08-10-2018, 12:44 PM
This weekend has been tough since I seem to have contracted some sort of general illness that comes and goes. It was bad for most of Sunday but some rest and paracetamol seemed to help and by the race I was feeling better. The plan was to keep it at a comfortable pace and not wear myself out, or my tyres which more or less played out as expected. Got a reasonable start but Hedlund still rocketed away and I never saw him again. Turns 1 and 2 were messy on the opening lap - I was not fully in control and was trying to avoid crashing. After that I gained confidence and hoped that a second place was possible with no stops. Initially it seemed I had the pace on Gorka and J-P, but I must have overheated my tyres and/or hadn't set the car up properly and I spun allowing them through, dropping me to 4th. Then I settled into an easy pace for a while and didn't pay enough attention to who was behind me - of course it was DeeCee! Time to put the hammer down but again I had the same problem and spun, dropping to 5th where I finished.
A very fun race and I look forward to the next. Thank you all for making it happen!
On the subject of flatspots and vibration - I suffer a lot from this so turned down force feedback for this race and broke extra carefully which seemed to avoid the problem. When it's bad I find the steering wheel is yanked at high speed which doesn't seem realistic - or is it? I could understand a vibration which increases with speed - and this happens sometimes - but other times it's like a rogue hand on the wheel occasionally pulling it left and right randomly with a force that increases with speed.
A very fun race and I look forward to the next. Thank you all for making it happen!
On the subject of flatspots and vibration - I suffer a lot from this so turned down force feedback for this race and broke extra carefully which seemed to avoid the problem. When it's bad I find the steering wheel is yanked at high speed which doesn't seem realistic - or is it? I could understand a vibration which increases with speed - and this happens sometimes - but other times it's like a rogue hand on the wheel occasionally pulling it left and right randomly with a force that increases with speed.