Generic Weekly Hotlap Challenge #233

And back with a brilliant time : ) !
Good to have you back. Cannot imagine how much it would suck to not be able to move parts of the body for a long time. You probalby feel like a new man

 

I couldn't agree more about the Mclaren rim, I've had a formula rim but at 28cm it feels to small for anything but formula cars, but the Mclaren is more versatile, and crucially doesn't feel over sized om open wheelers, and is spot on for GT & Prototypes.

I also have the universal hub, which I use with the "small round" rim for historical open wheelers, and the R300 for pretty much everything else....those three options cover all the bases quite nicely (although I would love a wheel of similar size/size design to the Mclaren, just better quality....come on Fanatec!)

Oh and the Heusinkveld sprint pedals, anyone considering them, go for it. Love mine....very worthy upgrade on the fanatec V3's I was using before

 

However, my clutch started squeaking around Christmas and has gotten worse since. Apparently you need to use grease and not the recommended PTFE spray. Bit odd you buy a product a that price range and you need to worry about any squeaking shortly after.


Video of my Abarth lap:

 

Im glad they are what you wanted!

 

For round rims from fanatec is the r300 a good universal size for road cars and older race cars? Or would a 320 or 330 be better you think?

I only wanna buy one round rim in the future.

 

Absolutely loving them so far, very pleased indeed.

 

Final Results


AC

Arbarth

1. GoodGame.eXistenZ 1:20:525 PC
2. BenBB 1:21:265 PC
3. pretend racer 1.21.539 pc
4. local_man1234 1:21.948 Ps4
5. Peggy11 1:22:952 PC
6. Totall Wrytoff 1.24.222 PS4
7. TinPeach 1:24:560 XSX
8. Rod100 1.24.712 Xb1


Countach
1. GoodGame.eXistenZ 1:20:615 PC
2. pretend racer 1.21.748 pc
3. Totall Wrytoff 1.24.229 PS4
4. Rod100 1.25.050 Xb1

ACC
1. SlowGrayAudi 1:44.562 PC
2. local_man1234 1:44.970 Ps4
3. Mike Reynolds 1:45:993 PC
4. TinPeach 1:46:824 XSX
5. Peggy11 1:47:286 PC


Well I have to say I'm a little surprised that more people turned in laptimes with the fwd econobox than the classic supercar. I guess I was the only one with the Alpine poster of the red Countach on my bedroom wall?

Congrats to everyone who put in some laps this week! @Benoit Boyadjis came back with a blistering laptime that was just slightly ahead of pretend racer, and slightly behind the WR holder @GoodGame.eXistenZ. Congrats to @Rod100 who tweaked the setup just right to make earn this weeks MIP - most improved player award! @Totall Wrytoff manages to claim the most consistent award because his laptimes in both cars were only different by 0.007 seconds! That is seriously impressive.

Congrats again to @SlowGrayAudi who led the charge for the ACC sim. Setup tweaks and a few more laps proved instrumental in claiming the top spot this week. @local_man1234 was smooth enough for second place and @mike reynolds earned third place this week - he's had a bit more time to adjust to his pedals than @TinPeach

 

All this talk about sim rig equipment and upgrading has had me doing a lot of research this week. I am pretty sure I know what I'd like to buy but I have to try and remember that I don't actually Need any new equipment until something I have actually breaks. Actually, its pretty easy to remember when I look at the total price in the cart - $4500 cad Also, I might need a new computer in a couple of years when ac2 comes out, prob another $4500 Too bad reality checks aren't worth anything.