FIA GTE Laguna Seca 200km
- Thread starter Adam41
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- WilliamsJIM_Adam
I've left now. Minion and wge still in the room.
I'm happy with all the specs so they probably won't be changing. Did a long stint with all the GTE Pro cars tonight, apart from the Corvette where I just went for a fast lap. The R8 is definitely the most edgy on worn tyres, but I think it has the most potential over one lap. I've raised the recommended tune of the R8 by a further 5mm, and you might wanna go even higher than that. The Ford GT is nice, but can be a bit tail happy out of the slow corners. Moving the weight towards the front until you are happy should help. It also has nice even tyre wear, compared to the R8's worse rear tyre wear. The GT-R is the most stable and forgiving. It's probably the most stable on worn tyres, but it loses quite a bit of time so I think it pans out. You definitely have to battle with the front tyre wear.
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I'm happy with all the specs so they probably won't be changing. Did a long stint with all the GTE Pro cars tonight, apart from the Corvette where I just went for a fast lap. The R8 is definitely the most edgy on worn tyres, but I think it has the most potential over one lap. I've raised the recommended tune of the R8 by a further 5mm, and you might wanna go even higher than that. The Ford GT is nice, but can be a bit tail happy out of the slow corners. Moving the weight towards the front until you are happy should help. It also has nice even tyre wear, compared to the R8's worse rear tyre wear. The GT-R is the most stable and forgiving. It's probably the most stable on worn tyres, but it loses quite a bit of time so I think it pans out. You definitely have to battle with the front tyre wear.
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- WilliamsJIM_Adam
Okay no problem. 👍 I won't be hosting another one of these races with GT Academy and exams coming up and even after that, I like the prospects of iRacing much more. 
NEPALII need the colours you're running.
Pag I need your rim colour.
Biffy I need your body colour and number.
Time to get some qualifying times in guys. 👍
NEPALII need the colours you're running.
Pag I need your rim colour.
Biffy I need your body colour and number.
Time to get some qualifying times in guys. 👍
CodeRedR51
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I'm going to try and get some practice in this week. Haven't touched the car since I ran those first practice laps.
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- PURE_DrWatson
And have you decided on a car yet Tim?
The only car I haven't run a race in before is the GTR-TC so I'll take that one (I like variety).
I'll figure out what colors look good with the odd non-paintable shiny-bits and post a formal declaration later tonight.
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- JoeTruckV8
So I can run 1:25's in the Vette Pro Class, but the 4 stopper is even sketchy for me since I'm burning the tires off at 10 Laps. I would need three 11 Lap stints with a 12 Laper stint as my final stint to hit the 4 stopper window. Hats off to whoever is managing a faster lap time than 1:25's w/ 12 Lap pit window'
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CodeRedR51
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Re-tested with the same tune as before in the Evora and it feels better now. 
Probably because I changed up my wheel settings. Should be good to go I think.
Probably because I changed up my wheel settings. Should be good to go I think.
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- JoeTruckV8
I finally got 15 laps out a set of rubber, but I don't believe that will come easy with race pressure!
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- WilliamsJIM_Adam
I'm running the same colours as before. It's lucky
Red?
so lucky that they aren't posted in either thread?
btw.
Class: PRO
Car: R35 GT-R TC
Body colour (if applicable): Tahiti Blue
Rim colour (if applicable): Silver
Car Number (if applicable): 19
Re-tested with the same tune as before in the Evora and it feels better now.
Probably because I changed up my wheel settings. Should be good to go I think.
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- GTP_ealirendur
Sign me up for the Ford GT, in the slow colour.
GTP_ealirendur/GTE Pro/Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
My desperately inconvenient time zone will probably make group practice/quali difficult, but I'll work something out. (GMT+10)
GTP_ealirendur/GTE Pro/Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car
My desperately inconvenient time zone will probably make group practice/quali difficult, but I'll work something out. (GMT+10)
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- WilliamsJIM_Adam
Thanks. The slow colour? Lol.
And that is fine. Group practice is not mandatory, and you can qualify at any point during the week as long as there is someone here to watch you.
EDIT: I may or may not be able to do practice on Wednesday. If I can't then it will be moved to Thursday or Friday.
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- GTP_Welsh-Bain
My wheels were their stock colour, but are now Gold
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- Titan
Practice any of those days would have been good for me... although I seem to have hit a snag. My wheels seems like its on the fritz. It refused to centre properly (registering it as somewhat to the right.) And it seemed to get worse for a bit. Now it seems better-ish. I don't know, we'll see. This problem never happened before...
