Gee buckle up this will be a bit of a longer report.
First of all before the racing side of things i certainly would fit in with F1 Ferraris strategy team tonight as i was calculating to do 2 11 lap stints and 2 12 lap stints as i thought the half way mark was 23 laps in a 56 lap race. I realised after my 2nd stop when calculating when i would be in for my 3rd stop that would mean my final stint would be 21-22 laps.
Quali was a disaster and couldn't get a clean lap (thanks to the wall riders who caused PD to buff the collision sensitivity - a problem i would face most of the race)
Started 12th but got away well up to 9th into turn 2 i initially thought i lost it and took at least another car out but upon review of the replay i was tapped which caused me to go into a slide. I was running mid pack before a couple of big mistakes on lap 10 caused me to tumble down the order. I pitted that lap because i had quite bad tyre deg, another issue i struggled with, and thought i could just extend the next stint.
Pitted on lap 23 and soon realised my strategy error and had to extend out to a 17 lap stint and then a 16 lap stint. The 17 lap stint went ok all things considered (even had a near synchronised spin with @Blunty075) & came in on lap 40 and knew my next task was to hunt down @btwong for 9th as i believed he needed another pit stop. On lap 42 I was behind @Dybo who i was trying to lap but unfortunately at the death chicane he hit the wall a bit hard and slowed him a lot and i had no where to go and ploughed into him (not your fault game should of ghosted you) spinning us both out causing us both big damage putting an end to my attempt to chase down 9th.
Surprising was almost challenging my PB lap time in the latter stages of the race despite the tyre wear, didnt improve though and came home 10th - a lap down
Bathurst next that's going to be fun with these current damage sensitivity settings.
Last edited: Sep 12, 2022