24-02-2014, 01:28 AM
Quali
Took the safe F1B option, did 3 laps right away which were not too shoddy and all within 0.03 sec of each other, didn't feel I was gonna go immensely faster so I exited to get the F1C. I was disappointed when I joined server that so many people were on the C, I thought maybe only the top 5-6 may go for it, probably more than half had the C and that spelt bad news so I give it shot and was all over the place in it, so got back in the B before end of Q. Q 11th.
Race 1
Bad start, got sideways and lost a bunch of places, end of lap one at parabolica I screwed up and hit the armco and got medium suspension damage, spent a lap going backwards and come in or repairs and an early tyres stop. Funny thing happened, no damage was repaired in pits, tyre change cost me 50 sec, and when I left the pit I was relieved that the damage HAD been repaired.
Not too much later I am taking the final corner banking and Cosimo was going half speed recovering from something, I lifted a bit and lined it up to fly past him on the exit onto str8 but I misjudged it and clipped the side of him. I was going way way faster tho and it was a big crash we both went over barrier. I got stuck on a fence and could not get off. So sorry Cosimo mate :'( That was the first at-fault crash I have had in a league/event race so far since I started sim-racing 10 months ago, bit of a shame the clean records gone but also glad to have gone so long without incident also to be honest, especially in this mod of yours.
Race 2
I was really looking to get a half decent finish this week, every race is going bad for me in SR4l I do not think I have scored a point yet. Got a good start, had to tread lightly through t1 as some accidents happened, I was nervous an out of control car on the right on the grass was gonna washout back on track and take me out so I was looking to clear him but that just meant I was at risk from Nikos from behind also because I had to slow down a fair bit, I missed the crashed car, and Nikos did a good job behind too thankfully and we both went through just fine. Gained more places as other people had incidents, I had no trouble and was up to 7th then see Robert Hedlund in trouble at parabolica and I am up to 6th within 2 laps I think, I started 16th.
This was good, but even better I had Mel Fisk behind me, and Mel Fisk is my target man! Mel is the man I want to beat but never have, although I think I can give him a good run or his money. He was 3.1sec down on me and initially caught me up a bit and 'Operation Fisk' was looking at risk of failing, but then I pulled away and was feeling happier. At last, a race was going good! I was really determined to hold it together with some steady laps and score some points.
Then an F1C car (I was in the B) was gaining from behind, and I was just looking to let it past me without incident, no point in fighting the C cars in the B, he closed in on first part of banking but not enough, I was hoping we would get around banking so he could just drive straight by me on main straight, but he caught me in exit off banking, just what I didn't want cause we all know what happens when you go down low on the banking, I just made sure I maintained my line and kept it high up. The C car lost it though and took is both over the barrier, I was in with the spectators over 2 fences to sign some autographs. Was really gutted about this one because the bad run I have already mentioned, I have no bad feeling about the crash though it is just an accident and not too different from what I did to Cosimo the race before.
There seemed no way back to track from the grandstand enclosure, but heroically I spent 6 minutes trying to get out in a car that would not turn and was also on fire, amazingly I found a way out
Then 5 mins of repairs (I pitted off the banking not parabolica as I should of - I had no choice really the car was undrivable), then I had the small task of unlapping myself 5-6 times over... it didn't happen but I finished.
So another sorry chapter in the SR4L story book for me, I gotta be honest, Fisk is out of touch now, I just wanna try and score some points from the remaining 2 races now, and look forward the new season where I intend to show Mr Fisk how to drive fnarr!! :-*
See you next time 8)
Took the safe F1B option, did 3 laps right away which were not too shoddy and all within 0.03 sec of each other, didn't feel I was gonna go immensely faster so I exited to get the F1C. I was disappointed when I joined server that so many people were on the C, I thought maybe only the top 5-6 may go for it, probably more than half had the C and that spelt bad news so I give it shot and was all over the place in it, so got back in the B before end of Q. Q 11th.
Race 1
Bad start, got sideways and lost a bunch of places, end of lap one at parabolica I screwed up and hit the armco and got medium suspension damage, spent a lap going backwards and come in or repairs and an early tyres stop. Funny thing happened, no damage was repaired in pits, tyre change cost me 50 sec, and when I left the pit I was relieved that the damage HAD been repaired.
Not too much later I am taking the final corner banking and Cosimo was going half speed recovering from something, I lifted a bit and lined it up to fly past him on the exit onto str8 but I misjudged it and clipped the side of him. I was going way way faster tho and it was a big crash we both went over barrier. I got stuck on a fence and could not get off. So sorry Cosimo mate :'( That was the first at-fault crash I have had in a league/event race so far since I started sim-racing 10 months ago, bit of a shame the clean records gone but also glad to have gone so long without incident also to be honest, especially in this mod of yours.
Race 2
I was really looking to get a half decent finish this week, every race is going bad for me in SR4l I do not think I have scored a point yet. Got a good start, had to tread lightly through t1 as some accidents happened, I was nervous an out of control car on the right on the grass was gonna washout back on track and take me out so I was looking to clear him but that just meant I was at risk from Nikos from behind also because I had to slow down a fair bit, I missed the crashed car, and Nikos did a good job behind too thankfully and we both went through just fine. Gained more places as other people had incidents, I had no trouble and was up to 7th then see Robert Hedlund in trouble at parabolica and I am up to 6th within 2 laps I think, I started 16th.
This was good, but even better I had Mel Fisk behind me, and Mel Fisk is my target man! Mel is the man I want to beat but never have, although I think I can give him a good run or his money. He was 3.1sec down on me and initially caught me up a bit and 'Operation Fisk' was looking at risk of failing, but then I pulled away and was feeling happier. At last, a race was going good! I was really determined to hold it together with some steady laps and score some points.
Then an F1C car (I was in the B) was gaining from behind, and I was just looking to let it past me without incident, no point in fighting the C cars in the B, he closed in on first part of banking but not enough, I was hoping we would get around banking so he could just drive straight by me on main straight, but he caught me in exit off banking, just what I didn't want cause we all know what happens when you go down low on the banking, I just made sure I maintained my line and kept it high up. The C car lost it though and took is both over the barrier, I was in with the spectators over 2 fences to sign some autographs. Was really gutted about this one because the bad run I have already mentioned, I have no bad feeling about the crash though it is just an accident and not too different from what I did to Cosimo the race before.
There seemed no way back to track from the grandstand enclosure, but heroically I spent 6 minutes trying to get out in a car that would not turn and was also on fire, amazingly I found a way out
Then 5 mins of repairs (I pitted off the banking not parabolica as I should of - I had no choice really the car was undrivable), then I had the small task of unlapping myself 5-6 times over... it didn't happen but I finished.So another sorry chapter in the SR4L story book for me, I gotta be honest, Fisk is out of touch now, I just wanna try and score some points from the remaining 2 races now, and look forward the new season where I intend to show Mr Fisk how to drive fnarr!! :-*
See you next time 8)