After I've struggled through 32 laps I really hope that the turnout will be similar to the one in Round 4 - else it might get mighty boring.

Although it is fun to get to to higher laps since the tyres seem to hold for like 100 laps and the car gets faster lap by lap which means that it is reasonably possible to drive 58.xx from ~lap 5 on with ballast.

By the way: Is there a reason why the FRO/NDR Server is set to Aston Cadet with the FBM but the password doesn't work? (Neither the old nor the new one).

Quote from dekojester :

The Race 1, Lap 3 incident (approx 4:15.00 into replay) involving cars 177, 08, 47, 33, and 43 has been determined to be a racing incident.

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Glad about that. I'd still like to apologize (once again) to Joe, Yann, Jack and Mike for that accident.

I had a 58.55 so far in Lap 8 (15kg, 25% fuel) - but I got bored as well haha. I just hope the race will be more interesting than the setup-testing.

Since we're having that awful hairpin in round 5 again I decided to remove the 'X' from my back and instead put a colour on it that resembles a 'STOP'-Sign which should prevent people from kissing my back every lap hopefully

Quote from J@tko :

Oh yes. Sorry if I didnt make that clear.

That set, tbh, is rubbish.

Its just a base.

Jup it is - with minor tweaking I made a 59.17 in the first lap with 25% fuel and 15 kg ballast - as opposed to a low 1:00 with that setup

Was able to do a 59.97 with 15kg ballast and full race distance fuel added. The fun thing is though: There's a corner where people can roll like in Round 2

It feels a bit like driving with an anchor added to the back though.

Edit: We are allowed to change the setup as long as the intake restriction is present - yes?

From watching that replay it seems to me like this will be similar to Round 2 - uh oh

As we have seen in Round 4 hot lapping is not equal to a real race If there's similar slipstream like we had in the FOX's then this might be one hell of a race (hopefully with less crashes...).

Quote from J@tko :

@ Hypothraxer - it doesnt matter whether the crash was your fault or not - your car was silver and therefore you automatically receive a 25 second penalty...

That is a white to black gradient - I don't see no silver!

A small video of the crash that led to the SC in Race 1 (requires a H.264 capable player - like VLC ):

http://n.ethz.ch/~dnovak/download/bc_r4_r1-muxed.zip

Looking at it from my cockpit it doesn't seem to me that I change my racing line. Racing incident ?

Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

I have just a question deko : Why can't we pit during seafty car periods? That ruins my first race last night...

I was wondering about that myself - since after the second crash my car wasn't in the best shape either. But apparently the pits only open the moment the safety car goes off track so I decided to stay on track because the handling seemed to be good enough to get to the finish.

Voilà:

http://n.ethz.ch/~dnovak/download/BC2_R4_Qual.mpr

Quote from J@tko :

EDIT: You can see me in that pic ^

The funny thing is: If I would've watched the left mirror instead of the right one I would've seen that I had more space there. Instead I just assumed Joe would pull a little closer to the curb on the right. And since I didn't know that Laprevotte was there this whole metal salad came to pass :/

(Although I have to admit that I only had like ~0.5 seconds to react - and I'm getting old haha).

Edit: Looking through the replay in R2 I realized the same thing like in R1 happened - only with less consequences Due to the lower speed and less cars the only effect was that we drifted a bit.

And as a bonus I added some shots of all the people who really liked my back (If I got 10£ for everyone hitting my back I would've paid for my S2 license easily today ).

Last edited by Hypothraxer, Sat 13 Sep 2008, 21:24.

Quote from JO53PHS :

I think your fail was very similar to my fail in LFSBC Season 1, Round 3

Except you didn't crash into everyone after you'd failed

Actually this one was a little closer :b

Still - looking at it it was my fault.

I guess SC1 was my fault. I thought I was past Keaveney and also that he had the possibility to go a bit more to the right. I didn't see that Laprevotte was on his right so I clipped him with my back right tyre. Sorry about that :/

Though getting hit in Hairpin 1 in both Races isn't really that pleasant either. Nevertheless: Was an awesome race especially the fight with Oliver in Race 2.

Edit: Big big big Kudos to Darryn for letting me pass in Race 1!

Last edited by Hypothraxer, Sat 13 Sep 2008, 20:35.

That's about what I get with a race setup. I can't seem to be able to get below 1:50 consistently.

I predict some hilarious crashes in that last chicane

(Need more practice!)

Quote from gizmo2k5 :

Hey all gota little creative after FP1 for R4

Looks very nice Thank god you didn't include some of my numerous crashes

Managed to get a 1:49.5 with a race setup. I guess with some more balls at that last chicane it might be 1:49 or even a high 1:48 - but I'd rather finish the two races without a spin than to risk too much there. I haven't been able to race 7 laps without a spin yet.

I hate Single Seaters!

P.S.: Pics!

Would be fine with me.

Will there be a FP on Saturday/Sunday like for Round 3? Or is the server always open? Seems like I can practice this weekend & thursday, friday. So hopefully times will get down a little - though I doubt I'll be able to fiddle around with the setup.

P.S.: I've watched the WR - but when I try to brake the same moment he does I'm missing the bend entirely - haha.

The best I've managed so far is 1:52 - with no time to practice I guess I'll end up somewhere at the rear haha.
It's also the first time I race in a single seater so I can already see me spinning all over the track.

Nice report - though I have to admit that Darryn had the best driving style / setup of us all. The one hour endurance race will be incredibly interesting - I can't wait

Great Race Darryn! I hope you'll get a ton of ballast the next race I was rather surprised to see you suddenly in front of me in lap 11. Too bad I lost most of my grip while fighting Keaveney and Klenke. Else that last lap might've gotten funny.

Last edited by Hypothraxer, Sat 30 Aug 2008, 21:24.

Quote from Dizzydarryn :

Lol... sorry man :-) I was just trying to join in the fun!

You know - it would only be half as scary if you had 50% less ballast. But this way it scares me to no end haha.