TRD3 Renault Clio Cup Round 1 Brands Hatch

[Alfa Fan]

Yes, its finally arrived. Sorry for it being a bit later than anticipated. You have until Sunday 0600 GMT to complete the races. I will try and get the results posted that same afternoon ahead of Round 2 being set.

First round is at Brands Hatch, on the short Indy circuit. Here are the race details

Race 1 5 laps
Race 2 8 laps
Race 3 5 laps

PM me your times before the deadline above, including those for qualifying.

Practice is 15 minutes and you have 5 minutes of qualifying per race.

Everyone must drive the UK Clio cars, completely unmodified. Setup is free.

[lugnut_usa]

What about other settings, like AI, rules, and flags? :D

[Alfa Fan]

You must race with AI on. Difficulty upto you. 2 wheels on track at all times. No flags.

[nik]

I'll do this as soon as I finish my V8 Supercars free race championship. Hope people don't forget about this series!

[johnny shell]

well, I think I must've cheated in the warm-up race. I was turning laps in the low 38s and now I'm a second slower. I must've accidently let my engineer select some upgrades for me at the warm-up race.

I had no idea my engineer was doing that, and I appologize for his actions.

times will be submitted later today!

[Brown, Jon Brow]

When you click 'start race' the tuning automatically comes on 'yes' for standard upgrades. It's easy to click that by accident. I think that standard upgrade should be allowed.

[Alfa Fan]

No upgrades! Just click on "No" when the option comes up :) They're already unrealistically fast, especially around Brands Hatch.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

BTCC car 00:49 seconds around Brands
DTM car 00:43 seconds
TRD3 Clio Cup 00:37 seconds. :laugh: That's not unrealistic.

With Pro-sim handling on I lap around 00:50seconds which is more realistic but still a few seconds faster than reality.

[tannat]

I believe I'd like to join this party, Alfa Fan.
What do you require from me in terms of an entry?

[harvick#1]

yes I'd like to run as well, although a possible limited schedule though?

[lugnut_usa]

Yeah, these cars are pretty darn fast. That last corner always throws me though, I just can't nail it right.

[Alfa Fan]

I believe I'd like to join this party, Alfa Fan.
What do you require from me in terms of an entry?

Number & Team name thats all. Check the list on one of the threads here or the Motorsportforums.com TRD3 website for those available.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Hopefully I can improve on my performance in the warm-up round we had here a few months ago where I had 2poles 3wins and 3 fastest laps. ;)

[lugnut_usa]

I'll be the first to admit that I'm missing something on these cars.

I played online the other night, and I was fairly competitive, but there were two other players who were definitely a half to full second a lap faster at some tracks. Default setups, too!

[Neil Adams]

this no upgrades thing could be issue, im not saying i want to use them but just starting my second race and it didnt even give me the option, but i knew the upgrades where on cos i was suddenly more than a second faster per lap, had to access another part of the game (career or whatever) then when i went back to the free race part, it then gave me the option

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Races have been done and I'm quite happy :D

Managed to squeeze just over a seconds out of the clio from the warm-up aces here in September which was good. :up:
I reckon that I could get another 3-4tenths out of the car if I tweaked the set-up a little more and an extra 1.5 seconds would be possible if we could tune the cars.

I'm looking for a top 3 finnish in this round, hopefully the likes of Peter Vuko, Muz, Mixa and Homer will turn up but i'm not sure that 190bhp front wheel drive cars are there cup of tea.

[Peter Vuko]

Just doing my 3rd race now. These cars are fun but a little harder to set up than the big V8's!! The UPGRADES could become a major problem - they are so easy to mistakenly put on - then they stay on! You must physically go to "upgrades" to take each individual upgrade off or turn off the game completely. Basically, if you don'y get asked the question "Do you want upgrades...." then they are on!!! They take up to a second off your time.

