RD Le Mans Series Season 6 (rFactor 2)

[Dennis]

In the test race a ESC penalty was 8 minutes and 46 seconds.

It depends on where you stop on track - minimum is 5min (close to pits)

 

[David O'Reilly]

I was wondering, is it possible to change the setup during a pitstop? And if not, how can I change between the dry and the wet setup in case of rain?

Other things you can do are test the optimum wet setup you can get with adjustments available in the cockpit for a normal pit stop.
Tyre pressures, rear wing, brake balance. All these will help.
Plus if you change drivers he can adjust throttle and brake sensitivity.
Then there is the "compromise setup". Better than the dry one in the wet, and not bad in the dry!

 

[Daiman Patel]

IMPORTANT

This is a reminder for any teams yet to submit their driver list to do so before Wednesday 12th November. Please start a new conversation with me with your team name as the title, or use your existing entry request PM to inform me of your line-up for the final race of the season at Spa.

I am currently waiting for an update / a confirmation from the following teams:

• TXL Racing (LMPs & GTCs) - @Andrew Ford & @Frederic Schornstein
• Morabia Racing - @Ricardo Azevedo
• SinL LMP1 Team - @Luis Fernandez
• Ace Motorsport - @Nigel Middleton
• Team Comet - @Pablo Flores
• MKB Racing - @Miguel Balado
• FlyingKrobarRacing - @Rob Milliken
• Radicals Online - @Jeremy Bouteloup
• Fanatec Draig Racing VBM - @Ben Willis
• Atlantic Racing - @Nicolae Marius
• KPC-SINL - @Juan de la Cruz
• SinL Caritrok Team - @Dani Vázquez
• Team virtualracing.org - @Jonas Steffens
• SRVN (GTE & LMP) - @Yoeri Gijsen
• lSd Racing (GTEs) - @Davy Lauwereys

Entries and line-ups can be seen here.

Many thanks, and we look forward to seeing all of you for the final race of the season.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Note to myself; Write down notes during broadcast.

Looking for a GTE-battle, I thought it was a Porsche passing a Corvette for position on the outside of T1, however, after looking through the replay from the GTE-Corvette's I cannot find it.
If any of you remember this situation, please tell be what car, and it would also be helpful to know when it happened (In the range of 30-40 laps)

 

[Daiman Patel]

OFFICIAL RESULTS & STANDINGS (after Round 3 - Sebring)​

The final results, for Round 3 - Sebring (with amendments having been applied), are as follows:

Divided per class, for clarity, with points awarded displayed, as well as clarification of the penalties that have been applied and other information, the final race results are as fallows:

More information about the penalties & corrections that have been applied can be seen here, by looking at the Lap / Time Penalties & Corrections sections.


Therefore, the scores and official standings after Round 3 - Sebring are as follows:

If, after the final race of the season, there are teams (in the same class) on an equal number of points the final standings of the teams involved will be decided based on which has completed the most number of laps throughout the season (in all 4 rounds of the championship).

 

[Daiman Patel]

The official, final results from Round 3 - Sebring, and the current standings, have been posted - these can be found here. Please note, where penalties were not served during the race they have been applied to the final race result. Meanwhile, penalties as a result of incidents that have been reported will be applied and need to be served at the beginning of the next race; these penalties shall be posted here once all of the reports have been reviewed. Due to the large number of reports and the time it is taken to sort several issues that arose following the race at Sebring, this has unfortunately taken longer than usual, but the penalties shall be posted soon. Thank you for your patience.

 

[Stefan Woudenberg]

the rain server is gone?
I cannot find it... saturday 80% change of rain...

 

[Davy Lauwereys]

This is a reminder for any teams yet to submit their driver list to do so before Wednesday 12th November. Please start a new conversation with me with your team name as the title, or use your existing entry request PM to inform me of your line-up for the final race of the season at Spa.

Just finalizing on some last minute changes, should have everything sorted and sent out (including the 2nd skin @Dennis Coufal ) somewhere tomorrow.

 

[Daiman Patel]

IMPORTANT

The rain server for Spa Francorchamps (RACEDEPARTMENT.COM Rain) is up; hopefully it is actually raining.

 

[Stefan Woudenberg]

Thanx Daiman.

Will go on as soon as I get home.

