AC DRIVE TO SURVIVE@Spa, Thu 25th August 2022

[HF2000]

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

Like the F1 we start the second part of the season this week at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium. The big question of course if you can do EauRouge/Radillion flat out with our baguette carriers!

STILL SPOTS AVAILABLE! JUST SEND ME A PM AND I'LL ADD YOU!

If you didn't sign up for this all season championship, go here and post a request to enter.

https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/drive-to-survive-formula-l-championship-f1-simulation.222638/

Server information:

• Practice Server: #04 (Available throughout the race week) Password: dunlop
• Race server: S.GP Password: dunlop
• 20:00 CEST, 19:00 BST (18:00 UTC) | 12 minutes - Official Practice
• 20:15 CEST, 19:15 BST (18:15 UTC) | 12 minutes - Qualification
• 20:30 CEST, 19:30 BST (18:30 UTC) | 30 minutes - Race

Event details:

• Cars: Ligier JS8 S1
• Track: GPK Spa Francorchamps, Belgium
• Pit stop: Mandatory
• Tyre blankets: Yes
• Track Temps: 19C air/29C track
• Track Condition: Clear
• Track grip: 100%
• Damage: 10%
• Further info on simracing.gp

All premium members can sign up for this event and slots are limited so make sure to tag a friend! This event will take place on the newly developed platform Simracing.GP and it's extremely easy to join!
Not a premium member yet but interested to race with our group of friendly drivers? Click here and here to learn how you can participate as well.

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• Incident Reporting: click here

 

[Shed 17]

Sorry guys, dropped out as I am still getting the lap added penalty for some reason even though I did not go off at all, very frustrating.
Oh well, at least I led the championship up to the summer break.
I'll have to look into why I am getting the penalty from lap one.

 

[HF2000]

Sorry guys, dropped out as I am still getting the lap added penalty for some reason even though I did not go off at all, very frustrating.
Oh well, at least I led the championship up to the summer break.
I'll have to look into why I am getting the penalty from lap one.

Paul,

I will setup a practice server for the next race (Zandvoort) so you can try to work it out.

EDIT: practice server is running with P,Q.R

 

[Shed 17]

Thanks Han, when I get a minute I'll test some things out.

 

[HeShines]

Yeah I can't reliably attend these championships altho the one I participated in was fun so can you take me off the list?

 

[RasmusP]

Sorry guys, dropped out as I am still getting the lap added penalty for some reason even though I did not go off at all, very frustrating.
Oh well, at least I led the championship up to the summer break.
I'll have to look into why I am getting the penalty from lap one.

Sorry to hear that it happened again. Really weird!
Crossing fingers that you can find the issue!!


About today's race:
Well, that didn't work as intended haha! Although I didn't really intend anything before mid-race anyway

Qualy was okay, I didn't really practice. With this car, it's fun to learn during the event. Somehow this car is a magical match for me!
My clutching-game was strong again so I almost shot into the lead but being careful into T1 meant some awesome side by side Eau Rouge ride with Robert!
The RD emojies match my emotions during that very accurately

After that I hunted down Kimi with Robert breathing down my neck with just enough distance to allow me to drive freely without defending.
I pressured Kimi into a few slides due to too much throttle and got the move done.

Buuuuut then Fulvio hunted me down and although I tried my best to be borderline unfair with parking it at the apex, blocking the exit etc, I couldn't hold him back

When Fulvio went into the pits, I looked at the timings and was sure that he changed tyres so I rolled the dice and went for 1L only.
Came out side by side at the pit exit and stayed in the lead for half a lap but my tyres were sliding all over the place and he just flew past, lol.

Towards the end it got a little funny with Kimi, Robert and Han coming closer and me losing about 2s per lap.
It would've went okay for me but in the last 2 laps the front tyres dropped off too and I simply slid across the tarmac on all 4 tyres without any grip
A biiig slide meant Kimi and Robert going past me and then I had absolutely no acceleration out of the bus stop and spun, meaning Han getting past too.

Very funny race guys with some awesome battles!
It's really sad to see that the grid size is so small. The battles are the most fun and the best from any racing I've done over the years!