WSC V - Yera Wins Final PT Race, Lout Steals GT Class At Spa!

[Furinkazen]

Hey Furi (Alex?)! When does the room open for the test day? Currently shaking down the Nissan for tomorrow at Indy Road, and would like to get a few laps in LeMans Super Special Camaro Z28 before I go to work at LeMans.

Around 35 to 45 minutes.

 

[Furinkazen]

Room Open

Track Green in 10 minutes.

 

[Downhill Dino]

What. I just got home.

 

[Furinkazen]

What. I just got home.

It's merely official test session

 

[Furinkazen]

Some session #1 times.

Joe JAG 3:33.7
Fur FORD 3:34.9
Joe FER 3:35.5
Plu JAG 3:35.6
Joe FER 3:37.1
Tom JAG 4:16.3
Lou ALP 4:21.3
Fox COR 4:22.0
Sag ALP 4:22.1
Chr LAN 4:25.1
Sno COR 4:25.1
DK AC 4:31.1
Ran CHE 4:55.1

Also, give more room on standing start. Need 1 car width of free space between each car. 3/4 isn;t good enough.

 

[chrisjohnson93]

I was using 5L per lap and managed 170mph by the kink in the straight, was using 174mph gearing which is around 280kph

 

[Furinkazen]

GT BoP Changes:
AC Cobra from 458pp to 460pp.
Alpine from 477pp to 475pp.
Lancia from 445pp to 442pp.

 

[chrisjohnson93]

will there be any more BOP updates for the rest of the season?

 

[DrifterJoe]

Tweaked 5th gear some more and can now get 219mph without draft and with minimum aero.

 

[FordMKIVJ5]

Tweaked 5th gear some more and can now get 219mph without draft and with minimum aero.

Ford hits 219mph with minimum aero as well. 👍

 

[Furinkazen]

Hitting 218 here.

 

[FlyingFox]

GT BoP Changes:
AC Cobra from 458pp to 460pp.
Alpine from 477pp to 475pp.
Lancia from 445pp to 442pp.

Sounds good 👍

 

[DK]

Maybe I can break into the 4:20s with higher PP.

 

[Furinkazen]

7th Le Mans Classic Entry List (as I am aware)

PT: (9)
Joe (Jag)
Plux (Jag)
Yera (Jag)
Furi (For)
ORama (For)
Panoz (For)
MJ (Fer)
Daiba(Fer)
OK8 (Fer)


GT: (7)
Snow (Vette)
Fox (Vette)
Sagaris (Alpine)
Lout (Alpine)
DK (AC)
Randy (Chevy)
Tom (Jaguar???)

RESERVE (PT)
~none~

RESERVE (GT):
~none~

CONFIRMED TO BE NOT PRESENT:
PT:
TDZ Dave (Ferrari)

GT:
Chris (Lancia)
Sakery (Chevy)
Scott (Shelby)
Kitten (Shelby)
Jamsy (AC)

 

[SagarisGTB]

Maybe I can break into the 4:20s with higher PP.

Are you sure you have the right tires on? Two seasons ago I got the Cobra into the 4'28s with 458pp and sports hard tires. With the medium tires we use now (which are 4-5 seconds faster here) you should have absolutely no trouble getting below 4'30.

 

[Furinkazen]

He was topping out at 157. Bit slow.

 

[SagarisGTB]

Two years ago the Cobra won while topping out at 158 mph. But I digress. There's no point I'm trying to make.

I tried the Alpine with the new spec and it clearly has an effect.

 

[Furinkazen]

I am struggling to see how DK is struggling, he had right tyres on.

 

[R0ssingt0n]

GT BoP Changes:

Alpine from 477pp to 475pp.

Bhp change I'm assuming?

 

[FlyingFox]

From what I saw last night, top speeds where:

Corvette 161mph
Camaro 160mph
Alpine 167mph

I didn't see what the Cobra was doing.

It will be interesting to see what the new PP does.

 

[Furinkazen]

Lout, yes. Fox. Cobra 158.

 

[Furinkazen]

Got a room open now for a few hours.

 

[DK]

I hit ~255km/h (~157mph). I was running with no ballast though, so that almost certainly hampered my top speed.

 

[Furinkazen]

I hit ~255km/h (~157mph). I was running with no ballast though, so that almost certainly hampered my top speed.

What?

