If anyone is interested - I've attached my FXR setup. The tyres get a little hot at the start (~111°) but from ~lap 9 on they settle at fairly nice temperatures. As fuel decreases the setup gets faster.

My best with this one is a 2:34.00 - but with less fuel in the tank I'm sure it can get to 2:33's. Without ballast you'll probably reach 2:32's.

Quote from Timdpr :

Same. It's okay for you ultra-fast guys, but I'm going to be kinda slow if I don't get some laps in. When I did have a few runs, I was struggling to get into the 2:39s.

Don't worry - I'll probably fly off the track a lot since I can't seem to get the uphill-chicane right. That and my tyres seem to get a bit too hot.

Got a 2:35.20 with a fully fueled, restricted and ballasted FXR. I guess it will go down to 2:34.7 or so. I'm taking it pretty safe through the two chicanes.

Uuuh - I have not practiced at all yet

Quote from Fuse5 :

I'm also in the first server, thanks to troy who managed to beat the wr by 0.11 secs in quali

So Taha, you better not bump the shit out of our UFR!

Yeah - amazing lap. Go Switzerland! :b

Quote from evilpimp :

Heh are you in GT1 or GT2? I'm driving for SR in GT2 .

We're in GT2 - car 177 Although I'm not sure if we will be seeing each other - it depends a bit on what server we're put on.

You can remove one vote from the 25th - because I might be competing in the 16hours as well.

Maybe we should make a poll about the racing day. Since it would be very nice to have as many competitors as possible for the last race.

Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

I thought that was forbidden...

As far as I know it's fine when LFS accepts the pitstop (you can see that when you press F12). I guess if you want to be 100% sure you can just set it so that 1% fuel is added (doesn't take long).

Quote from dekojester :

For Hypothraxer:
- Win Race AND GreyBull 4th AND DizzyDarryn 6th (valid through 12th position, adding one spot to each of the other two.

Actually if I win the race it doesn't matter where Darryn finishes because I'm already ahead of him. Or am I misunderstanding?


I also found a small error in the Driver Stats File: The first round was 16 laps at BL1 - not 10 as far as I remember.

P.S.: And I find it remarkable that we had a different winner in each round

Quote from dekojester :

IDEA !

So as to hope to maximize competitors, how about postponing this final round until starting at 17:30 on SUNDAY ? This should be well enough after the 16h event ends to get some for a sprint race (in relation to 16h).

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Would be fine for me.

Quote from Dizzydarryn :

cant believe i missed it, but ive had some very interesting developements in my real life racing career which forced me out of this round, and possibly the last round.

I will be racing a Ferrari F430 challenge in our local GT series, with 2 possible races in Europe next year. In addition, i was invited to participate in the sports car category that i won the championship in last year by my old team. It was the 2nd last round of the SA champs and i just didnt make it home intime last night... oh dear

Congratulations on that Darryn! Hopefully you'll be as successful as in the BC

Quote from J@tko :

If I was there I'd use the FXR. It's not the slowest, easy to drive and good economy. But eats tyres.

"In endurance races the playing field is leveled somewhat, as the FXO GTR is easier on its tires than the other two GTR cars and has superior fuel economy."

From the LFS Manual.

Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

You really need to be an alien to be fast with the XRR. It's probably one of the most difficult car of LFS.

I found the FZR to be more difficult to be honest. Although I'm kinda scared to used the XRR on that track with the two killer-chicanes.

Hmmm - so the FZR is the slowest and comsumes the largest amount of fuel. Is there any point in actually taking it?

Quote from Timdpr :

The thing that probably caused my clutch cooking was my computer screen turning itself off halfway through the race.

Looking at the replay I'd say the clutch-overheating came from the fact that you did not lift the foot from the throttle when changing gears.

That uphill-chicane will probably lead to some hilarious crashes. Not to mention the death-trap known from Round5...

Somehow it feels like the FZR is the slowest one of those three followed by the FXR and the XRR. Or maybe I just horribly suck driving that car

I'm a bit surprised that no one has shown this one yet

Yay - first win :hyper:

Although it felt more like hotlapping - I guess if the second restart would've worked it would've been much more interesting (Yann had a much better start there than I).

Looking forward to the last round

It's 16:00 in Switzerland.

I'd probably join but Tuesday 9 pm UTC means 11 pm here and that's a bit late for me (I need my beauty sleep else I'm not able to solve Bundle Adjustments the next day :/ ).

Quote from hyntty :

You're just twisting the knife, aren't you

It's payback for the Dan Novak

Nah - to be serious: Seeing as the tyres lasted long enough and a pitstop really throws you way back if it takes too long I was curious if it's possible to just put some gas in and be go (and I'll probably also attempt it in the last round - tyres permitting).

Cheers for clearing it up

Quote :

last season I did just that: Just pull in for 1% of fuel, 1sec and go.

I should've done just that yesterday - I would've ended up being 5th instead of 7th

A small question regarding Round 7:

How is the pitstop defined? Is it enough if we just enter the pitlane, stop at a pit for 1 second and then continue?

Or are we required to change tyres and/or add fuel?

17.86 seconds pit stop...I'll never do that again haha.