[tannat]

00 Michael Passo GBR Fingertip RCE Renault Clio 172
01 Luke Harvey ENG H2O Racing Renault Clio 172
05 Peter Vuko AUS Down Under Motorsport Clio Renault 172
2 Jonathan Jackson GBR Flat Out Motorsport Renault Clio 172
3 Jon Brown GBR - West Lancashire Racing Renault Clio 172
4 Nick Tallon GBR NicksSpeed Renault Clio 172
8 Craig Nayler GBR Siennar Sports Renault Clio 172
13 Michael Booth SCO Booth Racing Renault Clio 172
17 Paddy Cummins - McKinstry Motorsport Renault Clio 172
18 Tannat USA McKinstry Motorsport Renault Clio 172
24 Neil Adams GBR Team Adrenalin Renault Clio 172
46 Jso1985 BOL Renault Latin America Team Renault Clio 172
81 BTCC2 GBR C Motorsport Renault Clio 172
82 Johnny Shell USA Kentucky Fried Racing Renault Clio 172
83 racer69 AUS Team Renault Australia Renault Clio 172
88 RaikkonenRules GBR RR Racing Renault Clio 172
99 Jonathan McLeod GBR Team Kit-Kat Racing Renault Clio 172
131 J Crutt GBR Fat Ass Motorsport Renault Clio 172
666 Real_illusions GBR Mobile Chicane Racing Renault Clio 172


I'll join Paddy at McKinstry Motorsport :D
Tannat

[harvick#1]

#33, harvick#1, Spike Motorsports, USA, Renault Clio 172

[harvick#1]

ah I feel right at home with the short tracks in this series :D

thanks for running this Alfa :up:

my set-up was grood but the tyres just didn't come in until two laps from the end of the 5 lap races, the cars are extremely quick and I was only about a tenth off of JB's practice times.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

ah I feel right at home with the short tracks in this series :D

thanks for running this Alfa :up:

my set-up was grood but the tyres just didn't come in until two laps from the end of the 5 lap races, the cars are extremely quick and I was only about a tenth off of JB's practice times.


I've got faster since then :cheese:

[harvick#1]

well, shucks :arrows:

[RaikkonenRules]

So when is Alfa Fan going to put up the results

[harvick#1]

Sunday perhaps, if not most likely Tuesday

[Alfa Fan]

I will try and get them posted either later today (24th) or tomorrow (25th)

[real_illusions]

still no results.

were your presents that good you cant put them down? ;) :p :

[Alfa Fan]

I am doing results now :)

[Alfa Fan]

1 Jon Brown 37.90
2 Peter Vuko 38.41 +0.51
3 Real Illusions 38.50 +0.60
4 Lugnut USA 38.60 +0.70
5 Tannat 38.93 +1.03
6 Johnny Shell 38.98 +1.08
7 Neil Adams 39.03 +1.13
8 Harvick#1 39.10 +1.20
9 Jonathan McLeod 39.92 +2.02
10 jso1985 41.52 +3.60
11 RaikkonenRules No Time
12 BM No Time

[Alfa Fan]

1 Jon Brown 5 laps in 3:14.71
2 Peter Vuko 3:17.86 +3.15
3 Real Illusions 3:18.64 +3.93
4 Lugnut USA 3:18.92 +4.21
5 Tannat 3:19.92 +5.21
6 Harvick #1 3:20.08 +5.37
7 Neil Adams 3:21.50 +6.79
8 Johnny Shell 3:21.58 +6.87
9 RaikkonenRules 3:23.56 +8.85
10 Jonathan McLeod 3:24.91 +10.20
11 BM 3:31.50 +16.81
12 jso1985 3:35.24 +20.53

Fastest Lap: Jon Brown 37.77

[Alfa Fan]

1 Jon Brown 37.75
2 Peter Vuko 38.39 +0.64
3 Tannat 38.52 +0.77
4 Real Illusions 38.58 +0.83
5 Lugnut USA 38.69 +0.94
6 Neil Adams 38.93 +1.18
7 Johnny Shell 39.06 +1.31
8 Harvick#1 39.18 +1.43
9 Jonathan McLeod 40.14 +2.39
10 jso1985 41.16 +3.41
11 RaikkonenRules No Time
12 BM No Time

[Alfa Fan]

