ACC Fun Run! Early Access

Cool I have the next few Thursday nights free so will join in whenever I can.

Maybe for 2 races there needs to be 2 qualy sessions and set as a sprint format, I will test out this arvo how it works but ARK guys last Friday had 2 qualy sessions and 2 races, grid had no issues but start positions didnt make much sense.

The qualy for a regular sprint round in the real series has q1 for race 1 and q2 for race 2, with both sessions before race 1.

Possibly setting Sprint, 3hr or 6hr weekend also determines qualy format but it may be broken in current build. The only real format with forced pit is the sprint rounds which have 1hr races, no refueling and forced driver change on stop including tyre change with pit window 25 to 35 minutes.

Real enduro qualy sessions also dont allow refueling from start of qualy to the last session which most likely will all be possible once ACC is done.

For enduro rounds they have multiple sessions with 1 for each driver, 3 sessions I think for 3hr races maybe 4 for longer rounds. The race grid is set by average lap time between all drivers. The problem with ACC is we need to figure out how to force whichever qualy format we want.

I suspect 1 qualy session and 2 races is what broke the grid last time as Blancpain never runs 1 qualy for 2 races. Maybe with no second qualy session it just had no grid order for race 2 and so put most cars in the same spot.

Will try for next Thursday

Funny you say that, because I actually have a business in this field (promotions). My advice, keep it fun, positive and utilise social media as much as you can. Keeping it fun and positive exploits basic psychology we all have as humans in which we naturally gravitate to any activity that looks fun and has happy people all around it, and social media, like Facebook, is free and I would argue gets more eyes than any other media

Alas, missed out again - are there going to be more of these?

Hello, I joined the server for the 45min race tonight; and although the field thinned significantly through the race, it was nice to have a server going at a time that works in Oz. If you keep running these I will try to keep turning up, be nice to have a semi-organised place to race on ACC with some like-minded people

This is what I saw from the start line. It then kicked me to Garage and had a 3 minute penalty. I decided to leave.
Also for what ever reason I was having video lockup issues while driving and the stream looks to be pretty sketchy as well.
Might not stream while racing in ACC and see what happens.
https://clips.twitch.tv/AbnegateBenevolentArugulaPeteZarollTie

At least you got a nice view of my Jag floating in mid air first...!

I've had that 3min penalty on the startline a couple of times, really annoying.

yeah I did several qual laps, however I quit out to try and lower my video settings to try and fix the VR stuttering I was seeing. so maybe it did not like me coming back in. Although it kept my qual time and put me in the correct position. Did you notice the cars lifting their rear when waiting in line?

Shame we had a few issues last night, was going to be a tricky race as it was the first time I tried the Bentleigh there. Only just found a bit of pace in it at the end of qualy but was not likely to hold rolz off for much longer. When it got dark it got real dark quick lol and I was a bit lost for a couple laps.

Whats the go for tonight? Nurburgring take 2?

Unfortunatly for me Thursday nights arent great, but if weather is chit as it usually is in Melbourne I will make the race. Monza is quite a fun race but if you were to do this it would have to be a locked server, not many seem to have a high enough SA rating yet to get into a server that will keep the usual muppets out especially at Monza.

But as I am highly unlikely to make it then I will leave it to @Rolz or whatever you guys want. Had some good races with @Godzilla in our practice server with the dynamic weather. Its pretty cool to just let the server run and anything can happen, admins dont know what will happen any more then anyone else. Being on the wrong tyres is almost more fun then the right ones, not fast but can be great fun.

A large field in changeable conditions would be interesting if some start on wets some on dry's. The pit stops in ACC are clumsy AF though so I have just ran whatever tyres I started on so far, have yet to have a dry track get a proper storm so the slicks in light rain were still workable to a point. With dynamic weather however it may just stay dry especially if using realistic conditions in real time.

I can setup the server but normaly leave for tennis about 7pm Melbourne time, was home by 7.30 last week as a storm came through before we even got to the courts and it was called a washout.

Tuesdays or Wednesdays would work better for me, looking at the radar for Melbourne atm it looks like it may get pretty wet tonight so looking more likely I will be around tonight. Anyone interested in some fun runs can say which nights would be best for them and we can move it as Thursday have traditionally been the main season practice nights. The ACC release is end of this month so post that it will get a few more and we can look at some official seasons. Either on Tuesdays after the AC league is done or another night if there is still enough interest for AC to keep one going also.