[Special Event] 2018 iRacing 24 Hours of Spa

[Noodleguitar]

I have added a "Fuel Info" tab to the schedule. If all the gaps are filled in I can make a (fuel) schedule.

@ShadniX , nice work on the dynamic BMW schedule

 

[Tony]

Awesome job, whoever put together the two schedules so far! @Tony that probably means that either @Noodleguitar hasn't gotten fuel data from the Mercedes yet, or he just hasn't made the template yet. In the mean time, I added your name to the "Availability" tab, just put X's in the times that you're available (I think you said you'd be up for mostly night stints?) Anyways, fill in that, and as soon as there is a fuel schedule, we'll start putting names to stints.

Perfect!

 

[Slider]

@Slider, @afroducks and I drove both last night and I think v3 may be more stable, but give v4 a try and see what you think. I seemed to have more trouble with v4 when trying to recover from a mistake.

I won't be able to try v4 this morning, but if any one of us is having trouble, I suggest not running it then. V3 is really good, I think and we should continue practicing with it.

For everyone: will we be trying to get in same splits again or we just registering with highest iR in the team?

 

[Deb]

I won't be able to try v4 this morning, but if any one of us is having trouble, I suggest not running it then. V3 is really good, I think and we should continue practicing with it.

For everyone: will we be trying to get in same splits again or we just registering with highest iR in the team?

I don't know if we can all try to get in the same split if the fast AMG team is going for 1st or 2nd split. You 3 guys have very similar iRatings, mine is the lowest at 1797. So it all depends on what strategy we want to use. We could go for the highest split with the highest iRating or average mine and someone else's and go for a middle split, just depends on how we want to play it. Bedo and I have had pretty good success when averaging our two iRatings, usually puts us in a decent split that is competitive.

 

[Noodleguitar]

@SavreticD just launched a 2 hour session with 100% usage. Password: 1234

 

[Slider]

Lets go with the BMW team then. I think we have the best chance to match up with them..

 

[Kelley G]

I'm jumping on now and planning to be on most of the night. If anyone wants to get an early start on PP come find me!

 

[Noodleguitar]

I've added a separate tab for the BMW fuel chart. Not sure if it still is any use to you, but it has some different strategies in it.

 

[ShadniX]

Thanks @Noodleguitar . That matches with what I already had, which is a very nice confirmation to have. The current aim is to get away with the fuel saving route and doing enough 28 lap stints to avoid that additional 22nd pit stop. I think we are not really fuel saving, just coming into the pits on fumes. At least, that was the case in the practice sessions .

 

[Deb]

Something

 

[Deb]

@afroducks, @Slider, Bedo made some tweaks to V3 last night. This does seem even better, so give this a shot today if you can.

 

[Slider]

@afroducks, @Slider, Bedo made some tweaks to V3 last night. This does seem even better, so give this a shot today if you can.

Tomorrow mo'ning, I shall.

 

[Kenadian]

@Jes_971 and @Hydromani, @Tony and I were deliberating setups tonight and are currently testing both as follows:

2018-Endurance-Spa-v2 is very understeery, not particularly fast but very stable and I think a great 24hr setup.

2018-Endurance-Spa-v5-Looser is a middle ground between what @Noodleguitar and company are driving. It's faster and looser but I think a bit more controllable than what they're running. Having said that there hasn't been an ffs run on it yet so that may change deeper into a stint.

Give 'em a go and see what you think. We have 'til Thursday night to finalize our set.

 

[Kenadian]

@Noodleguitar, here's a stint, it's slow and shit but it's an ffs:

 

[Noodleguitar]

2018-Endurance-Spa-v5-Looser is a middle ground between what @Noodleguitar and company are driving. It's faster and looser but I think a bit more controllable than what they're running. Having said that there hasn't been an ffs run on it yet so that may change deeper into a stint.

Good thing there are two o's in it, otherwise it may not be a very good setup

I'll try it today as well to see if it drives nicely.

 

[Hydromani]

@Noodleguitar @Jes_971 @Kenadian and @Tony. I tried both setups. The non-loose setup I like better with a slightly higher tire psi in the rear. I was doing mid 19's with it.

 

[ShadniX]

Sent @Kelley G an invite for the BMW team.

Are we trying to get cars into the same split again? I'm slightly confused about the stars and underlines in the first post. I remember @Noodleguitar talking about getting into second split. What about the other teams?

 

[Deb]

Sent @Kelley G an invite for the BMW team.

Are we trying to get cars into the same split again? I'm slightly confused about the stars and underlines in the first post. I remember @Noodleguitar talking about getting into second split. What about the other teams?

I'm confused now too, I thought we decided that the person with the lowest iRating in each group was going to register to try to get all 3 cars in the same split, except for Denis/Noel/Luc team. @Skid_Marc_ can you clarify what the green and white and asteriks mean?

 

[Tony]

@Jes_971 and @Hydromani, @Tony and I were deliberating setups tonight and are currently testing both as follows:

2018-Endurance-Spa-v2 is very understeery, not particularly fast but very stable and I think a great 24hr setup.

2018-Endurance-Spa-v5-Looser is a middle ground between what @Noodleguitar and company are driving. It's faster and looser but I think a bit more controllable than what they're running. Having said that there hasn't been an ffs run on it yet so that may change deeper into a stint.

Give 'em a go and see what you think. We have 'til Thursday night to finalize our set.

I ran a full fuel stint last night of the V5 and it was stable (for me) throughout the run. Toward the end of the stint, with about 5 laps to go until pit, the tires were shot. Going up Eau Rouge took a little more concentration than the rest of the stint. Overall, time degradation was reasonable give the original concerns with falloff due to our camber adjustments. I forgot grab a screen shot or note the specific tire wear numbers, but I ended the stint with a tire wear at or about 41-44% (taking an approximate average of each sector). The exact figures are going to be on @Kenadian's VOD from last night if we want/need precise numbers.

I think we could make camber adjustments to the V2 set up and get a little bit more bite on turn-in if it's decided that the V5 set up isn't right for the rest of the group.

 

[Deb]

@afroducks, @Slider, I changed the schedule around slightly to accommodate Bedo's babysitting schedule. He needed to drive as early as possible on Saturday, so take another look at the schedule and let me know if you need me to change anything.