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I thought it was a really good nights racing, the reds and SS may have got most of the wins but everyone had to work for every position

Ippy nice choice 968 for tar please, 269 for shale silly coloured yellow wing

It means each track builder patching every track and then the leagues changing the multiplayer.ini on the servers as well. I agree its a good idea but a hell of a lot of work!!

Hi Everyone, We are pleased to announce the full 2.1 release of our F2 Stockcar mod. This update includes the much anticipated physics updates, some model fixes to existing cars and templates for the cars to be available in version 3. We decided to do this interim update to you guys as soon as possible so you can prepare for the new season ahead. Higman and Randall 08 templates may be found in the templates folder within the F2 stockcar folder. Tarmac: Setups: We have included a number of set-ups used by testers during the final days before this release, we hope you find one of these you can use as a base set-up however if you wish to develop your own then your 2010 set-ups should be a good starting place with some tweaks outlined below. Brakes: There is now a much bigger range you can adjust the brakes through, both in pressure and balance. We have allowed such a big range so that all types of controllers and driving styles can be accommodated. Recommended pressure settings: Load Cell: 100 G25/27/Thrustmaster: 70%-90% Pad: 60% These are all recommended settings and you will have to have a play around and find out what works for you. Recommended Bias Settings: Load Cell: 53:47 G25/27/Thrustmaster: 60/40 Pad: 65/35 Camber: This is no longer a set it at -5/+2.9 and forget about it, both sides are now adjustable to +(LF) or -(RF) 5 and you will find the optimum angle will change from track to track. We recommend starting with + 2.2 on the LF and -3.5 on the RF and adjusting from there. Caster: Again this area is now much more adjustable and you are no longer forced to run a caster split, for those of you struggling with snap oversteer moving these numbers closer together may help. Springs: The spring package is almost identical to 2010, the one change is you can now run 150lb rear springs where previously 175lb was the minimum allowed. Dampers: The damping range stays at 13 clicks as per 2010, but the overall dampers are now about 1/3 softer than they were in 2010. Gearing: We have moved the optimum rev range to a more realistic location, and maximum power is now generated lower down the rev range. At most tracks you will need to be pulling about 8100 at the end of the straight to get the most out of the car, in reality this simply means you need to go 1 click difference on the differential. For instance I have gone from running a 3:89 in second at NIR to a 3:77 in second. Diff: On tarmac the limited slip diff should now be slightly quicker, and you can adjust the car from understeer to oversteer simply by adjusting the pre load. Tyre heating: You can now tell if your car is to loose or to tight by monitoring your tyre temperatures, For most drivers we would expect the RR to be about 20 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the RF at the end of the final as you are leaning on that tyre both entering and exiting the corner. If you see a much larger spread than this from front to back either way then you are out of balance. We have tried to set the heating cycles to allow you to abuse the tyres slightly but to much abuse and they will go off. During testing we have had reports of people suffering from both the RF and RR going off and we think the balance is now correct, however with the different number of tracks available and until drivers get these in a race we cannot be 100% confident they are spot on and this is the one area that may be tweaked for V3 release. Damage: Suspension and wheels will bend the same as they did in 2010, however they will take more punishment before they finally fail and should allow drivers to finish more races. We have obviously made other chassis changes, but these cannot be adjusted in the setup. Shale: Although there have been changes in the shale suspension and it now has a bit more rear grip you should just be able to load your 2010 set-ups and go racing We would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to test this over the past few weeks. Setup Pack Attached is an installer containing a number of setups that were used by the testers during the, final days of testing. To install these files you need to point them to your settings directory. this is within the user data folder in rfactor, an example is below where you replace yourname with your rfactor name. C:\Program Files (x86)\rFactor\UserData\yourname\Settings Comment on the set-ups. All set-ups are designed to use the Pinto with a tranx gearbox. Easy This set-up is designed to be used by new users of the mod, it has natural understeer built in to help people acclimatise to the car and allow you to turn some consistent laps. Medium 1 This set-up is designed to be a natural progression from the easy set-up, It is slightly looser and a bit more challenging to drive, and slightly faster. Medium 2 This Set-up is designed to be another step up from medium 1, again it is a bit looser and a bit more challenging this set-up on most tracks should be no more than one or two tenths of the optimum pace while still being relatively stable and a good base to develop set-ups from. Note all my set-ups use 100% brake pressure, most people will have to lower that to there preferred number Drumb 1 This is my primary set-up, developed from the tarmac set-up I used after the 2010 World Finals and will be where I will be starting my 2011 development at most tracks. This set-up uses relatively hard suspension settings. Drumb 2 This set-up uses a medium spring set-up, and is based on my early 2010 set-ups. Out of the three I think this is the poorest but have included it as some people have found it suits there style more. Drumb 3 Another member of UKSOM commented they had pillows harder than this set-up, it is very softly sprung and damped. This set-up was designed for use on some of the smaller tracks that offer less resistance and maybe a good starting point for the F2 nationals at Taunton although I have used it at NIR with some impressive results. Other set-ups have also been included and I am sure one or two of the drivers who provided them will add comments about them. Comments we have received from testers, during testing who have raced a real F2 over the past few seasons. We do accept that every driver is going to have a different opinion on how these feel/handle/perform some will like them and some won't but we always get asked what the real drivers say during testing so here are a few snippets. Car is very good, got right balance, need to drive it nice and smooth to get it right! These feel almost exactly like driving my RCE Corner entry very good, to get a good bend in you have to drive it in slower, very very like real life as if you drive it to fast you will just push on or arse comes out! The exit is good, can be a bit loose but these are real wheel drive cars and you have to treat them with respect Download links below F2 Stockcars Version 2.1 Setup Pack

