AC Battle of the Bimmers @Highlands Long, Tuesday 7th December 2021

[HF2000]

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

December is the month in which we organize some extra fun events. Today something special for all the BMW lovers in our community. You have the choice of 5 Bimmers for a race in the Highlands.
The cars should be very competetive looking at the results of the tests. Which one will you choose?
So sign up for an exciting event with rear wheel drive cars in beautiful Scotland!

Sign up here:

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Server information:

• Practice Server: #02 (Available throughout the race week)
• Race server: S.GP
• 20:00 CEST, 19:00 BST (19:00 UTC) | 1 hour 15 minutes - Official Practice
• 21:20 CEST, 20:20 BST (20:20 UTC) | 20 minutes - Qualification
• 21:40 CEST, 20:40 BST (20:40 UTC) | 45 minutes - Race

Event details:

• Cars:
  • BMW 1M stage 3
  • BMW M3 E30 Drift
  • BMW M3 E92
  • BMW M4
  • BMW Z4 E89 Drift
• Track: Highlands Long, Fantasy
• Pit stop: mandatory
• Track Temps: 20C air/27C track
• Track Condition: Clear
• Track grip: 100%
• Damage: 10%
• Further info on simracing.gp

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• Incident Reporting: click here

 

[HF2000]

A message to all Drivers,

If you run off track, you have to check to see that its clear before you re enter the track. Do not just keep the gas pinned and pull back on track.

When entering the track from the pits, stay off the racing line until you are up to speed. Do not race on your out lap, let other drivers by. On re-entering the track stay off the racing line until you are up to race speed and do not block any fast approaching car.

Golden Rule

1. If you hit somebody off the track and carry on like nothing happened, you take the risk of being banned for 30 days.
2. Instead, you should always wait for the affected drivers, and that way you can be 100% sure you will not get a ban.

Track limits

1. No more than 2 wheels over the white/yellow line without a lift of the gas please.
   You will be penalized if you break our rules

Note: Please use your full real name in Discord. Not doing so may result in you being kicked from the server if an admin cannot identify you as a premium

 

[HF2000]

PRACTICE SERVER IS UP!

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

YES!!!..Im in

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

These Beemers are nuts lol, but the M3 E30 Drift is Sweeeeet..

 

[HF2000]

These Beemers are nuts lol, but the M3 E30 Drift is Sweeeeet..

Allan, will you sign up already, please? More participants attract other drivers.

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

Oppsss,thought i had.

 

[Reik Major]

Hy folks. I just signed up with the M4 to have a little more stable car for my first run with my very new T300 RS GTE.

I only had one hour today of setting it up and testing it a little bit, so still at the very beginning of getting used to it. The first feeling is good but it's very tough to get used to 900° rotation compared to my 270° I had for ages. So catching slides is a different story now. I have to reset nearly every reactions, which comes from the spine.

 

[Kek700]

Drove all cars last night, for a goodly time too.
M4 easiest to drive, then M1, then , M3’s , finally hardest to drive was the Z4.
I picked the Z4 because for me, the quickest, but quite a handful.
None are easy, did roughly same time in all give or take a second.
Will be very interesting to see what people can extract from these cars, all new to our race forum.
So it should be a even playing field, with no one having an advantage.
Look forward to tonight.
That’s not to say that inevitably the Aliens will not disappear into the distance, but mistakes will be plentiful tonight

 

[Kek700]

Hy folks. I just signed up with the M4 to have a little more stable car for my first run with my very new T300 RS GTE.

I only had one hour today of setting it up and testing it a little bit, so still at the very beginning of getting used to it. The first feeling is good but it's very tough to get used to 900° rotation compared to my 270° I had for ages. So catching slides is a different story now. I have to reset nearly every reactions, which comes from the spine.

Funny you say that, I would have thought the T300 had adjustable steering angle.
I have my wheel set at 540 deg and obviously in AC too.
Like you say, 900 deg rotation blunts my ability to react quick enough, thought it was because I am an Arthritic old git.
I say that because invariably when I see wheel setups most, if not all go for 900 or 1050 deg.

