Round 2: Suzuka GP

LMR RileyF1 wrote:Am happy to drive for as long as I can although I wont be able to finish the race because it will be around 4am for me.

I thought the race ended around 8am here and starts about 2am

Just upload it here or on megafileupload or something and send me the link.

Does it not start at the same time as the last race?

LMR RileyF1 wrote:Does it not start at the same time as the last race?

Race starts a 16:00UTC while Road America Started at 12:00UTC

Well here is the lap, it isn't my best lap however

http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/585180/Lap-of-Suzuka-rpy.html

I'll take a look later. Well my only option then is to finish the race so Oscar and Juan please keep it on the track!

Ok, so it looks like we'll double each time we race. Each stint is a full fuel run.

Stint 1: Oscar
Stint 2: Juan
Stint 3: Oscar
Stint 4: Juan
Stint 5: Riley
Stint 6: Riley

What do you think guys?

I think that is OK

I'm sorry I can't help guys

What times are you running on full fuel?

I did 59.6. I think mid and high 59´s will be OK for the start of the stint.

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Timetable
13:15 UTC Practice
15:15 UTC Gridding (qualifying, see below) - you must be in the server at this point
16:00 UTC Start of the 1000km of Suzuka

Fast tows: there will be NO fast tows

Maybe tomorrow I won´t be in the server in the start of the race. Is it a problem? Don´t worry guYs I will be ready for my stint 17:00 UTC.

LMR Zakspeed wrote:Ok, so it looks like we'll double each time we race. Each stint is a full fuel run.

Stint 1: Oscar
Stint 2: Juan
Stint 3: Oscar
Stint 4: Juan
Stint 5: Riley
Stint 6: Riley

What do you think guys?

sounds good to me. I won't be around for the start of the race, will probably wake up at 5am or so just to be ready.

also i did some very basic calculations because I'm not sure of the fuel usage per lap but I don't think 6 full stints of fuel will be enough. I can try and save some fuel on my stints and that can probably get us to the end so we save a whole pit stop/

dyou guys wanna setup a race server near the race to practice pit stops and driver changes? I'd prefer not to get another tow for no reason haha. I'm happy to take the bullet and pay a dollar to set it up.

Brendan I looked at your lap and it's pretty tough to see where you lost 2 seconds. Your line was pretty wonky through the esses and you turned in way too early for the final chicane which stuffed up your exit. It seems like in a lot of places you can brake later and get on the throttle earlier like the exit of spoon and through degna 2.

What's our setup for the race?? I'm happy to use elliot biddle's setup which i modified for qualifying, feels very nice.

LMR RileyF1 wrote:
Brendan I looked at your lap and it's pretty tough to see where you lost 2 seconds. Your line was pretty wonky through the esses and you turned in way too early for the final chicane which stuffed up your exit. It seems like in a lot of places you can brake later and get on the throttle earlier like the exit of spoon and through degna 2.

yeah i knew i stuffed up the last chicane, but interesting points about the needing to pick up the throttle. I'll see if i can be better for spa. As for the esses comment, it wasn't my best run either but the basic line something i have been using and it felt good for me generally and i didn't think there was anything wrong

I'm usually tighter through the first part of the esses so I can get the power on early through the second part and line it up nicely for the third part. Whereas you go all the way to the left before the third part and don't get a very nice line through there.

My though was that the third corner in esses was a little less important to get a really good approach and it was possible to be fast though there even with that line.

I've seen other drivers using your line, might just be a matter of preference. I find I'm a lot faster setting up for it.

How long til green?

just under 8 hours

Elliot's setup feels good so I'm gonna work on tweaking the setup so it feels stable for all of us. Also, practice starts at 13:15 UTC so I'll get a lot done in that time. And I also know why we got a tow the last time:

When you and Juan swapped, Juan got in the car and drove off without waiting for fuel and tyres to be changed. The pit guy in front of the car doesn't actually hold you until you start changing tyres. Juan wouldn't have known that, I didn't even know. But just a heads up. When you've swapped drivers WAIT for the car to fill up and to change tyres before you go!

do they put in fuel first or do tyres first?

Fuel then tyres.

alrighty, good luck for the race start oscar. It's gonna be hectic. I'd probs recommend turning down your graphics settings as well because I usually get like 150fps but I was lagging like crazy at the start in road america.

LMR RileyF1 wrote:alrighty, good luck for the race start oscar. It's gonna be hectic. I'd probs recommend turning down your graphics settings as well because I usually get like 150fps but I was lagging like crazy at the start in road america.

I have V-Sync locked on with 60fps. I'll be fine

Hey Oscar, I'll be there with you at the beginning of the race.
I'll be spotting, even though I think in the first 10 laps or so it'll be like a train of cars all the way long the circuit (like RA).

This time we will start way ahead, so the goal is to stay with the top 30 train and see what happens.

And guys remember the most important rule: BE SAFE!
I do really think that being safe is the key, if we can keep the car on track without incidents we could get a good result.