Oct 9th - ALMS R5 (ISCC R14) Road Atlanta - Petit Le Mans 1hr30mins

[CMGraphix]

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 underway.
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
1Hour30Minutes

-Lobbies will be mixed with 4 cars from each class where possible. (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.

Going into the last round of the ISCC 2011, and FM3...

gen3ral ts0 has been crowned the 2011 ISCC Champion, and P2 Champion. With 50 points up for grabs in each class, we have the P1 battle, with VVV Micko on 545 points, and WWR Aero on 508 points. In GT2, CMGraphix leads with 545 points, and F4H Carrera very close on his tail on 530 points.

Current Driver Standings
P1- VVV Micko
P2- gen3ral ts0
GT2- CMGraphix

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

Privateer Champion Standings
P1- iZ GunDaM
P2- F4H Bullet
GT2- CMGraphix

And now, for a little preview of the upcoming TORA TV for 2012, we bring you some short highlights from last years Petit Le Mans. See you in Georgia!


TORA Petit Le Mans 2010 by TORAOnlineMedia

[CMGraphix]

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

Turn 1
The entry to this sweeping, fast, right hand turn is flat, but as you enter it the turn has some banking and starts to climb uphill. With that in mind and the fact that it is an increasing radius turn you can carry a bit more entry speed than you initially think. There is not much runoff however, so work up to that speed with caution.
Currently there is a concrete patch near the inside curbing that I use as a marker for the apex, but your mileage may vary. It should be a good starting point for any car and driver combination however.

Turn 2
This is just a slight bend back to the left at the end of turn 1. At the exit of turn 1, drift back to the right side of the track. You will see a painted yellow stripe going up the hill that marks the exit of the pro pits. Put your right tires on or just over this stripe and start turning slightly left just after the stripe ends. This will give you a nice straight line to brake in as you approach turn 3.
At the end of this turn if you arent parallel and next to the outside curbing for the entry to turn 3. You may be in the wrong spot, unless of course you're passing someone on the inside.

Turn 3
This right hand corner is a fairly long downhill run that lasts until the entry of turn 5.
Most cars will use a medium amount of braking to get to the proper entry speed for the turn. It is fairly flat left to right, but does start going downhill past the center of the corner.
With lower power cars, pick an entry speed and throttle pick up point that uses the whole track here, as the next turn is a wide enough radius that you can stay wide open throttle and still hug the inside edge.
Higher power cars may need to compromise the exit slightly to get to the end of the next turn in the correct spot. You will accellerate thoughout the next turn, so too much entry combined with a powerful car may cause you to push too far outside for the entry point and direction for the Esses at the end of Turn 4.

Esses
If you’re using a lot of steering input to stay on track here, you may want to re-think your exit point of turn 4. You should be wide open through this section and making very slight steering inputs. The curbs on each edge of the track here are smooth, so using them should not upset the car very much. Most cars will turn down into the esses at the very beginning of the kerbing on the left, the track is slightly blind here so there is a tendency to turn in late.

Turn 5
So for this left hand turn, with all the speed you should have picked up from the downhill run through the esses, you will probably do at least a moderate amount of braking. The radius of this turn is fairly tight, but since it is pretty steep at its exit, lower power cars may be able to carry more momentum through the corner than you might initially think.
There is not much to mark a good apex point here. I would start off trying middle to slightly early apex considering the steepness of the exit and the fact that at the exit the curbing is very wide, two to three car widths, and has 2 rows of mild alligator bumps. Many racers find themselves using that curbing to help get a run on a leading car going down the following straightaway that leads into the banked turn 6.
This is the 3rd most important corner on the track, the following straight is long enough that most school groups use it for a passing zone, and you will see many passes for position and lapped cars along this straight as well.

Turn 6
With the straight leading into this turn, all cars will do some braking for this corner, despite its banking. There is a nice concrete patch that makes a great path for left side wheels through this corner.
I would advise against using any curbing near this corner, it is smooth, but the inside edge takes away some of the banking you might be able to use, and the outside edge at exit could upset the car under braking for the very slow turn 7 that comes just after.

Turn 7
This is the most important corner on the track. Negotiating this corner properly will allow you to make many passes down the long straightaway that follows and lower your laptime considerably.
After zooming through turn 6 you will once again need to slow down considerably. Turn 7 is the tightest, flattest, slickest corner on the entire track. The key to a quick lap time lies in negotiating this corner in such a manner as to maximize your speed down the long back straightaway. Do your braking early

Turn 10A & 10B
Turn 10A is the left turn, and 10B is the right turn immediately following it. Take a path through A that has you finishing that part on the left edge of the track so you can take a slightly late apex on B. This will allow you to climb the hill quickly and carry that speed through the next two turns onto the front straight. That is especially important for lower power cars, as you will likely be wide open throttle from 10A until you brake for turn 1, making it the second most important corner (if you're able to take 11 and 12 wide open throttle that is)

[ATR DAN]

IN

[Vengeance is Rippin]

In

[FranchittiFan]

IN

[Rollin InAn STi]

IN

[Matt]

Sadly out.... tiz my birthday

[SelectiveRogue]

maybe depends if the wife pops before the 9th

[CMGraphix]

maybe depends if the wife pops before the 9th

Big life event! That calls for "squeaky bum time!"

[Matt]

remember to unpucker before standing up....otherwise you'll take the seat with you

[Vengeance is Rippin]

Sadly out.... tiz my birthday

Ahh dont worry, you'll enjoy it.

[JustOZ71]

in

[FranchittiFan]

dunc when it happens wear earplugs! and if you get slapped its the babys (yet i got blamed too) fault!

[CMGraphix]

ISCC Road Atlanta Onboard by TORAOnlineMedia

[FranchittiFan]

1.05.0xx

[silentalarm42]

Gonna give this another go with my repainted Lola. Would post pics but cant access My Forza to download them (pics are on my sf if anyones interested)

[GLR Gashi]

I should be in unless something terrible happens.

[SelectiveRogue]

Bump Last ISCC round on Forza 3

[Richy59]

I might be in, flight doesn't get back until Sunday night.

[JustOZ71]

in

looks like i will not be able to attend this race as there are soldiers returning back from afghan and i have to administer them during this time

but if the flight changes, and flying with completely reliable RAF (sarcasm) it probably will, i will be able to race. i will let you know