Generic Weekly Hotlap Challenge 196 - Herding Cats and Home Before Dark

Weekly Hotlap Challenge 196 - Herding Cats and Home Before Dark

Welcome to the Weekly Hotlap Challenge 196 - Herding Cats and Home Before Dark
Assetto Corsa and Assetto Corsa Competizione challenges.

Assetto Corsa Challenge: Hotlap
Car: Porsche Macan Turbo
Track: Black Cat County Short

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Assetto Corsa Competizione Challenge: 10mins Hotstint
Car: Porsche 991II GT3 R (2019)
Track: Misano
Time: 19:00…. x12 progression
Weather: CLEAR

Please see competitor, weather and track conditions in How To Take Part below.
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Assetto Corsa Challenge:

Kids are back to school this week so its only fitting we drive one of the best family vehicles in the game. Thankfully there isn't a minivan - I'd probably cry real tears if there was! Strap in the kids and give the wife a bunch of Toffee to chew on because if your like me, your running a little late. Since my better half likes to point out that I'm driving a little faster than the law allows, the thoughtful gift of Toffee will provide the serene atmosphere required to pick out braking points and apex as smooth as I can so she doesn't notice how fast we are actually going. We gotta get there before dark afterall.



Black Cat County Short reminds me of those weekend camping trips through the Rockies. I'd be so excited to see the corners coming up, and dreading being told to slow down after the first few corners because everyone is suddenly getting car sick. Hopefully, you can get everyone there before the darkness sets in, whether that be an actual sunset or the wrath of a woman scorned...

Stats, Tyres and Times
Recommended tyre pressures 40psi
Fastest lap is 3.11.530

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Assetto Corsa Competizione Challenge: 10 mins Hotstint

This week we are in the Intercontinental GT Challenge Porsche 991II GT3 R, which I believe is Aris’ favourite car at new to consolers, Misano. The 911 GT3 R was designed for worldwide GT3 series and endurance racing and has a brand new version of it’s old, flat-six classic, now at four litres and with direct fuel injection, giving the driver just under 500bhp. It also still has huge understeer and is tail happy, until you get to know it.

The start is 7pm on a lovely clear evening and time progression is x12.
It will be heavy dusk as you finish.
The Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli was renamed to commemorate MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli, and it is much more famous for bikes than cars, although F1’s AlphaTauri use it as their test track.

I’ve had to learn my lines here. What a great track!
There are pairs of very satisfying corners, as satisfying to slow correctly for, as much as the speed through them. Luckily named Turn 13, in particular, where you straight-line though it flat out, then immediately on to the brakes for Caro, Turn 14. Similarly for Turns 9 and 10.
The Porsche works well, once worked out.
In other words, you allow for the understeer and use the throttle early, having braked early.
I suspect set-up is very important for the Porsche. The understeer needs dialling out.
If anyone is as bewildered as I am about which ECU Map to use, I found this by Aris, which will be for an older version of the PC game of course, but probably translates for console. Default ECU in Settings is 7 which had me checking. (https://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/ecu-maps-implementation.54472/)
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ECU Maps for Porsche 991 GT3-R & 991II GT3-R (EVO)
1 - Normal power & consumption - least progressive throttle map
2 - N. P & C - progressive throttle map
3 - N. P & C - aggressive throttle map
4 - N. P & C - linear throttle map
5 - Qual power, high consumption - least progressive throttle map
6 - Q.P, H.C - progressive throttle map
7 - Q.P, H.C - aggressive throttle map
8 - Q.P, H.C - linear throttle map
9 - Low power, low consumption, progressive throttle map
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The challenge this week is to get your lines right and get home before it gets dark.

Tyres
Recommended tyre pressure should be around 27 psi.
Porsche 991 II GT3 R – Steering Lock – 800°


☆☆PLEASE NOTE: WHC 195 IS STILL OPEN UNTIL 18:00 (GMT+1) TOMORROW. ☆☆
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How to take part:
*Assetto Corsa Challenge*
To enter the Assetto Corsa Challenge, select Hotlap, choose the Porsche Macan Turbo and the Black Cat County Short circuit.
Please setup the session as follows:
Mode: Hotlap - Ambient Temp: 26 Degrees - Setup: Time of day: Free / Controller: Free / Assists: Free / Stability: Free. To qualify you must have the ambient temp set to 26 DegC.

