GBR Touring Car Series Event 2 Croix en Ternois

[neverender158]

DATE: April 18th 2018

TIME: Quali session starts at 7:15 PM Pacific / 10:15 PM Eastern, Races begin at about 7:30 PM Pacific / 10:30 PM Eastern.

SIM: Rfactor 2

MOD: BTCC NGTC
Link to Steam Workshop - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1176380339

TRACK: Croix en Ternois www.racedepartment.com/downloads/croix-en-ternois-2017.17308/

QUALIFICATION: 10 minutes

FLAGS: Black Flags Only.

LAPS:
Race 1 15 laps
Race 2 15 laps. Grid will be finishing order of Race 1
Race 3 15 laps. Grid will be reverse of finishing order of Race 2

PIT:
No mandatory pit stop

FUEL: Normal

TIRES: Normal tire wear / Your choice of tires

DAMAGE: 50%

DRIVING AIDS: Auto Clutch only

Setups/Tuning: Open

Server is Online

[neverender158]

This is a very short and tight track with lap times under 1 minute. This should make for some fun racing in these cars.

[helios16v]

Or carnage.

[neverender158]

Well lets get some cars on the grid and find out!

[Jim T]

This track is deceptive. It looks simple but it's hard to turn competitive consecutive laps, at least for me. I can get close but not lap after lap. This should be a very good race.

[Dan W.]

Almost forgot to let y'all know, but I wont be running tonight, I'm headed to the south coast for a few days to do some fishing. My birthday present from the wife. So catch ya next time.

[helios16v]

12+ hour day at work again tonight. Just got home. No way I'll make the race tonight. Won't be able to get enough sleep beforehand.

[longhornjoe]

Apr 14, 2018 8:30:39 GMT -8 Jim T said:

This track is deceptive. It looks simple but it's hard to turn competitive consecutive laps, at least for me. I can get close but not lap after lap. This should be a very good race.

That's kind of funny, because for me I've actually been fairly consistent running practice laps.  I'd be happier if they were consistently under 1:00.00 instead of just over.

I'm not sure if I need a ride height adjustment or not, but there is one sneaky kerb out there that tends to catch me (and throw my car 20 feet into the air) if I take too much.  I'll let you find it if you haven't already. 

[Jim T]

Trust me ....I found it. Getting more consistent, now just have to get faster. Just didn't have the time to practice like I did for the 1st race.

[Jim T]

What are the setting for the track on the server? I'm curious because I am running faster than my offline practice earlier.

[F1Fan07]

Apr 18, 2018 16:54:53 GMT -8 Jim T said:

What are the setting for the track on the server? I'm curious because I am running faster than my offline practice earlier.

Sunny, dry and 29 C. Probably is set for a clean track at the start of practice then rubber accumulating though sessions. Otherwise, I think everything is on default.

If you ran any online laps during the week that will likely affect expectations of lap times because I noticed someone left a bunch of AI running and they built up a ton of rubber during the long practice sessions. At least that was the case when I tested.

[Jim T]

OK that explains it. I just ran some laps tonight and the track did look well ran.

[Jim T]

This track proved to be as challenging as I thought it would be. Very hard to pass on. I did have a lot of fun though. Jeff got a great start in the second race and I just could not get around him . Sorry about the third race mishap, I though it was going to be clean, obliviously not. After the roll over Joe and I had a battle for about 5 laps until I slipped by. I like these cars and it was a good choice of tracks.

[neverender158]

A few more cars on the grid would have made this fun track even better. We will have to revisit this track again soon.