American Le Mans Series (ALMS) - Season IV [COMPLETED]

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Yeah, I didn't find anything about you saying anything about it. Maybe he got you confused with your RUF teammate:

Cowboys965
BMWs a tad too powerful at Monza :sly:

Got the hang of the RUF late in the race, 5th overall, not last! :notbad:
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Said some time after the Monza Event. And just so I'm not singling him out, here's this:
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Not to pick on the BMWs but I did testing on monza in my BMW lastnight and at this track it is way over powered.

Now getting to my point I tested the car at a more apropriate power to weight ratio 1342kg and 500hp. My lap times were exactly the same as what I was running in my viper (49s-50s) and I was able to do 8 laps on soft tires with ease. IMO the faster GT guys in this league would be running simalar times with the BMW at 1342kg and 500hp as they would in their current cars. It really seems to me the BMW would be better at 500hp the extra 90hp causes excessive tire wear and makes the car unbalanced for the GT class. IMO the weight disadvantage seems alot less noticable with the proper amount of hp on this car.
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Kevin mentioned that maybe the BMW might be overpowered, but he hadn't tested it.

But yeah, those two quoted comments are why I considered running less power, and the results are why I'm sticking with the power I'm running as it is.
 
StormPacer
Me: 1:33.3 @ 521 bhp
MrM15: 1:34.6 @ 590 bhp

My madness, for now, says no.
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The only thing that shows me is that you've put down a better time than your teammate, maybe you're better at this track than he is? Logic says if you have more power, given the weight is the same, you will be faster. Thats all i was getting at really, if using less power so the car is more managable for you to use then i cant argue that point. But you're robbing yourself of the potential for the car to be faster.
 
Well I forget who is running controllers and who is running wheels, but pedal management can conserve your tires and you can still get on it when you need to.
 
Tower Turn 13
Well I forget who is running controllers and who is running wheels, but pedal management can conserve your tires and you can still get on it when you need to.
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BMW uses only DS3...

Also, yeah, apparently it was your teammate TG2. I just see "RUF driver," "Chevy Driver," "Yeratel," "Kevin," and "Storm," since these guys are the main competition. When I see "RUF driver," it's because you guys aren't consistently in the same cars, and I get sorta confused by you guys and your continual switching/filling in/running laps in other cars... and generally confusing me.
 
Ok, so I tried the car at 521 bhp and at 590 bhp. From the looks of things, the car seems to drive a little better with 590 bhp and the current setup that works well for 521 bhp. As you'd expect, however, the tyre life takes a hit; only managing 7 laps rather than 8. My best is a 1:33.1, which isn't significant enough to warrant me switching if I can last a lap longer.
 
Last year I was doing 1:34's in the Ferrari even though I didn't run it. So the pace should be around that time. At least during the race if you can run that time consistently, you should do well. Staying off the walls is really important, that can ruin your run. Good thing were running light damage.
 
freshseth83
Last year I was doing 1:34's in the Ferrari even though I didn't run it. So the pace should be around that time. At least during the race if you can run that time consistently, you should do well. Staying off the walls is really important, that can ruin your run. Good thing were running light damage.
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Which saddens me, since, on street circuits, I'm actually much MORE consistent.
 
BMW has had those specs since they were introduced into the series. I think season 2 is when they were available. No reason to change them now. Only car I remember getting a bump ever was the Ford last season. :). We can take that away now :lol:
 
Ok, so I did some testing today. Seems the Ferrari is good. I was able to get down to 1:33.8 and do 34's for a couple laps after that. Of course it can get faster, but you'll wear your tires too much. The Ford handles really great here as well. Did a 1:34 with it the first lap out. Not sure how much power it's supposed to have, I ran it at 430hp.
 
freshseth83
Ok, so I did some testing today. Seems the Ferrari is good. I was able to get down to 1:33.8 and do 34's for a couple laps after that. Of course it can get faster, but you'll wear your tires too much. The Ford handles really great here as well. Did a 1:34 with it the first lap out. Not sure how much power it's supposed to have, I ran it at 430hp.
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Those are decent times, the Ferrari could probably get lower though, im shocked no one is using it actively. Me and FH have the vette really figured out on this track, too bad he cant make the race though. I expect the Ford to be right there at the front, Yera never says anything but come qualifying time hes always right there.
 