Just a quick update guys. Were probably about 99% happy with where the mod is now, the new chassis are not quite ready yet but we will try to get the new physics out to you in the next week or so so everyone can be ready for the new season. Drumb

Mine

Boooooooooooooo!!!!!

Happy birthday Dave

Only 24 hours to go guys, get the votes in!!

Everyone who has had a PM and created a new forum account should have access to the beta forum

Good news is the forum is back, bad new is all the backups before the end of September got trashed with the server so anyone that has joined since then will need to join again and we have lost all the testing applications. Now I will be honest and say with the shear number of applications we have no chance to remember who applied, and even less chance to remember who was on our final list. A small number of people who when they applied were identified as key testers for different reasons will be getting PMs today inviting them to be part of the test team. However I would advise everyone who applied, please PM me on the UKSOM forum to say you are still interested in helping out, if you joined the forum after the end of September you will also need to recreate your account. If you no longer want or are able to help with the testing and you do get a PM please let me know as soon as possible. Apologies to messing you all about with this but we have no choice from here. Drumb

Less than a week to go lads keep em comming

Sorry guys, this has turned in to a bit of a mess, we are now having website problems that I need to sort, so this will be put of for a couple of days longer.

Its that time of year again folks, your chance to vote on the good the bad and the one you think has been a Muppet. If you have comments for each category please add them as well and we will include as many as possible. To vote please PM myself or Dave, the closing date is Monday the 20th of December. Best Overall Track: Best Tar Track: Best Shale Track: Worst Overall Track: Worst Tar Track: Worst Shale Track: Best Overall Driver: Favourite Driver: Fairest Driver: Hardest Trier: Hardest Hitter: Driver you just Have to Hit: Muppet of the Year: Most Improved Driver: Newcomer of the Year: Best Paint Job: Meeting of the Year: Most Memorable Moment: Person to beat in 2011:

Applications are now closed, we had nearly three times as many applications that were needed so we are sorting and we will let people know as soon as possible if they are in or out. We will be using a number of factors to determine successful applications including but not exclusive to number of meeting done in the last third of 2010, real life experience and a fair split between the grades. Thanks to all those that applied we appreciate each and every one of them

Glad people still find it of use, actually I think that first section is where a lot of people are going wrong. Maybe it needs to be updated over the winter, another job for the list I guess

Bump only 4 days to go until these close

Good racing with you mate, hope to see you around

i agree with Robin, actually agreeing with Kendo is a step to far

Congratulations mate

Bump week to go until the applications close

TomD Boooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bump, get your applications in guys if you don't apply to help you can't moan about things in 2011

Well done mate