rFactor 2 Round 4 Norisring - Sun Oct 24, 2021

I will try to make it maybe with some friends !! Track is nice! Hope to see you all gentlemens!!

 

Sorry guys. I cannot make it today. See you in the next race.
Have a good one.
Jos

 

…..got spun round from a tap on the rear in the exit of T1 lap 1, pull some places back (blue flags don’t seem to be doing their job!) then when I arrive in the pits for my pit stop, someone else was in my pit box (a Mustang), so couldn’t make my pit stop and had to retire

 

I am very sorry to one of the Mercedes. All my fault. Driving the Mustang was a big challenge for me. I will do better next time, Sorry again.

 

Best race in the series so far, the Audi locomotive seems to suit the track very well. Good race door to door with @Gert-Jan van Osch the first couple of laps with @Johnny Gutierrez lurking behind. When ahead the gap to @Toni Talvitie slowly got smaller to be on his tail at the entry for the pit-stop.

To my surprise Toni must have copied my strategy, out of pits the gap was exactly the same

For the final 10 minutes I really focused but it was not possible to get close enough but noticeable the Audi and BMW was strong on different part of the short track. Over the finish line 0.6 seconds difference after 60 minutes of race. Big grats and well done Toni, and thanks to all others who helped when passing on this short and tight track.

 

…..anyone got a replay they can share?

 

Great race.
Overall @Jens Roos was faster and would have deserved to win aswell.
But how to pass my bmw with zero wings? Can get close but its goodbye when straight starts.
Middlepart of track was a pain, had no setup for that. Also left front was taking serious hits. Had to adjust and find new lines for braking. Straight as possible and that ate my pace a little.

Cheers

 

I qualified in P4 and that was in terms of speed the place I should have been. Toni, Jens and Johnny were faster specially in the final hairpin which they had a better line... Had a great start from P4 where you have the best view when the guy on pole crosses the line. I was able to be in 2nd after the 1st hairpin. As @Jens Roos mentioned we had a good battle where we left room to race... At some point into the race I drifted wide after the chicane and Jens could pass me and I could not follow because I had to defend Johnny. In the end that battle ended in a pirouete in the chicane where I think I l left sufficient space for @Johnny Gutierrez to drive side by side. I had to let @Mark Hightree pass me and continued in 5th.

When rejoining the race I was able to close in on Mark again and I think half way through the race was able to pass him when overtaking a backmark. On a side note it is easier to let some one pass on the straights then in the corner when you are going one lap down and I had unnecesary contact with backmarkers on a couple of occasions.

15 minutes before the end of the race I made a pitstop. The spotter told me there was a car in my pit spot, but I expected him to be gone when I entered because refuelinng only takes 20s and I had that before I was in the pit. Unfortunately an Opel was still in the spot changing tyres or repairs probably and I had to wait for half a lap before I could make my pit stop. When I rejoined the track a BMW passed me and I saw an Audi in my mirrors. When I realized it were the leaders I let Jens pass and followed them to watch the battle for 1st unfold. I also saw lap after lap that Johhny was closing in on the leaders as well. When I rejoined Mark and @John vd Geest were 24s ahead and I was closing the gap to John and saw the gap reduced by 1s a lap. 5 minutes before the end Johnny was close behind and I let him pass me on the front straight. John was 14s ahead and I did not push anymore.

I think 4th place would have been realistic if it wasn't for the delay in the pit lane waiting for the pit spot to free up. On hindsight I had fuel for another lap so maybe a decistion to do another lap would have been better in the end.

All in all I had great fun on this little twitchy track... CU next time.

 

why on earth, with more pit stalls than cars in the race, do pit boxes have to be shared?

 

One would assume, bad configuration of the track. With only 11 driver this should not be necessary, have seen sharing of pit boxes before but then with lot more drivers (on other tracks)

 

Very sorry if it was me, Gert-Jan [replay confirms it was me]. My race had been very clean, no damage, but I forgot to change the pit menu to no tire change while on the grid. When i came in a bit early (thinking that the evolving traffic situation might let me stay ahead of a faster John vd Geest) there was some weirdness ahead - a car in a stall with another car diagonal across the outside pit lane with a bumper laying next to it (Chris maybe?) [replay confirms it was], and because i was in the first stall i didn't notice they were set to change tires until i they were already doing it. Certainly didn't need it, and it cost, what, and extra 40 seconds?

But for some reason (like being f'n pissed at myself for the initial strategy oversight?) i didn't see you come in behind, or i'd have commented earlier. Didn't know we were sharing stalls here for some unforgivable designer oversight, or i'd only have only used half the stall [see note below].

[As a side note to all: Gert-Jan did the right thing in just waiting. You can't move someone out of your pit spot by ramming them or trying to push them out of the way. All that results in is damage to both cars. If you know stalls will be shared, you can sometimes avoid the problem by the first car occupying only 1/2 the width of the space and sometimes the other car can still get serviced in the other half. But, unlike AC [nod&wink to Johnny G ], cars in pit lane are not imaginary and trying to drive thru them or ram them out of the way is just not going to work.]

 

Yeah, there's been an issue from the beginning with the naming of assigned pit stalls in the track configuration files vs. the naming of assigned pit stalls in the car configuration files. You'd think this would have been resolved by now.

 

Hi Barrett, I noticed when I requested my pitstop I did not turn off to change tyres and repairs either. So I quickly did change the tyres to do not change while driving. I also did not know how long it would take before your pit stop was finished and decided to wait instead of doing another out and in lap. From the rfactor 2 GT/formula pro seasons I also know that collision is also active in pit lane so indeed I waited... It is a pity and it annoys me that it cost me two places but it is what it is.

 

Hmm... Hadn't thought of the "pit menu" options in a long time. If i remember right, one setting will have it come up when requesting a pit stop. I have mine set to only pop up on pit entry or in the regular cycle of HUD screens. Hasn't been an issue before, but I'll need to rethink that.