Sim Racers 4 Life – – F1 Legends 2021/2022 - Round 4 –Nordscheife– Results

[bullwinkle]

Here are the results of round 4 at Nordscheife along with the current championship points for individual and teams. You can also see results at https://simresults.net/211219-u1m. Well, done to the Dancourts

   
   
   

[DJCruicky]

Thank you Tim.

[sdancourt]

Thank you Tim.

[Keeper]

Alas, while my work schedule would have let me race last Sunday when there was no race, this week I was unable to compete again. I'll also miss the historic Trans-Am races in ODS tomorrow (today for you lot). Darn it!

[Dan Bayford]

Thanks Tim but I am getting very fed up of being punted off 1st lap race ruined its taking all the fun out of it all the practice and anticipation a total waste of time

[Myles (Mr Fox)]

Thanks Tim but I am getting very fed up of being punted off 1st lap race ruined its taking all the fun out of it all the practice and anticipation a total waste of time

XMas Just4Fun Time Trial is up - all of your time investment can now be transferred to that and not (entirely) wasted.

[bullwinkle]

Sorry Dan it was not me, was it? if so i am very sorry I don't mean to hit anyone

[lamer of fortune]

There seem to be a severe lack of eye-witness reports to this prestigous race- So lets start here.

Training: Training for Nords always is a committment on its own as you have to invest quite some time into finding out whether your setup changes have any meaningful effect on the laptime achievable. And bringing in a hotlap without accident or big mistakes feels like winning the lottery. Still looking forward to the hotlap event now that we achieved some stability in the driving adter this event.

Q: quite pleased with how it went. Changed settings 15 minutes before Q and improved PB two times resulting in P3. Quite pleased with this result as I was also hoping that I could stay out of trouble in the race (a false hope as it turned out)

R: I totally blew the start as must have been half on the grippy side and half not. Had to lift an dang - went from P3 straight to P8 in turn one. That was a bad omen. I had no trouble following the pace and was eager to regain some positions soon but then the inevitable happened. John was slowing down at Kallenhard in a spot where I was not expecting this which made me somehow loose control in the attempt to not run into him. I spun. The but had only little damage. The problem was that i was behind a corner and could not see very far. I could have waited until everyone went past but that was asking too much. I went back on the track after checking that no one was in sight and accelerated at the left side of the track. Not fast enough as there I heard a car approaching fast from behind a push and then wheels passing me followed by what was left from Stuarts Gulf themed car. Sorry Stuart, I feel bad for having ruined your race. I hope that there was enough space to the right to get by. I have not seen the replay yet but thats how i memorized the event. Surprisingly my car was still in (bad) driving condition and I could make it to the pits loosing quite some time to then spend a 159 sec pitstop for needed repairs. From then on it was safe driving and trying use the 4 remaining laps to reconnect with the field and maybe steel some points. This worked out to a certain extend and I could finish in P11.

[J-P SImard]

For my part it's not a love story between me and this track and I didn't have time to practice so I hesitated to race but I finally decided to participate. I wanted to make it special so this was my first serious VR race.

I don't know if it made me slower or faster, it will be necessary to wait for tracks that I know more to say it but one thing is certain is that I had a lot of fun. Enough to do all my races in VR? I don't know at the moment, I will have to test my pace for that.

My qualification was ordinary, I could have taken another 7 or 8 seconds but still happy to start 8th.

In the race I had a good start, finding myself 5th but I hit the wall on the first lap and my car became difficult to drive. Cook and S. Dancourt passed me but I managed to stay close to them on the 2nd lap, 5-6th place was my goal. I hit the wall again and my car got really hard to drive. When I stopped I had to have it repaired when I didn't want to and I lost 20 seconds but I'm not sure I could have finished higher.

Congat to Coyne and DJ in apart class on this track.

See you again in 2022 maybe in VR!

[sdancourt]

Second race I finished and the first without a single mistake. I love the Ring and know it very well, but one thing is to know this track, another is going as faster as you can for 5 clean laps. my first time I think.

Qualy was good and got P6 with a 9.25, with Cookie and Simard behind me, been marginally faster than they I decided not to fight at the start letting they pass me, Simard at the first corner and Cookie at the end of the first lap, I was content and cautious in P7 and been close of them, eventually Cookie overpassed Simard still at my sight, JP crashed, I got P6 and decided stay there, cruising till the flag. First good result after many races.

