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VRC Fun Run - Watkins Glen - Changing Weather
By: Juan Amaya Date: November 20, 2018, 1:41 pm
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VRC SGT3 Fun Run - Watkins Glen - Changing Weather
Sunday, November 25th, 2018
Practice starts at 16:35 GMT (11:35 ET)
Note: VRC Admin team would like to use this race to test wet
conditions in rF2 and determine if it would be possible to have
an official race under changing weather conditions. The more
drivers the better.
Race Details
- Mod: Studio 397 GT3:
HTML https://store.steampowered.com/itemstore/365960/
- Track: Watkins Glen
HTML https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1508582012
- Password: tintop
PW is only going to be on the server the day of the race.
- 45 minute race with mandatory pit stop. Minimum 2 tires must
be changed.
- Start: Formation Lap with Standing Start
- If you get disconnected, race re-join is activated.
- Track condition: User Saved Preset. Track rubber will depend
on number of drivers on track over the course of the practice
week.
- Weather: Changing weather. Rain start and dry towards the end
of the race.
- Allowed assists: Only Auto-Clutch. Drivers may change
Traction Control and ABS under setup options.
- Please read: VRC Rules and Regulations
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Race day Schedule
- Practice start (60 Mins) 16:35 GMT (11:35 ET) - Open session
- Qualifying start (15 Mins) 17:35 GMT (12:35 ET) - Open session
- Warm Up start (5 Mins) 17:50 GMT (12:50 ET) - Open session
- Race start (45 Mins) 17:55 GMT (12:55 ET) - Closed session
Discord Server info:
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Re: VRC Fun Run - Watkins Glen - Changing Weather
By: Tom Nasella Date: November 21, 2018, 1:44 pm
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I should be able to make it.
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Re: VRC Fun Run - Watkins Glen - Changing Weather
By: Tig_green Date: November 21, 2018, 4:08 pm
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I will be there too.
-Matt
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Re: VRC Fun Run - Watkins Glen - Changing Weather
By: Tom Nasella Date: November 21, 2018, 6:42 pm
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Did a couple of laps earlier today to check things out. It was
raining and I don't see any problem with changing weather
conditions. It was fine as far as I was concerned. My FPS were
fine and even with the default setup (other than rain tires, of
course) the car was quite driveable.
IMO, driving in the rain previously was nigh on to impossible
but whatever improvements have been made to rF2 have really
helped. It's actually quite fun. (Addendum: I hope I can get
some setup help for the McLaren. :))
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Re: VRC Fun Run - Watkins Glen - Changing Weather
By: Chad Brown Date: November 22, 2018, 7:22 am
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Another test you can run would be to add 10 ai and see how it
runs.
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Re: VRC Fun Run - Watkins Glen - Changing Weather
By: Tig_green Date: November 25, 2018, 2:00 pm
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There were only 8 of us but it was an interesting event
nonetheless. Rain and changing conditions in rf2 are really good
imo and we did not notice any significant performance hit. Only
thing that bothered me a bit was, that even though there were
clearly a dry racing line, wet tires continued to be a viable
option when there were rain spray still coming from back of the
cars. I was only a second faster during the final few laps with
s7 tires compared to Juan who stayed on wets for the whole race
(it stopped raining after the first 15 minutes, dry tires
started to be a quicker option when there were around 10 minutes
left of the race).
All in all I think we need to consider seriously having a race
in changing conditions in our winter series. I'm not sure if
there is any way to make the weather random, but if there isn't
, then only Simon will know how the weather is set up (though I
think we need to know at least the starting weather, the first 5
mins or so).
-Matt
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Re: VRC Fun Run - Watkins Glen - Changing Weather
By: red bullet Date: November 25, 2018, 2:29 pm
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My fps were quite low compared to other tracks; I don't know my
fps of this track in the dry. However I didn't notice any
downsides to lower fps in the rain.
I'd say: more like this. It's tricky, especially when it's
drying.
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Re: VRC Fun Run - Watkins Glen - Changing Weather
By: Tom Nasella Date: November 25, 2018, 3:04 pm
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Extremely surprised and pleased with how the test race went. My
fps were fine and driving in the rain is 1000 times better than
it used to be in rF2. Used wets the whole race after seeing
very little degradation through my first stint which I carried
quite a bit past half way. I'd expect that the track would dry
quicker when we have a larger field of cars. I see no reason
not to have a changing weather race now and then. Looking
forward to the season.
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Re: VRC Fun Run - Watkins Glen - Changing Weather
By: Brent Date: November 25, 2018, 4:35 pm
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Sorry I didn't make the race but here's my two cents. I've ran
in races that used the real weather plugin and I was not
impressed. One race it began to rain early but not hard. It
clouded up when it started to rain but then quickly cleared off
and the sun was shining so I decided to stay on slicks because
well it seemed like the rain was over and it was clearing up.
Next thing I know the sun suddenly goes away the sky turns grey
and it's a torrential downpour. I finally go in for wets and
then guys who went with wets from the beginning didn't seem to
have much of a loss of speed compared to the slicks anyway.
Tracks with a bridge over the track over the race surface report
the track wet line as 0% so you couldn't go by that. Also the
mod that we used the rain fell on the windshield like droplets
of mud making it ridiculously difficult to see and very
unrealistic. Going 100mph and the rain droplets don't hardly
move. IRL I've raced for hours at a time in the driving rain
and nothing looked as awful and unpredictable. There's no storm
clouds moving in to clue you in to hey it's going to rain. To
me RF2 doesn't have weather transitions down to where you can
make anything more than a lucky guess at tires. For me I could
do without the rain transitions.
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Re: VRC Fun Run - Watkins Glen - Changing Weather
By: Chad Brown Date: November 25, 2018, 5:17 pm
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Im glad the race went well. the weather plugin could be an
option, but I think knowing a race will have rain is a better
option for the first few attempts at having weather factors. rF2
has really improved their weather effects from when it was being
developed by ISI. Hopefully that will continue.
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