AC RDGT4 Championship Round 3 - Thruxton - 27th March 2022

[Interslice]

Welcome to the RD Assetto Corsa Racing Club. This Sunday we're heading to Thruxton, for Round 3 of the Ginetta GT4 championship!!



Join us!

This is the place to be for relaxed, friendly racing and our events are open to everybody from rookies to the seasoned pros. You will always find people around your level to battle with, so jump on in! If you need any help don't hesitate to ask on discord before the race, or right here on the forum... there's no such thing as a stupid question!

All premium members using their full real name in the forum, race servers and discord can sign up for this event. We have limited slots so sign up below and make sure to tag fellow community members who you think are up for a challenge!

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Thruxton

Thruxton is another of the British venues to make use of the post-war surplus of RAF airbases to lay out a course for motor racing, in the process creating one of the fastest circuits in the country.

www.racingcircuits.info

• Practice Server: #12 (Available throughout the race week)
• Race server: Simracing.gp - Frankfurt
• 18:00 UTC | 1 hour 20 minutes - Official Practice
• 19:20 UTC) | 20 minutes - Qualification (SEE POST #3)
• 19:40 UTC) | 60 minutes - Race

Cars:

DLC is required for this event

GT4

• Ginetta G55 GT4 2017 - Version 1.3

Event details:

• Track: Thruxton, England
• Pit stop: Mandatory (Between 10 and 50 minutes)
• Track Temps: 33C track
• Track Condition: Clear/cloudy, Improving grip, SW wind
• Damage: 10%
• Assists: Factory
• Standing Start: Jump Start = Drive through penalty
• Further info on simracing.gp

Useful Links:

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

Sign up/Entry list:

https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/ginetta-gt4-championship-registration.220344/

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[Interslice]

A message to all Drivers

If you run off track, you must check to see that its clear before you re enter the track. Do not just keep the throttle pinned and pull back on track.
On re-entering the track stay off the racing line until you are up to race speed and do not block any fast approaching car.

Always try to re-enter the track parallel to the racing line.

When joining the track from the pits, remain inside the white line and stay off the racing line until you are up to speed.

During qualification, do not race on your out lap, let other drivers by.


Golden Rule

1. If you hit somebody, sending them off the track and carry on like nothing happened, you take the risk of being banned for 30 days.
2. Instead, you should always wait for the affected drivers, and that way you can be 100% sure you will not get a ban.

Track limits

1. No more than 2 wheels over the white/yellow line without a lift of the gas please.
   You will be penalized if you break our rules

Note: Please use your full real name in Discord. Not doing so may result in you being kicked from the server if an admin cannot identify you as a premium member.


Penalties

A championship gives us the opportunity to deduct points or add time as a penalty. Below are the penalties for this championship. Please report these kind of incidents to the host. That will help to get even cleaner events. For multiple unsafe actions within a single reported incident, the time penalties and point deductions are cumulative.

• Golden Rule: if you break the Golden Rule, all points will be deducted from that event. Normal procedure via formal report and internal discussion within RD staff if there's an disagreement.
• Unsafe overtake/defending or dive bomb: 5/10/30 second penalties for each case.
• Track Limits: 5/10/30 second penalties for gaining an advantage outside of tracks limits.
• Ignoring blue flag: 2 points taken off for each case.
• Dangerous Driving: 2+ points may be also deducted for any unsafe actions causing an incident (e.g. unsafe rejoin/unsafe pit exit/swerving on the straight etc.)
• All reported incidents and penalties to be judged by host (Brian) and co-host (Han) via the usual PM system. Gentlemanly actions, or otherwise, after an incident may effect the final penalty awarded.

 

[Partick Eaton]

My brief experience with this track is we will need to manage the front left tire to be consistent at this track.
Maybe the setup gurus can make suggestions?

 

[RasmusP]

My brief experience with this track is we will need to manage the front left tire to be consistent at this track.
Maybe the setup gurus can make suggestions?

Not much to do for tyres in AC. The tyre modelling regarding wear and temperatures isn't THAT advanced so it's usually never worth it to sacrifice absolute speed to lower the wear or temps.

However you will get some understeer towards the end so you might want to adjust your mechanical grip balance to be slightly oversteery on demand.
My best bet for this would be the front ARB.
Soft front ARB doesn't really make you spin suddenly. But you can turn in further and induce oversteer on command.
Enzo drives like that afaik. If you have the precision in your hands to drive like that, it's super fast.

 

[Interslice]

Practice server is up!

 

[RasmusP]

"How's your practice going?"
"Perfectly!"




Marshall's aren't giving any f*cks

 

[Marko77]

Hi All. Have to pull out of the championship. Minor injury keeping me out of the seat for now. Try and get back in soon. Have fun.

 

[RasmusP]

Hi All. Have to pull out of the championship. Minor injury keeping me out of the seat for now. Try and get back in soon. Have fun.

Quick recovery!!

 

[The Almighty Snark]

Elegance and grace!

 

[a_murel]

I wont be there guys. The covid keeps me off the track. I asked if Hulkie could take over but he coudnt make it tonight.

 

[HF2000]

I wont be there guys. The covid keeps me off the track. I asked if Hulkie could take over but he coudnt make it tonight.

Get well soon! Take care, Andre!

 

[The Almighty Snark]

I've got cramps in my left leg, probably due to a short walk this afternoon(COVID aftermath unfortunately) and an hour race is just not in it for me tonight

 

[Interslice]

Hi guys. It's that time of year again. The clocks changed last night so this race may be at a different time than usual for some.

The event starts in 1 hour. The race in just over 2.5 hours from now.

 

[Interslice]

I've got cramps in my left leg, probably due to a short walk this afternoon(COVID aftermath unfortunately) and an hour race is just not in it for me tonight

Sorry to hear Casper. Get well soon.

 

[The Almighty Snark]

Sorry to hear Casper. Get well soon.

Thanks, was quite looking forward to racing on tracks like this!

 

[JamKart22]

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[JamKart22]

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[JamKart22]

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[Axel Moebius]

Could not concentrate. Got the "bug" too

 

[Fiberoptix]

I wasn't feeling tiptop tonight as I also have the dreaded lurgi, I did attempt to continue after my first spin and subsequent teleport to the pits but during the accident I flipped the car which made me feel quite nauseous with a combination of VR spinning and my motion seat bouncing from side to side. I struggled to focus after that and was a bit wobbly going off again a few laps later as I chased to unlap myself. Sorry guys, I don't normally quit a race but I decided another 30 mins in VR was going to be too much tonight.

Congratulations podiums. The race is still running as I type this but with Axel also having unfortunately to retire it should have shook things up a bit behind Enzo in the championship.