AC GT4 @ Watkins Glen - Wednesday 01 May 2019

Craig Dunkley · Apr 23, 2019

America here we come! we will be racing on the iconic track "Watkins Glen" Watkins Glen is the spiritual home of road racing in the USA, with crowds flocking to see top-level racing since the 1940s.

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Cars - See second page for Bop settings

Track: Watkins Glen International 1.0 Download
Layout: Watkins Glen Short Classic
Track Temps: 26c
Track Condition: Clear

Schedule (EU): Wed 01 May 2019
Official practice: 19:00 UTC (20 minutes)
Qualifying: 19:20 UTC (20 minutes)
Race 1: 19:40 UTC (20 minutes)
Break: 20:00 UTC (3 minutes)
Race 2: 20:03 UTC (20 minutes)

Entry List :

Medilloni - G55
Faceplant - Cayman
Craig Dunkley - Host - G55
Miguel Batista - Cayman
Lee Maunder - Cayman
hape - MC
pattikins - G55 (RHD)
JoelK - G55
Hugo Hekkenberg - Cayman
Kek700 - Cayman
manu68 - TBD
KKJUN - G55
Raresch - Cayman
Fatalist88 - G55 (RHD)
Björn Johansson - G55
Juan Viloria - Cayman
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MC 01 Cayman 07 G55 05 G55 02 (RHD)

For your pleasure I have added another car, but with heavy Bop settings, the balance of the car is still fine. The settings may need fine tuning as time goes on? I have also removed the Lotus 2-eleven which sadly was very underpowered. See page two for Bop settings.

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Craig Dunkley · Apr 23, 2019

GT4 BoP:

Ginetta G55 GT4 - 5 kg / 5% Restrictor
Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 - Has been given TC and ABC
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport - Nothing

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Next Event: Wednesday 01 April 2019
Cars:
Track: Mosport (CTMP) 0.8 Download
Track Layout: N/A
Track Temps: 24c
Race length: 50 mins
Track Conditions: Clear

Medilloni · Apr 24, 2019

In with Ginetta LHD please Craig

Craig Dunkley · Apr 24, 2019

Medilloni said:
In with Ginetta LHD please Craig

Welcome m8 ..what wheel and pedals did you buy?

Medilloni · Apr 24, 2019

Craig Dunkley said:
Welcome m8 ..what wheel and pedals did you buy?

It was the 2nd hand kit from Josh Martin in the RD market place thread Craig, wheel is TS-PC and pedals are T3PA Pro. In the couple of hours I had to set it up, the wheel is gobsmacking so far - with the old G920 it was so hard to catch a slide, with this it's instant.

The pedals are OK-ish, but was surprised the brake pedal is naff compared to the G920 with GTEye (and a bit of sponge) mod. No faith in the pedal (yet) was the reason I started at the back so I could get used to it.

Will try and make something to give it a progressive feel..... now where's 'me rubbers

Craig Dunkley · Apr 24, 2019

Medilloni said:
It was the 2nd hand kit from Josh Martin in the RD market place thread Craig, wheel is TS-PC and pedals are T3PA Pro. In the couple of hours I had to set it up, the wheel is gobsmacking so far - with the old G920 it was so hard to catch a slide, with this it's instant.

The pedals are OK-ish, but was surprised the brake pedal is naff compared to the G920 with GTEye (and a bit of sponge) mod. No faith in the pedal (yet) was the reason I started at the back so I could get used to it.

Will try and make something to give it a progressive feel..... now where's 'me rubbers

Interesting ..I was thinking about buying the TS-PC myself, although I am very fussy, I would hate to have one with a scratch on it ...superb price though

Faceplant · Apr 25, 2019

Count me in with the Cayman

Craig Dunkley · Apr 25, 2019

Faceplant said:
Count me in with the Cayman

Welcome aboard m8

Miguel Batista · Apr 25, 2019

M in the cayman too please. Regarding the TS-PC I have one too and can't say enough good things about it. Although to be fair, I had a T300 before and the difference is not that big.
Regarding the T3PA pro pedals, the conical brake mod and a custom brake pedal curve are a must. Normally I give about 70% of brake pedal range until I hit the rubber and then use the pressure to modulate the remaining 30%.

