ACC [PC] Season 6 - Round 2 [Donington Park 2019 - 90min] Enduro

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  1. CornfordCaster

    CornfordCaster Moderator Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    RaceOnOz Monday Night ACC League Season 6 - GT3 World Tour
    Admin team: @krunch, @nanlatt, @CornfordCaster, @SteveDrivingSlowly, @Flamebadger

    Round 2 - Enduro - Donington Park 2019
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    21st June 2021 at 8:00pm
    (AEST - click for time zone info)

    REMINDER: NO CUSTOM PAINTED SKINS ALLOWED DUE TO JOIN LAG! PENALTIES MAY APPLY
    We recommend completely uninstalling custom painted skins from your ACC folders to avoid the excessive join lag issue.

    GENERAL NOTES
    • Redressing is a thing - It's important to redress when you have caused another car to lose position. More info here
    • Start Formation - The Kunos start system isn't perfect and still allows cars to be a fair way out of place by the time the lights go green so we will continue to review starts as a matter of procedure. We will issue warnings or penalties to drivers that we believe are gaining an unfair advantage or disadvantaging other drivers by being out of position.
      • Please respect other drivers and stay in your grid position
      • Do not stay 'ghosted' within any other car especially in the final phase of the formation lap
      • It is not acceptable to take another car's position before the start
      • If ACC fails to give a penalty for being out of position then the Admin team will issue a post race penalty
      • Driver's need to be side by side with their row partner and must maintain a reasonable gap to the cars ahead prior to the lights going green
      • Drivers should stop all weaving and brake warming as soon as the double file segment begins
      • penalties WILL NOT BE CLEARED even if it seems to be a glitch - just take more care!
    • Avoiding pre-start and Lap 1 Carnage! - Take extra care as the lights go green as all cars will be in a tight, accelerating pack:
      • Expect cars to be much closer to you and varying in speed due to all the others around so try to leave a tad more space.
      • Assume there are cars in your blind spots and and on the other side of visible cars until the pack spreads out more.
      • In braking zones you must brake SIGNIFICANTLY earlier than you would in general racing.
      • Avoid sudden direction changes unless you are sure you are well clear.
      • If on a straight section don't drift - stay straight.
      • Approach each situation with caution but execute your driving with intelligence.
      • If you need to redress in this tight pack situation keep going until you can move out of the traffic safely before slowing down
    • Optional use of indicators - Should drivers wish to use indicators to assist with managing lapped traffic, they are to be used as they are used on the road - i.e. you should indicate which way you are going - if you indicate left, you go left. REMEMBER TO TURN THEM OFF AGAIN.
    • All drivers should read the "Rooz Etiquette guide' and "Rules & Regs" linked below before the start of Round 1.
    SERVER INFO
    Race Server Name: RaceOnOz.com ROOZ [AUS:AEST] SVR01 [PRAC/RACE] S6 R2 [Donington 2019 - 90min]
    Server Password: season6
    • This server is available for practice in the week prior to Monday's race.
    • The server will kick over to official practice at 8:00pm (AEST) on the Monday night.
    • The server has a locked entry list and will only allow those who have signed up for the season to join it.
    • All sessions are open for joining.
    • The server won't show in the multiplayer lobby so you will need to search for "raceonoz" or "rooz".
    'Whacky' Wednesday Server Name: RaceOnOz.com ROOZ [AUS:AEST] SVR02 [WHACKY WED] S6 R2 [Donington 2019 - 2x30min]
    Server Password: season6
    • This server is both for season 6 practice and for others wishing to try out racing at ROOZ.
    • The server runs as a Super Sprint with 2x30min races and no pitstops.
    • The server will kick over to first practice at 8:00pm (AEST) on the Wednesday night.
    • The server has an open entry list with an SA rating of 60.
    • All sessions are open for joining.
    • The server won't show in the multiplayer lobby so you will need to search for "raceonoz" or "rooz".
    • more info: Whacky Wednesday Forum Thread

    RACE & SESSION INFO
    This round is an ENDURO:
    • 1 x 90 min race.
    • 1 Mandatory pitstop for tyres.
    • Fuel mandatory, fill time NOT fixed.
    • No pit window
    • 70 minute stint limit
    • Full formation lap with UI gizmo and car ghosting on. Getting too far out of position can result in being auto-sent to the pits for the start.
    • Server time scale multiplier set at 2x for this round.
    • SESSIONS:
      • Official Practice, 45 mins (in game Friday 4pm) - OPEN for joining
      • Qualifying, 15 mins (in game Saturday 3pm) - OPEN for joining
      • Race, 90 mins (in game Sunday 4pm) - OPEN for joining
    • Weather: "ambientTemp": 22, "cloudLevel": 0.21, "rain": 0.1, "weatherRandomness": 5

    CAR CHOICE
    This season is a fixed car per driver championship. Whichever car you start your first official round in will be the car you use for the rest of the season.

