Caterham Cup Race 5
Caterham Seven Fire Blade '02 at Deep Forest Raceway
Caterham Seven Fire Blade '02 at Deep Forest Raceway
[Hopefully there will be a nice picture here by the end of the week.]
Race Specifics
- Arcade Mode Time Trial - hotlap
- Power: 0% (158 hp)
- Weight: -10% (332 kg)
- Tire Type: N3
- Driving aids and transmission mode are open.
- Standard OLR cleanliness rules apply: Two wheels must be in contact with the track at all times; all asphalt areas are part of the track; rumble strips are part of the track; no contact with walls allowed at any time. Concrete and cobblestone areas, as well as hard green "grasscrete" sections, are not part of the track. The only exception is in the last tunnel on the far right, where there are completely flat cobblestones: that is track.
- Please PM me your final time by Tuesday May 26 by 11:59 pm GMT (world clock).
Series General Rules
- Discussion of times in the race thread during the week are limited to split times (T1, T2). Final times are not to be discussed and must be submitted to me by PM before the week's deadline.
- Please save your best lap replay in case I request proof. Some form of proof, a photo at minimum, will be required of the winner. I may request proof of any suspicious times, which may include requiring a video or .max file. Posting video or .max replays is encouraged of all participants should they wish to do so.
- Each race will award points towards the overall championship standings to all who submit a clean lap/race time, with the winner receiving 15 points, second place 12, third place 10, and fourth on down each separated by 1 point (9, 8, 7, etc.). No points will be awarded to a non-submitting driver. You do not have to announce your participation in the championship beforehand: anyone may participate in a race and be counted into the championship points, even if you do not plan on running all the races; similarly, there is no obligation to participate in every race. The driver with the most points at the end of the six races will win the championship.
Deep Forest is a somewhat bumpy track, but it has plenty of banked turns to help cars negotiate the correct line. It is very satisfying to fly perfectly through those corners, but linking all of them in one lap should prove quite a challenge. There are two things I should point out: one, that concrete, cobblestone, and grasscrete are not track (meaning you have to take the long way around the turn before the first tunnel, and be careful in the last turn). Two, you will not be able to set the best lap possible on lap one of a session unless you turn around and drive all the way back to near the second tunnel, because the initial placement of the car is not nearly far back enough to allow you to reach the speed at which you're capable of negotiating the last corner. Hopefully, though, the combo is fun enough that you won't be restarting all the time. Have fun!
Leaderboard
Code:
Austin343 28.484 - 1'00.668
Smallhorses 28.876 - 1'01.458
Denur 29.482 - 1'02.192
raz_10 29.522 - 1'02.888Results
Code:
Austin343 1'25.539
Smallhorses 1'26.598
Denur 1'27.742
raz_10 1'27.787
Mark Bodnar 1'31.687
AyJay 1'31.917Championship Standings
Code:
Driver Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total
Austin343 15 15 15 15 15 75
Smallhorses 12 12 12 0 12 48
AyJay 9 9 0 9 7 34
raz_10 10 0 10 0 9 29
mustangGT90210 8 10 0 0 0 18
mcsqueegy 0 0 0 12 0 12
Denur 0 0 0 0 10 10
Mark Bodnar 0 0 0 0 8 8
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I had quite a bit of fun this week, although I got the sense that this combo wasn't as fun for people overall. 
I suppose smoother tracks are the way to go, then, in terms of popularity, although it's already a bit too late to change that for the last race of the series. 
Anyway, I hope you all had fun, and I hope you will at Nürburgring, too. 
