Generic Weekly Hotlap Challenge 192 – Double Mint Twins… and a Psycho Pastel Falcon Stoops.

As I was looking for wheels recently I read "a lot" about braking materials with 3D printed shifters, hence why I went for the alloy pedals shifters from Ascher (or at least carbon). But otherwise I do have little experience with other stuff but Fanatec, so I know nothing . Expensive is often not better. I loved the P1 rim from Fanatec, but it is just terrible quality - and I really like the Thrustmaster wheels too, they look like to be a joy to use. Just cannot imagine any one of them withstanding 25NM. My P1-X will be shipped soon My room is already full with little presents The new buttonbox is really solid


So as for ACC. Yesterday I was running ADAC series at Spa in AC and dominated the race. Everything feels so easy. I was struggling heavily in ACC with the Mercedes. Never driven Spa in ACC before and the Mercedes either seems to under or oversteer. In addition it feels unstable in some parts, so I felt a bit lost. I know there is a lot more in there, some people doing 2:15:xxx, but I just need some time with ACC.
ACC Hotlap
GoodGame.eXistenZ
PC
2:16:965

 

@GoodGame.eXistenZ - this is ACC - depth of simulation is awesome and they nailed a lot of aspects, you can not compare it with AC.

Maybe Nils video can help you - he explains it very good and he is one of the fastest guys out there.

And your times show your potential. Congratulations - very nice to have such an awesome simracer like you here in the WHC. Its an honour!

 

Improvement
Rod100
AC (Cayman S)
2.03.507



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Rod100
AC (boxter S PDK)
2.03.713

First run on the pdk. Besides the change from H shifter to paddles, the gears are shorter. Theoretically, the pdk accelerates faster due to shorter gears and quicker shifting. On the other hand, theoretically, the Cayman has better aerodynamics (less drag), possibly higher top speed. Does it make any sense? I didn't take any measurements.

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The PDK transmission adds 30 kilos to the car, it would have been interesting comparing the two Boxsters (Same shell and different transmissions) , rather than the Cayman

Spent an hour trying to go faster and failed, at least I know the round wheel still works!

 

ACC
jo_siffert
11.38.391
PC
5Laps



Me and Spa in GT3 or GT2 is not really a Lovestory - to be honest, everything at Spa will never be a Lovestory - it never clicked with spa, don't know why. Maybe my first experience didn't help - i went as newbie on a ALOOG-Server some years ago, and the first thing i read in the chat was "what on earth are you doing jo!".

Greets Jo

 

pretend racer
Porsche Boxster S
2.01.741
pc





pretend racer
Porsche Cayman S
2.01.349
pc


I started with the boxster and I was having trouble dealing with the understeer that suddenly becomes oversteer, I found it hard to balance the weight transfer of the car the way I wanted to. I ended up with full negative camber and a medium amount of toe. The front end felt much better but I was getting lift off oversteer. I figured that was because the front had too much grip now, so I lessened the neg camber on the front and the car felt much better balanced. After quite a few laps I was able to get into the 201's.

After switching to the Cayman, I pulled up a tune by Labbe for nurburgring. I corrected the psi and ran it. The cayman seemed to slide around a little more than the boxster, but it was more of a 4 wheel drift than the understeer/oversteer of the boxster. After a few laps I was able to smooth out my inputs and I put in a really quick lap. I was surprised at how much quicker I was in the cayman, so I went back to the boxster and tried the setup that I used in the Cayman. It didn't work...

I noticed that I was changing gears in slightly different spots on the track and I like the cayman better.

