AC Half-Surprise Camotos Kawasaki @ _unknown_track_ Thu, 20th April 2023

abecede · Apr 14, 2023

What an awesome little cross car this is!

Since Formula Agile (and therefore F1) is still not racing this week, let's hop into this cute Camotos Kawasaki ER-6 and prepare to drive on a track that will only be revealed as soon as official practice starts on Thursday!

This is a semi-serious event which will leave you sweating like you had a full one-hour workout! It's a loooong tarmac circuit with more turns and corners than you can count! Try to not get dizzy while driving on this gem of a track in this tiny little cross car!
If you really want to practice before the event, try this car on Trento-Bondone or Vallelunga Club circuit to get a feel for this little thing.

Register on our racing server: CLICK HERE!

Championship Event Details

Track: will be revealed a few minutes before official practice starts.
Car: Camotos Kawasaki ER-6 - Download
Sessions

Practice - 20:00 CEST / 18:00 UTC 60 minutes
Qualifying - 21:00 CEST / 19:00 UTC 20 minutes
Race - 21:20 CEST / 19:20 UTC 5 laps (yes, five laps. should take about 40-45 minutes)

Weather

Few Clouds (Sol), air temp 20°C, track temp 23°C
Time of Day: 10:00
Time Of Day Multiplier: 9x

Realism

Fuel Rate: 0
Damage Multiplier: 10
Tyre Wear Rate: 100

Useful Links:

RaceDepartment Discord: click here
Sync Accounts: click here
Recommended apps: Helicorsa + CarRadar+ Top/Centre Flags or AC_Flags + CrewChief
Tracks, Cars, Apps Installation Guide: click here (Handy guide to install non AC content)
Racing Club Rules: click here

Entry list: click here (then choose tab "Entrants")

abecede · Apr 14, 2023

Practice server is up! (With Vallelunga Club, not the "real" track)

rippin.rex · Apr 14, 2023

Please sign me up. Steam registration error?

abecede · Apr 14, 2023

rippin.rex said:
Please sign me up. Steam registration error?

Okay, I did sign you up manually. Weird that the Steam registration didn't work. Guess I did something wrong... In any case, you're in!

EDIT: you should be able to choose a different skin if you like

rmi_wood · Apr 14, 2023

I think I am on the Discord currently as @rmi_wood ?

abecede · Apr 14, 2023

yep. "RMi_wood - RMI#1730"

rmi_wood · Apr 14, 2023

Will change to Donnie Werner for race

abecede · Apr 14, 2023

By the way, you can disable the cage on your car in the setup options. It's weird in VR to look through this cage, so I usually turn it off.

rippin.rex · Apr 14, 2023

abecede said:
Okay, I did sign you up manually. Weird that the Steam registration didn't work. Guess I did something wrong... In any case, you're in!

EDIT: you should be able to choose a different skin if you like

How do I choose a different skin?

rippin.rex · Apr 15, 2023

That car is a hoot to drive. Is this a race or more for style points? I can't wait for this....

abecede · Apr 15, 2023

rippin.rex said:
How do I choose a different skin?

On the page where you change your registration:

Click on "Register with steam"
Then login with Steam and you should see a page where you can change the livery

If it doesn't work for you, just tell me which livery you like, and I'll do it for you.

abecede · Apr 15, 2023

rippin.rex said:
That car is a hoot to drive. Is this a race or more for style points? I can't wait for this....

oh, this is a real race of course! And power sliding may make you faster, so driving stylish could result in a speed advantage. (Well, just in my old brain, I have no idea how to be fast on any track ;-) )

Reik Major · Apr 15, 2023

I'm a bit lost in terms of server passwords for different events here. Would like to jump on the practice server for some testing fun...

abecede · Apr 15, 2023

Reik Major said:
I'm a bit lost in terms of server passwords for different events here. Would like to jump on the practice server for some testing fun...

I did just ensure that the server doesn't need a password, so just join without any password. I'm still getting used to our server interface stuff, I'm sorry.

stigs2cousin · Apr 15, 2023

Hy Markus,

could you please either confirm or deny that the track will have a tarmac surface?

If so I´d be able to share a setup which makes it a little better to drive and a lot less "boaty"

And i shure hope that your track has a lot of runoff to avoid the bottlenecking that crashing into walls on tight circuits always causes:

Macau Grand Prix 2016. All Crashes and Fails - YouTube.jpg

MFG Carsten

abecede · Apr 15, 2023

stigs2cousin said:
Hy Markus,

could you please either confirm or deny that the track will have a tarmac surface?

If so I´d be able to share a setup which makes it a little better to drive and a lot less "boaty"

And i shure hope that your track has a lot of runoff to avoid the bottlenecking that crashing into walls on tight circuits always causes:

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MFG Carsten

Nice pic! Yes, it's on tarmac as mentioned in the initial post.

abecede said:
It's a loooong tarmac circuit

Since our car is quite small, agile and slow, we won't need F1-like runoff areas. But there's almost always enough room anyways.

Looking forward to your setup Carsten!

stigs2cousin · Apr 15, 2023

abecede said:
Nice pic! Yes, it's on tarmac as mentioned in the initial post.

Damn, could someone lend me his glasses

Looking forward to your setup Carsten!

For the setup, its a lot less floaty, but the the Camotos take your steering input under advisement, the direction will come from throttle control.

Be careull to time your downshifts, the car reacts lustfully to "downshitting", eg shiftlock!!
Adjust final drive, brake bias and tyre pressures as needed:

stigs2cousin · Apr 15, 2023

Funny thing about the "Lawn Mower"

I´m pretty shure I can drive this thing faster around SCR than the Mazda.

Of course that means I´m painfully slow in the Mazda

Kek700 · Apr 16, 2023

I like this car, it is reasonably! very manageable.
You get used to it darting left and right with suspension movement..
I would say it is easy to handle…ish.