AC Two out of Three @ Zandvoort Tue, August 16th

[abecede]

Welcome to the RD Racing Club. Newbies and Pros alike!​

Choose TWO of these three cars:

• Maserati 250F 6 cylinder
• Alfa Romeo GTA
• Abarth 500 EsseEsse

All of them are on pace with each other according to hundreds of hotlappers, but with totally different characteristics. (The Maserati is an especially wild beast to tame!)
Here are the times of all those hotlappers:

Car	Best time (seconds)	20th percentile (seconds)
Abarth 500 EsseEsse	127.0	131.5
Alfa Romeo GTA	127.0	131.5
Maserati 250F 6 cylinder	126.5	131.0

We'll drive two short races in the Netherlands on Circuit Zandvoort!

Sign up here for this only-in-simracing event!
You must register for BOTH races with a DIFFERENT car in each race!
Choose car for race 1 *** Choose car for race 2
The password for signing up is the usual "Tuesday password".
If you don't know it, just ask here in this thread - I'll send you a private message.​

Event details:

• 20:00 CEST (18:00 UTC) | 60 minutes - Practice (optional, but recommended)
• 21:00 CEST (19:00 UTC) | 10 minutes - Qualifying 1
• 21:10 CEST (19:10 UTC) | 20 minutes - Race 1
• after race 1 everybody joins the second event, and the host starts qualifying as soon as all drivers are on the server
• around 21:35 CEST (19:35 UTC) | 10 minutes - Qualifying 2
• around 21:45 CEST (19:45 UTC) | 20 minutes - Race 2
• Cars: Maserati 250F 6cylinder, Alfa Romeo GTA, Abarth 500 EsseEsse
• Track: Zandvoort
• Pit stop: optional
• Tyre blankets: Yes
• Track Temps: 18C air / 21C track
• Weather: Mid Clear
• Track grip: 96% increasing to 100% after about 6 laps.
• Damage / Fuel / Tyre wear rates: 20% / 100% / 100%
• Further info: see the "Sign up here" link above.

Useful Links:

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

 

[abecede]

PRACTICE SERVER IS UP!​

Click here to test these cars on the track!​

Also tagging previous participants of this event, so they can see it easily:
@Allan Ramsbottom @EireGreen™ @Alfred Wayne @The Almighty Snark

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

@abecede im in.

 

[abecede]

Awesome! Did the very early "Practice Server is up" message help? ^^

 

[Allan Ramsbottom]

Yes

 

[The Almighty Snark]

Count me in though I do need the password

 

[Alfred Wayne]

Would love to make it, but I'm going to be away on vacation for the week.

Hope the race goes well, haven't gotten a chance to race the GTA and Maserati before

 

[H_Belane]

I'll be there with the Alfa and the Maserati.

 

[abecede]

Still only four people in the event... Looks like our members aren't really interested in events that are a bit out of the ordinary.

I'm certain that this evening can be a BLAST! Two short races in two different cars is something FRESH! UNUSUAL! NEW!

So whoever reads this, consider signing up and we'll all can have a lot of fun on this original track!

 

[JamKart22]

I'm on holiday for a few weeks so can't join but I suspect people are put off by the amount of practice needed to be competitive in two old cars for just a 20mins race.

I put in a lot of practice for last week's fatalfie race and thought it was worth it because the car was fairly easy to drive, it was a great track and an hour long race. I'd not be so keen to do the same for this combo

Just my 10 cent. I'd be interested to hear what's putting others off signing up...

 

[abecede]

Yeah, I wouldn't expect people to practice a lot as well - This should just be a friendly nice experience without too much preparation. Maybe it's because I'm not the most competitive driver (and I'm certainly a slow one) - but I pull my joy out of our races by just hopping in and having a good time with the people here. After all, the Racing Club is defined as "daily casual club races for various PC racing simulators"...

 

[JamKart22]

I don't get much fun out of being uncompetitive so I do like a bit of practice. I still manage to be near the back most times - so image how far back I'd be with nearly zero practice!

 

[Kek700]

Cannot practice, but will support this race tonight.

 

[abecede]

If we can get a few other like-minded people, then I'm really looking forward to it! Thanks Ernie! I hope we can do this little event today!

 

[The Almighty Snark]

Both events have a practice duration of 1hr, is this correct?

 

[abecede]

yes, the second starts later, and I'll start the quali session of the second event as soon as everyone's in the lobby, so the whole thing doesn't take all night.

 

[The Almighty Snark]

Ah I see!

 

[thom462]

Hi Markus, could you please send me PW? I will participate with zero practice and will join short before first qualy. Thx and cu

 

[abecede]

great that you join!

 

[abecede]

Alright, let's try this new format! (I'll join shortly before practice ends)
Please also be on Discord Voice if possible. Seeyall later!