2016 RD Touring Car Championship (Stock Car Extreme)

Chris · Mar 25, 2016

Arguably one of the greatest circuits in the world, the Suzuka circuit features many corners made famous for their speed and difficulty such as Dunlop Curve, Spoon and the 'no-guts-no-glory' jewel in the crown: 130R.

General Information
Date: Saturday 2nd April 2016
Server name: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM RDTCC
Start time: 17:30 GMT (18:30 BST / 19:30 CET)
Skin Pack: DOWNLOAD
Race Duration: 60 minutes | Formation lap + Standing start

Session Info

Free Practice (60mins) - 17:30 GMT (Must be present in the server no later than 18:29 GMT
Qualification (25mins) - 18:30 GMT
Warm Up (3mins) - 18:55 GMT
Formation Lap - 18:58 GMT
Race (60mins) - 19:00 GMT

Track Map

Pit Lane Exit
The exit of the pit lane feeds into the inside of Turn 1. Crossing this white line is prohibited, and doing so during Qualifying and the Race will result in an immediate 10 second penalty.

Turn 8 (Degner 1)
Drivers must be careful not to run more than two wheels over the white line on the exit of the first Degner (Turn 8). Below is an example of acceptable car placement.

Turns 16 & 17 (Casino Triangle)
This section is easy to cut as the SuperV8 rides the curbs very smoothly. Please ensure that you are not attacking the curbs to the point that you cut the track. Below is an example of acceptable car placement.

Round 3 Entry List:

Server 1:

Server 2:

@quicksilver384 (John Souter)
@Matt Bailey (per request to be in Server 2)
@Ken Verhagen
@John Lock
@Daniel Monteiro
@Sven-Arne Andersson
@DrSayers (Nick Sayers)

Absences:

@igyarmat (Janos Gyarmati)
@Tobias Röhner
@Andrew Harper
@praxtonio (Sergio Mengual)
@Gareth Messham

Broadcast:

Oscar Hardwick · Mar 26, 2016

@Chris Stacey just a heads up. The GMT times are likely to confuse some people as in the UK and probably some other parts of Europe we got to daylight saving tomorrow. Meaning all times in the UK are an hour forward of GMT.

Might be worth people checking their own DST dates and times to get ahead of it and warning that the DST times will affect what time people expect to be turning up in the opening post.

Chris · Mar 26, 2016

Oscar Hardwick said:
@Chris Stacey just a heads up. The GMT times are likely to confuse some people as in the UK and probably some other parts of Europe we got to daylight saving tomorrow. Meaning all times in the UK are an hour forward of GMT.

Might be worth people checking their own DST dates and times to get ahead of it and warning that the DST times will affect what time people expect to be turning up in the opening post.

Ah thanks for the heads up mate, I'm not aware of the European DST stuff, so I'll get that sorted

Alessandro Di Domenicantonio · Mar 26, 2016

I just add an additional GMT clock to my PC, problem solved.

Cristian Haba · Mar 26, 2016

This track will be massive on tire wear, the car goes light at some inopportune moments :*(

Slalom823 · Mar 26, 2016

Cristian Haba said:
This track will be massive on tire wear, the car goes light at some inopportune moments :*(

Very high speed drifting over a crest, what could possibly go wrong?!

Lorenzo Bonder · Mar 26, 2016

I'm scared with this track.

We can't go flat out on the 130R. This will be different.

Dachsos · Mar 28, 2016

Man, i hate those modern tracks with those large curbs and runoff arreas. Dont cut here, dont cut there... last race in montreal i was more concerned of not cutting the track accidentally than of making an actual mistake.

Gareth Messham · Mar 28, 2016

Dachsos said:
Man, i hate those modern tracks with those large curbs and runoff arreas. Dont cut here, dont cut there... last race in montreal i was more concerned of not cutting the track accidentally than of making an actual mistake.

Totaly agree, I was going so slow through the last cicain at Montreal because I was worried about penalties.

TobiasR · Mar 28, 2016

Name: Tobias Röhner
Round Number: 3
Reason: Gig with the band that evening. It wasn't really planned in advance, sorry I couldn't account for it earlier...

Dan ONeill · Mar 31, 2016

Thats why I like tracks like Montreal historic, massive high curbs that require some respect, feels great when you get it right. Must be the risk vs reward factor...

Peter Vukobratovich · Mar 31, 2016

Name: Peter Vukobratovich
Miss the remaining Rounds.....due to daylight savings time change.....means getting up around 4.00am on a Sunday morning in Australia.....just too early....no good for work next day.....sorry...was enjoying it.

Slalom823 · Mar 31, 2016

Is there a link to the track download for the Bathurst we will be using?

Bram Hengeveld · Mar 31, 2016

Slalom823 said:
Is there a link to the track download for the Bathurst we will be using?

Yes sir there is. http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/bathurst-mount-panorama-v8-supercars.6822/

Cristian Haba · Mar 31, 2016

Please tell me this is not the same time as EL CLASSICO.... @Bram

Lorenzo Bonder · Mar 31, 2016

Cristian Haba said:
Please tell me this is not the same time as EL CLASSICO.... @Bram

The bad news?
Yes.

Now, you want the good news, @Cristian Haba?

You can still listen to it WHILE racing

Cristian Haba · Mar 31, 2016

#blamethekardashians #HALLAMadrid #Zizu

Chris · Apr 2, 2016

see post #1 for the entry list

Slalom823 · Apr 2, 2016

At one point when the championship was being rescheduled there was mention of a day/night cycle, I haven't heard anything else though, so am I correct in assuming that the race will be a regular daytime race?

Andrew Harper · Apr 2, 2016

Name: Andrew Harper
Round Number: Round 3 - Suzuka
Reason: Sorry, I know this is less than 24 hours. Caught this dreaded cold that's going around last night and I just can't stop coughing.

Good luck to the rest of the entrants and hope they have a good race.