That was some good fun, these cars are fantastic, definitly one of my fav class of cars. So controllable, so long as you have tyres and aren't too aggressive with your controls. But fundamentally, they are so stable, it was awsome.
First though, I need to say sorry to Andrew Korotkov for the tap in race one. You had I tried really hard not to touch you, but I just grazed your car. Sorry for spinning you.
Race report from my perspetive, and anything else interesting I see:
So after, probably not enough practice (a few hours today, then an hour before quali), I have a setup that is nice and balanced, if a little twitchy under braking, (the only thing I really struggled with, under hard braking, keeping the car from spinning wasn't easy) I have a decent quali lap and get 13th. Not too bad.
Race one was good fun.
R1:
Get a decent getaway, and up to 12th for turn one, where I see Dan Asbury give Bob Hutchins a little tap (nothing major), but it sent Hutchins into James Fellows, but just a scrape. So from 1st to 13th, the start was okay. But from watching the replay, further back, there was a little scrape, with Chris Sykes coming out the worse from it.
Chris turned in a little bit, probably not noticing that Mustafa Gungor is right next to him. Then Gungor is given a small tap by Gunthar Rowe. But Gungor gets away. Then unfortunatly, Gunthar is given a small tap from Emil Bønnerup, and this sends him out wide onto the run off where Chris is already, due to the little tag with Gungor previously. They come together and unfortunatly, Chris is put into a spin.
Back to me. :tongue:
Now running side by side with Asbury down to turn two, try to out-brake him, but, car gets a little squirmy under braking, so more worried about keeping the rear in check on the exit than passing Asbury. But on the exit of turn two, Neil Gault, rather uncharacteristically, drops it, and ends up on the grass. But it wasn't a spin, but it drops him from 4th, to 13th by the braking point of the hairpin.
All this puts me up to 10th by time we get to the hairpin, after getting a better exit out of turn three, and driving past Asbury. But he was better under braking, so was easily up the inside for the hairpin. But infortunatly for Asbury, Gungor came into the hairpin missing his braking point, and locking up badly, and sliding into Asbury, ruining his exit. I see part of this from racing Swingman veiw, and decide to run wide on exit, just to avoid any coming togethers that might've happened if I didn't leave any more room.
So after that, I now have Gault behind me, but with Asbury right behind him, I knew them two were going to have a little battle for a while. So I could focus on trying to catch up to the guys in front.
My god what an eventfull first lap, but at least it wasn't catasrophip from where I was.
Now I'm behind Hutchins. I get a better exit out of turn one and again, try a move down the inside of turn two, but I lock up, and I count myself lucky to not hit the barrier, and any other car. I skate across the grass on the inside, but the car is still pointing in the right direction, so I just get going. Also seeing Stephan Sabath losing it. Korotkov and Hutchins managing not to touch him. Leaves him still in front of me. I go side by side with him into the hairpin, get a switch back, but don't get a fast enough exit speed to go by him before turn 6. But he goes deep under braking and I get past him. With Gault in hot pursuit after all that.
But up to 9th from 13th in two laps is good. Now its a case of chasing Korotkov for 8th.
On lap four, we have Fellows joins the party for 7th to 10th after losing time at turn 6 after an error. But hes soon back past Korotkov after getting a better run through the last corner. That eventfull fight dropped the gap between me and Korotkov, making me only something like a car lenght or two back.
After a few laps of the gap fluxuating, me being the quicker of the two in the first half of the lap, but him faster in the next. But then unfortunatly, on lap seven, under braking, the two of us are going for the exit, me looking to sqezze my nose up the inside. We have the smallest of contacts. Really sorry man.
So by lap eight, I now have Asbury now right behind me. I knew that Asbury knew he was the faster of the two of us, and I'm preety sure the fact that, I couldn't brake as late as him for corners like the hairpin (as shown by Asbury having to avoid me on lap eight), I knew that, if I made a big error, he'd be through in an instance. But I kept him behind me for a while.
Then on lap ten, we go past David Zafiu, who had made an error out of turn two and was on the grass. Now up to 7th, but with two really quick guys, who have much more experience
of racing a RWD car with them using BMWs in club touring events compared to me. Oh lordy.
Asbury gets the better entry into the hairpin and is past, but I get the switch-back on the exit, and were drag racing to get to turn 6 first, with Asbury giving me plenty of room through 5. But I'm slow as through 6, as I'm struggling to keep control of my car. In doing so, have allowed Zafiu to catch us upgoing into the stadium section.
Now going onto lap eleven, and my tyres are now giving up on me, and fighting is the last
thing I want to be doing, but I want to hold onto 8th. Zafiu gets along side me for the
braking zone of turn 2. I leave him room and don't fight him, knowing that I don't really
need to be fighting, all I need to be doing, is keep going as fast a possible. And you
can't do that if your being aggressive with your defending.
On to the final lap now, and I think everyone is struggling for grip now, as I see Asbury struggle to stop for turn 2, losing him some time to me. But I then drop time getting all out of shape at turn 6, making him right under my wing going into the stadium section. I take the penultimate corner too tight, putting me out wide on the exit. We then have a bit of a touch as I try to get a good line for the last turn, but it was no good. I can't get the car to slow down enough and slide wide into gravel on the exit, and am completely gutted to see Asbury go past to take 8th.
ARRRRRRGGGGH! Oh well, just proves I'm getting better at driving these tin-tops.
Good race guys, was real good fun. Not going to do a report on Race two, as mine ended at turn one with the car going into a graceful spin when out on the run-off after a little tap to the rear.
Gunthar, this is one awsome mod, and I hope to see more of these events in the future.
Bugs I found/saw (and some I think others found as well) were that, the in-car mirror on the top left of the screen is reversed, so it'll show someone going by on your left, when in fact it's your right. Then at times it just disapears. On lap eleven, my pit request came on, as well as others by all the red shown on Motec add. I can't remember there been any others.
Cya all at the next one.
P.s. Can I make a track request? Pick one that has elevation changes, that'll give these cars a real test of their ability. Something like Zandvort, or if that short Nurburgring layout the DTM race on in real life is useable. Or even Brands Indy, now that, would be fun.
BYE.
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