IndyCar Exhibition Race - 2/28

Eduardo Lorente
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IndyCar Exhibition Race - 2/28 Feb 25, 2015 3:42:34 GMT Matt Gelder likes this

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Post by Eduardo Lorente on Feb 25, 2015 3:42:34 GMT

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Saturday Night Exhibition Event - DW-12 IndyCar
Autódromo José Carlos Pace Grand Prix - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Saturday, February 28, 2015

We will be hosting our practices on public servers and using the iRacing league-tool for our championship races.

To race in our championship events, you must be a member of the GRAsim.us league at iRacing. If you are not already a member, please ask for an invitation here: members.iracing.com/membersite/member/LeagueView.do?league=83.

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****Thursday (Public Server)
****Practice: 9:00pm to 11:00pm EST

****Friday (Public Server)
****Practice: 9:00pm to 11:00pm EST

****Saturday (League Server)
****Warmup: 6:00pm to 9:10pm EST
****Qualifying: 9:10pm to 9:15pm EST (4 lap single car session)
****Race: 9:15pm to 10:00pm EDT

****Other Information
****Setups: Open
****Fuel Capacity: 100%
****Pit Stop Required: Yes (total amount of fuel needed for full distance: 25-26 gallons (94.6-98.4 litres) )
****Race Distance: 32 laps (est. 45 Minutes)
****Start Procedures: Rolling starts
****Yellow-Flag Procedures: Enabled - single file restarts

****Race Time: Day
****Temperature: 72 °F
****Humidity: 55%
****Wind Speed and Direction: 11 MPH, SE
****Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy
****Fog: 0%

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A. DRIVERS MEETING: Before the qualifying session, the steward will hold a brief driver's meeting to review the rules and procedures of the event. All drivers will be asked to pit their cars prior to the meeting to ensure 100% attention is given to the steward. Failure to comply may result in a penalty at the steward's discretion.

B. STARTING PROCEDURES: Please be sure to familiarize yourself with the green-flag rules for this event:

Once all drivers are on the grid, the pace car will lead the field around the track and exit the course as late as possible to enter pit lane.
It is not required that drivers form into a single file line, but please use your judgement to determine when it's appropriate.
After the pace car enters the pit lane, pole position has responsibility for pacing the field until the green flag.
At this time, prior to the green flag being displayed, the leader can either maintain the current pace, or begin accelerating. However, the leader cannot slow down as this may cause an accident further back in the formation lap.
As the front row of cars approach the start/finish line, the green flag will be displayed.
Once the green flag has been shown, the race has begun and drivers are permitted to pass cars at this time.

C. HOW TO JOIN THE RACE SERVER: Although practice servers are public and not secured, the race will be listed in the "LEAGUES / LEAGUE SESSIONS" section of the iRacing dashboard.

D. CUSTOM CAR PAINTS ON IRACING: Trading Paints is the software that allows you to load custom car paints for your car, as well as see the custom paints used by other members. If you're not already using Trading Paints, you can install and setup the software easily by setting up an account and downloading the software at :www.TradingPaints.com.

E. TEAMSPEAK CHAT SERVER: GRA member James Lamb has graciously donated the use of his TeamSpeak Server. Please feel free to use the server during this event for pre- and post-race chat.

IP Address: ts01-ga.aspnix.com:2002
Password vapor

Last Edit: Feb 26, 2015 3:01:39 GMT by Eduardo Lorente

Eduardo Lorente
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IndyCar Exhibition Race - 2/28 Feb 26, 2015 2:53:26 GMT

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Post by Eduardo Lorente on Feb 26, 2015 2:53:26 GMT

Here are a few setups from the official iRacing forums:

Jussi Nieminen - 14S4_Interlagos_R_Jussi.sto (3.24 KB)

Kevin Bouhalassa - 14S4_Interlagos_R_Kevin_B.sto (3.27 KB)

Ivan Sole - 14S4_Interlagos_R_GTros.sto (3.02 KB)

Last time we ran these - I recall everyone noted that the setups were notably different, so I suggest you try each of them. Also as a reminder, don't forget to map your "push-to-pass" button.

Finally, in case you're wondering, the official series is at Interlagos next week. The current schedule is at Mosport this week, but I thought we'd have more fun at Interlagos

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IndyCar Exhibition Race - 2/28 Feb 27, 2015 14:04:36 GMT

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Post by Eduardo Lorente on Feb 27, 2015 14:04:36 GMT

Nice lap times last night gents - Chris Miller was in the 1:20's before I logged out and the rest of us were in 21's through 24's.

I just wanted to add that many of us commented last night on how sensitive these are to setup changes, and so not surprisingly, the three setups above feel very distinct. As an example, after messing with all three of them, I found that I liked Jussi's setup with about 1/4" of rear wing wicker added to it - but I think other drivers commented that they found Jussi's setup to be almost undriveable!

The other observation I had is that these cars seem to "change" a lot from cold tires/full tanks, to worn tires and empty tanks. So keep that in mind as you put in the laps. My personal goal is to develop a safe, comfortable setup to get through the ~40 minutes of racing without any spins (or at least just some very minor ones!)

Glenn Sidman Full Member Posts: 177	IndyCar Exhibition Race - 2/28 Feb 28, 2015 7:02:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Glenn Sidman on Feb 28, 2015 7:02:35 GMT Have fun Saturday guys. I'm going to miss this one.

Eduardo Lorente Global Moderator Posts: 284	IndyCar Exhibition Race - 2/28 Feb 28, 2015 13:58:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Eduardo Lorente on Feb 28, 2015 13:58:28 GMT Thanks for the heads up Glenn The race has been added to the "league sessions" now. See you guys tonight!

Chris Payne AKA (ziptie) New Member Posts: 30	IndyCar Exhibition Race - 2/28 Mar 1, 2015 14:48:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Chris Payne AKA (ziptie) on Mar 1, 2015 14:48:10 GMT well looks like we had a poor car count,for a race sorry i missed it had stuff come up….to bad spend about 4 hrs in practice,not all wasted i found a car i really like to drive…...
	Chris AKA ZipTie

IndyCar Exhibition Race - 2/28

Post by Eduardo Lorente on Feb 25, 2015 3:42:34 GMT

Post by Eduardo Lorente on Feb 26, 2015 2:53:26 GMT

Post by Eduardo Lorente on Feb 27, 2015 14:04:36 GMT

Post by Glenn Sidman on Feb 28, 2015 7:02:35 GMT

Post by Eduardo Lorente on Feb 28, 2015 13:58:28 GMT

Post by Chris Payne AKA (ziptie) on Mar 1, 2015 14:48:10 GMT

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