AC GT3 @ Luccaring, Sunday 30th May 2021

[HF2000]

IMPORTANT: The Luccaring isn't available on S.GP so we can't use it for signing up. It has to be done the 'old' way by posting here.
There are only 24 slots available for this circuit. If more drivers sign up, they will be put on a reserve list in case others drop out.

Welcome to the RD Racing Club. Because there's no good mod for Baku we're going to my favorite city street circuit. This is a really great track and a guarantee of fun and excitement! Drive on the ring road of the medieval Tuscan city of Lucca, considered by many to be as beautiful as Florence! See for yourself in this great video (thanks to @Taj Johal )

The track has everything for a great event: high speed corners, slow speed roundabouts, a little hump and between them straights that are wide enough to overtake.
With a full grid this will be a night to remember!

On Wednesdays, there is a great opportunity to prepare yourself for this race by joining a multiclass Audi TT/Mazda MX5 Cup event on the same track. You can learn the racing lines, overtaking spots and even the braking points in a car that's less demanding than the GT3s -- and you can still have a lot of fun at the same time! Look for the multiclass Audi TT/Mazda MX5 event in UPCOMING EVENTS section on the left of this page.

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• Practice Server: #12
• Race Server: #13
• 20.00 CEST, 19.00 BST (18:00 UTC) | Practice (1 hour 20 minutes)
• 21.20 CEST, 20.20 BST (19:20 UTC) | Qualification (20 minutes)
• 21.40 CEST, 20.40 BST (19:40 UTC) | Race (60 minutes)

Cars: DLC is required for this event

GT3:

• Audi R8 LMS 2016 GT3 (Ready to Race Pack DLC)
• BMW Z4 GT3
• Ferrari 488 GT3 (Red Pack DLC)
• Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Dream Pack #2 DLC)
• McLaren 650S GT3 (Dream Pack #3 DLC)
• Mercedes AMG GTR GT3 (Dream Pack #3 DLC)
• Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (Dream Pack #1 DLC)
• Porsche 911 R 2016 GT3 (Porsche Pack #3 DLC)
• Glickenhaus SCG GT3 (Dream Pack #2 DLC)

Track: Luccaring https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/luccaring-circuito-dei-baluardi.6544/

Pit stop: Mandatory
Track Temps: 20C air/27C track
Track Condition: Clear

Recommended App: Helicorsa (download here)
Recommended App: CrewChief(download here)

Voice chat: Discord (speakers obligated, microphone optional)

Entry list:
@HF2000 - 488
@pattikins - 650s
@Interslice - Z4
@thom462 - 650s
@Partick Eaton - Z4
@RFE3rd = Z4

 

[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

 

[Taj Johal]

488 please !!

And just to be clear the video above is not from me, I found it on youtube. All credit belongs to the creator, Nicola Canali.

 

[Goblin616]

Can we install this track using ACCM, or do we have to use the instructions on the track page?

 

[HF2000]

Can we install this track using ACCM, or do we have to use the instructions on the track page?

Never tried it with ACCM. I just downloaded the track into the track map of AC.

 

[Interslice]

In please han. I'll take the BMW Z4

 

[HF2000]

PRACTICE SERVER IS UP!

 

[Partick Eaton]

Sorry Han,, I am not seeing the practice server?
Cheers!

 

[Goblin616]

This track seems fun. I'm looking forward to Baku as well.

 

[HF2000]

Sorry Han,, I am not seeing the practice server?
Cheers!

Thanks, It must have shut down for some reason. I've started it again. Should be up now. But let me know if it's down again.

 

[HF2000]

This track seems fun. I'm looking forward to Baku as well.

This track is the replacement for Baku as there's no good mod for it.

 

[Kek700]

@HF2000
This is going to be a nightmare for me, but really do not like to see a race with such few faces in it, especially GT3.
I will try the McLaren 650 here.
Seems suited to this circuit.

 

[Goblin616]

This track is the replacement for Baku as there's no good mod for it.

What about the Baku circuit..?

 

[random2k4]

Made a couple of test laps and have the same feeling like last week.
Just does not suit GT3 cars. Will sit this one out to join next week again for my most hated track of all Laguna Seca

 

[Kek700]

It is easier in a GT3 than Audi TT, did about 10 laps, same problem as with the Audi, faster you go the more walls you hit.
But it is okay in GT3.

 

[HF2000]

It is easier in a GT3 than Audi TT, did about 10 laps, same problem as with the Audi, faster you go the more walls you hit.
But it is okay in GT3.

That's exactly why I find it a good alternative for Monaco and Baku .

 

[Interslice]

 

[thom462]

@HF2000 Han please sign me in with McLaren. Finally did a 2.21 in the Mazda in this week's race which I think was quite ok so let's see what the McLaren can do .Actually like the track, mainly for the pittoresque setting,will be hard not to clip a wall but that's what street circuits are about. Thx for organizing.

 

[Goblin616]

In future could we perhaps follow the calendar of FIA Endurance or GT championships to use circuits better suited for GT3 cars? I understand how difficult it must be to put this together and choose circuits. I make this suggestion to ease the effort and to hopefully help use circuits that are well suited to this style of racing

 

[pattikins]

In future could we perhaps follow the calendar of FIA Endurance or GT championships to use circuits better suited for GT3 cars? I understand how difficult it must be to put this together and choose circuits. I make this suggestion to ease the effort and to hopefully help use circuits that are well suited to this style of racing

I think more people watch F1 (I don't, not since it went behind a paywall), so I'm guessing it would have more meaning than a limited GT3 championship calendar. If I was hosting, there would be lots of non-FIA approved tracks - mainly to combat the dominance of the 650s - but they would probably result in a low turn out. Even though I'm not racing tomorrow, kudos to Han for trying something new.