 

[snowgt]

From what I saw last night, top speeds where:

Corvette 161mph
Camaro 160mph
Alpine 167mph

I didn't see what the Cobra was doing.

It will be interesting to see what the new PP does.

I just tested the Alpine. It still does 272km/h (169mph).

I guess because the power-curve is peaky towards the top, the 2PP-reduction just has a very small effect on a narrow powerband. I wouldn't expect any significant time-loss for the Alpine in the race. BoP-change is better than nothing, but they'll still be 3+ seconds faster.

 

[Furinkazen]

Round 5 - 7 September
7th Le Mans Classic

Le Mans 2005 (NC)
50 Laps / 420 Miles

The second half of the season begins after a punishing week at the Nurburgring. Cars are still being pieced together and held in place by repairs for what is the longest race in the entire championship and indeed my whole FRL series. It is of course, time for the Le Mans Classic, it's 7th running and 3rd at this gruelling distance.

A Le Mans Hot Lap:
An 8 mile lap goes by remarkably quickly here at La Sarthe. As you cross the finish line the track heads uphill on the run to Dunlop. Ease off the gas and brake as the track tightens so you don't get caught out by the very tight first chicane. Downhill through the Esses, sweeping from right to left and right again, car wanting to understeer off as you run to Tetre Rouge.

It is critical to get Tetre Rouge right for the run down the Mulsanne straight. At 200mph the car bumps and moves around the track, little thuds and bumps in the road keep the driver awake as you spend well over a minute blasting through the Hunadieries. A chicane (unused for this race) appears on the left and tthe track jinks sharply right, then you have to pick a braking point, way before you even see Mulsanne Corner. The car just wants to get away and push off, it's a scary part of any lap.

The road narrows as we head down Indianapolis. One of the scariest places for a PT and GT car to meet, and the slight banking that comes at the end of the straight into the right-left again comes under braking, with it very easy to get wrong and end up in the tyres. The deceptive 90 degree Arnage follows, tyres come out to meet you almost as you head down to the Porsche Curves.

Brake hard but keep some momentum up, keeping the car close the inside as you can for the first right, then attack the left which throws you to the side of the road before quickly jinking to the left to get a good entry for the final sequence, or else you are going into the numerous gravel traps and tyre walls, then you carry a ton of speed to Karting Chicane and the final Ford chicanes to complete one lap of Circuit De La Sarthe.

Furi's Race Control Statement To Drivers:
Le Mans is unique in that it uses a standing start system - the OP artwork in this thread is of last seasons standing start. When the 3-2-1 Countdown is done, everyone hold handbrakes and strictly stay on your grid slot until called. P16 (or last place on the grid, will go to the place the right hand side Ferrari is in the below picture - so that is P16. P15 will go approximately where the left-hand side Ferrari is, P14 where the Ford is located, and so on.

It is important to leave approximately one whole car width between you and the next car, as illustrated below - it obviously won't be perfect but if what is pictured can be replicated I will be happy. The start last night had a crash all down to people bunching up too early. Race will begin when I type a time in the race chat box.

And as a final regulation tweak for this season, if your car receives damage BEFORE you reach 60mph / 80kph on the start of the race, you are permitted to turn your car around and head backwards to pit lane entry. This is NOT permittable in any other conditions during the race however.

This start process should take around 5 minutes, and is one reason why the race begins with grid forming up at 7.40pm BST. , with green flag scheduled to drop at 7.45pm BST, 15 minutes earlier than normal. Qualifying commences from 7pm for all categories, the room will be open soon as I can make it online.

Clear Cache before joining, and good luck to all in the biggest event of the WSC season.

Furinkazen.
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[FlyingFox]

I just tested the Alpine. It still does 272km/h (169mph).

I guess because the power-curve is peaky towards the top, the 2PP-reduction just has a very small effect on a narrow powerband. I wouldn't expect any significant time-loss for the Alpine in the race. BoP-change is better than nothing, but they'll still be 3+ seconds faster.

We'll have to hang on to their coat tails for all we are worth.

 

[rustyMercedes]

I will have a new ps3 toward the end of the month so I might be able to make the race at spa if there are openings

 

[Furinkazen]

I will have a new ps3 toward the end of the month so I might be able to make the race at spa if there are openings

👍 will see.

Tom holding the 16th spot tomorrow.

 

[DK]

What?

My top speed without a draft was ~157mph, but I was running @ 288hp and no ballast.