#[color=#ffee00]BRC 1976 - Under Pressure[/color]
Ladies and Gentlemen,
after a thrilling 1966 season (behind first place) it is now time to announce the 1976 BRC season!
[color=#ffee00]New features[/color]
- drivers are exposed to pressure and tiredness. The pressure system increases the chance of driver errors if another car is very close behind for a longer time. Driver tiredness increases error chance and is influenced by how difficult the car is to drive. In the 90 minute races this effect can be neglected, though.- chance of safety cars
- revised weather system including forecasts
- revised crash system - more minor bumps
- revised error system - less damage, errors increase tire wear.
- blue and yellow flags
- revised rules including 110% lap time check: Cars slower than 110% of the fastest in-game time around the Automation Test Track will be excluded from the challenge. Example: If the fastest time is 2:10.00, your car must be faster than 2:23.00 to qualify for the challenge.
- the safety car will come on track when at least 3 cars are standing on the track simultaneously or a major crash (effective car damage > 150) happens. The safety car will stay out for ~3 minutes. On tracks longer than 7 km the safety car will not be active.
- A weather forecast can now be taken into account for strategy planning. The forecast applies to the race only. Practice will always be in dry, qualifying will be in constant conditions (depending on rain chance and severity). Please note that the forecast shows only a āsmoothedā version of the actual rain progression, so more extreme changes can happen. It does not show track humidity but the actual rain intensity.
Find out everything about the challenge, especially the technical regulations, in this shiny booklet:
[color=#ffee00]General Rules[/color]
- Use the updated BRCTool for your entries. Watch a short introduction here. [color=#dd3333]The car trim must be finished and tested before you can load it in BRCTool![/color]
- stable release game version only
- no mods except Steam HQ Essentials collection by pyrlix. Longtail version of Sillyworldās 70s Racecar is forbidden in case it becomes part of the HQE.
- no lua editing/cheating
- one car per participant only
- one car revision per pre-season test (except if dropping behind 110% mark). Additional revisions/PMs will be ignored. Think before you send. The deadlines for each pre-season test will be published below.
- one strategy revision before each race. Cars stay the same during the season.
- it is suggested to run a car with engine reliability (shown in BRCTool) > 30 and strategy mode āSprintā.
- any rule not written down does not exist.
- questions? Ask in this thread, not via PM.
[color=#ffee00]How to modify your race strategy[/color]
It is allowed to optimize your race strategy during the season. Just use the BRCTool like you did when first submitting your car. Send me only the exported -Info.lua file in a PM.
[color=#ffee00] Updated Weather Forecast - Hints[/color]
Alright, I promised to update the weather forecast because a new weather system was necessary. Here is the new forecast and some hints how to plan your strategy. This info will be added to the first post in this thread, too.
What can be seen in the forecast?
- The forecast shows the estimated severity of rain over the first 90 minutes of the race. Horizontal lines are at 33 an 67% rain, vertical lines are 15 minutes apart.
- It does NOT show track humidity.
- It shows only a āfilteredā version of the actual rain. That means the rain will probably be more spikey, can be a bit heavier than depicted and can start a bit earlier or later in the actual race.
- Ignore the three numbers on the very right, these are just input parameters generating the weather forecast for 24 hours.
How can this be used for strategy planning?
- First determine how long the race will roughly be. Some races will be shorter, some longer than 90 minutes. The number of laps per race is in the BRC Booklet.
- Then estimate from the practice results released before qualifying for each race, how many stops you want to make in dry conditions (minimum number of pit stops) and how long you could go on a single tank of fuel and one tyre set before losing to much time.
- Then check the weather forecast for big weather changes. Thatās probably when you want to make a pit stop to switch to another tyre profile. Please not that after it stops raining, the track needs some time to become dry again. Watch past BRC races to get a feel for that.
- Determine if you want to use intermediate tyres or not. This mostly depends on how fast weather changes happen and how long rain will stay somewhat constant.
- Check how many stops you would have to make between major weather changes.
- Decide on your number of planned pit stops. Time them a good bit AFTER the major weather change, not before it! That way your tyre profile change thresholds will let your car pit exactly in the right moment when track humidity is bigger or smaller than the thresholds you set in BRCTool.
If you have questions, please ask in this thread.
Enter all of your decisions in BRCTool. Send only the updated *-Info.lua to @Der_Bayer before each qualifying session (if you want to adjust your strategy to the weather, which will give much better race results).
[color=#aa2222]DEADLINE for Race 7 strategies: Thursday, January 5, 5 p.m. CET[/color]
NEXT RACE: tbd
[color=#ffee00]Race Number Reservation[/color]
Here you can claim your racing numbers in advance.
[color=#ffee00]Top Trump Cards[/color]
[color=#ffee00]Event 1: Betonschleife[/color]
- Practice: BRC 1976 - Event 1: Betonschleife - Practice - YouTube
- Qualifying: BRC 1976 - Event 1: Betonschleife - Qualifying - YouTube
- Race: Bavarian Racing Challenge 1976 - SEASON OPENING AT THE BETONSCHLEIFE - YouTube
[color=#ffee00]Event 2: Diepholz[/color]
- Practice & Qualifying: BRC 1976 - Event 2: Diepholz - Practice & Qualifying - YouTube
- Race: Bavarian Racing Challenge 1976 - Race 2 - Diepholz - Automation Racing LIVE - YouTube
[color=#ffee00]Event 3: Norisring[/color]
- Practice & Qualifying: BRC 1976 - Event 3: Norisring - Practice & Qualifying - YouTube
- Race: Bavarian Racing Challenge 1976 - Race 3 - Norisring - Automation Racing LIVE - YouTube
[color=#ffee00]Event 4: Hockenheimring[/color]
- Practice & Qualifying: BRC 1976 - Event 4: Hockeinheimring - Practice & Qualifying - YouTube
- Race: Bavarian Racing Challenge 1976 - Race 4 - Hockenheimring - Automation Racing LIVE - YouTube
[color=#ffee00]Event 5: Mainz-Finthen[/color]
- Practice & Qualifying: BRC 1976 - Event 5: Mainz-Finthen - Practice & Qualifying - YouTube
- Race: Bavarian Racing Challenge 1976 - Race 5 - Mainz-Finthen - Automation Racing LIVE - YouTube
[color=#ffee00]Event 6: Spa-Francorchamps[/color]
- Practice & Qualifying: BRC 1976 - Event 6: Spa-Francorchamps - Practice & Qualifying - YouTube
- Race: Bavarian Racing Challenge 1976 - Race 6 - Spa-Francorchamps - Automation Racing LIVE - YouTube
[color=#ffee00]Event 7: Kassel-Calden[/color]
- Practice & Qualifying: BRC 1976 - Event 7: Kassel-Calden - Practice & Qualifying - YouTube
- Race: Bavarian Racing Challenge 1976 - Race 7 - Mainz-Finthen - Automation Racing LIVE - YouTube
[color=#ffee00]Event 8: Nordschleife[/color]
- Practice & Qualifying: BRC 1976
- Race:
BRC_Statistics.zip (235.1 KB)