AC Master of The Green Hell (5 events)

(source: HistoricRacingNews.com)

Welcome to the RD Racing Club.

Best wishes and great simraces for 2025 to you all from Paul, Colin, and Han!

We want to start the year with a special challenge, organized and hosted by the three of us.
It is a championship of 5 races within one week on the Nordschleife with 5 different cars. Whoever performs best in these events can call themselves the Master of The Green Hell!

These are the five events:

• Thursday 09-01-2025: Ford Transit (Sabine Schmitz tribute)
• Sunday 12-01-2025: BMW Z4 GT3
• Tuesday 14-01-2025: Jide 1600
• Wednesday 15-01-2025: Mazda MX5 Cup
• Thursday: 16-01-2025: Radical SR3 XXR

For each event, a thread will be posted with the details of the race.
Interested? Sign up here with your Emperor account:


If you don't have an Emperor account (Premium members only), send a PM to @HF2000 to get one.
Password for registering is the same as the Wednesday multiclass events. If you don't have that, post in this thread and you will get a PM with the password.[/EVENT]

You can practice with all cars on Server 4 - enjoy

My most hated track but i will throw 1 in..

Here's the 1st event: https://www.overtake.gg/threads/mas...d-1-nordschliefe-thu-9th-january-2025.279497/

Why no FWD??
:-(
Plus I am crap in all of them.
:-{

Kek700 said:

Why no FWD??
:-(

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Colin, Paul and I have talked about this and for true Master of The Green Hell we didn't want any car type to have an advantage in the race so it all comes down to the driver. So for once only the MX5 on Wednesday.

Kek700 said:

Why no FWD??

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Transit Van is FWD..

I cant wait for this one! (These ones?) Whatever, sounds awesome. Love Nords!

Kek700 said:

Why no FWD??
:-(
Plus I am crap in all of them.
:-{

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You and I can battle it out in back!

• Ford Transit.. reasonable
• BMW Z4 GT3..reasonable
• Jide 1600..LU + OS everywhere
• Mazda MX5 Cup.. crap in this car
• Radical SR3 XXR..LU + OS every where.
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• LU = lockups
• OS= oversteer

This is not meant to be a critisiam just an explanation of a focus on cars that generally Lock their brakes and oversteer with the slightest onset of inputs that favour a certain type of racer.
I was hoping for a varied selection of cars, not actually expecting cars that are very specialised.
Then put them on a track that is very specialized for a certain type of driver.
I will say I would need a miracle to get that jjide for just one lap around here or a time machine to take me back 20 years to get enough time to practice for one lap without an off.

Kek700 said:

• Ford Transit.. reasonable
• BMW Z4 GT3..reasonable
• Jide 1600..LU + OS everywhere
• Mazda MX5 Cup.. crap in this car
• Radical SR3 XXR..LU + OS every where.
• 
  
• LU = lockups
• OS= oversteer

This is not meant to be a critisiam just an explanation of a focus on cars that generally Lock their brakes and oversteer with the slightest onset of inputs that favour a certain type of racer.
I was hoping for a varied selection of cars, not actually expecting cars that are very specialised.
Then put them on a track that is very specialized for a certain type of driver.
I will say I would need a miracle to get that jjide for just one lap around here or a time machine to take me back 20 years to get enough time to practice for one lap without an off.
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Maybe we did this to have a chance to finish in front of you?

Honestly, the Jide is ok around here.

JamKart22 said:

Honestly, the Jide is ok around here.

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I used John's setup and it suited me...

Post in thread 'Jidé 1600 S @ Hernard Valley, Tue 17th December 2024' https://www.overtake.gg/threads/jid...ey-tue-17th-december-2024.278384/post-3813112

Hav,nt tried the Jide yet but should be fun lol

Great idea @HF2000!

I'll give my best to be able to join most of the events.

Reik Major said:

Great idea @HF2000!

I'll give my best to be able to join most of the events.

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Thanks but I think the credits for this idea should go to @gearwhine !

I can be reasonably competitive in the jibe, but It takes me ages to adjust my inputs to get it right, but a circuit like the ring would take me silly amounts of practice, plus I cannot overtake in the thing, it is just too unstable and unpredictable.
The Mazda is such a specialist car to drive and I have noticed it takes a lot of races before anyone gets to Allan’s standard, that is so evident over these last two years I have been looking at Jari and bouke.
The Radicle is just plain difficult car to get right. Then put it on the ring where most of the corners are there to catch you out.
The Van is what it is, nothing much to say about that.
The z4 is what it is, nothing to say about that.
If we need to find the best drivers, that is easy, they tend to be naturally fast in everything quickly, but even that is not always a done deal, when you use unfamiliar cars and unfamiliar tracks, they can be bettered up to a point, but ultimately that is always very difficult to do.
None of the cars above on mass prove too much, most are RWD difficult cars when attempting to be competitive, with no expansion on variants.
I was expecting a very wide array of cars.
I will still turn up, but it is like going to Mayfair in London and saying the average prices of house in the UK is 5 million pounds based on Mayfair house prices.

The point with the Van and Z4 is that most can jump in and drive, neither takes much effort to get to 98%.

With the Jibe around Brands hatch indy I was up to pace in a dozen short laps, when it got to the GP circuit I was half way through the the first race before I could get my inputs to get any reasonable laps in.

If I am quick in the Mazda, I will be quick in any of the above cars, excluding the Van.



The End.

@Kek700
C,mon Ernie,give it a go,i hate this track with a passion,we,ve had some great battles with the Mazda in days gone by so you never know,Transit is a blast,not tried any others yet...Can we do these cars around the Fat Alfie Tracks??..

Your over analysing this Ernie

It's just a bit of fun and something different. The Master will be one of the fast guys - but every round counts. So if they mess up or miss a race then you're in with a chance!

Every car that I don't get on with.