BRC - Out of the Steam - 1945 [Final Race Results]

[strop]

hooray, I actually got a point! With Absurdist plowing through the ridiculously tightly bunched pack late in the second race, my POS somehow managed to grab onto his coat tails and jumped from 27th to 21st in the follow-through!

Car's still a POS though. I'm skeptical it's even going to make it up Kesselchen xD

[07CobaltGirl]

Hooray!

25th and 33rd finish in the races but ZERO damage in either! First time ever!

[Packbat]

Oof - my car was very, very poor in the reverse start, this time. Simply could not make a pass for love or money.

Edit: A thought - when it comes to acceleration in race situations, I wonder if the 80-120 kph (50-75 mph) acceleration time might be more relevant than the 0-100 kph (0-62 mph) time.

[TheBobWiley]

Oof - my car was very, very poor in the reverse start, this time. Simply could not make a pass for love or money.

Edit: A thought - when it comes to acceleration in race situations, I wonder if the 80-120 kph (50-75 mph) acceleration time might be more relevant than the 0-100 kph (0-62 mph) time.

I believe some of us have discussed this before, it is pretty important to have good 80-120 acceleration as most of the time (with good cornering speed) you won't drop below 80kph and therefore getting back up to speed out of corners requires gearing that facilitates good 80-120 acceleration.

[Packbat]

Right - I was just thinking about the trump cards. They list 0-100 times but not 80-120 times.

[TheBobWiley]

Thats actually why my 0-100 time is CRAP compared to the other top trump cards, but I can hold my own against the top cars because I corner fast and keep my speed, relying on my 80-100 acceleration.

[strop]

Funnily enough this is something that has been seen (but largely unnoticed) since the track simulators were introduced just about a year ago!

Most of my race tunes were well down on the 0-100 times. It was mid-range acceleration where races are won/lost. Which is why I'm going to be sitting in my peaky lightweight, terrified of the heavier torque monsters in this BRC... just think of how much overtaking they can get done...

[Der Bayer]

Race 4 Training

Training for Race 4 has been finished! Watch here: http://youtu.be/1m9a9LQuCJE


In addition to that, I want to reveal the secret final track of the Season: Norisring. Tight corners and straights should make overtaking possible and favor the cars with good acceleration.

[NormanVauxhall]

They are moving so slow on that track XD.

Decent result for me... too many errors by the way.
Intresting last track.

[Lothoren]

be lucky to score a point here.

[RobtheFiend]

What kind of fuel consumption does Flax have?

[TheBobWiley]

Wow, sooo many errors
At least I got to keep Absurdist company way out in front.....

[Packbat]

I think this race is going to come down to errors, though - in the second training cadre, a single error cost me something like twenty-five seconds in Sector 2. That would be enough to drop Absurdist from first to fifth by itself.

In my estimation, TheBobWiley's car would be faster if not for the number of errors made. So, I'd say Absurdist is the favorite ... but I don't think anyone in the top five should count themselves out.

[TheBobWiley]

I thought the error number shown was the speed lost? Some people end up with 100+ error numbers yet they do not fall to last place.....
Also, I am extremely pleased to give Absurdist a run for his money in normal starts considering he lowered his weight through the safety "cheat". Nothing against him on that, I just like that I was able to compete with it

[Packbat]

Error number is a percentage of some kind - my 25-second error was a 90-something. Damage is also percentages, not time.