AC CLASSIC Fat-Alfie Championship, Round 1 of 6 - Thompson Road, Tue 17th October 2023

[JamKart22]

Results are here

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

This week it's round 1 of 6 in the classic car Fat-Alfie's championship. We're at Thomson Road, the shortest track in the series.

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS is essential for clean and respectful driving in our community. You should therefore use tools like Helicorsa or CarRadar and CrewChief. The links for these apps are on the bottom of this post.

DISCORD. It's important that you also join us during the event on Discord for additional information and instructions. Link is below.

Sign up:
Sign up to the championship here using the Emperor account you have been given and register with your steamID.

If you don't have an Emperor account yet, ask for one by posting in this thread (only for premium members).

Server information:

• Server: Racedepartment Server 4
• Password: standard password, if you don't know that, ask for it in this thread and it will be send in a PM.
• 20:00 CET, 19:00 BST (18:00 UTC) | 60 minutes - Official Practice
• 21:05 CET, 20:05 BST (19:05 UTC) | 20 minutes - Qualification
• 21:30 CET, 20:30 BST (19:30 UTC) | 60 minutes
• Practice server available during the week.
• Same password as usual

Event details:

• Cars:
  • Alfa Romeo GTAM - Skins
  • Ford Escort RS1600 (KUNOS) - Skins
• Track: Thompson Road
• Tyre blankets: Yes
• Track Road temperature: 30 Celsius
• Track grip: 100%
• Track limits: No more than 2 wheels over the white/yellow line without a lift of the gas please. You will be penalized if you break this rule.
• Damage: 10%
• Fuel Consumption: 100%
• Tyre wear: 100%
• Pitstop: Mandatory (at least 1 litre of fuel).

Useful Links:

• RaceDepartment Discord: click here
• Sync Accounts: click here
• Recommended apps: Helicorsa + CarRadar+ Top/Centre Flags or AC_Flags + CrewChief
• Tracks, Cars, Apps Installation Guide: click here (Handy guide to install non AC content)
• Racing Club Rules: click here
• Incident Reporting: click here

Entry list:

• https://acsm.racedepartment.com/championship/bfaeee50-c871-45ce-9359-8869b6cfa0a6?server=3 Tab Entrants

Server is up

Note - no time multiplier for this series - it's hard enough already!

 

[Chris Bloom]

Hello I'd like to join please but don't have an Emperor Account.

 

[JamKart22]

Hi Chis, welcome aboard. @HF2000 will sort you out with an account

 

[HF2000]

Hi Chis, welcome aboard. @HF2000 will sort you out with an account

PM send!

 

[Mikke73]

If I may ask.. why do the screenshots always have Alfa GTA, when the car that is used is actually Alfa GTAM?

It would also be nice if the skinpack for Escort would be added.

 

[JamKart22]

I've tried multiple times to upload the escort skin pack on to the server but they just won't load. I asked the guy who created the pack and he doesn't understand the problem. Han is baffled too.

Happy to use a correct pic of the Alfa - do you have one?

 

[Mikke73]

I've tried multiple times to upload the escort skin pack on to the server but they just won't load. I asked the guy who created the pack and he doesn't understand the problem. Han is baffled too.

Happy to use a correct pic of the Alfa - do you have one?

Ahh, too bad about the skinpack.

I don't think I've ever raced with the GTAM, so I don't have a replay that I could use for a screenshot. And I'm now at work so I won't be able to create for taking an actual AC screenshot (similar like the GTA race at Thomson that you've used).

 

[JamKart22]

I've finally got the Escort skin pack to upload so you've got a nice set to pick from.
So Mika, I expect you to sign up now

Tech Note
The issue was with the naming of the 'British Airway 5' skin. It was called...

'British Airways _5'

Note the space between British and Airways and another space between Airways and _5.

The spaces in the naming was causing all subsequent skins to disappear when selecting a skin when registering - bug it the list generator I guess.

If you pick this skin then you need to rename the directory to remove both spaces i.e.

'British_Airways_5'

otherwise your car will be plain white.

 

[Mikke73]

Looks like I'll need the password for Server 4, please.

 

[JamKart22]

Same as weds

 

[Mikke73]

Ok. I'll see if I can find it somewhere.

 

[Mikke73]

Finally found the correct password, fortunately it was saved into race.ini after yesterday's race.

 

[Mikke73]

First impressions with Escort: I wonder how many sets of tyres I will need for the race...

 

[JamKart22]

The tyres last for ever. So no need for a tyre change.

 

[Mikke73]

Yesterday my rear tyres went from 100% to 74% in 9 laps. And you could really feel it and see it in the laptimes.
According to Pro Tyres medium grip would last until 26 laps, so that's at least pretty close to the end but not quite forever

I really have to test that, because I find it at least possible that I might not lose any time by refueling and getting new tyres during the mandatory stop. But I haven't tested pitstops yet, so we'll see.

 

[Twoddle]

Tyre change is the slowest strategy i believe but make the car easier to drive at the end so i would suggest a tyre change if you feel like you need the consistency. I believe it is 17L of fuel to match tyre change time.

 

[Mikke73]

It might be slower, but I'll have to test how long the tyre change really takes. Just having the consistency all the way to the finish might very well save me the time lost with tyre change.
There have been too many times I've decided to stick with the old tyres, and then end up losing way more time due to the errors made with bad grip.

I probably won't refuel though, except the mandatory amount. That way I can leave the decision regarding tyres to the race.

 

[JamKart22]

I've finally got the Escort skin pack to upload so you've got a nice set to pick from.
So Mika, I expect you to sign up now

Tech Note
The issue was with the naming of the 'British Airway 5' skin. It was called...

'British Airways _5'

Note the space between British and Airways and another space between Airways and _5.

The spaces in the naming was causing all subsequent skins to disappear when selecting a skin when registering - bug it the list generator I guess.

If you pick this skin then you need to rename the directory to remove both spaces i.e.

'British_Airways_5'

otherwise your car will be plain white.

@carmar has kindly updated the skin pack so this problem is fixed

 

[H_Belane]

That's going to be great!
I remember last year's cars being difficult to drive. But these are really fun.

Good choice.

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

Why is the A barth in with the Alfa and Escort??