Hi guys, thanks for my first race on Race Department! I had a good practice and quali, dropped my lap times down by 4 sec. Lap 1 of the Race did not go so well. After making a couple of positions by going wide into turn one, I got dive bombed by ************ which put me in last. I then made contact with him again as his brakes locked up a few corners later and he skidded across the racing line. On lap 2, I'm not sure if he was driving defensively or just unpredictably but I had to seriously back off a few corners to avoid more contact. I watched in horror as he pulled another dive on lap 2 against ***** Just, missing the corner and then holding us up as he tried to regain control. Later in lap 2 I got nudged again as the guy behind tried to take the inside into the chicain, suicidal. On lap 3 ****** tried another crazy trick a couple of cars in front of me, driving up the inside of the chicain and nearly causing another big accident. On lap 4 I thought I might finally pass him, I was getting very close but tried to give him room in the corners but he took one odd line and braked mid corner and I had nowhere to go but t-bone him.
Sorry to Alex Parker who I hit entering the chicain, I was at max braking and went into the back of him but not much harm was done.
A big game freeze caused me to lose a position on lap 9 but atleast I didn't crash. I was chasing it back but cut too much of a corner and had to take a penalty slowdown on lap 10. Harsh harsh system. Not even a warning for first offence.
The rest of my race was spent chasing down Alex Parker which was really enjoyable, we were closely matched but had different lines so good fun. Shame he lost connection or something on the last lap.
On a final note, and I'm sorry to whine as its my first race I haven't really earnt the right to complain but for me at least the TS talking was excessive and very distracting. I don't mind the odd joke or a few lines of banter but full on tech support and other long chats are hard to drive with for me atleast. I know its a casual race for you guys at the front but it still takes a lot of my concentration at the back.
Sorry again for the ranting nature of this post. Have a look at the replay and tell me if I'm being to sensitive or what ever.
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