Wed night Fun Races (2021)

[Beng Bandrover]

Thanks for coming, Beng and Rick.

Yes, you definitely need a FFB Reset key mapped - I often get the drop out when jumping back to the pits in practice or Qualy - can’t recall losing it mid-race though. I’m fortunate in that I’ve got a button box in easy reach - might be worth mapping something really easy to find (space bar?) if you’ve no spare wheel buttons and no button box…

The clutch slip is found on loads of historic rf2 cars - including one of my all time favourites (the Howston G4/G6). It caught me out once or twice last night but I kinda agree with Ed that it adds a bit to these racers in terms of realism - ‘missing a gear’ is no longer a thing with sequential boxes. Takes a bit of practice- but it could be worse - some car models require proper rev-matching for gear changes from what I recall….!


The good/bad news is that the plan for next week is to try the Datsun vs the Toyota Celica at Cadwell - final decision will be made early weekend at the latest but the server is up now. I’ll probably turn off mechanical failures as the fragile Celica engine will provide additional annoyance to those that dislike the clutch - personally, I think it handles in a more accessible way though.

I guess I lost FFB already before the start, but noticed it while entering turn 1....
I might consider another key indeed.