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Post by XRF Formula1 on Jun 10, 2020 19:05:56 GMT
ROUND 11 JAPANESE GRANDPRIX @ Sportsland Sugo 44 Laps Benchmark - 1:21.000
5:00pm EST/10:00pm UK Time
In-game date: September 24th, 1972
Weather Forecast: 4 SLOTS Light Clouds/ Medium Clouds/ Light Clouds/ Medium Clouds
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Please sign in with your name, gamertag and chosen livery!
CONFIRMED 1. Tyler Dean / XRF Formula1 / Brabham #22 2. Tyler Smith / Vdub4life92 / BRM #11 3. Greg / Hurt MaGurt / Brabham #23 4. Karl / XRFniblips / Lotus #1 5. Ian Gizowski / itzEEEONNN355 / (Guest)
IF GETS ENOUGH SLEEP 6. Peter / XRF HammerPH / Lotus #2
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Post by iang0355 on Jun 10, 2020 19:23:13 GMT
Sign ne up tentatively for now. Not sure what the schedule may look like next week.
Ian Gizowski/itzEEEONNN355/March #12
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vdub4life
Racer
Posts: 33
Console Type: Xbox
Gamertag: Vdub4life92
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Post by vdub4life on Jun 10, 2020 21:17:56 GMT
I'm in Tyler Smith / Vdub4life92 / BRM #11
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Post by hurtmagurt on Jun 10, 2020 21:43:51 GMT
In Greg / Hurt MaGurt / Brabham #23
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Post by niblips on Jun 11, 2020 0:20:32 GMT
I'm in. Definitely.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jun 13, 2020 19:08:06 GMT
Not going to make it I'm afraid. Just managed to squeak into the last 3 races but this one is not going to afford that luxury as I have a hugely busy couple of weeks ahead.
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Post by iang0355 on Jun 14, 2020 17:19:03 GMT
I will be able to make it in this week.
It'll be a bummer to not see you this week, Pete. Hopefully things clear up and you can make the Indy race this weekend at the least
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Jun 14, 2020 19:57:26 GMT
It will probably be a good thing taking most of the summer off for Wednesdays after this series is complete. It will give everyone time to reset and get their affairs in order until the end of August or start of September. I haven't even begun working on the next season yet so it will be a nice break for me to not have to rush through it.
I definitely want to do a couple one-off events in the meantime though so it won't be completely dead in this section of the forum.
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Post by iang0355 on Jun 15, 2020 15:34:01 GMT
So am I the only one struggling to meet the benchmark even in qualifying trim or am I just that slow?
I did my first test last night. My car feels really quick, fast lap was a 1:23.7 in race trim. 15 lap average was within 5 tenths of 1:24 either way, reminded me mainly how fun this track is. I did a 1:21.6 in qualifying trim but I'm sure i could get more out of it. Mainly curious if anyone else feels like the benchmark is really really fast or if I'm just that slow lol
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jun 15, 2020 17:21:44 GMT
I had a go last night even though i'm not racing and tbh I thought the benchmark was a bit off for this one but in the other direction lol. I was in the 1:18's in quali but that was only a ten minute session so think there would be more time to come off that and 1:20's / 1:19's in race trim.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jun 15, 2020 17:34:21 GMT
It will probably be a good thing taking most of the summer off for Wednesdays after this series is complete. It will give everyone time to reset and get their affairs in order until the end of August or start of September. I haven't even begun working on the next season yet so it will be a nice break for me to not have to rush through it. I definitely want to do a couple one-off events in the meantime though so it won't be completely dead in this section of the forum. I definetly need a break as these midweek races in particular have become really tough for me. I really enjoy this series though so don't want to have to drop it and hopefully after the Summer things will become more manageable.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Jun 15, 2020 22:40:18 GMT
I had a go last night even though i'm not racing and tbh I thought the benchmark was a bit off for this one but in the other direction lol. I was in the 1:18's in quali but that was only a ten minute session so think there would be more time to come off that and 1:20's / 1:19's in race trim. I never did get completely comfortable at this circuit yet. I still love this track as it's a nice short go-kart like one.
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Post by iang0355 on Jun 16, 2020 2:29:07 GMT
I had a go last night even though i'm not racing and tbh I thought the benchmark was a bit off for this one but in the other direction lol. I was in the 1:18's in quali but that was only a ten minute session so think there would be more time to come off that and 1:20's / 1:19's in race trim. What?!? How? Where's the bloody shortcut, Pete? Lol jesus I feel slow now, Guess I've got some work to do. I've got downforce around 2/3rds of the way because I figured mechanical grip would be best but maybe I need to rethink my setup
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jun 16, 2020 6:36:17 GMT
The aero didn't actually make a huge difference to lap time. I tried both low, medium and high and achieved similar times with both. I haven't had much in the way of long runs though with the longest being 14 laps at the start of a race on Sunday.
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Post by niblips on Jun 16, 2020 14:52:48 GMT
So am I the only one struggling to meet the benchmark even in qualifying trim or am I just that slow? I did my first test last night. My car feels really quick, fast lap was a 1:23.7 in race trim. 15 lap average was within 5 tenths of 1:24 either way, reminded me mainly how fun this track is. I did a 1:21.6 in qualifying trim but I'm sure i could get more out of it. Mainly curious if anyone else feels like the benchmark is really really fast or if I'm just that slow lol Try adding some aero, this is a short twisty circuit. I can hit the 19s sometimes when the tyres are at the right temp and pressures....trouble is keeping them at the right pressures and temps
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Post by niblips on Jun 16, 2020 14:54:24 GMT
I had a go last night even though i'm not racing and tbh I thought the benchmark was a bit off for this one but in the other direction lol. I was in the 1:18's in quali but that was only a ten minute session so think there would be more time to come off that and 1:20's / 1:19's in race trim. What?!? How? Where's the bloody shortcut, Pete? Lol jesus I feel slow now, Guess I've got some work to do. I've got downforce around 2/3rds of the way because I figured mechanical grip would be best but maybe I need to rethink my setup Damn, I see you already added aero. I set a TT lap last night with my race setup, give that a go.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jun 16, 2020 18:33:15 GMT
Also look at tyre pressures, anything too high will not afford the grip through some of those corners.
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Post by iang0355 on Jun 16, 2020 22:42:27 GMT
I'll have to take a look tonight and see what I can do. I was having some trouble with understeer, maybe if I can work that out it'll help
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jun 16, 2020 23:05:15 GMT
I have the same problem Ian. The car does want to understeer through certain corners, edpecially the one onto the back straight and the final corner. I'm pretty sure I would be in the low 18's at times without that.
Of course online may be very different!
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Post by hurtmagurt on Jun 17, 2020 13:21:33 GMT
I did a race trim 1.19:4xx in a short session offline last night. The curbs in the chicane are my worst enemy on this track. To keep speed up and not clip them is tough and any clipping them on-throttle is spinning me.
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