Generic Weekly Hotlap #84 - Warm-up for the 24h

Improvement - 2.56.488

Neilski, I think you are meant to shift earlier. I'm shifting when the red LED appears on the steering wheel. I read online recently someone saying that "LEDs are "smart". They will start flashing at different RPMs for each gear depending on how the gear ratios are spaced out." The comment was about the Ferrari 458 GT2, but I'm assuming it holds true for other cars. I haven't tested it though.

 

I have been driving so many cars recently that I can't remember what the LEDs do on this particular car, but I know for certain that on many cars the LEDs are totally dumb (i.e. fixed RPM).
I can't actually think of a car right now that does have smart LEDs but I do agree that some of the AC cars are highly likely to be smart. (I can't recall if I've tested them on the 458 GT2.)

 

Chaos Chris x1 3.29.255
Unfamiliar car on unfamiliar track , I hit every barrier on the way round!



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pc 3:08,158



two laps - the ultrawide screem (29") is sooo good to get more information about the corners, espicially the tight ones.
hope i can do some more laps in the afternoon - some improvement is possible for me... i hope!

under 3:00??? wow!!!!!

 

3:05,240 pc improvement



crazy car&track combo....

 

pc 3:03,365 improvement



my head is read like a tomato, t.shirt wet from the sweat - my kids are staring - "dad" ??? - everything okay ???.....

whoosa. what a ride!

some silly mistakes, the corner before the track is between the rocks, there my best ghost was ~05.s faster - and the last corners into the city - too late, nearly into the barriers, again nearly 0.7s....

but if i do this corners perfect i screw up others - so i hit the wall for the moment.

so much fun - now i need a break

 

Improvement

2.58.971 - X1X




I Was Just over half a second up on my 2nd lap but went and touched the bloody grass.

 

thats our fate, lewis, thats our fate.

we try.

we fail.

we stumble.

we throw the f****** wheel through(!) the window.

we try again.

and we have fun.

 

Improvement - 2.55.978

 

3:08.739 - PC
I don't know (and like) this track, but didn't want to miss the challenge

 

3.04.506
Ps4 T150



I didn't like this one at first. My idea of a hybrid is a Bacardi & Coke. I gave it another try though and got into it a bit. Might try a race with the Porsche & Toyota.

 

3.04.383 pc





Had a quick go with a tune downloaded from the setup market that was meant for spa.
Way too many buttons and options on this car, I’d rather drive the car than fiddle with settings that drive the car for me.
When the difference between a quick lap and a fast lap is down to fiddling with buttons rather than hitting braking points and apex’s perfectly it stops being fun for me.

 

Here's the video of my 2:55.978 lap.

There's a bit more time to be had, but I think I'm probably done. I could've used a fraction more boost on the long straight - the ghost car overtakes me. I lost a bit of time through the corner after the long straight. I also clipped the grass on the apex of the corner after the second check point.

 

Improvement
3.03.403
Ps4 t150



Video of the above. Not that good but I'd recorded it so here it is. Bit of bonus footage on the end.

 

Very kind of you to share it! (How do you make the videos? I'm a total noob at that.)
Your laps looks a lot like mine, but just 4 seconds quicker! Joking aside, I haven't been brave enough to take those corners at the 2 minute point quite as quickly as you (almost flat out in 7th). That's probably explaining a few tenths at best though
I have finally measured the power curve by the way. The power peak is at 4300 rpm, and I've just bunged the curve into the ui_car.json file so that Sidekick can give me the correct shift points (I don't think I can upload it here though...?). Will have another go later (with some gear tuning) to try and get a little bit quicker, but the battle for 1st place is well out of my reach!

 

Well after watching Hugo's post, I think I still have quite a bit of work to do in order to hit my apexes and braking points perfectly! I noticed that there a few corners that you lift for that I was downshifting for, and some other place where I could save time. It seems your tune is much better suited for the track though.

 

No problem, Neilski.

I made the video with the standard video capture on the PS4.

Thanks for the info about power. I need to take a closer look at a replay, but that does seem to be the point the red LED lights up. Out of interest, how did you measure the power curve?

 

OK, I renamed the ui_car.json file by adding ".ini" on the end. It's attached in case anyone else wants to use Sidekick (or similar app) to get the shift points correct.
Just rename it back to "ui_car.json"
and drop it into C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\assettocorsa\content\cars\ks_audi_r18_etron_quattro\ui
(after backing up the original of course).

Also, I finally just got around to checking the e-tron's LEDs - they are indeed totally dumb: fixed RPM. You can prove this to yourself by making (say) 5th gear MUCH longer than 4th and then watch the LEDs fail to tell you to stay in 4th until the red line.

Just saw your post before hitting go with this reply:

I used my toy project I've been playing with for several months - it was originally meant to evolve into a proper app but for now it just logs a bunch of telemetry info and then I analyse it in Python. My understanding is that people with CM can just hit a button and it magically converts the encrypted car data file engine data into a proper power curve for the UI, but (a) I don't use CM and (b) it's a bit tricky to decide what you want on a car with both turbo and ERS complications. My curve is only for the internal combustion bit.

Attempting to add the curve, for info:

 

3.14.759 - PS4
Back to AC after some time away,and boy,its truly possible to unlearn the little you know.
Completly stock setup.i reckon i could go under 3.10 but sounds a lot of work for a sunday