    MORE INFO

    DISCORD & VOICE
    All important information for racing is available on our forums, however we strongly advise drivers to join our Discord server for for voice and text chat. Sometimes critical information such as server issues, race delays, last minute race format changes, instructions to a specific driver, etc. will be relayed only through the Discord voice channel and text chat. There is also a healthy dose of banter that just makes the round more fun :). Once you sign up for any Season at Rooz you'll be given extra Discord permissions for text chat.

    >> ROOZ Discord Server <<

    Discord voice chat rules and etiquette:
    • if you intend to chat you MUST use push-to-talk. No-none wants to hear your gear clicks, heavy breathing or barking dog in the background.
    • non-excessive chat and banter is OK in Practice sessions.
    • There should be minimal chat in Qualifying sessions - essential questions, statements, apologies etc. only.
    • There should be minimal chat in Race sessions - essential questions, statements, apologies etc. only.
    • If you become frustrated or angry at yourself or another driver please do not push your talk button. Keep it private!
    • Please do not conduct arguments over voice chat. Sort it out later!
    • Abuse will not be tolerated. There's no place for that stuff at Rooz!
    • Please wait until ALL drivers have completed the final lap of a race before discussing your race.
    • Admins may speak at any time in any session for obvious reasons.
    • Feel free to hang around in chat after the race. Many of us like to have a laugh about things that may have happened in the race and it can be a nice wind-down :)

    WHY NO CUSTOM PAINTED SKINS?
    Unfortunately due to the serious "join freeze" or "join lag" issue we are currently not allowing the use of custom painted skins for this season. Specifically we are talking about skins painted externally and saved as PNG files that are added to ACC.

    We love the idea of custom painted skins and would dearly love to add this rich feature to our league but ultimately the quality of the racing must come first. We have discussed at length a number of ideas and methodologies to try to overcome the problem but these involve arrangements which add complexity for the admin team as well as all drivers involved in the season and still may not result in overcoming the problem. If the situation improves significantly either through better support within ACC or through the community arriving at workable solutions then we will certainly look at allowing custom painted skins into our Monday night league racing.

    If you also love custom painted skins then please help us out by searching high and low for real solutions, and by all means feel free to do some testing on our servers including during our Wednesday fun practice nights.

    At this stage we are not restricting the use of the in-game editor for creating custom colour schemes. This may change if we find that even that system causes serious join lag issues.

    NOTE: As we cannot block the use of skins at the server level we strongly suggest all drivers who sign up to the season remove all custom painted skins from their game installation folders as a precaution. If a custom painted skin has been accidentally left selected on a driver's car when they enter the server during a qualifying session causing join lag they will be immediately disqualified from the round. Any driver that has a copy of that joining driver's selected skin will experience a large join lag as that image is loaded into memory. Every other driver on the server may experience some level of 'join lag' even if they have zero customs skins in their game.

    Thanks for racing at RaceOnOz
    :)
    Last edited: Jul 1, 2021
  2. CornfordCaster

    CornfordCaster Moderator Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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  3. Wally

    Wally Team Driver

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    I will most likely miss this round.
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  4. Rolz

    Rolz ACC Nutter Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    keen to take part for this one :)
    just signed up on Steve's site too :thumbsup:
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  5. CornfordCaster

    CornfordCaster Moderator Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    I had a lot of fun with this track in the off-season in the V12 Aston but I feel the Nissan is going to be a lot more work around here so I'll need to work on the front end a lot here. Hopefully I can follow up those off-season runs because I felt fairly competitive in those but not alien level competitive as of yet.
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  6. MusicRacer

    MusicRacer Rookie

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    Intending to run but having a few back issues this week and haven't practiced yet - hoping my PS4 setup will translate over close enough to give me a starting point
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  7. CornfordCaster

    CornfordCaster Moderator Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    I would think that setups should port over fairly straight forward
  8. MusicRacer

    MusicRacer Rookie

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    It actually surprisingly different sometimes - the physics are slightly different PC vs PS4 (probably due to the different processor power) and its often commented on in PS4 world that curbs are much more forgiving on the PC
  9. Jarmel

    Jarmel Rookie

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    Apologies for bailing , for the second race in a row I have disconnected just after the start of the race session . :/ At least i got a few laps in this time before i dc'd .
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  10. c4rLo5

    c4rLo5 Team Driver Gold Member

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    Aaaargh, was having a great race and then got disconnected from the server :mad:
    Well done to everyone who endured. :thumbsup:
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  11. CornfordCaster

    CornfordCaster Moderator Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    I think times may still be slightly faster on PS for similar reasons.
  12. CornfordCaster