This cars are very sensitive to drive, even difficult, a very realistic but demanding feeling, poor grip but fantastic sensations.
Great Mod and great track. Thank you very much to the administrators.

[lamer of fortune]

Thanks Tim but I am getting very fed up of being punted off 1st lap race ruined its taking all the fun out of it all the practice and anticipation a total waste of time

Sorry Dan that such a thing happened. However to me the fact that such things can happen is part of the excitment and thrill. It is all a bet and the real drivers were betting with their lives. We only risk to loose the time invested in preparation and setup. As time is precious we worry a lot about investing it badly and this takes sim racing out of the game sphere and creates a real world drama. Of course no one wants to have multiple events like that in a row but in the end knowing that everything could be lost in the first corner creates that special feeling you get when the count down is on.

[deecee52]

qually

I was too greedy and pushed too hard on my first lap which ended up in the barriers , car was crabbing but decided to finish the lap to get a time , repaired car and went out more cautiously this time , got pole but then DJ pipped me and pushed me down .

Race
I was nervous about the start , I was pulling a high first gear as i was using this a lot in the early part of the lap to aid turn in , so I knew I would be slower than usual off the line .

Luckily I got away faster than DJ and made the first corner in the lead , tried to drive within the cars limits until tyres came up to temp whilst keeping DJ behind , once the tyres came in I got into my rhythm and surprisingly i slowly pulled away , I know DJ is good here and i kept expecting him to pull me in but i think he may have got damaged somewhere in the early part of the lap .

[DJCruicky]

No damage, you were just super fast. I think 1 or 2 of your lap times in race were faster than your qualify time by a lot. You did well. Congratulations on your win.
I think I was under danger from Marwin the first half lap, he was fast also. I knew he would just fly by me on the long back straight with his Ferrari car. But, he disappeared, I guess he had an accident.
Enjoy holidays all.

[DJCruicky]

Ratus live Twitch stream of his event --> http://HERE

[Stuartd1233]

There seem to be a severe lack of eye-witness reports to this prestigous race- So lets start here.

Training: Training for Nords always is a committment on its own as you have to invest quite some time into finding out whether your setup changes have any meaningful effect on the laptime achievable. And bringing in a hotlap without accident or big mistakes feels like winning the lottery. Still looking forward to the hotlap event now that we achieved some stability in the driving adter this event.

Q: quite pleased with how it went. Changed settings 15 minutes before Q and improved PB two times resulting in P3. Quite pleased with this result as I was also hoping that I could stay out of trouble in the race (a false hope as it turned out)

R: I totally blew the start as must have been half on the grippy side and half not. Had to lift an dang - went from P3 straight to P8 in turn one. That was a bad omen. I had no trouble following the pace and was eager to regain some positions soon but then the inevitable happened. John was slowing down at Kallenhard in a spot where I was not expecting this which made me somehow loose control in the attempt to not run into him. I spun. The but had only little damage. The problem was that i was behind a corner and could not see very far. I could have waited until everyone went past but that was asking too much. I went back on the track after checking that no one was in sight and accelerated at the left side of the track. Not fast enough as there I heard a car approaching fast from behind a push and then wheels passing me followed by what was left from Stuarts Gulf themed car. Sorry Stuart, I feel bad for having ruined your race. I hope that there was enough space to the right to get by. I have not seen the replay yet but thats how i memorized the event. Surprisingly my car was still in (bad) driving condition and I could make it to the pits loosing quite some time to then spend a 159 sec pitstop for needed repairs. From then on it was safe driving and trying use the 4 remaining laps to reconnect with the field and maybe steel some points. This worked out to a certain extend and I could finish in P11.

No worries, if I hadn't of retired there I would have retired later on that lap I was very accident prone. Sadly I had very little time to react to you on the track but there was space on the right to pass, I just didn't have the reactions to get there in time. Thanks for the event guys I hope I can race with you all more often.
Excuse the awful quality, but here's my perspective:
https://clips.twitch.tv/AnnoyingExquisit...59bo2lmb4Q