AC Friendly Development Series (MX5 Cup) @ Nürburgring Sprint - Sunday 10th July 2016

TobiasR · Apr 18, 2016

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Server Name: RaceDepartment #2 - The Friendly Development Series
Cars: Mazda MX5 Cup
Track: Nürburgring Sprint

Practice: 17:15GMT (60min)
Qualifying: 18:15GMT(15min)
Race: 18:30GMT (15 Laps)

Race Director / Coach
Tobias Röhner

Entry List

Paul Blythe
Norman Bruce
Bazooka_Joe
Tommi Saari
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TobiasR · Jun 14, 2016

Hey guys. Another Round of FD Series coming up, especially focussing on the MX5 Cup, which will be featured in the first Season of RD MX5 Cup (duh

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Anything you guys would like to practice in particular? i.e. setup, cornering, overtaking?

Queequeg · Jun 14, 2016

Count me in! A few setup tips and everyone's approach on cornering in general would be cool. I feel like cornering in this car is a lot more about momentum than about traction and therefore requires a different approach.

Paul Blythe · Jun 14, 2016

Yes please ... I'm struggling with this car a touch, especially on high speed corner exits. Not been able to complete a single lap of Nordeschleife yet [not without stability control enabled]

Even if I don't make the cut for the Season, this will be good practice/fun

TobiasR · Jun 14, 2016

Paul Blythe said:
Yes please ... I'm struggling with this car a touch, especially on high speed corner exits. Not been able to complete a single lap of Nordeschleife yet [not without stability control enabled]

Even if I don't make the cut for the Season, this will be good practice/fun

There's some corners like that on Nurburgring sprint, so should be good. We can focus on those

Andrew Harper · Jun 15, 2016

I should be able to make this, sign me up please.

Need some practise in the car and the Monday events are usually a problem for me.

Norman Bruce · Jun 15, 2016

Sign me up please, I need to know the secrets of the MX 5, I seem to be much slower in the corners than others.

TobiasR · Jun 20, 2016

Okay. So I think one major focus will be on cornering. This car is a bit like a go kart, as in you don't ever want to make your tires spin or go sideways. It always needs to be driven within the limits of grip or too much momentum is lost.

Bazooka_Joe · Jun 20, 2016

Sign me up please. I'm terrible with any car with manual gearbox (G27 here) especially during braking, destroying gearbox after some few laps as a result, so sounds like a thing for me! Currently avoiding any cars requiring manual clutch and corresponding shifter action and definitely have to fix that. Braking would be probably my main focus (hello T1 on Nurburgring), but cornering after the braking would be handy too, so no need to change the main learning topic.

TobiasR · Jun 20, 2016

Bazooka_Joe said:
Sign me up please. I'm terrible with any car with manual gearbox (G27 here) especially during braking, destroying gearbox after some few laps as a result, so sounds like a thing for me! Currently avoiding any cars requiring manual clutch and corresponding shifter action and definitely have to fix that. Braking would be probably my main focus (hello T1 on Nurburgring), but cornering after the braking would be handy too, so no need to change the main learning topic.

Ah, heel and toe shifting

I'm no expert on this, but I'll try to throw something your way.

Paul Blythe · Jun 20, 2016

Also use the G27 pedals/shifter combo. It took a week or two of practice to get 'Heel and Toe', but use it all the time now. Moving the throttle pedal closer to the brake helped for my size 8's. Meant I could brake with most of the ball of my foot, and blip the throttle with the outer edge of my foot. Having a Load Cell brake upgrade also helped a lot.

Getting happier with the MX5, though Nordeschleife is still my nemesis

Bazooka_Joe · Jun 21, 2016

Paul Blythe said:
It took a week or two of practice to get 'Heel and Toe', but use it all the time now.

I've made several attempts to learn it but never could get it right. Eventually I got fed up with my inability to do it properly and temporarily abandoned all manual cars in racing altogether. I'm still taking them for a spin (literally!) once in a while, but only for a casual drive. I know that all it needs is a bit of practice, so I'll have no chance of avoiding learning on Sunday

Andrew Harper · Jun 21, 2016

Bazooka_Joe said:
I've made several attempts to learn it but never could get it right. Eventually I got fed up with my inability to do it properly and temporarily abandoned all manual cars in racing altogether. I'm still taking them for a spin (literally!) once in a while, but only for a casual drive. I know that all it needs is a bit of practice, so I'll have no chance of avoiding learning on Sunday

Yes me too, I don't have a manual shift but have tried heel and toe in the safety of a pretend sim environment..

I'm not too bad but I can't put enough pressure on the brake to slow down or I put enough pressure on the brake but can't get to the throttle. So you end up thinking so much about what your feet are doing you kind of lose concentration on what the rest of you is doing!

It's one of those things that I can't quite master yet, not too worried about it at the moment though, the MX5 Cup car is good fun.

TobiasR · Jun 24, 2016

Boys, I have some bad news. I will be delayed on Sunday which means I won't be home until much later... I might be home in time, but don't want to keep you guys on the edge of the seat...
So how about we delay this to the 8th of July?

Andrew Harper · Jun 24, 2016

Hi @Tobias Röhner

I'm away that weekend (British GP) but no problem, I've been lapping by myself and doing quick races as well with the AI to get used to these cars and being in traffic.

We can easily do this another time

Paul Blythe · Jun 24, 2016

If a delay is needed, that's OK with me

However, can only make Sundays.

Bazooka_Joe · Jun 24, 2016

@Tobias Röhner I'm not desperate for it to happen this week precisely (especially since I've spent 0 minutes practicing track/car combo), however I can do weekends only, so Friday is not good. But can wait for the next session happily.

Queequeg · Jun 26, 2016

Fine with me. Just keep us updated on the final date.

TobiasR · Jun 26, 2016

Cheers guys. I'll let you all know ASAP. Problem is, I'll be out again the coming weekend. We'll figure something out

TobiasR · Jun 27, 2016

10th sound good? Sunday in 2 weeks. Sorry for the English guys that get left behind because of the F1 GP, but that's the only feasible day for me before the league starts.