Division 2 Season 5

Firstly, big congrats to Giant, you dominated this season.

I had high hopes for the enduro at GV. I had decent pace and knew I could go the distance on the tyres. But with all the goings on pre qualifying I really wasn't very focused during qualifying only doing a mid 49, which was way off my quali pace.

Had an alright start, but was being conscious to not rear end anyone at the start and so had to play things a little defensive until I had some room. Got passed Stu after he made a mistake and had some clear air. Started to push a little but made a silly mistake trying to take too much speed through s1 on a botched line which resulted in a spin from one side of the track to the other. Recovering I was on the racing line and giant has no where to go, but hit me again and ran into the sand himself. I waited around a bit feeling sorry and stupid about the whole thing..

My race win was pretty much over.. I caught back up to Stu, who went quite wide through the tunnel in s3, I thought about going through but assumed he'd come over quicker (which he didn't), so it was a big wasted opportunity as I spent quite a few laps losing even more time from the lead.

I went softs on my middle stint, to mix things up. It basically went to plan with only being held up a couple of laps by traffic. Started my final stint on hards with 18 to go. I knew there were a few people 3 stopping so I had hopes of somehow pulling a rabbit out a hat. Although was really slowed up by slambo on his final hard laps, allowing nat to catch up a few seconds.

Each lap I was losing 0.5-1 sec a lap. This was my final undoing! Looking at the clock! I made a few mistakes on semi old hards which I really shouldn't have because I was in a pretty consistent groove until I started watching the clock. Alas the actual pass was super easy for Nat, as I ran wide on the final corner gifting him the place. I still didn't learn from my mistake though as I kept watching for how close slambo was catching on the map, until the inevitable happened.

Its been a very common story every race this season. I enjoyed the car, but found the 2 compounds a little tricky to get the best from both and as such didn't have a single race without a major stuff up. I feel I improved a little from season start to end, and am aware of some key areas I need to work on, if I want to improve.

Thanks guys for last night. Sorry to @COME_AND_GET_ME7 for the lag punt on lap 1.
Its great to see the professionalism compared to other leagues and everyone seems to be quite genuine and passionate about their GT6 racing. Although letting people past, due to interference of points, it was still a fun race and extremely tiring. Congrats to @natmanscoop. Still learning the RX-7 finding about a second throughout the race on hards, and even following some of the others.
Even with the shaky start due to Polyphony connections and server issues, it was still enjoyable. Just like to thank @stucar17 for giving me to open my eyes and experience Div 2, I look forward to racing with you lads in Season 6.
Now to find myself a team, if anyone has a spare position on their team, I'll happily fill that spot.

Not your fault mate.

As for teams you don't have to worry about anything. During the offseason all season 6 entrants will be allocated a team. However there is no confirmation of a season 6 teams championship or specifics on how driver allocation will work. Thats all in the hands of the great mastermind that is @Hatfield

Well finally got on the podium after a tough season, was a fun race, wasn't the fastest on the track but made no serious mistakes and thanks to my team mate warrior for the pit tips the 3 stopper paid off, qauli was terrible got held up on my first flying lap and made mistakes on the next 2 started 10th. Got a blinder of a start giant jumped the start and it made me flinch and jump too but luckily the red lights had just gone out, made up a few spots to be 2nd of the hard starters, I really didn't have any idea of what was going to happen at the end with all the different strats. I was in my own lil world for the most of the race clean air and not much traffic,Went in on lap 36 for softs came out 8th 30+ seconds behind wasn't expecting to make it to 2nd, but after a few laps I realised I was reeling in the leaders quickly, passing 7-6-5-4 easily and I thought shoot i might actually have a chance of winning this closed in on saved and made the pass for 2nd but 2 laps to go my tyres where shagged and natman started pulling away again, well done natman good come back after your spin.

You did well to stay outa trouble Slambo!

I'll post the results tomorrow morning hopefully, unless someone beats me to it. Dont think there are any protests.

