ASSETTO CORSA Season 10: Ahh, Porsche It! (Get up on this...911)

You should not require Discord for close racing nor to lap back-markers safely.

Apologies for the Bumps Anon, race 1 I was just upset about being taken out at T3 and was driving probably a bit too aggressively, got a bit too close to you in the hairpin. Race 2, well I was not really in control at that stage but at least I gave you the position a few corners later. The second race was fun though!

I agree, however communication is a big part of racing and being able to communicate with other players means players can sort out issues on the spot instead of having to resort to lengthy protests. Typing is basically impossible while racing so audio comms I believe are necessary.

First race for ROOZ and first race in the Porsche 911. With being unsure on the quality and cleanliness of the drivers, I took my laps quite easy and aimed to average high 12's and low 13's.

Q1
P14 with a 1:12:7 with P1 being at 1:11:7
Happy with my Q1 result, I took it fairly relaxing on low-fuel running base-setup + changing front tyre camber from -2.7 to -3.0. I was fortunate enough to not get caught in traffic on my qualifying round and had a free run.

R1
With it being my first race in ROOZ, being unfamiliar with the car (only driving it a week), unfamiliar with the track (again, driving it only a week) and unsure on the quality/cleanliness of the drivers my goal was to simply drive high 1:12's or low 1:13's. This shows in my #1 consistency at 99.48% with a maximum delta between laps of 0.3776. I gained 6 positions and improved my result from 14th to 8th as well as beating my Q1 (1:12:7) with a lap clocked in at 1:12:5.

Q2
P5 with a 1:12:3, beating my PB by 0.2 from R1
Hung in the pits waiting for all the traffic to go past, only to catch up to it on my flying lap. Second last lap i slowed down and gave myself a 4 second gap between the car in front and managed to beat my PB by 1:12:3. Again running low-fuel + base-setup + front tyre camber from -2.7 to -3.0. I believe I fixed my line on the final corner watching the faster guys on R1 and allowed my to qualify at 5th. Happy with that result!

R2
After qualifying so well, confidence being high that I could hold my own in the top 10 against guys familiar with the car and my first ROOZ race under my belt, confident in the racecraft of the guys in the top 15 I told myself to attempt to average mid 1:12's to high 1:12's. Seems this was my first mistake, up to lap 4 i was consistent than lap 5 i over-drove the car ending up spinning the car and loosing positions. Reset my concentration and put in another few consistent high 1:12's and then spun again loosing more positions and most critical; my tires were absolutely cooked. I went from a relaxing high 1:12 - low 1:13's to very much struggling to manage the back-end of the car and with people breathing down my neck I had to defend never giving me a chance to reduce my tire temperature.

Results showed, I went from P5 to P10 loosing 5 positions.

Comments on first experience

• . Clean driving on the top 15 drivers, I had no commentary on the back-markers but I know Dave made a special effort to communicate what side he was slowing down on for blue-flags when others were passing him. Special thanks Dave
• Qualifying really makes me appreciate how iracing handles it, qualifying traffic can be difficult to manage and can really interfere with race results
• I learnt that you can cook the Porsche 911 rear-tires very quickly I'll remember that for next week

All in All, very positive experience and looking forward to next weeks.

Are people running ABS on this car or turning it off? I opted to run ABS for the race, but in practice found myself more consistent with it off as i wasn't over-braking for turns and carrying more speed into corners.

How do people disable ASW on the Rift in AC. When I go to turn it off with left CTRL + number-1 it switches my view to watching another car. I essentially drove the whole event on 45 fps cause of the ASW smoothing algorithm.

I agree, discord should be mandatory. Overtaking back-markers can be dangerous if you cannot communicate which side your over-taking. People are unpredictable, to reduce that is only a good thing.

Why the opposition to Discord? You don't even need to install it, fire up a browser and just join the channel. Effort is minimal but it can make a big difference?

I hear you, Rols. Top performance by some Turtle Beachers. Particularly Koaster - hats off!

Had an off both races from lack of concentration particularly when tyre temps are cold or too hot, but managed to recover. Not an easy track that one with the right corners and cambers.

Weee that was fun!!!

Going into this round with Ballast I always knew it was going to be hard to finish in the top 3 again...

Q1 - I could barely put a lap together... I was late to the party after having dinner, then it was about trying to find space! I was on for a good lap possibly a 11.9X and I ran out of fuel!! haha best I could do was a 12.4 and put me in P8

R1 - Got off to not the best of starts... I managed to get into P5 moving up 3 spots from the start... Going into the first hairpin I completely mis-judged my braking point and went flying up the inside of Terry and Double-V but I managed not to make contact and actually made a pass? It was a little aggressive, but I took it... haha After this it was just pretty much sitting up Rolz behind and trying to force him into a mistake, but I made a few of my own... Brought it home p5! Well done Rolz for holding out!! And WD to Kosatr for taking that win, with more ballast than me you had some good pace bud!

Q2 - Once again, i couldn't manage to put a good lap together... Since round 1 I haven't been able to get a single lap pace out of this thing, put it P7..

R2 - Race started REALLY good this time! I once again picked up 4 spots in the first lap to P3!!! I kinda felt like Alonso cutting through the field! hahaha and I found myself behind Terry and Kosatr! I thought this was it, Kosatr has taken it out! Yet to find on lap 5 Kosatr became unstuck and made a mistake! woohoo time to pounce! going into the the last straight before the last corner I was right next to him, wheel to wheel.... For some reason Kosatr got a shove? from my car, which I didn't purposely do at all, I thought I had left enough room, but it seemed to have punted Kosatr... (sorry again bud) Looking at the replay I slightly moved across, but left enough room.. weather this was enough to cause a lag spike??? or not and i am just the cause, I can take a penalty (you can watch this on my video below at 1:00 Hr)... But honestly something I would never do on purpose! I love the fair close racing!! It is just a pitty!

Any ways, regardless ended up finishing P2 for R2...
In the end I think Kosatr has taken out the round??? Well done mate! now take some more ballast!

You can catch both Qualifying's, and Races from below. You can also watch it in 1080p.

No opposition, I do not use it in the races with larger fields as my internet connection is marginal at best. But as a tool to "sort out issues on the spot" it sucks

Great drive for your first ROOZ's race Aaron!

I was watching that on your live stream @R0T0R-AU86 and I don't know how you made that move but it was impressive

Are you talking about race 1 going into the hair pin?? Lol I thought I was done for! That isn't my style... I put pressure on and wait for you to make a mistake before i get desperate like that! I would rather finish in 8th than make moves like that! Still i couldn't believe it! haha

Yep Race 1 into the first hairpin

Vallelunga Classic Race 1 highlights

quick 4k record test but some reason its only showing at 1080 60fps but shows how crazy the first lap is for a back marker lol

Apologies Mael for taking you out. Got tapped onto the grass on the straight and then I was just a passenger.

Can we get the ROOZ servers configured for Donnington? It's currently on mugello
Ran about 30 laps last night and was averaging mid 1:07's with a best lap of 1:07:1. I reckon high 1:05's and low 1:06's will be top pace for next week.

I think running high down-force this week will come into play as well (around 9-10) especially with the fast right-hander (turn2), turn 4 (negative camber right-hander) and turn 5 (blind right-hand double corner).

Love reading all these race recaps and watching the vids
Aaron I think donington has been ditched due to lack of pit boxes and replaced with mugello

Ah yup, checked the first post and its changed to Mugello now. Damn!