rF2 1h GT3 Club @ Mid Ohio Sports Car Course - Friday 5th June 2015

[Gijs van Elderen]

For once i had a lighting start. (Belgiums current weater = thunderstorms )

Climbed to P2 in the first lap. Sorry to see you spin @Davy Vandevenne : I think you would have done well and battle in the front pack.
After @Frederic Schornstein spin, i had a comfortable lead. But i must admire Freddy's determination to climb back. I tried to manage the 14 sec gap and loss time in a controlled way. It was working excellent, managing my tires so had some juice left when Freddy was on my rear bumper and as expected he did. Just with 3 laps to go he was upon my bumper. But in the last lap... I just spun out in T1.
Whenever i driver though Germany for a skiing trip. There is always a "local" who needs to flash his head lights.


About the cars: Each car is very different in handling, top speed, weight, fuel use, etc...
and still lap times are very close.
I really like the Apex cars:
Their suspension feel and weight transfer are very authentic to my experience on the real race track. The bounce of the suspension when i hit a curb feels remarkable similar. The weight transfer when you brake and the rear becomes light feels very similar.
From go-karting to sim-racing: The differences are small. But a race car with a stiff suspension and halve the weight of a road car still has this "inertness" which is a very creepy feeling when you go an a race track with a race car for the first time.
I can only compare it with my car. I've never driven a GT3 car, so i might be wrong...

 

[Frederic Schornstein]

For once i had a lighting start. (Belgiums current weater = thunderstorms )

Climbed to P2 in the first lap. Sorry to see you spin @Davy Vandevenne : I think you would have done well and battle in the front pack.
After @Frederic Schornstein spin, i had a comfortable lead. But i must admire Freddy's determination to climb back. I tried to manage the 14 sec gap and loss time in a controlled way. It was working excellent, managing my tires so had some juice left when Freddy was on my rear bumper and as expected he did. Just with 3 laps to go he was upon my bumper. But in the last lap... I just spun out in T1.
Whenever i driver though Germany for a skiing trip. There is always a "local" who needs to flash his head lights.


About the cars: Each car is very different in handling, top speed, weight, fuel use, etc...
and still lap times are very close.
I really like the Apex cars:
Their suspension feel and weight transfer are very authentic to my experience on the real race track. The bounce of the suspension when i hit a curb feels remarkable similar. The weight transfer when you brake and the rear becomes light feels very similar.
From go-karting to sim-racing: The differences are small. But a race car with a stiff suspension and halve the weight of a road car still has this "inertness" which is a very creepy feeling when you go an a race track with a race car for the first time.
I can only compare it with my car. I've never driven a GT3 car, so i might be wrong...

That was good fun. I reduced the pace a bit after the start to create a bit of a train and save tires, but then suddenly my gas pedal disappeared below my foot (gf needed attetion, but definetely not the best way to do it). After that something like P5 and Gijs was 17 seconds in the lead, so I climbed back to P3 fairly quickly and once I was in P2 I had to put the hammer down There were always some phases were I gained a lot and then next to nothing for a few laps. Once I was within 2 seconds with 10min to go it got difficult, because my tires were going down and I guess you saved a bit
But towards the end I was really close. Shame you had the mistake as it would have mode for some great racing.

Really enjoyed the car today. First time I get in the SLS it is always "oh that is crap". Just a few setup tweaks, getting the driving right and the car is such a charme to drive

 

[Joao Fernandes]

This time i picked the corvette and was surprised how well i adjusted to the car. First time driving this version of the car is always tricky but found a good pace.

The race was pretty good and with the battle for third place i couldn't let my guard down. Had to push most of the race with only a few laps where i could try and save the tires.

 

[Andreas Oehrlich]

Interesting race here.
First time driving this modification and had no time to do some laps. I picked the Porsche and did some small adjusments to the setup to feel comfortable over the distance.
When pushing, the tires weared off very fast so I expected a one stop race by the most drivers while I go easy with my tires without stopping.
At the end no one stops and I had at least 60% tires left so next time I have to do some more training learning some more about the car and its tires
However the race was very good and I love the fact you have to understand the tire of each vehicle you drive in rf2. It's always very challenging racing a car in rf2 properly and I love this challenge with every mod.