Generic Weekly Hotlap Challenge 195 – Insanity in Italy and trepidation at Terlamen

I gave ACC a few goes but found it very difficult to see where I was going early on & either spun or got taken out each time on the first lap. My best time was at least 6:10 & I didn’t think it was worth posting. This weeks challenge was just too difficult for me.

 

Improvement
ACC
Totall Wrytoff
3 laps
5.53.367
PS4

Up by a tenth!
After at least 10 restarts....

 

ACC
Neilski
5.26.168
3 laps
Well, to my enormous surprise, this one was actually a lot of fun!
As you'd expect, I didn't even make it to the start/finish line without spinning a few times on the first try, and the first few laps were hilariously awful. But with a few semi-random setup tweaks and a bit more practice (particularly missing the worst of the damn puddles, argh!! ) I actually managed to stay ahead of the pack.
I managed a high 5.29 after a while and then I was like "cool, how hard can it be to shave off a few tenths and beat Leif's time?". The answer was about 15 more failed attempts with a mistake or a puddle! ROFL...
What can I remember about the setup: lowered and softened the rear in the hope of making it more stable, TC back at 3 (weird, cos that's often iffy for me in the dry :-S), reduced the super-aggressive front toe, raised the pressures a wee bit all round (though I now realise I was still about 1 - 1.5 psi shy of the nominal 30), front and rear brake ducts at 0 to help warm the tyres. Tried a few variations on the ABS and max braking and ended up on 9 and 85% but no idea if that was optimal. Might have used 54% bias, but I can't remember now. Weirdly, the safe and wet default setups have different spring rates on the front two corners. I made them equal but I can't remember which rate I chose now

 

Improvement
ACC
Totall Wrytoff
3 laps
5.52.679
PS4

No real feel, so it is pure guesswork as to whether my tyres are spinning or sliding.
I've now completed this quite a few times and this is the best time, but all the efforts were very similar, I can't get the car to go faster!
Very interested by @Neilski 's set up... could have done with that a bit earlier....

 

Sorry - will try to be a bit earlier next time (I hadn't been entirely liking the sound of this one though )
Had a good go at improving my AC time and have just given up. I went back to softs in the hope of them being the better compromise but am now way slower than yesterday and unable to get within a second (!) of my best time on the supers

 

I've edited my last two posts, having got the maths right.
Up by 1 minute!

 

Unfortunately to many Zolder will always be associated with the loss of Gilles Villeneuve.

 

Chequered Flag!
That's it for WHC195.



*** WHC 195 Results ***
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Assetto Corsa - Ferrari F138 at Mugello


1. F1415182235 – 1.19.888 X1
2. Neilski - 1.20.237 PC
3. Peggy11 – 1.21.705 PC
4. Totall Wrytoff - 1.21.990 PS4
5. Pretend racer - 1.21.995 PC
6. Emmanuel Tubbiolo - 1.23.334 Xbox
7. lemans86400 - 1.23.981 PS4
8. Mike Reynolds - 1.24.733 PC
9. Laughing Gravy - 1.25.215 PS4
10. Rod100 - 1.25.639 Xbox1


This week has been an eye-popping blast!
Mugello in an F1 car goes down as one of my favourites. Whoooosh!

Congratulations to @F1415182235 , he wins this week!
He's been on it from the off. He promised us a sub 80 second lap and delivered. And posted the vid. Quality!
@Neilski comes in P2 and only about 3/10ths off. That is also some lap! Neilski is always very quick, but well done there!
@Peggy11 takes P3 . He surprised himself this week, the "you-can-do-it-if-you-try" mantra has worked! A three second improvement is a whopping jump and hoists him to third step on the podium. Result!
Meanwhile (I beat @Pretend racer everybody,) it's great to see @Emmanuel Tubbiolo back and fantastic lap @lemans86400 , using the controller!


Assetto Corsa Competitzione – Audi R8 LMS at Zolder

3 Laps
1. Neilski - 5.26.168 PC
2. Leif - 5.29.309 PC
3. Mike Reynolds - 5.34.238 PC
4. Moodyryder - 5.47.195 PS4
5. Totall Wrytoff - 5.52.679 PS4
6. Laughing Gravy - 6.37.529 PS4

A wet race a Zolder proved to be a divisive challenge.
There has been far more use of the restart button this week, than full throttle.
Congratulations to all of those who overcame the trepidation!
Finishing is winning.
Everyone is a winner.

But the fastest is @Neilski ! A new winner in WHC ACC!
Late on Sunday, he realises this challenge is great fun and, out of the mist, flies past @LeiF and wins the race. He takes the top step on the podium! No one saw that coming, great work! Great week all round @Neilski!
Second place @LeiF was the first man to win the race, is not afraid of a bit of water and is consistently good. Denied the win this week, he has bigger races and frightening amounts of tyre preservation on his mind! One set for two hours???! Good luck dude!
@mike reynolds takes third place. He was the early pace setter this week, (admin's confidence booster!) and obviously mastered the tricky conditions. Nice one Mike!
Honourable mention to @moodyryder for his excellent race, just 19 secs of the winner.


Thanks to everyone for contributing this week, it's been a blast, then a shower.
Onto @Pretend racer 's toffee chewing hotlaps in the surprisingly excellent Macan.

I'm away for some real life Highland tracks next week, so you are in @moodyryder 's capable hands for WHC 197. And of course @Neilski will probably be choosing the ACC Challenge. Och aye!