AC Tatuus FA01 @ Black Cat County Short - Tue 03Oct17

[RasmusP]

Join us for a fun evening of open wheeled club racing action and setup basics.

Wait? What is this?
This event is meant to be the step between the normal Club Races and the Social events.
That means an easy to drive car with clear racing affinity and a more and more open setup.
The goal of this event is to get used to play with the basics of the car setup without getting too technical about it.

Who can join?
All premium members can sign up for this event and we have unlimited slots available so make sure to bring a friend. Sign up below and make sure to tag fellow community members who you think are up for a challenge!

Not a premium member yet but interested to race with our group of friendly drivers? Click here for more information and learn how you can participate as well.

Server and Teamspeak Password: click here (TEAMSPEAK IS MANDATORY)
Teamspeak Installation Guide: click here
Racing Club Rules: click here
Incident Reporting: click here
Tracks, Cars, Apps Installation Guide: click here (Handy guide to install non AC content)

Server Name:

• RACEDEPARTMENT.COM EU Tatuus FA01 #2

Cars: Tatuus FA01
Track: Black Cat County short (6542m) (24) [Download]

Fixed Setup: Modified competitive fixed setup ; camber, damper, springs open!
Driving Assists: ABS: no ; TC: yes
Jump Start: Drive Through
App: Helicorsa 0.6 Download

Tuesday, 03-Oct-17
Practice: 19:00 GMT (30 minutes)*
Qualifying: 19:30 GMT (20 minutes)
Race1: 19:50 GMT (20 minutes)
Race2: 20:10 GMT (20 minutes)

*Note that daylight savings are active. 19:00 GMT = 20:00 BST = 21:00 CEST.

Entry List Server 1

1. RasmusP Ask me anything in Teamspeak
2. @Paul Glover
3. Neilski
4. @BrianUK
5. @RainhamIron
6. @PsychOXRat
7. @Patrik Trefny
8. @Martin Fiala
9. @Lucas Gerlach
10. @W.Fox
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Reserves please stay off the server when official practice starts. Staff will let you know on Teamspeak when and if you can enter the server

Reserves:

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[RasmusP]

IMPORTANT INFO:
Read about the used NoCut-Mod here: LINK

Time for something different:
We opened the setup step after step since the beginning of this series but over the last weeks we lost more and more drivers to bad setups. Be it limited time, limited motivation or anything else. For other drivers it got boring because I didn't open up anything in the last weeks.

So from now on the server will provide a fixed setup that is fast and competitive but always more on the safe side than for the pole position!
At the same time the suspension is now open to play with. The default is pretty good but for absolute fine tuning you will need to adjust a few things.

As always I will upload my personal race setup before the event starts so you all can just put that in and be safe and fast.

For personal preference of oversteer or understeer:
- more understeering: stiffer front, softer rear
- more oversteering: softer front, stiffer rear
Beware: the softer the car, the more traction you will have but the more you lose reaction time from the car!

Here is a lap from the server with my setup to help you with the line at BCC

Signing myself up

Weather: We are in the desert, right? So it's getting HOT IN HERE!!
~ 38°C Air
~ 53°C Track
Wind:
~ 0 kph

Next week's track:
Silverstone International

helpful tips
Fixed Setup: Modified competitive fixed setup ; camber, damper, springs open!
Driving Assists: ABS: no ; TC: yes
Jump Start: Drive Through
Apps:
- enable the default "Trackmap" app!
- Helicorsa 0.6 Download
- ACRL Fuel 1.2 Download
Assetto Corsa Car Setup Directory

A message to all Drivers

If you run off track, you have to check and see that its clear before you re-enter the track. Do not just keep the gas pinned and pull back on track.
When entering the track from the pits stay off the racing line until you are up to speed and do not race on your out lap. Let other drivers by in qualifying.
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. Remember, you've made the mistake by going off so let them by cleanly.


Golden Rule

1. Be 100% sure it's not your fault and just carry on like nothing happened and take the risk of being banned for 30 days.
2. Play on the safe side and wait for the affected drivers, knowing 100% sure you will not get a ban.

Track limits

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

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

 

[Paul Glover]

Sign me up please Rasmus

 

[Neilski]

why not!

 

[BrianUK]

I'm in

 

[RasmusP]

Sign me up please Rasmus

why not!

I'm in

Signing you up guys!
This is gonna be fun! The track is so wide...

 

[RainhamIron]

Of course, sign me up too please

 

[RasmusP]

Of course, sign me up too please

Adding you now!

 

[RasmusP]

btw guys I added the weather, should be interesting if the hards can hold it!

 

[Neilski]

~ 38°C Air
~ 53°C Track

 

[Neilski]

just did two laps. fun, but omg I need to find a mod that stops the camera bouncing at every bump or I'll be sick...

 

[RasmusP]

just did two laps. fun, but omg I need to find a mod that stops the camera bouncing at every bump or I'll be sick...

1. "lock camera to horizon" in the game settings
2. If you don't like the locked look, use real head motion, you have a filter there for it, I use 85%. It's like a mix slider between "full bounce" and "only chassis bounces"

 

[Neilski]

lock camera to horizon

Ahh, nice one, thanks!

 

[PsychOXRat]

In

 

[Patrik Trefny]

hi Rasmus, sign me up pls

 

[RasmusP]

In

hi Rasmus, sign me up pls

Adding you now guys!

 

[RasmusP]

http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/zero-finishers-at-sepang.141694/
And this is why I always preach to put in a few extra litres before the race.
@Eddy

 

[RainhamIron]

I'd never tried this track before but yeah after having done a few laps, I can see now why it's included. Proper rollercoaster ride with lots of elevation change and a nice variety of different types of corner, gives a really nice flow. If this is the short version though, how long is the 'long'??!

Setup-wise, the fairly high downforce settings on the online server already work quite well. I haven't tried tweaking the suspension settings yet but as it's quite bumpy, I dunno maybe it's worth trying it a bit softer. Seems to work fine as-is, but might have a little play around anyway, see if I can learn something

Medium tyres work ok for one qualy lap (just), but with the desert temperatures the hards switch on nicely for longer runs. Definitely no messing about here with the mediums for the race and hoping they'll last - they won't!

 

[Case_]

In if I may, thank you.

 

[RasmusP]

In if I may, thank you.

Sure thing! Welcome again!