01-12-2022, 09:02 AM
Small turnout last night - we knew about Giorgio (and did Ed say he’d have to skip one?) Not sure what happened to Jonathan…
But what an intense evening for me at least! I’ve been struggling with pace relative to Cruicky, Ed and DeeCee in the second half of the season. I guess I’m on the back foot for setups on tracks the Feature league has already run.
Anyway, that’s not an excuse - just an explanation (or maybe I can blame the inverse-square law of recent rig investment to performsnce:p)
I think for the entirety of both races, I had DeeCee swarming over by back bumper and clearly faster - but on a track that can be defended fairly easily. I was lucky enough that when I did make mistakes, DeeCee was unable to capitalise - but it was a close run thing.
R2 was particularly tough (obvs!) - I don’t race with the car-condition display on (particularly for these cars) but I did glance at it towards the end of the race and my front-left was destroyed. I think I’d finally managed to actually wear one out rather than just overheat it - the last X laps must have been frustrating for DeeCee as I had to slow so much but took a lead out of Jonathan’s book and parked it on the apex…
Phew!
There might be a short delay to the Mystery Track being loaded for Round 8 (later today or possibly Friday) as I reconsider and revalidate my original choice - I want it to be a suitable challenge and not a frustrating procession (unless I’m leading
)
But what an intense evening for me at least! I’ve been struggling with pace relative to Cruicky, Ed and DeeCee in the second half of the season. I guess I’m on the back foot for setups on tracks the Feature league has already run.
Anyway, that’s not an excuse - just an explanation (or maybe I can blame the inverse-square law of recent rig investment to performsnce:p)
I think for the entirety of both races, I had DeeCee swarming over by back bumper and clearly faster - but on a track that can be defended fairly easily. I was lucky enough that when I did make mistakes, DeeCee was unable to capitalise - but it was a close run thing.
R2 was particularly tough (obvs!) - I don’t race with the car-condition display on (particularly for these cars) but I did glance at it towards the end of the race and my front-left was destroyed. I think I’d finally managed to actually wear one out rather than just overheat it - the last X laps must have been frustrating for DeeCee as I had to slow so much but took a lead out of Jonathan’s book and parked it on the apex…
Phew!
There might be a short delay to the Mystery Track being loaded for Round 8 (later today or possibly Friday) as I reconsider and revalidate my original choice - I want it to be a suitable challenge and not a frustrating procession (unless I’m leading
)
