PCARS-2 [Completed] RTEC 2018 Round 2 - 80 Minutes of Daytona

Discussion in 'Community Events' started by its-benny-racer, Apr 25, 2018.

  1. its-benny-racer

    its-benny-racer Professional Gold Member

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    Round 2 of the 2018 RaceOnOz Team Endurance Championship carries us 11,708km from Mount Fuji to the East Coast of Florida.
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    Expect to see speeds in excess of 300km/h around the banked oval sections of the 5.73km Road Course.

    A high full-throttle percentage means teams will need to be on top of their fuel strategies for the 80 minute race.


    Timetable for Saturday, 26th May 2018

    • Weather settings announced by 5pm
    • Official Qualifying: 7:30pm Sydney Time, Game Time 1pm, Time Progression 1x
    • Official Race Start: Approx 8:00pm Sydney Time, Game Time 2pm, Time Progression 5x

    Weather Settings

    TBA

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  2. Spidey_11

    Spidey_11 Professional Gold Member

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    *pulls out the stop watch to see what time you're doing....
  3. its-benny-racer

    its-benny-racer Professional Gold Member

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    Ludicrous Speed!
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  4. Anthonyb

    Anthonyb World Champion Gold Member

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    Looking forward to this just need to find some practice time.
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  5. Spidey_11

    Spidey_11 Professional Gold Member

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    I’m thinking you’re around the 1:34 mark......
  6. Anthonyb

    Anthonyb World Champion Gold Member

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    Approx 9 sec quicker than me
  7. its-benny-racer

    its-benny-racer Professional Gold Member

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    It has to be said, the day to night transition at Daytona is about as good as I have seen in any race sim. Absolutely stunning sky line.
  8. its-benny-racer

    its-benny-racer Professional Gold Member

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    Just 1 week to go! Who's ready for some RTEC racing?

    The one long range forecast I can see for next Saturday shows 60% chance of rain. Remember to have setups and strategies prepared for any combination of clear, fog and the various rain levels.

    I also recommend going into the event with some experience of the day to night transition, particularly for braking into the bus stop as the sunset does have some affect on visibility there.
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  9. Spidey_11

    Spidey_11 Professional Gold Member

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    Did some practice last night. Looking like GTE's in the 1:43's and 42's are the go.
    I'll be on through the week with an open testing session for anyone to join in :thumbsup:. Hopefully kicking off at 7:30p each night.
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    Spidey_11 Professional Gold Member

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    Team F C R will be down a regular driver as @rossi0nsx can't make it to Daytona.
    With that news comes the substitution driver of @autech91 in the FCR Porsche GTE.
    I'll be running another practice session tonight from 7:30pm, all welcome to join for a chat about setups :thumbsup:
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    Team FCR driver Glennstimson can't make tonight.
    Bring on Mr Flukyluke in the Ferrari GTE.

    Question. Can we remove the pit stop errors?
  12. its-benny-racer

    its-benny-racer Professional Gold Member

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    Confirming, all sessions will be clear weather.

    Yes, pit stop errors should be off, it doesn't serve to make the event more realistic due to the fact that it happens far more frequently than it would in real life.

    Good luck tonight everyone.
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  13. its-benny-racer

    its-benny-racer Professional Gold Member

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    Thank you NBN for ruining my race :mad:
  14. Slambobagan

    Slambobagan Professional Super ROOZ

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    Unlucky mate, ya had that in the bag,

    Cheers guys awesome race, never thought I’d get the win, strategy was a pure fluke, had to conserve fuel hard at the end to get home with 1.3l Left,
    Good battle spidey good race very close at the end,
    Looking forward to the next one,
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  15. garyw61

    garyw61 Gary Gold Member Super ROOZ

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    Bad luck Benny :(

    Good win Slambo and great racing thanks everyone. Sorry for the tap Luke and the carnage at T1 guys.
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    Feel for ya Benny. Daytona was all yours!
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    Spidey_11 Professional Gold Member

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    Qualifying results:
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  18. kayne greenwood

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    good race last night lads, love this stuff. Good battle Juzzy, I kept you at bay as long as I could :D well done on second mate.

    I'm thinking next round to compensate for the glitches maybe moving forward Quali by 10 mins or so would help, rather than doing the last ditch effort that we've done two races in a row now. What ya'll reckon?

    for those that have connect issues.. what NAT type are you running 1 2 or 3?
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  19. Spidey_11

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    Well that was a lucky result for me :confused:.
    Qualified last in class with terrible pace but somehow got a P2. The disconnect from Its Benny and 2 stop +50 penalty of Stu did help a lot.
    My fuel average was 2.99L, lower than my practicing average of 3.10L which meant 1 stop of full fuel was enough till the end. With about 20 minutes left in race I assumed slambo was fuel saving as he wasn’t driving off into the distance as he did in the first stint.
    There wasn’t as much close racing for me in the race as there was in Fuji but it was still a fun slog to see how pit strategies were going to play out. I couldn’t keep up with any LMP2 on the straights as you all had great corner exit speed and got the speed up well before I could.
    Well done to everyone who raced.
  20. Telum

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    Terrible start cold tyres got me T1 Lap 1. Thanks to the GTE boys for room coming back through. Happy with race from them on. Good battle with Spidey for a couple of laps then coming up to Hoppy but we pitted before we could give it to each other. Had 12% engine damage so fixed that cost me over 1 minute. Was flirting with 1 stopper as there was 36 minutes to go after pitting was crunching numbers but realised I'd be short so splash with 8 minutes to go. Kept thinking there's no way slambo and spidey could be 1 stopping but full credit to you boys you made it work. I love it how stategy is a big part of RTEC. And shoutout to my GTR teamate benny who dsc in the lead.
    Here are some highlights not the best editing hope you enjoy. See y'all at Le man!
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