thermite infestation

 

Something I find strange with this BMW M1 car from Virtua_LM GTPC mod; the tires sound like they are constantly scrubbing even at low speeds. Even launching from a standstill the tires are already making some sort of scraping noise. Because of this constant sound it's a little hard to tell when the tires are going to lose grip and break away. It happens with the other cars I have tested (Porsche 930, Mazda 717C...) so I wonder if it is a quirk of the whole mod. 

I turned up the engine volume to try and drown out this tire sound, but only a little bit because I need to hear when the tires are on the limit. It didn't help much. I also tried a different .sfx file and this scrubbing sound only got more prominent. The default car sound also features a lot of squeaks and rattles on top of that constant tire scrub. It's annoying me now when I am just doing short stints in order to setup the car. I wonder how it will be like over the whole 6 hours of the race. Maybe I will get used to it as my preparation for the big event continues.

pure fogbank

 

It's the CMH Season Ender and the final Gold Star Event of 2021; the 1983 Silverstone 1000 Km. It's gonna be a full-on multiclass Endurance Race. I signed up to race in a BMW M1. I wanted to run in a Group C monster, but those cars aren't available for solo drivers like me. The Group C Junior cars were all taken, so I picked the faster Group B car. I think I will be fast enough in the M1 to keep pace with the Group C Junior runners. It will be a six hour race and my main goal is to finish. The Group B division win is up for grabs. The longest events I finished recently were the OEC Le Mans 5 hours last year and the RSRA Le Mans 4 hours this year. So I will have to work on the fitness a bit. This will be the toughest race I've done in a while. I got about three weeks to prepare before Qualifying Day and then Race Day, but I still have SRO Man vs Track Challenge and RN GT1 Power Series. It will be hectic these next few days.

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