Running low 35s in the viper, but Im slow. Would love to see what the viper could do here in faster hands.
 
Kevin01SH
Those are decent times, the Ferrari could probably get lower though, im shocked no one is using it actively. Me and FH have the vette really figured out on this track, too bad he cant make the race though. I expect the Ford to be right there at the front, Yera never says anything but come qualifying time hes always right there.
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You can go and do 32's, have fun pitting every 5 or 6 laps though ;). Striving for fast lap times is useless unless you have a magical tune that makes your car last a good amount of time on the same set of tires. I don't even run GT cars either, so my times shouldn't be a benchmark. I didn't even have the Ford broken in yet, and it's supposed to be 440hp not 430 like I was running. My Ferrari was able to go 8 laps on softs, and mediums I can probably do 10 and only be a second or two slower per lap.
 
Yeah, when I tested the Evora and did low 32's I was still set to get roughly 8, 9, or 10 laps out of it, despite not actually testing the car for that. 8 laps in the BMW is risky, although as long as the car isn't getting out of shape it should be ok.
 
You're not going to be getting 32s every lap. I doubt you'll get 32s for more than 1 or 2 laps in a stint. That's my point. Practice is not the race, unless you're way out front. When were racing against people, the tires go away a bit faster, especially trying to overtake. We'll see how it goes.
 
Kevin01SH
Those are decent times, the Ferrari could probably get lower though, im shocked no one is using it actively. Me and FH have the vette really figured out on this track, too bad he cant make the race though. I expect the Ford to be right there at the front, Yera never says anything but come qualifying time hes always right there.
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I never have anything to say, given that I can only do proper testing for each track just hours prior to each race.
 
I give up my position in the series, I've been really stressed lately with academics.
Everyone in my class is getting near perfect GPA's and I've got track&field training very frequently as well.
Gutted to have to drop my spot but that's the way it is now with the pace this semester.:(
 
By the way, did we all agree to shorten the amount of laps for this race? I believe if we went by the distance it would be almost 70 laps or so, there were a few that made a valid point that the race would simply take too long.
 
Probably won't make it again. Sorry for my absenteeism guys, I hope someone can fill my spot. I had a truly awful race at Laguna Seca last night in rFactor, and I need a break. Additionally my internet has been in and out and until we get our own line I can't put in all those practice hours just to be booted last second on the form lap.

Good luck to you all. I was never any good here, anyhow.
 
As it stands the number of laps will be 74, which means we would be racing just shy of 2 hours. I suppose we need to lessen the number of laps to like 60? Which would put us right at an hour and a half.
 
I say 56 laps, 55+1pace lap. Tire wear will be pretty high here, so pit stops will be a lot more common. I think I can do 9 or 10 laps on softs in LMP. Estimate that the times will be around 1:25.xxx and throw in 5 or 6 pit stops. So without pit stops it would be around 80minutes at that pace, but adding pit stops it'd be around 85-90 minutes.
 
freshseth83
I say 56 laps, 55+1pace lap. Tire wear will be pretty high here, so pit stops will be a lot more common. I think I can do 9 or 10 laps on softs in LMP. Estimate that the times will be around 1:25.xxx and throw in 5 or 6 pit stops. So without pit stops it would be around 80minutes at that pace, but adding pit stops it'd be around 85-90 minutes.
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I second that. 👍

Practice lobby open... although I'll only be there until 9pm BST, because I have a bloody meeting I have to attend to. :grumpy:

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2 Hour race still? Even though last season was just 1 hour and 30 minutes of hot lapping?

I'll pass.
 
Cowboys965
2 Hour race still? Even though last season was just 1 hour and 30 minutes of hot lapping?

I'll pass.
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Do you even read the posts before commenting? :indiff::sick:


Dude, the race is 85-90 minutes. That means, then, that it's only 1.5 hours.
 
Cowboys965
2 Hour race still? Even though last season was just 1 hour and 30 minutes of hot lapping?

I'll pass.
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We're gonna cut it down so it wont be 2 hours, i suggest we go with what Seth said and do 55+1. Hope everyone understands this and is able to show up.
 
Kevin01SH
We're gonna cut it down so it wont be 2 hours, i suggest we go with what Seth said and do 55+1. Hope everyone understands this and is able to show up.
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Oh well. Count me in. Whether Cowboys reads this or not, I also hope he comes.
 
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