A bit late with this report after a very busy week. It's great to finally get an ACC season underway and I'll also add my thanks to Marty, Rolz & Steve for all their efforts to get this happeneing .
My race was pretty disastrous in terms of result but it still had plenty of elements to enjoy (<- see that, I found an 'elemental silver' lining hehe).
An early tangle in the 2nd chicane with Mael probably ruined both our races. Having seen the incident in Marty's vid I think it was a 50/50 but apologies anyway Mael. My crew chief said I was clear just before the turn-in point and it looked like you'd backed out on the radar but as I turned in you still had some overlap and off we both went. I then ambarrasingly kept spinning out on the inside of the chicane trying to just straighten up. I ended up flipping around and unintentionally nosed straight out over the kerb into the traffic exiting the chicane...
...and that was the result. So sorry there Bueller! I actually was not trying to re-enter at that point - I was simply trying to get my car straight. I was really caught out by how slippery it was in that zone. Even so it probably falls under an unsafe re-entry so @marty please review and penalise if warranted.
After that there were some cool battles with a number of other drivers: @SteveDrivingSlowly, @jlynn777, @Mael, @c4rLo5, @mesafto and an absolute epic to-and-fro with Vandalay (sorry if I forgot anyone). That stuff kinda makes you feel like the 90mins was worth the effort.
I did get stung late on with a stop & go for missing the first chicane. The big bollards were all smashed so I couldn't do the slalom thing and evidently I didn't slow down enough. I think the Kunos GUI is rubbish too which is why I didn't notice the tick next to refuel when all I wanted to do was serve the damn penalty. So my crew topped up my already over filled tank and wasted 30seconds before I could even serve the 10s penalty - maddening! I wish Kunos would implement a little bit of AI in the stops to eliminate stupid things like that.
Anyway the next race beckons so I'll try to do better this time. Also I'm temporarily without VR as I've sent mine back to Oculus due to the sound and rear LED issues I've had. Amazingly they have agreed to send me a replacement unit even though I'm way out of warranty. These are design flaws that have come to light recently but still - it's incredible customer support! So I'll be in 'pancake' mode for the next two or three rounds. I'm feeling the nostalgia already!
Last edited: Nov 16, 2019