Hot Lap Challenge | Round 3
Hot Lap Challenge | Round 3
Welcome to Round 3 of the Hot Lap Challenge
Sim: Assetto Corsa
Track: Hungaroring
Car: Lotus Exos 125
Weather: Clear
Track: Optimum
Temperature: 20.0C
Wind: 0k/m
If you do not have Assetto Corsa, please submit your times with the sim you are using, replicating the track conditions as closely as possible.
Please use the car’s default setup. You may only adjust fuel levels, tyres, TC, ABS, and Brake Bias.
You have until 13/08/2023 23:59 to submit your best lap. Please only submit times in a top level comment. If you have already submitted a lap and you improve, please edit your top level comment.
Please include a screenshot of your lap time for verification.
Rain
We were going to make this a wet weather challenge, but wet weather requires paid mods. Please let us know if you're happy for that. We will write up a guide for this if we have a wet challenge.
Last time out
This one proved more popular! SimpleDev took the W with an outstanding lap.
| Driver | Time |
|---|---|
| SimpleDev | 2:18.979 |
| itsmikeyd | 2:19.685 |
| F4celess | 2:20.579 |
| voltus | 2:22.301 |
| lhx | 2:24.625 |
| BURN | 2:25.904 |
| c2c2 | 2:26.067 |
| wshhh | 2:26.910 |
| mranderson17 | 2:30.644 |
| Ecksell | 2:57.652 |
Wasn't having too much fun with this one. The track lacked a smooth physics mesh so the distinct polygons in the track started affecting the physics. Had the challenge been with an F3 or GT3 car I would do it in ACC or iRacing instead.
Yeah I’ve barely played AC so I’m not experienced with mods too much but something about this one I could never get comfortable with.
Would make sense it’s just an individual mod thing.
Would you mind testing Suzuka to see if you have the same issue? I'd hope not, but if its bad, I'd like to know before we start the next challenge.
I drove it and seemed perfectly fine to me tbh.
I’ll take a look tonight too. We can probably have users submit a link to the mod and have one of us test it out with a set car each week.
Edit: Track is fine
There we go: 1:33.160 --> 1:32.529 --> 1:31.662
I’ll have to try to improve this coming weekend!
Edit - After giving it another go real quick I really noticed how stiff the car is. It’s so stiff that throughout many corners one of the front tires either doesn’t touch the ground or it skips across the tarmac.
While that is manageable, it’s quite difficult to get the trail braking just right. Due to the stiffness and low contact patch you end up easily locking a front tire trying to eek out that last bit of turn in. Usually I'm quite good at braking but I'm still locking up a bit multiple times a lap.
There's definitely another second or so left on the table for myself before I start having to get sweaty lmao. It’s a tricky car to drive fast for sure!
Much closer to the top than last time out, nice work!
1:31.207
Great suggestion from @[email protected], really enjoyed this one. My fastest lap was a little untidy, but I think I'm going to stick with it.
Check out the video - this time with more editing, a proper lap timer and some very average commentary! It's quite hard commentating on a hot lap. Something I'll hopefully improve on over time.
Hey guys, felt I needed to apologize for not running this one since I suggested it. Life stuff happened, but Im still here for now. I hope to be able to get back in the sim and join the next challenge, and have enjoyed seeing your super quick times.
Nice lap and video! I'm not sure I'll have a chance to put another lap in so you may end up winning this battle hah
Cheers dude! Feels like you and I are very similar in pace. Whoever wins depends on who can put the lap together and has the most time it seems.
Not unhappy with this for a first attempt at this car and track. Maybe I'll give it another go this weekend.
Ok, Follow up to my last question, is anyone else getting a horrible bumping/skipping though 1-2-3? My wheel is trying to rip my hands off to the point it's almost undriveable. So far a 1:36.277, but maybe that'll improve when I get the physics sorted out
Yeah I noticed it was quite skippy feeing in a few areas as well, almost like the car is way too stiff or something.
Manageable but interesting to drive around for sure!
Please reply to this comment with your suggestions for the next Hot Lap Challenge. Most votes wins.
Discovered an official Fun Cup car mod for AC. That mixed with a classic British or BeNeLux track such as Brands or Zandvoort would make a nice challenge.
Both are free mods. I had a quick play with this the other night and it felt amazing!
