MINI Challenge Meeting 5 Bugatti Discussion thread

[JAMIE ANDERS0N]

This Tuesday is Meeting 5, Rounds 13, 14 & 15 at La Sarthe (Bugatti Track) starting at 20:00

Don’t forget to sign in on the main website for this event, if you fail to sign in before two of the start of the event you will miss Qualifying and start at the back of the grid.

At the last meeting we saw WWR Chillz topping the tables, will he do the same this time? Let’s look at the top 3 finishes of the last event

1st – WWR Chillz (Race 1 & 2 Winner)
2nd – Ianmr (Race 3 Winner)
3rd – WWR Aero

Now let’s look at the tables and see who’s where.

Drivers Championship
1st – WWR Chillz -434 Net Points
2nd - Ianmr - 355 Net Points
3rd – WWR Aero - 347 Net Points

Teams Championship
1st – Pizza Capers Aero Dynamics - 954 Points
2nd – Scuderia Martini - 817 Points
3rd – Rizla M&M Racing - 765 Points

With the racing be so close anything could happen here. Will we have anyone else top the broad?

Times
To Be Added

Lets discuss, How’s your car handling? Do you like this track? Who do you think will win this event?

[WWR Chillz]

1:48.947 so far.

[WWR Chillz]

1:48.860 Clean.

[WWR Chillz]

1:48.564 Clean Lap.
See you all tonight!

[Ianmr]

Just away to start testing the car, god I hate this track lol

[lfcnicklfc]

Tonights odds of Chillz winning a race 1/1F

[lfcnicklfc]

Yay the odds came through on Chillz

[Biggsy tv]

AMAZING start for Race two!!

Replay on storefront, 7th to 1st by the first corner!

and from the sounds of it, I'm the only one without a SI. Weds going to be busy for the staff.

[HCR generaltso]

I lagged out on lap 6 not lap 5

[CQR Aero]

I still need spotters pics for:

RU18QT
AAR RayH
Crisis Nine

Please get these to me like...yesterday....seriously.

[Slider S15]

What was the racing like around here??

Its really narrow so im guessing its not great... Just woundering for the TCM...

[Crisis Nine]

Apart from turn one there's no major bottlenecks. But if ur stuck behind somebody you better hope ur faster than them on the straights coz thats the straight only place ur gona get past. I know Aero got stuck behind me in two races and couldn't get past until i made a mistake.

[Slider S15]

Apart from turn one there's no major bottlenecks. But if ur stuck behind somebody you better hope ur faster than them on the straights coz thats the straight only place ur gona get past. I know Aero got stuck behind me in two races and couldn't get past until i made a mistake.

Thats what i was afraid of....

So F1 Style Processions to look forward to... great

[Crisis Nine]

Nah there was lots of action mate. Chillz still managed to get from last to first or last to second so its not all boring at all.

[HCR generaltso]

I had the fastest lap in race 1

i want my bonus point!

[woodwiss]

I had some disk troubles which was the reason why I couldn't even qualify. But it's interesting as I've just done some laps in my Mini round Bugatti with a little bit of tuning on a base setup and I've managed a best lap of 1'50.5, which would have put me 2nd on the grid in Lobby A! Insane!

[WWR Chillz]

I think the track has good opportunities to pass, but it is all about the run out of the previous corner. There is no good being right up behind somebody in the middle of the corner because you have to follow them around the corner at their speed and therefore exit at the same speed making it very difficult to overtake. You need to set up the overtake 1, 2 or even more corners before the corner you want to make the pass. Eg. Try dropping back slightly before the corner and take a later apex to get on the power earlier than your opponent, this will lead to greater exit speed and allow you to pull alongside them down the straight making a pass much easier and much safer, rather than a late lunge on the brakes.
Eg. Bugatti 1st chicane. Aero goes in too hot, comes out slow. I pass on the exit leading down to the off camber long right hander. I would say you can pass at nearly every corner around this track. Watch the replay from either race 1 or 2 where I had to overtake several cars. Corner exit is so much more important than corner entry.
See you all in the TCM's!!!

[lfcnicklfc]

I agree you need to set your car up to get good exits when your overtaking Chillz's example is a great one you cant beat a good overtake

[WWR Chillz]

Winning races is nice, but overtaking is where the most fun is.

[woodwiss]

Winning after you've passed a load of people is much more satisfying than winning from the front. Means more because you know you had to earn it rather than just start from the front and pull away by yourself.

[HCR generaltso]

The entry and exit affects the speed into and out of the corner onto the following straight. A late apex is used to maximize the acceleration onto the following straight. In contrast, an early apex maximizes the use of speed from the incoming straight; this is used when approaching a corner where the following straight is a lot shorter than the straight before the corner. Hitting the apex in the middle is a reasonable way to take a corner, keeping a good speed constant into and out of the corner, and maximizing mid-corner minimum speed.

[lfcnicklfc]

Maybe we should come up with a few tutorials on overtaking like do's and dont's what do you think?

[HCR generaltso]

Do not hit the cars around you

and dont hit the cars around you.

[lfcnicklfc]

very funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koprlc1T4sw

maybe something like this?

[WWR Chillz]

That's what happened to me. In race one I started on pole and got taken out by my team mate on turn 1 and dropped to 5th position with some damage, but managed to work my way up through the field and take the win. Race 2, I started from last and worked my way through the mini's up to 1st position. I agree, winning from the back is very enjoyable because of the wheel to wheel action during the race.

[Sponsored content]