IRS | Blancpain GT Challenge - Season 1 Complete | Season 2 Jan. 2020 | Currently: Exhibition Races!

For the future, only real world tracks or open it up to fictional tracks?

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Gonna get on and figure it out now. :)

Tonight's race will be 55 laps, including the formation lap. Expect 54 laps of racing.
 
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Who wants to be in a party chat tonight? I know @aceboy127 likes to set one up with his live stream. It would be nice to get people from both divisions so they can share info across the field. It also helps a lot with organizing the race and any cautions that may arise.

The following picture shows the start of the start/restart zone. The zone is from this line to the official start/finish line on track.
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DesertPenguin
Who wants to be in a party chat tonight? I know @aceboy127 likes to set one up with his live stream. It would be nice to get people from both divisions so they can share info across the field. It also helps a lot with organizing the race and any cautions that may arise.

The following picture shows the start of the start/restart zone. The zone is from this line to the official start/finish line on track.
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How does it work? I’ve never tried it before. Do you hear people talking the whole time you’re racing or is it just for race info when needed?
 
Depends. A lot of people like to concentrate and will only unmute or talk to update what's happening in their race or to ask for timing gaps to other cars. I like to chat with someone to pass the time, talk about how their doing in their race, stuff like that. If I'm in an actual race close to another car I'll shut up and put my head down.
 
@Pigems @aceboy127 Great race with you guys tonight. I'm glad your internet decided to work after all! I decided to pit in once I could tell Ace was gonna overtake me if I stayed out and that was to be benefit because I also jumped Pigems in the pits. I saw Ace had some trouble getting to the pit lane so huge time advantage there, but Pigems came out around 7 seconds behind me. The race was on. His tires were new and maybe a little cold for the out lap but mine had 4 laps of wear on them. By the end he wore me out and got by. Something about that mile long straight really makes your eyes melt lol. Couldn't keep on your tail for long enough to come back in the draft. Great job tonight handling that car. Must not be so bad on tires after all :)
 
Definitely. Big shout out to the lapped cars too. Da real MVPs
For me, they did a great job moving out of the way. It's a fine line, I've been there so often myself.
 
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Hey guys just so you know, I update the scores right after the race and it updates in real time to the thread. If you don't mind staying around after the race ends for a few minutes I will write out the updated scores so everyone can see where they are in the championship/against their closest rival.

Just need ace to miss a week and we can catch up to him. Or drop the lowest scoring race. That's not something that's actually done in too many real world series, right? If it was more common I'd consider it because realism but if not then it seems too artificial just to create points drama. Yea, life happens, but that's the serious nature of these organized leagues and series. Dedication pays off with championship points. Maybe even throw in a small Amazon gift card to make things interesting ;)
 
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@Pigems @aceboy127 Great race with you guys tonight. I'm glad your internet decided to work after all! I decided to pit in once I could tell Ace was gonna overtake me if I stayed out and that was to be benefit because I also jumped Pigems in the pits. I saw Ace had some trouble getting to the pit lane so huge time advantage there, but Pigems came out around 7 seconds behind me. The race was on. His tires were new and maybe a little cold for the out lap but mine had 4 laps of wear on them. By the end he wore me out and got by. Something about that mile long straight really makes your eyes melt lol. Couldn't keep on your tail for long enough to come back in the draft. Great job tonight handling that car. Must not be so bad on tires after all :)
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Thanks man, same to you. I think you’re right, if we had stopped on the same lap it would have been a battle right to the very end. I tried to baby my front left as best I could through the first stint so I could get as many laps as possible out of them in hopes that I could then push the second set a little harder with less fuel in the tank at the end. That was such an awesome race man, very well done! I can’t wait to watch the replay in the morning. :)
 
One thing I learned from this race is that the Aston does not like hairpins from high speed. Hard braking down to 2nd or sometimes 1st gets scary depending on how much you turn the wheel while braking. Hey other Aston Martin drivers, do you also experience this?
 
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One thing I learned from this race is that the Aston does not like hairpins from high speed. Hard braking down to 2nd or sometimes 1st gets scary depending on how much you turn the wheel while braking. Hey other Aston Martin drivers, do you also experience this?
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It's best to brake with the wheel as straight as possible, that particular behavior helps in tighter sections cause the brakes make the car rotate. It's just one of things you gotta mind with the car.
 
I honestly don't understand how you Pro drivers are able to pull a whole two seconds out of the same machinery I'm in. I watched some replays and honestly can't see where you're faster but you cross the line and the timer says low 1:38s or high 1:37s. You guys are godly.
 
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It's best to brake with the wheel as straight as possible, that particular behavior helps in tighter sections cause the brakes make the car rotate. It's just one of things you gotta mind with the car.
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Thanks. For the start of the race I was running brake balance on 5 (full rear) to help front tire wear, but over time it felt less and less stable. I moved to 4 and felt good, but 2 felt better for the hard braking hairpins. Split the difference at 3 so I didn't have to keep changing it while racing and things felt alright, just had to beware of turn-in like you said.
 
DesertPenguin
I honestly don't understand how you Pro drivers are able to pull a whole two seconds out of the same machinery I'm in. I watched some replays and honestly can't see where you're faster but you cross the line and the timer says low 1:38s or high 1:37s. You guys are godly.
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It's the littlest things across an entire lap, running the same racing line only with later braking points, carrying more speed into the corners, getting back on the power earlier, that kind of thing.

Fuji's that kind of track cause there's not many options for an optimal line.
 
So I actually scrapped the tune I had worked on all week for the race it did feel stable to me at all...so before qualifying I just quick through in a turn e I never tested there and turned my down force down and went at it. Next week to Mt. Panorama should be interesting to say the least
 
Give yourself a challenge and drive it with stock tune, limiting yourself to only adjusting downforce, brake balance, and transmission :)

Edit: It would certainly bring some insight to to how much of the Pro division speed is due to tuning or driving ability.
 
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