    CornfordCaster Moderator Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    Interesting race and obviously happy with 2nd but being 69 seconds behind first isn't something to write home about. I had reasonable pace to those around me but got fortunate when each of the people in front of me decided to either have their own mistake or be the victim of someone else's. A nice fun battle with Flukey and Nichols at the start and what could have been with Krunch at the end. Overall a decently fun race which I had to really really work hard for, actually really exhausted from that one!
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  13. Rolz

    Rolz ACC Nutter Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    Good to have a race with you all again!
    Though no practice at Donington since last Wednesday showed haha...
    1 - T3 first lap off I go with more fuel than I was used to, cold tires, numpty mistake..
    2 - tire pressures were whack... low 26's, so decided to pit early to try to get that better...
    3 - Rookie mistake not enough enduro's leave Brake pads on 1 instead of 2, thank you 1min pits
    4 - DT penalty, but was due to A. Rice(?) making themselves about 3 cars wide... well done, just impossible to pass

    Still came a way super happy with the racing, was tops! thanks again! :D
  14. Flukey

    Flukey Rookie

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    Mixed emotions for me this race.. felt I threw away a podium chance with a very rookie error at turn 4 (old hairpin) during the second stint while closing in on 2nd place, by turning in too early taking too much the inside curb rotating the car and damaging my tyres.... unfortunately got rotated closing back in on 3rd after a great battle with Stimson dropped, to 5th and from there I drove with a little frustration, but inherited 4th due to fellow competitor running out of fuel... in the end I have to be happy with 4th, while another top 3 qualy result (would just be nice to convert those)....

    For me personally it seems like I can now mix it with many who in past seasons would have driven well away from me, even lap me, so confidence is high and hopeful I can continue this form as we get more into this season!
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  15. krunch

    krunch ACC Server Legend Team Raceonoz Gold Member Super ROOZ

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    The Race giveth and the Race taketh away... then giveth a little bit back in my case!

    I'm obviously stoked to get a rare podium but I think a few of us could have done without the the crazy plot twists in the dying stages! Overall I was happy with my general pace and consistency but there's more to find as Matt Frost showed us all.

    I was fortunate to avoid trouble at the start and had a great first stint. I picked up a few spots through the pitstop phase (no idea how) and I found myself in a solid 2nd position. I was comfortable there until the final 10 or so minutes when it all went haywire. With James reeling me in I was getting ready to put out the elbows but as my tyres were starting to cool it was going to be a tall order to keep him behind. Unfortunately I got punted at the final corner by a lapped car which spun me off track. I regathered but James was already past me and I had some minor aero damage and cooling tyres. I also now had Glenn Stimson reeling me in plus a head full of frustration. I refocused myself determined not to lose a podium after such a great race to that point. However I couldn't quite keep my tyres in the ideal pressure range and I began understeering and sliding too much. Glenn caught and passed me with only a handful of laps to go and I figured that was my podium dream gone. Then the final twist came when Glenn ran out of fuel with 2 corners to go. A cruel end for his race and although it gifted me back my lost podium, it felt a bit hollow. Even so I'll take the podium and it feels like a just reward for my efforts.

    Well done to Matt Frost for the win and James Read for 2nd.

    Hope to see you all at Oulton Park next week!
  16. UrsineSaturn9

    UrsineSaturn9 World Champion Gold Member

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    Oh, I was running brake pads 2 as was under the impression that brake pad 1 was only good for 1 hour?
  17. CornfordCaster

    CornfordCaster Moderator Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    Depending on a variety of factors Pads 1 can get you up to 3 hours but that extremely risky, even 2 hours becomes quite risky but will usually do the 90-120 minute range okay if you have your brakes in the right ranges.
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  18. Cokko Bill

    Cokko Bill Rookie

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    Yea actually i said to myself,well.....Simone,you got one chance only and is ....Yeah, keep your eyes on the road, your hand upon the wheel.
    And thats what i did,of course i was lucky to stay away from trouble, and be patient also help a lot,but hey mate,,,,,,give Cesar what belong to cesar. Very slow pace but i have enjoyed it regardless,almost zero mistakes and at my age is always noice to kick younger drivers ass.............lol :eek::eek::poop::poop:
    Very entertaining night at the races!!!
    A big thx to those drivers who after spinning remained "Motionless " on the track.....you good!!
    See you all next week......ha ye i usually use brakes 4 during qual and i have used brakes 1 and yes...they do last 90 min
  19. CornfordCaster

    CornfordCaster Moderator Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    There is no need to ever use pads 4, they give the same braking friction as pads 1 or 2 (I forget which) but are used to simulate brake fade, they will start to fail after 15 minutes.
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  20. Glenn Stimson

    Glenn Stimson Rookie

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    Round 2 highlights, for your viewing pleasure.
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