Today's race is to test each car's overall speed and handling ability in the corners. The long straights will allow for the best tuned cars to maintain highest speed, while the 180º turns will test the setup and handling. The SCP-1 Controller is set on ghost mode. Each car's overall power will be independently setup based on the car's ability to make the fastest lap without coming off. Once the car's speed is set, the lap timing begins.
There were no special Team Orders: pod/body float, clean tires
Results:
Class A
Car Laps Offs Points
#11 Gulf 62 0 1 [5th]
#2 Alfa 63 0 2 [4th]
#8 Shell 64 1 4 [2nd]
Class B
R18 64 0 3 [3rd]
SC 65 0 5 [1st]
[tie goes to the car that doesn't use magnets]
Surprise result today, as the Class B cars rose to the occasion and ran fast laps, inverting the order. I suspect this was due to the small track with 180º corners, and ghost mode not allowing for acceleration. The magnets were definitely an advantage in this situation. This race has saved Class B from being abandoned, and they will run out the rest of the season.
Neither Audi was tuned prior to the race, and had been sitting in the pit box the last two endurance races. But these results prove that Class B should stick around, at least for the shorter races of the season. The R18 has almost earned a place in Class A, but I'd need to remove the magnet for it to qualify, and I know that would have an effect on the car, essentially dooming it to failure. So it remains Class B.
The win for the Safety Car was an anomaly, although it gave it enough points to tie for the Class B series. The problem with the Safety Car is when it is raced manually: it gets very skittish and brakes hard. In ghost mode, depending on the track, it's an entirely different car. It runs smooth enough, so it handles these kinds of challenges well. It starts to chug through turns, though, so the less of those the better.
During the race, at around lap 40, the #8 Shell car came off the track. It had been threatening to do so for a number of laps, and had even successfully corrected itself a few times [I love that]. It was turning the fastest laps of all cars until the crash. In other words....it shoulda won. I considered re-running the race, as the rule was to get it going its fastest without going off, but since the car scored so well I decided to leave it.
I have no explanation other than magnets for the great Class B results. Class A was competitively close, and it wasn't like I de-tuned them or anything. In fact, they're still pulling lap speeds that are in their season averages for the race. This is not the case with Class B, however, which has been consistently behind by a significant number of laps in the races prior to this.
Team Standings [Race 6 of 20]:
Car Points Total
Class A
#8 Shell 4 21
#2 Alfa 2 17
#11 Gulf 1 18
Class B
R18 3 7
Safety Car 5 7
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