AC Multiclass Abarth500/MazdaMX5@Motopark, Wed 25th January 2023

[HF2000]

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

After far south on the southern hemisphere we're now going far north on the northern part of our planet. To Finland for a race on the Motopark Raceway with it's varied layout with nice height differences and technical bends.
If you want to see me in my company car, please install this skin: https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/abarth-500-assetto-corse-race-department-skin-00.13916/

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS is essential for clean and respectful driving in our community. You should therefore use tools like Helicorsa or CarRadar and CrewChief. The links for these apps are on the bottom of this post.

DISCORD. It's important that you also join us during the event on Discord for additional information and instructions. Link is below.

Sign up:
Post in this thread WITH YOUR CHOICE OF CAR to get a PM for the password for the practice AND the race server. You can also choose your livery when you provide me with your steamID

Especially the new and inexperienced drivers are recommended to participate. There are a lot of learning opportunities but without the intensity and stress of the GT3/4 cars or the endurance multiclass cars. It's also good step up for those kind of events.

Server information:

• Server: Racedepartment Server 2 Password: standard password, if you don't know that, ask for it in this thread and it will be send in a PM.
• 20:00 CET, 19:00 BST (19:00 UTC) | 60 minutes - Official Practice
• 21:05 CET, 20:05 BST (20:05 UTC) | 20 minutes - Qualification
• 21:30 CET, 20:30 BST (20:30 UTC) | 60 minutes - Race

Event details:

• Cars: Abarth 500 Assetto Corse/Mazda MX5 Cup
  • F1 skins for MX5 (optional) https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/skinpack-mazda-mx5-cup-f1-2023-teams-drivers-audi.56935/
  • Country skins for Abarth (optional)https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/abarth_world_series_2k.10401/
  • RaceDepartment skin (optional) https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/abarth-500-assetto-corse-race-department-skin-00.13916/
• Track: Motopark Raceway, Finland https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/sm-motopark.53409/
• Pit stop: Mandatory (at least 1 liter of fuel)
• Tyre blankets: Yes
• Track Road temperature: 30 Celsius
• Track grip: 100%
• Track limits: No more than 2 wheels over the white/yellow line without a lift of the gas please. You will be penalized if you break this rule.
• Damage: 10%
• Fuel Consumption: 40%
• Tyre wear: 10%

Useful Links:

• RaceDepartment Discord: click here
• Sync Accounts: click here
• Recommended apps: Helicorsa + CarRadar+ Top/Centre Flags or AC_Flags + CrewChief
• Tracks, Cars, Apps Installation Guide: click here (Handy guide to install non AC content)
• Racing Club Rules: click here
• Incident Reporting: click here

Entry list:

• HF2000 Abarth
• eN1xes
• KDiesel
• Engli
• Kek700
• Paul_V MX5
• Douglas Aird
• JamKart22
• Boukâh
• Dzul
• Alfred Wayne
• dbx71
• L4de
• stigs2cousin
• homer1007
• maxilogan
• gearwhine
• Allan Ramsbottom
• Supersoulfighta
• davejevons
• Reefabus
• thom462
• garyb 76

 

[Paul_V]

Hi Han.

Would love to give the MX5 a drive thanks.

 

[Douglas Aird]

I'm in. Lando's Mazda again, please.

 

[eN1xes]

in flip a coin for my car Han . abarth #Japan , mx5 #Merc 44

 

[Medilloni]

Tried a few times installing the track but crashes on load screen (both on and offline), any ideas chaps?

 

[JamKart22]

Mazda HAM#44 please Han

 

[HF2000]

Tried a few times installing the track but crashes on load screen (both on and offline), any ideas chaps?

Hi John,

After reading your post I've done a fresh manual install with the version from the link and it works for me. Did you use CM for the install?
Or can this be the problem?

• CSP features > 1.76

 

[HF2000]

in flip a coin for my car Han . abarth #Japan , mx5 #Merc 44

Do you want me to flip the coin?
Ok Abarth it is! One Japanese Italian coming up!

 

[Boukâh]

Yes please! McLazda #81 s’il vous plaît!

 

[Boukâh]

Nice! I think I’ve been to that track in my drag racing days (*digs up old race schedules… searching…). Not racing myself, but crew (prostock bike and dragbike) and organizing team (euro series).

Edit: nope, was at Alastaro track

 

[Kek700]

Does not work for me, glad I checked after reading what John said, I do have CSP what it is I do not know. only known by Rasmus
????????

Use AC thingy, no CM

 

[HF2000]

Does not work for me, glad I checked after reading what John said, I do have CSP what it is I do not know. only known by Rasmus
????????

