ACC GT World Challenge Europe @ Barcelona - Saturday 11th April 2020

Rob Sharp · Apr 11, 2020

Unfortunately my racing wheel appears has stopped working so I might not make it if I can't get it fixed in time :/

ilFisto · Apr 11, 2020

Last minute sign up pls XD

Dorco · Apr 11, 2020

Qualifyng after I dropped the server and I couldn't go back ....

Minotaurus · Apr 11, 2020

I left the race due to problems connecting my computer to the internet.

Ian Watkins · Apr 11, 2020

Sorry all, seems like my shitty internet connection caused some people trouble. No online racing for me until I move somewhere with a more stable connection!

Ian Watkins · Apr 11, 2020

It's odd though, I've done loads of racing on R3E with no issue on this connection. Perhaps ACC's netcode isn't quite as good?

JamieG · Apr 11, 2020

SORRY @Paul Glover both me and @Traction1 thought today was Friday.......
Thousand apologies, Sir

Michael Rudolf · Apr 11, 2020

Great race everyone! Dumb me threw a podium away with a stupid DT

. Lost focus after that and dropped down to P11 and caught another one. Congrats to the winners! Well done!

rqving · Apr 11, 2020

well done to the winner. kinda of annoyed about this race. i put in an entire tank of fuel for the start of the race because i wanted to see if the bentley could make it with out a pit stop. (it probably wouldnt have but only by like 2 laps). so i decided to pit but turns out that my entire pit strategy had been reset for some reason and my engineers decided to change brakes and add like 90l of fuel which just ruined my race really. but thanks anyway

Paul Glover · Apr 11, 2020

@Nomat16 You need to take more care on the 1st lap, that was totally avoidable. thanks for waiting but I felt that incident ruined my race.

Miko_Skye · Apr 11, 2020

Yay, I finished my first race with you peeps. Talk about hard race though. Again pit stops were my nemesis.

Qualified 16th and was very happy with my pace. Race started and I kept out of trouble for a few laps. But then I saw that 911 had a drive through penalty for cutting. I am driving a 911, so in I went for a drive through. As I drove out in almost last place behind another 911, I realised how stupid I had been. (11 was the number, not the car) I am #26. Oh well, stupid is, stupid does.

Hard driving through the field until I get caught out in the hairpin. It is not an excuse, but I was used to braking at a certain point and the guys in front braked earlier. So I dived down the inside, locked up and missed them. Alas, and not without reason, the car I had just "passed" turned in and punted me into the car in front. Entirely my fault and I apologise to both for that - no way I would have made the corner at all.

Alas that's not the end of my horrid moment - I rode the sausage kerb and got massive snap over steer as I tried to recover. Sideways onto the track just as the pack comes round. BANG. I wait until those pointing the other way get going again (only seems fair as I caused their spins) . Again, sorry - I was not in control when I came back on to the track. I was not rejoining but spinning!!!!

The rest of the rest of the race was fast lapping, two stops, hard and aggressive racing through the pack again and again. Mixed it with the leaders (as in followed for a good few laps) - sorry Mr Glover, you moved over to let the leaders lap you and it was too good a gap for me not to go for it...up to 22nd and moving.

But too much to make up the lost drive through mistake. A polite move over by Place #12 after I asked if I could unlap myself. That allowed me to get past two others in the last few laps. 20th and rather happy

Roll on next race. Well done to top 10....fast and consistent!!

r!ver_cz · Apr 11, 2020

Thanks guys for the race. Got to P4 even with DT, so not bad to be 3s behind pole. I still have no clue why I got it. It was in first lap and I was nowhere to limits of the track nor cutting anything

Sorry @Fernando Deutsch for the small touch at the end of the race

I kept my line inside and you were closing the gap. But still waited for you, those races are for fun and I hate to ruin it.

Thanks to everyone and see you on track soon

Cheers

Paul Glover · Apr 11, 2020

Ian Watkins said:
It's odd though, I've done loads of racing on R3E with no issue on this connection. Perhaps ACC's netcode isn't quite as good?

Your ping looked OK by what some were saying, did you check CPU usage?

Paul Glover · Apr 11, 2020

Dorco said:
Qualifyng after I dropped the server and I couldn't go back ....

Yeah sorry joining the race session is blocked, this is to avoid lag when users join.

Bart Matyja · Apr 11, 2020

Congrats @Ross McGregor for the win.
I was looking forward to my first RD win but that wasn't to be.
I was on 3 track limit warnings for the last 30 minutes so had to take it very carefully and an unfortunate spin in front of me caused me to loose some time. But overall a great race with some nice battles for me and my best ever qualifying.
I think I strained my wrist a little with all the lock down racing recently so I will give it a bit of a break but will see you on track soon.

Peter Roche Racing · Apr 11, 2020

My godness P11 to P2 again and an amazing fight until the end for the win with McGregor and Matyja. I was feeling very bad about my pace today and decided to take it extra carefully. I wanted no mistakes and no damage. And it paid off. Bit of shame that the win was this close but I'm still extremely happy that I was even in contention for it.

Jack_Taylor9 · Apr 11, 2020

Great fun, I really want to join an ACC League this year. Great race, few battles with car number 76.

Brian C Jensen · Apr 11, 2020

Hey guys what a race. I was unlucky in the beginning of the race, had a hard but fair fight with number 2. We had a little touch and i had to lift the gas, then i got a little push from behind i dont think he could avoid it. I went off track and damage the car, had to pit and repair and put all the gas on i could, felt like it took forever

. I had to save fuel most off the race on level 4, that was hard. the last 20 min i could use level 1 again and make some ok times, then i had some fun fights again. Im looking forward to next race. Happy easter guys.

Paul Glover · Apr 11, 2020

NEXT RACE IS OPEN FOR SIGN-UPS!!

EU - GT World Challenge Europe @ Silverstone - Saturday 18th April 2020

Time to travel to the UK for our next club race, it's a classic! We support good hard racing and just ask you to respect track limits, basic racing etiquette and most importantly, each other. If you need any help don't hesitate to ask on TeamSpeak... there's no such thing as a stupid question...

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thestig171 · Apr 11, 2020

I'm surprised to say this, but great race! I still hate this track though!

Had a great start from P22-ish on the grid and was in P14 after a couple of laps. I then got punted in the rear, causing me to lose a couple of positions and sustain aero damage. My speed on the straights was nowhere to be found. I could hardly reach 6th gear on the front straight.

I must apologize to @Ross McGregor for rejoining the track in an unsafe manner after going off (skillful driving there!).

After leaving the pits I made a mess of letting @r!ver_cz pass me. I thought I had backed off enough to let you pass me before the corner, but I hadn't. I saw the replay and luckily you continued without losing to much time. Completely my fault!

I managed to lap the track with 3 warnings for 50 minutes but eventually I had one more warning and had to serve a DT. I had some great battles later on in the race with @Paul Glover (who pushed me to my fastest lap, but unfortunately spun) and Catalin (who was on the lead lap and eventually let me pass him).
I finished in P24, which was probably where I belonged in this field and on this track. It could have been a couple of spots higher up the ranking, but alas.

88 trust earned this race (and 8 OBWP), so I'm making progress!

If someone has the full replay (mine only starts at lap 8), I'm interested to see how we all got on in the first couple of laps.