 

[HF2000]

Drove all cars last night, for a goodly time too.
M4 easiest to drive, then M1, then , M3’s , finally hardest to drive was the Z4.
I picked the Z4 because for me, the quickest, but quite a handful.
None are easy, did roughly same time in all give or take a second.
Will be very interesting to see what people can extract from these cars, all new to our race forum.
So it should be a even playing field, with no one having an advantage.
Look forward to tonight.
That’s not to say that inevitably the Aliens will not disappear into the distance, but mistakes will be plentiful tonight

You're spot on, Ernie. Exactly my findings when I tested these cars at the Deutschlandring. If this event is a success I will probably do another Bimmer event at a different and shorter track to see if the cars are competitive there too.

It would be nice to have a balanced championship with 5 cars so different in characteristics.

 

[Chris Down]

Something very weird has happened, two servers have launched with the same name:

The first one (52.28.1.108:8081) has the wrong entry list as well, with the wrong cars assigned to people and two slots missing.

To anyone reading: JOIN THE ONE WITH 12 SLOTS, NOT 10!

 

[beginer]

@HF2000 hey han, i think there is a n issue with the server. It looks like there are two races set up. One has 10 cars and the other has 12. Just an FYI incase it matters.
Thx!

 

[JamKart22]

Sorry for dropping out but set the FFB way too high on my wheel to make it through a race!
Nice collection of car.

 

[Kek700]

Opp's engine goes bang.

 

[HF2000]

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Opp's engine goes bang.

You drove with turbo 100%?

 

[Chris Down]

What a fun race, congrats to Reik! Great pace. Really enjoyed the back and forth battle facilitated by the different strengths of the cars, great choice @HF2000.

From my side I learned a few things this race

• Fuel takes a long time to refill in these BMWs! In ~1500 hours of AC, I actually hadn't realised that it can be different than 200ms/l which it is for most cars
• Don't try to run the semislicks for 45 minutes, they will try to kill you after 30 minutes

VR onboard was recorded since I had some problems with streaming, I'll post it a bit later.

Simresults: https://simresults.net/211207-6kb

 

[Neilski]

Oh damn, I thought I had missed the sign-up time for this race by a few minutes. Turns out I signed up days ago and then forgot about it

 

[HF2000]

Oh damn, I thought I had missed the sign-up time for this race by a few minutes. Turns out I signed up days ago and then forgot about it

It's a pity, we could have used some more drivers. But this choice of cars looks really promising. Next week I will organize with these cars an event on Spa. I hope that will attract more drivers.

 

[HF2000]

Although only 9 sign ups have started for this event, I think we can call it a success. The 5 BMW's have similar performance but different characteristics that make the race very dynamic. I had a good start with my Z4, but struggled to keep @beginer in the M4 behind me in sector 1. Only on the long straight I was able to create a gap with the superior top speed that gave me some breathing room, but in sector 3 he was able to close the gap so we had another very stressful sector 1. After a few laps I was able to hold a gap of about 2.5s but only with full concentration. @Reik Major, @Chris Down and @Kek700 were way ahead so the M4 behind it was my only concern. I came 3rd as a present when Ernie decided to blow up his engine and disconnected. After Chris G. took an early pit stop I was in no man's land and without the pressure I was able to slowly improve my lap times. After my pit stop with fresh tires it got even better and I put down a new PB. The gap with Chris G. at the time was 16s so he must have been unlucky somewhere. Happy to finish at the podium in this challenging car.

Congratulations to Reik and Chris for the podium.

I hope everyone enjoyed it. I'm a little surprised the M3s weren't further along. For me it was the fastest car, but because there were already many registrations, I opted for the Z4 for more diversity.

I think this experiment deserves a sequel, so next week we'll do it again, but at Spa to see if that attracts more people. Maybe they are tired of learning a new track every week.