1 Jon Brown 8 laps in 5:09.81
2 Peter Vuko 5:14.06 +4.25
3 Real Illusions 5:14.80 +4.99
4 Lugnut USA 5:14.88 +5.07
5 Tannat 5:14.28 +4.47
6 Johnny Shell 5:18.92 +9.11
7 Harvick #1 5:19.08 +9.27
8 Neil Adams 5:19.42 +9.61
9 Jonathan McLeod 5:27.99 +18.18
10 RaikkonenRules 5:28.63 +18.82
11 jso1985 5:36.60 +26.79
12 BM No Time

Fastest Lap: Jon Brown 37.77

[Alfa Fan]

1 Jon Brown 37.85
2 Peter Vuko 38.40 +0.55
3 Tannat 38.67 +0.84
4 Lugnut USA 38.71 +0.86
5 Real Illusions 38.75 +0.90
6 Harvick#1 39.02 +1.17
7 Neil Adams 39.03 +1.18
8 Johnny Shell 39.14 +1.29
9 Jonathan McLeod 40.11 +2.26
10 jso1985 40.41 +2.56
11 RaikkonenRules No Time
12 BM No Time

[Alfa Fan]

1 Jon Brown 5 laps in 3:14.46
2 Peter Vuko 3:17.82 +3.36
3 Lugnut USA 3:18.28 +3.82
4 Real Illusions 3:18.92 +4.46
5 Tannat 3:19.37 +4.91
6 Johnny Shell 3:20.09 +5.53
7 Harvick #1 3:20.56 +6.10
8 Neil Adams 3:21.08 +6.62
9 RaikkonenRules 3:31.95 +7.49
10 Jonathan McLeod 3:25.82 +11.36
11 jso1985 3:30.85 +16.39
12 BM No Time

Fastest Lap: Jon Brown 37.82

[BM]

Whoops, I didn't realise we were supposed to submit quali times!

[Alfa Fan]

Championship Standings

1 Jon Brown 99
2 Peter Vuko 78
3 Real Illusions 64
4 Lugnut USA 62
5 Tannat 54
6 Harvick#1 46
7 Johnny Shell 42
8 Neil Adams 40
9 RaikkonenRules 35
10 Jonathan McLeod 34
11 jso1985 28
12 BM 10

Standings provisional pending stewards enquiry into irregularities in the speed of Jon Brown.

[harvick#1]

Tannat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its on now :laugh:

[tannat]

1 Jon Brown 8 laps in 5:09.81
2 Peter Vuko 5:14.06 +4.25
3 Real Illusions 5:14.80 +4.99
4 Lugnut USA 5:14.88 +5.07
5 Tannat 5:14.28 +4.47



Is something in the wrong order here, AF (names or times)?
Either I should be third, or perhaps someone else has my time...

[tannat]

Tannat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its on now :laugh:

:D

[RaikkonenRules]

Dammit :mad: only ninth.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Championship Standings

1 Jon Brown 99
2 Peter Vuko 78
3 Real Illusions 64
4 Lugnut USA 62
5 Tannat 54
6 Harvick#1 46
7 Johnny Shell 42
8 Neil Adams 40
9 RaikkonenRules 35
10 Jonathan McLeod 34
11 jso1985 28
12 BM 10

Standings provisional pending stewards enquiry into irregularities in the speed of Jon Brown.



:D :D :D

Another average performance :o

What's the irregularities?

I got the clio set- up perfect and nailed every race. I can go over a second faster with some tuning. :cheese:

http://www.codemasters.co.uk/halloffame/display-hall.php?gameid=44&order=10&pageno=03

[johnny shell]

i seem to remember Yuko joining the series late...which may explain Mr Brown blowing even him away, since it sounds like he's pretty sure he didn't accidently use upgrades.

[Peter Vuko]

J.B sure seems like the one to beat in these cars - well done J.B. Boy that 2nd race was close between 2nd-5th!! I could not get into the 37's - so J.B really has got the car well set up. We will all have to work a little harder for the next race to catch J.B.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

I like the front wheel drive cars that you can throw around a bit. ;) I'm sure I won't be as quick on the Australian tracks, but i'm looking forward to Oulton and Donington.

