rF2 Mazda MX-5 (Miata) @ Mid Ohio - Thu 19 Jan 2023

Denis Betty · Jan 13, 2023

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Server Name: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM MIATA

Cars: Mazda MX-5 Spec Miata (Steam) We will be racing ~~the lowest spec 123 hp Spec~~ NOPE! We will race the scary, massively over powered Spec 2

Track: Mid Ohio Virtua_LM v2.03 with track limits fix (@Yves Larose ) (Download)
Layout: No Chicane
NOTE: Download is safe. It's from a trusted Dropbox account. Place the .rfcmp into your Packages folder. You may need to have it installed.
If so you can do this in game in the Manage Content tab.

Practice: 20:00 UTC
Quali: 20:20 UTC (10 minutes private qualifying)
Warm Up: 20:30 UTC (5 minutes)
Race 1: 20:35 UTC (25 minutes)

Race 2: 21:05 UTC (25 minutes)

Entry List - 25 slots

Denis Betty
Paul_V
Jan Larsen
Stephen Gibb
Daniel R.
max1966i
pattikins*
Jack Smith
slideways
Yves Larose
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SERVER IS UP!

Paul_V · Jan 13, 2023

I'm in Denis.

Denis Betty · Jan 13, 2023

Paul_V said:
I'm in Denis.

First sign up, nice and early.

WD Paul.

Jan Larsen · Jan 13, 2023

Denis Betty said:
Cars: We will race the scary, massively over powered Spec 2

Automatic in

Denis Betty · Jan 13, 2023

Jan Larsen said:
Automatic in

Great news.
Server is up if you are feeling brave.

Stephen Gibb · Jan 14, 2023

In please Denis, thanks

Denis Betty · Jan 14, 2023

Stephen Gibb said:
In please Denis, thanks

Welcome back Stephen.

Paul_V · Jan 14, 2023

Hi all... im liking these cars. They actually drive very realistically.
Great choice of combo Denis. I predict some amazing fun on this Race night. Great track too.

Denis Betty · Jan 15, 2023

Paul_V said:
Hi all... im liking these cars. They actually drive very realistically.
Great choice of combo Denis. I predict some amazing fun on this Race night. Great track too.

I agree that the cars feel great. Very imersive IMO.
Now, if only some people would sign up to race in them.
@Daniel R. , @max1966i ,@SimApprentice21 , @vbomfim ,@Jack Smith ,@rockracer ,@PurgerUK please try to find time to give these cars a try out. I think you'll be surprised.
SERVER IS UP!

Daniel R. · Jan 15, 2023

Sign me up please!

max1966i · Jan 15, 2023

In please Denis.

Denis Betty · Jan 15, 2023

Daniel R. said:
Sign me up please!

max1966i said:
In please Denis.

Thanks for the early sign ups guys and thanks for your constant support for the club.

pattikins · Jan 15, 2023

Pencil me in please Denis. I'm hoping to install my new wheel in the next few days. With DIY skills on par with Frank Spencer, I'm not entirely sure that I'll finished by Thursday

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Denis Betty · Jan 15, 2023

pattikins said:
Pencil me in please Denis. I'm hoping to install my new wheel in the next few days. With DIY skills on par with Frank Spencer, I'm not entirely sure that I'll finished by Thursday .

Will do mate.
Hope it all goes ok.
See you on Thursday.

pattikins · Jan 16, 2023

Denis Betty said:
Will do mate.
Hope it all goes ok.
See you on Thursday.

Well I did a Frank Spencer. I drilled all the necessary holes in the right places and fitted the wheel base... Unfortunately, it didn't occur to me that the vibrations would be sufficient to damage the load cell on my brake pedal

. So it doesn't look like I'm going to be racing anytime soon....

Yves Larose · Jan 16, 2023

@pattikins i have the same pedals set, have you tried to calibrate them ? I imagine that you unplugged them to do your fitting and each time they are unplugged they have to be calibrated again when plugging them back.

pattikins · Jan 16, 2023

The problem was that I didn't unplug the pedals or remove them from my rig whilst I drilled 4 holes. I obviously covered them, but I didn't think the vibration through the frame would be enough to damage the pedals...
I've done several resets/calibration, changed the usb port (hub) for the pedals and rolled back the firmware which did make a big difference. After a bit of testing (20 min...) the flickering gets noticeably worse.

Denis Betty · Jan 16, 2023

pattikins said:
The problem was that I didn't unplug the pedals or remove them from my rig whilst I drilled 4 holes. I obviously covered them, but I didn't think the vibration through the frame would be enough to damage the pedals...
I've done several resets/calibration, changed the usb port (hub) for the pedals and rolled back the firmware which did make a big difference. After a bit of testing (20 min...) the flickering gets noticeably worse

You could try setting a dead spot. Just until you get it sorted. Either in Fanatec software, in game, with DI View or DX Tweak maybe?

Yves Larose · Jan 16, 2023

pattikins said:
The problem was that I didn't unplug the pedals or remove them from my rig whilst I drilled 4 holes. I obviously covered them, but I didn't think the vibration through the frame would be enough to damage the pedals...
I've done several resets/calibration, changed the usb port (hub) for the pedals and rolled back the firmware which did make a big difference. After a bit of testing (20 min...) the flickering gets noticeably worse.

I see that you use auto calibration, it is well know that the calibration should be done manually, when i do mine the brake pedal always keep a little bit of pressure so i have to set the minimum playing with the clucth pedal. A bit hard to explain like that but i'm guessing thats your problem.