 

AC Mid week Standings

Boxster S
1. GoodGame.eXsitenZ 2:00:447 PC
2. pretend racer 2.01.741 PC
3. Rod100 2.03.713 Xbox1
4. Alexis_RS_MKII 2:03.864 PC
5. Totall Wrytoff 2.04.127 PS4
6. HandyAndy1962 2:07.588 PC


Cayman S
1. GoodGame.eXistenZ 1:59:893 PC
2. pretend racer 2.01.349 PC
3. Graveltrap 2:01.892 PC
4. Alexis_RS_MKII 2:03.321 PC
5. Rod100 2.03.507 Xbox1
6. Totall Wrytoff 2.04.338 PS4
7. Peggy11 2:04:815 PC
8. HandyAndy1962 2:06.559 PC
9. moodyryder 2.06.662 ps4
10. lemans86400 2.06.761 PS4


Seems like everyone prefers the cayman as there are more entries in that category. I realize it's vacation time right now and I hope everyone is enjoying the sun! Still a bit of time to jump up the leaderboard.

 

ACC Mid week Standings


ACC – Mercedes AMG GT3 at Spa Francochamps

HotStint ----

- 5 Laps
1. jo_siffert 11.38.391 PC
2. Sissydriver - 11.39.048 PC
3. Total Wrytoff - 12.00.399 PS4
4. HandyAndy1962 - 12:09.126 PC



Hotlap----

1. GoodGame.eXistenZ 2:16:965 PC
2. Lewsixbone - 2:17.901 X1X
3. Sissydriver - 2.19.131 PC


The last week of summer is impacting our numbers - quick get a time in and you'll probably get a podium!

 

AC
Improvement
Alexis_RS_MKII
Cayman S
2:02:854
PC



AC
Alexis_RS_MKII
Boxster
2:03.479
PC

 

Improvement
AC
Graveltrap
Cayman S
2:01.646
PC



Taking onboard some of what @Pretend racer mentioned about the front end of the car, but rather than camber, I played with toe, I was running a fair bit of toe out and opted for a very small amount of toe in... I am heading in the right direction again. Shall have to try the setup later when I can face driving this horrid little car again

 

Peggy11
ACC
Hotstint
11:57:252
5 Laps
PC



This was my third attempt as I rather annoyingly binned it on the last lap of the first 2 attempts, costing me around 6 seconds each time

 

Peggy11
ACC
Hotlap
2:22:872
PC



Geez I'm slow compared to the other Hotlap entries

 

Improvement
Peggy11
ACC
Hotstint
11:52:308
5 Laps
PC





Improvement
Peggy11
ACC
Hotlap
2:22:113
PC



I'm not sure if I actually managed to go faster through improved skill/familiarity, or the wind being in the opposite direction from the previous attempt and 21km/h slower made the difference!

 

AC
Morgoth924
Cayman
2:18:733
PC



Not much time this week...

 

ACC
Hotstint
Leif
PC
11.37.470

 

Improvement
Peggy11
ACC
Hotstint
11:51:033
5 Laps
PC




Improvement
Peggy11
ACC
Hotlap
2:21:678
PC



Slight improvement on both. The go before this I had a 67km/h tail wind down the Kemmel Straight which gave me an extra 6mph by the time I got to the braking point. However it also affected the braking point by making it quite noticeably earlier, and the car was also a lot more twitchy wherever there was a tailwind or cross wind. The overall outcome I was slightly slower over the Hotstint.

All makes sense I guess, I just didn't realise the game had implemented it so accurately

 

Thank you man
The thing is, of course I know how to drive Spa, of course I know how to drive the Mercedes - in my head everything works, just looking at the laptime makes your realize you are not connecting all the dots (luckily I am not too far off from Nils given the time invested here). It's a matter of practice, but surely I am having issues getting the feel for the car. Maybe it is my wheel settings for ACC, but I am not really feeling when the car gets into a slide - so this is problematic of course. When my rig is ready, there won't be any excuses for ACC anymore

 

Whoa, for real 67 km/h?? That's huge. I'm also a bit stunned that it only gives an extra 6 mph.

 

Yep it was definitely 67km/h showing on the wind reading. It may have been a couple of mph more than 6 at the end of Kemmel but it’s difficult to look at the speedo and braking point simultaneously (for me at least).

Any advantage gained there though was more than negated through the rest of the lap either from the head wind, or the cross wind unsettling the car in the corners.