Sep 25th - ALMS R4 (ISCC R13) Sebring Full 1hr

Event Itinerary

All races will take place on Sundays @ 20:00 BST.
Please make sure you are online on Forza Motorsport 3 and you have checked that you have no connection issues 10 minutes before the meeting is due to get under way.
Please make sure you have a open NAT setting.
You will receive a invite from your lobby host around 20:00 Hours BST.

Race Format

Qualifying

qualifying 15 min. with colisions on, make your own space and run how ever many laps and dirty laps will count and not penalize you.

Race 1 (Round 2)

1Hour

-Lobbies will be mixed with 4 cars from each class. (ex. lobby one = 4 P1 cars and 4 P2 Cars, lobby two =4 P2 Cars and 4 GT2 Cars and lobby three will be 4 P1 Cars and 4 GT2 Cars)

The grid will be ordered as per qualifying times.
The grid will form up in race order on the parade lap, this will be instructed by the lobby captain and then the race will start by a rolling start. Cars will stay at 100mph on the parade lap until a pre-determined location where all cars will drop to 60mph and line up side-by-side in a rolling grid. Once you pass the pit entrance the pole sitter can shout "go". Once "go" is called cars may accelerate past 60mph, though there can be no overtaking until the start and finish line.
1 mandatory pit stop must be made during the race, you can exit the pits on the main straight.

-With mixed lobbies comes greater risk of accidents, it is imperative that the faster cars take the needed steps to ensure a clean pass, slower cars you are to race your line, and it is up to the faster cars to find a way around, DON'T try to help them by moving over, because you may just be moving over into their path.

Previously...

Current Driver Standings -

P1- VVV Micko
P2- gen3ral ts0
GT2- CMGraphix

Current Driver Teams Standings -

P1- Aero Dynamics
P2- M&M Racing
GT2- Mushroom Kingdom Racers

Privateer Champion Standings -

P1- iZ GunDaM
P2- F4H Bullet
GT2- CMGraphix

http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Turn_by_turn_guide_to_the_Sebring_International_Raceway_track

Turn 1

High Speed Left Hander, very wide concrete, uneven and bumpy. Look for asphalt strip in braking / turn-in zone for a good reference point. Sometimes the apex has a traffic cone on the top fence pole. Be careful of unsettling bump at pavement transition from concrete to asphalt on approach to track out. One turn you do not want to early apex and run out of room.

Swing wide as you approach under the bridge to use all of the track at turn in. Head towards the wall - the apex is just out of view, come very close to the wall. As you pass the wall unwind and track out. Look for tower as a visual reference that will take you to the exit curbing, as it will be hidden when you are at the apex.

Fast and bumpy. Great place to pass, as the cars will be behind you through turns 2, 3, and 4.

Updated by Tom Kerr
Turn 2

Used as a set-up for braking into Turn 3. Turn in early and line up with the short shute to the T3 turn-in point. Watch the bump.
Turn 3

heavy breaking zone, left 90, FIA curbing on apex, sets up for T4.

Hard braking precedes a late turn-in. Stay late and as tight as possible for a wide, late entrance into T3. Braking is key.
Turn 4

late turn in, late apex, slow hands.. watch out cars going off and hooking back. Stay very wide for the entrance into T5. This sets up Turn 5 which leads onto the long Turn 6. Carrying lots of speed out of T5 is very important. Staying wide and delaying the entrance to T5 is key.
Turn 5

Enter as late as possible, get on the throttle as early as possible and carry as much speed as you can onto the long Turn 6. Watch for kicked up dirt at the apex and track-out points. must turn in late, momentum cars need not brake but can just lift to transfer weight forward (ie 944) higher hp cars (twin turbos) need a touch of the brake deep in turn five.

edited last by tom kerr
Turn 6

concrete surface, can be taken flat out except by very high powered cars. Curbing at track out is flat and usable. Sets up back straight.

