25-05-2015, 11:20 AM
Qually
I wasnt looking forwards to this race , I didnt like the track at all and had great difficulty in finding a setup that was quick without eating tyres . I was pleasantly surprised to find I wasnt far off the pace of our resident alien DJ and managed to claim 2nd place
Race 1
Got the drop on DJ and got into turn 1 in 1 st , managed to keep the place for about 3 laps but found I was destroying my tyres trying to keep away from him , I decided to slow down as I was going to have an off if I kept pushing , DJ made short work of me and passed me into turn 1 after that I drove according to the grip I had and made it to the finish in 2nd .
Race 2
Started ok and avoided trouble until the approach to the last corner , saw a car go off to the left so I pulled right but he came back on track and tagged me , I spun into the wall but wasnt damaged , I didnt know exactly where I was as my screen was full of wall and my mirrors were full of sky , I thought I was round the corner so I thought I would boot it in reverse and clear the track , unfortunately I didnt go across the track I parked in the middle of it instead , slap bang in front of Cookie (sry John my fault entirely) ,
After sorting the mayhem I caused I found I was chasing Cookie with Andi snapping at my heels , this set up a nice little battle that went on for a few laps .
I knew I could lap faster than Cookie if I could get past ,but , the guy was covering the corners well , I could see my car was better on the brakes and I was working out where I could have a go at him , but then Andi arrived , he squeezed up my inside at the last corner and forced me out wide and took the place and proceeded to pressure Cookie , there were a couple of tense moments for the pair of them exiting the Corkscrew and on the run down to the last corner , this gave me the opportunity to do the same move on Andi that he did to me so I got back behind Cookie , I got a run on him approaching turn 6 and managed to outbrake him and make it stick , I then pulled away and started to catch Tim , I could see traffic ahead of Him and decided to pit early to try and pass them in the pitstops , unfortunately they had the same idea and we all pitted together , I managed to pit quickly and chased Jer out of the pits , got past him at turn 6 and could see Thomas ahead , coming out of 7 Thomas lost it and went off to the left so I pulled right and was just turning in for the Corkscrew when an out of control Thomas also arrived , he spun me off , but again I was undamaged so could continue , after that I drove as fast as I could and worked my way up to 3rd .
Great racing guys that was more fun than I thought it would be , Admin (all of you) nice job thanks for setting this up , now for Sao Paulo and hopefully some grip .
I wasnt looking forwards to this race , I didnt like the track at all and had great difficulty in finding a setup that was quick without eating tyres . I was pleasantly surprised to find I wasnt far off the pace of our resident alien DJ and managed to claim 2nd place
Race 1
Got the drop on DJ and got into turn 1 in 1 st , managed to keep the place for about 3 laps but found I was destroying my tyres trying to keep away from him , I decided to slow down as I was going to have an off if I kept pushing , DJ made short work of me and passed me into turn 1 after that I drove according to the grip I had and made it to the finish in 2nd .
Race 2
Started ok and avoided trouble until the approach to the last corner , saw a car go off to the left so I pulled right but he came back on track and tagged me , I spun into the wall but wasnt damaged , I didnt know exactly where I was as my screen was full of wall and my mirrors were full of sky , I thought I was round the corner so I thought I would boot it in reverse and clear the track , unfortunately I didnt go across the track I parked in the middle of it instead , slap bang in front of Cookie (sry John my fault entirely) ,
After sorting the mayhem I caused I found I was chasing Cookie with Andi snapping at my heels , this set up a nice little battle that went on for a few laps .
I knew I could lap faster than Cookie if I could get past ,but , the guy was covering the corners well , I could see my car was better on the brakes and I was working out where I could have a go at him , but then Andi arrived , he squeezed up my inside at the last corner and forced me out wide and took the place and proceeded to pressure Cookie , there were a couple of tense moments for the pair of them exiting the Corkscrew and on the run down to the last corner , this gave me the opportunity to do the same move on Andi that he did to me so I got back behind Cookie , I got a run on him approaching turn 6 and managed to outbrake him and make it stick , I then pulled away and started to catch Tim , I could see traffic ahead of Him and decided to pit early to try and pass them in the pitstops , unfortunately they had the same idea and we all pitted together , I managed to pit quickly and chased Jer out of the pits , got past him at turn 6 and could see Thomas ahead , coming out of 7 Thomas lost it and went off to the left so I pulled right and was just turning in for the Corkscrew when an out of control Thomas also arrived , he spun me off , but again I was undamaged so could continue , after that I drove as fast as I could and worked my way up to 3rd .
Great racing guys that was more fun than I thought it would be , Admin (all of you) nice job thanks for setting this up , now for Sao Paulo and hopefully some grip .
Understeer - is when you hit the wall with the front of the car
Oversteer - is when you hit the wall with the back of the car
Horsepower - is how fast you hit the wall
Torque - is how far you move the wall when you hit it
Oversteer - is when you hit the wall with the back of the car
Horsepower - is how fast you hit the wall
Torque - is how far you move the wall when you hit it