13-03-2025, 06:27 PM
Full details will be provided updated shortly - LMU is not as easy to host as rf2 so please bear with us. As server time costs money to rent, you are advised to practice offline as the server will only be available online for the event itself.
The basic details so far:
Requirements:
Track & cars are part of the base content. You can use paid-for cars if you like but this is optional.
You may need to create a SimGrid account, follow the SCB community and register for the event sometime between the race being added to the schedule and the event itself. Details to follow!
Date- Tuesday 18th March
Practice- Starts no later than 7pm UK time (might be able to bring this forward)
Qualy- 15 minutes from 7:30PM (approx. - session changeover delay might affect this)
Race- 1hour from 7:45PM
Track: Bahrain Outer Circuit
Tyre warmers: enabled
Tyre wear: normal (you should not need to change tyres unless you damage them)
Fuel use: x2 (you will need to pit at least twice. See notes to follow regarding LMU refuelling if you are not familiar with it).
Setup: setups are free/open. See notes to follow
Time of day/weather - event will be run in daylight and dry conditions.
Vehicles: GT3 class.
The track and two of the GT3 cars (McLaren & Ford) are in the base content and do not require paid DLC.As far as I’m aware, if you have paid-for GT3 cars, you can use these (it’s not like the old rf2 days where everyone had to have the same content).
The McLaren and Ford - although free to use - are far from ‘poor cousins’ of the paid-for cars. In fact, I will almost certainly be using the Ford as it is pretty stable and wears its tyres fairly evenly. Previously, I used the McLaren for quite a while and this, too, is easy and nice to drive. Don’t feel left out of you on,y have these cars!
Refuelling can be pretty confusing in LMU as WEC doesn’t set a maximum fuel volume (for BOP) as such - it defines an amount of ‘virtual energy’ you can use per stint. However, if you run out of actual fuel, your race is over. If you run out of virtual energy (but not actual fuel), you will get a drive-through penalty.
The other *really* important thing to remember about refuelling is that when you set a refuel value in your pit stop menu, *this is not how much fuel is added*. It is how much fuel is left in the tank when you leave the pits. You can end up underfueled if you pit early! In a test race today, I used two full tanks of fuel - plus c. 46 litres. This was about right when pitting on the last possible lap of fuel. Use the HUD display to track how much fuel and VE you have left and pit on the last full (safe) lap that will ensure neither fuel nor VE run out.
The basic details so far:
Requirements:
Track & cars are part of the base content. You can use paid-for cars if you like but this is optional.
You may need to create a SimGrid account, follow the SCB community and register for the event sometime between the race being added to the schedule and the event itself. Details to follow!
Date- Tuesday 18th March
Practice- Starts no later than 7pm UK time (might be able to bring this forward)
Qualy- 15 minutes from 7:30PM (approx. - session changeover delay might affect this)
Race- 1hour from 7:45PM
Track: Bahrain Outer Circuit
Tyre warmers: enabled
Tyre wear: normal (you should not need to change tyres unless you damage them)
Fuel use: x2 (you will need to pit at least twice. See notes to follow regarding LMU refuelling if you are not familiar with it).
Setup: setups are free/open. See notes to follow
Time of day/weather - event will be run in daylight and dry conditions.
Vehicles: GT3 class.
The track and two of the GT3 cars (McLaren & Ford) are in the base content and do not require paid DLC.As far as I’m aware, if you have paid-for GT3 cars, you can use these (it’s not like the old rf2 days where everyone had to have the same content).
The McLaren and Ford - although free to use - are far from ‘poor cousins’ of the paid-for cars. In fact, I will almost certainly be using the Ford as it is pretty stable and wears its tyres fairly evenly. Previously, I used the McLaren for quite a while and this, too, is easy and nice to drive. Don’t feel left out of you on,y have these cars!
Refuelling can be pretty confusing in LMU as WEC doesn’t set a maximum fuel volume (for BOP) as such - it defines an amount of ‘virtual energy’ you can use per stint. However, if you run out of actual fuel, your race is over. If you run out of virtual energy (but not actual fuel), you will get a drive-through penalty.
The other *really* important thing to remember about refuelling is that when you set a refuel value in your pit stop menu, *this is not how much fuel is added*. It is how much fuel is left in the tank when you leave the pits. You can end up underfueled if you pit early! In a test race today, I used two full tanks of fuel - plus c. 46 litres. This was about right when pitting on the last possible lap of fuel. Use the HUD display to track how much fuel and VE you have left and pit on the last full (safe) lap that will ensure neither fuel nor VE run out.