 

[Amedeo Fiorella]

there's still no rain in the rain server.. I tryed both servers and there's sunny in all of them..

 

[Dennis]

there's still no rain in the rain server.. I tryed both servers and there's sunny in all of them..

Can you check again? Should be constant 20% rain with 15x RealRoad now to make up for the increased rain level (rF2 only allows 20,60 or 100% by default).

In the race max rain density will be 2% as in Silverstone. I set the "normal" server to that setting using the WeatherServer, but there is a good chance that it will revert back to dry once the session is restarted.

 

[Yuri]

Can you check again? Should be constant 20% rain with 15x RealRoad now to make up for the increased rain level (rF2 only allows 20,60 or 100% by default).

In the race max rain density will be 2% as in Silverstone. I set the "normal" server to that setting using the WeatherServer, but there is a good chance that it will revert back to dry once the session is restarted.

there is rain, lots of it!

 

[Stefan Woudenberg]

When the family comes home I will also come on.
In Holland we have St Maarten.... a Halloween kinda thing where kids come to door an sing a song for candy... I got the door duty this year.

 

[Nicolae Marius]

one question ...if saturday will be snow at Spa and -2 grad , we will race like that ??? Is good to use that program but not in winter ...or next championship (i hope will be another one ) to run in same condition as it was there in real life

 

[Daiman Patel]

The results and standings from Round 3 - Sebring have been corrected following a mistake that was made an amendment; the updated final results can be found here. Apologies for the confusion.

 

[Daiman Patel]

The Virtual Sports Car Championship is back this weekend, on Saturday 15th November 2014, for the fourth and final round of the season, and what is expected to truly be a grand finale at one of the most infamous and iconic circuits in the world - Spa Francorchamps.

We shall be bringing the race to you live from 1pm GMT, following the morning shakedown, with commentary courtesy of Tapio Rinneaho, Ole Marius Myrvold, Roy Magnes, David O'Reilly and cameraman Ricardo Edelmann. You will be able to watch the race live here.

The full entry list can be found here, and a spotter guide shall be coming soon, once all of the liveries have been finalised, to help you keep track of the race.

You can also follow the race with the help of live timing and the track map, which shall be available during testing, qualifying and the race.

Meanwhile, if you can't wait, you can catch up on all of the action from Round 3, at Sebring.


Round 3 - Storm at Sebring

There wasn't a cloud in sight above Sebring International Raceway, for the penultimate round of the Virtual Sports Car Championship. And following excitement during the first two rounds everyone was expecting something really special to happen at one of RaceDepartment's favourite circuits. In a race that was fraught with technical issues we were all still entertained by the spectacle on track, and awestruck at some of the fantastic performances in spite of the problems. The teams and drivers showed true grit and determination, putting on an incredible display of talent - it was hard to take your eyes away for even a moment.

A glitch with the timing software meant that the race had to be restarted, and so the race length was reduced by half an hour. The problems continued, with the penalty system proving to be inconsistent and unreliable. Nonetheless this did not affect the driving, and we were treated to a race that will almost certainly be remembered for some time to come.

It would be a long but eventually fruitful afternoon for MC Racing's #17 LMP1, which faced difficulties immediately after the race restart. The cars had a problem with its gears, forcing the team to return to their garage for a fix. This left Christian Michel in last place, and over the course of the next few laps he would have to make his way through the GT traffic before joining the back of the train of LMP cars. He slowly climbed up the ladder, picking off each opponent in turn, before the team performed a driver swap. With Simon Christmann now in the car the hard work had to be re-done. With each subsequent stop the positions at the front of the LMP1 class toed and froed, the gap gradually diminishing, before Simon finally took the lead on lap 155, after the team's final pit stop. The #17 car retained its position until the end of the race. Unfortunately 1st place was stripped from the team after it emerged that the scoring system had failed to award a time penalty when the team returned to their garage due to their problems at the beginning of the race. Race control decided to retrospectively apply the minimum 5 minute penalty at the end of the race, leaving the team in 3rd.

This mistake meant that the #15 TXL Racing car officially finished in 1st place. It was a fairly run of the mill race for the championship leaders, who lost out to MC Racing during the race due to pitting twice in the space of 12 laps. However, luck was on their side when the results were corrected. Meanwhile, the #14 and #22 cars finished 6th and 7th respectively. In GTC, the #214 car took the win to replicate RedShift Racing's feat of winning LMP and GTC at Monza. The #213 car crossed the line in 4th position.

