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

[conan]

726cc 40v 90hp V8 Motor for me.

[Rubensls]

OMG this is killing me!!! Ive never been so anxious about a race in my life Sthapit

[Der Bayer]

I will start soon. I want tofix one important issue and then we are ready to go.

[Packbat]

Hurrah! I'm so jazzed for this that I'm genuinely tempted to try to write commentaries on the race!

On which note: it occurs to me that a lot of what sucked the drama out of the pre-season tests was that the cars were basically hot-lapping in isolation. In the actual race, where the cars in close competition are in close proximity, it'll be a lot easier to see the drama unfold on the track.

[Lothoren]

gah... im so anxious for this to start

[Der Bayer]

Alright, let's get this baby going!

Race 1 - Training Sessions

The training sessions for fuel consumption estimation and general performance benchmarking have been finished. Players have been split into two groups, the second group starts in the middle of the video.

Watch here: http://youtu.be/HNpbc-0zXNg

[Lothoren]

and my time sucked... worse than expected

[GenJeFT]

I made a car that is actually competitive... wow!

[BlastersPewPew]

Mine is coming in just about where I thought it would, near the back, perfectly fine with me I am not chewing up my tires or burning through all my fuel and that is what I built it for.

[strop]

That's much better than I expected. I'd have a good chance of qualifying in most events for a start I thought I'd be well more than 3s off the pace, so unaggressive was my tune this time around.

Still a bit bothered by my tyre wear though. I even reduced camber but I guess the brakes are causing problems.

[VicVictory]

Looks like mine's going to be middle of the pack, maybe. Well... better than most of my history I guess.

[BlastersPewPew]

That's much better than I expected. I'd have a good chance of qualifying in most events for a start I thought I'd be well more than 3s off the pace, so unaggressive was my tune this time around.

Still a bit bothered by my tyre wear though. I even reduced camber but I guess the brakes are causing problems.

I dont know about you but there is NO way my brakes can even lock up my tires in my car, what was your camber at, mine is probably even less aggressive.

[Packbat]

Just finishing the first half of the video - looks like sub-1:56 is the target to be competitive. And in that group so far, Der Bayer is the runaway favorite: everyone else who set a sub-1:56 time had errors that cost them multiple seconds on at least one lap, and Der Bayer just glided right through.

Also, crossing my fingers that the second half is slow, because I'm near the cutoff for qualifying lap times.

Edit: Sweet baby Jesus Absurdist's time lives up to his username. Der Bayer was completely controlled and fast, Absurdist is utterly murderous and faster.

Edit: Finished. Absurdist is the clear favorite, if the car can stay in the black long enough to finish the race. And cutoff for qualifying here (top 38 race) is probably going to be somewhere in the 162s or 163s.

[Zabhawkin]

4th in the first group pretty darn good.

[TheBobWiley]

4th in the second group, 5th overall... ill take that all day
But HOLY CRAP absurdist... looking at vehicle card I would not have called that lap time. GJ!
And now a word from my chief mechanic "I'm givin' her all she's got cap'n"!