Generic Weekly Hotlap Challenge 198 – The Long and the Short of it, for the 80th time.

Use this app:
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/camber-extravaganza.19703/
It is excellent and gives a good indication of best camber for each car.

 

****Assetto Corsa Update****
Late Saturday Standings

Big action today shakes up the leader board!


The Long and the short of it, in under 5 mins
1. Pretend Racer - 4:56.812 PC
2. Mustang 500 – 4.57.195 XB1
3. Fab85 - 4.58.944 PC
4. Totall Wrytoff – 4:59.727 PS4
5. Rod 100 – 4.59.853 Xbox1
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6. Moodyryder – 5.01.184 PS4
7. Laughing Gravy - 5:10.096 PS4


AC – The Long – Evora GTE, Highlands Long
1. Pretend racer - 3.59.964 PC
2. Mustang 500 - 4.00.670 XB1
3. Fab85 - 4:01:946 PC
4. Totall Wrytoff - 4.01.993 PS4
5. Rod100 - 4.02.634 Xbox1
6. Moodyryder - 4.03.673 PS4
7. Laughing Gravy - 4.11.550 PS4


AC – The Short – Abarth 500 SS Step 1, Brands Indy
1. GoodGame.eXistenZ - 56:282 PC
2. Mustang 500 - 56.526 XB1
3. Pretend racer - 56.848 PC
4. Fab85 - 56:998 PC
5. Peggy11 – 57.413 PC
6. Rod100 - 57.219 Xbox1
7. Moodyryder - 57.511 PS4
8. Totall Wrytoff - 57.734 PS4
9. Mike Reynolds - 58.169 PC
10. Laughing Gravy – 58.546 PS4

A 1st place in The Long and a 3rd place in The Short sends a motivated @Pretend racer right to the top of the board.
Beep, beep everyone!
Will that be enough though...?
Despite being muscled off podiums, it's great to see @Fab85 back. A real revival! First sighted in WHC10 (or WHC11,) he finished 24th compared to Pretend racer's 32nd and in WHC 15, 12th place to my 40th place. But by October 2017, WHC51, he was up to 5th, just behind Pretend racer and @F1415182235 . That was only three years ago.
Good one and congrats again on taking down the challenge!

There are now five, "Sub 5."

With less than 24hrs to nail it, who else accepts the challenge?

 

Improvement
AC
The Long
Mustang 500
3.59.627
XB1

I was able to improve again in the Lotus. I tried getting a faster lap with the Abarth but I could not due to my inability to nail the second sector.

 

AC short
Neilski
56.735
PC
Bit of a late start this week (act surprised! ). This one was a lot of fun - much better than I expected. Max neg camber and toe on front, reduced rear camber a little and some neg toe as well in the hope of getting it to turn a little better.

 

AC long
Neilski
4.01.948
PC
Omfg, so many corners to remember... it feels like a long time since I drove this track, even though many bits are like the drift variant. I got stuck on 4:04 and after literally dozens of restarts for mistakes and minor setup tweaks, I was on the point of giving up when a lap came good and I pulled out another 2 seconds.
This car sounds nice, and it's bloody quick. Not convinced I got the handling quite right though.

 

Here's the flag!
That's all for this one!
Here are the final results:


*** WHC 198 Results ***


The Long and the short of it, in under 5 mins

The "Sub 5s"
1. Mustang 500 – 4:56.153 XB1
2. Pretend Racer - 4:56.812 PC
3. Neilski - 4.58.683 PC
4. Fab85 - 4.58.944 PC
5. Totall Wrytoff – 4:59.727 PS4
6. Rod 100 – 4.59.853 Xbox1
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7. Moodyryder – 5.01.184 PS4
8. Laughing Gravy - 5:10.096 PS4


AC – The Long – Evora GTE, Highlands Long
1. Mustang 500 - 3.59.627 XB1
2. Pretend racer - 3.59.964 PC
3. Fab85 - 4:01:946 PC
4. Neilski - 4.01.948 PC
5. Totall Wrytoff - 4.01.993 PS4
6. Rod100 - 4.02.634 Xbox1
7. Moodyryder - 4.03.673 PS4
8. Laughing Gravy - 4.11.550 PS4

AC – The Short – Abarth 500 SS Step 1, Brands Indy
1. GoodGame.eXistenZ - 56:282 PC
2. Mustang 500 - 56.526 XB1
3. Neilski - 56.735 PC
4. Pretend racer - 56.848 PC
5. Fab85 - 56:998 PC
6. Peggy11 – 57.413 PC
7. Rod100 - 57.219 Xbox1
8. Moodyryder - 57.511 PS4
9. Totall Wrytoff - 57.734 PS4
10. Mike Reynolds - 58.169 PC
11. Laughing Gravy – 58.546 PS4

That is the long and the short of it.

And @Mustang 500 wins!
He was the first Sub 5 of the week, he was overtaken but he has burnished his effort to a shiny gold! He lands a 3.59.6 around the Highlands, a one second improvement, to climb onto the top step. Great work over the week - 2nd and 1st in the qualifiers makes him a worthy winner.
But considering two tracks and nearly five minutes of driving, the gap to 2nd place is ridiculously close!
@Pretend racer was on it this week! Thanks to an initial technical infringement, he goes under four mins around the Highlands but ends just 7/10ths off. Another, great performance for Pretend racer!
Third place is snatched from @Fab85 with only a couple of hours to run! @Neilski , better late than never, Sub 5's it! His prowess with a front wheeler shows with a 3rd at Brands and that 2/10ths is enough to rob @Fab85 of a return podium. Welcome back Fab85, hoping you enjoyed the competition!
The battle for 3rd Place around the Highlands is F1 quali standard! @Fab85 beats @Neilski by 2/1000ths and he is just 1/500ths of a sec ahead of me.
@Rod100 completes the Sub5, great effort across the week, fast in the Fiat and got to know Highlands Long, wiping seconds at a time off his lap. Objective achieved!
Special mention to @GoodGame.eXistenZ , he not a fan of "made-up" tracks, so no Long, but several tenths clear around Brands and the World Record best lap! Tight!

Really well done and thanks to everyone who tackled the Long and the Short.
Intense competition!


ACC – Ferrari 488 GT3 at Mount Panorama
5 Laps
1. Moodyryder - 10.23.064 ps4
2. Mike Reynolds - 10.25.965 PC
3. Peggy11 – 10.35.061 PC
4. TinPeach – 10.35.109 X1X

Not many made the trip to Aus, but I've managed to form a picture of @moodyryder , honning down a brick red, dust road, on the back of a kangaroo.
Moody takes to the top step and has the win in the marsupium! Almost three secs clear of ACC Pro @mike reynolds , it must be a dizzying feeling up there! Certainly is for those looking on!!
Well done to @mike reynolds for testing, improving greatly and letting Moody win!
@Peggy11 takes third place and @TinPeach was less than 1/10th off, after 10 minutes....


Thanks to everyone for playing and contributing this week, travel to Germany is clear and quarantine free.... Lass uns gehen!

 

Wow, yeah it's stupidly close for P3 on the Long!