Dang, my pic of the race results doesn't have blindman either... I didn't notice the DSC

Thanks Stu for putting the season together. By far the best track list I've raced.

It turns out there were quite a few issues with iinet on Sunday night in my area.. so was lucky the net held on for the race. I had another dc while watching the silverstone race, but it was almost 12, so went to bed and watched the rest of the race yesterday.

Cheers guys, thanks for the excellent racing Sunday night, Strategic AND Tactical battles going the whole time!
My Race:
I was lucky @skywalker fluffed the start, gave me the option inside the traffic jam & @stucar17 into T2, 2 spots in 2 corners!
After things settled I matched the pace @seth123 was putting down, @stucar17 was looking racey too only to half- drop it onto pit straight. Continuing my fine tradition of "Finding new & exciting ways to crash in Sunday's Race" on L4 I dropped it over the T4/5 Dog-Leg, it kicked strangely over the T5 Kerb, bye bye 10seconds and hello 3rd last.

Head down, bum-up:
I managed to stick with @COME_AND_GET_ME7 and surprise-passed into the T6 Hairpin a lap later. Sorry for the door-handle rub Cagme but I had to dive inside to avoid the full-on Liberace! Good fightback when we were bottled up behind a recovering @BMWF30328 until you fell foul of T4/5 too :-(
Then it was time to grind-out some laps, started making tenths on @BMWF30328 until he fell off at T9, luckily ghosting & avoided a T-Boning. Couldn't make time on @Giant slayer and @skywalker except for when they were battling, so time to undercut. Pit-in a lap early, end of L11 and a fresh set of RS.
MAN I loved that set of Softs ! Caught & Passed BMW within a lap, then @Slambobagan was very gentlemanly half a lap later through the last tunnel, much appreciated. Smashed 4 Laps in clear air before catching Stu & @CobMcCool and suddenly I'm up in 4th and catching @skywalker & @groover33 fast, HOLY COW !
Excellent racecraft from S54Ved & especially @groover33 protecting their turn-in & apexes, but there's just no stopping Softs on a rampage, passed both around the outside in separate corners. Now it's just seeing how long the Softs last chasing down @aussief1 who I know from Quali has good pace. 8 Seconds down, but the Softs hang on and I'm still on mid-1:48 pace on their 11th lap as I follow Aussie into the pits only 2secs behind!!

Luckily Aussie Got Tangled with @G1bby3lit3 who was Lag-Wobbling horribly on my end, so now it's just a straight-fight with @aussief1 and hope the 2-stoppers don't all have pace, Looking hopeful for 3rd or 4th, good comeback I thought.
- Then Aussie starts dropping tenths, manage to get past into T2 much to my surprise! He hung on for a while but I just kept grinding those laps out. And then - @groover33 spins out of 2nd, sweet lord Jeebus it's a MIRACLE, I'm in 3rd & right on @CobMcCool - and then everyone pits on-time for a 2-stop end of lap 30! YES !
I grind-on until L35 when @aussief1 follows me into the pits, @Slambobagan & @skywalker both sail past so 3rd it is, happy with that. Then Slambo pits next lap, and comes out 8th, ouch!
p.s. the replay is full of s#!t, it has some of the Tyre-Types listed wrong, lists Slambo on RH doing 1:46s last stint!

Somehow I caught @skywalker on my newer tyres, just enough advantage to grab 2-5 tenths/Lap.
Shame he missed the apex & dropped it onto the main straight, would've liked a straight-up brawl to the line (on my newer tyres!).

Thanks for the season guys, especially the moderators & hosts, I'll miss the RX7 TC, it really responded well to measured inputs. Hopefully I actually make all the rounds in Season 6!

You did really well Nat. Good pace and consistency too!

Hey everyone I'm running a new event and would be awesome if a few more could join http://raceonoz.com/forums/index.ph...x2014-junior-series-date-tbc.1605/#post-73974 I believe this event could really take off and end up having a few rooms instead of the one at this stage, if there's enough interest il be opening another room.

Cheers Konnor

It's so easy to find my name ! The E game strong lol