Generic Weekly Hotlap Challenge 220 - Bullish Maserati and a Stoney Merc

Weekly Hotlap Challenge 220 - Bullish Maserati, and


The Challenge:
Hotlap
Car: Maserati MC12 GT1
Track: Red Bull Ring GP









After a couple of weeks of unruly street cars, I figured it was high time we had a proper race car on a legitimate race track. There’s nothing like the feeling of going around corners like your on rails. Thanks to the aero and stiff suspension the Maserati is a full blown race car. I’m surprised this car doesn’t get much love in AC as its an impressive track machine in its own right, especially given that its 15 years old now.



This car has all the setup options a competent race car should have, and it can be daunting to try and dial in a setup that works the best for yourself. I use this crib sheet by Chris Hayes (he has a youtube channel). Check it out and let me know if it helped you out at all.






I have a bit of love/hate relationship with the Red Bull Ring. Similar to Imola its a track where getting a proper exit out of the really low speed corners is crucial to setting a good laptime. I find that very difficult to do consistently. Also, its possible to cheat a fair bit at this track as the track limits are fairly generous especially in T1 and between t8 and t9. So if you follow F1 you’ll be tempted to keep two wheels inside the white lines, but since were on AC you can completely abuse that rule and Bernie won’t say a word about it!




Top time on RSR is 1.27.099.

I couldn't find any info on ideal tire psi's. I'll update once I am able to test this combo out.






How to take part - Hot lap:

To enter, select Drive > Hotlap, choose the Maserati MC12 GT1 and the Red Bull Ring GP circuit. Please setup the session using the settings below:


Mode: Hotlap Red Bull Ring GP

Time of day: Free
Ambient Temp: Free
Setup: Free
Controller: Free
Assists: Factory
Stability: Free


Deadline: Sunday 10th April 2021


You can run as many laps as you like and update your times as often as you like, it’s simple All Platforms are welcome, it is all about having fun and enjoying Assetto Corsa.

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 and of course the car being used!

Please post video clips and share information in here as well, but without the session screen your time will not be included (placing the session screen in a video clip is acceptable).

Please use the following format to post your times:


Your time, to be shown as x.xx.xxx.
Your platform (PC Xb1 PS4)
The image or screen shot showing your time.
Your thoughts and comment

Please mark updated times with Improvement.

A leader board is collated regularly. Unfortunately editing of posts gets locked on this forum so this post cannot be updated.


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This week we are at Silverstone, targeting a 1:59:5 in the AMG Mercedes GT3





Season 2018

1. Car: AMG Mercedes GT3

2. Challenge type: Hotstint 10 mins for a fastest single lap time:

3. Time of day: 14:00

4. Track: Silverstone

5. Weather type eg: Clear

6. Dynamic Weather: Disabled

7. Cloud: n/a

8. Ave Temp: n/a

9. Grip level: Optimum

10. Wetness: n/a

Remember, we just want your fastest lap. not the overall time!

 

Good choice

 

So I'll make a start : )

AC
GoodGame.eXistenZ
PC 1:26:596

The first sector is always super difficult to get right on this track. In fact 95% of my attemps "fail" here, as the braking for both corner in S1 is tricky especially in cars without ABS. Even in my attempt here the first sector was not ideal. In addition the MC12 is sensible on the brakes and rear will up easily. So I advice to go for a higher braking balance towards the front.

Video will follow later.

 

ACC
1.59.388
Boubylonese#23
Xb1



I did three stints just to try, but I'm so far to being fast...
the problem is that I always have little time to dedicate to it, and silverston without a good setup and a lot of feeling you don't take out the time.
I won't be able to drive until next weekend ... good challenge to all!

 

AC
Laughing Gravy
1.31.828
PS4


Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

 

Trying to get on here later tonight. Sub 2min has been difficult for me in ACC with my beloved R8.

Never driven the AMG before so should be an interesting challenge. I have heard its and understeering monster. Is this true?

I do like my cars to rotate

 

ACC
SlowGrayAudi
1:59.478
PC

Firs run got me a decent time.

New to the Merc, but its very stable and "easy" to drive fast. Need to tweak tire pressures sure sure. They were about 1 psi too high.

 

Improvement

ACC
SlowGrayAudi
1:59.409
PC


Best lap was invalid, blehhhh.

Got the tires in the right window. Front left gets super hot though, trying to keep that guy cool.

 

Improvement

ACC
SlowGrayAudi
1:58.716
PC

Got the tweaks I needed to get her to rotate and it worked wonders.

Wrecked on the 2nd attempt so i stopped.

 

AC
TinPeach
1.29.802
XSX

A top-up of cortisone in both arms so should be able to do a few laps again!

 

ACC
local_man1234
1:59.070
Ps4

 

Video:

 

Improvement

ACC
SlowGrayAudi
1:58.656
PC

 

Improvement

ACC
SlowGrayAudi
1:58.254
PC

Trimmed rear DF to 5 and increased splitter to 5mm. Rear bar Max, front bar 5. Other small tweaks.

 

AC
Rod100
1.32.450
Xb1



Sent from my ASUS_Z012DC using Tapatalk

 

pretend racer
1.27.595
pc


Well I was gonna post a vid here with my lap and setup but apparently I have reached my daily upload limit for the first time ever. Guess you'll have to wait till tomorrow...

I upped the TC one click, adjust psi, fuel, gears, aero, and the brake balance. Everything else is basically stock.

 

Mid Week Standings

AC
1. GoodGame.eXistenZ 1:26:596 PC
2. pretend racer 1.27.595 pc
3. TinPeach 1.29.802 XSX
4. Laughing Gravy 1.31.828 PS4
5. Rod100 1.32.450 Xb1

ACC
1. SlowGrayAudi 1:58.254 PC
2. local_man1234 1:59.070 Ps4
3. Boubylonese#23 1.59.388 Xb1


Seems like everyone has found their own pace in the Maserati this week. The leader board has a nice even distribution of lap times, they all are separated by about a second. I wonder if some setup tweaks would help. I didn't spend much time on the setup this week as the car handles really well out of the box, and truth be told, RBR doesn't require a lot in the way of setup. RBR is mostly a point and squirt track. How much are you willing to extend those track limits? I'm guessing some stretch a little more than others


The three contestants in ACC have all managed to score themselves a podium finish so far! Top spot was earned this week by steady improvements to the setup, and a desire to go faster. Thanks for setting the example @SlowGrayAudi

 

ACC
Mike Reynolds
1:59:922
PC

Struggling for time this week so don't think I'll improve on this....

 

You can do it Mike!! I need you to push me!

 

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