THE CHALLENGE HUB, CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[smoothbore12]

I don't know. Or for now, I know that Le Mans is the track that I have to learn together with the car... so I'm a complete newbie. Not sure I can make it work.

Its not that hard as track layout ,the rain and the dark is that mix up the conditions .
You have to be careful on the brakes since is after high speed straights and especially at esses of Indianapolis and Virage Porsche you can easily end up facing the " nature " around the track.
Also at the dark the grip drops a bit and is still wet so you need to be more careful on braking in order to avoid penalties or other surprises .
The car is fast enough to prevail over the competition but to my opinion is better to ride one click down rather to push all the way.
Another thing that i take seriously is the factor of " trust" between me and the car , so is better to get few laps on free ride or TT ( to see where penalties apply ) and rain conditions than get to the race himself immediately.
Noel deffinetly knows much more for it and perhaps has a set up that's suits better for that race .
For me cutting a long story short as a general advice is two things :
1) braking points
2) braking points
And if i was asked for a third one ,that will be .....braking points .

PS
Deffinetly is yours or Snow White's chance this round to get the respectable " title " of 3Crown and here manual or auto gearing plays no role at all.

 

[skeagracing]

Its not that hard as track layout ,the rain and the dark is that mix up the conditions .
You have to be careful on the brakes since is after high speed straights and especially at esses of Indianapolis and Virage Porsche you can easily end up facing the " nature " around the track.
Also at the dark the grip drops a bit and is still wet so you need to be more careful on braking in order to avoid penalties or other surprises .
The car is fast enough to prevail over the competition but to my opinion is better to ride one click down rather to push all the way.
Another thing that i take seriously is the factor of " trust" between me and the car , so is better to get few laps on free ride or TT ( to see where penalties apply ) and rain conditions than get to the race himself immediately.
Noel deffinetly knows much more for it and perhaps has a set up that's suits better for that race .
For me cutting a long story short as a general advice is two things :
1) braking points
2) braking points
And if i was asked for a third one ,that will be .....braking points .

PS
Deffinetly is yours or Snow White's chance this round to get the respectable " title " of 3Crown and here manual or auto gearing plays no role at all.

Super great tech write-up @smoothbore12

 

[CozmicDragon]

Snow white and The Saint will fight for top division honour and me and Bryce for the " hell " of it.
Have a nice time all .

You can count me out of that one. I tried, I swear I did, but I cannot keep this horrendous LMP on the track.
The moment you even clip a tiny blade of grass, it's over. The car snaps and there's nothing you can do about it.
I couldn't even complete a single lap, let alone 24 minutes of this agony!

I would rather die of coronavirus than ever drive this garbage car again.

 

[skeagracing]

You can count me out of that one. I tried, I swear I did, but I cannot keep this horrendous LMP on the track.
The moment you even clip a tiny blade of grass, it's over. The car snaps and there's nothing you can do about it.
I couldn't even complete a single lap, let alone 24 minutes of this agony!

I would rather die of coronavirus than ever drive this garbage car again.

Is it a problem with your tune/race car or are just not interested anymore? We can talk at the @skeagracing

 

[smoothbore12]

You can count me out of that one. I tried, I swear I did, but I cannot keep this horrendous LMP on the track.
The moment you even clip a tiny blade of grass, it's over. The car snaps and there's nothing you can do about it.
I couldn't even complete a single lap, let alone 24 minutes of this agony!

I would rather die of coronavirus than ever drive this garbage car again.

Dear mate i bet that you didn't notice that at this race you can tune the car or else as @skeagracing said you running on wrong set up for this race.
Can't be that bad as you wrote .
Personally the only part which i found dangerous is the 3rd night lap with zero rain that need to take more care cause you can spin easily due to lower track grip i guess.
Am still " searching" on the tune part and when i feel more comfortable on car reactions to the mix up conditions i will share it.
Today i did 3 races but couldn't avoid mistakes ,even on that one had one penalty ,360' spin before the first big straight and enough errors but wasn't on the car .
Missing the brakes by a little or do not calculate that your on sleepstreming with more speed than usual is enough to bring a set back for good.

Don't give up , deffinetly you " miss" something that am sure you can find it , you're a Strong player and you have proved that .
Check also that you use the right tyres ..... Racing Soft all the way from start to finish.
Ill be back ( i hope ) after weekend with further details on tune and whatever i find that will be helpful.

 

[bjl23]

NO-TUNE
Did 4 races and this was my best time.

GOODWOOD

 

[RMan72]

TRIPLE CROWN - Race 3

Car only tuned to 650PP with 614HP will up the power later

 

[smoothbore12]

TRIPLE CROWN - Race 3
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Car only tuned to 650PP with 614HP will up the power later

Come now Hugh ......thats not fair .
Put 5 or 10 or 25 whatever seconds more ,not only one !!!!
Am gonna call the div 2 guys for a protest

 

[RMan72]

Come now Hugh ......thats not fair .
Put 5 or 10 or 25 whatever seconds more ,not only one !!!!
Am gonna call the div 2 guys for a protest
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or in this case 1s or 1 minute

 

[skeagracing]

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or in the case 1s or 1 minute

Truth.

 

[smoothbore12]

Quite hot there and i went for work again and
Anyway find some time for something light today and that was the track day.

