BRC QuER - Hockenheim 1000 km 1976 [FIX]

[DeusExMackia]

I'm new here, so ... is there a way to calculate or test for tire wear?

Btw, expect a dead-efficient and reliable 4.6L V8 doing 460HP

I'm afraid that's going to be hard without a test session, which you've sadly just missed. But, as a rule of thumb, lower wheel spin percantage and lower camber angles (as in closer to 0) will reduce tyre wear.

[koolkei]

@packbat: but what's the weight of your car? it's also taking that into the calculation right?

i was running -1.0 degrees and my tire wear was already high thanks to the almost 1.5ton steel it's lugging around.
(ladder chassis ftw)


also strop, what about going roleplay with GG and 'tuning' another competitor's car? i think that would take some of the time needed to build a car.
although,you would still not learn as much, but you could still participate in the just for the fun portion of watching a race.
like i.e i could provide some cars that i considered a 'failed car' that is still doing the track in between 2:23-2:24. you could take a shot and try to re-tune it?

just offering a little option for you. except if you already considered this of course.

[FrankNSTein]

Ok, thanks.
So with -1.20°F, -1.80°R and 4.8% Wheelspin I should be fine.

Doing high 2:21's at the moment.

[thecarlover]

So how do I load a trim into the BRC tool? All I get is this:

[TheBobWiley]

Sad to see Strop backing out of this season before its even on its feet, but I understand. I really put off everything I needed to do as soon as I saw the rules for this challenge go up, and then I only had to till Wednesday to make it into the first practice session. Der Bayer, I realize those of us with actual free-time probably nag you about hurrying up and doing the races more often and starting the next season real early and what-not, but I think it would be in everyone's best interest and schedule if you could hold off on releasing the next season rules until about the last 2 races of the current season. Then give a full week, maybe two, until the first practice session to give people time to move things mentally or physically in their schedules to have time to build. Then if you are able to have 1 or 2 more pre-season practices over the next 2-3 weeks to give people time to tune. I think that is a more relaxed pace without feeling like too long has gone on between things happening in the event. Just my thoughts.

In regards to my car body, I really don't know why its so good, its weight distribution is 57 / 43, so not amazing or anything, but maybe its just a golden ratio for rear and front grip? I had a 51/49 distributed car that was lighter, but had worse cornering, so a perfectly balanced car does not instantly equal better cornering or lap times it seems, at least with what I was able to setup.

[TheBobWiley]

@thecarlover, the error is right in the program window, your account user name has that slash above the e which is an unreadable character by the program. You will have to send your files to Der Bayer to compile or else use a different computer or account that has standard letters.

[koolkei]

Ok, thanks.
So with -1.20°F, -1.80°R and 4.8% Wheelspin I should be fine.

Doing high 2:21's at the moment.

2:21 with only 4.8% wheelspin O_O
how did you managed that?

[Leonardo9613]

So how do I load a trim into the BRC tool? All I get is this:

Did you delete the old brc 66 tool from the automation folder? That was the problem for me.

[FrankNSTein]

Ok, thanks.
So with -1.20°F, -1.80°R and 4.8% Wheelspin I should be fine.

Doing high 2:21's at the moment.

2:21 with only 4.8% wheelspin O_O
how did you managed that?

A whole afternoon of tinkering ... I can post all the settings after the race if you want.

[Der Bayer]

So how do I load a trim into the BRC tool? All I get is this:

That's an easy fix, easier than BobWiley said: I cannot fix it on my end, indeed it is a problem with the characters in your PC user name. Move your Cars, Engines and BRCTool folder to (for example) C: or anywhere else where your username is not in the path. Then it should work just fine.

[strop]

also strop, what about going roleplay with GG and 'tuning' another competitor's car? i think that would take some of the time needed to build a car.
although,you would still not learn as much, but you could still participate in the just for the fun portion of watching a race.

Lore wise, GG doesn't exist until 2011 but don't worry about that!

My main problem is that as TheBobWiley shows above, the finetuning for this thing is really finnicky and a bit unpredictable. It just takes time finding the right combination, and only once you've latched onto a good thing can you really get something out of this. Or a lucky strike, but more often than not it needs to be beaten out of the game, like I used to do! But I simply can't right now.

[FrankNSTein]

I get this error after selecting a trim.

[koolkei]

could someone that is having these trim selection error try something?

try some other trim of a car that is not crashing the tool, then change the trim selection to the car trim you wanted. and see if that works.

if it does actually work, i think that might also give a clue of what to fix in the brctool for der bayer.

[FrankNSTein]

could someone that is having these trim selection error try something?

try some other trim of a car that is not crashing the tool, then change the trim selection to the car trim you wanted. and see if that works.

if it does actually work, i think that might also give a clue of what to fix in the brctool for der bayer.

Doesn't matter which trim I select - same error.

[Der Bayer]

Remove old/unfinished car trim files from the folder and try again please.