23-12-2013, 03:19 PM
While it's still fresh in my head.
If someone's got replay files, please share :-)
== Practice ==
Not sure what was it, but I liked this track a lot from the start.
It felt very good driving there, even if I'm light years from the top pack.
My PB during practice sessions (on and offline) was 1.56.2.
== Qualification ==
Panicked when I disconnected to change options to get some more FPS for Q and Races, and found out I couldn't get in anymore...
Managed to get in after 5 minutes of tries. Will follow Nikos advice (do not get out) from now on.
Got close to my PB quite early in the session. By the end I managed to snatch a new PB (1.55.x) which I was very happy with.
Was nice to see my "pack" with me there (George, Edwin, Nikos, Vittorio), but then on his last lap Edwin managed to shave 1 second or so, and I was sad again :-) 12th place or so.
== Race 1 ==
What a disaster. Just after T2 my car was violently pushed off track by Jesus (and I don't mean the Christmas guy :-). Jesus explained later that he couldn't avoid me and apologized. Shit happens, don't worry Jesus. But there you go, last position and 20s or so behind everyone else. I swear silently inside myself and half a km later I get the dreaded "Connection lost". End of R1.
== Race 2 ==
Would have been pole, but asked to be put at the back. After a decent start, just before T1, a wreck materializes in front of me. I always try to be extra careful/frosty on L1, so I slow down, go easy. I see many cars crashing and dancing together, I dribble some, and then hope to avoid some more (I think George and Gorka), but I can't avoid George that comes crashing into my front. No fault of his, as he was already jumping around as result of a crash I believe. Will watch replay here, but I really think my accident wasn't G's fault.
Then we both try to get away (me and GM) and he bumps into my RL wheel, making me spin again. After all this mess, I'm again 20s behind everyone else and car is severely damaged in 3 points. Swearing again, I move on, carefully, thinking the car would be a wreck, but incredibly... no. Car is drivable, a xmas miracle :-)
I quickly pass George, and proceed lap after lap, no fast pace but decent and consistent. I see a few people stopped at pits for repairs, and I gain positions. At some point, at braking zone for T1, I miss the throttle while downshifting. Backend goes ballistic, car spins around not hitting anything (luck!) and Marcel just behind me manages to avoid my car. Sorry Marcel and well done.
By lap 10 I'm 7th or 8th or so. But I need to pit still. I try to get away with no damage repairs. Car is still very drivable, so I commit to the plan. No repairs, just tyres. I don't remember what happened during the last laps, but I ended up 9th, with a couple of minor mistakes touching the grass or small spins quickly recovered. I can do better :-)
If someone's got replay files, please share :-)
== Practice ==
Not sure what was it, but I liked this track a lot from the start.
It felt very good driving there, even if I'm light years from the top pack.
My PB during practice sessions (on and offline) was 1.56.2.
== Qualification ==
Panicked when I disconnected to change options to get some more FPS for Q and Races, and found out I couldn't get in anymore...
Managed to get in after 5 minutes of tries. Will follow Nikos advice (do not get out) from now on.
Got close to my PB quite early in the session. By the end I managed to snatch a new PB (1.55.x) which I was very happy with.
Was nice to see my "pack" with me there (George, Edwin, Nikos, Vittorio), but then on his last lap Edwin managed to shave 1 second or so, and I was sad again :-) 12th place or so.
== Race 1 ==
What a disaster. Just after T2 my car was violently pushed off track by Jesus (and I don't mean the Christmas guy :-). Jesus explained later that he couldn't avoid me and apologized. Shit happens, don't worry Jesus. But there you go, last position and 20s or so behind everyone else. I swear silently inside myself and half a km later I get the dreaded "Connection lost". End of R1.
== Race 2 ==
Would have been pole, but asked to be put at the back. After a decent start, just before T1, a wreck materializes in front of me. I always try to be extra careful/frosty on L1, so I slow down, go easy. I see many cars crashing and dancing together, I dribble some, and then hope to avoid some more (I think George and Gorka), but I can't avoid George that comes crashing into my front. No fault of his, as he was already jumping around as result of a crash I believe. Will watch replay here, but I really think my accident wasn't G's fault.
Then we both try to get away (me and GM) and he bumps into my RL wheel, making me spin again. After all this mess, I'm again 20s behind everyone else and car is severely damaged in 3 points. Swearing again, I move on, carefully, thinking the car would be a wreck, but incredibly... no. Car is drivable, a xmas miracle :-)
I quickly pass George, and proceed lap after lap, no fast pace but decent and consistent. I see a few people stopped at pits for repairs, and I gain positions. At some point, at braking zone for T1, I miss the throttle while downshifting. Backend goes ballistic, car spins around not hitting anything (luck!) and Marcel just behind me manages to avoid my car. Sorry Marcel and well done.
By lap 10 I'm 7th or 8th or so. But I need to pit still. I try to get away with no damage repairs. Car is still very drivable, so I commit to the plan. No repairs, just tyres. I don't remember what happened during the last laps, but I ended up 9th, with a couple of minor mistakes touching the grass or small spins quickly recovered. I can do better :-)