ACC Blancpain GT @ Spa - Thu 26th Sep 2019

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 24, 2019

If you were told you were going to race at probably the most common combination in simracing, then you surely have already guessed what it is and with autumn currently in full swing in the forests of the Liège province, rain is likely to make an appearance. Although no longer the dangerous high-speed country road it used to be in the good old glory days, this track still requires outstanding commitment, which will be repaid in one of the highest adrenaline rushes in motorsport!

We support good hard racing and just ask you to respect track limits, basic racing etiquette and most importantly, each other.

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Server Name: RaceDepartment.com #3
Track: Spa Francorchamps
Car: All
Weather: Dynamic
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Practice: 19:00 UTC (30 minutes)
Qualifying: 19:30 UTC (15 minutes)
Race: 19:45 UTC (50 minutes)
Mandatory pit-stop: Yes, see instructions on post #9.

Scheduled times for the race weekend inside the game:
Practice: Friday 15:00
Qualifying: Saturday 17:00
Race: Sunday 13:00

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robt100 · Sep 24, 2019

I can finally make a Thursday, so sign me up!

Skinny712 · Sep 24, 2019

it would be rude not to...sign me up please pal

Knut Mattheisen · Sep 25, 2019

I'm in with the Emil Frey Jaguar please...

Giorgio73 · Sep 25, 2019

Ciao Daniel, sign me for this race please.

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 25, 2019

robt100 said:
I can finally make a Thursday, so sign me up!

Skinny712 said:
it would be rude not to...sign me up please pal

Knut Mattheisen said:
I'm in with the Emil Frey Jaguar please...

Giorgio73 said:
Ciao Daniel, sign me for this race please.

Good to have you all aboard! Remember to bring an umbrella

Celtic Pharaoh · Sep 25, 2019

Sign me up please. I'll post up my livery later. Thank you Daniel

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 25, 2019

Celtic Pharaoh said:
Sign me up please. I'll post up my livery later. Thank you Daniel

You're in

For this race we will not use custom liveries; I will do some testing today, and we will probably try to have a pitstop again but without having an entry list, to see if it works this way

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 25, 2019

MANDATORY PIT-STOP

This feature is not fully supported yet; this time we will try again, but without an entry list (therefore no custom liveries) and see how it goes. We will be trying different scenarios for each race, to assess how everything develops.

So these are the rules for this race:

Mandatory number of pit-stops: One (1)
Pit window length: 10 minutes
Pit window time in race: from 30 minutes left to 20 minutes left
Driver stint limit: None
Mandatory refuelling: No
Mandatory tyre change: Yes
Mandatory driver-swap: No

Make sure you have your controls fully set up in order to use the pit menu if necessary, and plan the pit-stop in the strategy menu of the Setup page in game, in order to minimise the number of buttons to press when driving.

Also, test pitstops during practice (or even offline) to get comfortable with the procedure

Davide Chiesa · Sep 25, 2019

Count me in thanks!!

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 25, 2019

Davide Chiesa said:
Count me in thanks!!

Welcome aboard!

Urlauber · Sep 25, 2019

Sign me up, please!

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 25, 2019

Urlauber said:
Sign me up, please!

Done, good to have you back

Michael Rudolf · Sep 25, 2019

Can't get worse than the last one, we'll spend half of the race in the endless pitlane anyway...sign me up please

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 25, 2019

Michael Rudolf said:
Can't get worse than the last one, we'll spend half of the race in the endless pitlane anyway...sign me up please

And this time instead of a racecar you can even choose a boat - from past appearences I am guessing it will be a barchetta in your case

Skinny712 · Sep 26, 2019

Daniel Monteiro said:
And this time instead of a racecar you can even choose a boat - from past appearences I am guessing it will be a barchetta in your case

weather doesnt look to bad for sunday all the same lad

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 26, 2019

Skinny712 said:
weather doesnt look to bad for sunday all the same lad

But we are racing today...

the forecast used is the one of the day we race, because it will always be the most accurate

The race being on "Sunday" is just what is displayed inside the game, because in the game you can simulate a race event (called "race weekend" in the game) over three days (called "Friday, Saturday and Sunday" in the game) and the weather will be simulated over that full period of time.

The reason I put the in-game schedule on the opening post as well is so that the people who are interested in knowing what the weather will be like can take a look at the forecast in real life for the real race day (in this case Thursday) and make some predictions about how it might turn out

I know, it is not very clear at first hand; I have been changing the way I write it but it is still not ideal, I will try a new approach next time

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 26, 2019

So this is the weather for today, which is replicated in the game as the weather for "Sunday" - I can no longer see the weather for yesterday (which would be "Saturday" in-game) or for Tuesday, two days ago (which would be the "Friday in-game).

But having kept an eye on it during the week, I noticed there were many spells of rain and a few rain-free periods; this means that the changeability will be quite high for this (wet) event, for example

Skinny712 · Sep 26, 2019

Daniel Monteiro said:
But we are racing today... the forecast used is the one of the day we race, because it will always be the most accurate

The race being on "Sunday" is just what is displayed inside the game, because in the game you can simulate a race event (called "race weekend" in the game) over three days (called "Friday, Saturday and Sunday" in the game) and the weather will be simulated over that full period of time.

The reason I put the in-game schedule on the opening post as well is so that the people who are interested in knowing what the weather will be like can take a look at the forecast in real life for the real race day (in this case Thursday) and make some predictions about how it might turn out

I know, it is not very clear at first hand; I have been changing the way I write it but it is still not ideal, I will try a new approach next time

no need to change it maybe im just stupid

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 26, 2019

Skinny712 said:
no need to change it maybe im just stupid

You were not the first to mention it, and you won't be the last - just because it makes sense in my head, it does not mean it has to make sense in everyone's head

so I will figure something out