GRAsim V8 Supercar League - Season 3 2015

[Noodleguitar]

These times
http://members.iracing.com/membersite/member/EventResult.do?&subsessionid=14138978&custid=112839

My setup is very similar to Spa / Philip Island, except the gear ratio is 3.75. I think I was running about 85 litres when I did my fastest lap. Low fuel is gonna be tricky to drive here and I doubt it will make a lot of difference for qualifying.

The most important time gains I found was when cutting apices (apexes?), especially the last corner of the esses and going into the left towards the chicane. It took me a while to stop bouncing over the yellow things in the esses because of the right-hand driving position.

Where are you spinning Duke? I haven't noticed a particularly nasty place where the car gets out of control unless you hit a big curb.

 

[Kenadian]

I spin coming off the straight right after the jump chicane.

You guys are all running much better setups than I was though, that's for sure. There's just not a lot of room left for me to gain time as I lose it all understeering badly into every single corner.

I was also running full fuel the entire time.

 

[Slider]

apices (apexes?)

both right

 

[Noodleguitar]

It turns out that the race is actually 25 laps, not 35. Oops
Looks like we'll need about 79 L then.

It's a good thing, I don't think the tires would have lasted 35 laps.

 

[Kenadian]

Oh ok, that makes things marginally better, not by much though lol.

 

[Slider]

I most likely won't race tonight, won't be able to finish my stuff in time to grid and I've had 0 practice laps.

 

[Kenadian]

I've had a lot of practice laps and I bet I'm no better than you would be lol.

Fucking COTA. :icon_evil:

 

[Fromthenavy]

Don't have the track and from the looks of it im playing the drop week card. Have fun tonight fellas

 

[Slider]

OP updated, Sebring next week, should be a hell of a lot better than tonight. Waiting on standings.

 

[Noodleguitar]

My FuelBuddy said I'd need 106 Litres after using 80 L.

To be relatively safe I think we should take 35 L in the pit stop.

 

[Noodleguitar]

Here is the scariest moment from my race.
Alternative title: "Helpless Cone gets Run Over Twice by Ruthless Driver."

[video=youtube;L_y6tVmni2A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_y6tVmni2A[/video]

 

[Kenadian]

I think a number of people were having an off night last night. The attitude in TS was much more pessimistic this week and I'm still a bit shocked from Tony's outburst.

I actually thought you handled yourself really well Marc given the incident on the back straight and then running low on gas which to be honest I still don't understand?

Is your driving that much different than mine where you end up a few laps short and I end up with 8 - 10 laps left in the tank?

Or was it just a bug?

 

[Slider]

Fuel consumption is directly related to style of driving in iRacing.

I personally haven't had that much practice and to be honest, I'm growing a bit tired of V8SC, it's a handful of a car that requires more time that I want to dedicate to drive consistently, let alone fast. It didn't help I spent most of my practice on Motegi for the other league as I never turned a lap on that track.

I doubt I'll be able to finish off the season with school fast approaching. Will keep you posted. I am dropping next week as I don't have the track.

What happened with Tony? And which Tony?

 

[Noodleguitar]

Did you really end up with 8 - 10 laps left? You probably could have skipped the whole pit stop then

 

[Daunt]

Great save Noel. I thought I had been getting good at saving the car, but man you guys are incredibly. You and Zac.

Dino- they are referring to Mino. Mino thought he was intentionally cut off coming into the final turn on lap 14 ish I think. I think it was by Davey? I dunno but if you watch Ken's stream he was directly behind it all so you can get a good look. The previous turn he spun out Zac I think. I make no judgements that is just what I observed only via Ken's stream.

 

[Kenadian]

Did you really end up with 8 - 10 laps left? You probably could have skipped the whole pit stop then

I think I meant litres lol.

 

[Kenadian]

Dino- they are referring to Mino. Mino thought he was intentionally cut off coming into the final turn on lap 14 ish I think. I think it was by Davey? I dunno but if you watch Ken's stream he was directly behind it all so you can get a good look. The previous turn he spun out Zac I think. I make no judgements that is just what I observed only via Ken's stream.

I was hanging back on this a little because it just looked bad from where I was. It is so crucial to get out of corners well around here that any bobble creates massive speed differentials.

From what I saw Tony went wide and in the dirt coming out of 13 allowing Zac to pass and creating a speed differential between himself and David.

At 14 Tony crossed David's nose to get through to which both Zac and David responded. David felt he had a huge run on Tony which did not translate well from my POV.

I think Tony's move was probably a bit dodgy but I'm not sure David would have made the pass if Tony stayed to the inside either?

Again I can't be sure but from my view it's impossible to judge distance between Tony and David at that point.

At 16 you guys were all still very tight so I wasn't too surprised to see someone spin. My angle here was terrible because you all were clumped up so tightly but given Marc's reaction in comms I thought he felt as if he was driven through.

He may well have been, I just couldn't tell.

At this point I was so worried about my own exit speed that I wasn't paying close enough attention to you guys in front, sorry.

I dodged Marc and ran past David and Tony but they were still pretty tight into the final turn.

I didn't notice what happened between David and Tony then but watching my stream indicated that Tony was trying to go inside David in the final turn.

Honestly, that move doesn't make a lot of sense to me because David was already shallow in the turn. I think the final turn is a great passing opportunity but only if a car is swinging out wide.

A narrow line into that corner shuts down any chance of passing so the only reason I can think for Tony to attempt a pass is massive speed differential due to braking.

 

[Slider]

Daunt, I just watched that. Lap 16/17 when it happened. Utterly disrespectful and rude. One thing is to race the way Mino does, but keep your mouth shut, another to tell the other driver to "fuck off" and call BS when he says he's got internet problems. David/Windell (not Davey) has always had issues with connection due to nature of his provider and nothing can be done. He's an exceptionally clean driver with a very good pace. That, I can't say about Mino. The few close races I've had with him, I saved myself from being in Marc's position last night.

This is also another reason, why I'm more and more reluctant and non-motivated to race in that league. It seems to deviate more and more from the original idea behind it and the way first few races were when I just started racing it.

 

[Kenadian]

Another good reason to start our own League

 

[Skid_Marc_]

No...

-.-

The setup I got from David only had 66L in it and I didn't bother to check it...

Bottom line is I shouldn't have even been back there with Mino, if it weren't for three spins in the same spot...:dance2:#karma