Sundays 17:00-19:00 GMT - HISTORIC LM Replicas: Champions: Siggers, Harsk, PimikiFinished
- Thread starter Sick Cylinder
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- Siggers94
@Sick Cylinder I should be free to race this Sunday 👍
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- Sick_Cylinder
With Siggers taking one of the two available slots for this Sunday I am expecting an attendance of 15.
At the moment I am expecting a full grid on 25th October with no slots for reserve drivers, but keep an eye on the thread because some people may be unable to attend and will notify of this nearer the time.
Eran has given the reason for using the GT40 - all the Silver drivers are using the same car in the "Three Ten Cup". Of secondary importance to this, we are also able to get the correct year, colour, similar looking wheels and a mid-engine configuration - with an Alpine A110 the make would be the same, but the car is rear engined. Some nice cutaway pictures of the cars:
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- HarskGaming96
So the the Alpine A210 is MR while the Alpine A110 is RR, right?
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- Sick_Cylinder
Reefer Madness!!!
I strongly recommend any racer who is free on Saturday's at 10PM GMT to try a great new 450PP Classic Car series hosted by Japan based GTPlanet member @reefer
For full details click the link below - unfortunately I won't be able to join the series despite it's Euro friendly time due to orders from Mrs Sick!
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/reefer-madness-saturday-classic-racing-10pm-gmt.336425/
I strongly recommend any racer who is free on Saturday's at 10PM GMT to try a great new 450PP Classic Car series hosted by Japan based GTPlanet member @reefer
For full details click the link below - unfortunately I won't be able to join the series despite it's Euro friendly time due to orders from Mrs Sick!
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/reefer-madness-saturday-classic-racing-10pm-gmt.336425/
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- Sick_Cylinder
Note - you can go up to 485bhp on any of the cars in the "1966 Sports Car Cup", (except the Chaparral which is 400bhp, 576PP) subject to a PP limit of 581. I am running the Jaguar XJ13 stock apart from LSD (10 / 25 / 15) and downforce which I set low for La Sarthe and will set high for Brands Hatch and most other circuits. Gearing is also altered according to the track. This car handles so well as standard that if I changed the suspension settings it would probably spoil the car.
The GT40 is very difficult to drive on standard settings - I prefer it with a tune by Praiano, but with the rear suspension set as soft and high as possible - this was the only way I could get any grip at the rear on SH tyres. This modified tune has been posted in the thread, but I will send it if you need it. Most of the tunes for this car on GTPlanet involve ballast and or the fitting of rear wings, but wings are not allowed in our series.
If you are using a hand controller (DS3) set camber on both cars to 0 / 0. Let me know if you want me to send you the tunes by message.
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- Flaco__13
Don't forget to change back to Sports Medium guys. I remembered Sick mentioned this somewhere, it took me a while to find the post.
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- Sick_Cylinder
I didn't get those results in testing so I checked the GT5 cars this morning and did 5 laps in the Corvette, 5 laps in the GT350, but I needed 10 laps in the Lotus to get close, but it was still the slowest of the three. For me the C2 was fastest with the GT350 0.389 behind and the Lotus 0.455 behind the C2. I am using a modified version of the @feydrautha (Arrakis Speedshop) tune and the 82kg of torque seems to make up for the extra weight - I was able to use 4th gear all the way round the track apart from the hairpin and a couple of 5th gear areas. I sent you the tune by private message because I don't want to clutter this thread. If you don't find one of the cars competitive, don't forget that the two lowest scoring rounds will be dropped when the championship points are totalled.
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- danielsspel
Well, about the Lotus, I've put some hard work in to make it go as fast and stable as possible and trained all week. I will make the same amount of work in to the corvette and Shelby when that time comes, and they will be fast to. This series I'm planning to be a contender and I'm pretty fast if I put my mind to it, and for the record, the lotus is pretty hard to control and it's mostly just luck when I get a fast lap.
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- danielsspel
The first race I think I screwed up myself,
the second race I think someone else screwed up, It was a mess, but that's racing I guess.
The third race was awesome since I almost won, super start, but two thirds through the race my back tires got so bad, that I had to let Sig pass, could have kept it a while I think, but that's not nice and for no reason, he would have passed me eventually anyway, shortly thereafter I went of track and mannaseh past me to, so I decided that I at least could try and keep Pimiki behind me, (he's annoyingly fast
) but seemed to have the same tire issues I had, so keeping him behind me the last lap wasn't to difficult. Kinda wish I would have won though, because next Sunday I won't be able to attend. But I'll be back to Deep Forrest, and now I have two weeks to practice.
the second race I think someone else screwed up, It was a mess, but that's racing I guess.
The third race was awesome since I almost won, super start, but two thirds through the race my back tires got so bad, that I had to let Sig pass, could have kept it a while I think, but that's not nice and for no reason, he would have passed me eventually anyway, shortly thereafter I went of track and mannaseh past me to, so I decided that I at least could try and keep Pimiki behind me, (he's annoyingly fast
) but seemed to have the same tire issues I had, so keeping him behind me the last lap wasn't to difficult. Kinda wish I would have won though, because next Sunday I won't be able to attend. But I'll be back to Deep Forrest, and now I have two weeks to practice.
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- Sick_Cylinder
Race Impressions - excellent driving by new racer Siggers with two firsts and a fourth, also great driving by tarnheld to score a third, a second and sadly a disconnection / retirement in race three.
