Hey guys, last night's racing was really great. Thoroughly enjoyed myself and thanks again to
@N64TheStig007 for organizing a great mixture of cars and race conditions. Rain, sunshine and a night sky with fireworks
First race I eased myself into it and did OK for the qualifying lap and started towards the back of the field, I knew I was racing more against myself and the clock rather than going for a podium. I managed to do a few clean laps and a few not so clean laps. But throughout the race there was a few good small battles with fellow drivers. The highlight of Monza would have been last lap, last corner where@ S54VED took the dive on the inside into the final corner. With just the appropriate amount of touching, both of us came out onto the straight with a drag race to the finish. I managed to keep the rear wheels off the grass and it came down to 0.007s between the two of us. I reckon if I farted, I probly would have gotten ahead by 0.001s
Great race mate.
Second race was reverse grid so I was looking forward to it as I've been doing a few laps in the MX5 TC earlier in the day and Apricot Hill is a track I've done more Ks on than Monza or La Sarthe. Manage to stay in front a little bit then was overwhelmed by a swarm of fast cars within the first lap. Lap two saw a bit of a pileup at the back hairpin where a number of cars were involved. That gave me some breathing space but it wasn't long before the faster guys caught up with their pace. I hit the pits on lap 3 and got clear road for the next few laps, but that turned out to be a bit of a mistake, I should have came in 2 laps later as my tyres were worn quite badly on front/right and I started seeing my lap times get slower. Lesson learnt!
Race 3, I ended up quite far up the front due to technical issue with the grid, sat behind Beau_Albert, but suddenly I saw reverse lights 1-2secs before the go, his car "ghosted" out but came back solid as soon as I came off the line. *BANG!* and chaos followed. I thought it was quite humorous, even though we all knew it wasn't on purpose. The race was interesting as I don't do La Sarthe very often and it was at night. I was treating it as more of a practice race, hoping I won't hold anyone up. The pace the front runners were on are just amazing. Shameful to say i was 15-20s slower per lap.
Overall it was a really enjoyable night of racing, there were some great battles fought throughout the grid and it was a real pleasure and honor to race with the Div1 and 2 guys, just the pace these guys are on are amazing, the precision and consistency really blows me away. I've learnt a lot from watching them practice and seeing their lines, braking points and more importantly where they let off the brake and make the car turn. Hats off to you guys.
Looking forward to next weeks races and Season 5, I'm sure I will have the opportunity to learn a lot more about this game. Thanks again to all the organizers!
Now... more practice
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