Initially hug the right side of track as you approach first walk over bridge. Car will roll out and track to the right side toward middle of 6. Stay left most cars can wait to brake until under the second bridge before the brake zone for the turn 7 hairpin. The Chateau Elan will be on your left and your family will probably be watching you from the pool!!

last edited by tom kerr
Turn 7

The hairpin, aka safetypin, they moved the turn up about 100 yds, and added a wiggle, HEAVY BRAKING. There is a surface change from asphalt to concrete just before the turn in. FIA curbing at apex and track out is flat, and usable. Don't be afraid to put 2 wheels in the dirt on the exit. Late apex going in to 7 will set up earlier acceleration through 8 and 9 (Fangio Chicane). Remember here that if you run out of brakes, you can continue straight as there is a good run off section of track past the apex of the hairpin

Updated by Josh Added to by tom kerr
Turn 10

This is a full 90 degree right hander. Most people take a late apex to exit mid-track.

Drivers of low powered cars should use the full track at exit, and not give up early for this turn as there is sufficient grip and room to take turn 11 at full throttle. Drivers of high powered cars should give up 10 to be able to accelerate sooner through 11 and 12. There is an escape after the braking zone into 10.

Updated by Josh
Turn 13

Concrete surface, minor compression at apex, off camber at track out, pretty fast.

Cutoff to turns 3/4 for the Club/Short course - a hard right hand turn before Bishop's Bend - will require a downshift.

Updated by Josh
Turn 14

Can be taken as a single arc with two apexes, the last just before the approach to 15. High powered cars will need to modulate throttle through the turn.

Posted by Josh
Turn 15 - 16

Fast, linked turns that set up the long back straight. Let car track out after 15 and steer wide left to open up approach to 16. Turn 16 is now infamous for eating cars that overdrive the turn, drop a couple of wheels off at track out and then hook into the inside wall.

Posted by Josh
Turn 17

This is a very wide turn with several effective lines. Can be taken as a single late apex or double-apex turn. Very bumpy throughout the turn, especially so approaching and under the bridge. Sets up pit straight. One DE line to consider is staying wide and as you turn in put your right wheels on the white line which will then be crossed by a black line and that is the turn in to aim at the apex cone on the front straight. The "racing line" is more aiming at the wall to your right at the turn in to protect your line from being passed. Brake hard as you pass the end of the wall, and turn in. Keep turning. Track out to the wall at the left as you come on to the front straight.

The turn seems to go on forever. Don't track out too soon!


Posted by Josh added to by tom kerr

we are coming to the End of Forza 3 lets make the ISCC last x2 races a blast are you in?

IN prob miss the 8pm start again but will defo be racing!

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For some reason I thought this was the same week as britcar, Maybe looking at THE SEASON CALENDAR strangely made me think this way:P

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If it NEXT week OUT, Reason: Getting either cold or damp at the 1 person bedsit of motorsport.

Yea, it was next week, but when it was realised it would've been the same weekend as Britcar and Petit Le Mans, it was bumped forward.

As an FYI, Turn 5 @ Sebring has been dubbed 'SWITCH Corner' after Dan & my epic race in the GTC '09, where I had brake lock-up twice during that battle, causing me to go off track a little

should be in for this.

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So stoked to see this course.

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Unfortunately, won't be racing due to the schedule change. I am not home this sunday, because of work. Have a great race guys!

ill now be there at 8!!!

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Ooh, might be able to play at a friends room on base. I will post if I can make it in 10 hours or so. Trying to find someone to gift me a ready made tune for Sebring. I know a couple of guys....

GLR Gashi wrote:Ooh, might be able to play at a friends room on base. I will post if I can make it in 10 hours or so. Trying to find someone to gift me a ready made tune for Sebring. I know a couple of guys....

get that million credits from louis.

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Wasn't planning on racing today and made other plans, I guess I'll just drop out since there's only 1 race left after this, shame though as these are probably my best two tracks with the BMW.

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