*Assetto Corsa Competizione Challenge*
In Single Player:
· Choose the Porsche 991 II GT3 R (2019 car in the Intercontinental Challenge)
· Challenge: Select Hotstint
· Select Duration: 10 MINS
· Time: Select 19:00 and x12 progression
· Select the Misano Circuit
· Weather - select CLEAR
· Disable DYNAMIC
· Disable RANDOM
· Track Grip: Select OPTIMUM (cheating!)
· Wetness/ Standing water at: DEFAULT

The screen shot required to enter your time is in Timetables at the end of the session.
Realism and Assist Settings are up to you. Ideally, please use PRO

POSTING FORMAT:
For ease of admin, please use the following format to post your times to be included on the leader boards:
For Hotstint and Quick Race, please show the number of laps and total time
Challenge – AC or ACC
Improvement (Only required if you have already posted a time)
Your name (as you would like it to appear on the leaderboard)
Your time - shown as x.xx.xxx. (This week it is your fastest lap)
For ACC Hotstint and Quick Race – Number of Laps
Your platform (PC Xb1 PS4)
The screen shot showing your time.
(Optional but in the spirit) Your thoughts or any comment
Please post video clips and share information here as well.
You can run as many laps as you can manage and update your times as often as you like. It is all about taking part, pushing yourself and enjoying Assetto Corsa and Competizione. All Platforms are welcome. To submit a time, pause the game and select 'session' from the menu and screenshot this page or take a photo of your screen and post it in this thread - Note all the information from the screen is required including temperature, mode heading (Hotlap) and of course the car being used!


Deadline: Sunday 20th September 2020
Chequered Flag will drop shortly before 6pm.

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AC
Total Wrytoff
3.15.110
PS4

Had a quick go last night, after losing the faith at Mugello.
Two laps, this is the second and was quite tidy.

 

Old Misano vs new. Not too much difference apart from at the bottom of the diagram?

One big difference. They used to go the other way round. Instead of of progressively slower right turns in the back stretch, you had progressively faster lefts.

Awesome layout. It must be there in amongst the mods for AC on PC.

Confined to history after Wayne Rainey's career ending crash.

 

ACC
Peggy11
11:29:745
7 Laps
PC



Slow and steady first go. I don't know Misano too well, or the Porsche

 

AC
Peggy11
3:15:998
PC



I've never driven this variant of Black Cat County, it's very twisty

 

ACC
HandyAndy1962
10:24.033
6 Laps
PC

As I had done some races around this track this morning in one of the McLarens I thought I would give this a go. It took 4 attempts as I kept spinning on the first lap. I was a lot slower than in the McLaren as I just felt the back was likely to come round on me at almost every corner so I was afraid to push very hard. It's given everyone else a very easy time to beat.

 

Improvement
ACC
HandyAndy1962
10:14.643
6 Laps
PC

Felt a bit better but have to lift in the fast corners otherwise I'm losing control.

 

Improvement
ACC
HandyAndy1962
10:07.317
6 Laps
PC

I like the flow of the track and I'm feeling a bit more confident with the car and have progressed from the stable setup to the aggressive one. Am I the only one attempting the challenge this week?

 

I had a quick go yesterday, post #4

 

So you did. I missed it when scrolling through. Oops!

 

Nope, I've just not put together a clean run yet (Porche's take come acclimatization when I've not driven one for a while!)

 

ACC
Totall Wrytoff
11.37.353
7 Laps
PS4


I had two goes.
The first, to learn the lines, was fine.
Inexplicably, halfway through the 2nd run, the brakes just wouldn't slow the car.
For two laps I was 1.5 secs slower, then they were fine again and I was back on usual pace.
What is that about?

 

ACC
Mike Reynolds
11.22.983
7 Laps
PC

Definitely an early week banker run this one.....A ton of time left out there

 

F1415182235
3:12.854 - X1

 

AC
Neilski
3.11.943
PC
(Whoops, I just realised that I set a time yesterday and instantly forgot to upload it )
Well, it feels like a long time since I drove this track. Long enough that I had forgotten that the name is grossly misleading! With a name like "short" it should be about half that length...
Still good fun though, and soooo many "where's the damn apex?!" moments on every lap, so it's very hard to say how much time is left for the taking.

 

Improvement
AC
Totall Wrytoff
3.14.365
PS4

Hmm.
Having seen the times, I'll have to go again!

 

Wow @Neilski! Nice post!

A week early.
And, only 5/10ths off the WR!

 

Improvement
ACC
Mike Reynolds
11.16.380
7 Laps
PC

Not sure what going on with the temps on this one, exactly the same settings as the earlier run (Dynamic weather is off) and the temps are 3 degrees lower!

 

Improvement
AC
Totall Wrytoff
3.13.302
PS4

Great combi @Pretend racer !
Surprisingly good car, if you like sick kids.