass me on the back straight. I could only keep his pace but not reclaim my position. The tyres suffered too much from those small rally excursions and the followup spins.
I'm really looking forward to the main season if racing will remain this close.
Qualified with a 1:28.864 granting me pole position. That was short lived as cold tires and a touch on the sand before the double tunnel complex got my rear to step out and allow geordie past. The first twenty laps where some of the best racing I've had online. Dowlin, geordie and me where all on the same pace. Our fighting triple got split up do to a slight lag sadly. As dowlin tried to pass me on the back straight he went slightly wide on the corner, allowing me to slip through the inside again. He apologized for something, but as far as I noticed there was no contact anywhere throughout the maneuver (crossing line maybe?). Next thing I see Dowlin have a small lag spike and touch the wall, which sadly put a bit of space between us.
Good position fights continued with geordie, who's tyres seemed to give away a bit faster than mine. Having a bit of breathing space I tried to figure out when to pit. A 2 stop strategy would have meant pitting at lap 26, but once that came around my tyres still showed roughly 75%. I decided to take the risk and see how a 1 stop would play out. geordie pitted at 26, so i tried to keep a good pace and not push the tyres too hard. The early battles seemed to take their toll towards the end thought. My pace dropped too far and I started to notice the pace could not suffice to keep geordie behind.
My pit stop happened at lap 39 and placed me 20secs behind geordie, whose tyres should have at least some wear from his half stint. I managed to reduce his lead to about 12 secs, enough to reclaim first with some breathing room. After geordies 2nd stop I got a bit too much air on a jump in the first corner complex, causing me wide into the dirt at the final turn. I caught the drift in the dirt and managed quite well until a few meters into the track. The over-grippy rHards suddenly gripped and tossed me around facing the other way. This spin cost me 9 seconds and put geordie close behind me on fresh compound. The slide also cost me quite a chunk of tyre. Not long after geordie blew past me, but i managed to keep up. Same exact situation again for me a few laps before end. I went wide, drifted well, snapped around by sudden grip. This time dowlin profited an was right on my tail. After another small slide out of a corner and dowlin managed to pass me on the back straight. I could only keep his pace but not reclaim my position. The tyres suffered too much from those small rally excursions and the followup spins.
I'm really looking forward to the main season if racing will remain this close.
- 395
- Herefordshire
Great racing last night guys :-) overall my own performance was disappointing, but had a cracking few battles with various guys in the first 20 laps. The first ten were great especially, battling with Ade, Fuel & Cobrius, but a few silly mistakes put me down for the order. Then I refuelled but was stationary in the pits for an age as I inadvertently filled up to the brim - D'oh! Still not confident with refueling after I ran out at Spa and almost did at Suzuka.
After that it was a lonely race, save for a few laps following Omnius, and Fuel/Ade in the middle of the race. For whatever reason, I couple never replicate the pace I had fighting with the other guys in the opening laps...
I have a question about qualifying. I'm sure I was about 5th fastest with a about 3 mins to spare. Then I went back to the lounge to change my setup then back to the track (didn't have time for a lap). I then started at the back of the grid to my surprise. Does that mean if you exit back to the lounge then your time gets wiped? I'm sure other guys could well have bettered my time but was surprised in the short time that was left.
Well I took some advice from third on setup after the race and today managed to improve my lap time by a second to 1:29.4 which was heartening. But front tyre wear seems to be an issue. For whatever reason I seem to heat up my front tyres red when cornering, no matter what I was doing setup wise I could not get rid of the tyre scrub and heating up red... I was trying to drive smoothly in the 2nd half of the race but seemed to suffer more than most with tyre wear.
Any tips greatly appreciated. It doesn't seem to be in the braking phase, they light up red in cornering, with the squealing noise even when I was trying to be careful not to push too hard. I was watching other cars in the replay and they didn't seem to suffer with this to the same degree on the same corners as me.
Oh, my car was down to 272 bhp after the race. I take it this was the same for everyone?
After that it was a lonely race, save for a few laps following Omnius, and Fuel/Ade in the middle of the race. For whatever reason, I couple never replicate the pace I had fighting with the other guys in the opening laps...
I have a question about qualifying. I'm sure I was about 5th fastest with a about 3 mins to spare. Then I went back to the lounge to change my setup then back to the track (didn't have time for a lap). I then started at the back of the grid to my surprise. Does that mean if you exit back to the lounge then your time gets wiped? I'm sure other guys could well have bettered my time but was surprised in the short time that was left.
Well I took some advice from third on setup after the race and today managed to improve my lap time by a second to 1:29.4 which was heartening. But front tyre wear seems to be an issue. For whatever reason I seem to heat up my front tyres red when cornering, no matter what I was doing setup wise I could not get rid of the tyre scrub and heating up red... I was trying to drive smoothly in the 2nd half of the race but seemed to suffer more than most with tyre wear.
Any tips greatly appreciated. It doesn't seem to be in the braking phase, they light up red in cornering, with the squealing noise even when I was trying to be careful not to push too hard. I was watching other cars in the replay and they didn't seem to suffer with this to the same degree on the same corners as me.
Oh, my car was down to 272 bhp after the race. I take it this was the same for everyone?
- 395
- Herefordshire
OmniusGTYeah, 272 here, but a quick oil change and you will be at the 285 limit
Try the downforce tip, you'll find the rears heat up better and try lowering the front downforce too as I tried Third's settings and don't light up my tyres....
Ok will give it a go thanks Omnius
Did you see my question about qualifying - wanted to know whether the times are lost if you exit to the lounge then back onto track? For example did yourself and a couple of others produce late lap fliers in the last couple of mins of the sesh to put me to the back as I was about 5th before I went back to lounge to tweak setup.
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