Craig Dunkley · Apr 25, 2019

Miguel Batista said:
M in the cayman too please. Regarding the TS-PC I have one too and can't say enough good things about it. Although to be fair, I had a T300 before and the difference is not that big.
Regarding the T3PA pro pedals, the conical brake mod and a custom brake pedal curve are a must. Normally I give about 70% of brake pedal range until I hit the rubber and then use the pressure to modulate the remaining 30%.

I am using the TX300 (same as T300) and was thinking about the TS-PC. It is a hard choice because of my disability I doubt I will ever get any quicker..but I still like nice things and racing is not all about winning.

Welcome aboard

Miguel Batista · Apr 26, 2019

Craig Dunkley said:
I am using the TX300 (same as T300) and was thinking about the TS-PC. It is a hard choice because of my disability I doubt I will ever get any quicker..but I still like nice things and racing is not all about winning.

Welcome aboard

Well, it is more powerful than the tx so quicker to spin but in terms of what you feel, it is about the same only more intense. It is the power of a t500 with the smoothness of the t300 really. A good wheel. The pedals are pretty meh though. The lack of a loadcell is a problem imho.

RobertR1 · Apr 26, 2019

Ginny's song for me please!

Lee Maunder · Apr 26, 2019

Cayman for me please @Craig Dunkley. Thanks for arranging these races, really been enjoying them. Could not get my setup right at Spa, anyone got any ideas on making the Porsche more stable? Not too familiar with Watkins Glen either so need to practice

Craig Dunkley · Apr 26, 2019

RobertR1 said:
Ginny's song for me please!

Welcome aboard Robert

Im the Mickey to your Minnie
Youre the Tigger to my Winnie
Ginny

Craig Dunkley · Apr 26, 2019

Lee Maunder said:
Cayman for me please @Craig Dunkley. Thanks for arranging these races, really been enjoying them. Could not get my setup right at Spa, anyone got any ideas on making the Porsche more stable? Not too familiar with Watkins Glen either so need to practice

You are welcome ..The layout we are using at Watkins is fairly simple, you will have no problems in learning it....welcome aboard

Medilloni · Apr 26, 2019

Miguel Batista said:
Well, it is more powerful than the tx so quicker to spin but in terms of what you feel, it is about the same only more intense. It is the power of a t500 with the smoothness of the t300 really. A good wheel. The pedals are pretty meh though. The lack of a loadcell is a problem imho.

Found an answer to the 'meh' brake pedal Miguel, cost is £1.50.

I kid you not

Yesterday I cut one our dog's balls up (don't worry, he's OK

) to fit the width of the brake bracket behind the pedal. Cut each side where the holes are so it fits perfectly behind the pedal, and keep the bits you cut off. Pushed down behind the pedal it gives good feel, though I inserted one of the cut off bits for extra resistance, you might like more, or maybe a bit of foam rubber - the result is fantastic, exactly what I'd expect from the official mod. This dog ball has a bell inside, leave it in if you like music with your braking

Sorry for the off topic Craig!

Medilloni · Apr 26, 2019

Lee Maunder said:
Cayman for me please @Craig Dunkley. Thanks for arranging these races, really been enjoying them. Could not get my setup right at Spa, anyone got any ideas on making the Porsche more stable? Not too familiar with Watkins Glen either so need to practice

Hiya Lee, try http://thesetupmarket.com , I get most ideas from here though I find going through 10 to get a good one to build on. Hope that helps.

Forgot to say, the website is unbelievably slow, but it does work.

hape · Apr 26, 2019

i'm in g55

Craig Dunkley · Apr 26, 2019

hape said:
i'm in g55

Welcome aboard Hape

Miguel Batista · Apr 26, 2019

Medilloni said:
Found an answer to the 'meh' brake pedal Miguel, cost is £1.50.View attachment 303175
I kid you not Yesterday I cut one our dog's balls up (don't worry, he's OK) to fit the width of the brake bracket behind the pedal. Cut each side where the holes are so it fits perfectly behind the pedal, and keep the bits you cut off. Pushed down behind the pedal it gives good feel, though I inserted one of the cut off bits for extra resistance, you might like more, or maybe a bit of foam rubber - the result is fantastic, exactly what I'd expect from the official mod. This dog ball has a bell inside, leave it in if you like music with your braking

Sorry for the off topic Craig!

I use the conical brake mod and a custom brake curve and it still is meh compared to a loadcell. It offers some pressure modulation but it is not the same.