Missed the opportunity to hit 58 very high but i red my lap ( cant understand why still ) at the very last bent going through the asphalt where no needed at all
I wonder if @Thematic go so fast with the honda ,how low can go with the Audi

I try again the Vette but not a chance to write white lap , not to mention that i was on wrong tyres SH instead of CS and found it at a check later on .
That was the tombstone for me and her and our relationship
Without TC on is only to write circles .
Have a good week guys ,am going for a bath and straight to bed

 

[bjl23]

TRACK DAY
Speaking of 58's

 

[bjl23]

NO-TUNE CHALLENGE
ROUND 59

DIV 1


DIV 2
@smoothbore12 4:51.456
@bjl23 4:54.285
@CozmicDragon 4:55.540
@Thematic 4:57.670

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TRACK DAY

@bjl23 58.723
@smoothbore12 59.082
@Thematic 59.646

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CHIC
RACE 3

@smoothbore12 26:17.439
@RMan72 26:25.596
@bjl23 26:52.517
@CozmicDragon
@Thematic

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SKEAG'S RACING SCHOOL
CLASS#31

Please send your replays to @skeagracing

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THE KNOCKOUTS
COURSE 2, HOLE 1

Please refer to the spread sheet on post #2

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[skeagracing]

NO-TUNE update
Little improvement.
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@RMan72 still in last place?
I think the boogieman is hiding something under his bed?

Yes he is

 

[smoothbore12]

TRACK DAY
Speaking of 58's
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Seems that the S 2000 have the potential to go fast on this but i guess am to crappy without any aids
Am way of that pace from what i remember
Not that i have a chance but might try it to see what am i doing so wrong.

 

[bjl23]

Seems that the S 2000 have the potential to go fast on this but i guess am to crappy without any aids
Am way of that pace from what i remember
Not that i have a chance but might try it to see what am i doing so wrong.

I had TC on 0 with made the car a handful but if you get it right it's fast.

 

[RMan72]

......
All these for Hugh .
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@smoothbore12 poked the Boogieman

 

[Failmaster21]

Holy crap @RMan72, what a race, also lads I'm gonna submit my times next weekend

 

[smoothbore12]

@smoothbore12 poked the Boogieman
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[smoothbore12]

Holy crap @RMan72, what a race, also lads I'm gonna submit my times next weekend

Don't bother mate ....... You just meet The Boogeyman
If you take serious to compete against Hugh , you will end up looking for a srink
We are just ordinary people ,he ain't.

 

[Failmaster21]

also its using the normal R18, not the 15th anniversary version, correct?

 

[RMan72]

Goodwood update

 

[smoothbore12]

also its using the normal R18, not the 15th anniversary version, correct?

Correct mate .
Also he usually post his times the very last night before challenges end and " cut " the smile on everybody's face ,thats why is know as The Boogeyman
Goes out and gather all the candys from the other " kids " and leave them on empty basket.

 

[bjl23]

@Failmaster21 poke the boogieman, not many live the tell the tail but it's fun.
Looking forward to see your times.

 

[smoothbore12]

Come on guys ..... Tell me that this is a conspiracy against me with your performance on track day with the honda S2000 .
Can't get lower than 1.01. mid whatever i try
Are you sure that you using No aids except ABS ?
The audi is faster at speed almost everywhere and even if can take the first turn equally can't see how the Honda can pass him .
We're talking about 3 seconds according @bjl23 time .

 

[bjl23]

Come on guys ..... Tell me that this is a conspiracy against me with your performance on track day with the honda S2000 .
Can't get lower than 1.01. mid whatever i try
Are you sure that you using No aids except ABS ?
The audi is faster at speed almost everywhere and even if can take the first turn equally can't see how the Honda can pass him .
We're talking about 3 seconds according @bjl23 time .

I only used ABS, the trick for me was to slide the car into the corners.
I do have a good track record with this car, remember round 2 of the no-tune challenge?

Just thought I'd point this out to rub it in

 

[smoothbore12]

,............
S2000 ..... Welcome to F world

 

[nostradavor2]

TRACK DAY
Speaking of 58's
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wow. i still didn't manage to play but I think I did 59.0 with Honda while testing. 👍
If I remember it's slowest car but handles best by far. Don't remember if Vette was fast enough to make up for handling. Will definitely try Vette or Honda because I hate Audi

 

[bjl23]

LEADERBOARD
Update

NO-TUNE CHALLENGE
ROUND 59

DIV 1


DIV 2
@smoothbore12 4:51.456
@bjl23 4:54.285
@CozmicDragon 4:55.540
@Thematic 4:57.670

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TRACK DAY

@bjl23 58.723
@smoothbore12 59.082
@Thematic 59.646

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CHIC
RACE 3

@RMan72 25:20.544
@smoothbore12 26:17.439
@bjl23 26:52.517
@CozmicDragon
@Thematic

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SKEAG'S RACING SCHOOL
CLASS#31

Please send your replays to @skeagracing

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THE KNOCKOUTS
COURSE 2, HOLE 1

Please refer to the spread sheet on post #2

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[nostradavor2]

I tried few laps with Vette and 1 race with Lancia.. Forgot to take pictures but times sucked anyway.. I'll do all races on Sunday. Vette was 59,2 but it wasn't a great lap so I guess it can beat 58,7...
Also don't know if I'm that rusty or oil change has big impact.. with Delta I did 4.54...Thougt under 50 will be possible.. Will see that soon
Have a good day/night guys

ps do you remember your 1st sector time on Track day? I did 15.9 on this lap but I think I messed other part of the track..