Assetto Corsa Comp Round 6 Suzuka

That was an incredible series - I really enjoyed it

I'm just hoping like hell that Gavino somehow DIDN'T get fastest lap, as otherwise it looks like Eike is correct and I've taken the championship by a grand total of nothing!
If I didn't manage it, then I just have to say that the better man won. In modern stuff I know can't really take it to Gavino under normal circumstances.

If I did then just Yay!

Thanks to all who took part, for a reverse grid series I have to say this one featured the best/cleanest racing I've ever encountered in these circumstances.
I think it's well done to Matteo for 3rd in the series?

Big thanks to Rob for running the series - and to Eike for some fantastic commentary to spice it up nicely

 

Well, it wasn't surely a smooth race for me, but at least I had some bits of fun here and there with my chasing to 6th position.
I don't have a replay, but that 1st lap crash put an end to every chance of a better position than 3rd in the champ, so I simply tried to bring that heap of scrap metal to the finish line. Don't worry Janne. Sxxt happens, and for me it wasn't the first time during this champ to try and comeback after a 1st lap crash. At least I had some good fights during the race, even if I had to cut the last chicane after Lorenzo pulled the braking leaving me no space to go except the grass. So, I decided to pass in that chicane, even if it has been a bit weird.

However, I had to make some congrats to my teammate Simone and Gavino, that were on another planet in this race. It was beutiful to see that VDA 1 - 2 without team orders, but I know that Gavino is a guy with a great heart, and as he always repeat: "Team comes first!". And I know that Simone, for all his committment showed during this season truly deserved this victory.
It's always a pleasure to do a champ with my teammates, cause it was a bit that we didn't join a champ together, even if, tbh I was really pissed off after the update of ACC that completely ruined any feeling with this car

Special grats even to @Tim Muttram, that is getting faster every race a bit more, even on modern stuff. I guess that Gavino should have the fastest lap, but we will discover it when results will be ready. In any case, great job for both of you!

Another special thank goes to @Rob Milliken for putting up this series with the best car on ACC (before the last update)

And the last one goes surely to all the drivers that joined this series, and to a real added value to the series with his commentary: @Eike Sky! Thank you so much for your brillant commentaries. Long life to VDA and SRO!

Now I can finally remove from the hard disk this sim for car engineer lovers

 

According to 'Results Companion' (which is known to be wrong quite often), here are the fastest laps

 

So if I'm reading correctly, Gavino takes the championship due to having the fastest lap of this race? What a tight championship! Gives me some ideas for the future

 

Well done Gavino! You were by far the faster driver and deserved the win.
I'd like to say I'll get you next time, but unless you join me in a classic series we both know I probably won't (and even then it'll be bloody close)

 

Well at Suzuka that car felt totally alien compared to when I raced it at the same track earlier in the year ... something has certainly changed and I was not up to the task of mastering it .
Congrats to the new Champion; thanks go to Rob for putting the series together and thanks too to Eike for the entertaining broadcasts

 

Well done to Gavino, Tim and Matteo for the championship podium. Unlucky Tim to lose out by one point!

I really enjoyed the cars this season, those Cup cars are so alive, like they were in AC as well. When ACC first came out the Cup cars were dissapointing, but now they are great fun and require a lot of skill.

I had some up and down races this season and Suzuka was really tough but I enjoyed the challenge and competition.

Thanks to Rob and simracingonline.co.uk on hosting this series and to everyone involved in making it happen.

 

I only raced at Bathurst but what a difference! I started P1 and dropped 17 places. This was my worst race ever, I had totally no confidence in the car, none. I upped my FFB gain 10% because it was so low before and I was quite unable to make a turn because it was too high then, so dropped 5% again. I had this big dead zone around the center of the wheel. I had to be super precise it seems or the car would spin. Maybe it is because I was unable to get heat into the front tires, no idea. I tried pushing harder in the second half of the race if that was the case but spun like 7 times I think. I let everyone pass me during the race by going aside as much as I could. I had no confidence in the car and didn't want to put up a fight and collide due to me not being able to handle the car. I was testing my new headset running at 60 Hz only.. that did put me off but I can't relate to having those issues because of it.

Well done to Gavino with the championship! Well deserved!

 

Good race from P16 to P5 or so and finally finish one.
Acc is a mystery, dont know what a f is going on with setting up the car in this game. Track helped me today, i like it and
i think that newest patch too since people had problems with handling.

 

Huh? Felt quite the opposite for me.

 

Horrible race for me!
I made the setup before patch was realesed, as a result yesterday the car was totally undrivible, really had to fight every corner to stay on track, and couldn't find the pace i had.

Thanks to Rob for organising amd to Eike for the broadcast, congratulation to championship podium!

 

Want to share my broadcasting, just to show what happened at the start and the problem about the widget Andrew was talking about.

Cheers

Lorenzo

 

Well, doesn't it say you have to be on the right? That big red arrow pointing to the right.. I only did 2 starts with this system, but seems like it.

 

You are right Laurent, i didn't noticed that, actually i stayed on the left side since i started there...

 

Is anyone using the "dynamic damping" option in the FFB options?

 

Congratulation to Gavino for the championship, and to Tim and Matteo for the podium.
Thank you Rob for organising and Eike for very professional broadcast.
I also must say I tried hard to love ACC. But I can't. After over 200 hours in this sim, I don't ... understand it It is very frustrating.
I race to have fun, and I can't have at all in ACC
I think I will take a brake from ACC.

 

just watched the replay, always great to see and brings the racing alive Big thanks to Rob for organising and Eike's replay coverage
One question, why was it only 6 rounds long?! We could have easily had a 10 round epic series out of these cars.

Looking at those fastest laptimes, i am cursing the damn fuel calculator again this morning. All my pre-race laptimes were 2:04's and 2:05's which was why i was duking it out with the fast boys on fastest laps just before the race. In the race i didnt get higher than a 2:06.1 Still it was good fun and no spins, so a good race all in all. Its not often i can stay with someone like Matteo for many laps

Regarding the change in setup, the yaw change explains everything. We need to shift the aero balance to keep these cars happy since the patch. So dont give up on ACC, those who thought the car now ruined. You just need to shift the balance through rake angle to reduce the oversteer. My car felt pretty damn good last night, just a little edgy like a 911 likes to be at full chat. Only corner i was nervous of was the final chicane as it kept stepping out at the front end on exit.

ps on lap1 was there oil on the exit of Degna 2 ? at least 3 or 4 of you span off there un-assisted

 

Thanks for your insight, Mark ... I had not considered the rake angle