Can we get an estimate of the pre-race test airing?
Meanwhile, at Hockenheim, a lorry arrives after a 12 hour journey from the X Department test centre at Ashbourne, England, carrying the first race-ready Civera Silhouette BRC76 edition.
It didnât even have time to have the livery applied, but that has been revealed at a press conference held just before the first test session at the track.
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All original 70s styling and logos included as standard!
Stop being good with photoshop, you make us all look bad 
[quote=âBitâ]Iâm assuming switching drivers takes extra time. are there any numbers on that?
Are the driver swaps timed with the regular stops automatically? and what about emergency pit stops?
for example, if I set my pitstop time to 45 minutes. and my driver swap to 120 minutes. that would mean there is a scheduled pitstop at 90 and 135 minutes⌠will the driver swap in one of the regular stops or is there an extra pitstop in between?[/quote]
Driver swaps take 60s (while tyre change and refueling is going on simultaneously). The driver wonât make an extra stop for the driver swap. In your example, he would pit at 135 minutes and make room for the next driver. If he makes an emergency stop between 120 and 135 minutes, the driver will be swapped immediately.
In ~2 hours.
Really looking forward! So many different approaches and now drivers. How fast will they get exhausted, will quirkiness of ours cars speed up tiredness, will they produce slower lap times or just more errors, is the stress factor already in brobot⌠so many questionsâŚwith answers still at least 2h awayâŚ
Will there be qually + short race?
About aerodynamics, I went for quite low drag(but quite different setups) cause it produced best lap times so there is quite some lift. However I did sacrifice few tenths of a second with turbo car in favour of few tenths of driveability. It still drops below 1.17 so no worriesâŚ
Rennen will participate in the BRC with the 1976 Rennen USC Racing concept in a BRC-tuned form. Packing a RR layout, a 3.5 Liter V8, and a 0-60 time of 4.3 seconds, the USC is sure to turn heads with a distinctive paint job.
[quote=âAirJordanâ]Really looking forward! So many different approaches and now drivers. How fast will they get exhausted, will quirkiness of ours cars speed up tiredness, will they produce slower lap times or just more errors, is the stress factor already in brobot⌠so many questionsâŚwith answers still at least 2h awayâŚ
Will there be qually + short race?
About aerodynamics, I went for quite low drag(but quite different setups) cause it produced best lap times so there is quite some lift. However I did sacrifice few tenths of a second with turbo car in favour of few tenths of driveability. It still drops below 1.17 so no worriesâŚ[/quote]
Only 20 laps of practice (if fuel is enough 
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[size=150]Pre-Testing Results[/size]
The video can be found here.
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The video can be found here.[/quote]
Still processingâŚ
So much anticipation.
People who expect me to be slow, will be satisfied with knowing that I am.
I have to wait until I get home to view it, but I expect to be mid-late pack, and hopefully not last⌠Everyone seems to be running around 21s and I am chasing low 24⌠So More efficiency may be a good compromise for me. (run low 24s with less pit stops might work)
processing intensifies
What are those gauges under our names? Fatigue? Also⌠NERD IS TURBOCHARGED!!!
Yes, thatâs driver fatigue, and it increases error chances.
I would like to officially state: I did request to have the Crimson King removed! but it was funny to see the 16.3L in the test.
More than happy how that went for me will tweak the car a little bit but not a lot.
Man. My 2nd car is definitely made for tighter tracks. And my 1st one goes through fuel like a fleet of Hummers. At least itâs not (terribly) slow. Maybe Iâll get some laughs out of it.
That tire shredding tho 
Does wheel spin increase tire wear?
I have to say, it was deeply entertaining watching half the field (including both my entries) run out of gas in less than twenty laps. 
I think my strategy at this point will be to abandon the Ectophylla and concentrate on making the HHR Special competitive. Given that reliability doesnât seem to be as severe an issue as I feared, Iâll back up the current design and see how much I can push the current engine if I let myself drop to 30 engine reliability. If thatâs successful, Iâll back it up again and do a bit of handling tweaks, see if I canât make it better in the corners too. Iâll probably lose a little bit of range, but thatâs probably no more than one extra pit stop in 147 laps, and if I can gain .3 s/lap in exchange itâll be worth it.
[quote=âMattiâ]That tire shredding tho
Does wheel spin increase tire wear?[/quote]
Yep. Itâs not a simple âx% wheelspin -> y% tyre wearâ, but BROBOT does note when the car is burning rubber and increase tyre wear as appropriate.
Very pleased with that. I think Iâve got a competitive car here. Fuel lasted me 19 laps which I think is a fair compromise for the performance. Only trouble now is tyre wear, 25% could be improved on.
Can I just say thoughâŚAbsurdist; 37.72 kg of fuel per lap??! Is your car a cross-channel ferry?
I actually didnât expect my 10L V12 to last the 20 laps⌠Sometimes the world just surprises you