ACC GT3 Sprint @ Spa - Tuesday 18th May 2021

SwannyUK · May 9, 2021

From Silverstone we move to SPA. Time to strap on your big boy pants and keep your foot planted through Eau Rouge....or if you are like me take a small confidence lift

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Event Details
Start time: 19:30BST (18:30UTC)
Cars: GT3
Track: Spa 2020
Practice 45 minutes | Qualification 15 minutes | Race 30 minutes

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SwannyUK · May 15, 2021

What sort of setup are you guys doing for Spa? Traditionally low downforce but that makes things "interesting" going up Eau Rouge

Sascha Reynders · May 15, 2021

I'm considering switching from the Fezza to the Lambo for this one, so I'll be using any setup that won't send me sideways up Raidillon

I found the default aggressive setup manageable, but I might just be using a tweaked safe setup to be, well, on the safe side

Besides, I'm a 2.20-2.21 kinda guy so there's no low downforce setup on earth that would enable me to keep up with you guys.

shadow_boxer85 · May 15, 2021

Was reasonably happy with the 911 at Silverstone but just tried it at Spa and its a death trap! Might play it safe and go the V8V.

SwannyUK · May 15, 2021

I fancied a go in the Porsche again but you're right - a trip at high speed to a barrier (usually backwards) would more than likely be on the cards

Sascha Reynders · May 17, 2021

Sascha Reynders said:
I'm considering switching from the Fezza to the Lambo for this one

Well, scratch that... It seems the Ferrari is my kind of car after all. I just need to figure out it's secondary TC function and how to adjust it to my benefit.

SwannyUK · May 18, 2021

Race day guys! See you on track later this evening.

Grumps82 · May 18, 2021

Huge apologies and gutted to let you down but im going to have to miss tonights race. Work has exploded at the moment and ive just got a bit too much on. Desperate to be here for Thursday, Sorry gents

Sascha Reynders · May 18, 2021

Too bad...see you next time !

SwannyUK · May 18, 2021

No worries at all, hopefully see you Thursday.

shadow_boxer85 · May 18, 2021

Well done all. Unfortunately my race was over on lap 4. My internet decided to have a lag/freeze moment right at the kink at the start of the Kemmel straight which put me straight into the wall!? Thankfully didn't collect anyone.

SwannyUK · May 18, 2021

Ah that's rubbish, hate it when stuff like that happens!

I think I now have a Prost to my Senna with @sebastalona - We had a good "introductory" battle at Silverstone but today was on another level. Side by side through numerous corners fighting for the win with the Vantage having just enough in it to get P1. Cracking stuff and it's the reason I'm here doing these races. If I find the time I'll upload a few clips.

Sascha Reynders · May 18, 2021

That was some great racing again gentlemen !

I was a bit overly cautious going through Eau Rouge up Raidillon on lap 1 and lost a place to @Herlev and spent the remainder of the race trying to regain that position, but ended up 0.6 seconds behind him for P5.
Sorry for that little nudge coming out of the Bus Stop by the way, it looked like you lost a bit of traction there and I was already in full acceleration out of the corner.
And going into Les Combes on one of the last laps, you caught me off guard by braking really early, I was so surprised (I was just going to tuck back in behind you for the corner at that point) that I completely overshot my own braking point and went too deep into the corner. I could have had you there but you did a good switchback. I'm just happy I didn't wipe us both out. All in all, some really fair and close racing, thanks for that !

And as always: congrats to the podium finishers ! See you gents next time

Sascha Reynders · May 18, 2021

shadow_boxer85 said:
Well done all. Unfortunately my race was over on lap 4. My internet decided to have a lag/freeze moment right at the kink at the start of the Kemmel straight which put me straight into the wall!? Thankfully didn't collect anyone.

Ah man, that's a bummer...I had one little microlag/stutter as well just as I was turning in for Pouhon but luckily without any bad consequences. Don't know if it was the connection or a graphics glitch in my VR headset though. Better luck next time !

Herlev · May 18, 2021

Sascha Reynders said:
That was some great racing again gentlemen ! I was a bit overly cautious going through Eau Rouge up Raidillon on lap 1 and lost a place to @Herlev and spent the remainder of the race trying to regain that position, but ended up 0.6 seconds behind him for P5.
Sorry for that little nudge coming out of the Bus Stop by the way, it looked like you lost a bit of traction there and I was already in full acceleration out of the corner.
And going into Les Combes on one of the last laps, you caught me off guard by braking really early, I was so surprised (I was just going to tuck back in behind you for the corner at that point) that I completely overshot my own braking point and went too deep into the corner. I could have had you there but you did a good switchback. I'm just happy I didn't wipe us both out.

That was one of the best battles I've been in for a very long time

For the last 15 minutes my rear tires were cooking, so it was a battle just keeping the car pointing in the right direction while the rear view mirror was filled with a Ferrari. You really pilled on the pressure while keeping it clean at the same time. Awesome racing

Sascha Reynders · May 18, 2021

Herlev said:
That was one of the best battles I've been in for a very long time
For the last 15 minutes my rear tires were cooking, so it was a battle just keeping the car pointing in the right direction while the rear view mirror was filled with a Ferrari. You really pilled on the pressure while keeping it clean at the same time. Awesome racing

Well thank you Sir ! Hoping to do that again real soon

SwannyUK · May 18, 2021

Brilliant, i'm glad to hear some of you are coming up against other people that are of similar pace and having good races.

Herlev · May 19, 2021

SwannyUK said:
Brilliant, i'm glad to hear some of you are coming up against other people that are of similar pace and having good races.

Well, most of them were actually faster, the Lambo are just encredible wide

But still brilliant racing. Just a shame more people aren't signing up. I thought ACC was the most popular sim...

Sascha Reynders · May 19, 2021

SwannyUK said:
If I find the time I'll upload a few clips.

Would love to see those ! Do you record all race replays Chris ? Reason I'm asking is because I need too eek out every last drop of performance put of my system to run in VR at relatively high settings, I can't afford to record replays myself

I might post a suggestion about this in the other thread.

SwannyUK · May 19, 2021

Sascha Reynders said:
Would love to see those ! Do you record all race replays Chris ? Reason I'm asking is because I need too eek out every last drop of performance put of my system to run in VR at relatively high settings, I can't afford to record replays myself
I might post a suggestion about this in the other thread.

Yep I do, I might be able to upload the replay file at some point