rF2 Oval Night @ Palm Springs Speedway (Night Race) - Wednesday 24th February 2016

Daiman Patel · Feb 20, 2016

Event Details
Server: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM OVAL
Track: Palm Springs Speedway
Car: Stock Cars

Weather: Dry
Road condition: Rubber on track were possible
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel use: 1x
Mechanical failure: Time scaled
Setup Options: Fixed (steering lock, starting fuel & pit strategy still adjustable)

Assists
Traction control: Low
ABS: None
Auto-clutch: Allowed

Race
Practice: 20:00 GMT
Qualifying: 20:15 GMT - 10 minutes [NO Parc Fermé]
Warm up: 20:25 GMT - 5 minutes
Race: 20:30 GMT - 60 laps [rolling start]

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Daiman Patel *
Gijs van Elderen
Simon Bacon
Chark
Stefan Woudenberg
TTupsi
Marc
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utp: 13

Gijs van Elderen · Feb 20, 2016

Simon Bacon · Feb 21, 2016

Was supposed to be at work Wednesday night but now they've changed my rota

I'm in

Erwin Greven · Feb 21, 2016

Chark · Feb 21, 2016

Yes please. If you guys are on the edge to do an oval race, do this one. Homestead is a great track, several lines can be run, provides great racing. @Bram where you at since that first oval race we did? @Tobias Röhner (Homestead or the Shleife, huh?) @Enzo Fazzi @Magic43 @Stefan Woudenberg

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 22, 2016

@Chark, i had to take over somebody else his duties and I am running the SCE club on that evening now so I can't turn left

Stefan Woudenberg · Feb 22, 2016

Uh..well.. Scratch me down on the list too.

TTupsi · Feb 22, 2016

Guaranteed to be in this week!

Erwin Greven · Feb 22, 2016

Did some laps, but i have some difficulties to see details of the track. There is almost no texture on the track itself, very little details, no groove.. Got also no feeling of what the car is doing and got no control over the car. Maybe i am used too much to NR2k3, where i ran multiple season at V8thunder.

Chark · Feb 22, 2016

Erwin Greven said:
Did some laps, but i have some difficulties to see details of the track. There is almost no texture on the track itself, very little details, no groove.

I know what you mean, if rF2 is not maxed out, it can be tricky to get a good idea of the rubber when the track is green. I would recommend doing a practice session in private mode with more than twenty AI cars. Press CTRL+X (accelerate the time), let a few moments go by, and you should have a clear racing line on track.

Erwin Greven said:
Got also no feeling of what the car is doing and got no control over the car.

The previous point might help for that first. Then, make sure you use one of the slow steering ratio in the tuning menu (I would personaly recommend 17:1 for that track). Don't overdrive the corners, take it easy, and it should be quite stable if you use the setup I posted. It's quite basic adjustments like pressures and camber, it's far from perfect, but making sure the tyres are well in contact with the surface is super important is rF2.

Erwin Greven · Feb 23, 2016

It helped a lot after loading the setup and changing the ratio.

Pity i can't make it again. (work related). For the next time i will try to do a last minute enter. Cause then i am more shure that i can make it instead of constantly declining on a last minute.