RD MINI Challenge 2020

[Bram Hengeveld]

Guys anybody got a clue how to avoid this car from locking up it's tyres half way the race? During the last SGP test race the car became ultra twitchy when the race progressed. Have not found a good remedy yet.

 

[Benutzername]

Guys anybody got a clue how to avoid this car from locking up it's tyres half way the race? During the last SGP test race the car became ultra twitchy when the race progressed. Have not found a good remedy yet.

Be careful with the brakes, thats the biggest factor. I also think, that the brake bias should be moved to the front a bit.

 

[Benutzername]

Hey guys, another member of our team set up a second server.
It's called like the normal onewith an additional "Classic" behind it and has the same password.

See you on track!

 

[BP]

No Chicane?! Well...at least I now mastered (kinda) how to keep this thing stable on 2 wheels going over those curbs; you can never have too much experience

 

[BP]

Also, is discord the preferred means for voice chat or TeamSpeak?

 

[Gazza9090]

So looking forward to this event guys! should be great fun!

 

[UMC 22]

Also, is discord the preferred means for voice chat or TeamSpeak?

There's a channel on Discord for it.

 

[Jacob Marshall]

Yes we are running the booth version but without the chicane. That will not go well in the first round

The correct track name is (now also on SGP): Watkins Glen Boot Classic

...it...it...it's taken me 3 days to fet the hang of the chicane...I only cracked it today lol

 

[Samuel Fuller]

Has the server start time changed?

 

[Ross McGregor]

Should be up in 2 mins! (UK) time

 

[UMC 22]

20:05 and I'm not seeing the server...

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

If you get kicked dont keeping trying to re-enter, it means your content is NOT the same. Make sure to go to the mods tab on the SGP event page and make sure you have the latest car and track version installed.

 

[Ross McGregor]

Ran out of fuel on the last lap- that's what i get for not practising!

Congrats all, nice track, car not as good as AM but still ok for racing with..

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Oh buddy you could have rejoined as the server has booked slots.

Results are up chaps https://beta.simracing.gp/championships/-D2TmSeuryA4DRkuTWCNo#standings

 

[Lucas Degen]

So that was it! After a long long time so funny racing with Bram again! @Bram Hengeveld
Had some great battles, I'm so slow.. See you next mini race!

 

[Chris Down]

Ran out of fuel on the last lap- that's what i get for not practising!

Congrats all, nice track, car not as good as AM but still ok for racing with..

Unlucky man, you had a really great run. Great pace! I really couldn't keep up.

 

[Benutzername]

Ran out of fuel on the last lap- that's what i get for not practising!

Congrats all, nice track, car not as good as AM but still ok for racing with..

Ahhh, that sucks. If you hadn't been involved in the battle at the start, it would have been a close one. Great pace, especially in the second half of the race!

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Thanks for all the fun guys, that was a great MINI comeback See you next round on Okayama.

Oh and we have four open slots for the remainder of the series in case you wish to join.

 

[Ross McGregor]

Unlucky man, you had a really great run. Great pace! I really couldn't keep up.

Thanks! First time i've raced these Minis and i was making all sorts of mistakes in the first half of the race, settled down a bit after that but i struggled with 'feel'. AC has always been that way for me which is why i rarely use it. I'm hoping the next RDMC might use AMS2 Minis! (although i'd much prefer AMS1! )

 

[Chris Down]

From my perspective a pretty good result, although I really have to improve my pace for the next races. Clearly I still have a lot to learn about driving the Mini Congrats @Benutzername on the win!

When I joined the race server and got "checksum mismatch", I knew something was wrong. Turns out I'd not only been practicing on the wrong track, but also the wrong car, and the new version of the Mini has way more understeer That was fun to learn how to work with through quali and the race. My pace definitely improved a lot towards the end, so I'm confident next week I can challenge more. Let's see how it goes.

Had some very fun battles with Erik, Tamas, Ross, and Samuel at the beginning of the race, some really crazy paint scraping stuff Amazingly everyone came off OK out of it I think -- really fun battle.

All in all, P2 is not a bad result (albeit aided by @Ross' misfortune). Roll on next week!

Thanks @Bram Hengeveld for organising!