The Rolex Sports Car Series- Season 2! Finished! Thanks Everyone!

[Shinshiki]

Rain setup isn't what I'm concerned about. The power band on the Group C cars is treacherous. Even more so when you add water to the mix.

 

[cnd01]

Rain setup isn't what I'm concerned about. The power band on the Group C cars is treacherous. Even more so when you add water to the mix.

Yea, I was having problems with the power band using my G27 at 80% weather going in a strait line.

 

[ghskilla]

Just imagine Anthony. That R92 is great to drive in the dry, but monstrous in the wet!

 

[polarbear345]

If there is a tie in either class, the NAEC will be the tie breaker. If there is a tie in the NAEC, then the 'regular' championship will be the tie breaker.

 

[unrealanthony]

I'm not sure what you mean?

% of rain, % of variability!!

 

[polarbear345]

% of rain, % of variability!!

25% weather

4 changibility.

 

[unrealanthony]

The caution at Le Mans almost costed me the race, but the caution at Fuji saved my tail. Suzuka isn't my best track by any stretch of the imagination, so I will definitely be practicing all this week.

Please don´t do it, I can´t practice until Saturday...

 

[cnd01]

Please don´t do it, I can´t practice until Saturday...

Well, I will have to fit in some GTA as well as a little Call of Duty. I can't practice today or Friday, so I won't have that much time on the track. I am looking forward to this week already. Plus I have the PURE 2.4 this weekend, the GT World Series, ITCC, CTSCC, and ALMS. I won't have that much time

 

[unrealanthony]

Just imagine Anthony. That R92 is great to drive in the dry, but monstrous in the wet!

Come on Ghskila, race like my teammate this two last races, I need someone who help me, I feel myself like Alonso, he has a teammate but seems doesn't exist.

 

[ghskilla]

Come on Ghskila, race like my teammate this two last races, I need someone who help me, I feel myself like Alonso, he has a teammate but seems doesn't exist.

If Mel or Damu don't show up next race, I'll do it. Audi is in a really close battle for Manufactuer's championship right now, and I don't want to lose it.

 

[anirishnirvana]

If Mel or Damu don't show up next race, I'll do it. Audi is in a really close battle for Manufactuer's championship right now, and I don't want to lose it.

Looks like you won't be doing it then. I want my 2nd place!

 

[polarbear345]

Looks like you won't be doing it then. I want my 2nd place!

And I am quite against switching cars, let alone classes mid season.

 

[ghskilla]

Looks like you won't be doing it then. I want my 2nd place!

In the manufacturer's, yes! Audi will reign supreme once more!

 

[polarbear345]

in the manufacturer's, yes! Audi will reign supreme once more!

tbwhhs for gt champion!

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Yeah... Season III cars will be interesting... Anyways, after testing the cars for Season III, I can say: the Camaro and Mazda cars are both a full second slower than the MR cars. The fact that Audi isn't winning every race, again, is shocking. If I switched to Ferrari, even at the current specs, I'd be able to win again.

 

[ghskilla]

Yeah... Season III cars will be interesting... Anyways, after testing the cars for Season III, I can say: the Camaro and Mazda cars are both a full second slower than the MR cars. The fact that Audi isn't winning every race, again, is shocking. If I switched to Ferrari, even at the current specs, I'd be able to win again.

I've only just mastered the Audi. It didn't feel at all like in any of the other races, I'm now finally used to it and I've also grown out of my overdrive phase. What timing, I finally master the car in the last two races of the season.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

I've only just mastered the Audi. It didn't feel at all like in any of the other races, I'm now finally used to it and I've also grown out of my overdrive phase. What timing, I finally master the car in the last two races of the season.

Yeah. That's why you walked away from us at Fuji. I was surprised. The 5.2 was nothing like Hanna. So much oversteer! It's unnecessarily bad in the corners.

 

[ghskilla]

Yeah. That's why you walked away from us at Fuji. I was surprised. The 5.2 was nothing like Hanna. So much oversteer! It's unnecessarily bad in the corners.

Hanna? What's oversteery and unnecessarily bad in the corners?

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Hanna? What's oversteery and unnecessarily bad in the corners?

The 5.2 on hards.

 

[ghskilla]

The 5.2 on hards.

I tried that in Tokyo pre-season. I lost about 3 seconds a lap, and only lasted a lap longer than the softs. Not my greatest idea, but it was pre-season, and I would've tried it in normal season if I didn't test it. So it was for the best.

After that race - Rule 1: Stay away from hards!

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

I tried that in Tokyo pre-season. I lost about 3 seconds a lap, and only lasted a lap longer than the softs. Not my greatest idea, but it was pre-season, and I would've tried it in normal season if I didn't test it. So it was for the best.

After that race - Rule 1: Stay away from hards!

I was as fast on mediums as softs as Fuji. On softs I brake much earlier, because I try to protect them... On mediums I went full-out. Surprisingly, I got the same tire life, and the same lap times.

 

[ghskilla]

I was as fast on mediums as softs as Fuji. On softs I brake much earlier, because I try to protect them... On mediums I went full-out. Surprisingly, I got the same tire life, and the same lap times.

I was at least a second slower, but I had much more tire life. Estimated 5 laps extra had there been more time. On softs I went 95% full pace and smooth to save tires while also creating a gap. As soon as that caution went out I wanted to outlast you guys, and since you guys pit I only had Damu to worry about. He kept up with softs at the beginning but lost pace due to tire wear against my mediums.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

The Mazdas do worse on low tire wear. The cars are even on brand new softs... but, you run probably two seconds slower on worn tires. We run 2-3 seconds slower on worn tires.

 

[ghskilla]

On mediums, the car is about 1-2 seconds slower. On softs, it's 3 or more. So, if you're going to use the softs, push while you can, then nurse the car to the pits. No use going for a tire saver, you'll only waste the window of opportunity to create fast laps.

 

[Storm_SP17]

On mediums, the car is about 1-2 seconds slower. On softs, it's 3 or more. So, if you're going to use the softs, push while you can, then nurse the car to the pits. No use going for a tire saver, you'll only waste the window of opportunity to create fast laps.

You can run 4 laps solid at hotlap times before softs realise they are actually wearing down, then a full second or so drops off from your time out of nowhere.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

You can run 4 laps solid at hotlap times before softs realise they are actually wearing down, then a full second or so drops off from your time out of nowhere.

Only one second falls off after four laps?

 

[Storm_SP17]

I should've elaborated....

I meant that after four laps of doing hotlaps, suddenly the next lap drops a full second, because the softs remember that they're deteriorating, then times degrade by like 0.4 or 0.5 seconds a lap after.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

I should've elaborated....

I meant that after four laps of doing hotlaps, suddenly the next lap drops a full second, because the softs remember that they're deteriorating, then times degrade by like 0.4 or 0.5 seconds a lap after.

Yeah. Four laps where? Four laps at Tsukuba wouldn't be too much of a problem, but, the Mazda would probably fall at LEAST one second at lap 4 at... Fuji... Considering that the Mazda lost like 1.4 ish seconds on the fourth lap...

 

[Storm_SP17]

At Fuji, my bad... but I recall at Daytona, SSR5 and Tokyo it was somewhat similar.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

At Fuji, my bad... but I recall at Daytona, SSR5 and Tokyo it was somewhat similar.

Yeah, I guess. I guess the Mazda doesn't like slow corners.