RedShift Racing were unable to reproduce their fantastic exhibition they put on at Monza. The #13 car struggled a little for pace against and compared to their opponents and main competition. Nonetheless, it manage to bag 3rd place, which became 2nd following the post-race penalty awarded to MC Racing. The rest of the team's cars did not fare so well, with the #126, #212 and #112 cars finishing 23rd, 25th and 26th overall, respectively. The #112 car started reasonably well, but lost a lot of time after having to deal with two mechanical issues, whilst the #212 car also struggled for pace.

In terms of the standings this leaves the top 3 LMP cars separated by 6 points - TXL Racing (84), RedShift Racing (81), and MC Racing (78) - which means that there's everything still to play for going into the final round. It's going to be tense, and a nail-biting time for these three teams.

Southern Cross Racing (#12) managed to pick themselves up after a horrendous weekend at Monza, to finish 4th at Sebring, and Team Comet (#21) put in yet another solid performance in their second race to finish 5th.

Meanwhile, there was a bit of a shake up of the results in the GTE class, with Radicals Online (#119) taking their first win, after Ajira Racing (#111) won the first two rounds. It was a tight and heated battle between the top 3 cars, which also includes the #122 Porsche of the Atlantic Racing Team. It was the #119 that prevailed, the #111 and #122 coming in 2nd and 3rd.

However, Ajira Racing was issued a post-race penalty of 18 minutes for failing to serve a penalty awarded to them during the race. This meant they dropped down to 11th in class - 22nd overall - in the official standings, with all teams above them moving up one position. This was a huge blow for the team that would have been one step closer to sealing the championship. They have now dropped down to 3rd in the GTE standings, 1 point behind Team virtualracing.org (#125 - finished 3rd after the sanction was awarded to Ajira Racing) and the Atlantic Racing Team both of which dead heat - tied on 66 points and 517 laps.

It's going to be a sprint to the finish line at Spa Francorchamps between the top 3, and also GentlemenRaceClub (#127 - finished 4th), Radicals Online, and the SinL HCH Team (#117 - finished 5th). These 6 teams are separated by a mere 10 points going into the final round. There are endless permutations that would lead to each of these cars claiming overall class victory; the most obvious of these is that Ajira Racing cannot afford to finish behind either the #122 or #125 cars if they want a chance a winning the GTE competition.

One team that has failed to perform after looking rather promising at Silverstone, in their Ferrari 458 with a livery that almost resembles Neapolitan ice cream, is 900GRADOS. Their 4th place finish in the first round has not been followed up with any repeat performances - the team was not classified at Monza for failing to complete the minimum race distance, and could only manage last place at Sebring. There has been no word yet regarding their entry for Spa, but hopefully they will return and show us what they are capable of.

In GTC, SimRace Vereniging Nederland #216 finished 2nd for the second race in a row. This leaves them top of the standings, 3 points ahead of their main rival - the #214 TXL Racing car, from which one of their main drivers, Frederic Schornstein, shall be absent at Spa. Daniel Faber and David Gronvalls will take the wheel of the #214 car, which may give SrVN a glimmer of hope, but these two drivers should certainly not be underestimated. Meanwhile, SrVN's GTE team once again finished 10th in class (20th overall).

Finally, the #215 Flying Quebec Racing Team improved upon their performance at Monza, as was expected, to finish 3rd in class, ahead of the #213 TXL Racing car.

The final Sebring classification is as follows:

And the standings, after 3 rounds, are as follows:

With the standings so tight in every class, the race this coming weekend at Spa Francorchamps is poised to be truly fantastic event - no holding back. We can see it going right down to the wire, but beyond this we can predict nothing else. Be sure to join us for the final round of the VSC2. We're looking forward to it, and hope that you are too.

 

[Christian Michel]

Is it raining at the non rain server? Would be nice to have a dry track for some setup adjustments, as it is quite hard to feel the improvements in the rain as the track develops lap by lap

 

[Robert Worm]

What about the yellow flags on this track. I think we will have a YF-Orgy on Saturday!

 

[Dennis]

New vMod released (v8)
A new vmod has been released that includes the final cars for the race.