I will try to get the room open early like I did today so that we can get started on time - unfortunately one person was late and with the distractions I was unable to repeat my good qualifying performance and set a time 1.2 seconds slower than I had managed in the aborted qualifying session. On the second qualifying lap I slipped wide at paddock hill bend and ruined the lap and five minutes proved to be insufficient to contain three laps. I adjusted the length to six minutes for the next session - the intention with the qualifying duration is to be able to complete 3 laps on short to medium length tracks, 2 laps on longer tracks and 1 lap or a long segment of track on longer tracks.
I thoroughly enjoyed the races, but found it quite hard to adjust from the oversteering Ford GT40 to the understeering / neutral Jaguar XJ13 so set a very poor time, but with a 25 minute race I knew that if I could maintain concentration and not make too many mistakes it would be possible to pick up places.
Apologies to anyone that I tapped especially SimbaLora who I inadvertently ran into the back of - fortunately it didn't knock him off. Some of the contact was inevitable - John Wells Lola T70 Aston Martin replica started to spin out and unfortunately I collected him. There was some contact which was beneficial to the spinning car - I struck Zmihalik as he lost control, but the contact straightened out his car and probably saved him time. I have massive respect for the guys who raced these cars on slippery crossply tyres and in the dark and wet in an era before track safety was a major concern. If I had been in a real race I would have been injured several times and caused a few million pounds worth of damage.
I watch a lot of classic motorsport videos on youtube and was amazed to see that on practise days for the Targa Florio the road remained open to normal traffic flowing in both directions - it was only closed during the race! Enjoy this brief clip of the legendary Jackie Ickx:
Race report and photos etc. to follow.
I will try to get the room open early like I did today so that we can get started on time - unfortunately one person was late and with the distractions I was unable to repeat my good qualifying performance and set a time 1.2 seconds slower than I had managed in the aborted qualifying session. On the second qualifying lap I slipped wide at paddock hill bend and ruined the lap and five minutes proved to be insufficient to contain three laps. I adjusted the length to six minutes for the next session - the intention with the qualifying duration is to be able to complete 3 laps on short to medium length tracks, 2 laps on longer tracks and 1 lap or a long segment of track on longer tracks.
I thoroughly enjoyed the races, but found it quite hard to adjust from the oversteering Ford GT40 to the understeering / neutral Jaguar XJ13 so set a very poor time, but with a 25 minute race I knew that if I could maintain concentration and not make too many mistakes it would be possible to pick up places.
Apologies to anyone that I tapped especially SimbaLora who I inadvertently ran into the back of - fortunately it didn't knock him off. Some of the contact was inevitable - John Wells Lola T70 Aston Martin replica started to spin out and unfortunately I collected him. There was some contact which was beneficial to the spinning car - I struck Zmihalik as he lost control, but the contact straightened out his car and probably saved him time. I have massive respect for the guys who raced these cars on slippery crossply tyres and in the dark and wet in an era before track safety was a major concern. If I had been in a real race I would have been injured several times and caused a few million pounds worth of damage.
I watch a lot of classic motorsport videos on youtube and was amazed to see that on practise days for the Targa Florio the road remained open to normal traffic flowing in both directions - it was only closed during the race! Enjoy this brief clip of the legendary Jackie Ickx:
Race report and photos etc. to follow.
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- Bielefeld
- tarnheld
Had good luck in the GT40, the mechanics seem to have set it up nicely this time. 
And i could keep it together in the first two races, and profited from some rare slipups of the faster racers. The Sports Cup race was hampered by a spin early in the race, and some drivers were invisible for me, so to avoid unintended rampage i retired halfway through the race. Couldn't access the full potential of the XJ13, need to talk to the mechanics about this one.
Great races, great battles, thanks to all fellow racers for the experience.
And i could keep it together in the first two races, and profited from some rare slipups of the faster racers. The Sports Cup race was hampered by a spin early in the race, and some drivers were invisible for me, so to avoid unintended rampage i retired halfway through the race. Couldn't access the full potential of the XJ13, need to talk to the mechanics about this one. Great races, great battles, thanks to all fellow racers for the experience.
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- Manasseh257
I'm getting faster my friends 
never have I held the fastest lap between everyone. The first race I took a major L by messing up twice. Not a huge fan of Brands Hatch. 2nd race I bounced back by grabbing a podium. (I think) can't remember if I got 3rd or not the 2nd race.
The 3rd race I surprised myself! If I didn't have so many mistakes near the beginning, I maybe could've won that race. Then again, I don't know what would've happened had I have had the lead (I tend to choke under pressure) Anyway, great race by all of you!! And @Siggers great start! I was gonna say great debut but I remembered you raced at LA Sarthe but was caught up with something. Lol
never have I held the fastest lap between everyone. The first race I took a major L by messing up twice. Not a huge fan of Brands Hatch. 2nd race I bounced back by grabbing a podium. (I think) can't remember if I got 3rd or not the 2nd race.The 3rd race I surprised myself! If I didn't have so many mistakes near the beginning, I maybe could've won that race. Then again, I don't know what would've happened had I have had the lead (I tend to choke under pressure) Anyway, great race by all of you!! And @Siggers great start! I was gonna say great debut but I remembered you raced at LA Sarthe but was caught up with something. Lol
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- IfAndOr
You were going well ahead of me in your GT40 Max - until you touched the grass and spun out. Damn grass, why is it always wet?
The clocks go back one hour this Saturday night in the UK. The race on Sunday will still be at 5pm but it will be GMT not BST.
I'm not sure how this will effect those of you joining from Europe and elsewhere. I'd just thought I'd mention it early to save any possible confusion on the day.
Sick - you will need to change the thread header and your signature.
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