[Alfa Fan]

1 Jon Brown 8 laps in 5:09.81
2 Peter Vuko 5:14.06 +4.25
3 Tannat 5:14.28 +4.47
4 Real Illusions 5:14.80 +4.99
5 Lugnut USA 5:14.88 +5.07
6 Johnny Shell 5:18.92 +9.11
7 Harvick #1 5:19.08 +9.27
8 Neil Adams 5:19.42 +9.61
9 Jonathan McLeod 5:27.99 +18.18
10 RaikkonenRules 5:28.63 +18.82
11 jso1985 5:36.60 +26.79
12 BM No Time

Fastest Lap: Jon Brown 37.77

[Alfa Fan]

Ammended Championship Standings

1 Jon Brown 99
2 Peter Vuko 78
3 Real Illusions 62
4 Lugnut USA 60
5 Tannat 58
6 Harvick#1 46
7 Johnny Shell 42
8 Neil Adams 40
9 RaikkonenRules 35
10 Jonathan McLeod 34
11 jso1985 28
12 BM 10

Standings provisional pending stewards enquiry into irregularities in the speed of Jon Brown.

[tannat]

Thanks, mate! :up:

[jso1985]

so that's it I'm the Sakon Yamamoto of the series :s

[BM]

And I'm Takuma Sato! :D

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Am I Fernado Alonso? :cheese: :o

I think there is only one way to get get better at this game,


PRACTICE!!!

[tannat]

Not much to driving this circuit-flat out everywhere exceptbraking for Druids. There was that annoying bump at Clark that I would hit from time to time (a better setup would have made the suspension a bit more compliant at that point).

[Brown, Jon Brow]

I had front suspension and front dampers at 50,

and rear suspension, dampers both at 100

Seemed to work nice ;)


Having stiffer settings at the rear works well on these cars I find :)

[tannat]

When is next race?

[harvick#1]

we all should be at Eastern Creek right now, according to RI's website

[Neil Adams]

There was that annoying bump at Clark that I would hit from time to time

that stupid bump is not there in real life either! would make that corner much easier if it wasnt there, found i could avoid it if you head for an immediate apex from the previous corner

7th, 8th, 8th not bad!
very close races!

cant help thing jon brown may have accidently had the upgrades on pv is pretty much the benchmark fastest in most championships so there to be a 5 sec gap to jon brown highlights an anolomlie to me

[Brown, Jon Brow]

cant help thing jon brown may have accidently had the upgrades on pv is pretty much the benchmark fastest in most championships so there to be a 5 sec gap to jon brown highlights an anolomlie to me

I didn't use upgrades. i have just raced around brands indy in the clio a thousand times (more than any other track)

I can set low 36 seconds laps with upgrades, which is over a second faster than I set in the race.
look at my hall of fame lap (even if it isn't in the the top 50)
http://www.codemasters.co.uk/halloffame/display-hall.php?gameid=44&order=10&pageno=03

[RaikkonenRules]

so that's it I'm the Sakon Yamamoto of the series :s


And I'm Takuma Sato! :D

Other way round I think. ;)

I guess i'm one of the Torro Rossoes

[RaikkonenRules]

Am I Fernado Alonso? :cheese: :o

I think there is only one way to get get better at this game,


PRACTICE!!!


Tonsof time to practice Clios and yet you can't seem to find time to do my FPA race :p :

[johnny shell]

congradulation to JB. that was a hell of a race. one of the most dominating performances I've ever seen on here.

I hope you take it as a compliment that people think you might've accidently had some upgrades. glad to hear you didn't because it's nice to see Vuko get schooled like that! even though he's a real nice guy & all....

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Tonsof time to practice Clios and yet you can't seem to find time to do my FPA race :p :

:laugh:

Seeing FPA times that muz did in the hall of fame was demoralising!


BTW. Vuko has been well beaten before. I won by 20seconds in the Norisring DTM round. I am evil Homer beat him by over 1/2 a minute in the DTM at Spa. And MUZ and Mixa have both beaten him plenty of times. But if you can bet on one guy getting the most podium finnishes in a season it will be P.V :up:

[Mp3 Astra]

Bloody hell, why did I miss this??? No point in entering the other races now.