ACC GT3 Sprint @ Kyalami - Tuesday 8th June 2021

[SwannyUK]

The RaceDepartment GT3 wagon rolls in to Kyalami. A very technical track that rewards the brave...I'll get my coat.

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Event Details
Start time: 19:30BST (18:30UTC)
In game race start time: 14:00
Weather forecast: Dry

Format: Practice 45 minutes | Qualification 15 minutes | Race 30 minutes


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See you on track!

 

[Andrew Sebastian]

In like Flynn! Didn’t give Kyalami the time of day when I first bought the DLC. It’s now in my top 3 tracks in ACC.

Looking forward to this one!

 

[Ricoow]

In like Flynn! Didn’t give Kyalami the time of day when I first bought the DLC. It’s now in my top 3 tracks in ACC.

Looking forward to this one!

It's such a lovely track. Challenging but with a nice flow to it.

 

[thestig171]

I will also give this a go! @Ricoow I've sent you a DM regarding my access to Simracing.GP .

 

[Sascha Reynders]

I will also give this a go!

The more the merrier !

 

[SwannyUK]

I won't be here next week so just give Ricoow a shout if you need anything.

Hope you all have a cracking race and keep spreading the word! We really appreciate you guys getting involved with posting in the forums and regularly turning up to our races.

 

[Andrew Sebastian]

I won't be here next week so just give Ricoow a shout if you need anything.

Hope you all have a cracking race and keep spreading the word! We really appreciate you guys getting involved with posting in the forums and regularly turning up to our races.

…..and thank you for organising mate.

Whilst the racing has been great, what I’ve really enjoyed is having conversations pre/post race that as respectful as the racing on track.

I been a member of a few communities which descend into toxicity and disrespect far too often.

Looking forward to participating in many more races in the future.

 

[Andrew Sebastian]

Thanks for the race everyone. Such a great track!

 

[Sascha Reynders]

Thanks for the race everyone. Such a great track!

Yep, it is even though I wasn't too familiar with the modern layout before the race (I know the '67 layout like the back of my hand though) I loved racing here, such a great flow. Congrats on the win !

It was another fun, albeit quite uneventful, race. I made a few mistakes early on and lost touch with P2 & P3, but I drove my a$$ off trying to catch up again. Crossed the line less than 4/10's behind P3 in the end.
What I take away from this race is that I continue to get faster and that I'm gettting more and more familiar with the Audi.

Thanks all for the good clean racing !

Just wish we could get those numbers up...

 

[Andrew Sebastian]

Yep, it is even though I wasn't too familiar with the modern layout before the race (I know the '67 layout like the back of my hand though) I loved racing here, such a great flow. Congrats on the win !

It was another fun, albeit quite uneventful, race. I made a few mistakes early on and lost touch with P2 & P3, but I drove my a$$ off trying to catch up again. Crossed the line less than 4/10's behind P3 in the end.
What I take away from this race is that I continue to get faster and that I'm gettting more and more familiar with the Audi.

Thanks all for the good clean racing !

Just wish we could get those numbers up...

Yeah, would be great if we could get bigger turnouts. I’m relatively new to RD in terms of racing club. Are these races a relatively new venture, or has interest just waned over time?

As for my race, very happy with the whole session. Snuck into pole position by the skin of my teeth, managed to hold onto 1st place out of the first corner and managed to build and maintain a gap to P2.

Was pumping in low 43’s throughout so pleased with consistency. Car felt great, I managed to nail my tyre pressures!

 

[Ricoow]

Are these races a relatively new venture, or has interest just waned over time?

Both. Sadly the latter happened and the club kinda grinded to a halt, so we are now getting new life into it

 

[SwannyUK]

Both. Sadly the latter happened and the club kinda grinded to a halt, so we are now getting new life into it

And it's looking very promising. Sign ups to the GT4 series are going really well, the endurance race on Saturday is looking really strong, great tracks for the GT3 sprint series and with the teams feature we will be back to full servers in no time. Sorry I couldn't make this one.

 

[shadow_boxer85]

Another really enjoyable race! Well done all.

Andrew that was a great race weekend. Great pole position and nicely controlled race.

As for my race I tried to hang onto Lee in second for as long as I could but about half way through he pulled away from me. I really struggle with consistency so was pleased to get round without any major hiccups. I was running a bit low on fuel towards the end so had to turn down the engine map for the last few laps. Sascha had great pace to close the gap but thankfully I managed to just hold on. Pretty happy as I'd never driven at Kyalami before last week.