Use AC thingy, no CM

And if you start from stock AC?

Which version of CSP? You see that in the bottom right in the loading screen of AC besides the AC version.
An AC thingy? I used Windows Explorer to copy the files into the tracks folder of AC.

 

[Kek700]

Yes, that is exactly what I did, even the drag circuit does not work, tried another track, and no problem.

 

[HF2000]

Yes, that is exactly what I did, even the drag circuit does not work, tried another track, and no problem.

Ok. I'm out of ideas. Let's call in @RasmusP

 

[Dzul]

If you could please put my name in the hat... Fernando is faster than you!

 

[Alfred Wayne]

I'll take an mx5 please. Think I'm going to return to the ol' stock No 24 black kunos skin. Need a break from the Audi livery after last weeks spin(S)

Took me a second to find the pit exit, but what a fun track!

 

[RasmusP]

Or can this be the problem?

• CSP features > 1.76

That's probably the issue here, yep!
Not sure if John is using csp and if yes, which version he's on @Medilloni

Use AC thingy, no CM

Default Launcher would be the word for it

And if you start from stock AC?

That doesn't change anything with csp. Csp will always be loaded, as long as it's activated in the general section of csp.
I created a pre-configured folder for Ernie to drop into his AC folder with only the optimizations and TAA activated.
Used the most compatible version but ofc I forgot which one

Which version of CSP?

You see that in the bottom right in the loading screen of AC besides the AC version.

@Kek700 would be sweet if you could have a look?

We can do 3 things:
- disable your csp by changing one line in the main csp config file

- delete the csp folder completely

- I make another drop-in folder with a newer version and we hope it'll be compatible with everything

 

[HF2000]

That's probably the issue here, yep!
Not sure if John is using csp and if yes, which version he's on @Medilloni

Default Launcher would be the word for it

That doesn't change anything with csp. Csp will always be loaded, as long as it's activated in the general section of csp.
I created a pre-configured folder for Ernie to drop into his AC folder with only the optimizations and TAA activated.
Used the most compatible version but ofc I forgot which one


@Kek700 would be sweet if you could have a look?

We can do 3 things:
- disable your csp by changing one line in the main csp config file

- delete the csp folder completely

- I make another drop-in folder with a newer version and we hope it'll be compatible with everything

I'm using CSP 1.78 without any problems (so far).
In CM you can easily upgrade your version of CSP or go back to an older one.
That something I do know about CM.

 

[RasmusP]

I'm using CSP 1.78 without any problems (so far).
In CM you can easily upgrade your version of CSP or go back to an older one.
That something I do know about CM.

Yeah I just had a quick test and it works fine with the 1.80 preview1 too.

I then tested with 0.1.60, which I think Ernie is "using". And it doesn't even start loading. It crashes before doing anything.

I think we need to "Teach the old dog a new trick" and get Ernie to finally use CM at some point AFTER my final project phase (after the 04th of February).
@Kek700 we plan with you keeping to race with us for at least a few years and AC isn't going anywhere so... Let's do a Discord/TeamViewer session in February at get you ready to roll with CM

In the meantime:

@HF2000 The track doesn't work without CSP. If you disable CSP, it will crash on loading.
If you want to use it anyway, I'll make a 0.1.76 CSP folder for Ernie on Sunday

Ernie:
Can you tell use which CSP version I gave to you?
Load any other track and tell us the version at the bottom left corner (maybe another corner!)

And if you want to join that race:
Download and put these folders in the correct folders:

CSP_AC_RasmusP_0_1_76.zip

Shared with Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

There are 2 folders:
DocumentsFolder -> Assetto Corsa
SteamFolder -> assettocorsa

Just drag "Assetto Corsa" into your documents folder and choose "overwrite" to replace all needed CSP config files.

And drag the "assettocorsa" folder into your "Steam\steamapps\common\" folder and also overwrite all files to replace to actual CSP files.

It's my current config, which is as light as possible but with some eye candy. Should work nicely on your 12600k+3070 system



PS: I just figured out that to use CSP without CM, you don't only need the "extension" folder, but also the "dwrite.dll" that goes next to the acs.exe.
I always wondered how AC knows to use an additional folder without CM...
Ofc it worked for me, I HAD THAT DLL IN MY FOLDER

The bloody DLL is now in the dropbox package, so happy CSP experience Ernie

 

[Medilloni]

Hi John,

After reading your post I've done a fresh manual install with the version from the link and it works for me. Did you use CM for the install?
Or can this be the problem?

• CSP features > 1.76

I'm on 1.73 Han - it's the one that comes up as recommended on the list (in my case). Will try another version and let you know - thanks for the help!