Generic Weekly Hotlap Challenge #223 AWD Twins? Beat the pro in the Lambo

Welcome to the thread for the Weekly Hotlap Challenge #223 AWD Twins? And Beat the Pro in a Lambo


The Challenge:
Hotlap
Car: Toyota Celica ST185 4wd Turbo and Audi R8 V10 Plus
Track: Zandvoort








Time for some awd drive action on Zandvoort which is imo the second best “rally” course we have, besides Laguna of course. Now at first glance the Toyota Celica rally car and the Audi R8 V10 don’t look anything like twins. In fact the only thing they really share in common is that they are both 4wd vehicles. But when you put them both on the same track they can produce identical lap times. The goal here will be to match your laptimes with both cars. Smallest difference wins the trophy!


I did a few laps in each car with the stock settings (I upped the gearing in the celica though, and turned off tc in the audi), and my lap times were within 3 tenths of each other. According to RSR our lap time hero Goodgame has the record for both cars; Toyota Celica - 1.50.853, and in the Audi R8 - 1.58.007. The difference is less than 2 tenths!


Ideal PSI
Audi R8 33 psi
Toyota Celica 29 psi


How to take part - Hot lap:
To enter, select Drive > Hotlap, choose the and the Monza circuit. Please setup the session using the settings below:
Mode: Hotlap Monza
Time of day: Free
Ambient Temp: Free
Setup: Free
Controller: Free
Assists: Factory
Stability: Free

Deadline: Sunday May 2nd 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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An Italian theme this week with mighty Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO at the brilliant Imola circuit.

Our time to beat is this 1:42:61 by Lamborghini academy driver Danny Kroes.



Season 2020
1. Car: Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO
2. Challenge type: Hotstint 10 mins for a fastest single lap time:
3. Time of day: 18:00
4. Track: Imola
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

 

I'll make a start

AC R8
GoodGame.eXistenZ
PC 1:50:330

I never got the idea why they built the R8. I mean it is far too heavy to be a real sportscar in my opinion. So if it is not a real spotscar, what is its purpose?
You can feel the weight in every corner and it pushes the car off the track at each turn in. It should have been more dedicated right from the start, like the more extreme versions of the R8.


Video:

 

Never driven the lambo before. Should be fun.

 

Imola feels safe like a little birds nest after a week at the crazy Mountain.

 

AC Celica
Andrei
1:52:077
PC


This track is absolutely awesome to drive in VR with the banks and elevation changes.

The lap itself was a bit scruffy, but it really took me a long time to get to below 1:53s.

I felt that changing the setup really made a difference for this car and only then did I manage to get low 1:52s.

Trail braking is also very difficult in this car, but it is so important for a good time in Zandvoort in order to rotate the nose of the car quickly during the hairpins/ long turns.

 

ACC
local_man1234
1:42.603
Ps4



Pressures dialed in, 27.7 front 27.5 back. Default aggressive no tweaks yet.

 

ACC
SlowGrayAudi
1:43.002
PC

Default aggressive setup isnt quite my taste. Needs some tweaking.

 

ACC
Mike Reynolds
1:43:617
PC

 

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ACC
SlowGrayAudi
1:42.708
PC

Driving is garbage today. Gf is killing me doing all sorts of **** in the kitchen making a ruckus

 

/lk

 

Improvement
ACC
local_man1234
1:42.411
Ps4



Still on aggressive preset. Might have a few more runs for tonight

 

Story of my life, wife, kids, dog, cat.... never a peaceful moment

 

pretend racer
1.51.933
pc


This is a tricky little combo to try and figure out. I had to play around with the suspension a bit and I finally got it feeling pretty good but not great. It still seems to slide too much. I set my pb in the 1.53's. When I looked on RSR I noticed that everyone ahead of me had a higher top speed, I was maxing out the gearing I was using. I figured the only way they were going faster was to use the longer gearing so I did too. After a couple of laps I was going quicker. I noticed the engine seemed to run out of steam on the top end so I started short shifting at 7000rpm. That seemed to help a lot. After looking at the engine chart I think the ideal rpm range is 3000-6000rpm. I'll try shifting at 6000rpm next time.

The lap is kinda sloppy so I think I can trim a few tenths off, its really easy to overdrive the car and sliding costs so much time!

Setup is shown at the end of the vid.

 

Haha! I cant wait to move into the new house in a couple of weeks. I'll have the main basement area as my sim rig/gaming room. So I'll have lots more privacy down there than on our current apartment.

 

AC Toyota
local_man1234
1:53.207
Ps4



What a blast combo. Been running it for hours now lol. @Pretend racer s setup is good. Havent been on Zandvoort since some ancient WHC years ago, very tricky!

 

AC
SlowGrayAudi
1:54.404
PC

Audi R8

I had to have a go in AC since its one of my beloved Audi's

Im so bad in AC its stupid. They physics feel almost fake and floaty after playing ACC. ACC has officially ruined all other driving games for me.

 

AC (Toyota)
SlowGrayAudi
1:54.272
PC

Bette to drive than the Audi (racing tires duh lol)

Difference is 0.132 sec

Audi 1:54.404
Toyota 1:54.272

 

ACC
TinPeach
1:44.358
XSX
First crack at this, and first run in the Evo, pretty happy as a kick-off time. I am going to aim for a low 43 I think for this one.

 

Improvement
AC
Andrei
1:51:525
PC


Messed up a bit in the last two corners but the lap was solid until that point. Thanks to @Pretend racer for the tip to have higher gearing and shift at 6000-7000rpm, really made a difference. The rest of my setup is very similar to yours, just a bit more aggressive. I attach it to this post so others can try it.